Page 6/The Battalion/Wednesday, August 10,1983 Flame construction started! Pam Barnes Battalion Reporter Construction on the Class of ’83’s gift to Texas A&M — an eternal flame atop a fountain — began last Wednesday. The flame will be dedicated at the first football game in the fall, Class of ’83 adviser Charlie Walter said. The continuously burning flame — symbolizing Aggies’ undying spirit for A&M — is being constructed in north Kyle Field near the Reveille grave- sites. The 12 point cement base, symbolizing the Twelfth Man) has been poured. Gas, water and electric lines will be put in next. Once the cement has set, the frame for the black granite pyra mid will be built, Walter said. On the top of the granite pyramid will rest a brass bowl containing the flame. An elec tronic ignition system will be used to keep the gas flame lit at all times. The flame will be used to light ceremonial candles for Musters and to light torches for midnight yell practice and Bonfire. At the base of the monument will be a plaque stating its pur pose, symbolism and dedication to the class, Walter said. The four-point fountain will be lined with maroon tile. The granite pyramid is expected to be here by the end of this week. The contractors, R.B. Butler Inc., are doing the constuu ton. After having so much trouble in the past with otherj tors and postponedc dates, it is really grq with these contractor! dell. Class of’83dasf said. He said they cooperative. The dedication iss 3 at the Texas A&MC game. The flame« veil leaders’ torchesatJ veil practice, butrheil(| will be given at r he Aggie Band perfot dell said. Hotel guest ‘didn’t want to get involved’ to help rape victim United Press International NEW ORLEANS — Saying he “didn’t want to get involved,” a Missouri man told jurors he ignored the pleading of a woman allegedly gang-raped by five Southern University foot ball players. ly matter,” said Stanley, w ho de scribed confronting the woman and the players in the hallway. “1 guess I just didn’t want to get involved.” The Class located at of ’SS’s eternal the north end flame is of Kyle Field. The construction. staff photo by Eric Evan Lee flame is still under - . 7 last witnesses called by prosecu tors before they rested their case on Monday. “I didn’t know if it was a fami- Stanley said the woman was weeping and asking for help, but he clid not realize her pleas were directed at him or his friend from Arkansas, Kevin Allen. Scientists: Earth becoming rounder United Press International AUSTIN — Like a rubber ball that has been squeezed, the shape of Earth is slowly becom ing rounder as more of the planet’s mass moves toward the poles, University of Texas aeros pace engineers say. Dr. Bob Schutz of the UT Center for Space Research said the subtle change in shape might be compared to the slow return of a rubber ball that is regaining its shape after being squeezed. During the past five years, scientists at UT and the Califor nia Institute of Technology have used the Lageos satellite, which was launched in 1976, to study the Earth’s orbit. published in Science News and Nature magazine. “Those gravity changes are a reflection of changes in Earth’s shape and are thought to be due to the rebound of the planet’s crust — a long-term and pre viously undetectable response to the removal of the last ice sheets, which melted thousands of years ago,” said Schutz. The studies were based on measurements taken from sev eral global tracking stations, in cluding UT’s McDonald Obser vatory in West Texas. Their findings, supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, were Schutz said the data would be of interest to meteorologists and oceanographers studying long term climate variations and could be useful in understand ing and measuring earthquakes. ‘Dallas’ stars move because of threats United Press International DALLAS — Larry Hagman and Linda Gray, stars of the long-running “Dallas” television series, had to change living quarters several times during location shooting in Dallas be cause of ardent admirers or threats of crime. Hagman, who plays the role of villainous “J.R.” in the series, said he was shadowed by a young admirer during last year’s shooting and moved to a sec luded north Dallas neighbor hood, according to Dallas Times Herald columnist Nancy Smith. But, the Times Herald re ported, he was unhappy there and moved to the home of mil lionaire oilman Henry Kyle, a member of the board of the Four Star production company, a Hollywood studio founded by William Powell and David Niven. Late last month, police re ported Kyle had been shot in Los Angeles and his killer was still on the loose. Hagman dis connected his phone and moved again to a luxury apartment complex, where security was provided by the television pro duction company. “It wasn’t great,” said Carolyn Shamis, Hagman’s real estate agent, referring to the move. “The less I say the better. His moving was very abrupt. The house didn’t have anything to do with the murder.” Gray, who plays J.R’s wife, also was shadowed by fans and was forced to move from a Dal las condominium, the columnist reported. 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