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Pago 2 Daily Nebraskan r i ."v , 'I ill Off By Randy Christy The Midwest Federation of Mineralogical and Geological Societies has awarded both of its 10S1 scholarships to UNL geology graduate students. A UNL professor was given an honorary award Linda Rankis and Stacia Spaulding each received a $1,500 cash award from the organization. Rankis C v "i 1 .--I w f gf- mtyf rl ft c tf t rr$ 4I 4 - V a . VrL0 .wU U i. i 1 w.l ill v . J graduate students within 14 states that make up the Midwest Federation branch of the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies. Associate Professor Roger Fabian of the UNL Conservation and Survey Division, was recognized as the federation's 193 1 distinguished scholar and selected the scholarship recipients. Fabian's selection marked the third time in 11 years that a Nebraskan has been given the honor. "Having three winners in such a short time says a lot about the quality of service the university i3 offering," Fabian said. Thi3 award not only recog nizes me but also the Conservation and Survey Div ision for its national leadership in developing edu cational publications in the earth sciences." Fabian said he appreciates the opportunity of helping two graduate students with their education. Good scholarship, originality in research and hav ing a well-defined research problem were the crite ria used in making the graduate student selections, he said. Rankis' research topic is "Color Alteration in Conodonts and Micro fossils of the Oread Formation of the Mid Continent" Spaulding researched the topic of "Micropaleontology of the Rig Spring's Limestones." Water to be tested for pollution A $1 50,000 UNL study of the potential pollution of ground water from recharge reservoirs will begin this summer. The study will determine if pesticides, herbicides and insecticides from irrigation run-off enter ground water through recharge reservoirs. A similar project was completed near Clay Center in July 1032. Researchers from UNL's Conservation and Survey Division will conduct tests at the Little Blue Natural Resources District's Big Sandy No. 2 project near Bruning. Dave Mazour, general manager of the Little Blue District, said earlier tests have shown "no danger whatsoever" in the surface water. But he said it is impossible to confirm that the water is completely safe. The Natural Resources Commission has approved $37,000 to help pay for the study. The Little Blue NRD will contribute another $37,500. The Conserva tion and Survey Division will provide the remaining $75,000. Mazoursaid bromides, a harmless chemical easily detected in researching tests, will be traced in the reservoir and aquifer through shallow wells running east and south of the moving ground water. He said the bromide test will be used in the wells and the reservoir to trace any signs of chemicals from the irrigation run-off. 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The British Airways Chinook was ferrying workers home from an oil rig when the pilot signaled he was in trouble and put his craft down on the water, a spokesman said. Rescue services alerted nearby shipping and five helicopters and six ships were quickly at the scene, about 100 miles cast of the Shetland Islands. All the passengers and crew were picked up, some from the stricken helicopter, which remained afloat, and some from life rafts. They were taken to the Shetland? town of Sunburgh. A British Airways spokesman in London said flying conditions in the area were calm at the time of the incident. There was r.o imme diate explanation of what had 'gone wrong with the helicopter. Air Force general dies in crash WASHINGTON An Air Force general who died in a mysterious plane crash last week was most likely flying a secretly-acquired Soviet MiG-23 fighter, informed sources said Wednes day. The Pentagon had no comment on broad cast and press reports that the general was killed in the crash of an experimental "stealth" plane begin developed by the Air Force, or that the plane was a MiG-23. But sources familiar with Air Force test pro grams said he was probably flying a MiG-23 and that the Pentagon did not want to make public the fact that it had acquired one of the Soviet Union's most sophisticated aircraft Lt Gen. Robert Bond, 54, was killed April 26 at Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas, where the Air Force tests many of its experimental planes. - , Pops, Rcain plan tallio FAIRBANKS, Alaska President Reagan and Pope John Paul II agreed here Wednesday that the United States and the Vatican should discuss the possibility of joint action to alle viate worldwide hunger and disease and to promote peace. The White House announced the plan after Reagan held a 30-minute meet ing with the Pope, who made a two-hour stop over in Fairbanks on his journey to South Korea on a pastoral visit White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Reagan, who arrived in Fairbanks Tuesday after visiting China, offered to send a presiden tial mission to the Vatican to d iscuss economic development and humanitarian assistance. Soviets reject U.S. deinriclo MOSCOW A Soviet Union odcial Wednes day said the Soviets would not, accept UJS. demands for more stringent verification pro cedures in future East-West disarmament ac cords. Military commentator Yuri Lebedevsaid Moscow rejected U.S. calls for ground inspec tions as a means of testing compliance with such agreements. Spy satellites should remain the chief means of control, he said. U.S. officials have accused Moscow of violat ing past arms control treaties and President Reagan has said any future accords must include much more reliable means of verifica tion. They suggested periodic ground inspec tions as a means of verifying such agreements as chemical weapons ban and an accord on reducing troop levels in Europe. Israeli extremists confess, disclose JERUSALEM, Israel Israeli extremists being held for a series of attacks on Arabs have disclosed a previously unknown attempt to blow up a mosque and have confessed to mur dering four Arabs in Hebron, judicial sources said Wednesday. Israeli television said Wed nesday night some suspects had also con fessed to the June, 1930, car bombing that maimed two Palestinian mayors on the occu pied West Bank. The sources said some of the 19 Israeli settlers in police detention led army bomb experts to the two bombs planted ia a mosque in the West Bank town of Hebron. The bombs were planted in the mosque three monihs ago but railed to explode and remained undisco vered. Tuesday, bomb experts dismantled them, the sources said.