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Page 8 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1979 Grand jury in El Paso resumes racket probe United Press International EL PASO — A 23-member fed eral grand jury reconvenes today to take up allegations of racketeering, international drug smuggling, in terstate gambling and interstate transportation of prostitutes and sto len property in several western states. Federal panels also are meeting on connected matters in San An tonio and Seattle, Wash. The probe involves ongoing in vestigations by U.S. attorneys, a U.S. Justice Department “strike force,” the Internal Revenue Serv ice and the FBI along with state and local law enforcement agencies. The federal grand jury in El Paso was seated only two days last week but returned an indictment against the local president of the Bandido motorcycle club, Rudolph James “Shakey” Maio, 31. apartment Feb. 10. The FBI was looking for a shotgun believed used in the murder at tempts on assistant U.S. Attorney James Kerr of San Antonio on Nov. 21. Several weapons were recov ered from Maio’s apartment. Government investigators offi cially said last week the Bandidos were the prime suspects in the murder attempt on Kerr. The day before Maio’s arrest, a pair of Bandidos were arrested in Corpus Christi for carrying fire arms in the vicinity of the county court house. They were officially charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and were later re leased on lowered bonds. The Nueces County sheriff and another officer supposedly were the subjects of a $100,000 murder for hire contract. Maio is awaiting re lease on a bond lowered last Friday. Maio is charged with assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. The alleged assault came while FBI agents searched his Last week, the El Paso panel heard testimony from El Paso homicide detectives investigating the still unsolved murder on Dec. 23 of lawyer Lee Chagra, a frequent Las Vegas gambler. The grand jury is obstensibly try ing to find out what happened to a large amount of money missing from Chagra’s office the day of the mur der. Former friends and associates of Chagra’s were also questioned about the money. The grand jury completed hear ing testimony by talking with Joel Robert Yoseph, who discovered Chagra’s body the day of the mur der. Yoseph, now living in Seattle, complained later about the manner of questions asked him by U.S. at torneys. “I felt from the tone of their ques tions and the message they were try ing to convey to the grand jury, it was just a personal attack on myself and Lee (Chagra),’’ Yoseph said. “I am mildly amused by this alle gation,” said U.S. attorney Jamie Boyd. He added that “sometimes you have to be emphatic to a witness who is recalcitrant at best.” Contemporary cuts for guys and gals^ ‘No Hassle” Hairstyles, Permanent Waves, Sculptured Nails and much more. Our Place is That Place 696-6933 what’s up Tuesday HILLEL CLUB: There will be a guest speaker at 7:30 p. m . at the Foundation Building. AG ECO CLUB: There will be an election of the Cotton Pageant Duchess and a discussion of field trips at 7:30 p.m. in Room 108, Harrington. TENNIS: The tennis team will play against Trinity at 1:30 p.m. in San Antonio. PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR: John Ambler will speak on “The Roles of Nitrogen in Determining Yield of Winter Wheat at 4 p.m. in Room 112, Plance Science Building. MSC TRAVEL COMMITTEE: Interviews for overseas loans will be 6:30-9 p.m. today and tomorrow in Room 216L, S.P.O. PRE-VET SOCIETY: Dr. Hightower will speak on “Nuclear Vet Medicine” at 7:30 p.m. in Room 206, MSC. The spring barbeque will be discussed. BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE: Will discuss very im portant business at 8 p.m. in Room 138, MSC. CAMAC: William Velasquez will speak on the current suit against Bryan concerning the redistricting of voting districts at 7:30 p.m. in Room 301, Rudder Tower. There will be a reception in Room 205, MSC, following the speech. TAMU INTERNATIONAL FOLKDANCERS: Will dance from 7 30 to 10 p.m. Partners are not necessary. BASKETBALL: The men’s team will play Rice University at 7:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. PLACEMENT OFFICE: Graduating seniors who wish to interview for the following companies may begin signing up today for inter views on March 6: The Analyst Inc., Chubb & Son Corp., Ander son Clayton Foods, Dickinson I.S.D., Dresser Industries (Petro leum Services), General