MEMO' , monmg= INNIMINE rmmin I=Mgl =MINIM = m =pmson-m, '777 COLLEGIAN 100 YEARS April 1887 •April 1987 Workers search for victims in Cerritos, Calif., yesterday morning in wreckage single-engine plane collided in restricted airspace, killing 67 and leaving 15 In an upper-middle-class neighbothood after an Aeromexico jetliner and a wounded or dead. Pilot in L.A. crash had heart attack By RICHARD HOLGUIN Associated Press Writer CERRITOS, Calif. The man believed to have piloted the small plane that collided with a jetliner, killing all 67 people on the planes and leaving 15 missing and feared dead, suffered a heart attack ' minutes before the collision, a coroner's spokesman said. The single-engine Piper Archer was not in contact with controllers directing air traffic in restricted airspace near Los Angeles Interna: tional Airport, where the planes collided Sunday and plummeted into a residential area; said John Lauber, a National Transportation Safety Board supervisor. Authorities said 64 people, including at least 47 U.S. residents, were aboard Aeromexico Flight 498, a DC-9 from Mexico City that was on its landing approach to Los Angeles, and three people were in the Piper when the planes collided a few minutes before noon Sunday. The planes fell into an upper-middle-class neighborhood, littering streets, homes and trees in- a six- by eight-block section with steel, flesh, charred cars, luggage and ashes. Student condition after fall Nu, said Ross was locked out of his room. Ross' keys were found in the purse of a girl who attended the A University student suffered a party, Hoffman said. fractured skull early Sunday morning Hoffman- (junior-math) said the after falling from a second-floor win- girl, whose name he couldn't recall, dow during a fraternity party, the called the fraternity Sunday morn- State College Bureau of Police Serving, saying she found the keys in her ices said. purse. She told Hoffman she didn't Robert Ross (senior-agricultural know how the keys got there, he said. business management) fell about 16 "I don't know why he didn't come to feet headfirst from a window of Sig- me because I have a key .to his ma Nu fraternity, 340 N. Burrowes robm," Hoffman said. "This is all a Road, after he leaned out the window fluke. It's just one of those accidents in an attempt to enter a window that happens once in a million." adjoining his bedroom, police said. Hoffman said security at future Ross, 22, a member and resident of parties would be strengthened in light Sigma Nu, later told police he was of the incident, but he could provide trying to get in the window because no specifics. the door to his room was locked. John Thompson (sophomore-art), a When a University Ambulance fraternity member, said he was sur- Service team arrived on the scene, prised by Ross's accident. Ross was found lying on his back, his "He is one of the more intelligent face covered with blood, police said. people we have," Thompson said. He was taken to Centre Community "He always kept his head clear. It's Hospital and later transferred to Gei- just one of those things." singer Medical Center in Danville. Thompson said Ross had acted as a Carol Krone, a nursing supervisor security officer in the upstairs region at Geisinger, said Ross was in a of the house during the party, which medical surgical unit in serious con- was a toga party, Thompson, said. - dition. He suffered multiple frac- Ross was not wearing a toga, he said. tures, including a fractured skull, "I didn't think he was drunk at the broken vertebrae, a fractured shoul- time," Thompson said. "I didn't think der And a sprained ankle, she said. he would do that. Everyone who is on Krone said serious condition means duty as security is not allowed to • "death is possible, but not necessari- drink." ly within 24 hours." Wheni asked if the incident would State College police said the vic- affect future parties, Thompson said: tim's mother, Diane Ross of Butler, "I don't think so. We usually have a told them a Geisinger spokesman good turnout because of our populari said her son's blood alcohol content ty. We'll probably continue to have was listed at 0.20 percent at the time our parties." of his arrival there. Interfraternity Council President Krone refused to confirm that. Ef- Pat Conway declined to comment on forts to contact the victim's mother the incident and would not say if the were unsuccessful. IFC would file any charges against A person with a blood alcohol con- Sigma Nu. tent of 0.10 percent is considered "I can't say anything about it be "under the influence" of alcohol, cause I don't know anything about police said. it," Conway said. "I want to call the Sgt. Dianne Conrad of the State house and investigate for myself be- College police said no further