THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1978
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The oldest ship in America is
docked at Texas A&M Univer
sity.
Students and archaeologists
from almost 1,000 miles away are
helping reconstruct the original
258-year-old vessel.
Brown’s Ferry, which sank on
the Black River 20 miles north of
Georgetown in 1730, has been
scaled down to model size and
reconstructed by Texas A&M
nautical archaeologist Richard
Stefly.
Stelfy built the scaled down
version at the request of the
University of South Carolina,
who handled the actual excava
tion and is currently reconstruct
ing the unique find.
“This was a rare discovery for
many reasons,” Steffy said.
“First, it’s the oldest ship ever
recovered in America. The only
vessel that can even touch it for
age is the 1776 gunboat
Philadelphia, which is on display
in the Smithsonian Institution.
“Second, just the fact that it’s a
Southern ship is important,” he
continued. “All ships discovered
up until now have been found in
New England and have been
mostly war vessels. This ferry
was a coastal and river freighter.”
Steffy, who built his model as a
pilot for the South Carolina re-
- construction project, heard
about the find through a nautical
archaeology conference in Ot
tawa, Ontario. He learned about
the vessel from a visit to the
Black River excavation site. De
tailed photographs were made
showing the location of timbers
and nails to aid him in his recon
struction.
Steffy believes the ship was
built around 1700 and traversed
the river carrying various types
of cargo. It was 50 feet long and
14 feet wide, could carry cargos
totaling up to 30 tons and could
probably get by with a crew of
two to four men. It was carrying
10,000 bricks when it went
down.
“The ship had pine planks and
used cypress and oak for the
heavy timbers,” he said. “When
it was loaded, it drew close to
four feet of water and couldn’t
travel much faster than five or six
knots.
“She was a finely built ship,”
the nautical archaeologist said.
“It doesn’t take much expertise
to see she was built by a talented
Southern craftsman.
Steffy s scale model shows the
kind of craftmanship the original
builder put into his. His vessel is
detailed down to the cuts on the •
floor of the ship where he be
lieves a cook once chopped kindl
ing wood for the oven.
Xpert says electricity service charge
like paying store entrance fee
United Press International
AUSTIN — Customer service
rges for electricity are no more
onable than an entrance fee at
eery stores, a Bethesda, Md.,
momist and energy expert said
/ei fonday.
rederick J. Wells urged Texas’
blic Utility Commission to
lish the flat service charges and
\ullock says
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i widesPjAUSTIN — Comptroller Bob
e abortii Jullock sa y S hj s position is basic: he
'xually^Joesn’t like Attorney General John
ol mett fliH g u t that won’t stop him from
pregnanfeoperating with Hill if Hill is
ach y® |ected governor, Bullock vows,
hich act® Bullock said he is working daily to
J. wild a base to seek the office him-
ociated ^ i n 1982.
d Federal! Bullock said he intends to vote for
said Hill and expects him to defeat Re-
lican BiU Clements — but plans
hallenge Hill in four years,
he two-term comptroller said
ning for governor is a lifelong
am.
about pf “I’m still planning on it,” he said,
m that “I work on it a little bit every day.
ill belie 1 'Not a day goes by that something is
l £g! n °t done in that area.”
• • Bullock said he does not expect
|his political aspirations and differ-
|8ices with Hill to cause problems
ibetween their offices.
l||“If Gen. Hill is elected governor
@and I do intend to vote for him —
lour office, including myself, will
f>rk with him in every way to im-
ve the status of Texas. And I
an that very sincerely.”
Bullock said he has disliked Hill
ce he first met him.
He’s just kind of nasty to me. It’s
[st one of those things where I
m’t care for him at all,” the corn-
roller said. But he said he respects
e office of governor and added: “I
'han work with anybody who’s gov
ernor of Texas whether it’s Cle-
jents or John Hill.”
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base electricity bills solely on the
amount of energy each customer
uses.
“They (service charges) are the
equivalent of charging entrance fees
at grocery stores,” Wells said. He
said many businesses incur costs in
making it possible for a customer to
make purchases, but few get to
charge even when no purchase is
made.
The economist, a witness for
ACORN (Association of Citizens
Organized for Reform Now), said
utility companies should not be al
lowed to charge nonusers or assess
low users for more than the costs of
providing electricity.
“Prices should reflect the costs
that will be increased not past ex
penses,” Wells said.
Wells disputed arguments of util
ity companies that customer charges
are necessary to recoup costs of in
stalling and maintaining lines to de
liver electricity to customers —
costs the utilities say are higher for
small customers.
Bills should be based instead on
how much future costs will be in
curred to provide electricity, not
the amount the utility invested in
equipment and faciliites. Wells ar
gued.
“It makes no sense to charge 5
cents for electricity that will cost 10
cents,” he said. “When the cus
tomer goes to turn on the light he or
she should be charged the actual
cost of that electricity.”
Wells said current rates discrimi
nate against the poor and encourage
unnecessary electricity use by in
dustries and large commercial busi
nesses.
“It is clear that utility interests
are in conflict with long run cost
control,” Wells said.
ACORN representatives said
their proposals for so-called “life
line” rates have been misconstrued
as calls for utility subsidies to the
poor.
“If we were looking for subsidies
we wouldn’t be here,” said ACORN
attorney Carol Barger.
Wells said basing electricity bills
on replacement costs rather than
utility companies’ past expenses
would benefit the poor by reducing
rates for low volume use and
penalizing heavy users.
Surcharges for air conditioner use
or other extra electricity consump
tion during summer months should
be imposed because it costs utilities
more to provide power then, he
said.
