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test Voyager I photos reveal ig differences in Jovian moons THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1979 Page 11 United Press International maiioni] PASADENA, Calif. — Leaving tailandlpiter and its inner moons behind, -- - 1 radioed back the first Peld^Bntly ancient crust unlike any to thetKigBeen before. ! ' The photos of Callisto, the last of ‘ r miter’s four biggest satellites, THto the mystery as to why the ! ioon|Ganymede and now Callisto , ' Tow the impact scars of earlier SqUa f|U kvhile the bright orange moon ns andJ , j l ^ " i does not. 'gisfevt.jCallr t" was the spacecraft’s last se *' isit lintil it reaches the ringed 1 its a 8g«kinet Saturn in November next tieallydtjgr., Jt will examine six satellites 'Hag* JTre. y said, [voyager 1 cruised by Ganymede s coni that Cl up reii :kend f the ii o withi the reii into tlif| dup coni ■al phasei inese, Vieti namese •v, and if : won’t Monday night and then sped on past Callisto Tuesday. Io was examined Monday morning, after the spacecraft swept past Jupiter. The other big moon, Europa, was examined earlier. The new Callisto pictures showed a spectacular ringed crater which Dr. Laurence Soderblom of the U. S. Geological Survey said suggests the satellite has a crustal character very much different from anything we have seen.” He speculated that the rings may have been caused by an icy sur face unable to stand the impact stress and collapsed in the ring-like manner. The surface was densely cratered, which indicates great age, he said, and early differentiation into layers of rock and ice. Callisto and Ganymede, both about the size of Mercury and be lieved to be half water and half rock, are vastly different from Io, the smaller, rockier satellite closer to Jupiter. Io s mottled orange, yellow and white surface has been sculptured by some kind of erosional processes which produced complex depres sions, enormous cliffs, broad plains and abundant troughs that seem to have been carved by water. Notably absent are craters produced by meteoroid impact. Ganymede’s brownish-gray sur face, in contrast, looks peppered with impact craters. The sharply de fined craters are surrounded by white material — possibly relatively fresh ice — splashed out of the crust. Song, comedy delight audience By KAY WALLACE Special to The Battalion ! The hardest success to make is a remake of a success. Yet a Bryan-College Station audience was easily and happily entertained Tuesday night by Texas A&M University’s MSG Town Hall’s stage presentation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music” in Rudder Auditorium. The musical is based on the true story of a young woman training to be a nun who is sent to be a governtess to the seven children of an Austrian Naval captain widower. Through her singing talents, she is able to win the hearts of the children, as well as the captain. Eventually the captain and the governess fall in love and marry, but it is the eve of the Nazi takeover of Austria, and escape is vital. In the role of the charming, but flighty would-be nun, Maria, Sally Anne Howes (remember her from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang fame? She played Truly Scrumptious to Dick Van Dyke’s Professor Caractacus Potts) was a believable songbird. But her counterpart, Earl Wrightson as the demanding widower-father of seven, Captain Georg von Trapp, left something to be desired as an alluring romantic for Howes to fall in love with. Physically, Wrightson is older, short, husky and appears more ready to step into another role he has played — that of Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof.” But never mind, the von Trapp children were a delightful diversion to the underlying ro mance. In step, smiling, on cue and unusually audible, they were a convincing family group. All of them have acting, singing and dance backgrounds and hold numerous stage credits. Capturing several laughs was Lois Hunt, as the conniving Elsa Schraeder, trying to charm the stalwart Captain into marriage. And understudy Ted Bouton playing the role of Max De- tweiler, an uncle to the von Trapp children, prompted sev eral snickers as the line-walking, make-a-buck Detweiler. All in all, the performance was very well received by the audi ence, which gave standing ova tions for the cast during the cur tain call. Maria (Sally Anne Howes) stands at attention while Captain von Trapp (Earl Wrightson) whistles for his children in “The Sound of Music” presented last night at Rudder Auditorium by Town Hall.BattaHon photo by Lynn :ems a ecrecy far,” i fake . ” daily ball | ifter lunique were p | all 41 Dr Max Costa, assistant professor of medical pharmocology, checks on the progress of Htures he uses in tests to determine whether toietal compounds are cancer-causing. Costa says the tests are 60 times cheaper than previous methods used for cancer detection, and considerably faster. Battalion photo by Bill Wilson hsearch by Ai?M. prof am m b Cancer test has new use I By CATHY