' • • • Angel -page 1.1 ( .Jt'~;{: . VOL. XIV, NO. 13 an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint mary's THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1979 HUrricane Frederic darkens Mobile . MOBIL~, Ala. (~P)-HurricaneFrederic, paralleling the path Of l killer ~urncan Camill~a decad~ ago, pushed onto land last night, darkemng nearly all of Mobde County and sending swirling curb-deep water through downtown stre~ts. Winds just outside the eye of In Mobile, the one-storm the storm, which came ashore 100-foot-long concrete block around 10 p.m. CDT, were east west of the Fort Hardiman keeping their 130 mph fury. National Guard Armory was Tornadoes were spawned all knocked down by the storm's along the Gulf Coast. winds. The building, which Thee were no early reports of normally holds a medical com- storm-related injuries. pany, was being used by the More than 400,000 people Mobile Policedepartment as a from four co.astal states were temporary precinct house. evacuated, and National Guard- Officer R.W.smith said about smen were alerted in Florida, 25 police officers were in the Alabama, Louisiana, and Missi _ building at the time, but none· ssippi. were injured because they knew the wall was coming down by the sound it made. The roof of the Mobile City Hijacker Hall, built in the 1800's, was torn off by the winds. The Faculty Senate met last night to pass a final version ofa survey to be distn'buted among To the west of Mobile, in the faculty. [photo by Tom jackman[ · - Pascagoula, Miss., a spokes­ demands man for the huge Ingalls Ship­ yards said the storm caused extensive damage. Alumni first ''Heavy equipment was 'humane world thrown everywhere, buildings are down," he said. BONN* West Germany Frederic's prying winds tore Busick confirms ticket policy (AP) - A youn~ man hijacked a roofs off of two of22 emergency West Germandetliner in flight, shelters in Pascagoula, forcing by Tom}ackman Students may obtain tickets Mic I igan contracted with Notre held out in a ay-long standoff rescuecrews tomove 400 people Senior StaffReporter only after the demand from at the Bonn airport insisting to other buildings at the height Dat!lL in the late 1960's for a alumni is satisfied, and several series of games, the two schools that the nation hear his of the storm. times a year the alumni demand demands for a "a humane decided that 8. 5 percent of the In .Mobile, windows in down­ Ticket manager Mike Busick forces either a lottery and/ or a total seating would be allocated world,'' then surrendered last town buildings were blown out yesterday confirmeg the Uni­ geographical restriction of tic­ night. to the visitors. by the heavy winds or broken versity's policy concerning dis­ ket distribution. However, several years later The hijacker freed the 119 by blown debris. tribution of tickets for away - Busick did receive inquiries other passengers and four of Michigan cut its visitors allot­ [continued on page 2] football games: "We take care from students last spring about ment to a flat 5000, hardly 8.5 the eight crew members un­ of contributing alumni first.'' obtaining tickets for this first­ harmed seven hours after the percent in the nation's biggest Lufthansa Boeing 727 landed at ever game at Michigan, but college football stadium, which the Bonn-Cologne Airport, but they were told they would have houses approximately 103,000. had kept four crew members to wait for the outcome of the Michigan did agr.:;e, though, to aboard the plane, demanding to ND Faculty Senate alumni distribution over the allot 6000 tickets for the Notre tald to Chancellor Helmut summer. Schmidt and a television news Busick did receive inquiries crew. from students last spring about The man, who was not approves .final survey obtaining tickets for this first­ immediately identified, sur­ ever game at Michigan, but rendered at 5:20 p.m. EDT. by Mark Rust they were told they would have Lufthansa spokesman Franz News Editor to wait for the outcome of the Cesari said no one was injured; alumnL distribution over the and the weapon the man bran­ The final version of a survey intended to clarify faculty income summer. dished dunng the hijacking levels and attitudes toward research was passed last night by the For Notre Dame's upcoming turned out to be a toy p1stol. Faculty Senate in a two hour meeting, their first of the year. game in Ann Arbor this week­ Cesari said Hans { uergen The survey, which will be distributed among faculty members end, the University was allotted Wischnewski, Schmidt s top and compiled next week, concerns itself with a numb-er of topics, 6000 tickets, but requests from aide, talked to the hijacker but the importance placed by Senate members on income and contributing alumni (those who "with great