Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-1-1988 The BG News April 1, 1988 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News April 1, 1988" (1988). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4785. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4785 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. THE BG NEWS Vol.70 Issue 105 Bowling Green, Ohio Friday, April 1,1988 Student is suspect in break-ins by Rebecca Thomas torney and the defense attorney. investigator," Reddin said. The three intrusions occurred in staff reporter No further reports of intrusions in What the attorneys ultimately work Bromfield and Dunbar Halls, both in "It all depends on how Harshman Quadrangle have appeared toward is to gather enough evidence to Harshman Quadrangle, during the first on the police reports since police identi- make sure the case will stick in court, week of March, according to a police the case is A University student is the suspect in fied the suspect March 4. Reddin said. report. All three cases involved a male investigated." the Harshman Quadrangle intrusions, City prosecutor Mark Reddin said "This may involve interviewing wit- suspect entering female residence hall according to campus police. there is really no constant as far as how nesses, interviewing the suspect, ar- rooms, police reports said. Lt. David Weekley, campus police pa- cases of this nature are treated. resting or detaining the suspect, or -Mark Reddin, trol supervisor, who declined comment "Every case is individual. It all de- questioning the suspect," he said. In one case, the suspect had no physi- on the suspect, said the case is now be- pends on how the case is investigated Reddin said there have been no char- cal contact with the student, police re- the suspect either touched or grabbed ing held up between the prosecuting at- and the personal idiosyncracies of the ges filed against the student suspect. ports said. In the remaining two cases, the student. Leak suspected after jet crashes FORST, West Germany (AP) - A U.S. Air Force jet fighter yes- terday crashed into the center of this small town, killing the pilot, setting several houses on fire and forcing the evacuation of dozens more, police said. Officials later said they were concerned that a toxic gas could leak from the demolished F-16 fighter plane, which was on a routine training flight. Firemen said there was no immediate word on whether people had been hurt or killed in Forst, located 60 miles south of Frankfurt. Firemen said one house was destroyed and at least three were on fire in the town of 6,000 residents. Emergency crews were evacuating about 40 houses, officials said. Norbert Scharer, spokesman for police in nearby Karlsruhe, said initial reports indicated the jet was carrying a canister of hydrazine, which is used to refire jet engines in case of engine failure. "But there is no evidence yet to suggest that toxic gases were released after the crash," Scharer said. Hydrazine forms toxic gases when it comes into contact with water. "We have an F-16 down. But I don't know any more than that right now," said Doug Moore, a spokesman for the U.S. Air Force Base at Ramstein. U.S. military officials have cordoned off the crash site and de- clared it a military security zone. All regional fire departments were called to the scene of the crash. Claything BG News/Mark Thalman A Karlsruhe police spokesman said the plane crashed at 10 a.m. (3 a.m.EST) "in the middle of Forst." April Dougal, senior history major, concentrates as she molds a clay several that they are required to complete during the semester, for coil pot for her beginning ceramics class at the Art Annex yesterday about two weeks. Moore said the F-16 that was missing had taken off from Hahn Air afternoon. The students have been working on the project, one of Force Base in the Eifel Mountains. It was not immediately known if the fighter was carrying live ammunition, he added. Edison Center City yields fewer farms by Greg Cdnnel that only 1.4 percent of the city's studies BGSCJ city editor population is actually involved in the agriculture industry. by Amy Burkett Wes Hoffman, city municipal staff reporter One of the symbols included in administrator, said some people the Bowling Green city seal is The University is participating in a program designed to increase that of a tractor, depicting the outside the community may be jobs and strengthen the economy of Northwest Ohio. importance of agriculture to the surprised by the low number of The Edison Industrial System Center, a non-profit organization in city. residents who farm, but the city Toledo, is coordinating the program, which utilizes academic insti- has traditionally had a more di- tutes and businesses, according to Ann Anderson, vice president of While many people may think verse economy than people real- cause of that it has a certain bination of commerce, agricul- the center's marketing department. of Bowling Green as a "farm ize. agricultural flavor to it," Hoff- ture, education, and industry in "This is one of nine such centers in the state designed to link aca- town," the proposed update to "BG is the county seat of a man said. "But we have always well-balanced amounts." demic institutes and businesses for the ultimate goalof creating jobs the city's master plan indicates mainly rural county, and be- felt we have a competitive com- Q See Economy, page 4. and strengthening Ohio's economy," Anderson said. In addition to the University, the University of Toledo, Owens Technical College and Medical College of Ohio are participating in the Edison program. According to University President Paul Olscamp, the program was originally proposed by Gov. Richard Celeste and then approved Meese refuses questioning by the State Legislature. Anderson explained that the funding for the center, which is a WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Specifically, Meese refused to respond White House spokesman Marlin Fitz- component of the Ohio Department of Development's Thomas Edwin Meese HI Thursday refused to an- when asked whether he would resign and in- water, asked about Specter's statement, Edison Program, comes from two sources. swer reporters' questions on the resignation terrupted a reporter who attempted to ask said only, "Thank you for his general "Area businesses invest in this center. We received $4 million of two of his top aides amid increasing skep- him about his face-to-face meeting Tuesday views." Fitzwater said he had "no reaction" from businesses and the Ohio Department of Development matched ticism on Capitol Hill over whether Meese with Weld. to the remarks attributed to Weld. that amount. The money is used to come up with different marketing can continue to run the Justice Department. The Washington Post reported yesterday techniques and research areas," she said. At a news conference called to announce a that Weld had told Meese that the criminal Meese is the target of a broadening cri- Each center has a different focus, Anderson said. The thrust of the major drug bust, Meese briskly turned aside investigation of the attorney general was a minal investigation. Department sources Edison Center is applied research and development of individual at least half a dozen questions relating to the close call. Weld went on to say that if he have said the top officials quit because they systems through scientific education and technical training. The possibility that he might quit in the wake of were the independent counsel investigating felt Meese's legal problems were "poison- center will meet the needs of the sponsoring companies and also Tuesday's resignations of Deputy Attorney Meese, he would present the case to a grand ing" the Justice Department. provide a generic manufacturing research system, she said. General Arnold Burns and Assistant Attor- jury seeking indictment. Olscamp said, "my understanding of the system is that they are ney General William Weld. Meanwhile, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., On Wednesday, Sen. Bob Packwood collating a list of needs from area businesses and then they will co- Meese said he would answer questions on said President Reagan should meet with R-Ore., said flatly that Meese should resign' ordinate the problem with the particular university that has a spe- the resignations "within the next several Weld and then reconsider whether Meese Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd also cialty in that field." days" when "I hope and I fully expect...to be should stay on the iob. called for his resignation, calling him "the There are currently 20 companies investing and four colleges, An- announcing various appointments to fill Specter said Weld's reported remarks re- crown jewel of the sleaze factor in Reagan derson said. those vacancies." quire a presidential inquiry and decision. administration history." Friday News in Brief Reporters win Pulitzers for investigative reporting for stories on "the self- Walt Bogdanich of the Wall Street Journal won □ Let's twist again — tornado season is interest and waste that plagued Chicago's City the Pulitzer for specialized reporting for a series of upon us, see story page 3. NEW YORK (AP) — The Charlotte Observer Council." Xrts on faulty testing by American medical won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for public service Daniel Hertzberg and James B.