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iscovery of radiation leak leads
mpany’s officials to close plant
LLAS (AP) — Ashland Chemi-
o.'s electronic chemicals pack-
plant here was ordered shut
temporarily because of a ra-
i leak, and workers will be
1 for low-level contamination,
my officials said Sunday,
lie leak is believed to have come
air guns used to remove dust
rides from packaging bottles, of-
iJs said.
Aj radiation leak was discovered
ulisday at the company’s electro-
chemicals packaging plant in
istfm, Pa., and officials said Sun-
ykhat when thev ran tests Satin-
day evening in Dallas, they discov
ered the same problem.
The air guns in Dallas are identi
cal. officials said, to the static ionizer
air cleaning units — leased from 3M
Gorp. — that were found to have
failed at Ashland’s packaging plant
in Easton, about 60 miles north of
Philadelphia.
Ashland said it immediately noti
fied the Nuclear Regulatory Com
mission and the Texas Bureau of
Radiological Health of the presence
of the contamination at the Dallas fa
cility.
An Ashland Chemical spokesman
said the company will test all em
ployees of the contaminated facilities
as a precautionary measure.
The Easton plant was closed over
the weekend, and U.S. Nuclear Reg
ulatory Commission spokesman Karl
Abraham said the company signed
an agreement not to open the plant
without NRC approval. The Dallas
plant also will be shut down until
testing and cleanup is complete, offi
cials said.
Preliminary tests show that con
tamination levels are not believed to
pose a health threat to areas near the
plants, officials said.
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F.MPHILL (AP) — Some resi-
Ws have related stories of violence
tne hands of area law enforce-
Mt officials in the wake of a Loui-
|J jma man’s death, two days after he
edly was beaten in the Sabine
liny jail.
ut others, including this East
as town’s only physician, dispute
;spread rumors of police brutal-
ayal Garner Jr., of Florien, Ea.,
Dec. 27 in a Tvler hosoital. He
and two companions were stopped
and jailed in Hemphill for a traffic
violation on Christmas Day.
The other two men said Garner
was taken to an adjoining room,
beaten and returned, unconscious,
to his cell.
Police Chief Thomas Ladner, 33,
and sheriff’s deputies Bill Horton,
58, and James “Bo” Hyden, 34, have
been charged with depriving Garner
of his civil rights by beating him,
then denying mm access to medical
treatment.
The charges carry a maximum
sentence of life in prison. The three
men are free on $25,000 bonds each
and have been suspended from their
duties.
Garner’s family has filed suit
against the three men, the city of
Hemphill and Sabine County.
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NIVERSITY ART EXHIBITS: will present eighteenth century views by Ca-
aletto Thursday through Feb. 20 in Rudder Exhibit Hall.
HI THETA KAPPA ALUMNI: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 507 AB Rudder.
LPHA KAPPA PSI: will have an informational rush meeting at 7 p.m. at the
yle Field press box.
AMU JAZZ BAND: will rehearse at 7:30 p.m. in the Commons west piano
bom. New members are welcome.
IGH SCHOOL PUBLIC RELATIONS AND RECRUITMENT: will meet at 5:30
m. in 225 MSC to turn in brochures from the high school trip.
GGIE CINEMA: will have a new members' meeting at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder.
AYL0R LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS: are being offered to outstanding
exas A&M students entering Baylor Law School. Contact Dr. J.M. Nance in 560
larrington for more information. Application deadline is Feb. 1.
MA MARKETING SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in Blocker Building. Check the
onitor screen for the room number.
SC VAFIIETY SHOW: audition applications are available in 216 MSC.
I0N0RSSTUDENT COUNCIL: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 410 Rudder.
Tuesday
IAS A&M FLYING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in the clubhouse at Eas-
lerwood Airport.
'R0FESS1ONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION: will
leetat 7:15 p.m. in 103 Zachry. Dr. Workman will be the guest speaker.
IATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. at
Ramada Inn penthouse suite for an Exxon presentation on careers in data
rocessing.
ISC FRESHMEN LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS: applications are available in 216
ISC and are due Friday.