United Press International
AMARILLO — State Republican
leaders have proposed tax limiting
amendments to the federal and state
constitutions that would require a
balanced U.S. budget and prohibit
Congress from borrowing money
except during a formally declared
war.
Members of the GOP executive
committee met Saturday and passed
a resolution that calls for voters in
the 1980 general election to decide
whether Congress should be limited
in its tax collecting powers.
On the national level, the resolu
tion calls for Texas delegates to the
Republican National Committee to
put before the full panel a proposal
supporting a U.S. constitutional
amendment requiring a balanced
budget.
The proposal would limit the
power of Congress to assess taxes no
greater than 15 percent of net in
come and would apply to both per
sonal and corporate taxes.
Furthermore, the resolution
stated, federal taxes “shall be re
duced by the amount of any other
tax paid to any local, state or federal
governmental agency.” The resolu
tion which was passed would allow
Congress to borrow money only in
the event of a “formally declared
Voters OK
booze sale
in Abilene
United Press International
ABILENE — Voters Saturday
approved by 50.2 percent the sale
and on-premises consumption of
liquor, beer and wine, ending an al
coholic prohibition dating to 1902.
The margin of approval was
11,591 to 11,460 — a difference of
131 votes. The vote of eligible resi
dents of Precinct 1 included most of
Abilene and the communities of
Hamby, Tye, Caps, Wylie and
Potosi.
Approximately two-thirds of the
eligible electorate cast ballots. The
same proposal was defeated nar
rowly in February of 1976.
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The GOP leaders also recom
mended an amendment to state
party rules which, if adopted by the
state Republican party, would
provide for a Republican presiden
tial primary in 1980.
In the May statewide primary, 74
percent of Republican voters ap
proved a referendum proposal cal
ling for a presidential primary.
Republican executive committee
chairman Allan Hamm of Fort
Worth expressed doubt about
whether the state legislature, con
trolled by Democrats, would enact
legislation authorizing a Republican
presidential primary. The panel,
therefore, recommended an alter
nate method of obtaining a Republi
can vote on presidential choices.
If the legislature fails to pass a
Republican presidential primary
measure, the Republicans will spon
sor a 1980 presidential poll in the
party’s primary. The presidential
primary-presidential poll proposi
tion passed as part of the same pack
age.
Earlier at the session, Sen. Bob
Price, R-Pampa, called for an im- i
mediate vote on tax reduction in the
November general elections.
Price, extremely conservative,
was elected in December to fill the
unexpired term of Max Sherman,
who resigned.
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THE LIFE THAT IS
REALLY LIFE
As a child, let’s say 5 to 9, I was
strange, I didn’t fit into the little
boy world of rock’em sock’em.
Some thought me to be a pansy,
others thought me to be self-
righteous. On the warm summer
nights when all the kids would gulp
down dinner to run out for the last
couple of hours to play, I would
hear, “No new-comers,” as I ap
peared on the scene. Somehow, I
felt, I knew God was on my side.
When someone would hit me I
wouldn’t hit them back. I had
heard something about turning the
other cheek or not hating your
enemies. Let’s go on before I
sound to angelic or just plain
weird.
Eventually I learned to fight
back. Eventually I saw that my
hopes to know the God I heard
about were not real because all the
people around me talked about
God, yet their lives and their
speech didn’t match. Then one
day, by this time I had just reached
college, I figured it out. God did
not exist. These people were only
afraid and found comfort in God
but he was nowhere around.
The next few years I would just
as soon forget but I now see that
although I tried just about every
thing, I was being set up. The main
set up — a car accident with partial
paralysis to both legs. This didn’t
turn me to God. If anything it
proved the opposite. I wasn’t bit
ter, it was just one of those things
that happened.
The set up took its toll one day
when I was least expecting it. I was
hung over and it was raining miser
ably hard. It was a mid March day
in Houston. Somehow I ended up
with a group of Christians — a situ
ation I always avoided. There was a
tall lanky Jew there who asked me
if I’d like to be healed. I figured,
“It’s all psychological — but I’ll try
anything once.” So I prayed after
him.
“Do you believe in God ”, he
asked? Now why did he have to ask
that. I thought we were praying for
a healing. On well, I guess I’ll try
and see if it works. “Yes, I believe
in God,” I said. Then we prayed,
about my sins (which I didn’t think
I was sinful), I was really just se
eing if I could push some
psychological button and maybe
improve my physical being. “Do
you take Jesus as your Savior?” he
asked. Now that was really hard.
Who is Jesus anyway. Oh well,
“Yes, I take Jesus as my Savior”.
When I tried to walk there was
no improvement. The little crowd
that had gathered around walked
away disappointed. But as they left
there was something in me. My-I
couldn’t stop smiling! Just as the
Glory of God appeared to Abraham
in Ur of Chaldea — I HAD MET
GOD. All these people were dis
appointed. Nothing had happened
in an outward way, yet, I had met
the God of this universe. God! I
met God! For the first time the
Bible made sense — that night the
words seemed alive to me. Later
on I found out what had happened.
I found out a little verse that says,
“confess with thy mouth and be
lieve in thine heart.” That day I
first confessed with my mouth and
then I believed in my heart. No
one was more shocked than I to
find out God existed. If you don’t
beheve me-try it. Say the words
with your mouth and he’ll cor
into your heart. If it sounds foolish
I can’t help it. Real foolishness
would be not to at least try. If it
doesn’t work then you can call me a
fool. If it works, you will find the
life that is really life. As Jesus said,
“I am the way, the truth, and the
life.”
Bob Wilkinson
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