THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1980
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United Press International
GALVESTON — An empty oil
tanker struck a banana freighter in
fog near the entrance to Galveston
Bay early Tuesday, tearing a 30-by-
30-foot hole in the freighter’s side.
There was no serious injury or fire
in the collision of the Venezuela-
bound tanker Cephalonia, which
was carrying only water ballast, and
the Galveston-bound freighter Lord
Frontenac, Coast Guard spokesmen
said.
The 34 crew members of the
freighter abandoned ship, but four
crewmen returned to close bulk
heads and man pumps to keep the
vessel afloat while tugs towed it to
Galveston, spokesmen said.
Lt. Gabriel Kinney said the Fron
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Supportive candidates to get
pro-abortion group funding
United Press International
AUSTIN — A Texas pro-abortion
group announced Tuesday it has
formed a political action committee
to channel funds to state legislative
candidates who support free-choice
abortion proposals and oppose those
who want to ban all abortions.
Peggy Romberg, director of the
Texas Abortion Rights Action
League, said the organization also
will screen congressional candidates
in Texas to assist the national abor
tion rights organization in campaign
ing for those who take a “pro-choice”
stand.
The move is the first time the pro
abortion groups have become active
ly involved in Texas politics.
Romberg told a news conference
anti-abortion groups have obtained
an inordinate amount of influence on
politicians because of their efforts in
campaigns, and released a public
opinion poll she said indicated 88
percent of the voters in Texas favor
legalized abortions, at least under
some circumstances.
She conceded, however, that the
poll shows people as favoring abor
tions even if they support abortions
only under very restricted circumst
ances, such as when the mother’s life
is in danger or in cases of rape or
incest.
TARAL has chapters organized in
Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Mid-
land-Odessa and in El Paso, and is
working to form chapters in Lub
bock, Amarillo and Austin, Romberg
said.
The organization also is estab
lishing a speaker’s bureau to work
along with its political action group
called Choice-PAC.
“We are hopeful that such actions
will stop further erosion of women’s
rights,” she said.
She noted there were 11 anti
abortion bills introduced in the
Texas Legislature last year.
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U.S. and Mexico negotiate
future oil spill cleanups;
Ixtoc I blowout disputed
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United Press International
DALLAS — The United States
and Mexico are nearing an agree
ment on how to handle future oil
( spills that endanger the coastline of
■either nation, the Dallas Times
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Mexican chief
■here for talks
United Press International
AUSTIN — Drug smuggling and
the flow of illegal aliens are matters
of deep concern to both Gov. Bill
Clements and Alfonso Martinez
Dominguez, governor of the Mex
ican border state of Nuevo Leon.
The two governors planned to
meet Tuesday to discuss those and
other problems and to talk about
sales of oil and gas by Mexico to
Texas and other U.S. customers.
Clements planned to lead his
guests on a tour of the Capitol and
then meet privately with Martinez
Dominguez for an hour in a con
tinuation of discussions begun in
Mexico last fall.
Martinez Dominguez is the first of
four Mexican border state governors
ltd visit the Texas Capitol at Cle-
iments’ invitation, offered when he
Jvisited the four Mexican state capit-
jals last year to begin discussions of
(topics of mutual concern.
Herald reported Tuesday.
The agreement primarily con
cerns cleanup coordination and does
not deal with liability, the newspap
er said. It may be delayed, however,
because the-Uni ted States is. insist
ing fhe Ixtoc I spill be included in the
agreement.
The Ixtoc I, a Mexican oil well in
the Bay of Campeche, has been spill
ing oil since June 3 with much of it
washing up on the Texas coast. Un
less the well is capped, a shift in gulf
currents will again carry oil to Texas.
The Times Herald reported a
source involved in the negotiations
said Mexican authorities did not
want the Ixtoc spill included.
Bob Krueger, U.S. ambassador-
at-large for Mexican affairs, said the
agreement would provide for coordi
nation of spill information and
cleanup efforts. He said the talks
were “well on the way toward a final
agreement” and should be con
cluded within 90 days.
Under the proposal, one nation
would immediately notify the other
when a spill occurs and, if necessary,
a liaison would be named to coordin
ate response teams from both na
tions.
“It is not so much to address liabil
ity as it is to develop a procedure for
responding to crises for both coun
tries, in an international framework
without questions of individual
sovereignty,” Krueger said.
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company and en route from Costa
Rica, was gored in the middle of its
left side by the tanker.
The tanker escaped heavy damage
but anchored pending Coast Guard
inspection.
Coast Guard spokesmen said a
slick of oil mixed with other pollution
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extended from the freighter shortly
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Officials said the slick was from
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the ship’s fuel tanks, which did not
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The accident occurred within a
mile of the wrecked tanker Burmah
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It burned for 79 days and is now
being emptied of remaining oil be
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Ag exhibit opens
convention hall
United Press International
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — This
city’s new convention center, part of
a $212 million construction and re
novation program, officially opened
this month with an exhibit of the
Michigan Grain and Agricultural
Dealers.
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