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TM benefits to Ags
By LAURA HERTENBERGER
Battalion Reporter
A transcendental meditation pro
gram can improve a person’s grades,
outlook on life and physical well
being for only $150.
The International Meditation So
ciety presented step one of its
course on beginning transcendental
meditation Tuesday night in the
Memorial Student Center.
Edgar Blackledge, a Texas A&M
University industrial technology
graduate, now a part-time TM in
structor, explained the basic con
cepts and requirements of becoming
a meditator to about 30 interested
Aggies.
Transcendental meditation, based
on the teachings Marishi Mahesh
Yogi, involves taking the mind from
the level of awareness used in daily
activity and transcending it to a
level of pure consciousness and
meditation, Blackledge said. A per
son who does this for 20 minutes,
twice a day, should see results
within 2 months, although many
feel its effects immediately, he said.
He said transcending is a per
fectly natural ability of the nervous
system.
“The reason a person has to be
taught to meditate is that even
though it’s something natural, it’s
something outside the normal range
of activity,” he said. “It’s like speak
ing, in a way. Speaking is very
natural, but a person has to be
taught.”
He compared learning meditation
to learning speed reading. In both
cases, he said, a person learns to use
his in a new way, although the bene
fits of meditation are not as marked
and specific as those of increased
reading speed.
Using himself as an example,
Blackledge said he began meditat
ing in 1971, and went from a “B”
and "C” student to an “A” and “B”
student as a result of his daily medi
tation.
He said meditating improves the
quality and creativity of a person’s
intelligence and allows an outward
Governors displeased
by energy department
United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — Southern
governors have ended their annual
meeting with an unanimous mes
sage to Washington and the De
partment of Energy: Produce or get
out of the business.
Energy dominated the four-day
conference of the 19-member
Southern Governors Association
that ended Wednesday with the
adoption of four energy-related res
olutions, and a vow to continue to
try to influence federal energy pol
icy.
The boldest resolution called on
Congress to abolish the $11 billion
Energy Department if the agency
did not move quickly to stimulate
domestic production of all forms of
energy, and to resolve conflicting
policies that delay conversion from
oil and gas to other sources of
energy.
It was adopted without discussion
or dissent less than 24 hours after
Energy Secretary Charles Duncan
told the governors he wanted to
work with them toward a successful
energy policy.
“We’re going to continue to ad
dress energy as a major concern of
this region,” said Virginia Gov. John
Dalton, the incoming SGA presi
dent, “because when you consider
coal and all the other energy
sources, we’ve got about 60 percent
of America’s energy resources com
ing out of these 17 states. ”
The SGA is made up of 17 South
ern and border states, as well as the
island territories of Puerto Rico and
the Virgin Islands. The 17 member
states produce 60 percent of Ameri
ca’s oil, 80 percent of its gas and 50
percent of its coal.
Only 10 governors were on hand
at the final business session that had
a peak attendance of 13 state chief
executives.
The association also called for re
moval of regulatory obstacles to the
transportation and use of coal and
endorsed President Carter’s propo
sal to provide federal dollars to help
low-income persons pay their utility
bills.
Governors Bill Clements of Texas
and Edwin Edwards of Louisiana
failed in an effort to replace a resolu
tion by Oklahoma Gov. George
Nigh that supported President Car
ter’s oil deregulation policies.
The Nigh resolution was identical
to one adopted by the National
Governors Association endorsing
Carter’s oil decontrol program, with
its provision to use some of the
windfall profits tax for the energy as
sistance program.
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Processing procedure requires sev
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Mall resume by November 1,1979 to:
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October 20, 1979
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expression of his new enlightened
sense of consciousness. A meditator
has a better outlook on life and he
said this enlightenment improves
the quality of his day.
The long-term benefits of medita
tion are seen in a person’s ability to
deal with stressful situations.
“A meditator is more aware of the
conflicts that are a part of his every
day life, but doesn’t let things get to
him,” Blackledge said.
Blackledge teaches TM in a
seven-step course. Step one is the
introductory lecture he gave Tues
day night. Step two, is a preparatory
lecture dealing with specific
mechanics of meditation. Step three
is a personal interview with
Blackledge. Step four is the begin
ning of the student’s actual medita
tion. Steps five through seven are
group meditations.
The next course will begin on
Nov. 6.
United Press International
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — A
shaken Gov. Ella Grasso took a
dawn flight Thursday over a
tornado-ravaged section of .her state
only a mile from her home, then
said she would ask President Carter
to declare it a major disaster area.
“It’s every bit as bad as we
thought,” she said after her tour in
one of the few Air National Guard
helicopters still operable after the
sudden Wednesday storm which
ransacked Bradley International
Suicide attempt
misses, hits in Rio
United Press International
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — A
young woman who jumped from a
10th floor in a suicide try landed
atop a newspaper vendor and sur
vived, police said. The vendor was
seriously injured.
Rosa Santos Prata, 22, leaped and
landed on Jose Carneiro, 42, a
newspaper vendor in Rio’s
Copacabana beach-front district
Tuesday.
Carneiro was hospitalized and in a
coma with severe internal injuries.
Santos Prata suffered light injuries.
Airport and a nearby business and
residential area, killing at least one
person.
“I’ve never seen anything this
bad,” she said. “The storm struck
witout notice. When you see the
devastation, you marvel that it was
contained even to the extent that it
was. This certainly is a tragedy of
considerable proportions.”
The tornado struck so close to the
weather service station at Bradley
International Airport that there was
no warning other than darkening
skies Wednesday afternoon. Within
moments, one person was dead and
418 others were injured, according
to State Health Commissioner Dr.
Douglas Lloyd.
He said 300 persons were treated
and released at emergency stations
and nine area hospitals. Another 118
people were hospitalized, including
10 in critical condition. A search was
underway for a woman believed to
have been in her home when the
storm struck.
Grasso estimated the freak tor
nado caused more than $214 million
damage to the business-resider
area along the east side of Brae.
International Airport, which s
tained about $100 million in dam
itself. The Connecticut Air Natic
Guard sustained about $50 mill
damage to its aircraft.
Winds measured as high as
mph flattened buildings and tos'
heavy airplanes and trucks aroi
like so much paper throughou
four-squaremile area less thai
mile from the governor’s perso
home. She said more than ]
buildings were damaged.
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