European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 16. 19fl6 the stars and stripes Page 7 mss is up Copfer aids Texas goddess Austin. Texas a the Texas National guard could t do it in 25 tries but a husky missis Sippi National guard helicopter came to the Rescue and set the 3,000-Pound goddess of Liberty statue on lop of inc Texas Capitol. A crowd estimated by police at 6,000 cheered sat urday As a sky Crane helicopter flown in from Mississippi cased inc new aluminium statue onto its 100-foot-h High Perch on a pole Alop inc Capitol dome. We do some Odd missions but this is the oddest i be Ever  said chief warrant officer Gar Fisher Pilot  ch-s4a helicopter that got the Job done in 10 minutes. The four Mississippi Crew members were give Texas  medals and a heroes Wel come and were made honorary texans after the Mission. Two weeks ago. U Texas guard Crew using a Chinook ch-j7 helicopter was unable to get the 16-foot statue on inc dome in 25 attempts Over two Days because of Clouds wind and the helicopter not being suited for the Job. Texas turned to Mississippi far kelp because the Texas guard does t have a sky Crane. The Pilot of the Texas Chinook could not Sec the target nut Shesky Crane has a rear facing scat from which a Crew member could see the pole int had to tit in a socket in the base of the statue. The Mississippi chopper also has a Winch to raise or lower its Load. With the Chinook the entire Heli copter had to be moved m make Fine adjustments. The new statue is i replica of the old me god Dess which was taken from Ilic dome he a Terai guard helicopter in nov mar after off Kiak decided the   had rnxonu1 a tit he  Are not mire him tin  us placed on the dome 97 years a of Capitol architect re  upe Mistr of the project accepted  Siik relied inc i cration from the atop i to Archon limed my it m to the  was t worried Ai  "  mid hut i was t worried last Lime either " he said. I m so glad to Haic Toni behind it of would t  Texas nov. Mark while who watched the failed attempts but was out of town saturday proclaimed the Mississippi Crew honorary texans and noted that mississippians fought at the Alamo. The Brave sons of Mississippi proved heir Mettle once More this  he said in a statement the sky Crane Crew pm a heroes Welcome when they landed at Camp Kathry. About two Miles fro the Capitol. Mure than 00 people crowded the Crew and asked for Aiichi Raplis. Arc members said the hit the Wirg Mon their first attempt. Shafts it Lirra Varman who lowered the slate onto its Perch said the Mission called for far More precision than any he had tried. Chief warrant officer Cecil Culpepper said the crowds not the Mission made him a Little apprehensive. We were told this had received a lot of attention. 1 Gui some sleep last night but it was kind of a nervous sleep he said. Senator says Low Oil prices drying up Domestic drilling Washington up Wildcat operators who Drill in new areas in Hopes of sinking Oil have All bul Given up Leav ing the United states increasingly dependent on imported Oil. Sen. Lloyd Bent Send Texas says. In comments taped saturday for release to television stations Belsen cited Golem men and Industry studies that suggest the number of successful Wells brought in Byril scatters this year will be Only about one to nah of those discovered in 1981. Belsen renewed his Call for an Oil import fee to help Spur efforts to Drill Al Home. In the taped remarks he said an aver age of 30 new Wells a week were found in1981 bul now the weekly average is Down to three a week. Now Hal that Means is obviously Hal we re cutting Way Back on Domestic production he said. It Means that More and More Well be dependent on foreign Oil. And that s a serious  the senator said the number of work ing Oil rigs has dropped from about2,000 just last year 10 less than 700 this year. Soil just Means that we need Art import fee to try to stabilize the do Mesic Industry he said. Citing the Long lines Al Gas pumps at the Lime of hear a Oil embargoes of the 1970s, he said the United states should nol get hooked on foreign Oil  a report from by Olsen s Siam said Ris ing crude Oil prices led to a Sharp in crease in Oil exp Loyalton from 1970 id1981. Bul weakening Oil prices this year resulted in a decline from the 1981 Peak and loan even sharper drop this year. Friday the Price of West Texas Interne Diale crude he Benchmark on the . Markets closed at $ 13.65. Earlier this year the prics had dipped to below $10. The american Petroleum Institute in Industry group has said 11,214 explore sri Well were drilled in 1985 with3,823 of them being True wildcats world Oil prices $34 32 30 j 28 r 26 24. 