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Page 10 THE BATTALION MONDAY, September 4, 1978 drive Dog’s life - not for law Crabs sidestep A United Press International COLUMBUS, Ohio — For a while, it was a dog’s life for Larry Wagner, but the law finally caught up with him and sent Lord Russell back to the kennel where he be longs. down glory trail Wagner, 40, pleaded guilty Fri day to a charge of using his dog’s name at work so he could collect $644 in unemployment benefits under his real name. Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Wil liam Boyland fined him $100 and suspended a 60-day workhouse sen tence on the condition that Wagner pay back the benefits to the state. INFLATION Wagner collected the money while he was working for a private bus firm in February. He reversed his dog’s name — Lord Russell — and reported to work as Russelli Lord. United Press International CRISFIELD, Md. — Pennsylvania’s outstanding crab, Susquehanna Sam, sidestepped his way to victory Saturday in the 31st annual National Hard Crab Derby. Susquehanna Sam beat the field with an official tinje of 30 seconds. The runner-up was Stanley, owned by Rosie Higgins, of Dover, N.H. A native Maryland blue crab placed third. About 347 crabs — a record — entered the annual Governor’s Cup crawl down an 18-foot ramp dampened with water to cap four days of festivities in Crisfleld, a watermen’s community on the Chesapeake Bay. A Maryland blue crab named Hillbilly Two, ofPocomoke City, was third. Crabs representing 21 states were among the entries. Hawaii’s crab was flown to Baltimore-Washington Interna tional Airport on a commercial airline, then by private plane to Crisfield and delivered by a sky- diver. James Gundling, chairman of the derby, said special precau tions, including a special air sick ness diet, were taken to safeguard “Koho Mua,” because Hawaiian crabs have been accident-prone. But the precautions didn t help. “Koho Mua” failed to place. ■ Surgery ‘clones’ stars HAS NOT COME TO JfHEAR Cl All Return of Elvis Presleys? 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The “unveiling” of the five — made over to resemble, rather vaguely at best, Janis Joplin, Jim Croce, Jim Morrison and two Elvis Presleys (female and male), took place at the Southeastern Fair. O Day, who hopes to make a bundle from the show, didn t seem bothered by the fact that in Or lando, Fla., a former client, Dennis Wise — who had his faced changed to look like Elvis last January — bad filed a $2,500 lawsuit against him. O’Day, 30, who says he has in vested $500,000 in the show he bills “Rock N Roll Heaven,’ said he con siders the new Elvis act — por trayed by Jesse Bolton, 31, and female Erin Rhyne, 23 — his "biggest attraction.” Socking it to the hooks With only one week of classes over, the assignments are already piling up. Glenn Govin, a sophomore pre-denl major, studies in his room in Dunn Hall. Battalion photo by Ben ft Park service to attempt imprinting to save turtles i ISetite uAcademp of Stance <U Jan Jones Hammond Ages 3 to adult 3406 South College Ave. Bryan,Texas 77801 713/823-8626 United Press International PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, Tex. — Legend has it that eating Ridley turtle eggs can enhance sexual prowess, and the meat and hides also have been popular. As a result, the species is near extinction. of imprinting," said Boh Whistle chief naturalist at Padre Island Na tional Seashore. “Then they will make their way back to this particular spot to lay their eggs. No one knows what creates this imprint so they know to come back. But they do it." 0 But this year, the National Park Service — in cooperation with the Mexican government — started a crash program to reverse the rapid decline in the sea turtle population in the Gulf of Mexico. During the past two weeks, park service employees have released several batches of Ridley hatchlings, carefully nurtured in temperature- controlled styrofoam boxes, on a Padre Island beach. “We release them for a while hop ing they will go through the process Whistler said the tiny turtles have been allowed to crawl into the Padre Island surf for maximum imprinting opportunity. Then, they have been recaptured, carefully boxed and shipped up the coast to Galveston. At the National Oceanic and At mospheric Administration’s Marine Fisheries Institute, the turtles will be raised in tanks for about nine months. When full grown, they will be tagged for observation and re leased in the Gulf. “Apparently they have a route," Whistler said. "If releasedcsM Island, they would cross theOili nental Shelf, then make theirw Florida and up the East Coast ’ "Several years later, then, would make their way back toli particular spot (where they haldni and lay their eggs. 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