endurance and a lot research was reflected in their prolonged debate on those contribute at least $25 to the of intelligence," persuading particular questions. annual alumni fund) exceeded him to release the four crew Both the Faculty Affairs Committee and the Committee on the availability. A lottery was members and surrender. · Administrational Affairs met during the meeting to set their held, restricted to those resid­ "The entire action ended agenda for the year. Mike Francis, profesSOl'- of government, . ing closest to Ann Arbor, and happily.,'' Cesar~ told reporters reported that the hiring of minorities and women and the general cancellations resulted in 60 at the aJ.CPOrt mmutes after the policy on retirement age will be topics his committee plans to take tickets being made available to surrender. up with the Administration this year. Irwin Press, professor of students. Busick said that Mike Busick The flight originated in Paris Anthropolo~y, said that his Faculty Affairs Committee would these tickets were ''snapped up and stopped in Frankfurt and seek to clanty and study the appeals and grievance procedures within minutes." Busick pointed out that tickets was on its way to Bonn-Cologne for faculty hiring and appointments. Dame game only. Notre Dame when it was hijacked. The Faculty Affairs Committee also talked extensively about for games at Michigan State and Southern California are reduced its number of available After the plane taxied to the salaries and fringe benefits. While the University has published tickets from the customary 5000 parking area; drawn-out nego­ an ''average'' salary figure and compiled a list of fringe benefits almost always available be­ cause the demand from alumni approxjmately 8 percent to 3500 tiat~o~s began w_~th th~ crew committee members agreed that, for their purposes, the figure~ to equalize the reduction. rad101ng the hiJacker s de­ are inadequate. Press explained that the average salary figure isn't as great. Purdue, Busick said, is traditionally_a high Purdue allQtS 5000 tickets to maQ.ds to Wischnewski in the does not reflect distribution according to race and sex, and the its visitors, ''not nearly tower. listing of fringe benefits are so complex that they are not easily demand game because it is closest to where most ND en0u ·h" for Notre Dame, said Ham radio operators who reduced to dollar figures. Busick Michigan State 10,000 listened in on communications Under the direction of Press, the committee resolved to use alumni reside, There are 25,000 contributing alumni an<PUSC 15,000. Busick added between the cockpit and airport survey information on income to do a comparative study of that he has heard through tower said the man read a income levels at Bi~ Ten schools, "peer group" schools and across the country. Deciding the number of tic­ reports that Ohio State, not an 20-minute political manifesto Notre Dame. A simdar study was conducted by, the committee ND opponent, allocates only demanding a West German last year, using the University's average salary figure. At that kets to be set aside for visiting j teams is done by reciprocal 3800 tickets for its visitors [continued on. page 5] (continued on page 2] ljgreement. For example, when section .. 1 ·------- j ewsin brief ThUrsday, September 13, 1979 - page 2 House kills--measure • • • Hurricane re.quiring dr~ft ,egistmtion [continuedfrom page 1] were without power late last ed Mobile, officials'~repared to night. Repair crews were kept transport two unconscious dia­ Bruce Gilliland of· Alabama· indoors, he said, adding that no betics and the pregnant woman W ASHmGTON (AP) - The House rejected an attempt Power Co. said 100,000 to attempt would be made until from emergency shelters to yes~erday· ;to require. 18-year-old m~n to regist~r for the 110,000 or its customers, or 90 this morning to restore power. hospitals. military draft, somethmg they havern thad to do s1nce 1975. to 95 percent, in MobileCounty Other power outages were re­ ()ffj,cials said they expected By a vote of 252-163, House members turned down a plea by ported along the Gulf Coast. Rep. G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery, D-Miss., to require all they ·would have about two To the south, waves were hours d.f calm weather as the 18-y~r-old men in the country to register beginning on Jan. breaking over the only bridge 2, 1981. The House voted 259-155 to take the draft-registra· Nazz plans eye passed over the city to tion measure out of a $42.1 billion weapons bill and instead connecting Dauphin Island to move the patients. Williams directed President Carter to conduct a study on the matter. the mainland. said it was "unusual to have an Speaker Thomas P.
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