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Wednesday, November 2,1983/The Battalion/Page 9 meaker clad stuntman s oils St. Louis police United Press International unists sifjT. L ouiS — A stuntman ri raci <o used suction cups attached his tennis shoes to climb the I last aside of a 23-story downtown ' te d exp; "ice building Sunday says St. st weeh uis police can’t take a joke. £° urged; “T his is the worst it’s ever hers to ne over with the police,” said ,vid Adcock, who climbed to the 68th floor of the 71-story Allied Bank Tower in his home town of Houston last May. Adcock, nicknamed “The Blue Bandit,” said Houston police paid little attention to his exploit. In St. Louis he said the police wanted to throw every charge in the book at him. The 21-year-old college stu- Ar is t Come out and ^ party before the Jimmy Buffet Concert at Zephyr 9 s $1.00 $2.50 Margahtas Hurricanes dent said he wants to make a name for himself as a stuntman, h ’ is in the process of changing his name to Skip Stanley. Adcock scaled the Equitable Building Sunday and unfurled a large American flag as he neared the top. He planned to parachute to the street, but j changed his mind when police threatened to arrest his two-man ground crew. Adcock was arrested after he rappelled down the outside of the Equitable Building. Howev er, he was released before the warrants charging trespassing and property damage were issued. Police were upset on Monday when Adcock left St. Louis be fore the warrants could be issued against him. The Equitable Building was Adcock’s second choice for something to climb in St. Louis. He tried to scale the 630-foot Gateway Arch on Saturday, but his suction cups would not work properly on the steel structure. Intense Reflection Mike Davis, Battalion staff Aiine Broyles, a senior wildlife fisheries, major from Dallas, studies for a quiz Tuesday by Rudder Tower. CARPET BUTLER ■00 ettiem purpose BATTERIES 4 PK. “D" & ,, C" . HANDY BASKET J5' 1 ■ ' i ■ ! 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Although Koschmieder said it is difficult to predict precisely what will happen to Texas’ weather, he said he believes Au stin will get not only warmer, but wetter, too. “We (in Austin) are between tropical and mid-latitudinal weather now,” he said. “If we increase by 10 degrees COPY CENTER M-Th 7-10 Fri. 7-6 Sat. 9-6 Sun. 2-5 707 Texas Ave. S. 693-COPY Fahrenheit, I personally expect Austin to become more tropical than it is now.” While there is disagreement among experts on how soon the weather will change, Kos chmieder said that glaciers around the world are receding. He said this is an indication that something is already hap pening. “The length from the tip of the mountain to where the gla ciers end is decreasing steadily,” he said. “The polar ice caps will be reduced substantially and that will, in turn, increase the level of the sea.” That means, Koschmieder said, Houston may end up under water as early as 2050. “It will be a modern-day Venice,” he said. Padre Island also has a chance of becoming lost beneath the sea if current trends con tinue, he said. Koschmieder said that auto mobiles are not to blame for the excessive amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. “The real problem is the big power plants,” he said. “We’re burning millions of tons of coal and natural gas and other fossil fuels.” Koschmieder said that he be lieves people will adjust to the higher temperatures and some may even benefit from the change in the weather. Meanwhile, environmental and energy organizations have asked Gov. Mark White to appoint a task force to study Texas’ response to the phe nomenon. The environmental coalition said that even if the effect is irreversible, action should be taken to reduce carbon dioxide emission in order to give society enough time to develop new plant strains, plan new farming systems and relocate coastal communities. “A phenomenon with such far-reaching environmental and I financial implications must not be announced one day and for gotten the next,” the group said. Aggieland Subway presents $ 1.25 Night WEDNESDAYS 5 TO 12 STARRING No. 2 No. 11 HAM + CHEESE TURKEY + CHEESE