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  • THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN TUESDAY MAY21, 1974 PAGE 3 All-time leading pass receiver Jerry Gaines became the first man to win WCU's Most Valuable Player Award twice, Gaines, Wilson, Hilderman will represent WCU Three members of Western Carolina University's track and field team will be carrying the Catamounts' colors into the NCAA Division II championship meet next week in Charleston, Illinois. The meet, to decide the championship for the NCAA's two college divisions, will run for three days. May 29-31. on long jump during the current season has been a 25' 3 1'4" effort. Wilson has also qualified for two events, the 100 and 220 yard dashes. He has a WCU record tying ;09.6 second clocking in the 100 yard dash this spring and a time of 121.5 seconds in the 220. Helderman qualified for the WILSON the campus of Eastern Illinois University. Jerry Gaines, Levon Wilson and Randy Helderman have surpassed the qualifying standards for the national championship meet and will represent Western Carolina University. Gaines ranks among the top ten performers among Division II schools in two events and has an excellent chance to win a national title. In his specialty, the triple jump, Gaines has a leap of 50' 7 1/2" to his credit this spring. His best HELDERMAN three-mile run when he turned in a 14:20.0 time to establish a new Western Carolina University record. Track coach Paul Jones realistically sees very little chance of his three-man team scoring enough points to finish in the top ten schools. "However, I think we have a good chance to win a couple of events and gain a lot of recognition for Western in our first NCAA championship meet," he added. Norfolk State is the defending division D team champion. SPEEDY'S PIZZA FREE DEUVE1Y J293-9222 Sunday- Thursday 4:30-12:00 Friday^Saturday OPEN TIL 1:00am | Dorm Residents please meet driver in lobby, WCU first Gaines named 'most valuable' again Jerry Gaines, Western Carolina's all-time leading pass receiver, has become the first WCU football player to receive his team's Most Valuable Player award for two successive seasons. The lithe 5' 8", 152 pounder headed the list of eight athletes to receive awards at the Catamounts' football picnic held annually at Camp Shelton on Lake Thorpe. Head Coach Bob Waters also presented awards to David Hackett as the most valuable offensive player; Allen Corpening, most valuable defensive player; Eagle Moss, Big Play-offensive; Felix Setzer, Big-Play defense; All-America Mark Ferguson, Best Blocker; and Joe Hunter and Mark Callis tied for the Cat Award. Hackett, Ferguson, Hunter and Callis are seniors while Gaines, Moss, Corpening and Setzer are scheduled to return for the 1974 season. Gaines was the nation's ninth ranked receiver last fall according to the NCAA Division II stats with 43 receptions for 871 yards. In three seasons, he has caught 118 passes for 2,640 yards, both WCU records. mi i fi i in 11 j 111111111 j 111 ■ j j i m fi ti 1111 j 11 fi i r j 111 iii i f 111111111111111 tt 1111 f 11 ii m 111 it 111 i 11 11111 ti 11 ■ 11 ii J11 f ■ f i iiiii ii 11111 if 111 iii i j 111111 j n 11 f i r f ii 1111 11 Metric conversion bill defeated in House vote (CPS)—After months of languishing in the House Science and Astronautics Committee, a bill to convert the US to metric measurements was debated and defeated in less than a day, by a 240-153 vote. The bill, sponsered by Rep. Olin Teague (D-TX), was rejected mainly because there was substantial disagreement on how the cost of converting to the metric system would be paid. The estimates run from S60-100 billion, and would include the retooling of most industries and new tools for machinists. The defeated bill would have established a 10-year conversion period and established an American National Metric Council, a regulating body to oversee the conversion. The conversion would have affected all commercial products made in the US, Presently, the US in the only major industrial country which uses the English (inch, foot, pound) system of measurement. Even the I'nited Kingdom has switched from English. Despite the bill's defeat, conversion is expected to begin within the next year or two, as Congress seemed to agree that the US should change to remain in step with the rest of the industrialized world. Two years ago, the Senate passed a metric conversion bill, and President Nixon has already indicated he would sign such a measure. Another stronger bill is waiting in the Senate wings, and if passed there, the House could be asked to grapple again with the problem this session. Conversion will have a drastic effect on American so- siety: measurements of all commercial goods will change, all distance measurements will be in kilometers rather than miles; all weights will be in grams and kilos; property will be measured in hectares rather than acres (creating a monumental resurveying job); and building materials and machine parts will go metric—to name only a few changes. Some facets of government and industry are already preparing for the conversion. In several states, metric measurements are being established as mandatory curricula for elementary schools. In Ohio and Minnesota, highway signs have already been changed to show distances in both miles and kilometers. In addition, to show how close to home this will come, the Levi-Strauss company, makers of a large percentage of the nation's denim clothing, has announced it will begin marketing jeans with metric measurements this year. ijmiu #iiiiwiiiiiijiiaijrtiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiw IIUlUlllllUlljlilll i COMING TUESDAY May 28th '74 ft IllllllllllllilllUlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllty
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