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The harvest is the result of a cooperative venture between the company and the Marine Advisory Program of A&M’s Sea Grant Program through the Texas Ag ricultural Extension Service. Six half-acre reservoir-type ponds are expected to yield 150 to 200 pounds of shrimp per acre. Sam Parish, Partex president, said the ponds are the first in the state to be set up as a potential commercial operation. “We are still experimenting, however,” he noted. “The yield from the ponds is expected to be 450 to 600 pounds of 30-count shrimp heads-on. We hope we can improve on the yield as we learn more about shrimp farming.” Jack Parker, A&M Marine Ad- vVisory specialist, and Don Kach- tik, Orange County agricultural agent, have worked with Parish in setting up and stocking ponds. Post-larval white shrimp were caught from nearby Sabine Lake and placed in the ponds in July. Saline water has been pumped from the lake to the ponds. “We have been feeding the shrimp a special pellet diet which we developed last year,” Parker said. The pellets are manufactured by the B&D Feed Mills in Grape vine. Shrimp are fed at the rate of about 10 percent of total body weight. “Although this is our first har vest,” Parish said, “we expect to be able to harvest two or three times a year.” The shrimp mariculture project is the result of experimental re search ponds created two years ago by the Texas A&M Sea Grant Program. Marine advisory spe cialists have been working with shrimp ponds in the coastal marshlands near Angleton. The shrimp ponds in Orange County complement the other land uses which Partex has em ployed in its 4,500-acre Lake- shore Farms, a coastal ranch near Bridge -City. “The ponds do not interfere with the other land uses here,” Parish explained. “We also have some cattle on the land and a lot of wildlife.” “We are basically people ori ented,” he said. “We make use of this as a natural resource by em ploying land management con cepts which permit us to use the environment without destroying it. The construction of the shrimp ponds is just another way to en hance the uses of coastal marsh lands.” Detecting mercury in foods developed by A&M profs The Texas Agricultural Exper iment Station has developed a method for detecting low levels of mercury in foods and other products. Dr. William L. Hoover, Dr. James R. Melton and Mrs. W. E. Howard of the Department of Agricultural Analytical Services devised the system. Hoover and Melton described the technique, which involves flameless atomic absorption, dur ing the annual meeting of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists just ended in Wash ington, D.C. FLOWERS ^ Complete Store Baby Albums - Party Goods Unusual Gifts Aggieland Fl6wer & Gift Shoppe 209 University Drive College Station 846-5825 CASA CHAPULTEPEC OPEN 11:00 A. M. CLOSE 10:00 P. M. 1315 COLLEGE AVENUE — PHONE 822-9872 SPECIALS GOOD TUE., WED., THUR. BEEF TACOS. BEANS - RICE CHEESE TACOS, BEANS - RICE CHALUPAS WITH GUACAMODE CHALUPAS WITH CHEESE - BEANS HOME MADE TAMALES WITH FRIED BEANS BEEF ENCHILARAS, BEANS - RICE CHEESE ENCHILADAS, BEANS - RICE CHILES RELLENOUS WITH SPANISH RICE AND CHEESE SAUCE GUACAMOLE SALAD - 2 CRISPY TACOS MEXICAN DINNER COMPLETE FIESTA DINNER Combination Salad, Beef Taco, Three Enchiladas, Beans, Rice Tortillas and Hot Cheese Dip and Tortilla Chips. Regular $1.50 $1.19 TACO DINNER Two Beef Tacos, One Chili Con Q u e s o. Combination Salad, Tortillas and Hot Sauce, Cheese Dip and Tortil la Chips. Regular AQ $1.25 “Mercury, as one of the heavy metals, is one of the most dan gerous pollutants in man’s en vironment,” Hoover pointed out. “Metals pose a serious pollution problem because they do not de compose, as do DDT and other pesticides.” “Those of us who drink pol luted water or eat fish from a mercury-polluted source are in danger of poisoning. The dam age that mercury does to the hu man brain and nervous system is irreparable,” Hoover explained. The chemist said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) holds that any food source with more than 0.5 parts per million (ppm) may not be marketed. That limit was set because con ventional methods could not re liably detect lower quantities pf mercury. The FDA’s statement, in es sence, meant that any detectable mercury in food would not be tolerated, he said. But any ac cumulation of the metal in the body, no matter how small the amount, is considered a poten tial health hazard. A&M’s new method is capable of detecting mercury in parts per billion (ppb), a sensitivity 1,000 times greater than conventional analyses. If mercury is present in the foodstuff, this technique can measure it. Hoover and his associates have proved the new system by testing a large number of common foods, river and sea water, fish, shell fish, soil, grass, and even human hair and urine. “If mercury accumulation in the body is detected early enough, the source of poisoning might be traced and eliminated. Since we now have the facilities to em ploy this method routinely, we feel that our laboratory can be of further service to the public,” Hoover said. FRENCH DIRECTOR Paul Mauriat leads his orchestra during Friday night’s Town Hall performance. Mauriat and his group received two standing ovations before being allowed by the audience to leave the stage. (Photo by Randy Freeman) Destroyer satellite built by Russians LONDON <A>> — The Soviet Union has been testing a satellite designed to destroy U.S. military satellites, a British scientist said Monday. He asserted that tests were carried out within the past two weeks with three Sputniks — Cosmos 373, 374 and 375. Science