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• • v\.w * • •• v^r.. ; ..V;> - - '*;• \r*ys u e rest an. we’i Li, 67 No. 39 Battalion Clear and windy ‘son, an. College Station, Texas Thursday, November 4, 1971 Friday — Clear. Easterly winds 8-10 mph. High 75° low 42°. Saturday — Clear to partly cloudy. Southerly winds 5-8 mph. High 77°, low 45°. Kickoff—75°. 845-2226 Site Ship captain denies dumping oil wastes PORT ARTHUR UP) — The captain of the Texaco Inc. tanker Montana denied charges Wednes day that the vessel had been caught cleaning its tanks while anchored in the northwest Carib bean Sea last month. Capt. J. K. M a n r y said an emulsified substance suddenly and unexpectedly appeared on the water while the Montana was conducting routine discharge of clean ballast water in accordance with normal and internationally accepted procedures. Dr. William M. Sackett, an oceanography professor at A&M, had reported Oct. 27 he and oth ers aboard a scientific vessel, the Los Alaminos, had observed the Montana dumping “extremely high dissolved hydrocarbon con centrations in the water.” Manry said he anchored in 10 fathoms of water at Misteriosa Bank on Oct. 16 to take advant- Top advisor fears Amchitka explosion age of the calm sea and good weather while undergoing repairs after the chief engineer had re ported a leak in a boiler high pressure steam line. “All tanks were cleaned prior to arrival at the Panama Canal en route to Port Arthur and all oily substances from the other tanks were pumped into and re tained in No. 9 tank,” he said. A gauging crew boarded the vessel to perform a periodic in spection during the remainder of the voyage to Port Arthur neces sitated a transfer of clean bal last water between tanks. When it came time to inspect No. 9, Manry said, it was decided to dump all but four to five feet of clean water beneath the SVz inches of petroleum products on the surface of the water and then pump the remaining clean ballast and the products into tank No. 3 so it could be emptied into onshore tanks at Port Arthur. Manry said 10 feet of liquid still remained in the tank when the pump was stopped. “Very little of this emulsion escaped overboard but it foamed and the surface current and winds allowed it to slowly drift away from the ship,” he said. lalph Yarborough drives home another point before an overflow crowd in the Memorial lent Center Ballroom. He proposed a remaking of the government to make it more esponsive to the people. WASHINGTON <A>) — Presi dent Nixon’s top environmental advisor warned, in a secret docu ment made public Wednesday, that a planned five-megaton atomic blast on Amchitka Island could set off a chain of earth quakes like a line of falling dominos and perhaps send a tidal wave across the Pacific Ocean. Environment groups seeking a Yarborough says Confidence lost in government The public has lost confidence ithe government,” said former IS. senator Ralph W. Yarbor- ijh as he discussed the dilem- 18 °f a democracy in Wednes- i/s Political Forum. Yarborough attributed the loss tonfidence to campaign prom- (Jthat are not being fulfilled, (cording to him, President Nix- ims elected on a “I’ll-get-you- itof-war” promise while Ken- (fy campaigned that he would •Prove the economy. The public is disillusioned be- ®e we are still at war and Nation is still on the rise,” borough said. Yarborough, a Democrat, rep resented Texas in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1970. He was chairman of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Com mittee and sponsored much health, educational, and conservation leg islation. Senator John Tower of Texas was originally slated to speak at the Political Forum. He could not attend, he informed in a tele gram, “because of the large amount of work I’m doing prepar ing Phase 2 of Nixon’s economic plan.” Yarborough, although a sub stitute, spoke to a capacity crowd Admiral McCubbin will be review officer at march-in Reviewing officer for the Corps of Cadets march-in Saturday e A&M-SMU football game will be Coast Guard Rear Adm. D. McCubbin. Admiral McCubbin, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard 't headquartered at New Orleans, represents the fourth U.S. service to view the corps this year. Admiral McCubbin’s appearance coincides with the campus ng of the Texas Maritime Academy Board of Visitors. Board "an is E. O. Kirkham of Galveston, where TMA is headquartered t of the A&M System. Academy cadets also will participate in the 12:20 p.m. march-in the corps, announced Col. Thomas R. Parsons, commandant, ffof the A&M-SMU game is at 1:30 p.m. and received standing ovations. He criticized regulatory com missions and large corporations for contributing to public disillu sionment. “Regulatory commissions on all levels of government are falling under control of those they try to control,” he said. He feels that big corporations are buying cam paigns and electing people to of fice. Yarborough said that disillu sionment with American govern ment has spread to other coun tries, and for that reason the United Nations voted to oust Nationalist China. He feels that the sudden change in U.S. diplo macy towards Red China created some ill-feelings toward the Unit ed States. He later said that far too much money is being spent in Indo-China and only token for eign aid is being given to coun tries in South America and Afri ca. Yarborough criticized the Texas political image as well as that of the federal government. He asked the audience what was the only state