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WORLD
New calculations suggest a tiny chance that a large comet now
nearing the sun may take a swipe at Earth when it returns again in
134 years. Although the chance of the comet Swift-Tuttle hitting
Earth in the year 2126 is extremely small, a collision could
perhaps snuff out much of the life on Earth. The comet is thought
to be a chunk of ice and rock about 6 miles in diameter moving in
an orbit that takes it close to the sun every 130 years.
Astronomers recently proposed setting up a system to monitor the
approach of comets and asteroids, with the idea of someday steering
them off course if they appear likely to hit the Earth.
NATION
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials, on a weekend trip to
Vietnam, gained access to a cache of secret information, including
thousands of photographs that could shed light on the fate of
Americans missing in action in the Vietnam War. "There's a good
chance we'll get a lot of cases solved - dozens, hundreds maybe,"
said one Defense Department official. If positive identifications are
made resulting from the new information, families of the missing
men will be notified first, the officials said. President Bush is to
be briefed on the results Thursday, then there will be a public
announcement. The three-day trip was hastily arranged after the
United States got word that Vietnam was prepared to cooperate in
turning over material it has previously held back. One official said
the information appears to be the most important breakthrough in
the long POW-MIA effort in two decades.
NEW YORK -- Today, 750,00 copies of Madonna's collection
of sex-fantasy photos arrived in bookstores across America.
Nothing is left to the imagination in this 128 page book of
photographs. The book was created under strict security. The
book's publisher said, "We had to have armed guards at the plant,
to make sure copies would not disappear. The materials were under
lock and key at every stage." So browsers can't peek unless they
pay, the book has metal covers and comes sealed in a silver-colored
plastic bag featuring Madonna's face.
SALT LAKE CITY - A college student searching for
fossilized bugs and worm tracks stumbled upon rare fossils of
dinosaur skin impressions dating back at least 75 million years.
Scientists hope the find will lead to a better understanding of how
dinosaurs looked. Paul Sereno, a paleontologist at the University
of Chicago, said dinosaur skin fossils are exceptionally rare,
estimating that only a couple dozen have been found worldwide.
LOCAL
ERIE - An Erie man was sentenced Tuesday to 8 1/2 to 24
years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl along a
rural road in McKean township in January. Thomas McGhee, 38,
was convicted in September on charges of involuntary deviate
sexual intercourse, indecent assault, corruption of minors and
criminal attempt. He was sentenced by Erie County Judge
Stephanie Domitrovich.
ERIE -- Erie is among one of 130 cities in the United States
which has been rated to have unhealthy levels of poisonous lead in
its water supply. Most at risk are children and pregnant women.
Even low levels in kids can cause behavioral problems, learning
disabilities, and stunted growth. Houses with lead service lines,
interior lead pipes, or smoldering are at the highest risk. Erie,
which has a population of 190,000 has a lead level of 16.
MIEADVILLE - A Meadville woman was bound over to stand
trial in Crawford County Court for the stabbing death of her live-in
boyfriend last summer. Carol Grover, 41, is charged with criminal
homicide in the July 18 death of Charles McFarland, 36. Grover
stabbed McFarland after he physically abused her.
The Collegian
Alumni
Fellow
Gary Johnson
The Collegian
Former CEO of Meadow Brook
Dairy Company and founder &
CEO of Country Fair conve
nience stores, Dr. Ray L.
McGarvey, will return to Behrend
to be honored as the 1992
Alumni Fellow.
A fellowship is a permanent,
life-long designation, and
University President Dr. Joab
Thomas will bestow the honor
during an all-college reception on
October 27. McGarvey will meet
with college classes in all disci
plines October 27 & 28.
McGarvey attended Penn-State
Behrend in 1950 & 1951 and
completed his bachelor's degree in
accounting at the University of
Pennsylvania's Wharton School
of Business. He earned a master's
and doctoral degree in accounting
from the University of Illinois.
From 1960 to 1991, McGarvey
was CEO of Erie-based Meadow
Brook Dairy Company, which
was founded by his father and un
cle in 1932. In 1966, McGarvey
opened his first Country Fair
convenience store in response to
a decline in demand for home de
livered milk. The chain now
maintains 70 units in and arounc
the Erie area.
He has been a president of the j
Penn State-Behrend Council of \
Fellows, and has held various
leadership positions within the
French Creek Council of the Boy
Scouts of America, St. Vincent
Health System, the United Way
of Erie County, the City
Mission/New Life Center, the
Harborcreek School District, the
Erie Community Foundation, and
the Cleveland Chapter of the
s Organization.
Young Presidenl
Reasonable program cost includes lodging and meals at foreign campuses, air travel from
Pittsburgh, ground transportation and special excursions. Your visit will be coordinated with
travel and boarding arrangements, lectures, and cultural and educational visits.
Please send me more information about Australia
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"I want the process completed
no later than Thanksgiving,"
Shields said. "We basically want
someone as soon as they can get
here."
Students and staff alike all
have fond memories when
thinking of times spent with
Maureen.
"She does a mean impression
of my laugh and there's always
rubber band wars," said Shields.
"I'll miss her friendship the most,
with her leaving I lose our
support group."
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Travel Abroad Program to
AUSTRALIA
December 27,1992 - January 10,1993
Thursday, October 22, 1992
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Visit Australia and earn
3 or 6 credits in:
ARSOB Art Study, or
SS4OI Contemporary National/Intemational Issues
Courses are taught by Edinboro University faculty.
"The office won't be the same
without her, we'll miss her
smiling face and rubber band
fights," said Mary Zaczkiewicz,
sth semester communication
major.
Pat Smith, 7th semester GAS
major, said humorously, "My life
will never be the same, I'll be
mourning for months."
Shields summed it up, saying,
"The impact Maureen's made on
many (people's) lives will last
longer than their leaving
Behrend."
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