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V TKof tfayfi -'Pate ■s will udeni r Au. THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1978 Page 3 lawyer speaks Tran Hknissefl Sk >' ,a b safety questionable JL1 HOT I <sTO\I 1..J i 1 aind mmer udent endar events to do s pro- iys. A inglo being rejusl orcea p.m, 'ith80 th (lie rd tlie ■deral have entto d said ran may be the next Viet Nam, |n Van Slyke, coordinator of the iston chapter of the National vyers Guild, said Wednesday it. fan Slyke spoke and gave a slide about the political situation of The show was sponsored by Iranian Students Association of |as A&M University. Ie said the United States gives fe money for arms and military to annually than to all other coun- combined. He said the Iranian i s regime could not last without Istant support from President Iter. fan Slyke said at the time of the Nam war, there were about military advisers in Iran. At moment, he said, there are |e emphasized the need for ferstanding between Iranians Americans. He said Americans to listen to Iranian students in I country who protest the Shah’s une. nese students are politically in- Jved for an international cause, he Van Slyke compared them to American students in the 60s protested the Viet Nam war. uman rights and civil liberties ealso at stake here, he said, e discussed the Shah’s visit to White House in November, [7, and said Carter’s full ac- ance of the “vicious dictator” in conflict to previous campaign ises to fight for human rights, e slide show contained pictures /an Slyke’s recent visit to Iran its capital, Tehran, an Slyke said he was invited on Bers help ady struck by lightning TULSA, Okla. — A woman ruck by lightning as she poured 'isoline into her car beside the Indian Nation Turnpike, is ankful for her CB radio and the ;ood buddies’ it brought to her The lightning bolt knocked ais Ann Dentis four feet into e air as her 5-year-old daughter atched. Mrs. Dentis was traveling with r three children and a friend [hen her car ran out of gasoline {uring a rainstorm Saturday ght. Using her CB, she had se- red a ride to a service station a trucker and another CBer ■d 0 p. look her back to her car. “A real nice man put me in his n until the ambulance came d they took me to the hospi- she said. “They (CBers) [topped and stayed with me, ept me covered and warm, hey were awful good to me.” i Mrs. Dentis was in satisfactory londition at a hospital. Glen Van Slyke the trip by a team of international observers to study the political situ ation in Iran. The trip, sponsored by the American Committee for Ira nian Human Rights and six other committees, was from December 28, 1977 to January 10, 1978. In Tehran, the team concentrated on contacting families of political prisoners. Van Slyke said they were con stantly followed by Iranian intelli gence, preventing them from at tending at least two scheduled meetings. During the slide show a picture of the Shah in his ceremonial robes brought hisses from many of the 60-70 students. 1 There are about 60,000 Iranian students overseas, and about 12,000 in the United States. Also in the slide show were pic tures of huts and tents most of the rural population live in. The message that Iranians want to convey. Van Slyke said, is that “they have great love and respect for the American people.” HOUSTON — The orbiting Skylab was last manned in 1974 and scientists predicted the space center would hold its orbit 10 years before losing momentum and falling to earth. But now as flight controllers in Houston, Madrid and Bermuda team up to regulate the battery chargers on Skylab, they say at mospheric drag is taking its toll on the unmanned space craft hovering 250 miles above the earth. “It looks now if it keeps decay ing at its present rate, it will re enter in 1979,” a Johnson Space Center official said early Wed nesday. “The main part of the concern is to get its orbit back up to a safe altitude — not to let it fall in a populated area,” said of ficial Terry White. White said, however, the chances of any part of the Skylab hitting land were slim since 70 percent of its earth track is over water. Houston-based flight control lers relay communications to operators in Madrid and Ber muda, who in turn pick up any data transmitted from Skylab and submit it to Houston to deter mine how the craft is holding its orbit. “We made two passes Tuesday and will have two more later this morning,” White said. 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