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PAGE 4—THE NORTH TEXAS DAILY
Wednesday, October 1, 1980
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Photo by MARILYN COVEY
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE—An unidentified dog takes
a nap in a planter on the patio at the west side of the
University Union,
noon last week.
The dog was caught napping one
Building becomes Boston asset
1 Jewel' finally gleams
BOSTON (AP)—It stands like a 60-
story jewel cut into Boston's skyline. But
a few years ago, the new John Hancock
Tower was a plywood-shuttered derelict,
plagued by delays and falling glass win-
dows, and the subject of several million-
dollar lawsuits.
Spotters with binoculars warned
pedestrians below when glass started fal-
ling.
Monday, four years after the immense
office building was dedicated, the law-
suits seemed no closer to resolution. But
the tower itself has shrugged off its
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to the city and the John Hancock
Mutual Life Insurance Co.
"It was a trauma for this company,
there's no question about that," said
Paul Rennie, Hancock vice president in
charge of building management and
construction. "But time heals all, I
guess."
Hancock announced plans to build
Boston's tallest building in 1968,
promising the city a sparkling, glass-
covered architectural wonder by 1971.
The cost was put at $75 million.
When the building finally opened five
years behind schedule, the cost had
soared to $158 million.
The main problem was the 13 l/j-acre
building surface—an outer skin of glass
windows. Even before workers finished
installing the 10,3^4 double panes of
glass, strong winds from Boston Harbor
began to pop the windows out, raining
shards on the city's Copley Square.
Workers covered most of the building
with plywood patches—enough
plywood, it was estimated, to build 30
houses. Pictures of the boarded-up
skyscraper appeared around the world.
Then the Fire Department, worried
about the fire hazard, ordered the
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Texans schedule v; inter tour of Russia
plywood covered with fire-resistant
paint.
After studies by the Massachusetts In-
stitute of Technology, the windows were
replaced with single sheets of glass one-
half inch thick. The new windows,
costing an additional $7.6 million,
seemed to do the trick. Almost.
"The windows are a dead issue," says
Rennie, "but it's not to say we don't
have a window break now and then."
An electronic sensing system recently
replaced the two spotters with
binoculars that city officials ordered the
company to place in Copley Square as
an early warning system to protect
pedestrians.
Hancock has filed lawsuits seeking
$64 million charging negligence against
six companies, including the glass
manufacturer, Libby-Owens-Ford Co.
of Toledo, Ohio, and the architects, I.M.
Pei & Partners.
Hancock also faces lawsuits. Trinity
Church, a historic landmark across the
street from the tower, sought $4 million,
claiming the 3,000 supports sunk 160
feet into bedrock caused structural
damage to its basement and upper walls.
The suits are pending.
Explorers plan
nature outings
Explorer Post 67 will take a backpack-
ing trip to Cross Timbers Trail at Lake
Texoma Oct. I0-I2.
Adviser Don Wood, Houston senior,
organized Explorer Post 67 in the spring
of 1979 for people who are interested in
inexpensive group adventure through
camping, hiking, canoeing, backpacking
and rock climbing.
All of the group's 10 members are NT
students but membership is open to
anyone over 14 years old, Wood said.
The Explorers plan to go mountain
climbing in the Wichita Mountains in
Lawton, Okla. during November. Wood
said the group could plan more trips if
there were more active members.
The post plans trips mainly in Texas
and southern Oklahoma because trips
are limited to one day or a weekend. The
trips usually cost less than $10 for each
member, Wood said.
Membership dues are $3.50 a year for
members under 21 and $5 a year for
members 21 and over.
By CAROL THOMAS
Daily Reporter
A group of Texans will experience
Soviet culture first-hand during the
"Texas Winter in Russia" study tour
Dec. 26-Jan. 9 with Dr. Milan J. Reban
of the political science faculty.
Applications are being accepted until
Nov. 15. Dr. Reban said 55 seats have
been reserved for people from NT, SMU
and the University of Houston.
THE TWO WEEK tour of Moscow,
Leningrad and Odessa will include visits
to the Kremlin, the Hermitage,
Tretyakov Gallery and other points of
interest in addition to regular sightsee-
ing, Dr. Reban, a specialist in Russian
affairs, said. The tour will conclude with
two days in Helsinki, Finland, with
sightseeing and a farewell party.
Dr. Reban is teaching a minicourse
titled "The Soviet Union in the 1980s"
to acquaint students with the political,
social and economic aspects of Soviet
culture before the trip.
The cost of the trip is about $1,600
and includes round-trip airfare, accom-
modations, meals and activities. The
tour is in conjunction with INTOUR-
IST, a Soviet agency that organizes the
activities and provides English-speaking
guides. Dr. Reban, who speaks Russian,
said his group will be accompanied by
Campus club campaigns
for independent candidate
Presidential candidate John
Anderson's National Unity Campaign
at NT meets weekly at 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday on the fourth floor of the
University Union, Scott Volpe,
organization president, said Monday.
The Anderson campaign group will
periodically set up tables around the
campus to distribute information about
the candidate.
SMU faculty members Dr. William Jack
and Dr. Dan Orlovsky and Dr. Victor
Mote of the University of Houston.
"The trip will be a continuous, infor-
mal seminar," Dr. Reban said. "Our
purpose is to learn about Russian
culture Firsthand." Dr. Reban said
Soviet students do not make friends as
fast as Americans but are cordial.
"RUSSIAN STUDENTS are friendly
although they do have an official cor-
rectness about them," Dr. Reban said.
"Some are peace propogandists but
most just like to talk to you. They think
life in America is easy. They like to sec
pictures of everyday American things
and ask lots of questions."
Texans are stereotyped in the
traditional fashion in the Soviet Union.
"Texas is viewed romantically by the
Russians because of the influence of
western movies," Dr. Reban said. "Ex-
changing welcome gifts is a custom, and
western belts, bandanas and western pic-
tures are the most popular among the
Russian people."
Although the Soviets are influenced
by Western culture, there is an interest in
preserving the past. "The people are
more sensitive about their past now,"
Dr. Reban said. "They are rebuilding
palaces leveled by war and preserving
churches and old buildings. In the Ar-
mory of the Kremlin in Moscow there is
a room with precious jewels and gold
that belonged to the czars on display.
It's quite magnificent to see," he said.
The view of the Soviet landscape in
winter is picturesque and depicts an eerie
beauty of old Russia, Dr. Reban said.
"Students will go on a troika ride, a
sleigh ride with three horses, in the
snow."
A traditional New Year's Eve party
with music, dancing and a feast will be
held in Red Square in Moscow. "The
food is different but tasty," Dr. Reban
said. "The students especially liked the
bread last year."
SOVIET YOUTHS play accordians,
sing, dance and cheer to celebrate the
new year. "On New Year's Eve, the sub-
ways stay open to bring people to the
Red Square celebration and take them
home again," Dr. Reban said. "It's a lot
like New Year's Eve at Times Square."
The stop in Helsinki, Finland was not
originally planned and was added at the
request of Dr. Reban and his colleagues.
"We felt Helsinki was a must on the
trip," Dr. Reban said. "There is so much
there we wanted the students to see."
Dr. Reban said he hopes to expand
the program next year, possibly offering
college credit. "I would like to expand
the interterm program into a major
program," Dr. Reban said.
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