European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday september 7,1988 some investigators waiting to question Pilot in Delta crash Grapevine Texas a most or the 22 investigators seeking the cause of the Delia air lines crash Hal killed 13 people last week have re turned to Washington but several stayed behind to Rel Pierc More pieces of wreckage. Some of the investigators hoped to question the plane s Captain but Kathy Matney. Parkland Hospital vice presi Dent said on monday Cape. Larry Davis was to undergo surgery this a Civ and an interview was not scheduled. The National transportation safely Board Cam members Hope Hal Davis can answer lingering questions about right 1141, which crashed and burned within seconds or Takeoff wednesday at Dallas fort Worth . Ninety five people aboard the plane bound for sail Lake City survived including the three members or the cockpit Crew. Al the Airport huge mechanical jaws chewed through the left Wing of the Boeing 111 Jet. A Bulldozer hauled i away. Right now it s wreckage work preparatory to the Nash s releasing it to Delia said Joe Dealey spokesman for the Airport. Nosb spokesman Mike Benson said he was unsure when the fuselage would be removed and where in would go but said it would tic inspected to deter mine the condition of the passengers cats and the extent of tire damage they suffered. Although most of the 22 Federal investigators returned to Washington Over the labor Day weekend several remained i Texas. A Good number Are there Hal Are jus finishing up in terms of collecting typing up their notes said Benson. This is a difficult  Benson said the same group of investigators who spoke with the Crew s first officer and an injured flight attendant would question Davis. However the May have to return to Texas to speak with the Captain. Investigators have evidence indicating that the Wing haps were completely or almost completely retracted. But they were told by flight Engineer Stephen Judd that the Wing flaps were extended in the proper position for Takeoff. During a briefing sunday Nosb member Lee Dickinson said More Evi Dence had been collected on the position of the Wing flaps. We have further verification that the flaps were retracted he said. Pills said if the Wing flaps were re Irac cd that could be a sign the Crew was Irving to Fly he plane on one engine. Dickinson refused to speculate on re ports that two engines failed. A recording of cockpit Crew members showed they mentioned engine failure. The plane s cockpit remained at the site monday scaled in a plastic Blue tar Paulin adjacent to a Row of seals pulled from the plane. The cockpit was to be hauled to Delia Headquarters in Allan la but officials decided to leave it at the Airport Benson said. We found i hangar we will put Itin Benson said. Well be Able to do the work there on site and won t have logo through shipping and those  an ear for Speed Rolls Royce Engineer Kenneth Price uses a do Slick device to listen for sounds normally inaudible id the ear As he checks the engine of i Bently Turbo r a the firm s . Corporate head Mortera in Lynd Tuat n a the Turbo r is believed to be the files four door production ear in he world. . Bus Ness brisk but fed notes some unease Washington Dpi business is brisk in most pans of the country but an undercurrent of unease was noted in some quarters especially housing construction and retail spending the Federal Reserve boar said tuesday. The fed monthly Survey of current economic conditions said the Pace of business activity in Mostof the fed s 12 districts ranged from healthy expansion to stable to mixed. Actual weakness was noted Only in the St. Louis area which has been hard Hil by the Long summer drought inc report said. The report found some ominous signs of higher inflation in rising raw material costs and higher prices for Industrial components. Further Price increases Are expected the Centra Bank s report said. Various materials and components Are in Short Supply and Lead times have length ened further prompting producers to try to raise their inventories of these  the fed raised us Benchmark discount interest rat aug. 9 from 6 percent to 6.5 percent to clip the wings of what it saw As a threatening upward flight of inflation. Some analysts have predicted the fed May increase the Rale again if the Economy shakes off inc restraint and prices continue to Rise. This summer s drought caused a sharper loss of com and soybean production in the Chicago District than for the nation As a whole inc report said. Higher feed costs have squeezed livestock producers mar gins As have higher water costs in the san  the year has been a roller coaster for the forestry Industry and Oil exploration and development remains sluggish the report said. A number of manufacturing industries such , chemicals sleet and aluminium Are operating near capacity driven by Strong Export demand and continued steady Domestic spending the report said. This created further upward pressures on prices the report said. Students need a bigger byte of computer time report says Washington a american schools have Only one computer for every 30 students ind even those pupils with Access to co Puteni net la use then Only on in a Bengt of pm Bour week. Report to Congress Slid tuesday. The report by the  of fice of to nolo to assessment Iteld Toby s classrooms typically resemble to Cir ancestors of so Yean 0more closely thu operating rooms or business office resemble their 1938tmlora," the Agency estimated Tell schools have spent is billion on computer hardware Over the put decide. That lie now 1,2 million to 1.7 million computers la Public schools my fewer than s percent bin no computer. Bat the Agency Tild ii would Cut $4 a gluon to jury enough equipment to re duct the student computer ratio from 30-1 to 3-1 ratio Thil Woald Matt la students compote a education needs bring met to prepare them Lor the mod Era bbl Ness world. The 246-pin report bated of two years research uld that Between 1w1 and 1987 the per Emuge of schools equipped with computers  use grew from 18 percent to 95 percent. But the Vii a Jority of schools still do my line enough of them tomake the computer a Central element of instruction it mild. Hispanic population increasing 5 times faster than other groups Washington a hispanics have increased by More than one third in this decade growing nearly five times faster than the rest of inc population the census Bureau reported tuesday. In estimated that Here were 19.4 Mil lion americans of hispanic background As of last March representing so percent of the nation s population. That is 34 percent More than the 14.5 million people who listed themselves As hispanics in the i 980 census. By Compa Rison the nation s non hispanic Popula Tion increased by about 7 percent. About half the hispanic increase was a result of immigration and half from the excess of births Over deaths. Hispanics Are extremely concentrate geographically the Bureau found. About one third of hispanics 33.9 percent re Side in California and 21.3 percent liven Texas meaning those two slates account for Well Over half of All hispanics in the United Stales. While the study did not estimate the hispanic population of every state i said that nearly 9d percent live in just nine states those Are California 6,6 million Texas 4,1 million new York 2.1 Mil lion Florida 1.5 million Illinois,801,000 Arizona 64fl,000 new Jersey. 646,000 new Mexico 543,000, and col Orado 368,000. People of mexican heritage were the largest hispanic group at 12.1 million Folia cd by puerto Picans living on . Mainland 2.5 million Central and South americans 2.2 million and cubans 1.0 million