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By SARAH OATES
Staff Writer
graduating^ A commitment to academic
0 ^celknce as shown through
■achievements of 412 Texas
ic at
Heston and R^.
iulty members was celebrated
„ londay night at the University
I" s " ' ^ P^'tiapter of the Honor Society of
hi Kappa Phi’s 35th annual
ypflalion bant]net.
She banquet was belt! in
ation square djMor of juniors, seniors and
re dance class ftracluate students from each
Kge who have demonstrated
■landing academic ability as
idBvn by character, class rank
CIL Parly foi ad overall grade-point ratio,
onset huts. The 1984-85 officers of the
irial competitllMW cha P tcI , all Texas A&M
■ity members, officially as-
■ fled their duties at the ban-
|iel, which was presided over
flie officers for 1983-84. The
banquet was attended by an esti
mated 188 of the 412 initiates.
Each year the chapter gives
the “Outstanding Junior
Award” to a student from each
college of the University. The
12 recipients distinguished at
the banquet were given plaques
bearing the University and Phi
Kappa Phi insignias.
Martha Copp, a senior in the
College of Liberal Arts, re
ceived an honorable mention
from the society’s national
chapter as Texas A&M’s 1983-
84 Phi Kappa Phi National
Fellowship Nominee. This
scholarship is awarded to se
niors planning to attend grad
uate school. Copp also received
a surprise $500 scholarship
from the University chapter of
Phi Kappa Phi.
The society’s “Outstanding
Junior of the University”
award, a $500 scholarship, was
given to Carmine M. Dulisse, of
the Texas Maritime College,
Texas A&M University at Gal
veston.
Guest speaker Chancellor
Arthur G. Hansen, basing his
address on an exploration of
the society’s motto, “Let the love
of learning rule mankind,”
praised the initiates as “students
who have shown the discipline,
desire and ability to achie
ve... reflecting the high purpose
of a university.”
Discussing the meaning of
scholarship, Hansen said the
new members have shown a
commitment to grow in under
standing of a particular field of
study, which he described as a
“pursuit that never ends, char
acterized by openess of mind.”
“Never stop the intellectual
scrutiny of ideas,” Hansen said.
“The never ending search for
the truth will require breaking
with convention.” He said that
he wanted the new members to
“continue learning in the tradi
tional sense,” but that he also
hoped they would “reach out
for meanings and values of a
transcendent quality.”
“We must search for the
other side of truth,” he said,
“and acknowledge that it is
there. Use your intellectual ca
pacity as a walking stick, keep
ing in mind that it can touch on
the surface, but not expose the
inner being.”
Phi Kappa Phi is a nation
wide honor society unique for
recognizing academic achieve
ment in all areas of study.
NASA hopes to repair
two satellites in the fall
United Press International
WASHINGTON — NASA
Administrator James Beggs
promised an “attractive
price” Tuesday for sending a
shuttle into orbit this fall to
rescue two stranded commu
nications satellites if the own
ers request such a mission.
Beggs indicated that Indo
nesia was close to a decision to
ask NASA to retrieve its Pal-
apa satellite and he said West
ern Union, owner of the
other satellite, had started
preliminary discussions on
such a mission.
Both satellites were left in
the wrong orbit in February
when identical rockets failed
shortly after the satellites
were launched from the
space shuttle Challenger.
Beggs said NASA has de
termined it is feasible to re
trieve both satellites, which
each cost $75 million, during
one shuttle mission. The sa
tellites would be returned to
Earth to be overhauled and
launched again.
The space agency chief
said it now appears that the
shuttle could conduct other
operations as well to reduce
the cost of the rescue mission.
The satellite owners — or
their insurance underwriters
— would have to pay for the
rescue attempt.
“I think we’ll be able to of
fer them a very attractive
price,” Beggs said at a news
conference following a
speech to the opening session
of the annual meeting of the
American Institute of Aero
nautics and Astronautics.
“It would be nice if we
could get an agreement from
both of them (satellite own
ers) to pick them up,” Beggs
said.
NASA sources said the
agency is tentatively planning
such a mission in the first
week of November and the
/light would be commanded
by shuttle veteran Frederick
Hauck.
Beggs said the maiden
flight of the shuttle Discovery
set for launch June 19 would
land at Edwards because it is
a new ship and the Mojave
Desert base has more room
for an abnormal landing.
He said the agency is step
ping up work to perfect an in
strument landing capability
for the shuttle so its pilots
won’t require clear skies .
escuers unsuccessful in search
United Press International
JMINERSVILLE, Pa. — A
ill. i hey rehei|«| ue worker lowered deep in
■pus ChrisiihosfloU m i ne shaf t Tuesday
lout what let. jubj no s ig n that six young
- r done anythinflpie we re alive in a four-
heel-tlrive vehicle that appar-
sult of her efk nt |y sunk 85 feel beneath a
m Freeman, fcfljdy mountain road four
ic Charities in l a ys ago.
is establishedawThe three men and three
tr donationsidflien, aged 17 to 25, were be-
irvivingSalvail £vfed to be inside an the mine
in said her ef ia {i where authorities found a
with monetary pur- wheel -drive vehicle
:>ugh. She wflged 85 feet below the sur-
lain the refug* 0 f a muddy, rutted dirt
to return tot jadonce used for mining,
r situation is tifi , . . . .
he fact the usH earc ' iers thought a hole may
does not n ave opened up under the six
0,. political I l * ie y wenl through the area,
I (|| here driving the unpaved
■intain roads in four-wheel-
ive of German' Hve vehicles is a popular sport,
pecial undersuJt
lit of immigrant/,|
As rescuers worked, about a
dozen family members huddled
in small groups nearby, clinging
together and awaiting word.
