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Page 6 THE BATTALION THURSDAY. AUGUST 16. 1979 Ships rescue yachting survivors: 13 killed United Press International PLYMOUTH. England — Naval vessels working off the west coast of Britain Wednesday rescued Admi- ral s Cup race survivors from scores of disabled yachts, battered by a fierce Atlantic gale that killed more than a dozen yachtsmen. Race officials said 13 people died in international racing’s worst disas ter when the storm, with only 30 minutes warning by radio, slammed into the fleet of 330 yachts compet ing in the Fastnet race early Tues day. Eleven of the dead were British and the 12th was identified as F.H. Ferris, an American living in Lon don and skipper of the Ariadne. The nationality of the 13th was not im mediately known. Among those to finish the 605- mile race unharmed was Ted Turner, owner of the Atlanta Braves baseball team and skipper of the 1977 America’s Cup winner. Courageous. Turner crossed the finish line aboard his yacht Tenacious at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, 79 hours after he started from Cowes, to take the overall lead on corrected time. Former British Prime Minister Edward Heath, captain of Britain’s Admiral’s Cup team had radioed an SOS Tuesday but was reported safe Wednesday and attempting to finish the race. Rescue helicopters and surface vessels were “working flat out” to MANOR EAST 3"—I A long time ago in a galaxy jbr; jar away.. 2:30-4:55-7:30-9:55 ' Stereophonic Sound , PG|PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED g&l PlfH I DOLBY SYSTEM I MM! MATHUAl ■«** WOT 81 SUIT XU >(X» PtiTnUACIBS | I L ' 1977 20TH CENTURY-FOX ALIEN 2:25-4:50-7:20-9:50 TOM SKERRITT SIGOURNEY WEAVER VERONICA CARTWRIGHT HARRY DEAN STANTON JOHN HURT IAN HOLM .naYAPHET KOTTO&. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER RONALD SHUSETT PRODUCED BY GORDON CARROLL. DAVID GILER •rxJ WALTER HILL DIRECTED BY RIDLEY SCOTT STORY BY DAN O BANNON and RONALD SHUSETT SCREENPLAY BY DAN O BANNON MUSIC JERRY GOLDSMITH PANAVISION* EASTMAN KODAK COLOR* PRINTS BY DELUXE* “Wait till you see the weird part.” INKOXIM mMM wmv ? m | w—wcrwa ■ wiiiNM wniKMna amr UM • **juuk'x**Y Menses SKYWAY TWIN ***** WEST WARRIORS UP IN SMOKE EAST MALIBU HIGH PLUS TEACHER CAMPUS ****** MICHAEL DOUGLAS, JACK LEMMON & JANE FONDA CHINA SYNDROME; j help yachtsmen and disabled boats still in the sea between England and Ireland, Irish officials said. Winds of 65 mph and massive seas caught the yachts Tuesday as they sailed from the Isle of Wight around Fastnet Rock and back to Plymouth in the final leg of the Ad miral’s Cup five race series. There were 55 Admiral’s Cup yachts from 19 nations among the fleet of 330 craft sailing the race. Authorities in England and Ire land coordinated rescue efforts and by early Wednesday said 24 yachts sank or were abandoned and 84 boats returned to port. A Coast Guard spokesman at Land’s End said 249 yachts were ac counted for and race officials at Plymouth said 171 people were re scued. Many of the yachts continued the race. The Argentine yacht Acadia, on charter from its U.S. owners, was the first Admiral s Cup entry over the finishing line early Wednesday. If. Eddie Dominguez 66 Joe Arciniega ’74 Pardon my foot Steve Powell shows first-degree black belt Terry Miglicco why he is a third-degree black belt at a local karate academy. Means $1.1 billion to Westinghouse Filipinos skeptical over safety of reactor being built in Bataan Texas anc If you want the real thing, not frozen or canned . . . We call It "Mexican Food Supreme." Dollas location: 3071 Northwest Hwy 352-8570 United Press International MORONG, Philippines — It was just a quiet fishing town before work started on the nuclear power plant. Now the fish have disap peared and the still-unfinished project is the center of a national controversy. “The fish moved away two years ago when workers began construc tion on the plant,” 18-year-old villager Teodora Santos said. “Fisher men now have to go farther out to sea to find fish.” Westinghouse Electric is building the $1.1 billion plant for the Philippines government in the economically backward town of Morong on the World War II battleground of the Bataan Peninsula, 19 miles from the Subic Bay Navy Base and U.S. 7th Fleet repair yard. Last month, President Ferdinand Marcos suspended work on the plant because of his fear of a repetition of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident near Harrisburg, Pa. He threatened to scrap the project altogether unless assured by Westinghouse that the plant will not imperil Morong’s 10,000 fisher men and farmers and other nearby towns. A three-member panel was appointed to determine whether adequate safeguards have been taken to avoid a repeat of the Three Mile Island incident. Westinghouse officials say there is only a “re mote possibility” of such an accident and hope to resume construction shortly. Ur SAN A Archdioc* sumed th jg the s Vietname eral cil The m xurred ofSeadril Iment offk ingthe w strugg shrimpers to oni The off countrymen, but look at those Americans who are already welU soothing vanced in their technology. They still had this Harrisburg accident The peninsula’s fishing industry accounts for two-thirdsLouisiana In Seat Morong’s municipal income. Fishermen said the fish began to leave in 1977, when Ameriz southeasl and Filipino teams leveled a 195-foot high mountain ofcoconuttr® Chief Bill and rice fields where a huge cylindrical building for a pressurize ienews water reactor now stands. Earth from the leveled mountain was dumped into the sea a fwiple ba streams. Oil spills from trucks completed the pollution job. Morong residents fear the fish won’t return because of the b waste water the plant will discharge at the rate of 600,000 galkn Port Lava daily when it becomes operational. Mrder They also are concerned about disposal of nuclear waste fromspei! Yfetname of Billy j the illai uranium fuel. Plant experts say the hot water discharge will be tolerable fa Also befo aquatic life, and lowgrade wastes will be mixed with cement andlceS plosives in steel drums until burial sites are found. After Marcos last month ordered public hearings on the plauti safety, criticism of the project snowballed. The main fire came from former Senator Lorenzo Tanada, a leadui opponent of Marcos’ martial law regime. Aree Se police ai Since hetnamt if four V One criticism is that a nuclear reactor would increase Philippi* he shoot race. Al *se wh ae shoot Some iose Vi< Honsigni ! Sun Theatres 333 University 846-9808 The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Week 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Thurs. lO a.m.-3 a.m. Fri.-Sat. No one under 18 Ladles Discount Wltti I hi* Coupor. BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS . dependence on the United States and other Western countries Besides depending on the U.S. Import-Export Bank and othn foreign lenders for the project’s financing of $800 million, thegovn* ment also must rely on foreign sources for maintenance, spare part and uranium fuel. Critics also argue that the Philippines, already saddled with anS brmed < billion foreign debt, will be further at the mercy of foreign countrio nth ca — a situation that haunts the Third World. The Morong project has been wracked with controversy from ’■< start. Two years ago, U.S. media claimed Westinghouse clinchedt Philippine nuclear deal by paying huge commissions to a “crom Marcos. The furor died after Westinghouse said there was noth::- improper in the transaction. Even without the controversies, construction is nearly a yearly hind schedule. Government sources said further delay is ahead he cause of the refusal of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issue Westinghouse an export license for the plant. Lou’s Worried! He needs Used Books — He’s buying Books NOW He’d Rather Buy Books from You. tFLOUPOT'SOT North Gate — Across from the Post Office At the Corner YOU CAN PLAY... | Layaway 'Terms with easy play Speed Music from Keyboard Center Yairi, Alvarez, and others, ask to set Vt* which are stored max away from display | KcyboARd Center ( Baldwin Pianos, | Organ*. Fun Machines. Player | Pianos J Manor East MaII Bryan • 779-7080 Randy Stuart, Owner Your Favor** Songs in E*r< Play Spaad** OptN 6 DAys Til 6 PM But fears over the Morong plant do not stem from the Harriski) jfthe U. accident alone. The plant, now 20 percent completed, alsoliesce San Ante tween two dormant volcanoes only 12 miles from an earthquake Wt Catholic I Despite Westinghouse assurances that the plant can withstand earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale and survive the imp* locate a of a combat plane or a jumbo jetliner, fears of an accident from huia mderstar error remain “We don’t believe in our Filipino experts, ” said Morong tun councilman Juan Mendoza. “We re not saying this to belittle* ;t both The of »« assn tie Gul ‘I’m h •ell havi A Calh