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Smok* Si9noU, W«dn*»doy, October 23, 1973—Pof* Ancient Astronauts Alay Have Landed Here 2,600 Years Ago By BOB INGLE Associated Press Writer HTOTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - An engineer who helped devel op the Skylab, space shuttle and Saturn 5 rocket says he be lieves beings from outer space landed on earth 2,600 years ago using equipment more ad vanced than anything man can have within the next 20 years. During 18 months of working in his spare time, Josef F. Blumrich said he applied space technology to the Old Testa ment text of Ezekiel and came up with engineering drawings of what a craft described by the Hebrew prophet looked like and how it moved about. “It all started in the fall of 1970 whin I got a German version of &ich Von Daniken’s “Chariot of the Gods?” and was convinced it was the same old nonsense.” “When I came to the pas sages about Ezekiel I put Von Daniken’s book away and took one of my Bibles. I told my wife, ‘I will show you where he is wrong!” But, to his surprise, Blumrich — chief of the Systems Layout Branch of the Marshall Space Flight Center — saw things that made sense to him: “In chapter one, Ezekiel speaks at length about the structure. It just so happens that I have myself designed such things here.” From a modern English translation of the Bible, here is part of the passage to which he refers: “One day late in June when I was 30 ... the heavens were suddenly opened to me.... I saw Chowan's Head Residents Interviewed Basil Asbury_, Jr., is head resident of East Hall. He was born on August 29, 1950. He was born and raised in Richland, Virginia and graduated from Richland High School. He is majoring in business administration. He is married and has a young child. His wife’s name is Diane and they have been married ten months. They have a young son named Jeremy. He found out about Chowan through the Baptist Building. He has worked in the Library of Congress, where he plans to return after he leaves here. He has also had a job with the Virginia Employment Commission. .V. BASIL ASBURY, JR. MRS. RUTH BAKER The head resident of Jenkins Hall is Mrs. Ruth Lister Baker. She hails from North Carolina and was born and raised in Weeksville. She has two daughters and one son, ranging in age from 21 to 33. She came to the campus of Chowan in 1971 and has been head resident for three years. She likes the atmosphere of the college because it is small and provides individual attention for its students. In her deaUngs with students, Mrs. Baker is a good listener and makes herself available to anyone who is willing to talk. She is the kind of person who always has a good word to say and will ' help in any way possible. She has a great concern for people, while still maintaining order. Mrs. Baker enjoys needlepoint and weaving very much. She also likes the outdoors and visiting with friends. About those Letters Letters to the Editor, or editorials, are welcomed by the staff of Smoke Signals. All articles will be printed as received, provided you sign your name. Your name will be printed along with the article and these papers should be turned in at McSweeney Hall (graphic arts building), or to Barbara Putney, Belk 207, or Box 39. in this vision, a great storm coming toward me from the north, driving before it a huge cloud glowing with fire, with a mass of fire inside that flashed continually; and in the fire there was something that shone like polished brass. “Then, from the center of the cloud, four strange forms ap peared that looked like men ex cept that each had four faces and two pairs of wings.... And beneath their wings I could see human hands.” Blumrich has been with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) since 1959, when he came from Aus tria to join the space program. In 1972 he was presented the “Exceptional Service Medal” by the federal agency. His ca reer began in 1934 in the Ger man aircraft industry. He said that by using math ematical formulas, he was able to determine the craft was sim ilar to a child’s spinning top, concave on the bottom with a crew compartnient Above.' The ship was 55 feet in diameter, and the length of the rotor blades was 35-36 feet, Blumrich figured. “The thrust of the engine would be about 280,000 pounds, not much by our standards when you consider the Saturn goes into the millions,” he said. He believes it was used as a shuttle vehicle between the earth and an orbiting mother ship — the same technique us^ by the U.S. moon visitors who left their craft in orbit and touched down in a lunar lander. His colleagues are interested in Blumrich’s ideas about an cient astronauts, he said, but some are skeptical, “as scien tists should be.” His views will be published in the United States by Bantam Books in the next six months. The German version is in its second printing in Europe. Men Regarded as Putty by Women CHARLIE CLAY Charlie Clay, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Clay of Roanoke Rapids, is the head resident of West Hall. Charhe is a former Sergeant of the Air Force, in which he spent four years. He is married to the former Thelma Haskins, daughter of Mrs. W. E. Haskins, and the deceased Mr. Haskins of Halifax. Charlie and Thelma are parents of three children. Chuck, four; and a set of twins Jonathan and Jennie, seven-half months. Charlie, a sophomore at Qiowan, and former graduate of Weldon High School, is majoring in Pre-education. He plans to be a minister of students. As head resident Charlie has the responsibility of maintaining order in the dorm. He counsels and disciplines when necessary. When asked to comment on Qiowan College, Charlie stated, “I think Chowan College is a good place for individual assistance if the students would take ad vantage of it.” Old