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    THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1980
Page 8
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Lignite research, mining
to be topic of symposium
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By DEBBIE NELSON
Campus Staff
Lignite mining in Texas, from
finding the mineral deposits to re
claiming the strip-mined land, is the
subject of the Texas A&M University
Lignite Symposium today and Fri
day in Rudder Theater.
Organized to present lignite and
coal research being conducted at
Texas A&M, the conference will fea
ture seven technical sessions, each
with several speeches from Universi
ty researchers, to be moderated by
representatives from industries in
volved in energy, such as the Texas
Municipal Power Agency, Dow Che
mical USA and Shell Oil Company.
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The focus of the research is the
Texas A&M Coal and Research
Laboratory, which is funded by
appropriations from the Center for
Energy and Mineral Resources and
from grants from industry and indi
viduals.
Admission is free for students and
faculty/staff. Representatives from
Texas industry, coal and power com
panies and regulatory agencies will
also attend the symposium.
Kurt Irgolic, a chemistry professor
who will speak on new techniques in
determining the trace element com
pounds in lignite, said 100-200 in
dustry people interested in the de
velopment of Texas lignite mining
will attend the conference.
Irgolic cited environmental prob
lems as one major concern in lignite
mining. For example, he said, lift
are dangers of heavy metal and ft
pollution to underground wife
sources and even the possibility
underground water can dry np|i
mining is done improperly.
Today’s topics include a welc®
by Spencer Baen, director of| pe rcc
Center for Energy and Minerallf
sources, at 9 a.m.; sessions on gedi P a > ns
gy of Texas lignites, at 10:30 u and o
resource assessment, at 1:30 pul pl ant
and conversion and utilization,! re P or
3.30 p.m. Th<
Friday’s topics will be minings!
terns, at 8:30 a.m.; environment,i ^
10:30 a.m.; reclamation of distwld R/ -
lands, at 1:30 p.m.; and socioecoi
mic impacts, at 3:30 p.m.;witH
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United Press International
DALLAS — Adam and Eve have
been removed from an art exhibit at
Dallas City Hall but “Para Faucetts”
remains.
Steve Rosen, manager of special
events for City Hall, said Tuesday he
had the sculpture removed because
the “antatomically accurate” nature
of the Adam and Eve figures n
offend citizens.
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The present state senator.
Bill Moore, has worked
against you in Austin.
His record shows he’s out of
touch with the people of the
5th Senatorial District.
Look at the record. Bill Moore:
Sponsored a bill to unionize policemen and firemen. (SB 35)
Consistently voted to raise interest rates--up to 31%--on business
and consumer loans. (SB 253, 69, 10)
Voted to tax groceries. (HB 2)
Opposed a review of state agencies and commissions; this would
reduce growing bureaucracy. (SB 54)
Voted against local control over electricity rates. (HB 585)
Voted against substituting lower-priced generic drugs for higher
priced brand name drugs. (SB 601)
Voted for his own pay raise of $10,200. (SJR 8)
Voted to allow utility companies to increase gas rates before the
Railroad Commission gave its approval. (SB 536)
Kent Caperton will represent all of the people
in the 5th Senatorial District. Kent Caperton.
A new kind of senator for a new decade.
Vote Saturday, May 3, Democratic Primary.
perton
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The work, entitled "Early ,\fc sumer
ing,” depicts Eve wading ina|K j| en t s
and Adam emerging from atek consur
sion set. It is part of an exhibitif:; ^ 0 }-,
sored by the Texas Fine Arts Asst:. j s rX p,
Hon. >( ffis bill
Para Faucetts, a ceramic sc: Thg
ture of a nude female with faic |i- e cec
instead of breasts, was not ts tions,
from the exhibit because it > p ar t mf
“more abstract,” Rosen said, conipa;
“On any show we do, we have:
right to reject what’s pertinentisif
gard to the community standaic
Rosen said. “I personally didn’tk
any problem with the work, ft |j
not any censorship measure, I
pretty graphic. There’s
stract.”
Panel urges
oil show end
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United Press International
TULSA, Okla. — Directorsolt
International Petroleum Exposte
will be asked to decide M»
whether the oil industry show will
held again in 1982 or permair
disbanded.
A special committee of execufc
directors has recommended thatti
IPE, held in Tulsa every third :||
since 1923, be discontinued. ||
Exposition president John 1 ’
Houchin, in a letter announce:
meeting, said recurring finandi |\|l
ses and competition from 4
shows were major factors in the(5
mittee’s recommendation. i
“The expositions of 1976 and f
while successful from manypoi SchfiC
view, resulted in financial losse:' Aocin
aling $254,958.95,” Houchin
Houchin said a study made l YOUr
market research firm indicatedoi hoiRG
expositions, such as the r
Offshore Technology Conferew ^
Houston, now meet the neei
dustry exhibitors and theirf
tomers.
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