a221  1131  24 May 80
AM-Brites,520
Bright And Brief
    PATERSON, N.J. (AP) - The Rev. Mark Giordani says he gets a lot of
mileage from his ministry on wheels.
    The Roman Catholic priest - founder and president of the Christian
Riders Motorcycle Club and assistant pastor at St. Gerard's Church -
preaches to motorcycle clubs.
    He admits some parishioners were startled to see him on a
motorcycle, but contends his ministry has paid off.
    ''The purpose of the club was to create interest among the city's
young people and to switch the public's image about motorcycle riding
from so-so to good,'' he said.
    The club was founded three years ago, and its membership has been as
high as 150 but is now down to 25 because members have moved away,
Giordani said. Members give to the needy, clean up garbaged-filled
lots and finance outings for disadvantaged youths.
    ''There's no such thing as wild riding,'' said the priest, who got
the idea of a motorcycle ministry from a young parishioner's joy over
a new bicycle. ''Every member of the club is organized and is aware
the public is watching him.''
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    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The National Association of Realtors says
it's misleading and deceiving. But Louis K. Von Bergen says it's too
simple to be confusing.
    At issue is the name chosen by a group set up to help homeowners
sell their homes without a broker: The Unrealtors.
    The National Association of Realtors vows to oppose an application
to register the name as a trademark.
    In a recent letter, Ted Hudson Kordela of the NAR said Realtors are
''committed to high standards of business conduct by adherence to our
strict code of ethics. The term 'unrealtor,'' on the other hand,
quite literally translates: 'a nonmember of the National Association
of Realtors.'' The use, he said, ''disparages the association by
suggesting that it is either admirable or desirable for one not to be
pledged to high standards of ethical conduct in the real estate
brokerage field.''
    Von Bergen, a partner in The Unrealtors, says the words ''have
totally different meanings and therefore do not 'mislead or deceive'
anyone as to their meaning.'' And he says some customers have
encouraged him not to give in, and he doesn't intend to.
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    LAINGSBURG, Mich. (AP) - Big Al from Laingsburg may be in line to
help decontaminate the crippled Three Mile Island nuclear reactor, but
he's not worried about it.
    Big Al is a robot.
    ''We've designed a robot we expect will enter contaminated
environments and perform dose rate surveys and lower the levels of
contamination,'' said Jim Hatt, vice president of Hodges Anitronics,
which designed Big Al. ''If successful, it would save human exposure
to low dose rates of radiation.''
    Hatt said the robot, which is 3 feet high with a 15-pound mechanical
claw, will be ready for tests next month. 
    ''We tested one of our smaller units in the bottom level of TMI's
turbine building,'' Hatt said. ''It functioned perfectly, and we
didn't lose (radio) signal with it despite it being in a room with a
lot of pipes and concrete walls.''
    Dave Delzingaro, a spokesman for TMI, confirmed Hodges Anitronics
made the robot proposal, and said ''it will be looked at seriously.''
    The plant was contaminated in March 1979 in the worst commercial
nuclear power accident in the nation's history.
    
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