Wednesday, April 30, 1986/The Battalion/Page 5
IS. grain futures soar
pfter nuclear accident
^ I
AP) — Speculation that radiation
1 n the Soviet nuclear accident
ave damaged Russian farms
Tain, soybean and livestock
I soaring on U.S. futures ex-
[tfwever, a senior U.S. govern-
| meteorologist, Norton D.
men, said the wind since the
fthe accident on Saturday has
'-^litlvbeen blowing into the north-
■ away from the major winter
» area -
^■Cook, an Agriculture Depart-
^■economist, said the radioactive
| pe from the accident mainly
Tver Byelorussia and the Baltic
J.
Hfhis area, he said, grows mainly
t'inicl spring barley for animal
pjgar beets, some spring w heat
timal forage.
jmmen and Cook said not
|his known about the duration
I nuclear fallout or its intensity
if the farmland or its animals
fldangerously contaminated and
what that might mean for U.S. ex
ports.
Another potential problem comes
from possible contamination of wa
ter to the south and southwest of the
accident site.
While little is known about the de
tails of the accident, traders at the
Chicago Board of Trade and the
Chicago Mercantile Exchange ad
vanced prices on many contracts by
the limit allowed for daily trading.
Wheat advanced the 20-cent-a-
bushel limit allowed for daily trading
and corn reached its 10-cent-a-
bushel limit.
Prices broke off those highs, how
ever, when farmers began selling
their grain because of the sharp ru
nup caused by the Russian scare,
Lespinasse said.
Wheat settled 11 cents to 13.25
cents higher with the contract for
delivery in May at $3.08 a bushel;
corn was 1 cent to 6.75 cents higher
with May at $2.31 a bushel; oats
were 2.25 cents to 5.5 cents higher
with May at 99 cents a bushel; and
soybeans were 6 cents to 12.5 cents
higher with May at $5,335 a bushel.
Most deliveries of live cattle,
feeder cattle and live hogs at the
Chicago Mercantile were higher by
the 1.5-cent-a-pound limit. Frozen
pork bellies were up by their 2-cent-
a-pound limit.
Petroleum futures prices were
mostly lower on the New York Mer
cantile Exchange.
Crude oil settled 21 cents lower to
15 cents higher with the contract for
delivery in June at $13.51 a barrel;
heating oil was .67 cent to 1.03 cents
lower with May at 44.06 cents a gal
lon; and leaded gasoline was .54 cent
to 1.25 cents lower with May at 52.85
cents a gallon.
Precious metals were higher on
the Commodity Exchange in New
York.
Gold settled 90 cents to $1.10
higher with the contract for delivery
in May at $345.00 a troy ounce; sil
ver was 3.6 cents to 4.2 cents higher
with May at 506.1 cents a troy ounce.
What’s up
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Wednesday
EDICAL SCIENCES LIBRARY will be dosed to all but
leie* medical and vetennarv medical students from 6 p.m. to
closing beginning Sunday through Mav 15. Is
MILAND AGGIE MOMS: will hold a benefit dance for the
loeSwinney Memorial Scholarship Fund. The benefit will
be Saturday in Richardson at the St. Joseph’s Parish Center
and will start at 8:30 p.m. For more information call Tracy
Tomac, 696-7904.
&XAS AGGIE BAR ASSOCIATION: will award two $500
scholarships to Texas A&M students entering law school in
1986. Applications are available to any TAMO student who
is a Texas resident, completed at least 90 hours of course-
work at TAMU and has at least a 3.5 overall grade point
ratio. Applications can be picked up in 101 Academic.
Deadline is today.
NGUSH DEPARTMENT: will sixmsoi the mini writing-
course. “Pronouns: Who Did What To Whom?,” at 6:30
p.m. in 120 Blocker. For more information call 845-3452
or stop by 227 Blocker.
OMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; will hold officer
elections at 5:80 p.m. in 219 Reed McDonald. Members are |
encouraged to attend!
