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m : i Page 8/The Battalion/Monday, April 18, 1983 Flash may be caused by large size meteor United Press International LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A flash that lit up a clear Arkansas sky late Friday night may have been caused by a large meteor entering the atmosphere, offi cials said. Paul Engle, a physics and astronomy professor at the Uni versity of Arkansas at Little Rock, speculated the bright light, seen in the four corners of the state, may have been a “fire ball,” or a large meteor. The switchboard at the state Office of Emergency Services in Conway began lighting up shortly after 10:30 p.m. when the light was seen. Residents and law enforcement officers from around the state called to report the phenomenon. OES officials said the first re port came from the Conway Fire Department in central Arkan sas. Reports then came in from Springdale in the northwest, Hope in the southwest, Pine Bluff in the southeast and Jones boro in the northeast part of the state. Similar reports were received in northeast Oklahoma and Memphis, Tenn., officials said. A National Weather Service meteorologist in North Little Rock said a meteor shower had been forecast between 7 p.m. and midnight Friday, but Engle said a meteor shower probably could not have produced the bright light and “rumbling” sound reported to emergency officials. “Usually the shower meteors don’t ever have such a bright ob ject as that,” he said. “Shower meteors usually aren’t very Relatives must wait to sue nursing home for neglect United Press International GALVESTON — Relatives of several elderly patients who died at the Autumn Hills nursing home in Texas City nearly five years ago were told they must wait longer for a court ruling to determine if they may sue the home for damages. State District Judge I. Allen Lerner said Friday he would not rule immediately on the consti tutionality of a law that protects nursing homes from lawsuits more than two years after alleged mistreatment occured. Lerner told attorneys he will wait until the Texas Supreme Court rules in another case on the same issue before he decides whether to allow the relatives to seek damages for alleged mis treatment and neglect of the pa tients. Galveston attorney Bob Moore is seeking class action sta tus for a lawsuit filed on behalf of one elderly woman who died Tonight Top 40's Night five and dime Drink Specials Tuesday Open Bar Night Long free-bar drinks, draft beer, wine 254 premium and call drinks 50tf can beer Wen $ 4 00 Ladies $ 3 00 Warped bright. It might be what we call a sporadic or bolide meteor or fireball. It would not be directly connected with any shower.” Engle said it would be diffi cult to determine if the light was caused by a meteor unless pieces of it were found. He said reports of the rumbling sound accom panying the light could indicate the sonic boom of a meteor traveling through the atmos phere. “The large meteors like the fireballs quite often will make it through the earth’s atmosphere and hit,” he said. Meteors generally can been seen when they burn entering the atmosphere at an altitude of “about 100 miles or so,” Engle said, and the meteors usually quit burning and cannot be seen at about 20 to 40 miles up. Fornication law enforced Probationers given choice United Press International NEW ULM, Minn. — A Min nesota judge is sentencing minor offenders to a life sent- ’Rosenbloom, 58, sees three or four such cases each year. So far, no one has chosen jail, he said. more than just a strict reading of the state law. at the Texas city facility March 1, 1978. Moore told Lerner relatives of many other elderly people who died under the care of Au tumn Hills could not have known within two years of the deaths that they might have grounds for seeking damages from the Autumn Hills Con valescent Centers Inc., which owned the Texas City home. Moore argued the two-year statute of limitations should not apply in this case. ence — marriage. For the past 20 years, Judge Noah Rosenbloom has made marriage a condition for proba tion. When the judge learns an individual seeking probation is living with a girlfriend or boyf riend, he gives the probationer three choices — get married, move out or go to jail. The judge claims his policy makes sense, as the first condi tion of probation is obeying all laws. Fornication, sex between a man and an unmarried woman, is a misdemeanor in Minnesota, although the law generally is not enforced. Rosenbloom said his policy is “It is part of public policy in diis country that legitimate births are far preferable to illegi timate births, and that abortion is a terribly heartrending prob lem in this society,” the judge said. .... , , Bta l sually without muctidH.,^ t he people get married, “It’s a kind of a catalyst.' 1 lennepin County Pullil lender Bill Kennedy tab view of Rosenbloom's Jave t "Sex is here to stay, wteHkii not the judge isawareollU.S. iofey Rosenbloom has never had to use “the ultimate sanction,” sending a reluctant bridegroom to prison. I o Kennedy, Rosenblol ".i different kindofCupitl who wears a black rober stead of a bow and arrovl shotgun." People flock to image on door Unit |0S United Press International JASPER, Ala. — Thousands of people are flocking to a hos pital to see a wooden door on which an image — reportedly resembling Jesus Christ — appeared as a man stood before it praying for his son’s life. Hospital authorities confirm the door appears to have changed in appearance but re fuse comment further. Some who view it say they see nothing but the grain of the wood. What’s the Worst Thing About the End of a Semester? Moving. Moving has to be one of the biggest hassles of the semester. . . But the parents love it, right? Wrong. Parents hate moving, so this year make it easy on yourself and on dad... Call NIXON TRANSFER and let us move you... It’s our job! Nonetheless, more than a thousand people came to Wal ker County Medical Center Thursday to see the image and, although the number dropped Friday night, a security guard said it still averaged as many as 50 an hour. The image on the door to the third-floor surgical recovery room apparently was first seen by Joel Naramore a week ago Friday as he prayed for his son Charles, 16, who was critically injured in a motorcycle accident. Shirley McCough, a hospital employee, said she witnessed the incident. "When he looked up he saw the face, and he said, ‘My son is going to be all right now,”’ said McCough. Doctors soon came out and told him his son was in stable condition. His son since has been transferred to the Univer sity of Alabama -Birmingham Hospital, where his condition is still critical. Jim Armour, administrator of Bfiu the hospital, said someifeBM deed seems to havehappaB’y the door. • won “I believe it is dif(ere::f rt f et have a housekeeper wkB* rt that door, and she savsHvH> s like that before." H a Some said the facelra*^ se m hi a nee to artists' coiitfi#^ ri( ,r <>! C Ihrist. Others said it'isi 4 to the image on the l urin. lm re “We’re bradng fotfj^ 1 ' weekend, putting inaniwP* security guard,” ArmouraH 01 ' antic i | ration of more or W! He said the flow of [ .Ip' had not disrupted : F ln ' 0 routine, and he aid noip® . turn anyone away. Be 1 - “The crowds have Br 16 orderly,” said hospitalvoloi 11 ® 5 ^ Viva Kennedy. "They’vtsp 1 in line patiently. 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