Rescue workers, who initially
believed the vehicle was 60 feet
below the road, linked three 20-
foot sections of corrugated steel
pipe, four feet in diameter, to
place into the shaft.
Joe Novak, 56, a mainte
nance man for Penn Equipment
Go. of nearby Port Carbon, was
harnessed and lowered through
the pipe to inspect the area, but
came back to report the pipe
was about 20 feet too short.
He said he saw the vehicle
turned upside down-and “half
submerged in water,” but he
saw no signs of life.
The group had been missing
since Saturday night.
The vehicle was spotted early
Monday inside the caved-in
shaft, located beneath a sleep
and winding road on Sharp
Mountain, which is honey
combed with abandoned mine
shafts and scarred with signs of
long-ago mining activity.
“They shouldn’t have been
on that road,” said slate police
Lt. Donald Holloway. “I’m in
clined to think they’re not al
ive.”
Authorities believe the vehi
cle is the black Chevrolet Blazer
in which the six had been riding
in the anthracite region of east
ern Pennsylvania. The site is
about 40 miles northeast of
Harrisburg, the slate capital.
Walter Vicinelly, commis
sioner of the Office of Deep
Mine Safety in the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental
Resources, said rescuers would
be lowered through the pipe
into a steel cage at one end to
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he said. Tat Mann, stall planner for
B foundation, said only about
0 acres of the park remains
l^#jtindeveloped today. The park
JO IVJvijs 29 different plants — all
^ leal with heavy industry. In-
luslrial tool and machine
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Teas Internal W , hi , le lhis P a , rk provides a
|Bd base lor the heavy ma-
TwoMje industries, the three new
d a Texas t i ar R s ai e focusing in on busi-
■d Tuesday essand the hi-tech industries,
the Pi •incess C
IThe College Station Busi-
•intment oftlijess and Tech Park has several
tyllis Wagnereatures the Brazos County
ambemale of lark lacks, all of which were in-
Margaret Cn luded to cater to today’s busi-
nnounced byltessman. When fully devel-
obert Hatisnttfld, this 2,300 acre park
ation’s exectbuili of College Station will
lave an 18-hole golf course
,nd a country club. About a
d of the land will be re-
red for premium, high tech-
ented corporations.
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Dennis Goehring is presi
dent of the College Station In
dustrial Development Founda-
lion, the non-profit
organization developing Col
lege Station’s park. He says it
may take 25 years to fully de
velop the park, stressing plan
ning as the key factor for suc
cess.
“Detailed planning is the
only way you can pull off a pro
ject of this magnitude,” Goehr-
ingsaid.
Bryan jumped on the band
wagon in March 1982 when the
city council voted to create the
Bryan Development Founda
tion. This foundation was in
turn assigned the task of devel
oping the Bryan Industrial
Park.
This 610 acre park one mile
north of Bryan is designed to
attract manufacturing indus
tries needing railroad connec
tions to their plants. Connec
tion with the Southern Pacific
Railroad main line about one
mile away is planned, at a cost
of nearly $1 million.
But in the future, this park
will probably be looking for
high tech industries, executive
director Edwin Latta said. And
v\yaV means direct competition
with the College Station park.
This park is expected to take
about 15 years to fully develop.
But with two more parks in the
same area, all competing for
the same companies, it may
take longer.
The new kid on the block is
the Texas A&M University Re
search Park. This park is the
newest, and the smallest, with
only 318 acres on the west cam
pus of Texas A&M.
But that’s not all that sets it
apart from the others. The
land in this park is leased,
rather than sold to interested
firms. The leases may run any
where from 30 to 50 years, Dr.
Mark Money said. Money is the
vice chancellor for the research
park and University-corporate
relations. He was hired in Oc
tober 1983 to supervise the
transition of Texas A&M’s re
search park from drawings and
models to a reality.
If the leases aren’t renewed,
the facilities will revert back lo
the University, Money said.
The first phase of this park
will probably not be completed
before 1995, Money said. Con
struction of roads and utilities
will begin this fall.
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search for the missing.
The pipe and cage were to
protect rescuers in the event of
a further cave-in.
“The sides of the shaft are
very ragged,” Vicinelly said.
“What concerns us is that the
sides could fall in and trap an
other person.”
Searchers planned to work
through the night, if necessary,
Vicinelly said.
The hole, about 15 feet
across, was shaped like an in
verted lightbulb, opening wider
as it went down. Authorities be
lieve the mine shaft may be as
deep as 350 feet.
Vicinelly said a microphone
initially lowered into the hole
found only silence.
“I even hit on the lop of the
vehicle, but again- we got noth
ing,” he said.
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