THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1979
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United Press International
DEERPAKK — Marine investigators Monday searched for a third
victim in a charred supertanker.
AChevron Shipping Co. official said it might be possible to save the
ip.
“The engine room and pump room are intact, and that’s very
encouraging, ” said William F. Schill, manager of Chevron’s U.S. fleet.
Meanwhile, the Coast Guard has appointed a board of inquiry to
investigate the cause of the blast. The board is expected to convene
today.
Nodamage estimate was given to the Chevron Hawaii, which rested
on the bottom of the shallow Houston Ship Channel at the Shell Oil
Co. refinery. Apparently, lightning caused an explosion and fire
Saturday which spread to a chemical storage tank, two docks and three
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ied. The Harris County Medical Examiner’s office in Houston said a
body found Sunday was Daniel W. Beemer, 32, of Houston. Also
missingwere David E. Stout, 28, an employee of Raytheon Corp., who
wasworkingon the ship’s radar with Beemer, and ship’s crewman Don
'apler.
The tanker contained 50,000 barrels of heavy crude at the time of the
explosion Saturday afternoon. It was not protruding into the main
shipping lane, but oil leaking from it caused the Coast Guard to close
the ship channel from the San Jacinto River to Greens Bayou.
Coast Guard Lt. Harry Lee said, “It was the worst fire I’ve seen. ”
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By ROY BRAGG
Battalion StafT
The A&M Consolidated School
oardMonday night approved a new
schedule for use of district build-
Ihe schedule is the guideline the
strict will use when charging
Itra-curricular and community or-
dshwea rations for use of school
ilities.
The new fee schedule is 15 per-
nt higher than last year’s, accord-
to Assistant Superintendent-
nance Donald Ney. The increase is
tded to offset additional costs in
ilities and maintenance.
There are three subschedules in
new system, one for school or
hool-approved organizations, one
mon-profit organizations based in
A&M Consolidated School Dis
trict, and another for non-profit or
ganizations not based in the district.
The Chamber of Commerce,
churches, or civic clubs are consid
ered non-profit organizations.
School organizations like the pep
squads or the various academic clubs
are exempt from paying the fees.
Application for using district
buildings requires the approval of
Paul Cox, director of Community
Education and the principal of the
building involved.
Advance payment is required for
all building uses, Cox said.
As of Monday, there were 3,508
students enrolled in the district. Dis
trict officials had predicted an
enrollment of 3,700 for this time.
Superintendent Bruce Anderson
said, adding he expected the figure
to rise in the next two weeks.
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WASHINGTON — The car of the
lure may have a plastic gas tank.
The government issued a notice
cently saying it may write rules for
tanks made of materials other
imetal. The tanks would have to
impact- and fire-resistant.
Backers of the plastic tank say it
actually be safer than current
il ones.
Opponents are mainly parking ga-
operators and a fire safety or-
inization: the Institutional and
unicipal Parking Congress and the
re Marshals Association of North
merica.
The National Highway Traffic
ifety Administration has published
notice in the Federal Register ask-
irpublic comment on the plastic
ink concept.
Current safety rules do not specify
ikat materials tanks can be made of
nt do require that all tanks meet
(rtaincrash test standards. Noplas-
ctankshave been offered on cars in
is country except as auxiliaries or
lares.
Volkswagen introduced a plastic
ink during the 1975 model year on
ie Passat, its European version of
Dasher. The company said the
ink can hold more fuel because it
an be bent into different shapes
metal tanks. A Volkswagen
jj! pokesman said tests showed the
^ ilastictank “actually performs better
'^ nacrash test because the plastic will
ive more than the metal.”
NHTSA’s notice was prompted by
petition from Ford Motor Co.
cb, the agency says, is anticipat-
ng “a large increase in the use of
ilastic tanks.” Ford said it was time
oaddress the plastic question now,
indto specify what kinds of fire and
rash standards such a tank would
lave to meet.
A Ford spokesman said such tanks
could be molded into space “that
might otherwise be wasted” and that
they offer “excellent impact and
puncture resistance.”
He also said their lightness will
help reduce the overall weight of the
car and improve its gas mileage. This
in turn would help manufacturers
meet increasingly tight government
fuel economy standards.
The questions being raised about
plastic tanks center not on impact-
resistance, but on possible fire
hazards.
“The greatest problem with
non-metallics such as fiberglass or
high density polyethylene is the fact
that these materials will burn,”
NHTSA says. “In fact, most formula
tions of these materials will soften
and melt prior to or upon ignition. At
this point the contents of the gasoline
tank would be spilled.
“In contrast, gasoline is often re
covered in substantial quantities
from metallic fuel tanks of vehicles
that have been totally consumed by
fire,” the agency adds.
European rules require tanks to
withstand a test involving exposure
to external flames and heat for two
minutes.
NHTSA says its primary concern
is the possibility of a fire “holocaust”
growing out of a small incidental fire
in a densely occupied parking build
ing. The “domino effect” could ignite
many vehicles with non-metallic fuel
tanks that could not withstand exter
nal exposure to fire.
“Also, there is concern that the
proximity of heat sources such as
catalytic converters or exhaust pipes
could melt or deform plastic tanks,
either directly or through conduc
tance of other metal parts such as
bolts or other straps,” the agency
added.
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United Press International
WASHINGTON — The govern-
teit said Saturday it is starting a
ecedeiit : «wcampaign to warn parents their
all children may become “flying
issiles” in auto accidents unless
10 m, Wected by specially designed car
] oan Claybrook, head of the Na-
n 'tional Highway Traffic Safety Admin
istration, said her agency’s “kids n
Brs” safety effort is designed to
;e parents more aware of how
'alnerable their children are in acci
dents.
An unrestrained child in the front
itofacaris three times as likely to
or seriously injured in a
j^li crash as a properly restrained child
ed "Cn? ]Ilt d lerear seat,” Claybrook said.
j pj “Small children who are unre-
n lateii [Gained >n a crash literally become
'Hying missiles.”
Claybrook said some parents mis-
’* takenly think they can protect chil
dren by holding them in cars when in
reality, a child sitting on an adult lap
is likely to be crushed by the adult in
an accident.
She said children weighing less
than 40 pounds should be put in spe
cially designed car seats or beds and
larger children should use regular
seat belts.
In general, Claybrook said, chil
dren should ride in the back seat of
cars, but never in the luggage com
partment of hatchbacks.
Claybrook said her agency soon
will issue a new federal rule requir
ing higher standards for infant car
carriers, child harnesses and car
beds.
Claybrook estimated that 670
children up to age 5 are killed in car
accidents each year and another
1,160 die between ages 6 and 15.
Safety experts believe half those
deaths could be prevented if car
seats and belts are used, she said.
Tourist receives
unexpected help
United Press International
CHICAGO — Erica Schultz, a
German tourist who speaks no
English, lost her airline tickets on a
Continental Air Transport bus at
O’Hare International Airport and
was ready to bail out of her planned
tour of the United States.
But then she talked on the tele
phone to Ernie Voss, a man she had
never met.
“She was going to cancel the trip
and stay with some friends in In
diana,” said Voss, a Continental em
ployee, who dealt with Schultz be
cause he speaks German.
“She wanted me to help her cancel
everything. But I offered to help (fi
nance the domestic flights). She was
stunned by my offer,” added Voss.
He said Miss Schultz told him Fri
day she had retired last week from
her job with an electrical power
company in Berlin and did not have
the money to repurchase her lost
tickets.
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