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FLU TREATMENT IS HERE
A study using the new drug Ribavirin
is going on at the Beutel Health Center
If you have Flu Symptoms
- Fever
- Muscle Aches
- Chills
- Sore Throat
Come to the health Center within the first 24
hours of illness and ask for the Flu Doctors (day
or night-Flu Fighters don’t sleep)
HOCH
HO OH
Ribavirin
You may win a paid vacation (about $112.00) in the Health Center
Dr. John Quarles
845-1313
3 DAYS ONLY
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Kaepa’s
FEBRUARY 19, 20, 21
SAVE
MSG
Cafeteria
Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With
These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods.
Each baily Special Only $2.59 Plus Tax.
“Open Daily”
Dining: 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.-4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
MONDAY EVENING
TUESDAY EVENING
WEDNESDAY
SPECIAL
SPECIAL
EVENING
Salisbury Steak
Mexican Fiesta
Dinner
Two Cheese and
Onion Enchiladas
w/ Chili
Mexican Rice
Patio Style Pinto Beans
Tostadas
Coffee or Tea
SPECIAL
with
Mushroom Gravy
Whipped Potatoes
Chicken Fried Steak
w/ Cream Gravy
Whipped Potatoes and
Your Choice of
One Vegetable
Roll or Corn Bread & Butter
Choice of one other
Vegetable
Roll or Corn Bread and Butter
Coffee or Tea
Coffee or Tea
One Corn Bread and Butter
THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL
Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner
SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE
Parmesan Cheese-Tossed Green Salad
Choice of Salad Dressing-Hot Garlic Bread
Tea or Coffee
YOU GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU DINE ON CAMPUS
FRIDAY EVENING
SPECIAL
Fried Catfish
Filet w/Tarta
Sauce
Cole Slaw
Hush Puppies
Choice of One
Vegetable
Tea or Coffee
SATURDAY
NOON and EVENING
SPECIAL
Yankee Pot Roast
Texas Style
(Tossed Salad)
Mashed
Potatoes
w/ Gravy
Roll or Corn Bread & Butter
Tea or Coffee
| “Quality First”
SUNDAY SPECIAL
NOON and EVENING
Roast Turkey Dinner
Served with
Cranberry Sauce
Cornbread Dressing
Roll or Corn Bread & Butter
Coffee or Tea
Giblet Gravy
And Your Choice of any
One Vegetable
LA PORTE — The chemical that
claimed 2,500 lives last December in
India no longer poses a threat to the
Houston-area Du Pont Co. plant be
cause a way has been found to dis
arm the deadly substance, company
engineers say.
Du Pont is spending $10 million
to $13 million at its La Pyte plant
southeast of Houston to build a
“closed loop” manufacturing proc
ess.
The “closed loop” process allows
methyl isocyanate, or MIC, to exist
as a chemical compound for only a
few seconds. MIC, which is one of
the most poisonous, volatile chemi
cals known, now is created inside a
reactor and immediately is con
sumed in the next step toward mak
ing the insecticide — greatly de
creasing the chances of an accident
like the one that happened in India.
Last Dec. 3, an MIC storage fa
cility at the Union Carbide plant
near Bhopal, India leaked more
than 25 tons of the chemical, send
ing a cloud of death spewing into a
nearby residential area. About 2,500
died and another 3,000 were in
jured.
The accident sent a worldwide
wave of shock through the chemical
industry and caused an review of
safety procedures at plants every
where.
At the time of the accident, stor
age tanks at the La Porte Du Pont
plant contained 120 tons of MIC, al
most five times more than was
spilled in Bhopal.
R.D. Stewart, manager of the La
Porte plant, said once news of the
Bhopal tragedy became known, he
immediately made plans to dispose
of the MIC through processing.
Even though Du Pont had used
MIC for 15 years without an injury-
causing accident, Bhopal changed
the company’s view of the hazardous
chemical.
“Pre-Bhopal, we looked at the fac
tors and decided it (use of MIC) was
worth the risk,” said Stewart. “But
after Bhopal, we took another look
and decided that now was the time
for a change.”
Following the Bhopal accident,
the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration conducted an in
spection of a Du Pont plant, the
Union Carbide facility in West Vir
ginia, and of three other U.S. plants
where MIC is used. The agency re
ported that the safety design of the
plants showed “the chances of an un
controlled MIC reaction are ex
tremely remote.”
