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Thursday, April 22, 1982 - THE WESTERN TEXAN - Page 3
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Anti-nuclear efforts meet
with national disinterest
Museums feature exhibits
"Ground Zero Week," a
non-partisan effort to raise
fears about nuclear war -- and
demanding a weapons freeze,
has kicked off to a distinctly
uninterested national
response.
California, home of many
"have protest, will march"
groups, seems to be the only
state where the effort has had
any significant effect.
Americans don't need to be
told that nuclear war is deadly,
awesome and fearful. That's
reminiscent of a recent OSHA
memo to American ranchers
and farmers telling them that
fresh cow-manure on concrete
floors was slippery!
The real question at issue
here is, "What are the Rus-
sians up to?"
As one California man
replied when asked to sign a
petition demanding a nuclear
weapons freeze, "I'll sign that
sheet when you show me a
petition of Russians deman-
ding the same thing."
* * * * *
World-famous evolutionist
Charles Darwin was buried
100 years ago Monday.
The most interesting thing
about this fact is that Darwin
insisted on being buried in the
parish churchyard of St. Mary
the Virgin, Downe, County
Kent, England.
Reminds me of the old story
about the atheist who died and
was to be buried in a tuxedo.
At the funeral, a man viewing
the body commented, "Hmm,
all dressed up and no place to
go...."
*****
What's it going to take to
solve the Britain/Argentina
crisis over the Falkland
Islands?
The English "lost face" in-
ternationally when their
islands were invaded and sub-
dued by an Argentine force.
The British navy was im-
mediately dispatched, and
Maggie Thatcher says they will
"shoot first" if the Argentine
troops do not withdraw.
Now it seems the Argentines
would like to cool things, but
they may have "waded in too
deep." Also, their military
government would like to con-
tinue diverting national atten-
tion from enormous economic
problems.
As the English warships
stream closer, time for
negotiations runs short. The
British will not "back-off"
unless the Argentines
"give-in" to the same degree
that they insulted England in
the first place.
*****
This week's "Dumb
Crook" winner is a
Hazelpark, Mich, man who set
out to rob a store. On the way
in, he dropped his gun. He
grabbed it up, emptied the till,
and took a shot at a customer,
missing him.
Dashing out onto the
sidewalk, he dropped his gun
again and piled into his car to
make a getaway.
He didn't make it. His car
ran out of gas.
He jumped out and pushed
the car to a gas station. It
crashed into the gas pumps.
The attendant then refused
to fill the tank because he had
locked up for the night.
The frustrated crook finally
gave up...and went directly,
and carefully, to jail.
Journalists receive state awards;
Newbury keynotes TIPA lunch
WTC journalists received
four honors at the 70th annual
Texas Intercollegiate Press
Association convention April
17 in San Angelo.
The 1981 Trailblazer, cam-
pus yearbook, earned
honorable mention for best
overall yearbook in Division
II, and three individual awards
were received.
Recognized for outstanding
achievement were Rhonda
Reynolds, Crosbyton, second,
organizations section; Rickey
Gambol, Snyder, second,
sports section, and J.D. Helm,
Abilene, honorable mention,
sports photography.
Representing WTC in live
print and broadcast competi-
tion were Randall Gray,
Hermleigh, editor of The
Western Texan, newswriting;
Patricia Quiros, Snyder, radio
announcing, and Margo
Thibault, Brunswick, Me.,
television announcing.
Dr. Don Newbury, WTC
president, was one of two
keynote speakers. He address-
ed the Frank W. Buckley
Scholarship Luncheon April
16 at Angelo State University.
The other keynoter was Bob
Ray Sanders, vice-president
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Prudent Don Newbury addresses the Texas Intercollegiate
ss ssociation in San Angelo. -Robert Mendoza photo
and station manager of
KERA-TV in Dallas.
WTC's competition in Divi-
sion II included Amarillo,
Angelina, Angelo State,
Austin, Bee County,
Brookhaven (Dallas), Cisco,
College of the Mainland,
Eastfield (Dallas), El Centro
(Dallas), Grayson County,
Hardin-Simmons and Hender-
son County.
More were Howard Payne,
Kilgore, Lee, McLennan Com-
munity, McMurry, Midland,
Midwestern State, North Har-
ris County, North Lake
(Dallas), Odessa, Paris,
Richland (Dallas), San Jacinto
Central, San Jacinto North
and South Plains.