TERREL Battalion Reporter Many metal compounds may >use cancer, says a Texas A&M niversity researcher, the first to tive, many chemicals can cause cancer if received in high enough dosage,” Costa said. ” What we must do is check the possibility that humans may be getting a high hat theifPfy a research method using enough dosage of cancer-causing overmn^J' om a hamster fetus to test for dd accoiaP () 8 en * c activity of metals and eirfcompounds. a pauseJ^| 10u 8h this method has been partoftH^ ^ or about 20 years, Dr. Max an assistant professor in med- :d so r Pharmacology, was the first to method for testing metals. Sadat me thod takes less time and za Pahl 0n y than the way federally spon- B research determines cancer- metal compounds without even being aware of it.” Costa points out that welders breathe chromium-rich fumes all day long, and that chromium is on the list of proven cancer-causing metals. “Nobody’s telling them to wear protective breathing devices, it’s incredible, Costa said. Costa collects hamster fetal cejjls and grows them in cultures, then sidered confirmation that the metal induced cancer in the culture. Costa is working on a book that will show how to conduct this type of research. Although Costa believes the ten dency to develop cancer is inher ited, he is worried about the possi ble exposure to carcinogenic metal compounds that people may un knowingly come into contact with everyday, including the high-nickel content of dental fillings. New Jersey reining in its antique laws TRENTON, N.J. — Residents and visitors of New Jersey, you can rest easy now — you won’t be break ing the law anymore by riding your horse faster than 4 mph across a sidewalk. And you won’t have to stick to the three minutes allowed to unload passengers from your car in front of a church. Gov. Brendan Byrne has a plan to repeal 138 useless laws and sent a list of “archaic, unnecessary, dup licative or inconsistent” measures to the Legislature for repeal Monday. Provided Byrne’s proposals are approved, you no longer will be breaking the law if you: — Hitch your horse to a public lamp post or fire hydrant; -—Drive a horse-drawn sleigh on a highway without a sufficient number of sleigh bells on the har ness to warn others of your ap proach; —Race horses on a highway; —Refrain from stopping your car and remain stationary if a horse is passing you in the opposite direc tion on a highway; —Overtake and pass a trolley car; —Follow a trolley car at a dis tance of less than 10 feet, and —Knowingly hinder or delay the movement of a trolley car through an intersection. Wyatt’s Daily Specials Good from 11:00 a.m. ’til closing Wednesday . .Baked meat loaf topped with creole sauce, hash brown potatoes and seasoned carrots $1.89 Thursday . . .Tender broiled chicken livers served with french fried onion rings and corn on the cob $1.75 Friday Deluxe seafood platter — 1 piece of fish, 2 fried shrimp, 2 fried crab rolls, tartar sauce, hush puppies, french fries and creamy cole slaw . .$2.89 Saturday . . . -One-fourth chicken with barbecue sauce served with hot potato salad and baked beans $1.89 w Wyatt’s Cafeterias 804 Texas Avenue experience... ted. ! U lT g su bstances,” Costa said. I exposes the cells to metal carcino- Under a microscope, the sraelis ff carcan °g en i s i s tests involve ately upHr n g ex P e d rnen tal animals with B>spected carcinogen and wait- r whicliM^ to two years for possible er Eg'l 1 ? 0 ! uevelopment. ^■sct, Costa calculated the sav- )r > ev « nd ^ Ulld m ethod 60 times Pl us all my research can » outsetHj| ne w ith just one hamster. ” [g b e 8 an his research two be ableHjl g0 and has completed one a three-year $90,000 grant David (edth ^ NationaI Institutes of efrom^e must take it plan. into perspec- gens. under a trained eye can tell the difference between a normal cell and a trans formed cell by the way the cells grow. Costa then counts the number of transformed and normal cells. To verify that cancer is being in duced in the tissue culture, the transformed cells are injected into specially selected lab mice which only allow for the growth of malig nant cells from a variety of animal species. Development of tumors is con- hingti’T.’ Hff derru' nt Egypt'l it’s hi i i THE /ML* Al ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ LNivEcsrrr YARIIIETy SHOW* ☆ ☆ p wf=o RMANCE _ M ^| C 0|-| gr]*, ifMigi lEHJCOEK ALIO. ^ T| CKETS - PM ☆ % 1.00 ■ S 11.(50 w ^ ☆ ☆ ☆☆☆☆ STUDENTS NON -STUD. Paul Christensen the man/the poet Poetry reading in the BASEMENT COFFEHOUSE March?, 0:00pm FREE sponsored bymscarts ,xism , ’ .V SPRING FASHIONS March 7, 1979 8 p.m. Rudder Theatre $1 students $2 nonstudents Tickets available at the MSC Box Office IM mmJ '"-MM -XV -Mp -HW . ' -S«K mi ENJOY A TASTE OF THEATRE Aggie Players and MSC Arts Committee present Curtains & Curse You, Jack Dalton (Two plays plus dinner — only $3.00) March 22 & 24 Room 201 MSC Foodline Opens at 7:00 p.m. Curtain at 8:00 p.m. Tickets at MSC Box Office - call 845-2916 Reservations Close 24 hrs. in advance tyi —