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University Daily Kansan, January 14 1983
Burning crater may be from meteors
By United Press International
GALLUP, N.M. — Police yesterday collected soil samples from a smoldering crater to determine if it was made by one of a number of possible faint meteors that produced noisy astronomics northwestern New Mexico.
Authorities from Gallup to Durango, Colo., more than 120 miles to the north, received hundreds of calls Wednesday night from citizens seeking an explanation for an explosion that rattled flowers in Gallup and Farmington, N.M.
A state police radio dispatcher said
he had about 180 calls at Gallup
during the period.
Several trees were felled and others caught fire near the clattered located on a remote bluff about 15 miles east of Gallup, authorities said.
MCKINLEY COUNTY sheriff Benny
Padilla Jr., who observed a "big green ball of fire," said the blast, which occurred about 6:50 p.m. was followed by intense booms during a two-hour period.
After talking to scientist Ron Gooley of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Paidilla said he thought the phenom was not been produced by a meteor shower.
Norman Thomas, a research associate at the Lowell Observatory near Flagstaff, Ariz., said that the meteorite theory was possible, but that he would remain "skeptical" until an extensive investigation was completed.
At Farmington, more than 100 miles from the crater, a woman said she heard "a loud boom" that she thought was a sonic boom.
"It shook the whole house and rattled the windows," said the woman, who declined to give her name to a radio station employee who taped her statement. "The dog started barking and whining like crazy, I thought, 'oh, my goodness, what's happening?' "
PADILA SAID he and Gallup Police Chief Frank Gonzales saw what appeared to be a meteor "come down about 10 miles south of where we
"It was a big green ball of fire," Padilla said, "but evidently it disintegrated before it hit the surface.
"My undersheriff, Jack Graham,
walked into the area (of the explosion)
about 11 p.m. (Wednesday) and found
a burning fire, burned from top to
the bottom.
"Also, there was a 25-foot crater that had separated the ground in several places. Evidently when it hit it disintegrated. It hit on the top of the bluff and on the side of it, knocking a few trees down."
Padilla said reports of people "feeling and hearing" the blasts came from as much as 10 miles away.
Harris group executive dies in crash
HUTCHINSON — Charles A Rayl, secretary-treasurer of the Harris Group of newspapers and radio stationary in a head-on car crash. He was 71.
Police said Rayl was driving an eastbound station wagon that collided with a westbound truck owned by Ace Motors. The crash occurred Sgt. Fred Owston said witnesses
reported that Rayl was passing another vehicle when the accident occurred.
Rayl was pronounced dead at the scene in northeast Hutchinson. Two employees of the fire extinguisher company were injured in the crash.
with the Harris Group began in 1962.
Rayl was secretary-treasurer of Harris Enterprises, the parent organization of 11 newspapers and 10 radio stations in five states. His involvement
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Stargell makes theatre debut to commemorate King's work
By United Press International
ROCHETER, N.Y. — Baseball fans remember Willie Stargell as the only Pittsburgh Pirate to hit 400 home runs, but come Saturday more people will know him for honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Stargell, 41, will narrate "Narration Morning for the World," a special musical debut to King written by James Schwartz and forming composer Joseph Schwantner.
The program, for speaker and orchestra, will be at a Kennedy Center world premiere today in New York and be dedicated to coincide with King's birthday.
How does preparing to deliver such a program differ from stepping up to bat in the World Series?
"I've had to drink a lot of tea with honey for my throat," he said between demanding rehearsals at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music. "I haven't had years of experience doing this kind of thing, so my voice isn't used to all this talking."
STARGELL WAS the hand-picked choice of Robert Freeman, director of the Eastman School, to narrate the piece, which features selections from King's speeches set to music performed by the Eastman Philharmonia.
Stargell, who has kept busy with preparations for the tribute since leaving the baseball ranks this year, said he wanted to participate in the event of what King had done "for mankind this country and all over the world."
"One of the things that impressed me was the fact that he was a very sensitive person about human rights. He did an awful lot for blacks, but if you were to see him, you saw that it wasn't only blacks who shared his concerns," he said.
"Everything he stood for was based on the Bible, which was written for all God's children. He doesn't say anything about whether they're black or white, Democrat or Republican. . . everybody has benefited."
Stargell said King had given him "a lot to think about," but the baseball
player remained modest about his own role in the tribute.
"I HONESTLY think people should get their own satisfaction and joys out of the greatness he gave this country," he said.
Stargell has been "very cooperative" during the rigorous rehearsals, said Eastman spokesman Robert Kruus.
"In the baseball park he could keep his mouth shut and let his bat do the talking, but here he's on his own," Kraus said.
The program's text features the most universal themes of King's speeches. Starzell said.
HE SAID the prospect of performing on stage made him as nervous as waiting on deck to hit a baseball, but he were not *necrous*, you're not *human*.
Despite the long hours, however, he'll accompany the Philharmonia on its week-long tour of four eastern cities after the tribute's Washington debut, so as many people as possible can enjoy the piece dedicated to King.
"It's important that his memory can live on in the presence of non-violence," he said.
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