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Page 8 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1979 FT)A says shampoo can he harmful Some cosmetics may be dangerous United Press International WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is warning the cosmetics industry some of its products — notably shampoos, bubble baths and various skin creams — may be contaminated with suspected cancer-causing agents. The agency wants the industry “to take immediate measures to elimi nate to the extent possible” any of the agents, called nitrosamines, in its products. It said it believes cosmetic prod ucts can be produced in a method to prevent the substances from being formed, and said it has evidence some manufacturers already have done so. “Cosmetic manufacturers are put on notice that cosmetic products may be analyzed by the FDA for nitrosamine contamination and that individual products could be subject to enforcement action,” the agency said in a notice published in Tues day’s Federal Register. 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MONDAY EVENING SPECIAL Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy Whipped Potatoes Your Choice of One Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea TUESDAY EVENING SPECIAL Mexican Fiesta Dinner Two Cheese and Onion Enchiladas w/chili Mexican Rice Patio Style Pinto Beans Tostadas Coffee or Tea One Corn Bread and Butter WEDNESDAY EVENING SPECIAL Chicken Fried Steak w/cream Gravy Whipped Potatoes and Choice of one other Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner (f( PT) )!) SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE 'wvvilxw Parmesan Cheese - Tossed Green Salad Choice of Salad Dressing - Hot Garlic Bread Tea or Coffee FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL BREADED FISH FILET w/TARTAR SAUCE Cole Slaw Hush Puppies Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee SATURDAY NOON and EVENING SPECIAL Chicken & Dumplings Tossed Salad Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee SUNDAY SPECIAL NOON and EVENING ROAST TURKEY DINNER Served with Cranberry Sauce Cornbread Dressing Roll or Corn Bread - Butter - Coffee or Tea Giblet Gravy And your choice of any One vegetable cured meats has caused a review of those products, and some studies have suggested they may be a by product of some industrial air pollu tion. As far as cosmetics are concerned, the FDA said, nitrosamines appear to be caused by a chemical reaction between amines used to formulate the product and a “nitrosating agent.” “In cosmetics, some of the likely nitrosating agents appear to be nit rites, oxides of nitrogen and some C-nitro compounds,” it said. Some of those substances are not actual ingredients, but enter the product as a contaminant of another ingre dient. The agency said amines, with which the nitrosating agents react, are “widely used as cosmetic ingre dients.” It said they are used “in sham poos, bubble bath products, facial cosmetics and many types of creams and cream lotions.” Tests indicate the highest level of nitrosamine contamination occurs when the nitrosating agent is added as a direct ingredient, FDA said, while lower concentrations result when it enters the product as a con taminant. Bill to restrict warrants for media search United Press International AUSTIN — The House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Wednes day approved a bill barring police searches of newspaper, radio and television station offices in Texas. The bill by Rep. Luther Jones, D-El Paso, was approved 8-0, send ing it to the full House for consid eration. The bill provides that no search warrant may be issued to search the offices of a newspaper, news magazine, radio or television station except for so-called “instrumen talities or fruits” of a crime. It would prevent evidentiary searches of news media files for in formation the organization may have gathered in news reporting. The committee also approved a bill by Rep. Bob Hendricks, D-McKinney, requiring that war rants for any kind of searches of news media offices be issued by a county-court-at-law or higher court judge. Hendrick s bill applies to all kinds of evidentiary search warrants, not just those applying to the news media. what’s up at A&M Thursday CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: Ray Anderson will speak on “Responding to the Faithfulness of God” at 7 p.m. in Room 308, Rudder Tower. GREAT ISSUES: James Estelle Jr., director of the Texas Depart ment of Corrections, will speak on “Texas Prisons: How Good?” at 12:30 p.m. in Room 601, Rudder Tower. JUDGING CONTEST: The Saddle and Sirloin Club continues the Spring Judging Contest at 5 p.m. today in the Animal Science Pavillion. EMERGENCY CARE: The Texas A&M Emergency Care Team will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 510, Rudder, to elect officers and discuss its constitution and club activities. TEXAS AGGIE BAND SENIORS: Will be inducted into an associa tion of former bandsmen at a barbecue at the A&M Consolidated Middle School cafeteria. For reservations call 845-1031. “NAME THE ORGANIZATION CONTEST”: The Off-Campus Student Association and Hassle Free are merging into one organi zation. Those who have a name for the new organization should submit their entries to the Off-Campus center in the MSC by today. Prizes include certificates to Pelican’s Wharf and Last Na tional Bank. OFF-CAMPUS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: There will be an apartment managers get-together from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Room 