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Battalion/Page 5 April 19, 1982 state/national Anyone’s best friend t took a group effort to pull together about 40 nillion “dollars” of play money to make the finning bid for the 43 point diamond auctioned ff Saturday night at RHA’s Casino. Matt Powell, enter with the diamond, an accounting major from Amarillo, said about 50 people pooled their money to make the dynamite diamond buy. What can 50 people do with a sparkling diamond valued at $1,100? It’s easy. “Have an $1,100 party,” Powell said. Sports fans may damage Lubbock archaeological site United Press International LUBBOCK — An archaeolo gical site containing bones and bone chips may be damaged by sports Ians traveling to soccer matches this weekend, the Texas Historical Commission contends. Despite pleas by the commis sion to close an uncompleted ac cess road, which cuts through the site, Mayor Bill McAlester said Friday that common sense dictates the access road be opened for weekend sporting events at the Berl Huffman Athletic Complex. Curtis Tunnell, executive di rector of the historical commis sion, asked the city earlier this week to halt construction on the access road. Tunnell said the city would be in violation of federal and state historical and antiquity laws if construction continued or if the access road was used. ‘Piano man’ recovering after injury to hand United Press International NEW YORK — “Piano Man” Billy Joel, whose wrist and thumb were broken in a motor cycle accident, was assured he’ll be at the keyboard again soon — this time as therapy for the in jured hand. Dr. David Andrews said Fri day that rock star Joel, 32, a sin ger-songwriter whose biggest hit traced his career as an unknown piano player in small clubs, will regain complete use of his wrist and thumb. In fact, the physician said, the five-time Grammy winner will have to play the piano as part of his physical therapy. “He thinks he’ll be as good as new. I think he’ll be better,” said Andrews, an orthopedic surgeon at Manhattan’s Col umbia Presbyterian Hospital, where Joel was takpn by helicop ter following the accident Thursday. Andrews said Joel’s right wrist was fractured and his left thumb was broken. He said there was a cast on the wrist and a splint on the thumb. Andrews said Joel would be discharged from the hospital Monday or Tuesday. He said the cast would be removed in eight weeks and the splint in a month. Joel was hit by a car that ran a red light in Huntington Station, N.Y., while riding one of his four motorcycles. Joel’s other hits include the 1977 smash “Just the Way You Are,” “Only the Good Die Young,” “She’s Always a Woman,” “Big Shot,” and “My Life.” involved ' itched for I 1 required fu ;d the switek oil was barge Plaquemint BI and a Hi e also are inti s claims. I reserve pirn ago, andtk| ■alias paper says Irown misused drplane flights t Bayou Citmjmted Press International > r sites in DALLAS — Several airplane i is 251 mi'lhts logged on state records as fieial business by Agriculture |mmissioner Reagan Brown 4 f JV duded trips in which he con- Bed campaign business, a ijallas newspaper reported ir/Dp a®day. y\ LL The Dallas Times Herald re cited Brown travelled to eaumont, Texas, Jan. 14 and raryBft jgg cstec i his challenger was an 1 events il: H, 0[ ” anc j fi ew t o Sherman, iy — Dr. I ' exas on Jan. 26 where he said peak on B pponent Jim Hightower has no local Met! ualifications to be commission- in 204C L" r of agriculture, dll follow in ••fhe newspaper also said ;s of vide ' Town traveled at state expense tesday andB®i c hita Falls where he criti- •arning Re> l -M Hightower’s lack of agri- ultural experience. lay — The flights were recorded on state airplane logs as official business, the newspaper re ported . Brown has denied allegations of using state aircraft for politic al purposes, a violation of state law. “We don’t use our airplane on anything but official business,” he said. “Using a plane for cam paign purposes is against every thing I ever believed in.” He said his lawyers had advised him he can make allega tions about campaign oppo nents if reporters bring up the subject first. Brown regularly schedules press conferences in visits to cities. The agriculture department estimates a cost of $256 per hour to fly the aircraft. 10 a.m.' in Space and] id •‘Crab M esday — it’s Dream' dish Broadft' i DIETING? at 2 p.m Even though we do not prescribe !oksaie,2|cliets, we make it possible for many to NUnivrl en i°y a nutritious meal while they dd from«Ifollow their doctor's orders. 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