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Local/ State THE BATTALION Page WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1981 All F aith’s roof has unholy leaks Some might consider opening an umbrella inside a building bad luck. Anyone in All Faith’s Chapel when it rains might consider it necessary. "The roof of the chapel has needed repairs for 10 or 12 years,” said Carolyn Adair, director of student activities. “The sanctuary is not affected badly because of its steeply sloping roof, but the one-story portion with its gradually sloping roof is leaking. ” Howard Perry, associate vice president for student services, said the plaster ceilings are discolored badly and water actually leaks inside the building. “Maintenance has repaired the roof several times, and it has not been satisfactory,” he said. “The plaster is goopy and there is lots of mildew,” Adair said. They want the Physical Plant to take the copper roof off and completely replace it with a foam roof, she said. She said the cost for the repairs will be around $30,000. Nothing has been done about the chapel repairs until now, Perry said, because funding has been a problem. “The money comes slowly,” he said. “Some will come from a modifications and maintenance fund; some will come from gifts to the chapel and to the University.” Adair said funds collected from chapel use will also be used for the repairs along with the general maintenance fund. "It (the maintenance fund) is probably local money,” she said. “Use of state funds for the chapel has been restricted. Adair said she assumes work on the chapel, which she said will have to be done in stages, will be started fairly soon, possibly by the summer. “We’ve had things like building dedication ceremonies in the chapel, and we’ve been embarrassed at the shape it’s in, ” she said. “111 be glad when it’s fixed.” Towing operations in terminal resume slowly Clean-up of ship channel nears completion United Press International HOUSTON — Oil spill remnants that have hampered traffic at a big Houston Ship Channel terminal should be cleaned up by Wednes day, but cleaning stained shores will take at least another week, a Coast Guard spokesman said. Spokesman Doug Bandos said most of the 20,000 barrels of oil spil led in a tanker collision Jan. 24 was trapped in a man-made inlet called Barbour’s Cut where some cargo ter minals are located. It was being vacuumed up. Bandos said the rest of the oil floated to scattered shores on the western coast of Galveston Bay north of Texas City but either was vacuumed from the surface of the water or landed on clay beaches and caused no real harm. “It will take another week or so to and piers, but the massive quantity in Barbour’s Cut (Terminal) will be cleaned by Thursday,” Bandos said. The oil spilled when the 365-foot chemical carrier Lucor Wicliffe struck the 809-foot oil tanker Olym pic Glory in the rear left quarter, tearing a 12-foot gash. No one was injured. Immediately following the acci dent, the Coast Guard temporarily shut off all traffic into and out of the Barbour’s Cut, causing financial woes for shipping businesses that op erate in the area. Most of that business since has resumed, although vessels operating in the vicinity of oil cleanup are asked to move at slow speeds. However, a one-third mile shore of milelong Barbour’s Cut remained closed Tuesday. 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In the committee hearings and the Senate debate on the bill, oppo nents argued that the commission ers’ independence of the board should be preserved. “I think it has worked,” Sen. Chet i Brooks, D-Pasadena, said of the cur rent system. “It has created a ba lance of power with the board. ” His amendment to eliminate the change in status of the commission ers was defeated. “I feel quite frankly that more work will be done and will be better done,” Farabee said. “If commis sioners (answer to the board), they will be responsible and will be on the job. Now they are responsible to no one. The intent of the bill is not to take away their independence. ” Another of Brooks’ amendments, to include a pilot project to help elderly parolees, passed. “Older inmates have peculiar problems that are more complex and more difficult to work with,” Brooks said. Their re-entry problems are much more significant than the prob lems of younger inmates.” The bill authorizes $4.5 million in the next two years for halfway houses to provide supervision for some in mates who might not otherwise be paroled. “There are nearly 30,000 people in prison now,” Farabee said. “Now most who go into the system have already had a few bites of the apple and there are more going into the system who were convicted of crimes of violence. (This bill) might help the overcrowding, if some are paroled who would not be without the super vision.” Under the bill, the Board of Par dons and Paroles has the power to require inmates to pay restitution to victims of their crimes as a condition for parole. Sen. Grant Jones, D-Abilene, tried without success to persuade the Senate to amend the bill to move the Board of Pardons and Paroles from Austin to Huntsville, where the De partment of Corrections, the largest prison and most prison records are located. Sen. 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