Arrest made in Polish priest kidnapping d B w Jerzy ropielusz- 'information on Poland's security CommunistCommfnt^Siiih^fS!! authorities have arrested St S*2i* JS : !««**!*"* "information an Poland's security" to Walesauesa and Solidarity',solidarity's undentunderground "v,..'Victims of.„■ .martial.,„,;, law., killed,,,..., .. KO. It said four of them were released "underground structures," "This kidnapping is not an Isolated an employee of the Interior Ministry, leadership issued a statement conde- repressed In alleged defenders of after they explained where they had The report did not indicate event," it said. "The responsibility for which controls the nation's police and been. mning the activities of the Polish righteousness in strikes, peaceful whether the underground was affili- police. the results of the existing situation internal security, in connection with manifestations in churches, are now The man authorities were holding ated with Solidarity, the banned free will lie with the authorities." the abduction of a pro-Solidarity "A state in which law and order is joined by a priest kidnapped by un- was identified only as 'Crzcgorz P, trade union, whether the arrests were priest six days ago. commonly broken, in which security known' perpertrators," it added. from Warsaw, an Interior Ministry connected to the Investigation into There still was no word Wednesday The official PAP news agency said forces serve only the interests of the functionary." Popieluszko's kidnapping, or If some on the whereabouts of the 37-year-old Wednesday authorities had detained authorities and are not submitted to The Solidarity statement said Com- The news agency also reported that other organization was involved, Popieluszko, one of the most out- five people who were thought to he any social control" may lead to "un- two militiamen from the Baltic port of munist authorities hear responsibility spoken priests in Poland who fre- di i\ ingcars similar to the one used by Arrest of the Interior Ministry em- predictable results," the statement Gdansk were arrested for providing for the abduction of the Warsaw quently defended the ideals of Soli- ployee came as Solidarity leader Lech said. priest. Friday, October 26, 1984 darity in his sermons, TCU Daily People profession Radio personality Andy Bar- Back in action ber says his occupation in- After a year's absence, defen- volves much more that) ta- sive tackle Darron Turner has Skiff Ilent. See Page 7. returned. See Page 8. Writer exposes secrets of trade, personal stories By Lynn Gentry He mentioned that some state col- Staff writer of the TCI' Daily Skiff leges still admit students who can Distinguished American author barely read or write and who don't Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Wednesday told seem interested in learning to do about 1.000 people that a good writer either. is a good storyteller Vonnegut said he finds it amazing Vonnegut related several personal that the human mind can take a lew stories during his talk at Ed Landreth perfectly arbitrary symbols and get Mall Auditorium, mentioning work- images from them. Good writing, lie ing with Ronald Reagan at General said, makes that process easier. Electric during the Depression. He Another piece of advice Vonnegut also poked Inn at Walter Mondale, offered was that writers must be pas- Catholics and college students. sionately concerned with some issue. Vonnogut's speech, entitled, "How As an example, he pointed out the to Get a Job like Mine, "covered some Soviet dissidents, who write of their of the important points he felt a per- sufferings. son pursuing a writing career would "One other thing that's important if need to know. For one thing, he said, you plan to embark on a writing a person needs to be literate. career-marry rich or he rich," Vonne- "All people who are literate tend to gut said. "It's a dangerous thing to ask dream about writing, and that's quite a family to follow you down the road as realistic. You can't ever tell from what a writer today. Mark Twain was smart; walk of life a writer can come. They he married a wealthy banker's most assuredly don't come from the daughter." English department," Vonnegut said. Vonnegut said, "A writer today can- 'English professors quite uninten- not live and work as the short storv tionally stifle young writers with writer of the magazine era of the 1930s grammar and "good" literature." did. Today a writer needs to write One observation he made was that plays—that's where new things are people spend a lot of their early years happening."' learning to read and write. Vonnegut said good writing in- "If we concentrated that effort to volves good storytelling of a good playing an instrument, we"d all be vir- issue. He mentioned one issue with WRITING AGAIN: Novelist Kurt Vonnegut signs an