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Page 6 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1979 Runner outraced by horse United Press International HAMILTON, Mont. —Marathon runner and heart specialist Jim Oury of San Diego has been beaten by an Arabian mare in a 26-mile “Mount and Man” race across stretch of Montana foothills. The 5-year-old mare, Tara, crossed the finish line Sunday 16 minutes ahead of Oury, who called the contest “a good race, and very fitir.” The horse, owned and ridden by Harold Mildenburger of Hamilton, finished the hilly 26 miles, 385 yards in 2:50:20.64. Tara took the early lead and trotted until just before the end of the race, when she increased her speed to a canter. “We re going to give her a big shot of oats and a little gin and have a party with her tonight,” Milden burger said. Oury and Mildenburger set up the race and bet on it at a hunting camp in the Bitterroot Mountains of west ern Montana last May. Milden burger didn’t say how much he won in wagers on the race, but said he’d donate $500 of his winnings to the Multiple Sclerosis Society. “Psychologically it was good for me, going up the first half and com ing down the second half,” Oury said of the race. “I suppose the psychol ogy was wasted on the horse.” Saturn’s moon shown GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK, AGGIE! It looks like a great year for the Texas Aggies Porninfl Jirtus 822-3191 SUBSCRIBE TODAY SEMESTER RATE: NOW ONLY 025 Fall Semester Sept. 3 to Dec. 14, 1979 Subscribe now to The Dallas Morning News. 2>l973 m*.*. *wcf »‘4 Dormitory room telephones are restricted to local telephone service. If you want to add long distance calling privileges to your room telephone, you should sign up at our desk in the lobby of the Memorial Student Center, Wednesday, September 5 through Friday, September 21 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. When requesting this service, please remember: 1. Bring your roommate when signing up - one student must be designated account manager to be responsible for paying your account. 2. If you should change rooms, notify our office so we can change your account. If unchanged, you will be responsible for long distance calls made from your telephone. 3. No deposit is required unless past paying habits warrant a deposit. If you have other questions, stop at our desk. Photos of planet sent United Press International MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The Pioneer 11 spacecraft has re turned intriguing pictures of Saturn’s moon, Titan, which is prob ably the only place in the solar sys tem other than Earth where life might exist. When resolved by computers, the photographs taken Sunday should have a clarity comparable to a naked-eye view of Earth’s moon. From the best of Earth’s telescopes, Titan appears only as a reddish point of light. Pioneer, fresh from its successful encounter with Saturn, passed within 220,000 miles of Titan on its 25,000 mph outbound journey from the huge ringed planet. Titan has a potential for life be cause it has an atmosphere of am monium and carbon which is neces sary for development of living or ganisms, NASA scientists said. In the past, scientists thought Mars would be hospitable to life, but that possibility has generally been ruled out because organisms were not found by two Viking spacecraft that landed on the planet. Mars’ at mosphere was thin and tempera tures were too cold. Scientists were collecting ul traviolet and polarization mea surements of Titan from Pioneer at the Space Agency’s Ames Research Center. Titan, whose 3,600-inile diameter is larger than that of Earth’s moon, emerged as a place of sharp color variations and possible struc ture in its methane atmosphere. It already was known that Titan’s atmo sphere contains a reddish smog of aerosol. For life to exist, surface tempera tures should be above freezing so or ganisms can move. Therefore, the main question about Titan is whether the surface is warm enough. Before Pioneer flew by Titan, many scientists figured the surface temperature was minus-300 di Fahrenheit, which would be too cold. However, some speculated with the right kind of atmos) the surface might be warmed greenhouse effect in which heat! the sun is trapped at low levels] Exobiologists also have thei that local areas of the satellite be warmed sufficiently for volcanoes or convective curie from the interior. NASA scientists continue! study the new data from Sale where Pioneer already has ered a new ring and more bant weather currents than expected. The scientists determined Si that the planet puts out niuchm heat than anticipated, so thenj about the