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Page 12/The Battalion/Monday, September 10, 1984 — Archaeologist discovers legendary Legends of the stone city in the interior of Brazil have circulated for centuries, said Aurelio Abreu, vice presi dent of the Sao Paulo Archaeology Institute, but his find was the first public mention of the ruins outside the towns in the remote region. United Press International SAO PAULO, Brazil — A Brazil ian archaeologist said Sunday he has discovered in the country’s remote interior ruins of a legendary stone city dating from Incan times and sought by explorers for centuries. Aurelio Abreu, vice president of the Sao Paulo Archaeology Institute, said he and two researchers found “ruins of a structure of stone giving the impression of a fortress and dat ing from remote times” in the moun tains of Bahia state 700 miles north of the capital. The ruins — known by local resi dents for decades as Ingrejil — were constructed with “precision-cut stones fitted without mortar in the style of the Inca architecture of Peru,” Abreu said. Ingrejil is the name of the mountain region where the ruins were found. Legends of stone cities in the inte rior have circulated for centuries, Abreu said, but his find was the first public mention of the ruins outside the towns in the remote region. The nearest town is Brumado, 25 miles away^ “We believe there must be other structures like Ingrejil in Brazil’s in terior, much of which is still fearful and unexplored,” said Abreu, who inspected the site for the first time Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 upon request by state authorities. The ruins “are nothing like struc tures built by Indians known to in habit Brazil in pre-Colombian times,” he said. “Ingrejil may have been built by refugees from Incan or pre-Incan Peru who found there the mountainous terrain and cool cli mate that suited them.” Inca Indians, who began ruling Peru in the 12th century ami ex panded into Bolivia, Ecuador and much of Chile by the 15th century, were conquered by the Spanish in 1532. Known for their sophisticated ar chitecture, irrigation, mining and Pageant attempts to shake Vanessa’s image ruins road contraction, tht worshipped the sun andti human sacrifice. The Ino, was both their god and mitt Abreu described Ingrtjj mile-by-'/a-niile plateau * only by mountain paths, jj piles of well-hewn stontjj mens (crude stone aithtsjtij Legendary stone cititslij, sought for centuries by Bahia, with Portuguese c Francisco Rajxiso reported “a monumental city surnm, gateways of great height' t Nc in m Police Beal United Press International HOLLYWOOD — Gary Collins, TV’s Mr. Nice Guy and host of the Miss America Pageant, says de throned Miss America Vanessa Wil liams will not cast a pall over this year’s beauty pageant. Collins, who will host the 63rd an nual Atlantic City pageant Sept. 15 believes the contest can and will sur vive the scandal. Williams, the first black Miss America in pageant history, shocked much of the nation six weeks ago when nude and sexually explicit photographs of her and another woman were published in Penthouse magazine. After a couple of days of agonized soul searching by Miss America offi cials, Miss Williams was asked to ab dicate. She did, perhaps because there are still other photographs, supposedly more graphic, that will be published in January. Moralists denounced Williams, enraged that she had betrayed the role model Miss America represents for little girls the world over. Kinder citizens thought she should be forgiven for making a mis take. After all she was only 19 when she posed. Hard core feminists heaped abuse on Penthouse publisher Bob Guc- cione and the photographer for ex ploiting a tender and innocent girl. “It’s devastating to think the Van essa Williams problem might blow the top off the pageant,” said Col lins, who came to know and admire Miss Williams during last year’s beauty contest. “Everyone is speculating about what sort of damage the whole thing might cause. “But I’m the kind of guy who looks for a silver lining. Maybe more people than ever will tune in this year out of curiosity, just to see what all the uproar was about.” “I think the manner in which the situation was handled demonstrates the strength and standards of the pageant,” Collins said. “It gave some comfort to parents of the 80,000 young women involved in the pag eant from its grass-roots contests around the country. “Personally, I think it was wonder- West Texas vineyards should make it big United Press International LUBBOCK — Some of that new Texas wine is just about re ady for liquor store shelves. Industry officials in the state are optimistic, both about their product and also about financial interest in it from French wine makers. West