145, MSC. All students who wish to meet and talk with apartment managers are welcome. TAMU FENCING CLUB: Will meet at 7:45 p.m. in Room 261, G. Rollie White Coliseum. TAMU ROADRUNNERS: Will meet at 5:30 p.m. at G. Rollie White Coliseum for a weekly 1-, 3- and 5-mile runs after a short business meeting. TENNIS TEAM: The women’s team will play TCU in Ft. Worth. SOFTBALL TEAM: The women’s team will play Sam Houston State here at 6 p.m. Friday AGGIE QUARTERHORSE SHOW: Will begin at 8 a m. today and tomorrow at the Equestrian Center on FM 2818. BASEBALL TEAM: The men’s team will play SMU at 3 p.m. in Olson Field. TENNIS TEAM: The men’s team will play Arkansas here at 1:30 p. m. SWIM TEAMS: The men and women’s teams will swim in the AAU Nationals in Los Angeles, California today through Saturday. AGGIE CINEMA: “Heroes,” starring Henry Winkler and Sally Field, will be shown at 8 and 10 p.m. in Rudder Theater. Saturday INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGI NEERS: Will hold its annual spring picnic at Hensel Park from 1-6 p.m. Tickets are available from IEEE officers and in the elec trical engineering office. TAMU WHEELMEN: There will be a metric century ride to Navasota and Carlos. Those who wish to go should meet at the Rudder fountain at 8 a.m. AGGIE CINEMA: “Heroes” will be shown at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater. MIDNIGHT MOVIE: “Return of the Dragon” will be shown in Rud der Theater. TRACK TEAM: The men and women’s teams will compete against Baylor in Waco. BASEBALL TEAM: There will be a doubleheader against SMU be ginning at 1 p.m. at Olson Field. N-blast site to 1) restored United Press Intematioiul CARLSBAD, N.M.-Ui the 1961 Project Gnome ground nuclear blast will stored for possible livestod] in a $2 million decontami program scheduled to begin spokesman reports. The southeastern New! site is located in salt beds a| miles southeast of Carlsbad. George Dennis, of the [ ment of Energy’s Albuquen fice, said he hoped the clean enable the DOE to release! acre site to the cus Bureau of Land Manage® September. The DOE’s Nevada Opi Office said activities leadinj cleanup are under way, will equipment to re-enter the cavity scheduled to arrive about mid-April. Dennis said the Gnome eight miles southwest of I posed Waste Isolation but “It has no connectin WIPP and poses no hazards to it.” Dennis said about the onlt the land in the surroundiij livestock grazing of a poorqi; won’t support many headd he said. While the cleanup removal of restrictions onth the land surface, the DOE office said, restrictions ondii mining near the contamimi ity zone will remain in effei 1 The 3.1 kiloton expert blast, detonated 1,200 feeil the surface on Dec. 10, part of a study by the former Energy Commission todete it would be feasible to steam from the resulting md to generate electricity, Deni He said the study later w doned as unfeasible. The blast was the first coi away from test sites in Ns the Pacific, said Dennis. In the cleanup operation, salt and soil will be crusk ried and pumped into the cavity, the DOE said. A long-term hydrologies program will continue ini to guard against possible m of radioactive materials vii ground aquifers. Among points sampled program are municipal well ing Carlsbad, Loving anil City and surface water ati' River pumping station. The DOE said the radio*! the Gnome site will be ak half of the normal backgroi® sure in Denver. Be PRESCRIPTION STEREO 3602 0LV COLLEGE R0AV BRYAN, TEXAS 77801 • All LPs 80c Over Dealer Cost Gov. ‘shocked’ by tornado effec Discwasher Products Best Sound Around In Car Stereo — PIONEER Speakers CLARION & SANYO Tape Decks We Can Install Most Sys> terns In 2 Hours Michael Johnson with Meisburg & Walters United Press International WICHITA FALLS — A “shocked” Gov. Bill Clements Wed* toured tornado-brutalized Wichita Falls and said he would seel eral disaster aid to rebuild the city. After he and his wife, Rita, viewed the wreckage from a Nali Guard helicopter, Clements estimated the mammoth tornado have caused as much as $300 million in damage. “It’s worse than I anticipated. I was shocked. I’ve hadsomeei] ence with tornadoes before,” he said, referring to a tornado thi his hometown of Dallas 20 years ago, “and I can assure you this! far worse than that.” Clements, in a 25-minute meeting with reporters at the D(] ment of Public Safety headquarters, said city and county officials confirmed 35 fatalities in Wichita Falls, but said “I wouldntgd firm about that 35 number. In flying over the area I would bea surprised if that number is not higher than that.” Later DPS officials reported the death toll was up to 45. T* more persons were killed in nearby Vernon and more than 60dl been hospitalized with injuries from a series of twisters w| through Texas’ “Tornado Alley.” In addition to calling on local, county and state officials tores the city, Clements said he would urge President Carter to ds* Wichita Falls a national disaster area. The city’s loss of water, prompted by a power shortage and sequent loss of pressure, has placed the city in a vulnerable situation, Clements said. A spokesman for Texas Electric Service Co. said 45,000cusl# lost power. Gas stations also were inoperative. Texas A&M University MSC Town Hall Special Attraction April 17, 8:15 Rudder Auditorium Tickets $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 Tickets & Info: MSC Box Office 845-2916 WWW MAKE LIKE A BUNN and GIVE SOME HONEY for i Buy a Gift Box of Honey from the Entomology Club 845-2516 or Rm. 404 Entomology Bldg