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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1977
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Act now to ban off-shore coal
By DICK WEST
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The latest oil
spill in the North Sea, like the most
recent spill off the coast of Massa
chusetts, appears to have caused
only minimal environmental dam
age.
But don’t start celebrating prema
turely.
Earlier this year, it was revealed
that a power company in Florida
planned to import coal from South
Africa as fuel for two generating
plants.
Wait till Dutch coal ships of
Panamanian registry start breaking
up off Massachusetts. Then you’ll
really see an environmental disas
ter.
I can see the headlines now:
“GIANT COAL SPILL THREAT
ENS NEW ENGLAND COAST.”
What, you might ask, would a
ship carrying coal from Johannes
burg to Florida be doing off Massa
chusetts?
That, as it happens, was one of
the questions I put to Sam Ter-
rabuena, an environmentalist who
brought this situation to my atten
tion.
“Captains of Dutch ships of
Panamanian registry are notoriously
poor navigators,” he explained. “No
matter where they are bound,
sooner or later they veer off to Mas
sachusetts and break up on a reef.
“We are seeking changes in the
maritime law to require that im
ported coal be carried in American
ships, which stand a better chance
of making it from South Africa to
Florida without menacing Massa
chusetts.
“Meanwhile, our best bet is to
persuade coal importers to switch to
some other type of fuel. Wood, for
.example.”
I said, “You environmentalists
aren’t worried about log spills?”
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Not at all,” Terrabuena replied.
“If the logs drifted ashore, the
beaches would immediately be
cleaned up by driftwood collectors.
“But if some of that coal washed
up on Cape Cod, the tourist busi
ness would be ruined.”
How so?” I asked.
“Who’s gonna wanna go to the
beach if every time you venture into
the ocean you step on a lump of
coal? A thing like that could spoil
your whole vacation. ”
I said, “Well, there’s one good
thing about a coal spill. It wouldn’t
harm the birds any.”
Wouldn’t it now?” said Ter
rabuena sarcastically. “And what if a
near-sighted pelican diving into the
surf for fish mistook a lump of coal
for a black sea bass?
“With that much extra weight in
its pouch, the poor thing would
sink.”
I said, “Okay. Maybe the birds
and tourist trade would suffer. But
at least it wouldn’t hurt the fish.”
Terrabuena gave me a withering
look. “How can you say a thing like
that? A coal spill would be a catas
trophe for the New England seafood
industry.”
What catastrophe? Why would
the seafood industry be hit?”
Because it’s hard to sell lobsters
with black lung disease.”
campus activities
WEDNESDAY
El Paso Hometown Club, Election of
officers, MSC 141, 7:30 p.m.
Dance Arts Society, Modem, G. Rollie
White 266, 7:30 p.m.
Student Senate, Harrington 204, 7:30
p. m.
Dead Week.
Campus Crusade for Christ, MSC 141,
5 p.m.
Chi Alpha, MSC 139, 6:15 p.m.
Omega Phi Alpha, Rudder 501, 6:30
p.m.
Recreation Bridge, MSC 206, 7 p.m.
Forestry Science, MSC 212, 7 p.m.
Beta Beta Beta, Rudder 301, 7 p.m.
Motorcycle Club, Rudder 404, 7:30
p.m.
Historical Archeology, Rudder 601,
7:30 p.m.
OPA Pledge Class, MSC 137, 7:30 p.m.
Social Dance Club, MSC 201, 7:30
Circle K, MSC 141, 7 p.m
Skeet & Trap, MSC 140A, 7:30pj
Free U-Recreation Folk Danci,
MSC 224, 7:30 p.m.
Aggie AHemanders, MSC 212,
FRIDAY
Dead Week.
Spring Semester Classes End.
Commencement, Dr. Kennelk,
Ashworth, G. Rollie White Coliseum,!;
p.m.
Students International Med.
MSC 145, 12 noon.
Iranian Students Association,
141, 6:30 p. m.
Inter-Varsity Fellowship, Ruddei
7 p.m.
African Students Association,
510, 7:30 p. m.
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p.m.
Speleological Society, Rudder 504, 8
p.m.
University and College Designers
Show, Rudder Tower 301, 9a.m. to 3 p.m.
THURSDAY
Dead Week.
Faculty Achievement Awards Pro
gram, Rudder Auditorium, 3:30 p.m.
Seminar, Dr. Andrew R. McFarland,
Departments of Agricultural and Civil
Engineering, “Air Quality Studies,”
Scoates 214, 2 p.m.
Student Chapter American
Meteorological Society, Solar Energy
Films: “Sun Power for Farms," “Chal
lenge of the Future,” and “Energy-The
American Experience,” continuous show
ings of the films from 11 a. m. to 1 p.m. in
Oceanography-Meteorology 1210 and
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Oceanography-
Meteorology 1213 (free admission).
Laredo Hometown Club, Rudder 410,
7 p. m.
SATURDAY
Commencement, Dr. Kennelk
Ashworth, G. Rollie White Colisem
a.m.
Commissioning, Gen. David C.
G. Rollie White Coliseum, 1:30p.i
Final Review, Main Drill Field,
p.m.
Boot Dance, MSC 201, 8 p.m.
Society of Iranian Students,
302, 7 p.m.
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SUNDAY
Mother’s Day.
MSC Recreation Chess, MSC 211
p.m.
APO Pledge Meeting, Rudder till
p. m.
SCONA, MSC 216T, 8 p.m
Alpha Lambda Delta, Organizationp
tore for Aggieland (wear Sunday '
Zachry 102, 2 p.m.
TUESDAY
Brazos County A&M Club, “I
Night,” Ramada Inn, 6:30 p.m
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Many children, little mom
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United Press International
ST. LOUIS — An alarming
number of American children,
perhaps as many as one million a
year, are victims of incest.
Families involved usually have
too many children and too little
money. The trauma that incest
brings may be considered less im
portant than loss of income if the
father were jailed.
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fear of losing what small incoffi
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