in the union that does not have a commission to regulate utility rates. In the same breath he answered, “You guessed it! Texas!” Throughout his speech Yarbor ough appealed to the youth of today to actively support good government and get rid of the corruption brought upon by his generation. He complimented Ralph Nader for his reform ef forts. “There are enough young vot ers recently enfranchised in Tex as to swing any election,” Yar borough exclaimed. He feels that youth can, and should, remake the government of Texas. “And it needs it,” he added. “Don’t let corporations get con trol of the country!” Yarborough said with enthusiasm. “Organize, vote and fight them!” he stress ed. “The generation that polluted this world will not put a stop to it,” he said. He feels that this gen eration will have to be the one to stop pollution. “It’s never too late—you saw that Saturday,” he said referring to the A&M-Arkansas football game. In the question and answer pe riod Yarborough admitted that he is considering running for sena tor again in the next election. He lost to Lloyd Bentsen in the last Senate race. Concerning drugs Yarborough said that it is utterly ridiculous that it is a felony in Texas to be in possession of a single mari juana cigarette. “It should be a misdemeanor,” he said. court injunction to halt the blast told the U.S. Court of Appeals that the Atomic Energy Commis sion, in belittling such hazards, had deliberately omitted such ad verse views from its public en vironmental impact statement. The AEC announced meanwhile it has tentatively scheduled the blast for Saturday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m. EST — 11 a.m. on Amchit ka, an island in the remote Aelu- tians. At the same time, the AEC made public four government documents previously made avail able only to attorneys for the seven environment groups head ed by the Committee for Nuclear Responsibility. Four other documents had been made public earlier, by court order, and opponents of the atomic test have appealed also for the release of 10 more docu ments which were kept secret. One of the key documents re leased Wednesday is an environ mental assessment by Russell E. Train, chairman of the Presi dent’s Council on Environmental Quality. Train told an undersecretaries’ committee of the National Secur ity Council that the huge blast, code-named “Cannikin,” could trigger an earthquake by its di rect impact on earth faults, or by forcing water into faults and lu bricating them. “The underground explosion could serve as the first domino of the row of dominos leading to a major earthquake,” he said. Train said a big quake in the sparsely populated Aleutians might not cause much direct damage. “The real danger from the trig gering of a large earthquake by the nuclear explosion is in a tidal wave or tsunami ... It is not possible at this time to assess quantitatively the probability of a tsunami following the explo sion,” he said. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. m>i ~~~ V 0 > / iiiteigjj u: Dumpster given paint job, takes on new appearance A Dempsey-Dumpster doesn’t have to be an eyesore, according to Max Greiner, Jr., an environmental design major. He proved this by painting the dumpster behind the Architecture Building with bright colors. On one side a four-foot rooster is pictured with a yellow background while on the other side the front of the Civil Engineering Building and part of the Architecture Building are featured. The short sides and the top are painted in solid, vivid colors. Metallic paint, which should last as long as the 'original, was used. Greiner’s artwork is the result of an architecture project done for a perception class. The class, which is taught by Rodney Hill, tries to encourage creativity and gives the student the chance to explore his interests. Other projects done by the class include an anti-pollution wall sign, a chair carved from wood and leather handicrafts. “More dumpster-painting could be done if the students favor it,” said Greiner. The inquiring Battman How should the U.S. react to Red China in the U.N.? 5oug Jones it o j ! mior Now ^ sh °uld be the major Non of^orld unity and elim- Wi Ce ‘ 1 Rational and social pre- «|j 0r ‘ .“'hat better place for N i,.5 Vancem ent along these tlfq D t ’ v ' r een nations than the Kenneth Windhorst sophomore The UN is supposedly a repre sentative body representing the nations of the world. We, the U. S., have no right to impose our will on the rest of the planet even if we subsidize it. I f we do, other nations have the right to call us imperialists. Celia Tyerina freshman If we got out now it would be like . . • “If I can’t have my way, I’ll take my marbles and go home.” Mike Zerbach senior We should no longer support an organization that insists on bleeding us of our integrity and wealth. Tom Wetzel senior The U. S. role in the United Nations should be no greater or no less than that of other com parable members. The U. S. seems to need constant reminding that it is just one of many. Warren L. Gillespie senior U. S. should maintain its diplo matic rapoire in the UN, however it should not bear the brunt of the financial load while many countries are “freeloading”. Douglas Burleson senior We should accept the expulsion of Nationalist China as represent ative of all the people of China and the consequences of this for us in the UN. Seems if the UN is to have a positive effect, it must be realistic in terms of the world, as opposed to what we would like the world to be.