Page 12/The Battalion/Thursday, April 14, 1983
Texans want toxic
Warped
by Scott McCull;
shipments stopped
United Press International
WASHINGTON — William
Ruckelshaus has a great deal of
interest in acid rain pollution
and the Reagan administration
will not propose legislation on
the issue until he becomes EPA
chief, an environmental official
tection Agency.
In addition, a Canadian gov
ernment source said Ruckel
shaus will be directly involved in
any future talks between the Un
ited States and Canada.
says.
Nancy Maloley of the Presi
dent’s Council on Environmen
tal Quality told a congressional
forum on acid rain, Tuesday,
that the administration will not
take a definitive stand on air pol
lution legislation pending in
Congress until Ruckelshaus set
tles in at the Environmental Pro-
Ruckelshaus, a former EPA
administrator popular among
environmentalists, was nomin
ated by President Reagan last
month to take over the troubled
agency. He is expected to win
Senate confirmation within a
month.
Congress and the White
House have been deadlocked
for more than two years over
Villa Oaks
West apartments
“Smart Move!”
reauthorization of the Clean Air
Act, a landmark environmental
protection law. The reautho
rized bill is likely to impose limits
on sulfur-dioxide pollution en
vironmentalists and some scien
tists believe it will reduce en
vironmental damage from high
ly acidic air pollution.
The decision to await Ruckel
shaus, a moderate Republican,
before proceeding further on
the Clean Air Act may indicate
the administration is reducing
its efforts to weaken the law.
Acid rain is created when sul
fur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
combine with water vapor in the
atmosphere. It is blamed for
damage to lakes, streams, forests
and man-made structures in
eastern North America and
parts of Europe.
Environmentalists assert
available evidence points strong
ly to sulfur emissions from coal
burning power plants, especially
in the Midwest United States, as
the major cause of acid rain
damage in the East.
OM MONDAY, APRIL I0, H78 THE
BATTALIOA/ RAN AN AP ANNOUNC
ING THE UPCO/AINO FRIDAY WAS
BLUE JEAN DAY. IT WAS A
NATIONAL EFFORT TO PRO/AOTE
GAY AWARENESS. GAYS AND THEIR
SUPPORTERS ASKED EVERYONE
TO JOIN THEM IN WEARING
BLUE JEANS ON THAT DAY.
PEOPLE WERE, OF COURSE, SHOCKED
AND OUTRAGED, BUT MOST OF ALL
CONFUSED. THE AD HAD HIT
THEM WHERE THEY LINED'- /N
THEIR JEANSf N\ANY PEOPLE
AUTOMATICALLY AND LOUDLY
ANNOUNCED THEY WERE NOT
GOING TO BE CAUGHT DEAD
THAT FRIDAY WEARING BLUE
JEANS...
...WHILE OTHERS REFUSED TO
BE FORCED OUT OF THEIR JEANS.
(so TO SPEAK;. NO MATTER WHAT.
NORMAL JEANS-WEARING PEOPLE
WERE PUT ON THE DEFENS/NE. NO
MATTER WHAT PEOPLE WORE
THAT FRIDAY THE QUESTION
WAS "DO X BELIEVE WHAT 1
SEE THEM WEARING, OR ARE
THEY HIDING?
MANY PEOPLE Dim m
JEANS ON FRIDAY. MHUl
BUT NO ONE COULD B£ 5%
THE CLOTHES A PERSOII « :i
ACTUALLY REFLECTED
CONVICTIONS. SO EVETvl/)
THOUGHT, AND WDIMEViI,
DUE TO A BRILLIANT PL;®'
BECAME A LITTLE « W
AWARE.
EPA chief awaiting approval
Acid rain rulings held
United Press International
WASHINGTON — A Texas
citizen’s group is threatening to
set up a boat blockade to prevent
a hazardous waste disposal com
pany from hauling contamin
ated rain water from Alabama
for disposal in Corpus Christi.
“If I can find out when the
barges come through Matagor
da, we intend to block the canal
with shrimp boats, pleasure
boats, canoes, whatever we can
find,” said Sharon Sarafino,
head of a Matagorda County en
vironmental group.
Convenient to campus
Brand new
Spacious floor plans
On-site leasing and
management
Pool, fireplaces, laundry
room
Now preleasing!
1107 Verde Drive
between FM-2818
and Villa Maria Road
779-1136
6UY, SELL. TRADE OH WENT THROUGH THE
WIN A
The group was formed to
fight Chemical Waste Manage
ment Inc.’s plans to open a new
landfill near Bay City.
Donald Reddicliffe, a com
pany spokesman, said Tuesday
from tne firm’s Oakbrook, I
headquarters that it appearec
the firm will go forward with
plans for the landfill.
Sarafino said the Matagorda
County Citizens for Environ
mental Protection object to
hazardous wastes being brought
to nearby Corpus Christi from
another state, and to the lack ol
regulation over shipment of tox
ic substances on the Intra-
Coastal Waterway.
Reddicliffe
11., Waste Management sett
1 move rain water, whichco
after recent heavy dompMu
Western Alabama, to InNi
help clear the way Ion
opening of its 2,100-actdi| aL
neni Kmelle, Ala. Stateofi t j,
< >i det ed the site closedreM|
NEVER IN THE
Walk into this Baskin-Robbins store in
April and enter our 31 Flavors bike giveaway.
There’s no purchase necessary. And you don’t
have to be present to win. Enter often. You could
scoop up a free bike.
BASKIN-ROBBINS
ICE CREAM STORE
Baskin Robbins #923
2500 Texas Ave.
Bryan, Texas
779-4024
Baskin Robbins #3901
2418 A Texas Ave.
College Station, Texas
693-8500
riling a number of alleged^
lions including the raimB’ 1
The company plans iuV
barges carryjng the
( U >ipus Christi on a netvgn
inland waterways, RcdiBl
said. 1 le said he wasinw I
that companv techtwmsiv
thoroughly tested thauiS
(water), and were itnotgN
hazardous waste site, iiW
not be defined as haaria’
Tangle wood Apts, are now being leased for the
Summer and Fall semesters! You get an exercise
room, a pool, a party room. . . vve get utility' bills!
WE PAY UTILITIES!
TANGLEWOOD
API'S.
"A Tradition in Uving at
Texas A&M. "
^ijgkWood
411 Harvey Hd. — T.S.
693-1111
Prescriptions FI
Glasses Repair#
BRYAN f
216 N. Main I*
Mon.-Fri. 8-5 Satij]
COLLEGE SIAra||
8008 Post Oak Mall JSU
Mon.-Sat, 10-9 pi
Iexas StaI
sc Ol^TICALi
Since 1W5. «>1
Drawing to be held April 30, 1983.
MSC
TRAVEL
COMMITTEE
presents
GATHRIGHT AWARDS
AND
¥E E]
IOT
im
BUCK WEIRUS
SPIRIT AWARDS
Parents’ Weekend
Saturday, April 16
9:00 p.m. at the Grove
Tickets $1.50 at the door
in case of rain — #701 Rudder
leu
mm
ANNOUNCEMENT
1
AND
PRESENTATION
9:00 A.M.
SUNDAY, APRIL 17
RUDDER AUDITORIUM
All Applicants Should Attend
Tonight
^ Free Admissio)
and 2 Free bar drink
with College I.D
50€ Draft Beer 75C Bar Drinks
7:00-10:00
1600 S. College 779-6529