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*1 Mississippi hit Iby oil slick Supreme Court opinion: Engineers to bid for jobs )wer hires ; from United Press International NEW ORLEANS — A 561-foot reek freighter Tuesday crashed into a group of barges moored in the ississippi River. About 3,000 gal lons of crude oil was spilled into the iver, the Coast Guard said. The Archimedes slammed into six arges in heavy fog, sending them mattering downstream. The Coast jiiard said the cause of the accident vas unknown. The Greek freighter, carrying a hipment of grain, was slightly dam- iged above the waterline, officials aid. “The hole is in one of its fuel anks, said Coast Guard spokesman Uan Bird. “Some said they were ising the fuel to power the ship vith. We believe about 3,000 gal- ons of No. 6 crude spilled into the river.” The leak caused an oil slick sev- ral miles long and forced the Coast uard to protect Jefferson Parish ater intakes with booms. The slick riginated near the Jackson Avenue erry crossing and was carried ownstream past Jackson Square d the French Quarter within two Ford pleased with wife’s The oil spread along the west bank of the river, but authorities said there was no danger of the spill spreading. Gulf Pollution Corp., a private New Orleans-based firm, was han dling clean-up operations. The accident occurred about two miles upriver from New Orleans. None of the barges which broke loose made its way downstream, the Coast Guard said. THE BATTALION Page 7 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1978 i United Press International WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday professional engineers must be free to bid com petitively for jobs, despite their claim that bidding would endanger public health and safety. The opinion by Justice John Paul The society’s ethics code prohib ited members from submitting price information on a particular project to a prospective client until he has selected a firm and starts negotia tions. Stevens said the society’s code of ethics is not exactly price fixing, but Stevens was another blow to the had worked as “an absolute ban on “learned professions” and a victory competitive bidding, applying with for the Justice Department, which equal force to both complicated and sought an end to the National Soci- simple projects and to both inex- ety of Professional Engineers’ ban perienced and sophisticated cus- on competitive bidding by its 69,000 tomers. ” \members. The engineers’ attempt to justify their restraint on the basis of a threat to public safety and the ethics of the profession “is nothing less than a frontal assault on the basic policy of the Sherman Act, ” Stevens said. Four members joined Stevens’ opinion. Justices Harry Blackmun and William Rehnquist agreed with Stevens but indicated he may have gone too far in applying the antitrust act to all professional societies’ ethi cal rules involving anticompetitive conduct. >•••••••• IN CASH PRIZES determinationi“1! REMEMBBLJURN YOUR WINNING TICKETS NOW! YOU CAN CONTINUE TO PLAY THE SAME CARD. ONLY THE ROW OF WINNING TICKETS HAS TO BE TURNED IN. Odds Chart as of APRIL 8T978 “red t: k United Press International n nfcJ Former President Gerald Ford ffore&aicl Tuesday he is “darned proud it froinBf his wife Betty’s public battle to ie nli Jvercome her drug and alcohol plddiction and “she’s making great since firogress” in a California hospital, ith avtiM She will be a lot stronger and a lot healthier in the future as a re- I prof# lIt >” he ^ • mudill Mrs. Ford, 60, entered the al- ed toilcohol and drug rehabilitation center hepeJat Long Beach Naval Hospital April ill saying she had developed a de- everyl pendence on pain-killing arthritis if the! medication and on alcohol. She said d, prai [he would “rid myself” of the prob- d for a ems. and! is We (the family) are darned 'proud of her,” the former presi- hat ns! dent said in an interview broadcast y In the NBC “Today ” program. “And it|d can report that the treatment she’s jetting is excellent and she’s making eat progress.” Ford said he spent five days — 14 o 15 hours a day — attending lec- ires and discussions with his wife ., at the hospital last week and that she "" W W jll be systematically weaned away from alcohol and drugs before she leave. “Naturally, there’s total absti- lance of any alcohol or medication lefore she leaves,” he said. “There tas to be a withdrawl of the medica- ion because the body has gotten ac- lustomed to these drugs over a )eriod of time. “Her decision, which was tough, equired saying what she did,” Ford aid. “We, and Betty especially, are lopeful that she can be helpful to nany, many others throughout the country if they will simply recognize he problem and do what she’s lone: to go and get treatment where hey can show you it’s curable and ontrollable. “Really the family’s recognition of he situation — the seriousness of it — didn’t develop until the last sev- ral months. She’s strong and was ible to carry out her day to day ac- ivities, certainly in the White Souse, without any inability to do the job. “But in the last several months, the combination of medication pre scribed and alcohol did create a problem. And finally it resulted in all of the family working with her to get the result that is in her best interests and certainly best for all of us.” Business majors honored through awards program JM •• • sun HUTCHINSON • PRIZE VALUE M0 Of PRtm OOOSPOA one rone vmT OOOSFOR 13 STORE VWTt OOOSFOR a STORE vtsm 01.000.00 26 *88,(41 to1 26477,o1 •MJ9 Ml 100.00 in M,959,oi 2,(37,o 1 *469 Ml 20.00 700 6,9M to 1 988 to 1 499 mi 6.00 2,401 2,037 to 1 291 to 1 (46 to l 2.00 7,795 628 to 1 90 to 1 45 tol 1.00 55,572 88 «ol 13 tol 6.5 »1 Trtri Mi. at Prim 66,820 73 «* K) tol s Ml #••••••••# • SPfRRY AND • • HUTCHINSON • t botng ptoyod to th* mlmhty & «M. Arhans**. tmafm 7mm. Schodatod Tarmtoadon Data; APryO „ __ .__f rtofM. 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