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state / national Battalion/Pagsi June 8, Wanted: Teachers for Texas United Press International A shortage of teachers in Texas has sparked recruiting trips to the high unemployment states of Ohio and Michigan, where a job can be found if in structors are willing to live in ru ral parts of the Lone Star State. Part of the problem is that most teachers who graduate from Texas colleges want to live in the big cities of Houston, Dal las and San Antonio, education officials say. Education throughout Texas is being hurt by the teacher shor tage but students in smaller, ru ral schools are bearing the brunt of the problem. Officials of the Texas Educa tion Agency and school adminis trators all agree that there is a serious problem. “It’s the schools in the small towns that are hurting,” said D. Levermann, personnel director for the San Felipe-Del Rio School District. Schools in Del Rio, Odessa, McAllen and throughout the Rio Grande Valley have laun ched recruiting drives in an attempt to lure teachers from Michigan and Ohio. “Most of the graduates from Texas schools want to teach in Dallas, San Antonio or Hous ton,” added Levermann. “I tell the kids in Michigan to get out a Texas map and find a small town and they can find a job.” The number of new teachers produced by Texas schools de creased 47 percent from the peak number of graduates in 1974 — 16,100 — to the 8,555 who graduated last year, said Richard Swain, a TEA assistant commissioner. Some school districts have re ceived emergency permits from the Texas Education Agency to allow high school graduates and college-trained but non- certified instructors to teach. The agency issued more than 2,000 temporary certificates to out-of-state teachers in 1981, while issuing more than 4,000 emergency permits allowing school districts to hire non- certified persons or reassign teachers out of their specialty areas. Walk Don’t Shuttle Condominium living is just a short walk from campus. A three minute walk from the main campus brings you to The Northgate—condominiums custom designed for Texas A&.M students. Fully furnished all the way down to the forks and knives, The Northgate lets you step into an incomparable student lifestyle with nothing but a suitcase. The Northgate offers two and three bedroom floor plans, kitchens loaded with GE appliances, includ ing washer/dryer, and convenient garage parking. It’s an excellent investment for parents and alumni who want to avoid paying four years’ rent for a college education. And it will remain an extremely valuable property long after you’ve graduated. But best of all, The Northgate is convenient to the campus. It’s less than ten minutes walk from the main library. And excellent shop ping, dining and banking facilities are always just around the comer. The Northgate is available for occupancy in August, 1982. Call Mary Bryan at Green & Browne for more information today. 209 E. University Dr., College Station, TX 77840. Office (713) 846-5701 Four men arrested in angel dust bust United Press International DALLAS — Authorities held four men in lieu of $1 million bond each, along with enough angel dust concen trate to “dope up” 300,000 marijuana cigarettes, police said. Narcotics officials said Sunday that more arrests were likely and the seizure of $3.7 million worth of liquid “angel dust” capped a year long investigation and a four- state undercover chase. Narcotics agents swooped down on a north Dallas neigh borhood Saturday and arrested four men. They said they seized enough concentrate of phen cyclidine — a hallucinogen commonly referred to as PCP and used to make marijuana cigarettes that sell for $30 to $50 each on the west Coast. Held in lieu of $1 million bond each were Glenn Ray Haliburton, 33, of suburban Plano; Morgan Ernest Black, 45, of St. Louis; Freddie Gene Cooper, 38, and John Henry McCovery, 45, both of Los Angeles. Department of Public Safe ty Capt. Wes Crites said Sun day the four suspects were being held on charges of pos session of a controlled subst ance and more arrests were expected. Los Angeles authorities said the suspects may have traveled by motor home from California to Texas to buy a chemical ingredient needed to brew PCP. Texas DPS au thorities said the suspects were in Texas to escape the “heat” on the West Coast. Authorities believetlitfl operation involved proca the angel dust for enhamj marijuana cigarettes,[ ly for West Coast distribil Authorities said thea capped a four-day sul ante operation invola off icers in Los Angeles,Ail na, New Mexico andti It began when six ill cover Los Angeles officenl gan following the motork as it headed east from I Angeles. Narcotics officti| Arizona, New Mexico j Texas took up theunderaJ surveillance as the vanp through each state. It was the first PCPsef in the Dallas area insixpl Authorities also seizeM mobile home, where thel reportedly was nianij tured, and a shotgun. The Northgate College Station, Texas Available Fall 1982 Nuclear power plant owner forced to prove its safety . r • . ■ m w . . t- k. . iMJrwr-o x'xx i i kl ^.11 »-k f f k#i f 1QW1 fh A trend setting project of Texas Development