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Tuesday, January 19, 1988AThe Battalion/Page 5 Process-industry symposium explores modern technology W: n rj ' p.r ; : Us: wsi irstc gBr ital he^ ysir lain jlde-i 'irds irttie’' mpfi sBit- 50# teoifi s and ■■ sponi- oori jin ieve p enf sel'8 Jwed J bep ha'( ice I*- 1 of ^ 3 eopl ( ftfie^ classd to^ kJond* e brei : ed. nts 0 '' get :: ickp 1 * hem cerf 5 dm if- cati»" cal ^ By Jamie Russell Staff Writer Process-industry manufactur ers will have the chance to learn about the latest technological ad vances in a symposium being held at Texas A&M beginning today at 10 a.m. and continuing through Thursday. The 43rd Annual Symposium on Instrumentation for the Proc ess Industries, sponsored by the Department of Chemical Engi neering, will be conducted at the Rudder Conference Center. An estimated 600 instrumenta tion engineers and others from the process industries, such as re fining and chemical production, will meet for the symposium. The gathering is widely known for its presentation of reports on successfully applied advanced technology from industry rep resentatives, said Dr. Rayford G. Anthony, chairman of the sympo sium and professor of chemical engineering at A&M. “The main objective is educa tion,” Anthony said, “and it is a good opportunity for instrumen tal engineers, manufacturers, us ers and vendors to learn about the latest use of equipment avail able. It is a chance to see the lead ing edge of applied technology.” Anyone interested in the sub- ect is encouraged to attend. Reg istration is $75 and does not in clude workshop fees or the Wednesday evening barbeque. Full-time students interested in attending the symposium may ob tain a free pass/badge at the Rud der Conference Center begin ning at 8 a.m. today. Peter A. Waldheim, the sympo sium’s keynote speaker, is the vice president for engineering for the M.W. Kellogg Co., one of the “big five” worldwide engineering firms. After the opening ceremonies today, Waldheim will discuss “Change — Do We Manage It or Does It Manage Us?” Other topics to be discussed during the three-day symposium include expert systems in the con trol room, instrument mainte nance and the communication hi- erarchy for plant-wide automation. Four pre-conference workshops will also be offered to day from 10 a.m. to noon before .the symposium, which begins at 1 p.m. The workshops consider topics such as controller tuning; relief-valve application and siz ing; and the techniques and tools used in fiber optics. Registration for the sympo sium is required to attend the workshops, which cost $ 10. About 57 exhibitors will pre sent educational ideas in the MSC during the exhibit’s hours, which are today from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. and Thursday from 11:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Old gun wound kills Dallas man after 20 years DALLAS (AP) — More than 20 years ago, Army veteran M.C. Rus sell of Dallas was shot by his wife in a fierce argument. Last week, the bullet that lodged in his spine, keeping him bedridden and almost a quadriplegic, finished its work. Russell, 60, died and was buried last week. The Dallas County medi cal examiner’s office ruled the shot and pre-existing heart disease killed Russell. His death was labeled a homicide, but investigators expect the case will be promptly closed. Relatives have said his wife Lois, whom Russell later divorced, died four years ago. Russell, described as a mild-tem- pered and religious man, moved to Dallas in 1966 after he left the Army and took a job with Canada Dry. On Nov. 6, 1967, he returned home late from work and he and his wife got into an argument, accord ing to Fred Russell, his brother. He said Mrs. Russell grabbed a .22-cali ber pistol and shot her husband once in the neck. Doctors could not remove the bul let for fear of causing more spinal damage. Imogene Evans, who cared for her brother after the shooting, said Russell declined to press charges against his wife and never acted bit ter toward her. “He said if he pressed charges against her, he was not leaving anything for God to do,” Evans said. 15 years of incest ends for three sisters DALLAS (AP) — A mother and her three grown daughters say they are ready to begin their lives free from a man who ruled them for 20 years. “It’s been a disaster all these years, land it’s cruelty and it’s anguish and everything else,” Vera Elliott, 45, said. “To me, I felt like I have been used to the max. To continue it, I would rather be dead.” Elliott, her children and her I grandchildren have ended 20 years j of rule by Lewis Charles Elliott. He [ was convicted in November on three [counts of incest. Mrs. Elliott’s grand children are her husband’s children. Elliott, 53, is in the Dallas jail awaiting a 10-year sentence in the Texas Department of Corrections. The daughters say that although Elliott never let them date, have close friends or even have private telephone conversations, they still love him. “This was the kind of situation that had so many different feelings involved,” the middle daughter said. “You’d want to cry, you’d want to die. You’d think you’d want to kill. But then you’d have the times you think you were good, and you were happy and you’d love him so much.” They said the incest began when Warped h^ispejtt mtmsmAs, VACATION- rtAPE- OF THIS HPRR0R STOW A &WT A Ml CALLED SAHTA-CLOPS FOR mV A/E-fHE-W. 5AW TT/jS M A GIFT SHOP: A wonhN wm/ a biological CLOCK IN HEX SJOHACH... SEELING W NEPHEW A&M MADE HE REALIZE HOW MUCH TIME TOPPLE R5 5PENP WITH CDU? BELLIES. _.x call ita yorpiE. X WAS HOPING F0K A COMPACT PI5C FOR CHRISTMAS'BOT IT WAS THE WRONG SIZE • Waldo by Kevin Thomas WHAT IS IT 2. 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