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Pages THE BATTALION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1979 Of - Hou-^e oc Kae>&5 (frve dMvtry) CoO' £>4G>-or 2>* ( *- < b4 / l‘2- the state Texas boundary dispute to be filed i[j‘Pool'd Pan/k Let us babysit for you while you enjoy the game! $7.00 package for 5 hrs. of FUN 12:30 to 5 p.m. Package includes: lunch, skating, golf, . bumper cars, snacks. V ft For information call 693-5737 OPEN 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Across from College Sta. Water Tower United Press International AUSTIN — Attorney General Mark White announced Thursday he will file suit against the state of Okla homa in the U.S. Supreme Court to settle a dispute over the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma. At issue is the boundary between the states from the western edge of Lake Texoma to the northeast comer of the Army Corps of Engineers’ property south of the Red River in Grayson County. Texas contends the boundary should be the south cut bank of the Red River as it existed prior to the construction of the Denison Dam. White said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which has authority to regulate sale of electric ity in interstate commerce, is seek ing to readjust the states’ boundary in order to bring Texas under its jurisdiction. By failing to intervene, the Texas attorney general said, the state of Oklahoma is interfering with the Texas’ sovereignty of the area in con troversy. IBM structure wrecked by fire no threat to employees in the main P£KWG CH1KCSC RcSThURAKT STITOESTT SPECIAL NOON BUFFET 2.95 SUNDAY EVENING BUFFET 3.55 Special Dinner 2.50 to 3.50 Mon. to Sat. 5:30 to 9:30 Open Daily 11:80 a.in. to 2 p.m. 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. 1313 S. College Ave. Bryan 822-7661 United Press International AUSTIN — Sixteen Austin fire fighting units, the entire fire cadet class and elements of the Round Rock and Jollyville fire departments fought a five-alarm blaze late Wednesday at an IBM building under construction near the main plant. Flames shot 50 to 60 feet above the unoccupied structure, but posed building about a quarter of a mile from the fire. There were no injuries, but dam age to the unfinished building was extensive. The building, under construction since the summer, was to have housed a circuit packaging facility, said Jerry Carlson, an IBM official at the scene. STEAK A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE IN GOOD FOOD, FUN AND FRIENDS. 2528 S. Texas College Station m vAuivY) tU. \yroy\iMWdJi^ Mkrtr anail secular sdcoL dmn tk 3:00 prt. CELEBRATE;. I ^ tseas civic canal %■ * CO-HO0rEb BY satUUtiACHER, MOORE, MOSES, V/AUTOU RXE RE6IDBTIB ALL 0IKLL5 FREE 5UD5 C01RIE3Y QF PASTA’B — gf-PUWGH-, MUWGHlBb, COOWE6 FOR, YOUTL EMJOYMEMT Explosions in oil tank spread oil in Gulf Con United Press International GALVESTON — A round of explosions on the wrecked oil tanker Burmah Agate has blown a hole in the port side of the vessel and split a seam between two cargo tanks, the Coast Guard said Thursday, and rough seas are preventing the skimming of oil still seeping into the sea. “A series of explosions Wednesday night sent burning oil over gulf waters a distance of 100 feet from the vessel at which point the flames exting uished themselves in rough seas,” a Coast Guard spokesman said. “One explosion sent flames 30-40 feet skyward and led observers on the scene throughout the night to believe a hole was blown in the port side of the vessel.” There was no significant damage to the ship’s hull, the spokesman said, though a ““narrow seam was opened along the deck between the No. 7 and 9 port tanks.” No oil was seen coming from the tear, but oil continued to seep from the ship and northerly winds were carrying it south and southwest along the Gal veston coast for six miles, the Coast Guard said. Coast Guard strike teams and Navy supervisor salvage personnel were unable to conduct offshore oil skimming operations Wednesday due to 5-6 foot seas and winds more than 20 knots, officials said. The Burmah Agate, on which there have dozens of small explosions in the past three dan lain crippled five miles outside the entrancet veston Bay since it collided with the 482-footL ter Mimosa, Nov. L Thirty-two men died Coast Guard spokesman David Paxton said was a “slight impact” of spilled oil Tuesdayni Bolivar Peninsula, northeast of Galveston Bai ance, but “it was so slight there’s no attempttc it up.” It was expected to wash out with the: fie said an explosion about 10p.m. Tuesdavi ship’s No. 7 of 36 compartments temporaii creased oil spilling from the vessel and Wedns slick extended four miles to the southwest patch 10 miles from the ship. t hillel f Founda Portions of a 150-mile stretch of Texas bead been blackened, but public areas haveheencle Spokesmen for Burmah Oil Tankers Ltd operates the vessel, have said they hope the burn itself out within the next week, tinuing explosions caused concern for oil-filled compartments. ' undd: The company planned to remove theremar: the 16 million gallon cargo of crude, whit! bound for Crown Central Petroleum Co. ofHi Experts estimate half the cargo has been lost,: the fire and the rest spilled. Freighter being repaired Cause of collision soughi aggie b< Intramu PURE PR- Coliseu elephap shirts in ARTEXH] J.W. Rc the Lit through SOCIOLO floor of All Soci VICTORY School Aldersg SAINT AN Party fr sponsor GROMET MSC BAS! and Bay Coffeeh United Press International GALVESTON — Workmen are patching a 3-foot-wide hole in the Greek freighter Skymnos, which struck an unmanned offshore gas platform 13 miles outside Galveston Bay. An investigation into the cause of the collision is under way, officials said. A Coast Guard spokesman said the ship’s captain claimed the platform was not lighted, but the owners of the platform have disputed that claim. The accident occurred about 5 a.m. Wednesday, 5 miles east of the burning wreckage of an oil tanker that collided with another freighter a month ago. The Skymnos was empty and bound for Houston to pick up a load of fertilizer when the collision ripped the hole below the waterline of the 495-foot vessel. Water poured in at 500 gallons per minute, but the freighter continued to Galveston Bay where it was anchored and emergency pumps were taken aboard to keep it afloat. The Coast Guard reported no in juries, fire or pollution when the freighter hit the two-well gas plat form operated by Oxy Petroleum Inc., a subsidiary of Occidental Pet roleum Corp. “We re just trying to get a plug in there so we can save the ship,” said Ben Reynolds, a spokesman for the vessel’s underwriters. “They’re put ting divers down so they can put a temporary patch — a piece of steel plate — on it.” Occidental spokesman Carl Blu- may said damage to the platform, on which no gas was flowing because a pipe line was unfinished, was “minor, less than $100,000. ” He said it lost a ladder and incurred damage to a brace and a leg. “The captain of the ship is saying the platform wasn’t lighted, said Coast Guard Ensign Dave Paxton. “That’s incorrect,” Blumay said. “All navigation and warning lights on the platform were working and were visible to workers on a company plat form two miles away.” • Coast Guard Lt. Don Zelazny said, “I don’t know if it was foggy at time of collision or not. ” He said the freighter “was not loaded and had very little fuel on board, so the possi bility of pollution was mir Spokesmen said theplalb [INDIA AS .50 feet of water in a ship a area outside the mam te leading to the Galveste Houston Ship Channelenh Zelazny said the plat miles east-northeast of the 772-foot tanker Burmak which collided with the Mimosa Nov. 1 and bask FOOTBAI spilled oil for 28 days. 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