nature of its interior be reconsidered. They also fonaj vast and strange cloud 142,000iij in space from Saturn. mil iurd in the past, scientists thought many scientists hgured the surtace Carter joins prison team for softball game victory ational the full half-dozen miles on one of been a member. For thosi campus, 1 be a chal formatio United Press International PLAINS, Ga. — Dressed in orange prison T-shirt bearing the number 15, President Carter dug in at the plate, gripped the bat and whacked a single to left field. As a respite from politics, Carter joined a Sumter County Correctional Institu tion softball team Sunday for a 16-4 romp over a group of reporters and female athletes. But Carter, who batted 3-for-4 in the seven-inning contest, didn’t es cape politics entirely. “Are you in for four or eight? a reporter jokingly asked during the game. The president, who returns to the White House today for a Labor Day picnic with union leaders, spent a relaxed weekend visiting old friends in his hometown. Since his arrival Thursday from a Florida campaign swing, the only presidential business Carter publicly conducted was the appointment of veteran diplomat Donald McHenry to succeed Andrew Young as U.N. ambassador. The president and his wife Rosalynn spent three hours walking through downtown Plains Friday, shaking hands and posing for pic tures with tourists along the jammed sidewalks. The Carters went fishing twice over the weekend, but apparently came home empty handed. The president went jogging twice, with the first lady accompanying him for the full half-dozen miles on one of the runs. The Carters went to a lawn party in their honor Friday at the home of Dr. Gatewood Dudley and his wife, Mary Faye. Then they dropped in on two other long-time friends. Bill and Irene Horne, staying to nearly mid night Friday. After a quiet Saturday at home, the Carters attended both Plains Baptist churches Sunday and went to a luncheon at the local Methodist church, where the first lady had once been a member. Carter then played softball the Americus prison team before! ing Rosalynn to Sunday dinner home of old friend B.T. Wishan was 11 p.m. when the Garten back to their home north ofPlii The president, who has runi political trouble with organized! over his economic policies, bas work cut out for him on hisreta Washington this afternoon White House picnic with AFU leaders. Strike or lockout? BART isn’t working United Press International SAN FRANCISCO — The 75- mile rapid transit system that links San Francisco with dozens of outly ing communities was closed Monday tabor dispute. ROTHER’S BOOKSTORE Headquarters for: • BOOKS • SUPPLIES • T-SHIRTS 340 Jersey — Southgate Commuters faced rush-hour con gestion when they headed to work today because Bay Area Rapid Tran sit officials say there “definitely will be no train service. Union officials, meanwhile, told maintenance and clerical personnel to report to work as usual, although BART management was turning them away. No picket signs were posted by the unions, which claims BART man agement “illegally locked out” 1,650 workers in a dispute over a work slowdown and sabotage to trains in the maintenance yards at Concord. BART officials said the union’s back-to-work order was a ploy to gain a bargaining advantage and secure unemployment insurance benefits. The three-county system —- the main commuter link that carries 160,000 passengers daily between San Francisco and burgeoning resi dential communities east of San attac ble among tl offices. More tha; tbeir line “( wore T-shir Financial.” Francisco Bay — was brought tl indefinite halt Friday by thedisp Despite A BART spokesman said Sud there would be no train sen “definitely through Tuesday (tdf and we re not sure how long that. ” John Maheu, of the United Pil Employees Union, said the down was not a strike. He ins! the BART employees were "ill locked out. “We are telling our people ahead to work,” he said. Only a handful of workersshm up for the morning shifts Sum and they were turned away by W management. “Without question, astrikebas, fact, taken place against the W | eni ^ er 0 f q district and its patrons, ” BART tent “correct” torney William Dietrich said “Traditionally, a strike isd as two or more employees refusiaf perform all or any part of assij from an avenl duties, he said. He said 43 of the 45 opefiH Southwest scheduled for Friday evening K muter runs failed to report fbrj calling in sick. 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Union contracts with BARI pired June 30 and the key stuiiibl block in previous talks was a troversial cost-of-living clause. . 3 hour i Lor > Morris Ji your dean. T ey Foun