Finally, Southwest Texas,
Sul Ross State, Tarleton State,
Tarrant Northeast, Tarrant
Northwest, Tarrant South,
Temple, Texas Wesleyan, UT-
Permian Basin, UT-Tyler and
Wayland Baptist.
Other WTC students atten-
ding were Robert Mendoza,
Sweetwater; James Her-
nandez, Roscoe, and Danny
Massey, Lubbock.
Advisers Dr. Michael
McBride and Mrs. Beverly
Cross accompanied the group.
Time is running out for
visitors to view two excep-
tional art shows: the "Golden
Age of Painting" collection in
the Scurry County Museum on
campus and the Eskimo art ex-
hibit in the Diamond M
Museum.
Paintings from the 16th and
17th centuries on loan from
the Sarah Campbell Blaffer
Foundation of Houston
feature Dutch, Flemish and
German artists. A gallery
guide includes brief informa-
tion about each work.
Films shown Sunday
highlighted Van Eyck, father
of Flemish painting, and Rem-
brandt, painter of man. A
video cassette from the Time-
Life series, "Civilization,"
Faculty to elect
1982-83 officers
Several staff members have
been nominated for Faculty
Association offices and com-
mittee assignments for
1982-83. They will be voted on
during a called May meeting.
Candidates for office are
Bettie McQueen, president;
Jerry Gilmore, vice-president,
and Elsie Anderson, secretary.
Committee chairperson
nominations are Marilyn Lan-
caster, social; Gilley
Treadaway, nominations and
elections; Janet Halbert,
academic affairs; Larry
Anderson, professional
evaluation, and Dick Lan-
caster, faculty welfare.
Current officers are Bill
Halbert, president; James
Eby, vice-president, and Mc-
Queen, secretary.
Committee heads for
1981-82 have been Linda
Wright, Lee Burke, Dr.
Franklin Pruitt, Robert
Adams and Dick Lancaster.
also was presented.
Terrell Hillebrand, director-
curator of the foundation, at-
tended a special showing April
8.
The other exhibition in-
cludes contemporary Eskimo
prints from the Amon Carter
Museum and Carlin Galleries
in Ft. Worth as well as stone
carvings from the Diamond M,
Films from the National
Film Board of Canada will be
shown Sunday at 2 p.m. at the
Diamond M. One features the
process of cutting a design in
stone, inking it and making a
print from it by hand.
The "Golden Age" showing
ends April 30, while the
Eskimo exhibit closes April
28.
ATTENTION
Caps and gowns for
graduation may be picked
up in the bookstore the
week of May 3-7 only.
OEA members
to attend meet
in Tennessee
Three Office Education
Association members, Jill
Linam, Geneva Martinez and
Kayla Truesdell will travel to
Nashville, Tenn. for National
OEA competition.
Truesdell will compete in
prepared verbal communica-
tions, and banking and
finance-lending.
Linam will compete in legal
secretary, and job application-
secretarial.
Competition will be held
Sunday and Monday. The
students will attend meetings
Saturday. Awards will be
given at a banquet Tuesday
evening.
They will be accompanied
by advisor, Linda Wright, of-
fice occupations instructor.
Golf association
to meet May 1
The WTC Men's Golf
Association will hold its first
1982 meeting Saturday, May 1
at 10 a.m. in the pro shop.
Plans for weekly tour-
naments and an annual club
championship will be discuss-
ed. Officers will also be
elected.
New scholarship
awarded this fall
A memorial scholarship
honoring R.D. Phillips will be
awarded for the first time this
fall to a senior at Ira High
School.
Phillips, who attended
WTC, died Dec. 24 in an
automobile accident. His wife,
Laurie, also a former student,
and infant daughter, Brooke,
were injured.
In high school, Phillips was
selected Best Ail-Around Stu-
dent by the faculty his junior
and senior years. He lettered
four seasons in football,
basketball, track and tennis
and was named all-district in
football and basketball. He
also went to regional in tennis
and golf.
Contributions to the
scholarship fund can be made
to Carolyn Barbee in Ira or to
James Parker, financial aids
director, in the administration
building.
Thornton judges
Mike Thornton, fine arts
division chairman, judged an
art show last weekend in Big
Spring. It was sponsored by
the Big Spring Art Associa-
tion.
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