6
Wednesday, October 31, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
THOMAS H. M. GUCEIR, M.D.
RICHARD H. SINCLAIR, M.D.
TOMG J. BULLLAN, M.D.
MARTY H. THOMAS, M.D.
MAGGIE H. HARRIS, M.D.
MADGIE H. HARRIS, M.D.
SANDRA R. STITES, M.D.
STUDENTS:
Kansas City Women's Clinic
For Personal Professional Health Care
1060 QUIRVA路 SIDE 320
OVERRAND PARK, KS 66215
1010 CAROLETREE DRIVE, SUSE 1010
CAROLETREE DRIVE, SUSE 48414
1864 9227 314
300 SOUTH CLAREBONE, BUILDING B
ZIMMER, KS 66092
THE LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM A COURSE IN THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES WITHOUT PETITIONING IS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 1990
--one step ahead
Weekdays 'til 8:30
Sundays 12 - 5:30
Trees make shade... We don't recycle... You're getting warmer.
Marge, I never know what to put on my feet on those cold wet days.
Well, Homer, let's go to Arensberg's and see what they have.
I think they call these duck boots. Homer.
They always have what I'm looking for
ARENSBERG'S SHOES
825 Massachusetts
Downtown Lawrence
843-3470
Quality Footwear for the whole family since 1958
JOIN OUR HOTTER THAN HELL STAFF ALL LONGNECKS $100 ALL DAY LONG
HALLOWEEN PASTA SPECIAL $349 INCLUDES SALAD, BREAD & BUTTER ALL DAY LONG AND NIGHT TOO!
Come trick or treat with us!
Soup • Salads • Sandwiches
Pasta • Veal • Chicken
Dine-in • Carry-out
704 Massachusetts
842-2555
---
Workers join Britain, France in historic underwater tunnel
The Associated Press
CALAIS, France — Britain and France were linked beneath the English Channel yesterday when workers used a two-inch probe to connect two halves of a 31-mile undersea rail tunnel, officials reported.
Management sources at Trans-Manche Link, the construction consortium building the "Channel," the Channel Tunnel, confirmed that the historic link occurred about 2.25 p.m. CST when British workers sent the probe through to French colleagues.
"It is an example of what Europe is about," British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said in London. "This is Europe in practice."
The linkup fulfills a dream by Napoleon in 1802, who thought he could defeat the English by connecting Britain to Europe with a land passage. The Channel is scheduled for completion in June 1983.
"This is a hugely historic moment because it means, in effect, that Britain is no longer an island," a construction union official said.
Six workers were injured, two seriously, about 90 minutes later when a tractor towing supplies rolled over on them in a service gallery, authorities in nearby Sangatte reported.
The basic goal of the Channel Tunnel project is to enable passengers to travel between London and Paris in about three hours. That time is comparable to flying, if transport to and from airports is included, and is half the time of a car-ferry journey.
The cost of the project has soared from an initial estimate of $9.4 billion to $16.7 billion, including an extra billion for unforeseen cost overruns.
The threading of the probes through 100 yards of chalk under the English Channel marks a major improvement in the rescue on the world's costliest tunnel.
English Channel tunnel plan
Cross section Tunnel is approximately 165 ft. below sea level
SOURCES: Chicago Tribune, news reports
10/30/90
Knight Ridder Tribune News
French workers reaching the tiny hole telephone their British counterparts and relayed the news to Transylvania, where pancakes popped later.
"It is an exciting moment. It's the first time we have air passing between the two tunnels," said Gorin Tunnel, tunnel engineering manager.
"We see it as just another exercise, but I'm sure there will be a lot of parties going on," he said.
Preliminary tests indicated the two halves were 20 inches out of alignment. Another day will be needed to be certain, technicians said, but they called the line-up exceptional, considering that the massive boring machines are drilling holes about three stories high.
The workers now will bore a one- yard hole to permit passage from one half to the other. They are expected to work in pairs with handstands in a few weeks.