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■;.,i .\ ;rv/,';-Yj 1 .. .O'.y Wtiew Aggie tradition for Ililillliii cream lovers. i magtne, ice cream that made fresh each day! Then imagine choosing any combination of fresh fmit or candy and having it blended, together. We call them ‘‘Btend-lns^*. j|And they’re a new tradition in Aggieiand! .t! Amaretto and coconut, Chocolate mousse with Heath Ears. OrM&M’s. Or Reeses Pieces. Fresh cream with ripe, delicious strawberries. Or bananas. Uithe-. combinations are endless! It : : . We’re making serious ice cream. And you’ll have to make a serious decision - what flavor do I try first? “Do yourself, and a friend, a flavor...” Page 6AThe Battalion/Wednesday, September 18,1985 Derailment Officials hope rains will wash acid away Associated Press 25% Off Blend-Ins With this coupon through September 30, 1985. Limit 2 Blend-Ins™ per coupon. Not good with any other offer. SAN ANTONIO — Up to 10 miles of the Medina River have been affected by a train derailment that dropped at least 50,000 gallons of sulfuric acid into the waters, Texas Water Commission officials said Tuesday. Henry Karnei, environmental specialist with the commission, said six monitoring stations had been set up along the river to check water quality. Officials are hoping fall rains will wash out the river and that it will re claim itself within at least six months. The derailment of the Southern Pacific train late Saturday sent 21 tankers loaded with the highly cor rosive acid from a bridge onto the banks of the river below. At least 300 residents in a 1-mile radius were evacuated until early Monday. Eight workers on the cleanup crew were taken to local hospitals af ter sustaining burns. About 20 oth ers who suffered superficial burns were treated and released at the scene Monday. Cleanup workers dumped tons of lime into the river to neutralize the acid. Tom Milligan, TWC spokesman, said too much lime, had been depos ited at a point about six miles down stream from the spill site and the pH level was up to 12 early Tuesday. Normal pH level for the river is 7. The river had been down to a pH of 1 after the spill, officials said. Milligan said the flow of the river would bring the pH down to normal and the river would suffer no more damage than it already has. The toxic, highly corrosive acid killed thousands of lish and stroyed river vegetation, officii! said. The acid, which was still bubft on the ground in spots lateTuesd morning, will have “positivelyno; feet” on the Edwards Aquifer,si Augustine De La Cruz of the TWC The spill was over the aquifert is not in the recharge zoneofthe ter supply for San Antonioandfoi surrounding counties, he said. The site also is above clay that fairly impermeable, 60 feet of ski and layers of calcium carbonai which would act as a neutralizer,! La Cruz said. Southern Pacific spokesmanji Johnson said workers be^ pairing the damaged bridge Tut day and hoped to be finished noon Thursday. Senator says transfering inmates could help reduce gang killings Associated Press Kyle South (behind J.J. Muggs) • College Station 764-9044 • 7 days a week 11 am - 11 pm AUSTIN — Voter approval of a constitutional amendment that would let authorities transfer trou blesome inmates to other states would be a big help in curbing gang killings in Texas prisons, a state sen ator said Tuesday. “Present law does not allow us to deal with prison violence by simply ridding ourselves of those causing it,” Sen. Ray Farbee, D-Wichita Falls, said. “The adoption of Proposition Six on Nov. 5 wnl allow us to do so.” So far this year, 26 inmates have been killed behind the walls of Texas prisons and a total of 207 inmates nave been stabbed. The proposed constitutional amendment on prisoner transfers is one of 14 that voters will decide in this year’s general election. This would allow the Texas De partment of Corrections to make use of the Interstate Corrections Com pact, a longstanding federal law that permits states to agree between themselves to transfer inmates to prisons in other states. Farabee, chairman of theSea State Affairs Committee, saidali to ending gang violence is tdrid Texas prisons of gang leaders. “Gang problems did notbegii Texas, nor are they unique loi Farabee said. “Other States adopc: the compact have used it succesa as a tool in breaking up gangsi dispersing their leaders. Farabee said the transfers took states’ prisons also could be usd protect inmates. If Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning had AT&T’s 60% and 40% discounts, it would have been a terrible loss for English literature. 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