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Death called 4accit Jumper By Billy Baker USC freshman Wendy J. Ramsey, who died April 3 in a parachuting accident near Lugoff, S.C., when she deployed her chute at too low an altitude, had been reprimanded twice this semester by USC Sport Parachuting Club officials for waiting too long to pull her rip cord, according to Robert Trimmier, club president. During her 16th jump on Feb. 13, Ramsey failed to pull her main chute rip-cord at all, falling to 1,000 feet before an automatic safety "sentinal device triggered her reserve chute to open. A ground observer noted the violation of United States Parachuting Association (USPA) regulations, setting 2,500 feet as the minimum opening altitude for novice class jumpers, by firing a red flare. Parachute Club treasurer .lohn Grav later orallv reprimanded her. On March 14, Gray again reprimanded Ramsey for waiting to deploy her main chute until approximately 1,500 feet. Gray Philosophy sets idea colloquim The USC Philosophy Department is sponsoring a philosophy colloauium next week. Matthew J. Kelly of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale will present a paper on "The Imaginative Method and the Method of Clear and Distinct Ideas: A Suggestion" at 4 p.m. April 21 in Room 125 of the Nursing Pni Mi rirf D ^ ^ x^uiiuwi^. lvuu coiiiucnio ctuu discussion will follow the presentation. Hi " I -Job offers for 1976 j graduates are down ! i from last year by -26 per cent in | humanities-social * sciences j -23 per cent in engineering -12 per cent in sciences + ^ ( + Statistics from I Columbia Record, 11 March 1976) HSHKfev BHBSB dental* reprimanc said she was not wearing her glasses at the time and was not able to read her wrist altimeter to determine her altitude. It was her 37th jump. Following both incidents club officials said Ramsey was put on special restrictions. She was allowed to free fall from the jump plane for only five seconds instead of the normal 30 or more and the altitudes for her jumps were increased from a normal 3,200 feet to between 3,400 and 3,600 feet, Chris Elmore, a member of the r\nt*0/>Kuf A nlliK urli a Knrl pa&av,nuiu V.1UU wnu uau liioii ucicu Ramsey, said. Gray said a reprimand is not really a restriction or grounding. He said it was "more of a warning." Club officials said that after the reprimands Ramsey showed steady progress and had placed first in "cheapo" accuracy at a ?-v? o 4 K/\ T ? 1 rf > iiitxi at nit: juu^uii juiiip^iic juai two weeks before her accident. William Neely, accident investigating officer for the South Carolina General Aviation Administration, said nothing about the accident indicated any malfunctions in Ramsey's equipment at the time of the accident. He said in his report to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this week he nnted that Ramsey was a relatively inexTHIS WW Spaghetti ai $1.89 this inclu< Also with this dim iBAftTHI BB4V1 4-7 p.m. LOMBARDI'S mmmammmmmammmmmammmmammmmmmmi ~\ a me< -Ini Eru (us sk ~ac 's!3 ijC^n'n:f.):-nj; Wk sur H ma :om iM-i.'M'i'-;"..... are 1 -of sch w led twice perienced jumper and that he had been made aware of oral reprimands she received concerning the delayed pullings of her rip-cora. Joe Keshlear, an instructor who was doing "relative work" with Ramsey at the time of the accident, said he was not aware of the reprimands and restrictions Ramsey had received. According to Kershaw County Sheriff Department officials, the case is closed pending any new developments. Deputy Sheriff James Branhan said the department's conclusion is that Ramsey probably did not realize how far she had fallen. Trimmier said he and other members of the club had ruled out possible suicide as an explanation of Ramsey's delayed pulling of her rincord and resulting Hpath 4,In my own opinion, having known Wendy, I don't have any doubts that it wasn't suicide," Trimmier said. "After looking at what happened I think anyone would draw the same conclusion." Funeral services will be held today for Ramsey in Wallkill, N.Y. ?""T ;'S SPICIAL nd Meatballs Jes salad and roll. ier you get a PStBR r Bin. 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