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Wednesday, August 5, 1987/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local A&M grads win Fullbright Grants, get chance to study in foreign lands By Kirsten Dietz Senior Staff Writer Three Texas A&M graduates re- rs ago tilt cently were given the chance to con- exas t* 11116 their studies in a foreign coun- j. pry by winning a Fullbright Grant. R Christopher Conrad Eugster, Joa- ourtaslnie Anne Kleypas and Mary Jean eough will spend one year in a for- m country researching a problem fated to their field of study. Eugster, a May electrical engi neering graduate, will study semi- nductor lasers and diodes at the ax Planck Institute in West Ger- any. According to his grant appli- tion, he wanted to study in West ermany because a telecommunica- Jons corporation there is planning to install 500,000 miles of optical >r the dutation o us. Th' ;nce at toward racy in -d States, sn’t alwai o study in r . A greai diversity t nations he issue ducation of fiber by 1990. Eugster is from Col lege Station. Kleypas, who is working on a doc torate degree in geology, is studying the Great Barrier Reef through the James Cook University of North Queensland in Australia. On her ap plication, she said she will compare different sections of the reef to de termine the history of the sea level in the formation of the reef. She said this information will help people un derstand the interaction between the global climatic, ecologic, sea level and sedimentologic changes. She is from College Station, and earned a bachelor’s degree in oceanography and a master’s degree in marine sci ence from A&M. Keough, a May agricultural jour nalism graduate, also is studying in West Germany. According to her ap plication, she wants to study the Eu ropean Common Market, which is sued mandatory production controls on dairy products in 1984. She said she wants to find out if farmers are better off with these controls, as the United States is considering imple menting similar controls. She is working through the University of Gogtingen and the University of Kiel. Keough is from Monticello, Wis. The bulk of the money for the grants is appropriated by the U.S. Congress, although host govern ments and institutions also contrib ute, said Gary Beason, a graduate as sistant in the Study Abroad Office. He said applicants must have a bachelor’s degree, but not have com pleted a doctorate degree. The ap plicant also must show a proficiency in the language of the chosen coun try. To apply for the grant through A&M, the student first submits a proposal for the research project to the Study Abroad Office. Mona Rizk-Finne, the office coordinator, helps the student with the final pro posal and gives the student the ap plication for the grant. A&M sends the selected appli cants to the Institute of Interna tional Education in New York by Oct. 31. The institute decides in Feb ruary which of the applicatons to send to committees in the countries the students choose. 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An officer answering the call as led to the complex, where he found the six officers sitting in heir patrol cars, officials said. Discharging firearms in a pub lic place is a misdemeanor that J:carries a fine of up to $ 1,000. Safety board blames accident in ’86 on faulty map of gas lines BUY YOUR BOOKS NOW & SAVE at OTLOUPOT'Sffi WE GUARANTEE The Right BOOKS Northgate Redmond Terrace (across from Post Office) (next to Academy) WASHINGTON (AP) — A 1986 blast in downtown Fort Worth that caused more than $1.5 million in damage may have occurred because Lone Star Gas Co. failed to show the line on its maps, the National Trans portation Safety Board said Tues day. The explosion shook downtown Fort Worth the morning of March 12 after a work crew operating a backhoe punctured a natural gas line. Twenty-two people were in jured, one building and 57 auto mobiles at a car dealership were de stroyed and 40 other buildings were damaged, the NTSB report said. “Safety issues raised by this acci dent concern the accuracy of gas company maps, the gas company’s emergency response procedures, the training of gas company employees and how gas companies use civil agencies to respond more rapidly and effectively to major pipeline emergencies,” according to the re port. The NTSB said Lone Star Gas contributed to the explosion by inad equately training employees in locat ing gas lines, and failing to use civil ian emergency authorities, evacuate accident sites and ventilate build ings. According to an NTSB spokes man, the building may not have gone up in a fireball if the doors and windows had been opened to allow the gas to dissipate. Howard Matson, director of com munications for Lone Star Gas, said the company would not discuss the report because the utility was in volved in several lawsuits arising from the blast. “We feel confident the facts, in cluding the NTSB report, will be presented in the courtroom, and we will address any and all remaining questions after the lawsuits are dis posed of,” Matson said from the company’s corporate offices in Dal las. Although the company has not seen the report, Matson said it dis agreed with points officials had heard had been made by the NTSB. In recommendations to the gas company, the NTSB issued a series of suggestions: Update and maintain system maps to show the location of all ac tive gas mains and service lines. Review emergency procedures to determine if they encompass all response actions expected of em ployees who could be dispatched to an accident. 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