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Page 12/The Battalion/Friday, April 29, 1983 Persistence advised in summer job hunt United Press International WASH INGTON — The sum mer employment outlook can discourage even the most in dustrious of job-hunters. The National Park Service has 35,000 applications on file for 6,000 summer jobs. The con struction industry plans to re hire laid-off workers, and retail ers have virtually eliminated ex tra summer help. But experts insist there will be ample opportunity this sum mer for the persistent, energetic applicant. “We’re talking about students who are willing to be flexible, to learn a new skill,” says Inez Frank, director of the University of Maryland’s job referral ser vice. “I’m anticipating things will be the same or better than last year.” Summer jobs have become an economic necessity for nearly 60 percent of the nation’s youth, 16-21, who will forego the sun and surf for employment. “Today’s teenager’s just can’t get by without some sort of in come,” says Brian Wyant, 17, of Lanham, Md. “If you’re living at home, your parents don’t expect you to mooch off them forever.” The restaurant industry, one of the largest employers of teens, expects a strong summer season. “The economic indicators point to the fact that we are mov ing out of the recession,” says Dorothy Dee, a spokeswoman for the National Restaurant Association. “You can assume if the economy is getting better, people will be eating out more.” The construction industry is less optimistic: “Unemployment is the last thing to change when you’re coming out of a reces sion,” says a spokesman for the Associated General Contractors. “Employers are going to look first at skilled people who have families to take care of.” Other industries, like retail, have permanently changed their summer hiring practices. “I would not encourage anyone to look at the retail industry for summer employment,” says Alice McCord, personnel officer for the National Retail Mer chants Association. 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TUVgNAI SLES " the ROWS BETWEEN THE CHURCH AUDITORIUMS CHILDREN RUN UP AND DOWN IN. SPECIAL PEWS IN T//AT LOWERARCHY:opposite END OF AN ORGANIZATIONS JOB STRUCTURE FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE END, I E., THE PEONS. (THE OPPOSITE OF HIERARCHY IS LOWERARCHY) Process extends production ‘Dry’ wells yield new oil United Press International HOUSTON — “Mining” for the residue left in some oil fields after the wells run dry could yield additional oil equalling that already produced, accord ing to two engineers. Mike Hyland and Bill Spence, engineers for the con sulting firm of Keplinger and Associates Inc. of Houston, propose digging shafts under so-called depleted fields to let the residue oil run out “like you pull the stopper in a bathtub. “When all the oil that’s reco vered by conventional (well) techniques has been recovered, perhaps 60 to 80 percent of the oil is left because the mechan isms that push the oil up out of the ground become depleted,” said Hyland. That is because oil is found in porous rock formations and is forced out of wells by natural pressure. Eventually that press ure runs out. After pressure starts to drop, secondary and tertiary recovery methods — including pumping fluids into the field to revive the field’s pressure or to fracture and loosen up the formation — can extend the life of oil wells. But even after secondary and tertiary recovery, much of the oil remains in the rock. Hyland said as much as 300 billion bar rels of oil will remain in place in the United States alone when conventional extraction meth ods are exhausted. Hyland and Spence recom mend sinking a shaft into an old field, then running tunnels under it. From the tunnel, holes can l>e drilled upward into the oil-bearing formation, letting the oil flow out by gravity. Pipes running from the tun nel complex would then bring the oil to the surface. Hyland figures as much as 50 percent of the oil remaining in some depleted fields coulci be recovered with this upside- down oilfield technology. Hyland and Spence said Con oco Inc. already is using the technology to maximize recov ery at a Wyoming oil field, and they are working on plans for a couple of other companies. The technology also is said to be in use in the Soviet Union. Shaft mining was too costly when oil