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UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: Peanut Butter Fellowship will
begin at 11:30 a. m. at Rudder Fountain. Bible Study will begin at
6:30 p.m. in 145 MSC.
INTER-VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Andy Seidel will
speak on The Authority and Inerrancy of the Bible” at 7 p.m. in
402 Rudder.
TAMU CZECH CLUB: ‘‘R. U. R. — Rossum’s Universal Robots,” a
science fiction play, will be performed at 7 p.m. in 102 Zachry.
Admission is $2. Reception after play.
TAMU SAILING CLUB: Will hold a weekend outing at Lake
Somrnerville-Welch Park.
MSC BASEMENT: The Skunks and Brave Combo will perform at
the Grove at 8 p. m. Tickets are $2.50 at the MSC Box Office. In
ease of rain, the concert will be held in DeWare Fieldhouse.
“THE BIG RED ONE”: This World War II survival story will be
shown at 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium.
“ROCK N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL”: Rebellious teens battle
their militaristic principle and blow their high school to pieces,
as the Ramones sing “She’s the One” and ‘Teenage Lobotamy.”
Midnight in Rudder Auditorium.
TAMU WOMEN’S CHORUS: Will give their spring concert, “A
Musical Variety,” at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater.
CLASS OF ’84: Today is the last day to pick up candid pictures in
Rudder lobby or MSC main hallway.
SATURDAY
CATHOLIC STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: A Hawaiian Luau with
dinner and live entertainment will begin at 7 p.m. in St. Mary's
Student Center. Admission is $3.50.
FIFTH ANNUAL TEXAS A&M MARATHON: Will begin at 7
a.m. from G. Rollie White Coliseum. Entrants may run the
Quarter Marathon(6.5 miles). Half Marathon(13.1 miles), or Full
Marathon(26.2 miles). No entrants will be registered the day of
have a Rummage & Bake
Elementary School Gym on
TAMU CZECH CLUB: “R.U.R.
science Fiction play, will be
TAMU SPORTS CAR CLUB: Will
Dragstrip, leaving at 7 a.m. from Zachry
FIRST YEAR VETERINARY STUDENTS:
dogs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. behind the ’
is $3 per dog. Bring your own leashes and 1
event is cancelled.
“THE BIG RED ONE”: Will be shown at
Rudder Theater.
“ROCK N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL”: Will be !
in Rudder Theatre.
FIRST ANNUAL AGGIE RUGBY T
seven states will compete in this
a.m. on the Intramural Complex Fields.
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AGGIELAND STAGE RACE: This bicycle race will begin at 1 p. m.
at the Main Drill Field.
FISH CAMP: Will have a mandatory counselor meeting at 6p.m. in
Rudder Auditorium.
“101 DALMATIONS”: This Walt Disney classic cartoon will be
shown at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theater.
CATHOLIC STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: Easter Choir practices
at 4 p.m. in the church.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: Meets at 5:30 p.m. in the A&M
Presbyterian Church for the Aggie Supper and meeting.
FIRST ANNUAL AGGIE RUGBY TOURNAMENT: Play will
begin at 8 a.m. at the Intramural Complex Fields, with final
rounds beginning at 2p.m. on the Main Drill Field. Admission is
free.
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CULPEPPER PLAZA
1625 TEXAS AVENUE S.
COLLEGE STATION
•TRAVEL IS OUR BAG'
693-2689
Open 9-5:30 Weekdays, 10-2 Saturday
Corpus Christi grain blasts
prompt union probe demand
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CORPUS CHRISTI — Port Au
thority engineer Nolan Rhodes
wanted the safest grain elevator in
the country and approved $3.5
million in improvements to make
Corpus Christi’s public elevator a
model for the nation.
It blew up anyway.
“I just don’t know what else we
could have done,” Rhodes said
Thursday. “We thought— and we
still believe — we had one of the
safest elevators around.
“I don’t know if there’s any way
to make it safer. I want to know if
there is. ”
The elevator, in a split-second
series of explosions, hurled hun
dred-pound sections of.concrete
more than 100 yards Tuesday,
causing $30 million in structural
age, killing six men and injur
ing 33 others.
Two men, whose bodies have
not been found, are presumed
dead by port officials.
Eighteen workers remained
hospitalized, seven in critical con
dition.
An AFL-CIO division presi
dent, Robert Harbrant, called for
a thorough investigation of grain
elevator explosions in Corpus
Christi and Nebraska, saying safe
methods of grain handling have
been known for 60 years.
“That’s a crock,” Rhodes said.
“We made this the safest around. ”
Rhodes said grain dust, which
pound-for-pound is more explo
sive than dynamite, cannot be
controlled any more effectively
than by the system he had instal
led. AFL-CIO statistics show 44
explosions across the nation killed
more than 100 workers last year.
The National Academy of Scien
ces says the only things needed to
set off an explosion are proper
atmospheric conditions and a
spark.
Bill Kauffman, an NAS investi
gator who has analyzed 11 grain
elevator explosions in the past
three years and was on the scene,
said it could take weeks or months
to determine what sparked the
series of Corpus Christi blasts.
Kauffman said the investigation
could be a long one, involving lots
of study. “We have found a couple
of things that look interesting,” he
said, but refused to elaborate.
The impact of the explosions
collapsed walls, splintered a con
crete building and halted for at
least a year operations of the ele
vator, which towered 214 feet
above the Corpus Christi Ship
Channel. Port officials said they
expected to lose some $100 mil
lion in revenue.
Workers in the midst of the
blasts said there was no warning
and no time to escape. One man
compared them to an atomic
bomb.
The family of one of the victims
filed a lawsuit Thursday against
two Minneapolis engineering
firms which built the new dust col
lection system, asking for unspeci
fied damages. A judge also issued
a temporary restraining order pre
venting removal, destruction or
concealment of any debris or other
material which could be consi
dered evidence.
The suit was filed by Ronnie
Canales, eldest son of Alfredo
Canales, 52, who died moments
after arrival at a Corpus Christi
hospital. The suit named McKen-
zie-Hague-Gillis Co,, and Axelson
Engineering Inc.
The Canales family attorney,
David Perry, said better dust col
lection systems were available,
although port officials were not
named in the suit because they
believed they had purchased the
most advanced available system.
“If that dust collection system
had been doing what it was sup
posed to, Al Canales would be
alive today,” Perry said.
Congressman Bill Patman, D-
Texas, made a “fact-finding” tour
of the grain elevator compound
Thursday afternoon.
Ken’s Automotive
421 S. Main — Bryan
822-2823
“A Complete Automotive
Service Center”
• Tune-Ups • Brakes
• Clutches • McPherson Struts
• Front End Parts Replacement
• Standard Transmission
Repairs
All American Cars
VW-Datsun-Honda
Toyota
Lawn Mower Repairs &
Snapper Mower Sales
(Master Card & VISA Accepted)
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Trophies & Prizes
Awarded
Date: April 11,1981
Place: Central Park
Entry Deadline: April 6,1981
Place to pick up entry form: 216 MSC
or call Laura at 846-9041
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