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6-Raleigh Register. Becklev, W. Wednesdav Afternoon, Nov. 30. 1977 -m-t Further Study Is Needed Evidence Points To Invisible Star I'niied Press International Washington A new satellite scanning the sky for distant sources of X-rays may have discovered the strongest evidence yet of a bizarre invisible star railed a black hole.

Dr Herbert Friedman of the Naval Research Laboratory said the strange object, called Cinemas X-l. appears 10 produce bursts of X- ravs in patterns suggestive of the behavior of a black hole. But he said at a space agency briefing Tuesday on the initial results of the new satellite that the observations were very preliminary and further study is needed before any conclusions could be reached. Black holes were predicted many years ago on the basis of Albert Einstein's theory of gravitation, but astronomers have been unable to demonstrate they exist. They are believed to represent the final stage of the collapse of a heavyweight star, compressed so much that nothing could escape their gravitational pull.

Everything including light would be pulled in like water rushing down a drain. Since black noies would allow no radiation to escape, astronomers can only detect their existence by studying their space environment. If a black hole has a normal, companion star as scientists believe, it would draw gas from the companion. As the gas approached the black hole, it would DP heated to the extent it would emit X-rays. Friedman said Jie theory is that conditions there would be very turbulent, causing the X-rays to be emitted in frequent, erratic bursts.

He said the preliminary data from new National Aeronautics and Space Administration satellite. High Energy Astronomical ObserDeaths: Frank Guerrant Frank Guerrant. 72. of Harvey, died Tuesday night after 3 long illness. the body is at the Trent and Dargan Funeral home where arrangements are incomplete.

Mrs. Mary Houston Senices for Mrs. Mary Ellen Houston. 66. of Corinne.

will be Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in Sam Foslesong Funeral Home chapel at Mullens with the Revs. John Rollins and T. H. Sizemore officiating.

Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens at Prosperity. Houston died Tuesday morning in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Bom April 29.1911. she was a daughter of the late Aaron and Sadie Sydenstricker Carver. A lifelong resident of Wyoming County, Mrs.

Houston was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include her husband. Walter H. Houston: one sister. Mrs.

Hattie Lee Sizemore of Mullens: one half sister. Mrs. Noka McGraw of Fayetrenlle: one brother. Orville Carver of Leewood, and three half brothers. Monroe and Tom.

both of Edmond. and Dennis Carver of South Charleston. Friends may call Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mrs. Goidie Jennings Mrs. Goidie Mae Jennings. 67. of Detroit.

Mich, formerly of Lilly Mountain, died in a Detroit hospital Tuesday after a long illness. The body" is being returned to the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlors in Beckley. Chess Lee Perry Chess Lee Perry. 84, of Route 5. Athens.

Ohio, died Tuesday at home after a short illness. Born Feb. 7. 1893. at Logan, he vras a son of the late Napalion FrenclfPerry and Cosley Morgan Perry.

Mr. Perry was a member of the Baptist Big Springs Church. Mrs. Bessie Cook Perry and Mrs. Rosa Lee Perry, his two wives, preceded him in death.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Maxine Wood, and Mrs. Viola Koenig both of Detroit. Mrs. Virginia Whitlock of Huntington and Mrs.

Faye Peterson of Los Angeles. Califj two sons. Woodrow Perry of Beckley and Elmer Perry of Michigan; five stepdaughters. Mrs. Julia Palmer of Pence Springs: Mrs.

Ora Logue of Bidwell. Ohio: New Grant Program Started In State United Press International Charleston The Governor's Office of Economic and Community Developmnent has started its new partnership grants program of bailing out projects stalled for lack of money. Director Don Mover said the state will consider grants for community projects that are in danger of losing government funds because local moneys fall short. For example, the town of Pnilippi had been frustrated for years in efforts to build a water treatment plant. The town obtained 8835.000 from the federal government and raised S600.000 in local money, but the project cost S1.750.

Mover's office allocated $315,000 to close the gap and saved the project. The legislature provided S5 million for the program this year, but it wasn't implemented until Mover received an attorney general's opinion last month saying the program can provide only grants and not loans. The legislature will be asked for another 85 million for 1978, Mover said. 17 Tech Buildings To Close In Winter United Press International Montgomery Twelve of the 17 buildings on the West Virginia Tech campus will be closed for 37 days in December and January to converve energy. Dr.

