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Thursday, November 4, 1971
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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.
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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.