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°age 8/The Battalion/Thursday, July 14, 1983 UT hires noted cancer fighter United Press International BURLINGTON, Vt. — Ver- nont Regional Cancer Center Director Dr. Irwin Krakoff will eave the center later this year to lead the University of Texas VI.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute’s Division of Medicine, officials said Wednesday. They said Krakoff, one of Vermont’s leading cancer fight ers, will take on the new assign ment on Sept. 1. In addition to his duties at the cancer center, Krakoff has taught at the University of Ver mont’s College of Medicine since 1976, UVM said in a pre pared statement. It said he is best known for his research in reducing toxic side- effects of anti-cancer drugs, and he has authored more than 150 articles — mostly about che motherapy. Krakoff spent much of his early career at the Sloan Ketter ing Cancer Center in New York City and directed its Clinical Chemotherapy and Pharmacol ogy Laboratory from 1973 to 1976. THEY AIN’T MAKIN’ NO MORE LAND? 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Before the draw ing at the Pikes Peak Center, De nnis joked he should win “be cause I need it more than the others.” He said some of his winnings would go for a new pickup truck, a visit to his daughter in Dallas and a Hawaiian vacation promised to his wife, Rosalee. “I had the money spent half way through (the drawing),” he said. Joseph Selvidio of Golden, 37, an electrician for the Jeffer son County School District, won second prize of $50,000. He said he planned to build a sports car and put the rest toward a new home. Creative craft George Carter Jr., from Bryan, concen trates on an intricate detail in the craft workshop at the Memorial Student Cen ter. Carter is making wax miniatures that will be cast into bronze. The work- ; djorkman fi- .l just t Astros pit a pd his f : home run B Bjorkm; ; five runs ' homer, a si ! hunt — wa [third majc | Houston’s t the Montn |day night. H “I am [•Lillis and t for giving! fin the bijj ; ‘tjiy far this t|rill of m “Just ge |yan was < st majoi lust made [said Bjork from the hr Coast I I Ryan, 9 April 22 a staff photo by Brenda Di - fn^g strea cord for Bnder. shop located in the basement is open Ry an yield three and anyone interested in pursuin a hobby, small fee is charged to cover equipmc Dawley pi Ryan High court will hear libel case done bettt I “I didn good stuf club score me and ! around fo said. ! Mont McDonatcts r\ f\ WY\ Bryan!College Station Big Mac® 16 oz. Soft Drink Regular Size French Fries Offer good July 1-Aug. 7 United Press International AUSTIN — The state Sup reme Court Wednesday agreed to review a $2.5 million libel judgment that stemmed from a book published in 1972 about corruption in Texas state gov ernment. At issue is whether the plain tiff, former State Optometry Board member Dr. N. Jay Ro gers of Beaumont, is entitled to punitive damages when no actual damages' were sought. The court set an Oct. 12 hear ing date for oral arguments in the case. The defendants in the case are the publishing firm, Double day & Company, and Washing- ton-based journalist Harvey Katz, the author of “Shadow on the Alamo.” The book, commissioned by Doubleday in 1971 and pub lished in 1972, details alleged corruption in Texas state gov ernment and the state Legisla ture. The book jacket says Katz gathered information for the book while posing as a legislative aide. Rogers sued Doubleday and Katz for libel after Katz wrote that Rogers was appointed to the Optometry Board by former Gov. John Connally “despite Ro gers’ three indictments for prac- ^ticing without a license.” The allegations turned out to be false, and a jury awarded Ro gers $2.5 million in damages. The award was set aside by the trial court because no actual damages were awarded, but the award was later reinstated bythe 9th Court of Appeals in Beaumont. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that if a plaintiff in a libel case is a public figure, he must prove an article, even though f alse, was published with » Carter ret less abandon and a disregard “I feel \ the truth.” Bam tha The Texas appellate o shown so said even though Rogers*: tunately ^amsino proof. The court saidiw a real hot have been a “simple matteij Katz to have checked 1 Texas Senate about Roj background since he undeif confirmation hearings. “Katz himself is a lawyetj not only should have knotif impact of the charge of in! menf but also that it wouldl simple matter to verify,*] court said. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★■S' S OPEN 4 to 6 Daily 12 to 6 Weekends Priced from the $40s Mill Creek is a new neighborhood just two minutes from the University. It’s close enough to the campus for anyone to walk or bike. Mill Creek is nestled next to woods and a College Station park, convenient to all major thorough fares, yet just away from the hustle and bustle of the main campus. 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Texas/Lobby of the Ramada Inn/College Station Explorers search deep for Titanic tflccrn 4^ United Press International NEW YORK — For a third time, scientists will search deep in the North Atlantic for the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage 71 years ago killing 1,513 people in the worst shipping disaster in history. The venture by Columbia Univerisity scientists is sche duled to begin Saturday. It will be conducted from the Navy re search vessel Robert D. Conrad, which will depart from Halifax, Nova Scotia for the 10-day voyage. Texas oilman and investor Jack Grimm, who financed ex peditions to locate the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot, is again financing the project. “This year’s search has the advantage of using information gathered on expeditions made in 1980 and 1981, including a photograph of what may be a propeller blade large enough to have been one of the Titanic’s,” the university said Tuesday in a statement. Dr. William Ryan, senior re search associate of Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory in Palisades, N.Y., will direct the search aboard the 208-foot Conrad. Ryan said previous conducted aboard smaller,H tered ships, have been sty by conflicting data on wheli Titanic sank, the depth ocean, the rugged terrainffl sea floor and the possibilil)'l the Titanic broke up afterf ting bottom. I It is believed the remaii the ship are on the oce about two miles down. This year’s search willJj where the propeller 1 photograph was made: encompass 400 square Hi east and north of earliersel Serving Luncheon Buffet ^ Sunday through Friday i 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. . £ “The objectives have all been to consistently carryf methodical search patterns logous to rubbing one'ffl back and forth across a thidl pet in search of a lost pitfl jewelry,” Ryan said. J 1 The search will use a s system developed for t 3 ! Titanic searches andama meter capable of detectingl 45,000-ton wreck. 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