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) ocal / State THE BATTALION MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1981 Page 7 j fy[SC members get awards at dinner Wiretap bill may lack House backing i: !bv KATHY O’CONNELL Battalion Staff jrhe outgoing president oi the limorial Student Center council ■vill said, was presented the prestigious Uomas H. Rountree Award at the MSC awards banquet Saturday Itets at' ^ £ rnen Haby received the Rountree award, first presented in iqwi which recognizes the out- istanding student of the MSC jCouncil and Directorate. * The nlaciue commemorates , w Ho, “s H Rountree, u 1952 gra- ,A ” l "iKte of Texas A&M University, who was instrumental in develop- 102 Agrfrj^g an “international awareness’ p campus. Hollow Also presented was the J. oryCom.iWayne Stark Distinguished Ser- > Ruddei Ice award given to Council and ill havp Jbirectorate members. Students 6.30 and advisers in the Council and Directorate can nominate any stu dent who they deem representa tive of the “lifeblood” of the orga nization. Recipients of this award in clude: Doug Dedeker, the new MSC president; Kirk Kelley, Great Issues chairman; Sara Morse, vice president of prog rams; and Cindy Phelps, Aggie Cinema chairman. In addition to these awards, the outstanding service award was presented to the outstanding member of the 19 Directorate committees and 15 special project committees. The directorate committee chairmen distributed 52 outstand ing service awards and 145 merito rious service awards to the various committee members. United Press International AUSTIN — A controversial wiretap bill — which has high priority with Gov. Bill Clements — could be considered on the House floor this week, but not be fore some manuevering is done by members of a committee. The bill, which would allow law enforcement officers to use elec tronic surveillance equipment in major drug investigations, was im properly reported out of a sub committee last Thursday. Rep. Lanell Gofer, D-Dallas, held a subcommitee meeting in her office without giving proper notice. However, Rep. Terral Cause of grain explosion still under investigation United Press International CORPUS CHRISTI — The rapid series of explo sions that rocked the Public Grain Elevator earlier this week apparently hurled a security guard more than 100 yards into the ship channel. The body of 19-year-old Gilbert Garcia was found in the ship channel Friday by workers performing routine dredging operations to make the passageway deep enough for large ships. “Garcia’s body was found in the ship channel about 200 feet west of the ship dock at the elevator, said port authority spokesman Don Rodman. The body of a 43-year-old grain elevator employee presumed dead by port officials still had not been recovered as of late Friday. The explosions at the Corpus Christi Public Grain Elevator earlier this week killed six men, injured 33 others and caused more than $130 million in dam ages and anticipated revenue losses to the massive grain storage and shipping complex. Although officials have said the explosion was caused by grain dust, they have not discovered what sparked the series of explosions that hurled hundred- pound sections of concrete more than 400 feet and damaged more than 60 of the 109 elevators. Nueces County Port Director Harry G. Plomarity said the Robert J. Anderson Co. of Toledo, Ohio has been hired to investigate the cause of the explosion. “I feel it’s vital the port get whatever expert help is available to find the cause of this explosion,” Plomar ity said. “Anderson is a nationally recognized expert and never has had any connection with this ele vator.” Smith, R-Austin, indicated that he would ask that the House Crimin al Jurisprudence Committee ap prove the bill without an official report from the subcommittee. Indications are that Gofer, an opponent of the bill, would lintro- duce a series of amendments on the House floor in an effort to kill or weaken the bill. The bill is part of Clements’ anti-crime package, which the governor has been supporting for more than two years. Clayton, who said he is not sure if he supports the bill, said the bill should be reported out of commit tee to allow the full House to de cide the legislation’s final fate. The speaker said he did not think the legislation would help curb the drug problem. “I personally don’t