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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
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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.
The wells will be installed this summer, Mazour
said, and the tests should start in the fall The study
is expected to be completed in two years, he said.
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British helicopter ditches
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LONDON A British helicopter was forced
to ditch in the North Sea Wednesday and all 47
on board were rescued unhurt, the Defense
Ministry said. 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.