Group. United Press International FORT WORTH — A deputy administrator with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission told the owners of the Comanche Park Nuclear Power Plant they must prove cracks found in the plant’s concrete containment building do not weaken the structure. Karl Seyfrit told the Texas Utilities Generating Company that no operating license will be issued until the company can sufficiently answer charges of defects at the $3 billion plant. Federal hearings for a license will resume Monday. Reports obtained by a group fighting the license indicated cracks in the concrete at one of the silo-shaped reactor contain ment buildings could go all the way through the 7-foot-thick walls. Another report said concrete was poured on the dome of a building during a heavy rain storm in January 1979, and a crew had to work feverishly to keep it from slipping off. A small section of concrete did wash out and fall to the ground, the report says. The general foreman then made up a new batch to replace what had fallen off, and the company was ordered by the Nuclear Regulatory Commis sion to have the concrete in spected, the report said. The company reported in October 1981 that a consj had inspected the concrti found it acceptable, itsaiil| reports were made; the Citizens Association Sound Energy, an intend the hearings. TUGCO has already! construction license afterl sScott ings before the Atomici and Licensing Board. Not board, appointed by theM hearing testimony todetci whether to grant an open license. The plant near Glen southwest of Fort Wortk have two nuclear react! supply electricity to Dai other areas. Itscompletio has been pushed back to Beau Ifor “different spokes for different folks” 403 University (Northgate) Open 10-7 Mon.-Fri. 10-5 Sat. 846-BIKE Oil-rig death hearing may explain causes United Press International NEW ORLEANS — Hearings resumed Monday in the deaths of 84 crewmen on the world’s largest semi-submersible oil rig and a congressional subcommit tee investigated why the offshore oil industry is so deadly. The Ocean Ranger collapsed under 50-foot waves off the coast of Newfoundland Feb. 15. All 84 crewmembers were killed, although only 22 bodies were re covered. A U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation and Na tional Transportation and Safe ty Board panel in Boston began hearing testimony on the sink ing Feb. 19. Board members la ter conducted fact-finding trips to various U.S. and Canadian Monday on the Un WAS | |eme C lecide \ Igents ffarram ja suspe< Ihe bag ainecl Th< ppeal We wrote the book on free delivery... ...and it’s been a best seller for over 20 years. The story? It begins with your phone call and ends at your door with a hot, delicious pizza delivered in 30 minutes or less. Fast, Free Delivery 1504 Holleman, C.S 693-2335 4407 Texas, Bryan 260-9020 $1J5D Off any 12' Domino’s Pizza is critically Our drivers carry less 4-item or more pizza. One coupon per pizza. Fast, Free Delivery. acclaimed as the #1 source for fast, free delivery. Check us out. than $10.00. Limited delivery area ©1981 Domino’s Pizza. Inc 11:00-1:00 11:00-2:00 We use only 100% real dairy cheese. cities. Public hearings in Boston April 20-29 focused on events the night of Feb. 14 and morn ing of Feb. 15 when the rig col lapsed and sank under the cold ocean waters. Witnesses, sear chers and shore personnel in volved with the rig testified. The latest hearings will ex amine the history of the huge Ocean Ranger which was de signed in New Orleans, the headquarters of rig owner Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co. International. The rig was operated by Mo bil Oil Canada Ltd. when it sank. In addition to the Ocean Ran ger hearings, the House sub committee on manpower and housing was to hear testimony offshore oil and gas rigs. The inquiry was prompu a study which showed number of deaths and on offshore rigs, said suki mittee counsel Richard Grji_, r — “It looks like there’s a whallenj lem there, with an excrffnepro number of injuries and degsuspecf Grawey said. “There’s a feponal if rate 10 times that of thegeitBant. oil drilling industry. 1 Pros “It is a fact-findingheargould determine if there isasetfeartof health and safety probleAdmini the Outer ContinentalShellttalized what to do about it.” ■am ’ai The hearing also willexatpourier confusion over which ft® Th< agencies have jurisdiction 1*979, v offshore rigs and whether* 0 ^ at 1 have adequate resources ti )°rt n sped the rigs, Grawey said nervoi Investigators will focus md ck several aspects of the offsi P 116 en industry, including howl poby.” deaths occur, industry a® 1 j They believe a large percentaf le boa offshore fatalities happen/ *' or k, I workers are being transp® *“ e y d to the rigs. ;ra l an Often workers have tost wo DE on “Tarzan ropes” from Yi boats to the rigs, Grawe) 5 ' nc l as] Many of the deaths occurd 1 - 1 * hey d those transfers. ii^ ace Witnesses will include rtj “lowed sentatives of the American roleum Institute, the Intf tional Association of Di Contractors, the Operators Committee Associated Diving Conti on an industry panel. 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