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The class has scheduled another check-out dive the weekend of Dec. 3 at Lake Travis. THE BATTALION Page 5 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1978 Earth’s life span 3 billion years United Press International GATLINBURG, Tenn. — New data indicates Earth won’t become a “dead” planet for 3 bil lion more years, unless man de stroys it first, a leading scientist says. N. Mafi Toksoz, a geophysics professor at Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology, told a sci ence writers’ meeting this week his prediction on Earth’s life span is based on discoveries about the evolution and history of planets made through space exploration in the last decade. Toksoz told the 16th annual briefing of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing Monday the most up-to-date data shows Earth’s crust has changed composition significantly from when it was formed 4.6 billion years ago. Created from gaseous solar masses. Earth was similar in composition to the moon. Mars, Mercury and Venus. But its evolution as a planet that can sus tain life is due to three factors, Toksoz said. He said Earth’s chemical com position, its size and atmospheric temperature have made it able to support life. Comparing Earth with Venus, Toksoz said both planets are about the same size and both have similar iron cores. But Venus, a hotter planet with more carbon dioxide in its atmosphere, has no water; and any trace of life there has long since burned up and vanished. A simliar carbon dioxide prob lem could affect Earth, due to man’s heavy combustion of fossil fuels such as coal and oil. But Toksoz said he could not be sure whether that would speed up the rate of Earth’s decay. Still, the professor warned, the risk of a “runaway effect” from carbon dioxide pollution cannot be taken lightly. Other scientists have pre dicted increased carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere will make polar ice fields melt quicker and cause a rapid rise in ocean water levels. But no firm time limit has been placed on the predictions. Toksoz ended his address by predicting an increase in space exploration by the ,end of this century, adding that he thought some of the American missions again will be manned. IRA bombs blitz towns, injure 40 United Press International BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The Irish Republican Army has unleashed its heaviest bombing campaign across Ulster in two years in what police said was the IRA’s pre-Christmas offensive. The IRA said that the blitz would “intensify in the coming months.” More than 40 people were injured in the bombings in Belfast and seven other centers Tuesday. The bombings coincided with the arri val of two American congressmen on a peace mission. Police said it would take days to assess the damage to businesses and homes. The British army said it was the heaviest IRA offensive in two years and apparently marked the beginning of an offensive timed to coin cide with the holiday season. The blitz started with four bombs in Londonderry, then spread to Omagh, Dungannon, Cookstown, Enniskillen, Belfast, Newry and Castlederg. The bombs included cars stuffed with hundreds of pounds of ex plosives, firebombs and small devices. Most of the injured were not seriously hurt because all the blasts were preceded by warnings from the IRA. Rep. Mario Biaggi, D-N.Y. and Benjamin Gilman, R.-N.Y., mem bers of an ad hoc congressional committee on Irish affairs, arrived in Belfast as the bombs went off across the province. The Athletic Attic is Coming! SATURDAY NOY. 18 SATURDAY NOY. 18 FIRST ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FOOD SPECIALS V2 price on: — BEAN BURRITOS —TACOS —TACO BURGERS —CHALUPAS —REFRIED BEANS —HAMBURGERS — Radio Remote by KTAM Between l-3p.m. Also, don't miss the fantastic -Balloons -Special Appearance by Beauregard Taco Eating Contest at 2:00p.m FIRST PRIZE $Cf) in CASH and FOOD certificates SECOND PRIZE $■« C in FOOD ^ ® certificates. 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Everybody still pays, be cause government handles the deficit either by borrowing money or printing it. Borrowed money costs extra to pay the interest—and our national debt is now more than $550,000,000,000. Extra printed money simply dilutes the value of all the money in circulation. Either way, costs go up for everybody—and that’s inflation. You’ll pay $2.25 today to buy what a dollar bought only 20 years ago. It now costs business $45,300 to create the average American job. (Armco’s cost is $57,520.) Every time the cost of a job goes up, fewer jobs can be created with the same amount of money. Some companies can’t earn enough extra money these days to create so many new jobs. This threatens your chance of finding the job you want. 93,000,000 Americans now hold jobs. But you’re among 17,000,000 more men and women who’ll be looking for work in the next 10 years. Plain talk about INFLATION It’s often fashionable to blame business and labor for higher prices. But that’s taking a result and making it the cause. The more gov ernment tacks on additional charges, the higher costs have to go. And the more government spends tomorrow’s money today, the more prices rise to cover the cost. Most of all, the more causes and tasks we insist our government take on, the more money government must spend to carry out our will. Our federal deficit is running at least $60,000,000,000 a year, now. That’s a million and a third jobs we’re missing, right there. What can we do? We all have favorite programs we’d like our government to spend money on. But maybe spend ing only what we’ve paid in taxes is the most important service our government can provide us. If we could get government to set priorities—with every worthwhile goal in relation to all others—then maybe we could stop spend ing money so fast we create inflation. Next time somebody says government ought to do some thing, think about the job you want when you finish school. Then ask that person why you should give up your job or buying power for somebody else’s pet idea. Let us hear YOUR plain talk about jobs! We’ll send you a free booklet if you do Does our message make sense to you? We'd like to know what you think. Your personal experiences. Facts to prove or disprove our point. Drop us a line. We d like your plain talk. For telling us your thoughts, we ’ll send you more information on issues affecting jobs. Plus Armco’s famous handbook, How to Get a Job. It answers 50 key questions you'll need to know. Use it to set yourself apart, above the crowd. Write Armco, Educational Relations Dept. U-5, General Offices, Middle- town, Ohio 45043. Be sure to include a stamped, self-addressed business-size envelope. 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