The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 20, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 1, 1970 Page: 2 of 6
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THE T. C. R. E. T. F. P.
April 1. 1970
Pago 2
Red Sub Found
In Local Lake
Aij.lenc bcciimc the center of
world attention early this morn-
1114 when an incident of interna-
tional importance occurred at Fort
Phantom Hill Lake. At approxi-
nutclj .'1.3 0 a in. Wednesday
morning a Hussian navy .subma-
rine surfaced in the middle of the
Abilene water supply.
ED WILLIAMSON
S. A Leader
Resigns Post
In a dramatic announcement in
last night's student government
nut'ting. Student Association
President Ed Williamson reveal-
ed that he i resigning his post to
purMii' a career on the Hroadway
stage
Williamson's comments came at
the opening of a joint senate and
house meeting. After briefly an-
nouncing his intentions William-
son formally turned control of the
(.Indent government over to Vice-
President Hichard Gore.
Williamson was not available
for comment after the meeting
but was overheard to say that
"Tin1 deal was too good to pass
up"
A source close to Williamson
related that the ex-President will
join the east of the Hroadway hit
"Promises Promises" immediate-
ly The same source stated that
Williamson will formally an-
nounce his resignation in a .seven-
teen page letter to the .student
body later this week.
The Soviet sub was discovered
by 73 year old Roscoe Fluglehorn
who was on the lake in a small
motorbo.it. Fluglehorn a retired
law enforcement officer told In-
vestigators that ho was running
his trot lines when "this big black
thing popped up from outta the
water. I thought it was a large
mouth bass at first but it kept
gettin' bigger and bigger."
Fluglehorn "captured" the sub
by clamoring on deck and placing
his 39G pounds over the conning
tower hatch thereby preventing
any of the sub's crew from escap-
ing. The plucky grandfather re-
mained in that position for three
hours until dawn when the sub-
marine was discovered by resi-
dents on the lake who immed-
iately called local and county law
enforcement officials.
The commander of the sub-
marine Captain Boris Likotas-
nowski was hustled off to the lo-
cal jail and booked on charges of
trespassing. Prior to his arrest the
Captain related that the Russian
ship was on a peaceful mission "in
search of a Northwest passage a
water route to India." The Cap-
tain who spoke fluent Texanese
stated that his submarine was not
a nuclear vessel and that it had
surfaced to charge it's batteries.
While on the surface the Captain
told reporters that he had planned
to lead a landing party ashore to
claim the land for the Czar.
Government investigators are
reportely en route to the scene
and an official apology has been
issued by the embassy of thclISSR
in Washington. Meanwhile Flug-
lehorn announced his intention to
seek reparation from the Soviet
government for damages incurred
to his boat by angry Russian sail-
ors. "They turned my boat over and
I lost a $1.98 can of stink bait"
the local hero stated.
An official from the John Birch
society called the incident "water
pollution in its worst form" while
a member of the local committee
for pure water demanded that the
submarine b e immediately re-
moved from the beautiful clear
waters of the lake.
The city council has called a
special meeting for later today to
explore the possibility of preser-
ving the sub as a historical land-
mark should removal attempts
fail. At press time no other
details were available.
I v &BfSHwiiiHLH!sl
Molvin Busby manager of the IrU Graham cafeteria was forced
to do the cooking when his employees went on strike for higher
wages. Watching Busby's technique Is nauseated student Mike
Carr.
Cafeteria Problems
Plague Busby Powell
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1
Pranksters placed a for salo sign on the campus over iho week-
end as a practical joke but the trick backfired when the school
received three concrcto offers from prospective buyers. Each is
currently being studied.
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Melvin Busby and Roger Pow.
ell the kingpins of tlie Iris Gra-
ham cafeteria were victims of a
series of events last week which
left them in states of shock.
The most serious happening oc-
curred last Monday when Busby
learned that his attempts to seek
nn injunction against the City of
Abilene had ended in failure. Bus-
by hoped to obtain a court in-
junction to prevent the city from
moving the sanitary landfill site
off the McMurry campus. Al-
though the city has been dumping
refuse behind Iris Graham for four
months the site was considered
temporary by the city.
"It looks like we're doomed"
Busby said. "I don't see any other
way that we can fight this thing.
It looks like we're dead." Busby
went on to explain that the re-
fuse from the dump had been the
main source of food for the cafe-
teria since the city began dump-
ing and with this source of cheap
food removed it will be impos-
sible for Busby and the cafeteria
to continue at their present rates.
"We only have 42c to spend on
each meal you know" Busby
stated.
The cafeteria manager's pro-
blems were complicated when his
employees walked off the job in
protest of their wages. "We're
tired of working for peanut:
around here" an elected spokes-
man stated. Efforts at negotiat-
ions with the striking workers
have been futile. In the meantime
Busby lias been forced to do the
cooking chores himself.
I don't know what they (the
striking workers want" Powell
said. "We only have 42c to spend
on each meal you know."
Powell Busby's protege made
another alarming discovery late
last week when he received a
telegram from the student food
committee who had not been
heard from in over three weeks.
The committee members revealed
that they had no intention of re-
turning to McMurry after eating
food on various other campuses.
The committee members are re-
portedly on their way to Michigan
State University to sample gour-
met foods. When questioned con-
cerning this new development
Powell and Busby replied In uni-
sion "We only have 42c to spend
on each meal you know."
Hefner's Plan
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per cent of those applying arc
male.
When questioned as to his in-
tellectual background and qualifi-
cations for the job Hefner replied
that ho had associated with many
intelligent people throughout his
career. He feels that he is qualified
by osmosis. He concluded his
statements by saying that he
would move his entire magazine
staff and operation to Abilene so
that he might continue to oversee
its operation. He added that this
shift would permit students in
the McMurry journalism depart-
ment the rare opportunity to work
on a publication of national importance.
The McMurry T.G1E.T.F.P.
McMURRY COLLEGE
Rescuers remove one of the injured victims from the basement area of Gold Star dormitory where
severe flooding occurred yesterday. One student drowned In the rising waters.
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