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Page 8/The Battalion/Tuesday, April 10, 1984 Petition urges teaching of evolution in schools ARE YOUKEAPYfVKTHg fMHf OFirmU&IOSm? IMS WUbERlNCrtF YOU WERE OOlMFTVTfflOUJ o/uEoEfUar. HcmJ Does A ''come as YOUR fAvofUTE VIDEO" ^ /AmcM3YA ? WHERE Do YOUGETl IDEAS? United Press International AUSTIN — Science profes sors, religions groups and tea cher organizations signed a pe tition sent Monday to the State Board of Education, urging the repeal of a rule that restricts the teaching of evolution in Texas public schools. People for the American Way, a national anti-censorship group, organized the petition drive in advance of Board Of Education meetings Friday and Saturday in El Paso. Board members will discuss in executive session, PAW’s threat to sue the board if it fails to repeal the rule, which was deemed unconstitutional last month in an opinion by Attor ney General Jim Mattox. “The courts will be the next resort if the Board does not re peal the rules and comply with the attorney general’s advice,” PAW state coordinator Mike Hudson said Monday. “Hopefully, the state board will demonstrate its concern for the school children and its re spect for the law and avoid un necessary litigation that could cost the taxpayers of Texas hundreds of thousands of dol lars.” The rule requires that evolu tion be taught as “only one of several explanations of the ori gin of humankind.” Mattox said it was unconstitutional because it was motivated “by a concern for religious sensibilities rather than a dedication to scientific truth.” Up to 75 people helc[ captive in Kerrvilje Authorities search for slave farm hitchhike United Press International KERRVILLE — Authorities WOMEN S MEDICAL CENTER OF NW HOUSTON Problem Pregnancy? •Early pregnancy testing •Abortion services through 18 + weeks •Private practice setting •Confidential counseling/Teen-age care ■Surgical sterilization (tubal ligation) •Birth control information •Ultrasound evaluation •Complete GYN care by a Board-Certified Gynecologist 713-440-1796 Robert P. Kaminsky, M.D. Medical Director J7115 Red Oak Drive, Suite 209 (near Houston Northwest Medical Center Hospital) Monday searched for a hitch hiker, described as being “scared to death,” who left a Hill Country ranch where six people were allegedly lured and forced into slavery, the sheriff said. Kerr County Sheriff Cliff Creeson said the unidentified hitchhiker was run off the ranch about two weeks ago and related his story to a motorist who bought him a cup of cof fee. “He was scared to death,” Creeson said. “We’ve got a few leads and we’re going to try to find him.” He said authorities may try to locate some 75 other people who worked at the 3,500-acre cattle, goat and sheep ranch last year. Officers armed with a search warrant Friday found five men and one woman, ranging in age from mid-20s to the late 40s, liv ing in a barn at the secluded ranch about 75 miles northwest of San Antonio. The six were being kept in protective custody Monday and declined to disuss their experi ence. Wesley Ellebracht, 53; his son, Wesley Ellebracht Jr., 31; and the younger man’s wife Joyce Ellebracht, 29, were charged with aggravated kid napping and were being held in lieu of 4100,000 bonds. One victim said he was forced to burn the body of a dead worker, and authorities sent charred bones found on the ranch to Department of Safety labs for testing. “Due to the condition of the evidence, we’re going to have to use some more laboratory tech niques to determine if the bones are human,” said DPS spokes man Larry Todd. “We going to utilize the services of a forensic anthropologist and the analysis may require several more days. Its a very lengthy, scientific process.” Creeson said members of the well-known Kerr County family allegedly drove up and down Interstate 10 and picked up hitchhikers, “offering them a hot meal or something to get them in their pickup.” He said the victims were forced to dig ditches, cut fire wood and made to live in an old barn with a dirt floor and dirty mattresses. “If they tried to leave they would be chained up at night time,” he said. “It was hard to run. I think there were some held at gunpoint. Some of them said they had cattle prods used on them.” Discover better music through chemistry The search warrant w| sued