Murder trial-page 3 VOL. XVI, NO. 97 an mdependem student newspaper serving notre dame and sa.im mary's TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1982 Canadian oil rig sinks, crew missing ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland (AP)­ Spindler said the Ranger was the The giant oil rig Ocean Rangt·r sank biggest and toughest oil drilling plat­ in a raging storm 200 miles offshore form afloat. No figure was im­ yt·stenlay, and all ~H workers were mediately available for its value, hut feart·d lost in 40-foot seas. They had Lloyd's Shipping Register of Col­ been ordered earlkr to take to chester, England. said the sinking lifeboats. was the largest loss in oil rig history. The multimillion-dollar Ranger, Snow whipped by 80 mph winds des<:rihed as the biggest oil rig in the battered the Ranger overnight Sun­ world, went to the bottom of the day. Mobil reported the rig was lis­ Grand Banks of Newfoundland a few ting at I '5 degrees and that the: men hours after dawn, according to the had been ordered to abandon it. rig mana1-1er, Mobil Oil Canada Ltd. Communications went out soon af­ Tht· rig went down nine hours af­ ter. ter the crew was ordt·rt·d ol'fthe bad­ When search planes reached the ly listing rig and into covered area at first light they said the rig was lifeboats, :\tohil said. still upright, although tilting 10 to It wa.~ not known how many of the I '5 degrees. nwn made it into the boats, but the But within a short time there was crews of rt·scut· planes anti ships said no sign of the rig, said the rescuers, they saw bodies tloating in the area. who were: operating in poor ;\/o rescues had been reported by visibility. All that could he seen was late afternoon. some of the gear used to anchor the Father john Shea is shown here during his concerning the experience of religious stories Asked if there: wa.~ any hope that six-year-old Ocean Ranger in place. retelling of the story of the miraculous catch of (photo by Cheryl Ertelt). some: might still he: alive:, a Mobil Mobil spokesman Ed Bonnell said fish by jesus and St. Peter, part of his lecture spokesman said "there was no in­ the rig might have capsized before dkation of any survivors." sinking, but "that's only a hypot­ A sean·h and rescue spokesman in hesis." llalilax, Nova Scotia, said the type of Spindler said the rig was especial­ ND-SMC Theatre life: raft used by the rig was designed ly designed to withstand the rigors so survivors could live for several of winter in the North Atlantic. "It hours even if their raft was upside. underwent much worse - just this Support for Braun alters plans down in the water. The rig reported­ winter it underwent worse," said ly carrit'd survival suits said to help Spindler. By MIKE LEPRE Department as the director of this have been out of Poland and here kt·ep a wearer alive for about an Last week the Ocean Ranger was News Staff spring's Shakespearian comedy. today." As a result of this turn of hour. reported to have listed severely However, as a result of the declara­ events faculty members of the A spokesman for the rig owners - when too much ballast was pumped Due to the restrictions of martial tion of martial law in Poland, Braun Theatre Department decided to ocean Drilling and Exploration Drill­ into one of its legs. An unidentified law in Poland prohibiting. Polish has not been permitted to leave his defer the scheduled Shakespearian ing Co. of New Orleans, La. - said crewman was quoted in television director Kazimicrz Braun from country. production. that of the 84 people on the rig, I 0 news reports last week as saying an lc:aving his homeland, the Notre ND-SMC Theatre Publicity Direc­ The altered plans include the Americans and 2'5 Canadians were order to abandon ship was given Dame-Saint Mary's Theatre has can­ tor Mary Francell explains, "In production of either a Polish play, or. employees of the owners. during the incident. celled its planned production of a January the Polish Consulate said perhaps a combination of one-act Company public relations officer Mobil confirmed that a general Shakespearian comedy, in favor of a that they would confirm Braun's ar­ presentations. According to Fran­ AI Spindler said the remainder of the alarm had been sounded when the Polish protest program. rival, but apparently they were cell, the Department would "prefer crew were service hands employed rig listed but that the problem was Braun, a highly regarded profes­ misled, or they misled us." The last to find a Polish written play," and un­ by sub-contracting firms. Most sor from the University ofWroclaw, communication between the der serious consideration