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State THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1981 Page 5 sit •Gods saiti trike oil it, icy werei if his life' i th said Ik, iniversiti,i idingara 1 withlongf; earnagrei; only wayi s it away,» M (Mass of metal’ found w ' n ' ;ped may be part of Titanic By Scott McCulIar en Lay in! J that none; ave beets laryinjuntti t possible icial Privt bly inetiif! I contimie: ss dealing the SECiJ :s filed a e nd United Press International ABOARD THE GYRE, North Atlantic — A 500- ton mass of metal discovered on the ocean floor may be a part of the Titanic, and this “significant find” may help researchers know if they are scanning the right area for the sunken liner. ■ “The big piece of metal weighs 500 tons or more,” said Abilene oilman Jack Grimm, who is heading the expedition. “It’s conceivable the metal was torn from the ship when it went down. This could be a very significant find. 1 Grimm said the search team may know by Wednesday if the expedition is searching in the right area for the sunken White Star liner. I On board the research vessel Gyre, Grimm said the hunk of metal was the “first significant develop ment” since the search began last week about 95 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. H Grimm said electronic transponders detected the huge chunk of metal on four different passes over the site. Special television cameras will now be dropped in an attempt to photograph the metal, he said. H The Titanic rammed an iceberg a few minutes liefore midnight April 14, 1912, and sank a few hours later with 1,513 people still aboard. Seconds before it sank, experts believe several of the steamers huge toilers may have broken from their moorings and plunged down through the bulkheads and eventually fell free of the 45,000 ton vessel. Witnesses said before it sank, one of the ship’s four funnels broke loose and experts believe the other three may have been ripped from the ship as it dropped 2'/2 miles to the ocean floor. The search for the Titanic began last year but had to be curtailed because of bad weather. This year, the Gyre left port at Woods Hole, Mass., on June 28 and arrived over “Titanic Canyon” last Wednesday. The research ship is scheduled to stay over tbe area until Saturday, when it will return to port. Grimm said weather in the area remains clear and calm. Grimm also reported that a mishap with one of the drag cables Monday would cause a brief delay in the round-the-clock search. He said a coupling on one of the 18,000-foot cables broke and the repair part had to be airlifted from the mainland. The delay was expected to be brief. If Grimm can locate the Titanic, he hopes to recov er a fortune in gold and jewels in the purser’s cabin. The deepsea submersible Aluminaut, with a two- man crew, will be dropped to the ship’s deck to make the search. Grimm said the Aluminaut already had been tested at depths of up to 15,000 feet and has .operated successfully. The Titanic sunk in the range of 12,000 to 14,000 feet. Summer causes problems for Houston bus system lay for it ctiontoiiE „ . , r j i i United Press International tund.buts ■ HOUSTON — Three years af- 3 n g "> t er approving an enormous de- sisonUi” Jjartment to solve transit prob- Jlems, most residents of a city that is wouldk takes partial credit for putting man e to votefe on the moon still would never rely turetovofc on a bus to go across town. 1' The bus might be as much as an hour late. It might not show at all. places. L Limited routes available might make the trip a crazy-quilt, or the itsvera |) US ’ S air-conditioning might be jnday, an: broken, leaving the traveler at the for deK mercy of steamy summer heat. Metro’s bus fleet is now begin ning its annual battle with scor- , ching summer heat, subtropical 1 fTlf rains anc ^ pothole-filled streets in sllh attempting to maintain even sub- f standard transit service to parts of three counties and 17 cities. , i “I’ve been all over the country • j." ^ 1 . and I’ve never seen anything like’ 0 it,"said Butch King, adockworker hipan sf w j io d e p en ds on public buses for utavoe | transportation. “The buses are never on time. When they do ck Exchane come, there’s no guarantee you’ll ie the nc" g e (. an y f ar tber than the end of the fit did, tbd 'block. delisted fr g ut Walter Addison — director of the new Metropolitan Transit alifornia i Authority — claims “the bus prob- 'alofano, j em j s a temporary problem and it’s going to be resolved” probably lanagemeig by this time next year. He said t position*’ “brand new maintenance facilities ons wheat w j(b the correct tools and decent working conditions” will give diss Greeni Metro a chance to upgrade and Charles Mi expand its bus fleet. noftheDe: Voters who created Metro in whose law? 1978 by approving a 1 percent “lies” toitt sa i es to finance the operation, however, have heard the promise m) is a k of improved service before, md I woalt ^ MTA was supposed to over- 1,” Cheell come the problems of the old city ;corporation bus system, historically ignored in an affluent, oil-based city where most people use personal cars to get around, and find new ways to get people around en masse. But MTA, which took over the ailing city-owned bus company — HouTran, Inc. — has made head lines mostly for management, labor and mechanical problems. Residents still see little im provement, despite new mainte nance facilities, steady efforts to keep buses running on schedule or revise schedules to conform to the number of buses available. Bus-short MTA, trying to keep even 355 of its 760 buses running in a 1,700 square mile area with 2 million people, has rented 70 buses from San Antonio at $40 a day. So far, MTA has managed to use only 35 of the rented buses m cast ifficers acct* I were beinf s. 