Tire & Rubber Co., Hughes Aircraft Co., Martin — Marietta Corp., I.A. Naman & Associates, Oscar Mayer Co., Robertshaw Control Co., Sanger Harris, Sears Roebuck & Co., Standard Oil of Indiana, Tenneco Oil, Texas Highway (Traffic Engineering), Texas Instruments, Tippett & Gee Inc., Trane Co., Western Company of North America. STUDENTS CONCERNED FOR THE HANDICAPPED: All i n . terested students are urged to attend this meeting at 7:30 p. m , in Room 216T, MSC. WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS: Will meet at 6 p.m. in the basement of the Reed McDonald Building. For more information, call 693-9591. TAMU ROADRUNNERS: Election of new officers, discussions of future runs, races and movies will be at 7 p.m. in Room 321, Physics Building. BRIDGE CLUB: Will meet in the MSC at 7 p.m. Check the monitor for room number. Everyone is invited. AGGIE CINEMA: “A Raisin in the Sun,” in which Sidney Poife stars in this humane drama about a poor family that receives a $10,000 insurance check and the family’s different ideas for the money, will be shown at 8 p.m. in Room 201, MSC. PLACEMENT OFFICE: Graduating seniors who wish to interview for the following companies may begin signing up today for inter views on March 7: Amoco Pipeline, The Baylor Co., Cargill In c . Cutler Hammer, Deere & Co., Drilco, Dresser Industries Inc’ Entex Inc., Gibbs & Hill, Harlingen I.S.D., Laventhol & Hor- wath, McAllen I.S.D., McGraw-Edison, Manhattan Construc tion, Marsuco, Oscar Mayer, Sanger-Harris, Square D Co., Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, Teledyne Brown, Texas Instruments! Trano., United Energy Resources, Voelke Cabaniss. ea >e£ Pi Thursday Wednesday PHI THETA KAPPA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: There will be a meeting at 7 p.m. in Room 140A, MSC, to discuss the state and national conventions. SAN ANTONIO HOMETOWN CLUB: There will be a meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Room 701, Rudder Tower. TAMU SURF CLUB: There will be a presentation of “Coin’ Surfin’” followed by a general meeting at 8 p.m. in Room 601, Rudder Tower. MSC ARTS COMMITTEE: All members must attend a meeting at 7 p.m. in Rooms 604A & B, Rudder Tower. TAMU SPORT PARACHUTE CLUB: There will be a meeting at 8 p.m. in Room 301, Rudder Tower. SMITH COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: There will be a meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Willowick I Apartment Party Room. For more information, call 845-6452. TAMU STAMP CLUB: Will host the Van den Booms, noted collec tors and dealers in stamps of the world, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 501, Rudder Tower. TAMU HUMAN FACTORS CLUB: Dick Reamer will speak on “Human Factors Aspects in Aircraft Accident Investigation" at 8 p.m. in Room 342, Zachry. TAMU WATER SKI CLUB: There will be an all day exhibition at the MSC Fountain. CLASS OF ’80 COUNCIL: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 350A, MSC. BRAZOS VALLEY ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF: There will be a meeting for educators, students, deaf persons and parents of the deaf at 7 p.m. at 2806, Normand Drive. MSC TRAVEL COMMITTEE: There will be an informational meet ing for those who want to study, work or live overseas at 7:30 p.m. in Room 205, MSC. TAMU FENCING CLUB: Rollie White Coliseum. Will meet at 8 p.m. in Room 261, G. SWIM TEAM: The women’s team will compete in the TAIAW Championships in Lubbock all day. CEPHEID VARIABLE: The Point, ” an animated film that tells the story of a kingdom in which everything and everybody has a point — except a boy named Oblio, will be shown at 8 & 10 p.m. in Room 601, Rudder Tower. Admission is 50 cents. 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Interest penalty is required by law for early withdrawal. on holidays, the 800-mile pipeline dumps 1.2 million barrels of North Slope crude into the storage tanks at Valdez for tanker shipment to the “lower 48.” The North Slope field with its proven reserves of 9.6 billion barrels of oil and 26 trillion cubic feet of natural gas is but a fraction of the fossil fuels still hidden in Alaska or off its shores. However, there’s little optimism around the petroleum club in An chorage that any of these untapped, but believedly recoverable deposits will soon end up in America’s cars or kitchens. OIL MEN LIST three negative factors which they say will discour age major petroleum investments in Alaska: high production costs, newly-imposed environmental