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CADET SLOUCH by jim Earie Qjj slick drifts shoreward; Navy pledges full assistance Page 2 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. <A>) — Patches of an oil slick nearly as large as the state of Rhode Island drifted to within 12 miles of northeast Florida beaches Thurs day. The U.S. Navy, which dump ed the oil, set up a task force “to assist in every way possible,” Harmon Shields, director of the Florida Marine Resources Depart ment, said the main body of oil still was 23 miles offshore at mid-day Thursday. But he re ported one patch of about 100 acres had drifted within 12 miles of Ponte Vedra Beach, a wealthy oceanfront community south of Jacksonville Beach. Another patch was 17 miles out, Shields said after flying over the area. The 500,000 gallons of oil, which threatened 135 miles of shoreline from the Georgia border to Day tona Beach, was dumped Monday night by two Navy barges 55 miles at sea. “I assume that at least part of the oil is that from those barges,” said Capt. Don Dietz, commanding officer of Mayport Naval Station, which dispatched the barges. Dietz was named by Rear Adm. Lawrence Hey worth Jr., com- on the tube “Remember that big push you were going to make to bring grades up? It’s about time to start it‘” Numbers in ( ) denote channels on the cable. Bulletin Board TONIGHT SCONA XVI will meet at 7:30 p.m. in rooms 3B-C and the Art Room of the MSC to discuss the Christmas fund drive. Petroleum Engineers Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 211 of the Doherty Building to hear L. E. Bartlett of Atlantic Richfield’s North American producing divi sion speak on drilling and pro duction problems on the north Alaskan slopes. Rio Grande Valley Hometown Club will meet at 8 p.m. in rooms 2C-D of the MSC to discuss Christmas activities. Ag Eco Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in rooms 112-112 of the Pliant Sciences Building to elect officers. tues^Xy Orange County Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p. m. in the MSC to have a picture for the Aggieland taken. Class A winter or coat and tie should be worn. WEDNESDAY Range Science Department will sponsor a lecture by Dr. P. N. Hyder of the Crops Research Di vision, ARS Crops Research Lab oratory on “Growth and Devel opment in Range Grasses” at 7:30 p.m. in room 113 of the Plant Sciences Building. Abilene Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Academic Building. THURSDAY Port Arthur Hometown Club will meet at 8 p.m. in the MSC lobby to have pictures taken for The Aggieland. Dress is class A winter (or midnights) or coat and tie. Panhandle Area Hometown Club will meet at 8 p.m. in room 2D of the MSC. Houston Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 3B of the MSC to collect ticket sales money and have Aggieland pic tures taken. Mid-County Hometown Club will meet at 8 p.m. in the MSC lobby to have pictures taken for The Aggieland. San Angelo-West Texas Home town Club will meet at 7:15 p.m. on the steps of the MSC to have Aggieland pictured taken."Sweet heart applications must be turned in at the meeting. Computer Science Wives Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Bob Anderson, 1114 Sul Ross in Bryan, for the an nual Christmas “Tasting Bee” and caroling party. PhT diplomas and A&M charms will be pre sented to departing members and new officers will be elected. All except departing members are asked to bring samples of their favorite Christmas baked items and recipe for same. Elementary Education and Kin dergarten Student Teachers will hold an Idea Fair at 7:30 p.m. in room 401 of the Academic Build ing. 2:30 3 (5) Edge of Night 15 (12) Sesame Street (PBS) 3:00 3 (5) Corner Pyle 3:30 3 (5) Town Talk 15 (12) University Instructional 4:00 3 (5) Dark Shadows 4:30 3 (5) Bewitched 15 (12) What’s New (NET) 5:00 3 (5) General Hospital 15 (12) Misterogers’ Neighborhood (NET) 5:30 3 (5) CBS News 15 (12) Sesame Street (PBS) 6:00 3 (5) Evening News 6:30 3 (5) Beverly Hillbillies 7:00 15 (12) Campus and Com munity Today 3 (5j Green Acres i b , : H 15 (12) Folk Guitar (ETS) 7:30 3 (5) Billy Graham 15 (12) Black Journal (NET) 8:30 3 (5) To Rome with Love 15 (12) Viewpoint 9:00 3 (5) Marcus Welby, MD 15 (12) The Advocates (PBS) 10:00 3 (5) Final News 10:30 3 (5) Movie — Weekend of Terror If you’re on Midwest Video’s cable you’re going to see more. (adv) Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those oj the student writers only. 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Adv Texas 77843. 1969 TPA Award Winner > cr origin published herein. Rights of rep matter herein are also reserved. to the use for to it or not il news of spontaneous ublication of all other the Student Publications H. F. Filers, College Board are: Jim " Liberal Arts; Members of t Lindsey, chairman ; H. F. Filers, College of F. S. White. College of Engineering; Dr. Asa B. Childers, Jr., rinary Medicine: Dr. Z. L. Carpenter, College and Roger Miller, student. shed herein in are also xeserveu. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. College of Vete: of Agriculture; Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising vices, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Freshmen Pictures Must be returned to the UNIVERSITY STUDIO by Dec. 22 to be placed in the 1971 Aggieland. mander of the Jacksonville Navy complex, to head the task force which will work with state and city governments in fighting the petroleum pollution. Dietz said he had ordered the oil dumped under a 1924 law repealed earlier this year. “Under normal conditions,” he said, “the oil would have been scattered and hardly noticed.” But calm seas kept the sludge in a surface mass. Heyworth pledged all men and equipment under his control. Shields asked the Navy and other federal agencies not to dump chemicals on the oil in an effort to break up the mass. “There is no known chemical that will break down the oil with out harming the fishing areas,” he said. Elgin White, director of infor mation for the Department of Natural Resources, said a plan had been prepared to launch a cleanup operation if the oil washed ashore. “If it gets to shore we’ll just have to use the materials that are available to us in cleaning it up and soaking it up,” he said. Dietz said Wednesday that the Navy at Mayport has been in the habit of dumping its oil wastes more than 50 miles at sea about eight times a year, but usually it consisted of 90 per cent water. Mike Wenzel, a Jacksonville waste oil dealer, said he tried to find a buyer for this batch and ran tests which he said showed it more than 90 per cent oil and less than 10 per cent water. Because it had 1.6 per cent sulphur content, he said, he found no market for it. A 1924 law under which Dietz said the dumping had been tak ing place, was repealed by the federal Water Quality Improve ment Act signed by President Nixon on April 3. The new law prohibits dumping oil, including sludge, in harmful quantities within 50 miles of shore. It says nothing about waters farther out. 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