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Introducing Our Weekend Brunch Featuring • Fluffy Italian Frittata 84.35 All the champagne you dare drink! gl.95 404 East Universitj Dr. 696-7311 College Station Page lO/The Battalion/Friday, February 17, 1984 Decision on nuke waste site delayed United Press International AUSTIN — It will be at least April before two “candidate” sites for a low-level nuclear waste disposal facility in Texas are recommended, a state board agreed Thursday. years before any radioactive waste is stored at a Texas site. Four prospective sites — in Dimmit, Hudspeth, Borden and LaSalle counties — are un der consideration. South and West Texas resi dents appeared before the au thority’s board of directors to protest consideration of sites in Dimmit and Hudspeth counties — the leading contenders at this point. But Lawrence E. Jacobi Jr., general manager of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority, said it would be at least four or Five The agency already has an option to buy a privately-owned 456-acre tract in Dimmit County near Asherton and may have access to University of Texas System lands in the West Texas county of Hudspeth. The UT System Board of Re gents has appointed a 16-mem ber committee to recommend whether the Hudspeth County land between Dell City and Sierra Blanca be made avail able. But Sen. Bill Sims, D-San An gelo, and representatives of land Commissioner Garry Mauro and Rep. Larry Don Shaw, D-Big Spring, appealed to the board to drop Hudspeth County from the list. They said it would be an im proper use of state-owned lands and could threaten area water supplies, a point also made by Dimmit County opponents. “I’m afraid they (UT System) are not going to get along with the people in the community if this is placed on their land,” said Sims. Hudspeth County rancher James Lynch said a nuclear waste disposal facility would pose too great a risk to water re sources in West Texas. WA! listic igh fc on las :nt tri id in Photo by PATRICIA DE Pole crashing A telephone line and pole were pulled down by a passing truck Thursday on the corner of Rosemary and Jersey streets across from the Texas A&M campus. College Station police and fire personnel were called to the scene, but city employees worked quickly with the live wiring and prevented any further accidents. [ Cons lustry’: files, aj ■inipros Broof y Bmy in econon “Some people may be willing to take a chance that this won’t contaminate underground wa ter,” he said. “Gentlemen, we’re not willing to take that risk.” Joseph Fitzsimmons, ,an owner of the San Pedro Ranch in Dimmitt County, also said he was concerned about water sup plies. “Without water and agricul ture, we don’t have an economy down there,” he said. But board chairman, Dr. Wil liam L. Fisher, said, “We will not proceed with any site that is in violation of water supplies.” Beirut residents j* turning to pills United Press International BEIRUT, Lebanon — In city Uni where nerves are as shat tered as the target of the latest shelling attack, residents have found a new way of coping with disaster — tranquilizers, large doses of them. MEN undi wis p lay tc early axes a breeze. Lift off! Tuesday, Feb. 21 Special Rush Open House 6 pm to 10 pm Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority House 1400 Athens Drive For more information, call 764-9116 or 764-7611 Lewi eral With Moslem rebels baU the army, opposition calling for the resignation President Amin Gemayel prospects of more ahead, cautious Lebanese stocking up on water su| < aimed goods and, of medicine. What ails many of t the Lebanese < .tpiial is was arr fright. $100,0( “ l i anquilizers are seM Lewi hot cakes,” said GeqrgeMeiij told re a pharmacist if west Buicut. “Ti a nq u i 1 i/efsare ttifs most sought drugs. Heart® cine is the top priority for« clients.” Asked another drug! “How are they going toc (heir nerves if tltey dfltH" low pills?” : ,fllr Irene, a sensibly and;. gent woman, sjtyfc she keept l 1 year-old (Udigluir Valium. \ T 1 Both Valium and Ira] Another tranquilizer, 0 bought cheaply , ' f ‘an‘d without a doctor’s prescript For many, the tranqu® are the only way to rested inner, if sometimes dazed. 5 against crackling machine Fire and thunderous morn 11 plosions. .IDS i Youth Agency Administration ) The Key To Your Future through American Htimanies ARE YOU A PERSON WHO: LIKES TO WORK WITH PEOPLE LIKES TO BE CREATIVE LIKES A GOOD CHALLENGE LIKES TO TAKE CHARGE LIKES YOUNG PEOPLE AND CARES ABOUT THEM IF "YES" CONSIDER YOUR CAREER POSSIBILITIES WITH AMERICAN RED CROSS/YOUTH SERVICES BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA BOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICA BOYS CLUBS OF AMERICA CAMPFIRE, INC. 4-H PROGRAM GIRL'S CLUBS OF AMERICA GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT YMCA OF THE USA YWCA OF THE USA OTHER REGIONAL AND LOCAL YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT BARBARA GRAHAM TEXAS A&M AMERICAN HUMANICS STUDENT ASSOCIATION PHONE 845-3837 SUMMER JOBS t INTERVIEWS WITH CAMP OWNERS AND DIRECTORS ON Monday, February 20, 1984 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM MSC — Rooms 228-231 U »’ ; .H t ALL TAMU STUDENTS ARE WELCOME Recruiters representing about 20 camps will be available to visit with you abd jobs at their camps this summer. 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