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National THE BATTALION Page 71 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1981 Man locked in library charged with trespass font' [ aro ittefi He If stall iresis sprs mlii Texas nuclear project ranked below average United Press International WASHINGTON — The Nuc lear Regulatory Commission, in its first comprehensive perform ance assessment of nuclear plants, has rated seven of 42 reactor con struction sites below average and none above average. The still unpublished NRC re port rated as “below average” the Catawba site in South Carolina, Marble Hill in Indiana, Midland in Michigan, South Texas Project, Watts Bar in Tennessee, Washington Nuclear Project and Zimmer in Ohio. Two reactors are being built at each of the “below average” sites except for the single-reactor pro jects in Washington and Ohio. A rating of average was assigned to all the remaining 35 construction sites. None fell into the “above average” classification. “A finding of below average does not imply that a facility must be shut down or that construction of a facility must be interrupted,” the report cautioned. “These rat ings are only relative. “Simply stated, a below average facility displays negative charac teristics or undesireable qualities that are not typical of a majority of facilities,” it said. A below average facility shows evidence of “significant adminis trative, managerial or material problems in several activity areas.” The unpublished “report card” also assessed operating reactor sites, rating only nine above aver age, 26 average and 15 below av erage. Weaknesses associated with be low average facilities occurred in radiation protection, plant secur ity, radioactive waste manage ment, fire protection and emergency preparedness. Critical Mass, an arm of Ralph Nader’s Public Citizen, called for a congressional probe of the rat ings in letters to Senators James McClure, R-Idaho; Alan Simpson, R-Wyo.; Gary Hart, D-Colo., and Representatives Morris Udall, D- Ariz.; John Dingell, D-Mich.; Ed ward Markey, D-Mass., and Toby Moffett, D-Conn. “We already know that there are crippling safety and manage ment deficiencies at functioning reactors,” said Critical Mass Dire ctor Anna Gyorgy. “But plants under construction are experienc ing equally dangerous problems making them potential time bombs.” United Press International PHILADELPHIA — A man mistakenly locked inside the pub lic library because he was reading a Bible spent 13 days in jail until a social worker rescued him, a newspaper reports. The Bulletin said Sunday lib rary officials claim the police in sisted on prosecuting Carlos San chez, 30, of Philadelphia. Sanchez, who speaks little En glish, was sitting on a stool, block ed from view by library stacks and reading a Spanish-language Bible on Aug. 21 when librarians locked up Philadelphia’s Free Library and went home. He said he managed to attract the attention of a passerby after he realized his plight and watched as she called police. Police, however, told The Bul letin they received no call from a woman and spotted Sanchez in side the library while on routine patrol. Two hours later, librarian Michelle Gendrom, who recog nized Sanchez as a regular, ar rived to free him, the newspaper said. Police and Gendrom agreed no thing was stolen, but Sanchez was taken handcuffed from the library DIETING? Even though we do not prescribe diets, we make it possible for many to enjoy a nutritious meal while they follow their doctors orders. You will be delighted with the wide selection of low calorie, sugar free and fat free foods in the Souper Salad Area, Sbisa Dining Center Basement. OPEN Monday through Friday 10:45 AM-1:45 PM QUALITY FIRST and charged with criminal tres pass, the newspaper said. Unable to meet bail, Sanchez was jailed. Prison social worker Emily De- Mayo finally heard Sanchez’ story and arranged for him to be re leased on his own recognizan ce. He has since been placed on probation. Aggieland reminder GET SHOT! All freshmen — today thru Sept. 30 Sophomores A-M — Oct. 1 — Oct. 9 Sophomores N-Z — Oct. 12 — Oct. 23 PURYEAR LU > cc Q z o Q CULPEPPER OFFICES SUITE #140 SAFEWAY CULPEPPER PLAZA EXXON o CO >- < £ X O TEXAS AVENUE Yearbook Associates Studio Suite 140, Culpepper Office Park off Puryear Phone 693-6756 Iran revolt predicted United Press International HOUSTON — A spokesman for the University of Houston’s Mos lem Student Society predicted the regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini soon will be over thrown in a revolution similar to the one that toppled the Shah of Iran. Khomeini forces now avoid many streets in Tehran for fear of being killed by opposition forces of the Mojaheedin movement, Hahmed Nura told radio station KULF. The opposing group has more than 100,000 members ready to overthrow Khomeini and install exiled president Bani Sadr, said Nura, an engineering student. He said the longest the current government can last is two years, but he expects it to crumble in a matter of months. Nura, who said he gets his in formation from family members in Iran, predicted the revolution would start with worker strikes as did the overthrow of the Shah. But this time, Nura said, the dissi dents will be armed. 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