— The Daily Collegian Friday, April 30,1976
Corpse
found in
shark
GALVESTON, Tex. (UPI)
Shrimp boat captain Jimmy
Ramsey’s eyes widened at the
sight of the 14-foot tiger shark
thrashing against his nets. He
had wanted the jawbones of
such a creature as a souvenir
for a long time.
But he didn’t expect a
human skeleton.
Ramsey and his crew
netted the shark about 12
miles off Galveston Island.
They lifted the struggling 400-
pound shark onto the deck of
the Cape Willie Wednesday
and killed it.
“They laid this damn ol’
shark down on the deck and
cut the jawbones out and then
lifted it to swing it overboard
when the remains fell out,”
Galveston County medical
investigator Toney Solan said
yesterday.
“The captain saw the stuff
spillling out. They swung it
overboard and dropped it and
when he turned back he
recognized the human
remains. He did lose some of
the remains but what he kept
was damn near a full
skeleton.”
Solano said a jawbone, part
of the skull, a hand, an arm,
and leg bones spilled out onto
the boat’s deck. Ramsey
turned the body parts over to
the Coast guard and Solano
began the task of trying to
find an identity.
“We did get a lot of help in
that we recopvered one of the
jawbones containing a full set
of teeth with extensive dental
repairs and gold caps,”
Soalno said. “This is going to
help a whole heck of a lot.”
Solano said the body may
be that of a victim of a Gulf
disaster such as the crash of a
helicopter off Cameron, La.,
last week in which 11 oil rig
workers and the'pilot were
killed.
He said they didn’t have
enough information to
determine if the victim was
alive or dead when eaten by
the shark.
Covered bridge construction begins
By ANITA McKELVEY
Collegian Staff Writer
Visitors to Houserville’s Spring Creek Park
will soon find an added attraction an
authentic covered bridge now under con
struction in Sackett by civil engineering
students.
Bruce Peterson, the project director, says
he hopes the bridge \vill be completed before
the end of May.
“More prefabrication work has to be done
yet, and the stone facade on the abutments
and walls also has to be completed,”
Peterson said. “We hope to put the truss out
on the site within the next two weeks.”
Four faculty advisers and more than 25
students worked on the project, Peterson
said, noting that various factors had to be
considered before actual construction began.
Groups studied structural design,
hydraulics, and hydrology, soil analysis,
foundation design and structural drawing
and detailing before actual construction
began, he said.
The structural design group included
faculty adviser Ralph Mozingo, student
George Wosny, and Peterson. The hydraulics
group included Arthur Miller and Gert Aron,
both advisers, and students Harry Zinn,
Denny Milanovich, and Tony Papintoni.
Mian Wang, adviser, and student Caesar
Tagliati headed soil analysis. Student Mark
Patton and Mozingo were part of the
structural drawings and detailing group.
Peterson said the structure is 38 feet long, 7
feet wide and between 10 to 12 feet high.
The structural beams are oak, the siding is
poplar and the roof shingles are white pine.
“These materials were selected for their
good weathering characteristics,” he said.
Approximately 20 cubic yards of poured
concrete were used for the abutments and
walls, he added.
Various types of weight loads were con
sidered in the bridge design, according to
Peterson. The bridge can support a “live"
load of 100 pounds per square foot, or 100 to
140 people at a time, he said, adding that
wind, snow and “dead” loads were carefully
calculated.into the design.
Mozingo said the students and advisers
spent an incredible amount of time and labor
on the project.
“The main idea was to get a project that
could actually be built and not a project
that’s just designed on paper,” he said.
Peterson said the idea for the project
began last spring, after a group of students
completed a small truss footbridge in
Boalsburg. Mozingo suggested then that a
group of students design a covered foot
bridge, since it would be a unique structure
and in time for the bicentennial. In
November, a scale model was built, and
actual construction started in late February
or early March, Peterson said.
The bridge’s design, labor, advisement,
and construction because it was done by
students cost one-third that of a smaller
bridge done by contractors, Mozingo said.
“The lumber was bought from Rockview
penitentiary, so we saved there, too,” he
added.
Herbert R. Imbt Inc. helped a great deal by
lending wood for the forms and special
hangers to hold the forms as well as other
equipment, Mozingo said.
John Imbt helped them dp the form work
for bridge abutments, and Carl J. Nord
bloom, construction engineer for the com-
Dairy contest planned
Milk chugging anyone? Or how about being
timed for milking a cow?
These will be just a few of the events at the
Dairy Exposition beginning at 8 a.m.
tomorrow at the University Dairy Barns. The
exposition is sponsored by the Dairy Science
Club.
Over 100 people are expected to participate
in the special events which include sorority
and independent entries for cow milking
contests, fraternity and independent entries
PRODUCTIONS
Unruly Children
A Pennsylvania Bicentennial Vaudeville
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3 April 29 ■ May 1, May 4-8
The Pavilion Theatre
It‘s like u mouthful of Quaker Outs anil Philadelphia Cream Cheese
It's Iturd to swallow!
For reservations call 865*1884.
FREE U DAY
Sunday, May 2 1:00-4:00 P.M.
HUB Lawn (in case of rain HUB Ballroom)
DEMONSTRATIONS • FOOD • DISPLAYS
Glass Works • Rugging • Wild Foods
Gourmet Cooking • Knitting • Jitterbug
Guitar & Harmonica • Sour Dough Cooking
Clogging • Photography • Painting
and much more!!!
Help us celebrate our 6th Anniversary
“Bring a Frisbee”
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Robin Krevolin
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ii's Platter: sauteed scallops, shrimps, clams,
er tail & fresh fish
Today’s Special Selections
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congratulates its new initiates.
and Proudly Announces its
Spring Pledge Class:
Appetizers:
England. Clam Chowder
mcd Clams w/drawn butter, (12)
Entrees:
addock w/button mushrooms
■out
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Please don’t forget to bring your own
wine, liquor or beer.
An affiliate of DANTE’S Inc.
pany, was also a great help in the project,
Peterson said.
Peterson said that covered bridges are
uniquely American and that there are more
in Pennsylvania than in any other state.-
“The covered bridge is usually associated
with New England,” he said. “But Penn
sylvania had the first bridge,” he said.
There are many myths and much folklore
associated with covered bridges, Peterson
said. One account holds that bridges were
covered so horses or oxen crossing them
wouldn’t be distracted and unsettled by
height or by the rushing water below.
A more plausible explanation would be
protection from the weather, Peterson said.
for milk chugging competitions and the
dressing of a cow demonstration, according
to chairman Debbie Gregory (12th-individual
and family studies).
Also, five breeds of dairy cattle will be
displayed for their showmanship and
grooming.
All prizes will be awarded at a banquest in
the HUB Ballroom at 6:30 p.m. following the
demonstration.
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Denise Kish
Lori Donaldson
Debbie Wicks
Judy Schwartz
Susan Skinner
Gloria Garvin
Pam Medsger
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