after a worker escap ranch March 28 ami call thorities in Lampasas. Leona Ellebracht, 81, m of the elder Ellebracht, the charges. “It’s a he from top 10 tom,” said Ellebracht, when a store at Mountain Home.' (son) always wanted 101 good deed. Those people^ happy out there. They i given money and food, a good meal like meat, 1 bread and milk. They same things my kids ate.” United Press International ST. LOUIS — A chemist says he has rediscovered a long-for gotten chemical treatment to make a common fiddle sound like a Stradivarius, although a group of music critics say only time will tell. A St. Louis string quartet per formed Sunday with its own in struments, then played those of Joseph Nagyvary, a chemist at Texas A&M University. Nagy vary claims to have reproduced the wood treatments of Antonio Stradivari and other great violin makers. The American Chemical So ciety, which is meeting this week in St. Louis, arranged the infor mal contest. “I noticed a more uniform blend, a more characteristic blend,” said Kent Perry, a pro fessor of violin at Southern Illi nois University at Edwardsville and one of four judges for the event. “I can only give praise to their overall quality,” added Da vid M. young, owner of a Stra divari violin and a chemical en gineering consultant. Fewer than 500 of Stradiva ri’s 1,500 instruments survive. Stradivari lived from about 1644 to 1737 in Cremona, Italy, where he developed a style for the violin that set the standard. Craftsmen long have tried to copy his techniques. Nagyvary, 49, is a native of Hungary who began playing the violin as a child and fled his homeland when the 1956 rebel lion was crushed by Soviet troops. He came to the United States in 1964. He said Stradivari’s “secret” was in the use of wood-preser vation methods common to his era that were abandoned by woodworkers later in the 18th century. He said the old method opens up wood cells, af fecting the instruments’ vibra tions in ways that newer preser vation methods do not. “Preservation techniques have improved, but acoustics suffered,” he said. Nagyvary said he was claiming to make instrument good as Stradivari, if onlvi cause violins improve witha But he said bis methodw® perior to other contempoi techniques, and said hisiraf ments are concert-worthy mediately. he “No one ever would su! instruments that are weeks old for a concert,as are,” he said. 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At the time, she said she decided to “throw my hat over the windmill” and do nate land and money to fund her dream. Actress Helen Hayes co-chairs the center with Mrs. Johnson. So far, Mrs. Johsnon has in vested more than $125,000 of her own money and built a labo ratory where scientists hope to find ways to propagate some of the nation’s 25,000 species of wild flowers. Mrs. Johnson talked of her girlhood in Texas, when she said “my favorite pastime was to walk through the woods ” and view the changing panorama of wild flowers and grasses. “I have a love affair with na ture that I have never ceased to savor,” she said. She said wild flowers are a “free gift of joy” and “can feed the soul.” Although she admits it is eas ier to convince citizens of the aesthetic value of wildllowers, she said the Texas Highway De partment has also reaped eco nomic benefits by preserving the plantings. She said the highway depart ment mowed right-of-ways four times a year at a cost of about $32 million dollars. But now of ficials are experimenting with a modified mowing operation to allow wildllowers to bloom and then go to seed. The mulch from those plant ings is then transferred to other areas for seeding. “We can plan to keep some of this bounty in public places,” she said. “We need the gallant per sistance of these paltils,’ Although Texas is a pioi in wildflower research, she other slates such as Georj Oklahoma and New Mfl have expressed interest highway program. Her daughter, Virginiai lady Lynda Robb, said ihe' ginia Highway Departmeni! also had discussed the #1 lower project with her mol and research center officials Mrs. Johnson express hope that this year’s bnf Texas winter, followed h drought, would not endaii! the center’s first experimetf crop. “My heart lies in those27 plots,” Mrs. Johnson said. M S C J.L. AGGIE CINEMA 1 A. 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