'iumeanlM fter orderiii 1 not posted because of storage and mainte nance problems. Even with the buses from San Antonio, Metro is having difficulty making all its runs. MTA spokes woman Janet Redeker said 10 peak-hour runs are soon to be cut because they were regularly being missed. Despite its chronic problem with local bus service, MTA Chairman Daniel C. Arnold re cently won board approval for a 15-month, $30 million engineer ing study of the Southwest Free- way-Westpark Boulevard traffic corridor. Spending $30 million for a pro ject at least 10 years off at a time when normal service is being cut has customers grumbling. , “Jt i^.a lot of money, but we re talking about, u, region that is ex,-, periencing tremendous growth,” Addison said, adding plans should be made for the future. A Southwest Freeway- Westpark Boulevard heavy rail system would run 11 miles from downtown to the city’s affluent southwest side. Downtown por tions of the city would be a sub way. The rest would be above ground. Frank Hearne, Metro’s director of transit system development, said the study will determine if the planned rail system will work and if it is affordable. Hearne said even though the federal government is “deferring capital assistance for new rail starts,” other options for funding the $1 billion project include bond issues and long- and short-term loans. But one management study said two of Metro’s persistent prob lems were passing up the present for the future and beginning major transit programs it cannot main tain. Louis Alexander, a member of Metro’s Citizens Advisory Board, says an obsession with “bigness” — Houston’s hunger for big league status in all things — is pushing the Westpark project. Expressions of anger and frus tration from rush-hour hopefuls lined up and waiting in Houston’s heat, humidity and rain tell the public’s story about Metro most eloquently. The majority of the complaints are about Metro’s cur rent service. A trip from Montrose, where many students live, to the Univer sity of Houston — about five miles — commonly takes 45 minutes. From downtown to the Astro dome, about six miles, can take as long one hour. Metro’s existing bus service claims a weekly average of165,000 riders well above its goal of 140,000 — from a potential riders ship of 2.5 million. “Local service is undoubtedly our biggest problem,” Redeker said. Customer Service Department supervisor C. W. Apshire said 300 “comments” — complaints — are logged weekly and most are about missed runs. Metro has been involved in a crash program to put the 355 buses needed to meet their li mited schedule on the streets each day. Te >:v\s O Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. MAIN BRYAN 822-6105 Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. . 8 a.m.-l p.m. romises m ents even fa e issued aid nes develo? PROBLEM PREGNANCY? Are you considering abortion? Free counseling and referrals Call (713) 779-2258 Texas Problem Pregnancy, Bryan, Tx. UNCES RBUG! jrbug!!Cla| /ance as I spins, to mich, from C )obb The Deep and Hidden Things of God But even as it is written. Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not come up in man's heart, how much God has prepared for those who love Him. (I Cor. 2:9) To realize and participate in the deep and hidden things God has ordained and prepared for us requires us not only to believe in Him, but also to love Him. To fear God, to worship God, and to believe in God, that is, to receive God, are all inadequate; to love Him is the indispensable requirement. To love God means to set our entire being — spirit, soul, and body, with the heart, soul, mind, and strength (Mark 12:30) — absolutely on Him, that is, to let our entire being be occupied by Him and lost in Him, so that He becomes everything to us and we are one with Him practically in our daily life. In this way we have the closest and most intimate fellowship with God. It is thus we are able to enter into His heart and apprehend all its secrets (Psa. 73:25; 25:14). Thus, we not only realize, but also experience, enjoy, and fully participate in these deep and hidden things of God. 6:00 P.M. Saturday Night 401 Dominik For more information write: Free Packet 401 Dominik C.S., Texas 77840 Phone: 696-8943 775-5330 FIRST SHE TAKES ME OUT TO PINNER, MOW SHE'S PLAYING ''FOOTSIE* WITH ME? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? IT'S MY STRIP, I'LL DO WHAT I WANT WITH IT. Blacks want own district Legislators oppose redistricting United Press International AUSTIN — Black Texas legisla tors, angry at what they feel is a redistricting plan that ignores 12 percent of the population, say they will not be the victims of back room politics, nor will they go away. Charles R. Rose, a former legis lative candidate and a member of the Coalition for Minority Repre sentation in Dallas County, told the Senate Monday that blacks wanted an exclusively black dis trict in Dallas. “The black leadership has come before you in the past and you have been able to buy them off,” Rose said. “We will not be bought off. “We re saying let us have our just representation. It doesn’t make sense for you to sit back and relax and think you can pass a bill and not pay attentiion to 12 per cent of the population.” The Legislature is considering a congressional redistricting plan that would give Dallas at least one overwhelmingly black district. That plan, which also has the support of Gov. Bill Clements and the Republican party of Texas, would have the side effect of giv ing Republicans an opportunity to unseat two white Democrats — Reps. Jim Mattox and Martin Frost, both of Dallas. The 19 Democratic congress men from Texas have agreed to an alternative redistricting plan, but John Wiley Price of Dallas, head of the coalition, said that plan also is unacceptable because it does not establish an overwhelmingly black district in the Dallas inner city. “It is incredible how some ruth less, scheming congressmen who have political cronies in Austin can put bumper stickers on your car, signs in your yard and even have the cold-blooded gall to ask you for money and still trample on your rights for a correct and proper re districting plan,” said Al Lips comb, a Democratic precinct chairman and member of the Coalition. “It is ironic that Democrats, white men and women who have taken an oath to uphold the Con stitution, continue to violate that very law by denying Afro- Americans full participation in a fair redistricting plan.' He warned tbe Senate, “If you continue to play good old buddy politics, you will rue the day.” Sen. 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