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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1977 Truck blowup suits moved to Laredo Page %: United Press International I LAREDO — Thirty-two civil suits Lokinn millions of dollars in dam- iL as the result of an April 29, ■975 butane truck explosion at ■agle Pass have been transferred to, llilth District Court in Webb ; County. ilhe suits ask for damages in the deaths of 11 persons and injuries to several others when the butane 'truck exploded and its tank rocketed into a mobile home park on the out skirts of Eagle Pass. Defendants include Surtigas, j S.A , a Mexican company which owned the truck; Lubbock Manufac turing Co., Fontaine Truck Equip ment Company and the estate of desus Verduzco, driver of the truck who was killed in the blast. I The court transferred the cases to ®|ared() on pleas of privilege, which gHypiow the suits to be tried in a de- Bpndant’s home county. It also se vered Laredo Diesel, Inc. and Modern Machine Shops, Inc., also of Laredo, as defendants. Plaintiffs in the suit live in Eagle Pass, neighboring Piedras Negras, Mexico, Del Rio, Uvalde, San An tonio and various parts of Mexico. The U.S. Government also has joined as a plaintiff, suing for dam ages to automobiles, mobile homes and other property belonging to the Department of Immigration and Naturalization. Other cases connected with the explosion will be tried at Del Rio and Dallas on pleas of privilege from other defendants. The plaintiffs contend the truck’s fifth wheel was defective, touching off the explosion. They allege that Modern Machine Shop installed the fifth wheel for Laredo Diesel, Inc., which owned the truck before Sur tigas, S.A., purchased it. Miller to go to man / sea conference The “Fourth Student Conference on Marine Affairs” will feature Dr. Jarvis Miller, president of Texas A&M University, and will be held in Corpus Christi, Sunday through Wednesday of next week. Student delegates from 45 colleges and universities meet with speakers and panelists from government, industry and educational institutions during the three-day program on “Living With the Sea.” The conference is sponsored by Texas A&M’s Center for Marine Resources with support from the Sea Grant College Program and the Link Foundation. Panelists from government, industry and academia will give their views on a spectrum of marine-related subjects including fisheries, recreation, science and the future of man in the sea. The panelists include Dr. Michael Heeb, National Sea Grant Advi sory Board; Dr. T. Walker Lloyd, oceanographic consultant for Rolex Corp.; Dr. Richard Heimbach, chief of hyperbaric medicine at Brooks Air Force Base School of Aerospace Medicine; Morgan Well, NOAA; Dr. Sylvia Earle, California Academy of Science; and David Burney, attorney for the U.S. Tuna Foundation. * \Baby spiders ‘balloon United Press International BERKELEY, Calif. — Millions of baby spiders went "ballooning” over Ihe San Francisco Bay Area Tues- |ay, filling the sky with loose-knit cobwebs. Blobs of silky filament drifted to- ;ether and floated to earth from as igh as 2,000 feet as a result of mi- 1 M B ' grating spiders. Law enforcement authorities said Jroublesome, sticky cobweb strands vere reported clinging to windows, buildings and car windshields. Air- ine pilots also reported streamers. "I don’t mind flying through a Jpider web,” quipped one pilot after anding. “Just keep me away from takes g Hall, eem to nptious the spider who made it.” Deane P. Furman, a University of California entymologist, said spiders are born in great numbers and the migration is nature’s way of keeping them from being destroyed by can nibalism. “The spiders will climb to the topmost part of any vegetation, stick their back ends in the air and spin silk from their spinerettes,” he said. “The silk gets carried skyward by the wind. When bouyancy exceeds the weight of the spider, it is borne aloft. ” He said some migrating spiders have been found in ship riggings as far as 200 miles from land. Campus Names aco, chile dw $1.85 bitas and ... $2.30 -n tortillas ... $2.40 Former director receives award Dr. Richard E. Wainerdi, formerly of Texas A6cM Univer sity, has been awarded the 1977 Hevesy Medal, which is given once a year in recognition of ex ceptional contributions in radioanalytical chemistry. The award was formally pres ented to Wainerdi Wednesday at the International Conference on Nuclear Methods in Environmental and Energy Re search at the University of Missouri. Wainerdi resigned from the University Aug. 31 to accept a position as senior vice president for 3D/International in Houston. He had been a member of the faculty and staff since 1957 and most recently served as associate vice president for academic af fairs and director of the Center for Energy and Mineral Re sources. Ross Volunteers induct 72 juniors Texas A&M’s Ross Volunteers induct 72 juniors Tuesday into me ranks of the honor military unit, which will bring the special company of the Corps of Cadets to 144 members, including seniors. Special guests at the RV initia tion banquet are expected to be President and Mrs. Jarvis Mil ler, and Mrs. Margaret Rudder and Mrs. Elizabeth Cook. Air Force Col. Glenn A. Jones, 1961 Texas A&M graduate and commanding offi cer of a fly ing unit at Davis- Monthan AFB, near Tucson, Ariz., will be the featured speaker. As a Texas A&M under graduate, he commanded the Fish Drill Team and Ross Volun teers. Jones majored in geophysics and was day student liason officer on the Coips staff. Bill Rademacher, 1977-78 commander of the Ross Volun teers, will induct the new mem bers and administer the oath. Also on the program are Robert Stone, company executive offi cer; David Pitzer, administrative officer, and Doug Fogle, first sergeant. The company was founded in 1887 as the Scott Rifles, in honor of the late Col. M. T. Scott, Texas A&M business manager. The company later assumed the name of Gen. Lawrence Sullivan Ross, former governor, Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, command ing officer of the Texas Brigade of the Confederacy and Texas A&M president during 1891-98. 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