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Bryan Marine, Inc. 1008 West 25th St.—Bryan 822-0875 Page 6/The Battalion/Thursday, September 10, 1987 Pipeline explodes in Galveston area, injures 3 workers KEMAH (AP) — Three construc tion workers installing a pipeline were injured when an explosion ripped through a nearby butane line Wednesday, officials said. A fire that followed the explosion was under control but continued to burn Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The area around the fire was evacuated and a nearby bridge con necting Kemah and Seabrook was closed. Kemah police dispatcher David Haynes said a three-block area had been evacuated but he did not know how many people were involved. The area is not densely populated, he said. The explosion occurred about 8 a.m. while a crew contracted by Amoco Pipeline Co. was installing a new pipeline, Amoco spokesman Guy Robinson said. The explosion occurred in a pipeline running par allel to the line the construction crew was working on. “It’s still burning,” Robinson said Wednesday afternoon. “What’s bur ning is what (butane) is left in the line.” Robinson said he did not know how long it would take to burn off all the butane left in the pipeline. The six-inch line owned by Amoco car ries butane from Baytown to the company’s refinery in Texas City. “Somehow a leak developed and gas in the line ignited,” he said. Officials were not sure how the leak developed. Three workers were hurt and Robinson said he understood those injuries were burns. The three were employed by Woodson Construction Co. in Lafayette, La., but their names were not immediately re leased. One worker was flown by heli copter to Hermann Hospital in Houston, where he was in serious condition, hospital spokesman Don Brown said. Another worker was taken to an area hospital, but Amoco spokesman Greg Clock said he did not know which one it was or what his condi tion was. The third worker was treated at the scene. Three local fire departments were called in to battle the blaze in Ke mah, near Galveston Bay. Study: English system works better than plan of bilingual education EL PASO (AP) — Spanish-speak ing children who are taught almost exclusively in English learn English faster and do better overall than stu dents who are taught first in Span ish, a study indicates. The El Paso Independent School District study of 2,500 children in first- through third-grade bilingual education classes show the English immersion program works, said Jeanne Saunders, EPISD director of research and evaluation. The 3-year-old experiment has been extended another two years so officials can see how the students perform in regular classes, Saunders said Tuesday. “The data says the bilingual i mersion program does a better j of teaching English to students at a, earlier level,” Saunders said. Students in the immersion pro gram retain their Spanish and tend to do better on reading, language and math achievement tests than students in the traditional program, she said. In traditional bilingual education, children are taught first in Spanish. The teacher then gradually intro duces English until classes are taught solely in that language. In the immersion program, most teaching is done in English from the start, although children may speak Spanish, she said. The study has concluded that both groups do better than expected across the board, but that bilingual immersion appears to be a more ef fective way to teach English. The Texas Education Agency granted the school district permis sion to try the dual approach to bil ingual education. I I Paso school officials tried the uersion program in 18 elemen- schools and left the traditional ual program intact at 18 other entary schools. officials based the study’s results o achievement test scores, inter views with principals and question naires from more than 500 teachers, Saunders said. STUDENT GOVERNMENT FRESHMAN PROGRAMS ’87-8 APPLICATIONS DUE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11 AT 5 P.M. 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The tea mmates, wearing their uniform jer seys, will be among the pallbearers. Nishimura died early Monday at Seton Medical Center in Austin, ending a bout with lymphoma that began in 1982. The eighth-grader played in his team’s final baseball game in June, when his father and baseball coach, Mitsuyoshi “Sam” Nishimura, sent him in to pinch hit. After starting the game at third base, Hiro grew tired from coughing after two innings and left to lie down on the dugout bench. But in the fi nal inning, he urged his father and coach to put him back in the game. “Daddy, let me pinch hit,” his fa ther recalled the boy saying. “This is the last game of the year.” The ailing player beat out an in field hit, but had to leave the game for a pinch runner, the elder Nishi mura said. The Nishimura family came to the United States from Japan in 1971 and soon became a fixture at North west Little League and Northwest Pony-Colt baseball fields. The oldest son, Sato, set home- run records as a 12-year-old in the middle 1970s and later played for Austin McCallum High School. Hiro Nishimura’s older sister, Miyo, made softball all-star teams. Nishimura came to their games, spending most of his time chasing foul balls for free soft drinks. He be gan playing youth baseball at age 6, two years before doctors discovered the lymphoma. He underwent cancer therapy at Houston’s M.D. Anderson Hospital, including experimental drug the rapy this year before he went to Se ton. Although he missed some games, he never missed a whole baseball season. He made the jump from Little League to Pony League in the spring. Council hires first woman to enforce law PAINT ROCK (AP) — The town of Paint Rock, population 256, wanted some respect when the City Council decided to start a police de partment. And it’s been getting that respect since May when the council hired the town’s first law-woman. Police Chief Tommie Atkinson is also the lone employee of the Paint Rock Police Department. For a century, law and order in the Concho county seat has been the responsibility of the sheriffs depart ment, which is headquartered here. “People driving through Paint Rock have no respect for small towns — not just Paint Rock, but any small town,” Mayor Billy Sims says. Thus far, the biggest case worked by Atkinson (with help from the sheriffs department) was an $8,000 drug bust in which one person was arrested. Sheriff Ernest Skeen, whose job also includes collecting taxes, says he welcomes the help. Because of major highways pass ing through the county, he says, his office receives many calls to be on the lookout for people wanted in neighboring counties. One thing’s for sure — Paint Rock is sold on its one-woman police de partment. 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