icmeA. By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (AP) — Jump ing to conclusions: Women rarely worry about marrying a man smarter than ■ them, because they always feel that if they can’t outwit a man they can always outmaneuver him by superior cunning. That’s why a wife continues to try to remold her husband nea rer to her own wishes. From birth she thinks of man as a form of workable putty. More men would achieve suc cess in this world, and enjoy life more, if they wore shoes one half size bigger. Tight shoes will cramp anybody’s life style, as well as sour his per sonality. Want Ads Anyone who would like to have their want ads published in the next issue of this paper please bring them by the Graphic Arts Building (McSweeney Hall) and place them in the Smoke Signals box, or give them to Barbara Putney, Belk 207, or Box 39. The following are the ones received this week. (They’re free, also.) FOR SALE—Car 8-track tape player with 8 speakers: Home 8- track stereo tape player. Tape, all kinds and 8-track tape box (holds 24). East Hall, Room 305. TYPING—Essays, themes, reports, and the like. 50c per page. Call 398-4881. FOUND—One “Goofy” watch, in front of President Whitaker’s home. Contact Otis Shelton, West Hall, Room 205. An optimist is a man in middle age with a chronic dis ease who believes the onward march of medicine will find a. care for it in his lifetime. The quickest way to win a reputation as a bore is to insist on performing card tricks at cocktail parties. It is no testimony to your popularity to be invited to spend a weekend at someone’s country place. People who own country places would rather in vite Jack the Ripper for com pany than face a weekend alone with themselves. One reason civilization is such a monumental failure to day is that it no longer inspires man to test himself to the ut most to see what he can do. In stead, it inspires him chiefly to escape blame for whatever happens. He would rather keep his nose clean than save his soul. The most overrated food in America is steak, partly be cause of its current high price. But a really first-rate steak is, and always has been, a rarity. The ordinary diner can always get more real enjoyment of a wellooked tasty pot roast or even meatloaf than a run-of- the-shop steak. A steak, even at a top restaurant, is always a gamble. There are fewer things duller than a steak diet, and if a dictator made the eating of steak mandatory at every meal, he would be overthrown by a revolution within three months. It would be the same, of course, if it were caviar that was decreed, but the revolution would start four months sooner. It takes a man with a beard roughly six weeks longer to win a girl’s heart than a man who lias only a mere mustache. Jogging may be a pleasur- .able sport and fine exercise in some ways, but some joggers themselves are getting to be quite a nuisance. Their friends have to take a full half day off work in order to attend their funerals. New TV Programs NBC’s “Faraday and Com pany” stars Dan Dailey as a geriatric gumshoe and James Naughton as his 27-year-old ille gitimate son. The opening show also featured lame plotting and limp dialogue. Dailey, it seems, had spent the last 28 years in a banana republic jail in Uie Caribbean. He was probing the murder of his private eye partner in said republic when jailed by a cor rupt government official. Dailey is unexpectedly set free when the republic is torn by revolution and a near-miss from a bomb that blows a hole in the prison wall. He decamps, dirty and beard ed, to the nearest U.S. Embas sy. There he learns he has a son, caused by a liaison he had with his secretary (Geraldine Brooks) prior to getting thrown in the Caribbean slammer. He bathes, shaves and flies back to Los Angeles to do vio lence to the man he knows put him behind bars. His son, who has taken over Dailey’s private eye firm, tries to keep him from committing murder. Quotations That College Get Tired of Hearing Are “Few things are apt to increase your leisure time more than being punctual.” By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (AP) — Re marks that college students get tired of hearing: “When I was your age, I was glad to get $5 a month in spending money.” “Why do you want to live in a coeducational dormitory? I’d rather know you were doing your learning in a classroom.” “I don’t object to your having a car while you’re in college, Joe. All I insist on is that you earn the money to buy it — if you feel you need one that bad.” “I have a letter from the dean saying you have been put on probation. Is that an hon or?” “Mother and I send our con gratulations on your being cho sen a cheerleader, Jane. If any one asks me what my daughter is getting out of college, I can tell them you’ve already been taught how to wave a stick and yell.” “If you insist on marrying the boy while you’re still in col lege, Jane, I can’t stop you. But if you do, send your dental bills to his father, not me.” “The college infirmary has sent me a statement, Joe, list ing $8 you owe for a three- month supply of pills. What are the pills for, son — and who is taking them? I’m just curious.” “You may have paid me ^5 for the books at the start of the school year, but they were new then. Tliey are used now. All I Students Listed can give you for the lot is $8. Take it or leave it.” “You can forget your pipe- dreams about bumming to Af rica this summer, Joe. A friend of mine in the advertising field says he can give you a job this summer passing out handbills. It only pays $2 an hour, but it is outdoor work and should put you in fine shape for the cookie-pushing season when you return to college next fall.” CONCERT OF THE YEAR P Scenes from BLACK OAK ARKANSAS a lot easier to get credit than to be one.'’
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