Battalion/Page 7 September 28, 1982 local/state t [Veterans ,.V-ii r l?s. d msh for egislation by Scott McCullar LADIES AND GENTLE- KEN, I'M 50RRV TO NTERRUPT THE FOOTBALL GAME... °Ob c, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO MAKE A SPECIAL AWVOOWCEN\E/VT TO MEMBERS OF THE CORPS OF CADETS.. ALL OF THE CADETS ARE ASKED TO CALL THEIR PARE/YTS. I'LL REPEAT THAT.. C.T-s, PHONE HOME . r ) / w lent for tairs in Center has in- cludinf ion for rws, the iple for Citizeni and the partid- I speak- ayor of i. Con- onzaler, : for the fexican- Political Senator United Press International AUSTIN — The new national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars says the VFW will push for legislation to help Viet- pam veterans who were exposed to the cancer-causing chemical Agent Orange. James Currieo, 48, an Army leteran of the Korean war, said Sunday that Congress will be Isked to pass a bill that would Speed up research on the che- nical. Some batches of Agent range used to clear jungles in ioutheast Asia contained diox- n, a toxin organic compound uspected of causing cancer. Currieo said there has been a jroblem in obtaining valid jroof that Agent Orange is re- ponsible for some medical jroblems suffered by Vietnam eterans. “The VFW will push hard for iction in Congress,” he said. Veterans cannot afford to wait ive or 10 years to find out vhether they will be affected by he defoliant.” Currieo joined Rep. J.J. Jake” Pickle, D-Texas, to help he local post celebrate its 35th inniversary. A&M obtains microprobe with grant, University funds any has tein las tfit rsoffa The in- ;ce$sat .y to rej invest by Tammy Jones Battalion Reporter Thanks to an unrestricted grant from a private oil com pany in California, Texas A&M recently has purchased a mic roprobe, an instrument which combines electron microscopy with chemical analysis. Leo Bernard, chief techni cian of the microprobe, said Standard Oil of California gave the University $90,000 this sum mer to help purchase the $300,000 microprobe — a com bination scanning electron mic roscope and computer with sophisticated analytical abilities. 2£;.u r. 1982 Bonfire schedule set cound tensioi of tht Glut draiw ering a Station main at Ians for ;d. lived an the the f Bryan ssessed by Stephanie Fondy Battalion Reporter Preparations for the 1982 onfire have begun, with the rst cutting day scheduled for unday, A1 Link, head civilian oordinator, said. To be allowed to chop down ees for the bonfire, students bust attend cutting classes and given a cutting card, Link aid. Cutting classes will be held Wednesday through Friday at 5 tal lead ol orpora- jnched rocket esideni for the of the neetinj [annab juston- f which Con- ,orbital rda Is- .m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Grove, ards will be issued at the end of he classes. “Cutting cards are manda- ory to work on any phase of the wnfire,” he said. The cutting classes are taught )y coordinators from Company BUY. SELL, TRADE. OB BENT THROUGH THE YOUR ; rvice pillion l-scale , ha