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Page 6 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1981 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 (Master Card & VISA Accepted) State £ V Hearing set in oil mishandling case U mtfirl P Q officials from » l-» J • 7 .. United Press International ABILENE — A federal judge has ordered a hearing today for two west Texas oil men who claim that the Department of Energy breached an agreement not to oppose their parole from the fed eral prison camp at Big Spring. The men have requested a re straining order preventing DOE officials from opposing their parole. U.S. District Judge Hal O. Woodward Wednesday granted the hearing request for John T. Troland and David W. Ratliff, both of Abilene. The pair, who are serving 14- month sentences for convictions of mis-certifying oil, claimed the fed- * ^ : " . eral agency had promised not to oppose their release in return for information about the southwest oil industry market. The DDE s subsequent deci sion to oppose their release from custody constitutes a “breach of a bargained agreement,” the two oilmen said in their request. Attorneys for the two men pointed out that as a result of their cooperation with the DOE, the pair would find it difficult to find employment in the oil industry and that their cooperation with the federal government “might even pose a physical threat to both of these gentlemen and their fami lies.” Toland and Ratliff received 14- month prison sentences and $10,000 fines on their oil mis- certification conviction in an April 17 hearing in a Tulsa, Okla., dis trict court. The two men said in the re straining order request that they profited only by about $5,800 in the fradulent oil transaction. Their case was part of wider investiga tion by the DOE of oil marketing in the Southwest. They said they “answered DOE questions” for about 10 hounl Aug. 26 and Aug. 31 in intenj at the Big Spring federal pij camp and at Midland. Woodward said he would !(> r arguments today from fed| attorneys and defense attomeJ his chambers at Lubbock. ] The Parol Commission heaJ for the two men is scheduled! Tuesday at the Big SpringfaciB We're Back! I Typhoid outbreak attributed to two restaurant employees We've Reopened with Lower Prices and Live Rock n' Roll United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Health offi cials have identified two em ployees of a popular Mexican food restaurant as possible carriers of typhoid, although neither has dis played any symptoms of the dis ease, spokesmen said. With 47 typhoid cases reported as of Wednesday, health officials said they expected several more cases to surface due to the long incubation period of salmonella typhi — about one to four weeks. The two workers at La Frontera molino — described as being like a delicatessen — have been found to have the same strain of sal monella typhi organisms found in eight of the typhoid fever cases. Neither employee has yet exhi bited signs of illness. However, it is possible for people to carry typhoid and infect others without becoming ill themselves, as in the case of Typhoid Mary — a New the STUDENT m Y* ASSOCIATION presents This Friday & Saturday come hear THE MO-DELS 8-12, $2 Cover THURSDAY. 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Rothe, head of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, said Wednesday confirmation of the bacteria in the two employees came from the Texas Department of Health in Austin. “These organisms were identi fied in stool cultures and their pre sence serves to confirm the evi dence accumulated which led to closure of the molino on Sept. 27,” Rothe said in a statement. “These two employees will be referred for medical evaluation and treat ment.” Rothe said tests still were under way on food samples taken at the time the popular westside molino was closed Sunday. Although one of the molino’s specialties is a delicacy known as Barbacoa — a dish made with beef heads and jowls — authorid have not confirmed it was respa sible for the typhoid outbreak] “The bacteriological finding!I the two employees establisll they had contact with typhoidJ teria. They could have becomtj fected with the organisms byJ ing food prepared at the molinol the same way as some pabJ were infected,” Rothe said. 1 Authorities also have nofdeJ mined whether food prepared! the molino or food brought a! the facility could also havecoalj buted to the typhoid outbreak! Officials also said it was possifl the two employees might contn! the disease. Typhoid generally is trans ted by improper hygiene but,* cials say all health reguhlH were being followed at the moll before it was closed. Contadi brief as a handshake can also in transmission of the disease V M> Producers call ►esea vixo gas rule harmful ■Bcces fed vis |trato United Press International LUBBOCK — Independent oil producers feel that an adverse rul ing in their battle with Phillips Petroleum Co. over the categoriz ing of certain natural gas liquids could harm all levels of the Texas Panhandle’s economy, a Lubbock attorney said Wednesday. At issue is whether or not inde pendent operators can include what Phillips calls natural gas li quids in oil production reports to the Texas Railroad Commission. According to Railroad Commis sion rules, a well that produces less than one barrel of oil for each 100,000 feet of natural gas is consi dered a gas well. Current field spacing rules stipulate only one gas well can be produced on a 640- acre block, hut 10 oil wells can be produced on the same acreage. If Phillips is successful in re stricting independent operators from reporting natural gas — which often comes out of the ground as a liquid condensate — as part of their oil production, then many wells in the Panhandle Field would be considered gas wells. The result, the attorney said, would be the plugging^ nine of every ten wells per 61 acre block. 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