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Page 8 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1979 Fighting it out under the earth Two compete for record United Press International GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — Country Bill White is having a hard time getting himself buried, but he’s experienced at that sort of thing and there’s a special challenge this time so he vows it’s going to happen this week. Last time White, 45, spent 134 days, two hours and 55 minutes buried underground in New Bed ford, Mass. — setting the world record — but in discussing that feat on a television talk show he said he made a mistake. Country Bill said he didn’t think a woman should stay underground that long, and within days Linda Barker, 26, from Henderson, Tenn., challenged him. The whole show, including White, Ms. Barker, a promoter and manager, moved to suburban Dallas to have it out, or, rather, under. “Bill likes Texas and this is going to be his last burial (at least his next to last) and so he wanted to have it here,” said the manager, Otha Red dick. Bill’s been buried seven times be fore, but he said he’s never had such trouble as this time. “First it was the rain last week end,” White said. “The telephone company and the electric company couldn’t get the telephones and electricity into the box. “Then they were taking the box LAKEVIEW CLUB 3 Miles N. on Tabor Road Saturday Night: Tony Douglas & The Shrimpers From 9-1 p.m. STAMPEDEDANCE Every Thursday Night $2.00 per person All Brands, Cold Beer 45 Cents 8-12 off in a pickup to a place where they could keep it dry and it fell off the truck and busted all to hell. So we got to build another box. They’re working on it and they say they'll have it finished. “If it all comes together, we’ll do it Friday. I’d say we re going to do it Friday. I want to get started and get it over with because I got other things to do.” Ms. Barker and White will be buried in a double coffin which is 6 feet, by 6 feet by 3 feet. They’ll be separated by a threequarter-inch plywood partition. The coffin will have ventilation chutes at their heads, telephones and electricity. Food will be passed down a pipe, and people on the outside also will be able to look at them through the pipe. The telephone number has not been released yet, but when it is White said he expects calls from all over the world, as he has received during past burials. j White protested that Ms. Barker) misunderstood him in the television broadcast. “I didn’t say women couldn’t doj it,” he said. “I said they shouldn’t doj it. I figure women have a lot more problems under there than a man, just cause they are a woman. “We’re going to stay down there until somebody gives up. I got the world record, and I am going to de fend my world record.” Straight from the horse 9 s mouth Dr. Andrew K. Currie of Houston examines the mouth of a 3-year-old gelding at the Houston Livestock Show last weekend. 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The authors of a new book, “Handicapped Childrep: Strategies for Improving Services,” also said, “If one-in-ten existing handicaps in youth had been prevented, the fu ture savings to the government might have been about $500 million per year for all handicapped youth. Garry D. Brewer, professor of or ganization and management at Yale University, and James S. Kakalik of the Rand Corp., said that more than 9 million of the 83.8 million youths aged 21 or younger in 1970 were handicapped. They said 193,000 suffered visual impairment; 490,000 hearing im pairment; 2.2 million speech im pairment; 1.67 million crippling or other health impairment; 2.8 mil lion, mental retardation; 1.5 million emotional disturbance; 740,000 learning disability; and 50,000 mul tiple handicaps. “Currently there are over 50 dif ferent major federal programs and hundreds of state and local pro grams, which together expended at least $7 billion for handicapped youth in fiscal year 1976, up from less than $5 billion in FY 1971,” Brewer and Kakalik said. They said the average annual government expenditure per hand icapped youth is $495, but added that while some handicapped chil dren receive much more than that amount in government services, others receive nothing. Brewer and Kakalik said that most of the programs are worthwhile and services are improving, “but the service system faces major prob lems, and with better organization and support it could do far better.” “Many of the handicapped chil dren are not receiving services, or are receiving the wrong or in adequate services,” they said. “Extreme inequities prevail in the delivery of services; there are Alpine Products, a nationally known brand of high quality sleeping bags, jackets and backpacks is looking for campus Sales Represen tatives. We provide product information and training. Liberal commissions and strong earning poten tial. A Alpine Products, Inc. PO Box 403 West Sacramento, California 95691 Call Toll Free: 800-824-5 100 to arrange an interview nge “Th< Ipt re e sai< ative ies t( ise cl >e of serious gaps in services offi , ar ’ s formation is insufficient, ct if ^ inadequate, and most impaired the resources devoted tol 5 ing youths’ needs are insuffi , 0 linj approximate terms, sometki stis half of the services needed ty tioni icapped youth, were not 1 Sen ceived in 1971.” -Ohi Brewer and Kakalik said tin an ap ernment does not place eii ng a phasis on preventing ha: e gre( spending about 3 percent « Wa\ vital services of prevention, ill s, Si cation and direction. Onlyaljked, percent is targeted for pn sk th 99 percent goes for service aUlcrifii children are handicapped, endo They offered the follown i oil ommendations: ;r?” —Give a single federal prime responsibility and aul for prevention as a service —Revise and strengthei munization programs, and funding for an open-ended —Without deductibles cover prenatal care, routim munization services for dtil examinations for youth uptoaj and preventive medical tread in Medicaid and in any nail health insurance that maybefj lished. —Expand voluntary genetic] ing and counseling services, panied by a high-risk registp| parents and potential parei handicapped children. —Evaluate and research va existing and proposed physical mental impairment identified programs for both school-age) preschool-age children. —Institute a comprehensive screening program for physical mental handicaps throughoul country.