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Thursday, September 5,1985
News Briefs
Delta labels traffic controllers negligent
The North Texas Daily—Page 3
Obituary
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NT debate coach dies
DALLAS (AP)—Delta Air Lines filed a court motion
claiming that negligence on the part of the air traffic
controllers caused one of its jetliners to crash at Dallas-
Fort Worth International Airport on Aug. 2, killing 135
people.
Delta named the Federal Aviation Administration a
third party in a suit against the airline filed by the wife
of a passenger who died in the crash of Flight 191.
Cynthia Zoe Dahl, 35, of Sandy, Utah, filed the initial
suit against Delta in state district court alleging negligence
on the part of the airline. Dahl’s husband, Steven Bradley
Dahl, 36, died in the crash.
WASHINGTON (AP)—Prominent religious groups
while praising President Reagan for trying to revise :>
"jungle-of-injusticcs” tax system, are complaining his
plan would still do too little for the poor and too much
for the rich.
In broadsides issued as members of Congress began
returning from summer recess, a large coalition of
Protestant and Jewish groups and the Roman Catholic-
bishops’ national organization addressed details of the
president’s proposal. \
The bishops’ U.S. Catholic Conference asked rhetori-
AUSTIN (AP)—The state, ending an eight-year legal
fight over the fortune of reclusive billionaire Howard
Hughes, has received a second $25 million tax payment
from the Hughes estate, officials said Wednesday.
Attorney General Jim Mattox said the money, which
has been deposited in the state Treasury, was the last
half of a $50 million settlement reached with the Hughes
estate and the state of California last year
"This wraps up a complicated case that lasted eight
years, with the state of Texas definitely getting its money’s
worth.” Mattox said.
After Hughes' death, Texas and California each pursued
Delta filed a third-party petition on Aug. 29 claiming
the crash was “caused by the negligence of the one or
more air traffic control personnel” employed by the FAA.
The carrier seeks "contribution from the FAA for any
liability” that may be issued against Delta as the result
of Dahl’s suit.
Flight 191 crashed during a heavy thunderstorm as it
approached the runway on a flight from Fort Lauderdale,
Fla. The L-IOI1 jet clipped an automobile on a freeway
adjacent to the runway killing the driver, hit two water
tanks on the airport property and skidded across a muddy
field.
tally: "Should wt allow a large windfall for the rich at
a time when the gap between rich and poor is widening,
at a time when millions lack even the most basic
necessities required for human dignity?”
And the Protestant-Jcwish coalition, Interfaith Action
for Economic Justice, called Reagan's plan “an assault
on the progressivity of the tax system,” the skewing of
the system so wealthy people pay a higher percentage
of income in taxes.
Both groups said further help for the poor should not
come at the expense of middle-income Americans.
inheritance tax claims on the massive Hughes estate.
The case had been before the U.S. Supreme Court three
times.
Hughes left no verified will. More than 40 proported
wills and hundreds of prospective heirs surfaced over
the years A series of trials in 1981 trimmed the number
of heirs to 22.
In the settlement agreement reached last year. Texas
got $50 million cash in two payments and California
got between $119 million and $150 million in cash and
land The federal government also claimed more than
$100 million.
Renowned NT debate coach and
scholar Dr. William DeMougeot died
Aug. 16. He had been suffering from
a combination of leukemia and dia-
betes.
DeMougeot, a faculty member
in the division of interpersonal
and public communication, began
teaching and coaching debate at NT
in 1954.
In 1964, his team won the NBC
Television National Debate Championship. The team later
defeated Oxford University in an internationally televised
debate.
Over 20 years as debate coach, his teams competed
in more than 5,000 debates, winning 62 percent.
He served as executive secretary for the Texas Com-
munication Association from 1979 to 1982. He was a
member of the Southern Speech Communication Asso-
ciation and the Texas Association of College Teachers.
By NORANN MCDONNELL
Daily Reporter
Because of a ruling passed a year ago by the Inter-
fraternity Council, NT fraternities are having a week of
dry rush after last week’s wet rush. The ruling eliminated
the completely wet rush fraternities used to have.
The half-wet, half-dry rush appears to be a transition
period for the fraternities. In September 1986. all rush
parties will have to be dry because of a law passed this
year by the Texas legislature that will raise the drinking
age to 21.
The IFC’s ruling created skepticism as to whether or
not the dry rush would affect the number of pledges,
said Brad Moss, Interfraternity Council president. Most
of the fraternities suggested ways to get around the ruling,
but the suggestions have ended. Moss said
Fraternities saw the benefit of the ruling in two ways,
he said. It discourages the “professional rusher” who
comes to every party but does not pledge, and it helps
He was often hired as consultant for such companies
as the Manville Corp., Southwestern Bell, the American
Medical Association and the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers.
In the early 1960s, DeMougeot ran for Homecoming
Queen “He made the decision (to run) because he wasn’t
impressed with any of the contestants,” said Dr. Charldean
Newell, special assistant to the chancellor for planning
and former DeMougeot student.
He entered himself as “The Great Pumpkin.” Newell
said he got the pumpkin idea from the “Peanuts” comic
strip. He came in second place.
DeMougeot took a medical leave of absence in May.
He intended to return to NT next spring.
He was born in New York City and received his
doctorate in rhetoric and public address from Cornell
University.
DeMougeot is survived by his wife, Helen, of Fort
Worth; and two daughters, Susan Terry of Waxahachie
and Barbara Fidler of Fort Worth.
with the grade point averages of fraternity members.
Moss said.
“After attending some of the dry rush parties this
week,” Moss said, “1 was surprisingly impressed with
the turnout. There were just as many people there as
during the wet rush.”
This fall was the first time fraternities had wet rush
before the school year. In the past, the first two weeks
of the semester were devoted to rush.
“Having the dry rush during the first week of school
makes the different fraternities try to be a little more
creative,” Moss said.
The dry rush did not affect the number of pledges in
a noticeable way. Moss said. All fraternities are signing
as many pledges as in previous years.
“There is a positive attitude among the greeks this
year concerning rush,” Moss said. “The newcomers seem
to be more responsible and more willing to stick around
and be active members than those in years past. We feel
good about the rush and the drinking rules that apply.”
Church leaders claim tax bill favors rich
Eight-year fight over Hughes estate ends
Demougeot
Fraternities pledge without alcohol
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