experts said intercep tor satellites could blow up U.S. military reconnaissance satellites and the navigation satellites de pended on by America’s ability to retaliate to a nuclear attack would then be made negligible. The warning by Kenneth Gat- land, vice president of the Brit ish Interplanetary Society, added weight to claims made by an American space expert and a British scientist last February. A U. S. official said then that the Soviet Union had orbited and tested successfully a satellite that destroys other orbiting spacecraft. British space enthu siast Geoffrey Perry said Cos mos 316 was apparently able to intercept and demolish other craft in orbit. Gatland said in an interview his deductions were supported by studies from the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, center of Britain’s foremost satel lite analysis operations. He said Cosmos 373, launched in orbit between 300 and 350 miles above the earth, was a target. Cosmos 374 was launched into orbit farther from earth, but it descended to the same height as 373. Then Cosmos 373 blew up — apparently deliberately on a sig nal from the Soviet Union. Six large fragments from it have been identified, Gatland said. He contended the aim could have been to destroy 373 by im pact with the fragments. Alter natively, it could have been a test of a system to use radiation from a nuclear explosion to put a target out of action. The Soviet Union is a party to a treaty forbidding the use of nuclear explosions generated from satellites. Page 4 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Tuesday, November 3, A&M law students to meet with grads Outstanding A&M students who plan to enter MBA and law school graduate studies will meet Nov. 14 with former students who have attended recognized business and law schools. The fifth Business School Brunch will be at the Memorial Student Center and the law school brunch will be at Wyatt’s Cafe teria. Arranged through the MSC, the brunches are educational service type activities such as the Stu dent Conference on National Af fairs and Great Issues. Among graduates who will meet with students at the MBA brunch is Charles L. Parker, 1955 journalism graduate and execu tive vice president of Roberts, Inc. of Austin. Information about the various business schools, MBA programs and opportunities of fered by the degree will be avail able. Co-chairing the committee ar ranging the event are Charles H. Herder Jr. of Weimar, Carlton W. Karlik of West and Thomas C. Fitzhugh III of Waco, seniors in chemical and industrial engineer ing and geophysics, respectively. Law school deans Garland A, Walker of South Texas Collfp and Angus S. McSwain Jr. o! Baylor will meet with students interested in future law studiei Dean Walker graduated fret A&M in 1943 with a degree» agricultural education. Dean McSwain completed civil engineering studies here in 19(1 Also representing the profes sion at the 9:30 to 11:15 a* brunch will be several well-knowt lawyers and businessmen will foundations in law. Kirby L. Brown, political sci ence major of Houston who is Student Senate issues chairman said the event is expected to ala become an annual affair to whicl selected students are invited. “It will be a great opportunitj to meet prominent A&M grade ates who’ve already been the path we’re considering folk ing,” Brown said. By CLII Battalion Last \ delphia I straight Landry i said the rut a ti losing. He sa somehow away. The 1 their sixl to Arkar rut. The tions an well as minus r to a devi Working with him on the Ail Rice football weekend event arc Don B. Mauro of Bryan; Otwa; B. Denny Jr., LaPorte; John J Sharp, Placed©, and Stuart L Hawkins, San Angelo. Cardinal Cushing dies in Boston BOSTON <A>> _ Richard Cardi nal Cushing, the earthy, blunt, craggy-jawed Archbishop of Bos ton for a quarter century, died Monday at the age of 75. Archbishop Humberto S. Med- eires, Cushing’s successor, was at the cardinal’s bedside when he died. Also at the bedside Mon day were the cardinal’s sisters, Mrs. Anna Francis and Mrs. Mary Pierce, and his brother John. Cardinal Cushing had been in failing health for some time. The cause of death was not immedi ately disclosed. He died at about 1:30 p.m., approximately one hour after a bulletin was issued saying he was in critical condi tion “and failing rapidly.” The announcement said the re tired spiritual leader of 1.8 mil lion Roman Catholics was “suf fering from the complication of the long-standing malignancv with which he had been afflicted for years.” The funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Holy Cross Cathe dral. The cardinal had retired only last month from the post where he had come into international prominence in the era of the late Pope John XIII and the late President John F. Kennedy. He was a devoted friend of both, and their open, inovativi styles had brought the cardinal 1 ! own expansive, man-of-actioi ways into wider fields of infliH ence. A pace-setting ecumenist. Cardinal Cushing had helped spearhead the drive at the Second Vatican Council for its declara tions upholding religious liberty and in repudiating deicidal claims against Jews. r~" I POUR when 1 are Jo' Ruddei and Ai BR "Wl sta r It 4 oj^jb tlifV Texas A&M University 1970 71 Directory ( o. • Student Listings • Student Senate •Civilian Student Council •University Calendar • Campus • Faculty-Staff Listings • Board of Directors • Corps of Cadets Commanders • Athletic Schedule Map NOW AVAILABLE at * Student Publications Office * Exchange Store * Shaffer's University Book Store * MSC Gift Shop * All Local Banks TAMU Texas A&M University $1.50 TAMU Texas A&M University