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THE BATTALION I FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1979 Page 5 isuall lude! fro 1 a’s ON h 5-9 imons livery Students to twiddle 8r funds United Press International DALLAS — After today, this will joft pet rocks, the Dallas Cowboys Ceerleaders and $1 airline fares to Is Vegas as stories to be only reluc- fltly written about, but: On today and Saturday, three udents at Dallas Baptist College ill twiddle their thumbs for 26 burs. “We’re going to start at 4 o’clock n Friday and go until 6 o’clock iaturday,’’ said Ben Sheeran, who rounded serious. "We’re going to twiddle our thumbs — you know, twiddle our thumbs — for 26 hours. “We’re raising money for our pledge class, Sigma Chi Delta. ” Sheeran, 19, from Palacios, Texas; Layton Hein, 21, of Great Bend, Kan., and Bryan Fewell, 19, of Las Vegas think they can rotate their thumbs into the Guinness Book of Records. “No, there isn’t a Guinness rec ord on thumb twiddling — yet,” said Sheeran. “We’ve talked with them and they said if we can provide newspaper clippings and film, they’ll put us in.” Sheeran, the spokesman for the other two, said they had been prac ticing thumb twiddling in prepara tion for the big event. Certainly we’ve been practic ing,” he said, “in some boring classes, but we’ve never done it pro fessionally.” Sheeran still isn’t going to do it professionally. The three students have been col lecting sponsors who will pay 5 cents each hour they last. The pro ceeds will go to their fraternity. “They are giving us a nickel for Sty f: every hour we can go,” said Sheeran. “And we ll have a fish bowl there for contributions.” The event takes place at the Dal las Baptist College student union. Since there are no current rules nmissii f° r thumb twiddling, Sheeran and the others have made their own. We ll twiddle for one hour and then have a five minute break,” Sheeran said. “No, it doesn’t matter (how fast we twiddle, as long as our thumbs are in constant motion.” Sheeran said he and the others expect sore hands after what could be a modern form of self-sacrifice, but that’s the price they bear for STUDY h e ' ai| S ca • t ^ urn fc ) muscles get a little light, but that’s expected,” he said. ^ ^'Popping them helps. Writing helps j a lot, and believe me we’ve been j doing a good deal of that.” Valium suit filed against government ZZA tve oi :e. f jys. 12.91 no's nan i.m. I0NEY (TICE United Press International N - NEW ORLEANS — A military I'-'™ Ldoctor failed to make an adequate SCIflf case study prior to prescribing tran- __ quihzers for an airman and can be 113 blamed for his patient’s car wreck. The federal government is liable for tion P'* damages, a federal court ruled. A three-court panel of the 5th i serw ; P'S- Circuit Court of Appeals said a iarem s-, staff doctor at the Redstone Arsenal jlaWefal Psychiatric Clinic in Huntsville, rsoMS?: ^| a failed to follow standard medi- th vete pal procedure in prescribing Valium or Airman James Richardson. 5ted i n p> Richardson was involved in a car ac- shouldsJ ©dent while under the influence of sibletof' ,the drug. iciencet | The doctor had prescribed 100 For o ^; 5-milligram tablets of Valium for n y u Richardson for what psychiatrists diagnosed as “an acute and chronic Situational reaction manifested by lysteria, anxiety and depression.” Two men injured in the wreck, Earl Watkins and Herbert Lester l jc j ne Davis, blamed the military doctor, identified by the court as “Dr. Illll Wald,” and wanted to sue the gov- UH-* 1 eminent for damages. A federal dis- j 0 n, C(i trict court in Huntsville awarded ;rts them $285,790 and the 5th Circuit n in W decision, handed down Wednesday, s no** upholds the award. ere ^. The Justice Department now " aC jjBtust decide whether to accept the 5ns judgment or appeal to the U. S. Su- reme Court. Sun Theatres 333 University 846-9808 The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Week Open 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Mcbn.-Sat. 12 Noon - 12 Midnight Sun No one under 18 Escorted Ladies Free BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS MANOR EAST 3 FRI.-SAT. MIDNIGHT SINGER’* "BLAZINGSADDLES'WLEAVON LITTLE GENE WILDER SlIMPICKENS DAVID HUDDLESTON CLAUDE ENNIS STARRETT.JR to tamo MEL BROOKS HARVEY KORMAN and MADELINE KAHN saertby MEL BROOKS. NORMAN STEINBERG. ANDREW ALAN UGERsiory by ANDREW BERGMAN Produced byMICHAELHERTZBERG Drrecled by MEL BROOKS IrL, RESTRICTED ’£5?* j From Warner Bros. 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