ILLEGE STATION PARKS AND RECREATION: will
idi sponsor a pentathlon at 10 a.tn. on Saturday at Bee Creek ftfl
id rark. Entry deadline is Wednesday. Fmrv lee is $10. For
more information call 764-3773.
EPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE: will sponsor an ex
hibit of models and drawings of tall buildings from 11 a.m. ' -
sw ‘ to 1 p.m. in the gallery of l .angford Architecture Center.
NITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: will hold an “Aggie Sim
per” at 6 p.m. at the A&M Presbyterian Church. Cost is $1.
ORY DEPARTMENT: will show “1 learts and Minds” at
fin 105 Harrington.
CINEMA: will show “A Night of Looney Tu-
8;45 p.m, at The Grove. ' •
LING CLUB: will have an organizational meeting at
rr^at Luther’s Barbecue for current and prospective
HATEUR RADIO COMMITTEE: will meet at 7.30
040 MSG im
Thursday
NATIONAL PROGRAMS COMMITTEE: will meet
mpsm. in 501 Rudder. '
J MACINTOSH USERS’ GROUP: will meet at 7:30Vif*
ivin 101 Soil and Crop Sciences. ..
TRANSPORTATION SI-MINAR/DEPARTMENT
TVTL ENGINEERING: will present Elliot Schcier,®!?
etttof Manalydcs Inc., discussing maritime transport
n at & p.m. in 5&3 Blocker. ' f T G C
SID VARIABLE: will show Dr. Straugdove” at 7:30 : :
^and 9:45 p.m. in 701 Rudder. Admission is$l .50.
" "TER GROUP; will meet and discuss a newsletter at
i. in 102 Teague. • ..
. |BOOK EXCHANGE: will be Friday through May.
o by 221 Pavilion and register the books you want,to ::
om 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A list of all books will be made iS
$ble free of charge. For more information call 845-:|p :
iat’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion,
' ' no less than three days prior to dfe*
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Prison board
plans to end
ban on mail
HUNTSVILLE (AP) — A federal
judge will be asked to approve a pro
posal that would lift a mail ban
against Texas prison inmates sus
pected of gang involvement, the
state prison board has decided.
On Monday, the board also
awarded a $67.1 million contract to
Daniel International, a Dallas con
struction Firm, to build a new prison
near Palestine.
The prison mail dispute arose
when the Texas Department of Cor
rections won court approval for a
temporary ban of mail to about
1,200 suspected gang members last
year.
The prison system is authorized to
examine prisoner mail, but officials
asked for the temporary ban after
unprecedented violence last year.
Officials said mail was being used
to transmit secret messages and ar
range murders, assaults and drug
deals. Deliveries of mail to all in
mates was halted for 30 days in fall
1985 after an outbreak of violence.
No inmate murders have been re
corded since September 1985 and
department officials credit the mail
ban for helping quell violence.
TDC spokesman Phil Guthrie sai-
d,“Our violent episodes have (been)
reduced dramatically. We believe
(the mail ban) did work. We believe
the idea is sound.”
The department had filed a peti
tion with U.S. District Judge John V.
Singleton, asking for an extension
on the mail ban, but prisoners chal
lenged the ban as unconstitutional.
Assistant Attorney General F.
Scott McCown, who negotiated the
agreement, said prison regulations
prohibit inmates from sending
coded letters, transmitting gang in
formation or setting up attacks.
TDC officials can restrict mail
privileges if an inmate breaks prison
rules, McGown said.
According to the proposed set
tlement, “whenever TDC deter
mines that an inmate violates any of
the rules, they (the department) can
restrict the inmate’s mail privileges.”
Daniel International won a con
tract to build a 2,250-inmate, maxi
mum-security prison near Palestine
to relieve a severe housing crunch
and upgrade prison living condi
tions.
The proposal includes a $6 mil
lion charge for financing the project
until 1987 when the Legislature will
decide to pay for the prison with an
appropriation or to lease it from the
builder, said TDC board member
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