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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, JANUARY 14. 1979
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Are-
port released Friday said the Palace
Complex of Cleopatra, the Palace of
Marc Anthony and materials from
the Lighthouse of Pharos had been
discovered by a research team in the
waters of the eastern harbor of Alex
andria, Egypt.
The discoveries were made
through an underwater archeological
survey by the Mobius Group, a Los
Angeles based research organization
which relied on 11 psychics to help
pinpoint the location of the anti
quities.
A paper on the discovery was pre
sented Friday to the Eighth Annual
Underwater Archaeological Confer
ence by Stephan A. Schwartz, the
Mobius project director who co
authored the paper. The conference
met this week in Albuquerque.
Schwartz said the discovery was
“the mere tip of the iceberg in terms
of what must still lie beneath” in the
harbor of the city, founded in 531 by
Alexander the Great.
The other co-author, Professor
Mieczyslaw Rodziewicz of the Uni
versity of Warsaw, said the discovery
was “of the highest importance.”
“I, as an archaeologist would clas
sify it higher than the discovery even
of the tomb of Alexander the Great, ”
Rodziewicz said.
Schwartz said the antiquities were
discovered in an area which had once
been above ground and constituted
the shoreline of Alexandria. He said
over the centuries, the area had sub
sided and the buildings became co
vered with water.
“Despite the fact that those were
enormous and well known buildings,
their whereabouts was unknown to
us,” he said.
Previous efforts to locate the
buildings through more traditional
efforts had been unsuccessful, he
said. One problem in searching the
harbor was that the waters were so
murky it was like “swimming in
minestrone soup,” Schwartz said.
The Mobius group began its re
search in November 1978 and along
with more traditional underwater
search methods, requested the
assistance of 11 psychics. The
psychics were given maps of the har
bor and asked separately pinpoint
locations of the items sought in the
search.
Schwartz declined to identify 11
psychics, all of whom he said had
been “tested” previously and found
to be at least 50 percent accurate in
their predictions.
Schwartz said the responses of the
psychics were then examined for
areas of agreement, and searches
were concentrated in those ares.
In addition to the two palaces and
the lighthouse — one of the seven
wonders of the classical world — the
underwater diving teams found the
Temple Coplex of Isis Pharia, god
dess of the Egyptian trinity. Also dis
covered underwater was a small
stone sphinx, blocks from a large
temple complex, a cluster of bead
like stones, a large crown from a sta
tue and other objects.
Schwartz said the diving team was
also able to determine what had been
the shoreline of the harbor before
the area began subsiding.
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HOtJSTON — The snow is a black
polyethylene carpet, the tempera
ture hovers around 50 degrees, the
drop is only 50 feet and the view — a
freeway — is less than spectacular.
But promoters of The Mountain
argue the creation of modem pet
rochemical technology and earth-
moving machines makes it possible
to ski even in flat, humid, snowless
Houston.
It is a 50-foot-high manmade
mound of dirt, one slope of which is
covered with a black, tufted
polyethylene carpet called Duras-
now that, when wet, skis sort of like
the real thing.
The Mountain’s 300-foot-long, 60-
foot-wide slope can accommodate up
to 100 skiers at a time. There is a
shorter, less steep “bunny slope” for
the less experienced.
Steve Gladson, president of City
Sports Management Corp., said the
idea for the ski center developed af
ter the mound of waste dirt started
accumulating two years ago on a lot
at the interchange of Loop 610 and
U.S. 59.
“We weren’t sure what we were
going to do with the area and we
looked at a lot of ideas,” he said.
“There has always been a problem
with seasons in the entertainment
field. This gives people something to
do in the winter.”
Gladson said City Sports has be
tween $175,000 and $225,000 in
vested in dirt alone. He said the
whole facility so far has cost $1.2 mil
lion and he expects to spend
$200,000 more.
There is a ski lodge at the foot of
the hill where customers purchase
their tickets. Tickets are $10 to $15,
depending on the time of day and
week. Season passes are $200, or
$350 for a family.
Lesson packages range from a one-
hour group lesson at $22.50 to a $175
group package that includes six one-
hour lessons, one semi-private les
son and three recreational couplons.
Private lessons are $30 per hour.
In addition, everyone must purch
ase a $5 a year “Mountaineer” or
membership card.
“If you have the urge to go skiing
and can’t this is satisfying,” said Easy
Thayer, an officer of the Space City
Ski Club.
Another member differed.
“It’s probably the best place
around here you can learn,” said Sy
Libergot, “but it’s no substitute.
What this does give you is a feeling of
confidence, a feel of elevation.
“Almost anyone can learn to ski,
but you have to be able to handle
looking down the slope. This is a
great confidence builder and it’s en
tertainment.”
“You’ve got to take it for what it
is,” Thayer said. “It’s much better
than learning on a moving carpet a
common training method in non
snow areas. For Houston, this is en
tertaining.
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BROWNSVILLE — It could have
been the shortest hijacking in his
tory, but standoff between airplane
passengers and Texas International
Airlines officials was solved by the
intervention of rental cars.
The situation developed Wednes
day evening, according to local TIA
station manager Dave Schwartz,
when passengers from Dallas
touched down at Brownsville, 60
miles short of their original destina
tion of McAllen.
Schwartz said the decision to di
vert the passengers to Brownsville
was made during a stop at Houston,
where the passengers experienced a
IVs. hour delay because another pas
senger became ill and had to be re
moved by ambulance. He said the
passengers were told of the flight
juggling befor6 the plane
Houston.
However, Schwartz said atx
dozen passengers refused to
plane the craft in Brownsville
board a bus to transport then
McAllen.
Police officer Rodney Huffsill flu
passengers refused to leave
grounds “they had purchasedaiA en
tickets — not bus tickets.”
Huff said more than 30 minute
discussion led to an agrees
whereby TIA furnished rentalcai
carry the passengers to McAllea
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dent that the passengers filed t
the Brownsville terminal wints
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