sold for less than! barrel, as it did before the IS] oil embargo. Now, the i price of oil is much high peaked at $34 a barrel lastjc l^njoria To be considered, a must be shallower than jj feet, since cost rises with(k| and so does the tempera: making deeper fields toote mine. I he oil shouldbeoft lively low or moderate™ so as not to resist gravity hoi solid rock formation undft field is necessary for the ie to work on. “There are a number servoirs in the United fc which are candidatesforoia ing,” Hyland said. "Therein number of fields in Texan Louisiana which are quite i low and have a lot of oil left Soldiers to fight |um3 ns ider^ al I 1 ' 8 ' id P r - ]ayfl e Ichotd ot Honn e exp 1981, sai( ,our atic eff < during ^ Try) trial Meted * n In add jnd D School ir con tests of 1 suffering and lung “phase hedule niei at n h the l London, “What compout nificant 1 -the pri cells leav traine dart in DIETING? Even though we do not prescribe diets, we make it possible for many to enjoy a nutritious meal while they follow their doctor's orders. You will be delighted with the wide selection of low calorie, sugar free and fat free foods in the Souper Salad Area, Sbisa Dining Center Basement. OPEN Monday through Friday 10:45 AM-1:45 PM QUALITY FIRST United Press International FORT HOOD — It’s a battle field right out of Star Wars: The sky is black and starlit, but through a glowing green lens you can see a soldier, plain as day, slip into the woocis about 150 yards away. He leans against a tree, weapon ready, thinking he’s co vered by the night. The hairs on the sight rest on his chest, where you can almost read the name- tag. A touch of the gun switch and the trooper would never know what hit him. Thus the U.S. Army learns to fight in the dark. At this huge central Texas post, the 2nd Armored Division this year opened the Army’s night fighting school for tank troops. A recent symposium drew representatives from academia, the growing night vi sion industry, and Army and Marine Corps units from as far away as Germany. “What we’re doing in the 2nd Armored Division is convincing the soldier that he or she can operate at night,” said division commander Maj. Gen. John Woodmansee. “So that when the sun goes down, a grin spreads across his or her face that says, ‘OK, now it’s our time.’ ” What brought all this on was the influence of political reali ties, both in the United States and Europe, and technological leaps in a very specialized in dustry. Ro do i motive ca arm, bos: ftks and Since the Army weal volunteer, the strategy tended toward fewer siij unite< with bigger guns. ThedeicIhSOUTl- ment in light amplifying' — A brig light scopes” and thermii holding a ing viewers have giventi arc torch the field the ability to see ii dark. To take advanta] sibilities, the Army has tor stamp training soldiers to doanitf : Both cl in t he dark that they am more effn the daylight. K They ; It starts with the sole effort in themselves, who are gntpse robot being tried on what the I pass perl calls “reverse cycle," basic.:workers ii workday in which they: live and i shorter hours at nightandt to health, siesta in the afternoon, I ' The U “Basic soldier skills are* land got i important, as opposed tot of robot < mesmerized by technoffigo. Its R said Lt. Col. Jared Bates,» has been battalion has been trainiijtional Sci reverse cycle with the3rdla one-of-a-1 center. Thirty- support i Chicken Fried Steak Dinner: At Fort Shiloh: Only $ 4 95 ! 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It is "paw Rather using available light fharket d projecting a light source" >soriente< own. jcnowledg But it does need some'j ing,” Kel In bad weather its effect" diminishes. To cure military has developed imaging, which reads differences in heat and lates them into visible ii Thermal imagit heavier, more expensive!® quire a larger power sou® 1 they are generally used and other tracked veld . Thermal imaging has tit advantage of permittingt* vision in daylight where tl (f ^ is obstructed by dust, sirf fog. The bugs are still being' The g: re syst ed out of the system Hood. “Last night a tankco®? ran through a supplyunC* al blackout,” Woodmanstf' “Before they had time 11 scared, the tanks were? They didn’t know what j 1 , 1 but they hoped itwoulda 1 ’ pen again.” Stude dine c taml three selec day, | Comr count Notici °n R e the fir 7C 5 C ^leal the c