R. Bailey, administrative assistant to the president at Tech, said the academic schedule provides for a five-week break in classes starting Dec. 16 to permit energy conservation. The thermostats in each of the 12 buildings will be reduced to about 40 degrees, Bailey said. AH buildings will be closed for nine days over the holidays and only administrative and maintenance buildings, the library, the learning center, and faculty aparements will be open the rest of the five-week break.

Mrs. Myrldene Litchfield of Ft. Pleasant; Mrs. Ruth Thomas of Martinsville. Va.

and Mrs. Pearl Sullivan of Ashland. three stepsons. Leroy (Dickie) Cross. Melvin Cross of Langsville, Ohio and Arley Cross of Flndlay.

Ohio, one sister. Mrs. S'ora Brown of War and one brother. Marshal Kazes Perry of Cyclone; 14 grandchildren and 15 great- grandchildren. Services will be Friday at 1 p.m.

in the McNeely Funeral Home at Man with the Rev. Clyde Robinson in charge. Burial will be in Cook Cemetery. Huff Creek. Wyoming County.

may call today after 4 p.m. at the Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Pt. Pleasant and at the McNeely Funeral home Thursday after 4 p.m. Mrs. Etta Tweedy Sen-ices for Mrs.

Etta Tweedy. 78. of 116 Morris will be Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Central Baptist Church in Beckley with the Rev. Robert I.

Brown in charge. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park. She was dead on arrival Monday at a local hospital after a long illness- Friends may call Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor in Beckiev.

vatory, suggest Circinus X-l might be such a twisting, gaseous disc which cas distort X-ray enjissions. "It's the kind of differentiation that we've been looking for." he said. Astronomers first suggested in 1974 that Circinus X-l might be a black hole because observations from a smaller astronomical satellite showed that Circinus had characteristics similar to those of another Xray source known as Cygnus X-l which also is suspected of being a biack hole. Fasting Claims Life Of College Girl I'niied Press Richwood A funeral was planned today for Celeste Marie Lewis, a college girl who succumbed to what physicians described as a psychological ailment that lures its victims into what often is a fatal fast. Celeste's health problem began a year ago when she decided to go on a diet, even though she wasn't overweight.

At 5 foot 6, she weighed only 115 pounds. Before long, the diet controlled her life. She dropped down to a meager 60 pounds. Sunday night, the 18 year old freshman at Potomac State College died, a victim of what tentatively was diagnosed as Anorexia Nervosa. Known as a psychological ailment, it has begun to strike more frequently in America, particularly among teen age girls.

When it does, the victim eschews food, and the fast gets out of control. A victim can lose as much of two thirds of the normal body weight. About one fifth of all cases are fatal. No one knows what prompts the malady, says Dr. James Stevens, head of behavorial medicine at Charleston Memorial Hospital, who says psychiatric care is the normal treatment.

"It can start as a desire to be fit and slim, but often it occurs in adolescents who are going through the difficult transition to adulthood." Stevens said. "They are changing, their bodies are changing, and they try to get some control over themselves. So they stop eating." In Celeste's case, the diet got completely out of hand. "It lasted for about a year, and she started to get weak, very weak. and complications set in," he said.

"We still don't know how it all started." A brother. Tern- Lewis, says the family remains baffled by his sister's death. "We don't know what was the matter." he said. "She would throw food down the sink, or promise to eat later. She didn't want to hurt the' ones close to her.

and she would pretend to be eating. Bat she hardly ever did." Attractive and popular. Celeste was attending school on a scholarship and headed a youth group at the Richwood Nazarene Church, where her funeral was to be held. Barb Kemerer. a roommate at Potomac State, remembers Celeste growing increasingly thinner until the problem forced her to withdraw.

"She didn't complain." she said. "She only said that she wasn't hungry, that she had stomach problems. But I hardly even saw her eat a thing." Flaky Weather White snow precipitates a preview of things to come yesterday as a lone pedestrian slogs his way across the Brooklyn Bridge spanning New York's East River. The first snow in the area this season, it didn't last very long. But there will be more than enough before next spring.

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