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Monday, September 19, 1983/The Battalion/Page 9 “rican Red Crosskn ■ Texas A&M WSM] ricane Alicia, urricane Aug tewide contact questions School shelter al ey worked in coop! Service in the Brifios, W. Comstock of tit its president, Cut .1 Ooss connnendiiil V and state burbeque ill hold its annual / Hall on FM 21 m Jr., former Tea ne to attend. Tidirt nbers can get infra Tuesday cep ted for the Intn- held Sept. 23. »i! and handball i» ance, carnival gnB tivities are availaHi )U sale ept. 25 at the Crave s will lie provided of the MSC throik Tuesday the fall semestennl .in. to 6 p.m. in§ e courses offereda uncan and the Con 's and for commits Michael Gulezian photo by Dean Saito Michael Gulezian appeared Friday night in Rumuors as part of the fall MSC Basement concert series. He played twelve and six string guitars as part of his show. Humor hall of fame planned aid to be 'a matter of time' The Battalion oflie United Press International CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (UPI) — Id Thornberg has some very se- (ous notions about humor. He wants to a hall of fame for lose who make their living with atfalis and one-liners. Thornberg feels it is only a mat- rof time until a Humor Hall of ame is established and he wants ■ make sure it is in the Midwest. Tie feels a tribute to humor should e as far away from East and West least glitter as possible. “I kind of wanted to keep this clean,” he said. “We want Eis to be a legitimate tribute to :lass comedians.’ Thornberg heads the National Hall of Humor, a group that has mblished a couple of joke books nd sponsors a central Iowa phone-in joke line. But their long term goal is an ultramodern museum dedicated to humor. Envisioned is a $10 million one- Chefs try food record United Press International PEEKSKILL, N.Y. — One [inched chefs are preparing the Bredients for the world’s largest fownie, and 3,000 people are 'aiting to eat it. IF the mammoth desert — a [lewy, 45-foot-long pastry — teaks the Guinness Book of forld Records when it is baked Dnday, it will be Peekskill’s sixth jnseeutive food record. The Hudson River community as already captured Five previous records — a 10,000-egg melet, a 1,058-foot-long sand- Ich, an 80-foot-long by 40-foot- I’idecake, a 12-foot diameter pop- om ball and a 40-foot-long by 4- iot-wide serving of lasagna. Pat Belth, who is overseeing he 100 bakers, said the brownie dll contain 500 pounds of dry ing- edients, 350 eggs, 350 half-cups if oil and 350 half-cups of water. 'The brownie was expected to ake 90 minutes to bake, Ms. i said. story structure of glass, steel and brick, with a central rotunda featuring wax images of the great ones like Mark Twain, Will Ro gers, Laurel and Hardy. “We d like to induct Bob Hope and George Burns,” Thornberg said. “They don’t have to be dead to be honored in the Humor Hall of Fame. ” The difficulty, said Thornberg, will be selecting the truly greats. “We want only the truly great comics, who have proven their ta- The highlight will be a constant ly expanding computerized lib rary of humor, categorized by sub ject and comedian. “People could call in and get fishing jokes, gardening jokes, or anything for a speech or get- together,” Thornberg said. Thornberg is looking for a Mid western site near a major inter state highwway that would attract cross-country tourists. He says the cities he has approached have been very receptive. “I’m sure we would be the lent over time, he said. “Some of brunt of a couple jokes if the hall these fellows get a little bit rank. Thornberg’s proposed museum “will appeal to a more intellectual sort,” Thornberg said. He refer red to it as “the Smithsonian of Humor.” Artifacts hopefully to be don ated by famous comics will be dis played. Movies and recordings of their classic routines will be played. was located here,” LeClaire city administrator Ed Choate said. “But we have a fine site that could give the hall the exposure it would deserve. I would consider it an asset to the community.” The city of East Moline, Ill., also has been approached about a location near the Quad-City Downs racetrack. “Some people coming out of the track might need something to laugh at,” Thornberg said. Thornberg is a retired Min neapolis businessman who, at age 71, sayS he needs a project like this to keep him busy. ‘Tin not a kid anymore,” he said. “No one is going to hire me so I have to get into projects like this.” WE BET GOIJ> GUARANTEED HIGHEST PRICES PAID ON USED GOLD COME IN TODAY! 415 UNIVERSITY DR. WEST 846-5816 MISERY MYSTERY aurrLY what am i? 'LATE 70'S YOU COULD STILL HEAR THE CALLING' OF A LIVING PRESENCE. THE SOUNDS HAVE CHANGED NOW. LISTEN—FEET SHUFFLING, CARDS STACKING, BUTTONS PUSHING. I CAN'T STAND IT! TOO MUCH COMOTION. MEN USED TO SOIL THEIR BOOTS WHILE SURVEYING A GALLERY OF FRAMES. AND NOW, EVER SINCE THE GREENS AND WHITES CAME, I'VE NEVER BEEN THE SAME. THOSE WHO KNEW ME WOULD STILL RECOGNIZE ME FROM AFAR, BUT, IF THEY WERE —TO SEE ME INSIDE... TURN ANSWERS IN TO TOWN HALL CUBICLE BY TUES. SEPT. 19TH. MUST BE ON A 3x5 NOTE CARD AND MUST CONTAIN NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER. WINNER WILL BE NOTIFIED. **PUT CARDS IN TRACEE DEE COCHRAN'S BOX** 19,000-mile hike ends United Press International PRUDHOE BAY, Alaska — British adventurer George Meegan completed a 19,021-mile walk from the tip of South America to the Arctic Ocean Sunday, hik ing the last nine miles of his nearly six-year long journey. The walk that began Jan. 26, 1977 from Ushaia, the south ernmost non-scientific settlement on earth, ended at 1:30p.m. at the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic Circle on property leased by the oil firm ARGO Alaska Inc. Meegan, 30, ofRainham, Eng land, was permitted to complete the last nine miles of the journey by ARGO, which had refused his initial request two weeks ago to cross its property but later re lented. He was accompanied by his Japanese wife, Yoshiko, and they were met by their two children, Ayumi, 5, whose name is Japanese for “walk,” and Geoffrey Susumu, 3, whose Japanese name means “keep going.” “This walk is a celebration of freedom,” Meegan said. “It was achieved without funds and with out sponsorship. It was made pos sible by the 10,000 acts of kind ness shown me by the people of this world.” Meegan said he made the jour ney because nobody had ever done it before. His press agent said the walk represents the longest continuous foot journey in history and the first transverse of the Western Hemisphere on foot. He reportedly beat the record of David Chang who walked 18,500 miles from Singapore to London in 1958. When he arrived at the shore of the Beaufort Sea — some 2,426 days after leaving South America and after making an estimated 31 million strides — he cried and said: "I feel like I’ve lost my best friend. 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