is the would he Newfoundlanders. See RIG, page 4 had planned to join the Theatre Theatre group and Braun himself production of one of a number of was through a postcard that he sent plays written by Slawomir Mrozek, a while in Japan during late November Polish playwrite and Solidarity sym­ C'ookbook for poor of 1981. pathizer. In that postcard, Braun wrote "I The aim of the newly instituted hope to sec you in the United States program is "to show that we: in the Reagan cuts publications in January of 82," however, follow­ Notre Dame-Saint Mary's com­ ing Braun's return to Poland, com­ munity have good faith in the Polish munications between the parties citizens." said Anne Pattt•rson, a By TIM AHERN being printed. were lost. member of the Theatre group. Pat- Associaletl Press Judith Morton of the GPO says the agency's current According to Francell, "had mar­ inventory is about 20,000 titlc:s, including newsletters. tial law not occurred, Braun would See BRAUN, page 4 Many publications arc technical and have only limited WASHINGTON ( AP)- No longer will employees in appeal. About 80 percent of the GPO's customers are the Bureau of Land Management office in Cheyenne, state and local governments and companies that do Wyo .. sec their pictures in a staff yearbook. Nor will the business with the federal government. Agriculturt• Ikpartmcnt publish a recipe book for poor The four most popular publications among the public Student Senate reviews pcopk that tt:lls how to stuff hard-boiled eggs with deal with child care. The best seller is "Infant Care," a crabmeat. Health and Human Services Department booklet that For that mattt·r. you won't he able to sucribc to sells f(>r S2.2'5 per copy. budget reallocation Dimensions, thc magazine: published by the National Other popular titles arc: the: three-volume "Backyard Bureau of Standards. to learn what's new in the govcrn­ :\tcchanic," priced at 513. 50; the "Dictionary of Oc­ BILLKOLB sion drew cnuctsm from several mt·nt's cft(>rts to mea.o;ure and weigh. The magazine: cupation Titles," at 513. '50 a copy, and the Public NEWS STAFF members of the Senate. docsn't exist anymore. Health Service's" Medicine at Sea" at S 17. "If Student Government, the Stu­ The GPO also operates 27 bookstores around the A proposed constitutional amend­ dent Union or the HPC mismanage pu~::cationsth:~~ TUESDA Yii/I-Itll' country, most in federal office buildings, and wants to ment giving the Student Senate the money within their divisions, real­ casualties of close all but four to save an estimated S1.2 billion. A power to reallocate Student Activity location is necessary," commented congressional committee moved last week to keep funds met opposition last night at Student Union Director Bill Lawler. ~::~::~t cam- IY{f@{i\)J!j[f= 0 C US them open, at least until auditors can determine if they the Student Senate meeting. A deci­ "But it's not fair for one division to paign to cut the arc losing or making money. sion on the proposal was tabled until take another's allocation." budget. When The GPO loses money on most of its publications be­ next week. Concerned about divisions Reagan took office in January 1981, one of his first ac­ cause of over-printing and because they often sell for Drawn up by a Senate ad hoc com­ staying within their budgets, Mike tions wa.o; to havc the Office of Management and Budget about two-thirds what a commercial publishing house mittee set up to study budgeting Martin, HPC Chairman, com­ order a halt to all new government films and publica­ would charge. Hoping to change: that, the GPO has procedures, the: proposed amend­ mented,"Thc safety valve of real­ tions, and a survey of existing publications to see which hired a marketing director to find ways to make more ment would establish a standing location turns original allocation might bc abandoned as unnecessary. money. committee on the Budget. into a farce." The deadline for finishing the survey is March 31, but Reagan's austerity campaign notwithstanding, the Composed of students drawn from Keenan Hall Presidenl Paul Cal­ the budget office concedes that because of the paper­ government is one of the world's busiest publishers. Student Government, the Student lahan disagreed. "The budget com­ work involved, that date won't be met. The Commerce Department alone produces an es­ Union and the Hall President's mittee is for the students. There With the onslaught of Reagan's initial budget cuts, timated I ,000 publications. So does the Dcpanmcnt of Council, the committee would shouldn't be inaccessible pockets of many government agencies responded in part by Health and Human Services.