re strictions, and exorbitant financing costs. The estimated reserves — like Alaska — are huge. Shell’s executive vice-president, C.L. Blackburn, said that more than half of the oil discovery potential in the U.S. is in Alaska. “Shell’s geologists expect 58 per cent of America’s future oil discov eries and 30 percent of its future natural gas finds will be made in Alaska,” Blackburn said. He pre dicted that most of these discoveries and subsequent oil production in Alaska will come from offshore ex plorations. STATISTICALLY, SHELL’S GEOLOGISTS estimate Alaska’s recoverable petroleum resources at 35 billion barrels of crude and 27 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Oil researcher and author James Roscow, who admits that trying to reckon oil reserves accurately is like trying to count snowflakes in a bliz zard, said even the more moderate estimates of the undiscovered petro leum resources in Alaska range up to 80 billion barrels, and the total un discovered natural gas reserves have been calculated as high as 450 to 1,000 trillion cubic feet. BUT PROMISING AREAS along the North Slope have already been placed off limits to drilling crews. Geologists say federal closure of mil lions of more acres under the federal D-W lands program will eliminate other prospects. Jay Mitchell, the public lands coordinator for Atlantic Richfield, blamed President Carter for putting potentially productive oil fields out of reach when he signed the Wilder ness Preservation Act recently. Mitchell said America “may be paying too high a price for Alaskan tundra in terms of lost energy. ‘The Wilderness Preservation Act signed by the president actually shuts out energy exploration for mil lions of unprotected acres as well as the 56 million it brings under federal protection,” Mitchell said. OTHER PETROLEUM SPOKESMEN point out that con struction of the Alyeska, trans-Alaska pipeline was delayed six years and its costs increased from $900 million in 1969 to $8 billion before the first surge of oil entered the 48-inch pipeline. Legal roadblocks by various environmental groups were blamed by the oil men for the nine-and-a-half years that elapsed between the com pletion of Atlantic Richfield’s Prudhoe Bay number one well, and delivery of the first North Slope oil to a refinery. The original timetable called for completion of the pipeline well be fore the 1974 oil crisis. Today the 1.2 getting million barrels now moving throis! ne of tl the pipeline each day just ak y abo equals the Saudi Arabian product® eeling of two years ago. No oil authon^ame in would speculate on just how nun affect this production would haw K-av had upon the Mideast embargot )a little years ago, but all agreed the Aid I know production could have improvf |be ask conditions. lliewa d. o prese :achers, ages, a ie coon Drossr. :ntary 1: cs ques pssner 1 inot to lem but pf how he muinuus. STANDARD OF OHIO’S w ions president Richard Donaldson sa ience that newly-imposed Alaskan tij! ucan have raised “considerable dona they (s about future oil investmentsiBan ans Alaska.” SOHIO’s chairman Alt Whitehouse Jr., said Standard!I Ohio will continue to develop its!* tion of the Prudhoe Bay field and meet its obligations in operating pipeline, “but a reassessment SOHIO’s position on additional vestments in Alaska must be made the light of repeated legislative tions which penalize success. The petroleum industry s unW ^ piness comes from a recently-pa® Umte ( income tax which applies only to ■ 1 . oil companies. A spokesman s:u F'°‘d overall tax burden on Prudhoe; ns ot oil and the Alyeska pipeline had; Id atal creased by 900 percent in the p [ arri DESPITE THE INDUSTB'; jefilm grumblings about high P r0 ^ uc r a s costs, unfair taxeS . n nrl environmental restl 1 ic , ; : I., j 31 Whitehouse admitted that the . e , Slope oil was the biggest factori I > w company’s earnings this V 6 ^ t 1( said,“it will continue to b ^ ..J biggest factor for years to co n ^It damn well better be big, W. fi g1 said, “considering all the ® 01 * — SOHIO borrowed for the Alas ‘ p anu ^ vestment.” c v e-ii Baok HEARNE, TEXAS College Station Bank - Pending 693-1414 (future location 1501 Texas Avenue) ^Member FDIC Roms and Formals X We've got them. A super selection of the latest styles sure to make that special night a memory forever. X Bridals & Formals 707 Texas Tuxedo Rentals Member National Bridal Service Now you know By United Press I ntern £ In Mamaroneck, N. 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