22 20 18 16 f 12 Fol a t 1 " in " ,. For saudi Ai stage monthly dollars per ban t Rabian ought spot Price j Tor Brent crude a Iii Mii Niimi Hilll Price al1982 i 19b3 i 1984 1965 i 1986 Chicago Tribune graphic Souron. Danti Dnn Lumn & Jvette Chicago Tribune news reports drilled in new areas. More than three fourths of the Wells came up dry the Institute reported and Wildcat Wells had an even lower Success Rale with Only 498 13 percent striking Oil or  Bentsen staff report said in Cost an average of 1230,000 to Drill a Well on land and $2.7 million for offshore drilling in 1984, making exploration increasingly hazardous to the Industry s financial  the report said inc organization of Hal Kolcum exporting countries drove Down world Oil prices in the final Quarter of 1985, thus increasing the financial risks of Oil exploration. Oil exploration in the United slates virtually collapsed it said citing Esli males Hal Oil Industry exploration Bud gets for 1986 will drop to a Bare boned j1 j.5 billion from j25 billion last  firm probing reported sole of sat tests new York up the company thai offers the Scholastic april Udo test Waysil is investigating a report thai copies of the test were for Sale in new York. Joy Mclntyre of the educational test ing service of Princeton n.j., said the company began the investigation after Stuyvesant High school principal Abra Ham Baumol notified the company Fri Day hat parents and students old him copies were available for Sale. Mclntyre said saturday the service had also received other complaints about the test being available for Sale. She asked for anyone with hard facts and information please Call  the company plans to Check to make sure it can account for All inc test books used in the a am and by checking the scores of the students tested for Large score increases Mclntyre said. No lest books appeared to be missing in a preliminary inspection but she said nol All inc books had Yel been resumed and counted alter he testing. Baumol told the new York times that he called the service after persistent re ports from students and parents. But the principal said he believed the information Wai True despite the fact thai no one had been caught buying or Selling the exam the times reported. He said he first heard reports of stolen exams the Day before the lest the news paper  one Point students reported Hal a few people were Selling the test in a restaurant on East 15th sired across the Street from the  principal was told that the people Selling the lest were armed so he called the police. But undercover officers failed to uncover any additional information the newspaper  than 1.6 million High school Stu dents a year take the sat tests. Doctors urge Congress to Cut off a test funds r f. It i a. Marr fun in Truw fir  if com Tell in it t Tel ii by mtg Fisic k  d3sl us Washington a doctors from More i half a dozen states held a code Blue rally on the Capitol Sieps urging Congress to Cut off Money for nuclear weapons testing. Code Blue Means human life is at risk cans for social responsibility Geiger said he recently returned from Moscow where he visited Young men with dreadful radiation bums among the most seriously injured of 200 people hospitalized after the april 26 nuclear Accident at chernobyl. To look at these frightened suffering patients was to Leam once again Whai the nuclear armace really is about. In nol just about throw weights it s nol just Aboul missile types or telc Sciric encryption it s not just about warhead numbers. Al inc Bottom in is about human life Geiger told some 200 doctors at the rally. A nuclear War would be chernobyl magnified a Hundred million times a Dua Ler that would threaten everyone in the Northern hemisphere and perhaps More around the Globe he said. The soviet Union has nol tested nuclear warheads since August 198 5 and has said it will continue ils moratorium past an aug. 6 deadline if the United sales agrees to Stop ils weapons less. The Reagan adminis Lra lion has dismissed the offer As grandstand ing. Before the rally Geiger and other is officials met for an hour Wilh Oleg Sokolov charge d affaires Al inc soviet embassy and two other diplomats. Geiger said the us. Doctors urged the soviets to continue observing inc testing moratorium