Texas vineyards, started years ago primarily by research ers experimenting for alternate crops, are expected to help fulfill a growing market because na tional wine sales are projected to double by 1990. “There’s not the capacity in the California market to double their production,” Australia wine Au thor and lecturer Alan Young said during a recent interview. “The whole thrust of the in dustry here (West Texas) has been to fill the middle-priced white wine market ... yes, they’ll got every chance of selling,” he said. “People here have the philo sophical attitude of expansiveness and they’ve got the financial re source. I don’t think you’ve got this in the Northwest or the Northeast,” Young said. Young is the president of In ternational Wine Academy, a pri vate company teaching a sensory evaluation course about wine’s taste and color. He said some Texas wines would be included in the some 1,000 labels used in his course. He was in Texas recently on a tour of several cities to give the $55 per person seminars. Inter national Wine Academy has no ties to any wine company or trade association, Young added. “I think the biggest thing they’ve got in Texas is their pride to make this come true,” he said. A good sign for the Texas wine industry was investment into it by major French marketers and pro-- ducers, he said. A group including the French companies Ricker and Cordier has leased a 1,000-acre vineyard belonging to the University of Texas. The Tony Sanchez family of Laredo and Dick Gill of Austin also iire involved in that consor tium, calling itself SGRC Corp. ful that Vanessa’s replacement, who was runner-up, was also black. There was an element of divine providence in that Suzette Charles took over.” Collins, whose wife is Mary Ann Mobley — Miss America of 1959 — refuses to pass judgment on Wil liams, although he was as shocked and baffled as anyone by the photo graphs. Last month he telephoned San Francisco where Miss Williams was working in an episode of a TV se ries, and invited her to appear on his daily “Hour Magazine” TV show. “I told Vanessa she could discuss anything and everything she thought about her situation and her future plans,” he said. “She told me her attorney had advised her not to do any interviews. Collins, however, is bringing to his show a model who has posed nude in explicit and suggestive shots along with a psychiatrist to explore why s^me women choose to expose inti mate parts of their bodies lor nudie magazines. “A good many people have no idea why they do this,” Collins said. “I certainly don’t. Hopefully we’ll discover some of the whys and wherefores of their motivations. “One of the interesting points will be what these young women have been promised as opposed to the reality of what they get. Doctors remove tumor lodged between eyes United Press International CLEVELAND — A Texas woman who underwent 18 hours of surgery to remove a disfiguring cancerous tumor from her face returned home this weekend unused to her new ap pearance but happy that the painful tumor is gone. In an 18-hour operation Aug. 15, doctors at Mt. Sinai Medical Center removed the tumor, which had pushed apart the Jasper, Texas woman’s eyes and formed a lumpy bulge across her nose and cheek bones. She has lost her sense of smell and has blurred vision in her left eye, but believes that is a small price to pay. Doctors in Texas told her four years ago that the cancer would probably kill her, and the Ml. Sinai surgical team had feared they would have to remove her eyes. Dr. Bahman Guyuron, who led the Mt. Sinai surgical team, said she will need only minor cosmetic sur gery, and he plans to reconstruct her cheekbones and palate when he is certain the cancer is gone. Post-oper ative tests have found no more can cer. The tumor had caused Parker to fall into semi-comatose states and had given her violent, painful head aches. L 1 he following mcidc rti .RON Depai tmem d . ol ou i MISDEMEANOR r% • A blue Peugeot ten/ moI< ■H 1 (all bike rat k. • A silver Schwinn ten N|M-ed I>101 It the Zachry tnginetrin- bike rack. • A gold ring 515 Soil Crop and Enionti • A Flinuon handy was stolen from the fro® of the 1 ereco Hu tiding, * • A Bio-sciences textlM worklxHik were *tolenfr&t Dining 1 fall. BURGLARY OF A Has TION: -/Hrt* • A white-gold ime t , ^ credit cards were stolens student's dot m KK.in mjj < wood Hall an • V wi >man in Mmy mosI ( <i( tii Housing u|jontd| bieunit man wrat mg onlv hisa||[ Frank walked into u i, % S( . said that she was lying, \ .,,, Boot b*tenm> . . \t 1 ‘1 a noise OUI (harigt She told police that then* nent l in as she w as getting up; , be' onn gate the noise. Shesajd-^ would screamed and ran oumif term <1 man also ran from theap«a rirm ut system HARASSMENT: Van • \ student in DunnHf ^ ! * u ported that he lusleenm; Senate obscene phone call* fa, * * l< ‘ anonymous man for tht w relt ‘t et davs ^ an.end AA ■McDonald's MCDONALD’S DRIVE-THRU WINDOW a INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS The At University Drive NfrKr on IS. Texas Ave. Now at Manor East Mall BREAKF AST EVERY of Cad MORNING mete,” Corps IM GAMEPLAN ENTRIES CLOSE ... ENTRIES OPEN ... INDOOR SOCCER: Get your goal ies and head for the gym! Indoor soc cer entries close tomorrow, September 11, at 6 p.m. Entry fee is $20, which can be paid when entries are turned in at 159 East Kyle. Schedules available at the Team Manager’s meeting Thursday, September 13 at 6 p.m. in 164 East Kyle. TENNIS SINGLES: Show your net worth - Tennis Singles entries close to morrow,September 11, at 6 p.m. Play begins on September 17. All TAMU students, faculty and staff and spouses are eligible to play as outlined in the In- tramural Calendar, GOLF SINGLES - It’s tee time... En tries open Monday, September 10 and close on Tuesday, September 18. En trants sign up for tee times at the time entry is accepted. Green fees are: $4 students, $4.50 faculty/staff (weeke- days) and $5 faculty/staff (weekends). TAMU Golf Course Members play free with membership receipt and entry card. Class A&B will be an 18 hole tournament with top qualifiers advanc ing to divisionals. Class C will have an 18 hole tournament with no playoffs. INNERTUBE WATER BASKET BALL - Sink that basket... With H2O Basketball. Entries open Monday, September 10 with a $15 entry fee. Di- visions are: Men’s and Women’s Dorms, Men’s and Women’s Indepen dent and CoRec. Classes A&B go for awards and Classes C and recreation go for fun. SPORTS CLUBS EXTRAMURAL SPORTS CLUBS MAY BE FOR YOU Archery Racquetball Badminton Bowling Boxing Cycling Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Handball Ice Hockey Judo Lacrosse Road Runners Rodeo Men’s Rugby Women’s Rugby Skeet & T rap Men’s Soccer Tae Kwon Do Ultimate Frisbee Men’s Volleyball Women’s Volleyball Water Ski Club Weightlifting Wrestling Polo Facult dress P Bur ate wh discus: invest i He wi those vestige I “An made | I Bur “rathe the las give tl: Uon A round I Out concei report pany ] rich w; I “ Uri ded,” niors other < He percla are o rules 1 leader be fell Association of Handicapped Athletes Do you see a sport in the above list that interests you? Any student, staff, or faculty member can become a sports club mem ber and benefit from club activities ranging from instructional clin ics for beginners to intercollegiate competition on the state, re gional and national levels. To become a member of a particular extramural sports club, an individual or group should contact the respective club presi dent. This information plus any other aspect of the sports club program in general can be obtained from the Intramural-Recre ational Sports Office in 159 East Kyle or call 845-7826 COMING SOON ACKNOWLEDGMENTS McDonald's Intramural Highlights is sponsored each Monday in the Battalion by your local McDonald's® Restaurants at University Drive, Manor East Mall and on Texas Avenue. Stories are written by members of the Intramural Staff, graphics are by Joel Nickerson, and photos are by Tom McDonnell and Marcy Basile. Now is the time to signup for your favorite sports club. Takea6 vantage of the current membership drives being conducted. RAIN OUTS Every effort is made by the In tramural Office to reschedule rained out games. Unfortunately, games often cannot be resched uled, resulting in cancellation. No refunds will be given. Rain-out decisions are available one hour prior to the first games scheduled that day. Rescheduled rained out games are posted after 2 p.m. the follow ing work day on their respective league sheets. Team captains should check their schedule fol lowing rained out days to see if re scheduling affects their games. Participants can call the Intra mural Check-out Office at 845- 2624 or 845-2625 for game post ponement information. FORFEITS Would you just burn a $10biiU ! heck of it? Each time a teamforf^ $10 fee must be paid before Itie^ can play again. The Intramural# ational Sports Department has* oped alternatives to forfeiting: d# ing and rescheduling. Defaulting teams must notifytl* tramural Office, in person, 24(10* advance of the contest. The defa* team will lose that contest but# 11 be dropped from league plai charged a forfeit fee or be given 1* points in the point system. Rescheduling the game gives!; team a chance at victory. Teams* ing to reschedule a contest a* check with the Intramural staff ber in charge of that sport to find* ternate date & time. An approve: chedule Change Request Form’f be completed 24 hours in advai* both the originally scheduled timef the rescheduled date. • Sc crop • Tl the 1 • Si: cam