investi- fore I make any comment." gation will be made until police can Fraternity parties are open only to speak with Ross. rushees, invited guests and little sis- Rob Hoffman, president of Sigma ters, Conway said. By JOHN SPENCE Collegian Staff Writer the daily "A man in his 50s, believed to be the pilot of the small craft . . . suffered occlusive coronary ar tery disease," in addition to multiple injuries in the crash, said Bill Gold, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County coroner's office. "This condition can be called a heart attack," Gold said. "He may have lived if there wasn't a collision. The heart attack itself wasn't fatal." Coroner's officials couldn't determine the ex act time the heart attack occurred, only that it was before the collision, Gold said. "We were unable to determine at what time it occurred or how severe it was," Gold said. `.`The heart attack came minutes before his death, but the cause of death was his injuries." The pilot of the small plane may have been William Kramer, who recently moved to Los Angeles from Spokane, Wash., a relative said. Robert Kirkpatrick of Spokane, Wash., said the Los Angeles coroner's office notified his former wife; Suzanne Kirkpatrick of Spokane, that her father, mother and sister were in the small plane. Kirkpatrick said the pilot's name was William Kramer, his wife's name was Kathleen Kramer, and the daughter's name was Caroline Kramer. in serious Collegian oft • _ Wet ride TKE fined for serving minors By VICTORIA PETTIES Collegian Staff Writer Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity has pleaded no contest to charges of serv ing alcohol to underage drinkers and was fined $9OO plus court costs, or dered to serve 350 hours of commu nity service and placed on probation fontwo years. The ruling came nearly four months after an automobile accident in which a 26-year-old Slippery Rock University student was killed after drinking alcohol at a party at TKE, 346 E. Prospect Ave. Dave Thompson, TKE president, announced at last night's Interfrater nity Council meeting that the frater nity was found guilty by Judge Charles C. Brown Jr. of the Centre County Court of Common Pleas in the May 1 incident Details, including probation terms Gold said a positive identification of the pilot had not been made. "Until we positively know, we can't say," Gold said, adding that an identification may be made today after a fingerprint check. In addition to the dead, Red Cross spokesman Stan Schwartz said 15 people were listed as missing last night. Sixteen houses burned, 10 of them destroyed by flames, falling wreckage or both. Minor injuries were suffered by 10 neighborhood residents, five firefighters and a deputy. Gov. George Deukmejian toured the neighbor hood, designated a local disaster area by offi cials, for about 45 minutes yesterday. He said he would consider designating the neighborhood a state disaster area, if local officials ask. "There's no confirmed (dead) on the ground," Greg , Colvett of the coroner's office said at a command post in Cerritos, 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles. "It's just too much of a mess. . . . We're talking bits and pieces of everything." Lauber, speaking at a news conference, said the light plane had a transponder, a device that could broadcast its position, but "we don't know if the transponder was in fact working." s~~ +— ~ Karen Cooper (senior•telecommunications) enjoys a wild but damp Labor Day weekend at Raystown Dam and the number of community serv ice hours, will be discussed when TKE members meet with their proba tion officer Sept. 4 1 : - • NAI," AP Laserpholo In the accident, Stacey Paris of Pittsburgh was killed instantly when he drove his eastbound car into the westbound lane of U.S. Route 322. The vehicle ran into the path of an oncom ing tractor-trailer. The cause of death was listed as massive head and chest trauma. According to police reports listed at the time of the incident, Paris and two men left Slippery Rock at 8:30 p.m. April 30 and went to McKean Hall, where they drank beer for about an hour and a half. At TKE, the men were served beer again, the reports said, adding that at about 12:30 a.fn. May 1 the men returned to McKean Hall, where they drank more alcohol. IFC President Pat Conway warned BSCAR, other factors cited in black decline State for recruiting blacks, had a minor decrease in black enrollment. Both Jordan and Staples said an- Although 'a University official said other factor affecting enrollment is last semester's controversy sur- the increasing scarcity of financial rounding divestment had a signifi- aid. cant impact on black freshmen Staples said, "In the last four enrollment at the University, that is years, the median income for