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Vol. XXXII, No.6 An ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER Institution February 5, 1980
Hartsfield
Expanding
BY KATRINA O. JONES
Panther Staff Writer
The construction sight of Hartsfield International Airport Midfield.
Photo by Jerome Gwinn
WCLK Expects Power Boost
Atlanta’s $400 million dollar
airport expansion program is
on schedule and still within
the budget for its September,
1980 opening.
Hartsfield International
Airport Midfield terminal pro
ject will make the airport the
largest in the world.
“An advantage of the new
terminal is that it will
eliminate the long taxi dis
tance of the aircrafts,” said the
project coordinator of the new
terminal.
Melvin McCray also the ad
ministrative assistant to the
Director of Airport Planning
and development said the new
terminal may provide jobs for
32,()()() people with an average
income of $22,000 each.
The official title of the pro
ject is the Central Passenger
Terminal complex and it in
volves the construction of a
complete new passenger
facility between the airport’s
two longest parallel runways.
The new terminal is
designed to accommodate an
additional 5.2 million
passengers a year, the
Hartsfield runways were
originally built to handle only
16.5 million passengers a year.
Last year 36.5 million
passengers were handled at
Harstfield and there were a
total of 496,000 thousand
scheduled airline flights.
The original airport con
sisted of three parallel east-
west runways capable of
simultaneous operations and
all terminal facilities are
located on the north side of
these runways.
The new terminal is located
at the west end of the field and
includes two landside
buildings and a separate build-
ing for international
operations.
The new terminal buildings
are connected by underground
people-movers to four parallel
airside concourse.
“The entire success of the
project depends on the success
of moving the people to where
they need to go,” McRay said.
“We are using fifth
generation equipment from
Westinghouse so we have
every confidence that everyth
ing will go as planned,” said
McCray.
The Westinghouse people-
movers will operate in an
underground system that will
join with the landscape
terminal building. An average
daily volume if 200,000 people
will be transported in six-two-
car trains toperating on a 1.1
mile long track.
The four concourses which
are used for loading and
unloading will have a total of
104 gates - 26 gates each - and
there will also be six additional
gates in the separate
international concourse being
built between the landside
terminals and the first
internal concourse.
The concourse is a two-story
structure with 215,000 square
feet on each level and will
serve 26 - LlOll’s or 34 Boeing
747’s and D-C9’s or a com
bination of both.
The building has a total of
21,000 cubic yards of concrete
and about 160 miles of wire.
The building is enormous and
cont. on page 12
With the Atlanta City Coun
cil presidential election less
than one week away, can
didates seeking this pres
tigious office convened at
Clark College recently to dis
cuss key issues vital to their
campaign.
All six candidates concurred
that Atlanta’s rising crime
rate and the city’s lack of effec
tive leadership calls for
immediate attention, as they
vowed to meet the challenge
once elected.
Although each of the can
didates presented legitimate
campaign issues, political
WCLK, Clark College’s FM
radio station, is anticipating a
power increase this year.
The Federal Com
munications Commission
(FCC) has awarded permis
sion to start construction of the
new facilities needed for the
power boost. It is a matter of
time before the station will
produce 25,000 watts instead
observers feel Atlanta City
Councilman Marvin
Arrington, former Atlanta
City Solicitor Mary Welcome
and Fulton County Com
missioner Michael Lomax are
the front-runners in this race.
Other candidates include:
businessman John Thompson,
real estate broker Harold
Williams, and former correc
tions officer Johnny Williams.
The forum began with each
candidate presenting a five
minute synopsis of their plat
form, followed by questions
from students and concerned
citizens.
BY BRENDA J. GATES
Panther Staff Writer
of the usual 54 watts presently
being used.
This means WCLK can be
picked up in a 14-mile radius.
Any one within Interstate 285
will be able to pick it up.
The station was designed as
another component to the
Mass Communications
department training unit. Ac
cording to Terry Cobb, station
Lomax, the smooth-talking
32-year-old county com
missioner who apologized for
his brief appearance due to
“two other engagements,” said
he feels he is the most qualified
man for the job.
“I believe I can get the job
done,” he said, “You’re not
electing someone to win a
popularity contest, you’re elec
ting a council president.”
Lomax’ w ^° the r °l e °*
council president is the
“second most important job in
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crease is expected to cost more
than $200,000 for new facilities
and new equipment.
Ms. Cobb said she has sub
mitted a proposal to the
National Telecommunications
Information Assistance
(NTIA) to request funds for the
equipment needed. Also, funds
will be needed for the
renovation of room 331,
McPheeters Dennis.
This room is located beside
the radio station and is the
most logical space to be used.
The renovation will bring a
production studio that resem
bles the one WCLK already
has.
It will have two rooms
separated by a sound proof
window and two other offices
to the side. Ms. Cobb said the
offices they have now are
overcrowded and new facilities
have long been needed. She
said one member on the staff
does not have an office at all.
WCLK went on the air April
1973 and this year there will be
a week-long series of events
celebrating its seventh an
niversary. Culminating the ac
tivities will be an awards ban
quet and installation of Iota
Beta Sigma officers on April 11
of this year. Iota Beta Sigma is
cont. on page 12
manager of WCLK, the in-
Candidates Discuss Issues
BY MICHAEL H. COTTMAN
Panther News Editor