The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 123, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 5, 1984 Page: 3 of 8
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News Briefs
Discovery flicks off bothersome ice
CAPi; CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)—With one
Hick of the wrist on their giant robot arm, Dis-
covery's astronauts brushed a bothersome block
of ice off the side ol the space shuttle Tuesday
and packed up to come home, their shakedown
flight .t huge success.
"It worked like a charm." said commander Hen-
ry W Hartsfield after he gingerly guided the end
of the ship's 50-foot crane over the ice that had
blocked two waste water vents just behind the
cabin on Discovery's port side.
NASA had worried that the unwelcome hanger-
on, estimated to weigh up to 30 pounds, might
break loose and damage the ship's tail during
Discovery's violent plunge through! the atmosphere
on Wednesday.
Herpes vaccine proves effective
COLLEGE STATION (AP) A vaccine against
herpes in cattle is effective and should help in the
research against genital herpes in humans and oth-
er herpes-related ailments like chicken pox and
cold sores, scientists said Tuesday.
The vaccines, developed by Baylor College of
Medicine in Houston, were shown safe and effec-
tive in preliminary tests on cattle at Texas A&M
University, Dr. Stewart McConnell, a veterinary
virologist at the school said.
McConnell, who is directing bovine herpes vac-
cine tests for the project, said researchers thought
they could get a more clearly defined picture of
herpes viruses if observed in "their natual host
animals."
Labor Day weekend deaths reach 41
AUSTIN (AP)— Stricter enforcement of drunk-
en driving and speeding laws coupled with a seat
bell awareness campaign appears to have kept the
Labor Day weekend highway carnage in Texas
below the expected 54 deaths, the Department of
Public Safety said Tuesday.
DPS spokesman Larry Todd said 41 people per-
ished over the weekend from traffic accidents.
and more are expected to die from injuries they
received.
"We are fearful the number will increase due
to the severity of injuries suffered by some per-
sons involved in other accidents," Todd said.
Still. Todd said, the final tally will still be below
the 54 deaths authorities predicted before the Fri-
day evening start of the count.
Official recommends tougher schools
AUS TIN (Al'i Tougher high school graduate
standards and college admission requirements are
needed to improve the academic skills of students
who wish to become teachers, a state education
official said Tuesday.
Larry Temple, chairman of the Texas College
Coordinating Hoard, made the recommendations
in letters to the governing boards of state col-
leges and community colleges and to the Texas
Association of School Boards.
In the letters. Temple noted the recent poor
showing of students who took pre-professional skills
tests for entry into teacher education programs.
Only 54 percent of the students who took the
test hist spring at Texas colleges and universities
passed all three parts—reading, math and writing,
he said. Scores from seven universities showed a
passing rate of less than 50 percent.
Police search for woman in baby death
GRAPEVINE (AP) -A 22-year-old Garland Tuesday morning, but she was still out of jail on
woman was ordered held on $50,000 bond Tues- a writ of habeas corpus Tuesday afternoon, accord-
day after she was charged with strangling a new- ing to Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport Police
born infant and dumping it in an airport trash can, Chief Tom Shehan.
officials said. "We don't know her whereabouts yet," Shc-
Shellv Saim Clower was charged with murder han said."
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The North Texas Daily—Page 3
Geography
enrollment
increases
Enrollment in the geography department has in-
creased unexpectedly by about 150 students since
last spring, and professors are having to learn to deal
with classes much larger than in the past.
Almost half the sections offered in the department
were closed by Saturday afternoon, said geography
department chairman John Bean. Before last spring,
the department had never closed more than a 10th of
its sections. Bean said.
"We're overjoyed, but also very concerned," Bean
said. "The lab rooms are going to be overfull, it
will slow the return of graded materials and it w ill
limit discussion somewhat."
Bean said last spring's enrollment was about 1050
students, and so far almost 1.200 students have
enrolled in geography courses this semester. That is
about a 15 percent increase.
Bean said classes traditionally have had about 30
or 40 students. "A class that size is good for dis-
cussions, but that becomes much different when you
have classes of 70, 80 or 90 people "
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Eades, Trent. The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 123, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 5, 1984, newspaper, September 5, 1984; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth332674/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.