think that will happen,” he said. “But there’s enough of that sentiment that it ought to get a run on the floor of the House. “Any bill, of course, must have all the possible safeguards and should be limited in scope. I really don’t know how I would vote on it if there is a tie vote. Either way it’ll have rough sledding on the floor of the House.” O bunch-a-b’loons Send balloons instead of flowers! Great party decorations! • Birthdays • Wedding Receptions • Bridal Showers • Formats M Create a festh/e atmosphere for any occasion! Call Weekdays 1-5 p.m. 696-4179 Party Rates, Too cCandliei • Eyes s culture, ation. United Press International n ~ . EL PASO — A steady stream of people filed past the flag-draped nf Gen. Omar N. Bradley Sunday in the last full day of Texas rSW ^ *.|bute to the nation’s last five-star general. . . R1 . I About 6,000 people had viewed the closed casket in the F ort Bliss ■nter Chapel by late Sunday, including Texas Sens John Tower and ,yd Bentsen. The body had lain in a flag-draped casket watched over members of the Old Guard since the wake began at the post late Bradley, 88, who had been active until the very end of his 69-year Uy career, died Wednesday while visiting m New York City. I; Bradley’s body, accompanied by his wife Kitty, was to he flown . c , londay to Washington, D.C., from El Paso, the city where they k t I ove d in 1977 because of the close relationship between the military becivilian communities. , , , j> . . ■ The presidential plane carrying his body was scheduled to depart at ill. i'n^lsua. MST and arrive at Andrews Air Force base in Washinton D.C. londay afternoon. His body will lie in repose in the Bethlehem iJBiapel in the Washington National Cathedral until his funeral „ | Bradley’s body will be taken in a funeral procession to Arlington JL'/Jft 11 ' 0 ™ 1 Cemetary, where graveside services wdl be Reid. llCSl A memorial service was scheduled at noon MST at Fort Bliss, ■ginning with a 19-gun salute fired at one minute intervals. Brig, fen. Archie Cannon, assistant commandant of the U.S. Army Air _ ^.riWefense School, will present the eulogy. , , lOM Participating in the service will be the 62nd Army Band and an honor contingent of Fort Bliss soldiers. . even Mtal When Dwight Eisenhower — Bradley’s classmate at West Point— las supreme allied commander, Bradley was field commander for iowprepaf ! American forces that stormed ashore and opened the western ron on lagenttokt' D-Day, June 6, 1944. , , . j r ‘ort WorthH Following D-Day, Bradley was then placed in command of more than 1.3 million American combat troops in four armies that swept rymnaste,Efosis France and into Germany and played a vital role in ending Adolf iu cant jjtipjtier’s Reich.. , , . it ta J esi [ Besides his wife, Bradley is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth ito Bradley Dorsey of Washington, D.C. it up, I up there il It’s great : compete , e ... alotd detera* :ally, and so iP Coast guard ceases I search for workman i United Press International 1 GRAND isle, La. — The j Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday for a seismographic work er blown into the Gulf of Mexico l 0, n the deck of his experiment |hip by an explosion. | A Coast Guard spokesman said Pree men were conducting tests Evolving explosive charges Satur- ® a y when the blast occurred. The ^ident took place 50 miles off Grand Isle. One of the charges blew while the person was handling it,” he said. The two other men were air lifted from a nearby oil rig for treatment of injuries. Their condi tions were undetermined. The ship, identified as the Nat- co No. 6 owned by Gulf Oil, was slightly damaged by the explosion but made it to port under its own power with a Coast Guard escort. Names of the men were being withheld pending notification of their families. dy for the ie said, shf -yday as Report) to events was prdb >g-” n busy anizatioj 15, Qgineerii'S s Gymi^ I Hospital- is also set- hall ANNOUNCE: IV oppor- :es f° r -ing ° r roleuff 1 oppor- ing ° r ernical' nputer THE END OP GROMEYS A NEW club name and officers Will be chosen Monday, april 13 AT 8:00 IN 607 RUDDER hmad NtSC RECREATION FOR A SMALL MONTHLY CHARGE, SHE COULD’VE ANSWERED IT BY THE DRYER. Every time Barbara Phillips' phone rings, it's long distance — thedistancefrom herto herphone, that is. 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