autograph for Sara Wednesday. Vonnegut spoke to about 1,000 people Wednesday evening tuosos," Vonnegut said. Please see VONNEGUT, Page 5 Braden, a senior radio-TV-film major, following a press conference in Ed Landreth Auditorium. ALLEN CROWLEY/TCU Daily Skiff Braniff reduces fleet, eliminates routes to save company •^ *^ i i i . _ ".w>«lj>iil(i\'iiw>ni :lllfl lease to the general public measures as a "redeployment and consolidation plan to attain financial DALLAS (AP)- Braniff Inc. offi- gional Airport, are being turned over Thursday. cials say huge losses arc forcing them to rival American Airlines, officials Obviously, that level of loss cannot be sustained indefinitely by "We are hopeful our actions will health." to impose drastic austerity measures said. anyone, no matter how committed. enable Braniff to survive and suc- Financial health has proved elusive that include eliminating service to 10 The gate transfer, which Braniff ceed," the announcement said. for Braniff. Its predecessor, Bianitl International, folded May 12, 1982, major cities and reducing the fleet officials described as a "key element" Braniff will reduce its winter sche- from 30 to 10 planes. in the plan to save the troubled air- -PATRICK FOLEY, vice chairman of Braniff Inc. dule operating licet from 30 to 10 air- under a SI billion debt. "We really have no alternative at line, raises $20.5 million in cash for planes and reduce the work force At that time the airline grounded its "Obviously, that level of loss cannot this point but to implement these "ongoing operations," and trees the public, but copies of an announce- "consistent with the overall reduction fleet, laid off its 7,000 employees and be sustained indefinitely by anyone, changes." Chairman Jay Pritzker and carrier from major financial obliga- ment and a joint letter from Pritzker in our operations," the statement filed for protection from creditors no matter how committed," Foley Nice Chairman Patrick Foley told tions, officials said. and Foley were obtained by The said. under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bank- and Pritzker said in the letter. Braniff employees Wednesday night. Foley and Pritzker made the Associated Press. ruptcy Code. Effective Nov. 5. Braniff will sus- An agreement with American will They also said Braniff President announcements at a hastily called The executives said Braniff has lost A S70 million stake by the Hyatt pend service to Austin; Detroit; let Braniff passengers who bought William D. Slattery has resigned to meeting of Braniff employees, many more than S80 million since resuming Hotel chain enabled a resurrected Houston; Kansas City, Mo.; Miami; tickets on or before Wednesday fly on take the helm of a new airline, Air Via, of them veterans of the 1982 bank- service in March. They said the au- American without paying additional Braniff to inaugurate service out ol sterity measures are designed to pre- Newark, N.J.; New Orleans; Oklaho- based in San Jose, Calif, ruptcy of Braniffl predecessor. charges, officials said. vent additional losses of between S4 ma City; Philadelphia; and San Anto- Please sec BRANIFF, Page I All but two of Braniffl gates at its The meeting at Dallas Love Field Pritzker and Foley described the million and 87 million a month. nio, said the statement, prepared for home base, Dallas/Fort Worth Re- was closed to news media and the At home and around the World Police have started routinely combing the park's nature "Because of the limitations on the length of probation ol iWall Street trail section and have arrested scores of homosexuals en- ■Texas one year, and because of the nature of the offense, and her gaging in sexual activity. Convicted girl sentenced to commission's cus- actions subsequent to the offense, I felt placement with the James Osborne, who helped organize the petition drive, youth commission was the appropriate one," Moore said. 1 •' M Tu VV Th tody 1240 said, "One of the parents said their teen-ager had been hassled about the name. And I've received hassles, too." FORT WORTH, Texas (AP)- A 12-year-old girl who ■Texas The petition drive came after the Arlington (:ity Council admitted killing her young friend with a shotgun blast was Dow Jones Women nearly gives birth during traffic jam approved SI 10,000 to set up a daily police patrol in the committed Thursday to the custody of the Texas Youth closed at park, which will require four new officers. Commission. HOUSTON (AP)- Susan LaCraze was in labor when she 1211.01 was caught in a massive traffic jam north of Houston. Juvenile Court Judge Scott Moore handed down the \ off 5.41 ■Weather But thanks to truck drivers with citizens band radios and ruling against Patricia Dcmpsey in the Sept. 8 shooting a police officer, she made it to Houston Northwest Medical death of Kerry Thomas.