blacks not the only reason explaining the 25 has actually dropped .. . a lot of this percent decrease. (decrease in black freshman enroll- The scarcity of financial aid and ment) has to do with economic things. the declining pool of black students There is a lot of unemployment in going to college are two other impor- Pennsylvania. People cannot always tant reasons, officials said. afford to go to college." "There is no single factor you could Robert Evans, director of student use," said Victoria V. Staples, direc- aid, said black Pennsylvania stu tor of minority admissions. "This is dents' financial needs are met not an exact science." through state programs designed for Staples added that black freshman black students who fill out the appro enrollment was most significantly priate applications and are admitted affected by the activities of the Black to the University. Student Coalition Against Racism However, he noted that out of state and media coverage of the group. students cannot benefit from this "They used the press well," she program. said. "If you are in the state of Pennsyl- University President Bryce Jordan vania, we have' a full commitment. said the student activities had "some We do not have the same kind of impact, especially where they visited commitment if you are out of state," schools." he said. However, he added, "As I said all Staples said the financial aid situa along, it is a variety of causes." tion has "a greater impact on out of Staples also pointed to demogra- state kids. We bend over backwards phic trends affecting the number of for Pennsylvanians." black students enrolling at the Uni- Staples said• special efforts are versity. made through her office to inform She said that while both in Pennsyl- minority students of financial aid vania and throughout the nation the deadlines. high-school graduation rate for She added that the University runs blacks has increased, the number of special financial aid workshops for 18-year-olds has decreased. high school seniors and their parents. In addition, Staples said, the per- Staples said another reason for the tentage of high school graduates who decline is increasing competition go to college is declining. among schools to recruit the best These factors result in a loss' of black students. "All state-owned. and_state-related black college-bound high school stu dents,"she said. institutions are coMpeting," she said,' • adding that the military is another "Some people say if the trend con- competitor for qualified high school tinues as it is going, there will actual- graduates. ly be less black people in college in Jordan said this year's decrease in 1990 than there is now," Staples said. black freshman enrollment should Jordan said the declining number not affect the University's goal of of black students has had an impact achieving a 5 percent minority pop on the recruiting efforts of all Penn- ulation by 1987. sylvania state owned and state re- Jordan said the University's effort lated institutiqns. to recruit minorities is in good faith For example, Jordan said, Temple and pointed to the fact that minority University, which does not have the enrollment is still "substantially" geographical disadvantages of Penn higher than three years ago. By CAROLYN SORISIO Collegian Staff Writer a=t 43 fraternity presidents that the TKE incident could happen at any fraterni ty house. "Beware of the liability we are facing as we go into this new alcohol policy as we are researching what we want to do," Conway said. "This incident, though unfortunate, could happen at any house. I think we want to look long and hard about what we want to do this semester." Conway announced the appoint ments of 10 fraternity presidents to a research committee headed by IFC Executive Vice President Jeff Peters to study the alcohol policy and make recommendations to the council in several weeks. The recommendations from the committee and from IFC lawyer Ralph Rumsey will be studied before the council makes any final decisions on fraternity alcohol policies. Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1986 Vol. 87, No. 35 24 pages University Park, Pa. 16802 Published by students of The Pennsylvania State University @1986 Collegian Inc. Related story, Page 12. • • •• ,o A , o=t • Correction Due to a reporter's error, it was incorrectly stated in Friday's Collegian that Harold Cheatham is the president of the Forum on Black Affairs. He is the Forum's former president. tueS& 4 This is the last day for phone-in drop/add. To make schedule ad justments, students should fill out drop/add forms and take them to their departments until noon or should call 8639000 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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