Blood drive begins this week U«»
The Aggie Blood Drive, sponsored by APO, OIW Stuctet
eminent and Wadiey will Ik* held today through Thursday,
donation locations will Ik* at the Pavilion 10 a.n».-3 p.m-Or-
10 a.m.-8 p.m. and mobiles at Sbisa and Rudder Fountain 10ii
p.m. Everyone is urged to donate * Si
English proficiency exam offered
Any junior or senior in the College of Science whohami
viously taken the English Proficiency Examination shouldpbnst
so on March 5, 7-9 p.m. In order to qualify ;is a candidateforu’
gree in the College ot Science, each student must dnnomtraiff!
petency in acceptable English by passing this exam or tomplts
Finglish 301. Students in the departments of Biology, Che®'
Mathematics, and Physics should registrar tor the exams:
BSBW prior to the exam.
Duchesses needed for Cotfon Pager
Applications are now available for duchesses to the 51stAa
Cotton Pageant. Any campus organization is invited toemeras
testant, as well as sororities and fraternities. The winnermewi
$500 scholarship to TAMU. Entry fee is $-40. The pageannli
held March 29 and 30. For applic ations and information,callfe
at 764-7133.
Evenfs planned for women’s week
Aggie Women’s Association and Women in CoinntuniaiK;
sponsoring A&M Women’s Week. Events on Wednesdayinditi
style show to be held at 12 noon in the MSC Lounge andircctp
beginning at 5'p.m. in Rudder Exhibit Hall. Dr. Sara Alpmi;
speak and entertainment will Ik- provided by the Wotnen’tCten
all events which arc free oftb;
speak
The public is invited to attend
For more information, call Jo at 845-1 133.
College of Science offers scholarships
Three scholarships are now available for undergraduateb
science majors of high academic ac hievement. Applicationfersi
available at the Scholarship Office in the Pavilion, the Biology
ing Office at 101 BSBW and from the Dean of Science in $13 Mis
Deadline for application is March 1. 1985
Dive club forming in College Station
Brazos Valley Divers, a new dive < lub in Brazos county.sk
ing Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the College Station ConiraunitvCe
ter. room 106. The TAMU Scuba Club is inviting all of its mew:
and interested divers to come meet the members of this orgauizi-
and see what thev have to offer.
After Hours offers driving course
The TAMU After Hours Program will sponsor ;t DriverSa'r
Course Friday and Saturday. This course may Ire usedtob«
tain traffic violations dismissed and to receive a 10 percentfe
on automobile insurance. Registration is held 8 a.m. to 5 p.niJ>
day through Friday in 216 MSC. For more information, calif
1515.
Bill may give Texas advantage
in competition for battleship pv
Associated Press
AUST IN — Two Republican leg
islators filed a bill Monday they
claim should help Texas “get out
front” in the competition among
coastal states for a Navy battleship
port.
Sen. J.E. “Buster” Brown of Lake
Jackson and Rep. John Willy of An-
gleton said Texas is at a disadvan
tage because other states have con
centrated their efforts on a single
location, and Texas has seven appli
cations for the port.
According to an aide in Brown's
office, applications to place the port
in Texas have been subruitteo by
Port Arthur, Beaumont-Port Ar
thur, Houston-Galveston, Port La
vaca, Freeport, Corpus Christi and
Brownsville.
The Brown-Willy bill would cre
ate the Naval Facility Assists
thority, which could prowj
$20 million in revenue boH“1
loan fund to assist anyleasj
lected for the naval base.TktH
city will repay the state later
“Many other Gulf Coas
have created similar progtf
low their ports to constn* 1
essary facilities,” Brown said
Indulge yourself
at Padre Cafe’s
Shrimpfest.
You’re going to love Shrimpfest!
Dive into all the fried or boiled shrimp you can
Tackle crispy salad with homemade dressiif
Savor hot rolls made from scratch. Munci
irresistible french fries. And enjoy it all in the
bizarre atmosphere of the Padre Cafe.
Shrimpfest: all you can eat.
$7.95 every Tuesday 5:00 p.m. - close.
Dominik Drive
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