Page 6B THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 10, 1976
Cave explorers risk broken bones
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By HOLLY HUTCHISON
Broken legs, compressed verteb
rae and strangulation are risks taken
by the Aggie Speleological Society
when they go to explore a cave.
The society, better known as the
Caving Club, was organized in 1973.
“We do noncommercial caving,
exploring any hole in the ground,”
said Jim Weatherford, club member.
Caves are not operated for a profit.
“There are not many caves in
Texas, but we have been caving in
New Mexico, and are planning a trip
to Tennessee during spring break. ”
Everyone owning a hard hat,
sturdy boots, and leather gloves does
not qualify as a cave explorer
(spelunker), although these items
are essential. Weatherford said the
club has set up certain qualifications
for persons interested in cave explo
ration.
Danger always exists for spelun-
kers. Angeline Palmer, a girl caving
with a group from the University of
Texas, was ascending a rope from
Devils Sinkhole. She was not using a
“chicken strap,” which would hold
the foot to the sling of the rope. Her
foot came out of the sling and she fell
to her death.
A man was climbing down a rusty
ladder into an abandoned mine shaft
in New Mexico when one of the
rungs broke. He fell 40 feet to a
ledge, compressing two vertebrae.
The ledge was next to a 200-foot drop
off. Some Texas A&M spelunkers
were in the area and assisted in the
Nixon contradicts
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Richard M.
Nixon reportedly claims he did not
personally select persons who were
the objects of wiretaps early in his
presidency, a statement that appa
rently contxadicts the views of Sec
retary of State Henry A. Kissinger.
According to published reports,
the former president says in a depos
ition that he approved an over-all
wiretap program in 1969 but left the
specific targets to Kissinger, then
Nixon s secui-ity adviser. The deposi
tion was to be filed in court today.
Nixon’s position would appear to
conflict with Kissinger’s sworn
statement that “while his Nixon’s au
thorization was in general terms and
not limited to specific individuals,
my understanding was that he then
directed surveillance of Morton
Halperin and certain others.”
Halperin, a one-time national sec-
ux ity aide who was one of 17 persons
wiretapped, is suing the former pres
ident, Kissinger and others for dam
ages that could exceed $3 million.
Nixon gave the deposition — a
question and answer session under
oath — at his home in San Clemente,
Calif., on Jan. 16 in connection with
the Halperin suit. Nixon had sought
to avoid giving the deposition but
was ordered to participate by U. S.
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flipped upside down, but Weather
ford stressed that “the number of ac
cidents has really been low consider
ing the number of people involved.
One accident is enough to make a
bad year, though. ”
Weatherford said negligence
caused accidents in regular caving,
and warned of the hazards of under
water cave diving.
The Caving Club members want
to discourage the Texas A&M Scuba
Club from going underwater cave
diving because it is dangerous.
Weatherford said that a person can
not surface and that often the dis
tance to an opening is miscalculated,
resulting in the loss of oxygen. Safety
lines that help the divers return to
the surface are sometimes used by
divers and these can get snagged or
lost. Signals are often used on the
safety lines to indicate that a diver is
all right or in trouble, but these sig
nals are sometimes crossed.
Precautionary measures taken by
Texas A&M spelunkers on their cav
ing trips include the use of three dif-
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ferent kinds of light as carbide lamps,
flashlights, candles, or electric
lights. Hard hats, boots and globes
are to be worn. The equipment is
carefully checked.
A belay x ope is also used for safety
purposes. By using the belay rope, a
fall can be slowed down.
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Weatherford said, “The accidents
were caused by mistakes and the fact
that people think they know what
they’re doing.” He said, “We have
never had anyone in the club that
was killed or hurt.”
Some minor incidents have oc
curred with the Texas A&M spelun
kers as someone has gotten his hand
crushed by a rock or someone has
in wiretap program
District Judge John Lewis Smith Jr.
Four days before Nixon testified,
Kissinger said in a sworn statement
that when he walked into an Oval
Office meeting already in progress
on April 25, 1969, Nixon was discus
sing leaks of sensitive infonnation
with FBI director J. Edgar Hoover
and Atty. John N. Mitchell.
“I was told that the Piesident had
decided to go back to the previous
practice of using wiretaps as the most
effective means of discovering
leaks, ” Kissinger said.
He added he was asked to supply
the names of key individuals who had
access to information that had been
leaked and “I was assured that the
wiretap program envisioned was en
tirely lawful. ...”
Kissinger said Hoover assured
Nixon that wiretaping in similar situ
ations had been a common practice
in previous administrations.
At that meeting, Kissinger said.
Hoover identified four persons as
security risks, including Halperin.
“It was my understanding that
President Nixon directed surveil
lance of the persons then suggested
by Director Hoover,” he said.
The wiretaps were placed for vary
ing lengths of time on telephones of
the 17 persons, including four
newsmen. White House aides and
Pentagon officials.
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