IELTA SIGMA PI: will have a professional speaker at 7 p.m. in 302 Rudder. All
isiness students are welcome Business attire is requested.
INTRAMURALS: Basketball and pre-season basketball entries close. For more
iformation contact P. J. Miller at 845-7826.
Ifc BIG EVENT COMMITTEE: will meet at 7 p.m. in 203 MSC.
jDEER PARK HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 502 Rudder.
[MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: will meet a* 8.30 p.m. in 225 MSC.
MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 027 MSC.
AUSTIN HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 027 MSC.
PHI ETA SIGMA; applications are due Feb. 15 and March 1. Scholarship appli
cations for seniors are available in 113 System.
TAMU POLO CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 208 MSC.
POLITICAL SCIENCE SOCIETY/RI SIGMA ALPHA: will meet at 7 p.m. in 229
MSC.
SALVADORAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 302 Rud-
Ider.
|MSC TRAVEL: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder Tower. Check monitor screen
(for room number.
[THE FREEDOM SOCIETY: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder Tower. Check the
monitor screen for the room number.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in AN Faiths Cha
pel meditation room.
MSC ALL NIGHT FAIR, will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 230 MSC.
(COLLEGIATE FFA: will have a kolache social at 6:45 p.m. and a meeting at
7:30 p.m. in 208 Scoates.
TAMU SCUBA CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 228 MSC.
fTAMU SAILING TEAM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 109 Trigon.
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Leonard Green, 46, and Marvin
“Chick” Stroud, 50, both of Hemp
hill. told the Fort Worth Star-Tele-
ram they were handcuffed and
^aten by Ladner several years ago.
Green, who was arrested for driv
ing while intoxicated in 1980 and
paid $300 in fines for the DWI and
disorderly conduct, said Garner’s
death stunned him.
“I thought, ‘Good God, that
could’ve been me,’ ” he said.
Green, who lost a leg in a shooting
incident 20 years ago, said he told
the FBI in Beaumont that he had
been beaten but never heard back
from the agent with whom he talked.
Officials shut down production at
Easton Friday to test about 90 em
ployees for low-level radiation con
tamination. An undetermined
amount of polonium 210 leaked
from at least one static ionizer used
to clean bottles, officials said.
The microscopic polonium
spheres give off alpha particles that
cannot penetrate skin, but. if the po
lonium is inhaled, it can find its way
into the digestive tract and could
eventually lead to cancer, Abraham
said.
“There’s a negligable hazard as
external radiation, but it’s a poten
tially serious matter if taken deep
into the body,” Abraham said.
Investigators are not sure how
long the air gun has been leaking the
radioactive material, although Abra
ham said clothing that hadn’t been
worn in several weeks or months was
found contaminated.
He said the contamination proba
bly occurred at or before the last
time the clothes were worn.
Abraham also said that bottles
that are cleaned with the air guns
and contain acids or solvents may be
contaminated.
The NRC and Ashland tried to
determine over the weekend where
the bottles were sent so they could be
tested. Abraham said all of the prod
ucts are restricted in industrial use.
About 90 workers at the Easton
plant will submit urine samples for
analysis, officials said. “We don’t
know how long it will take to get
those done, but we’ll expedite the
process,” said Brent McGinnis, Ash
land spokesman.
Abraham said exits from the
buildings in the Easton plant that
had areas of contamination were
tested and indicated none of the
material left the area.
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By Mary-Lynne Rice
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To combat.the use of false identi
fication by minors, the Texas De
partment of Public Safety has started
to issue driver’s licenses with a new,
more distinctive multi-color look.
With the alterations to the design
of the licenses, the DPS expects the
cards to be much more difficult to
counterfeit.
However, unless an already-li
censed driver duplicates or renews
his license, he might not receive the
new card for another four years,
Mike Cox, DPS spokesman, said.
“There’s no requirement at ail to
go in and have a new' picture taken.”
he said. “The old licenses are com
pletely acceptable.”
The new licenses will feature seve
ral hindrances to counterfeiting, he
said.
Changes include printing the state
seal at the top of the license in green
and partially super imposing it onto
the photograph.
“That’s just one of several steps to
make it more inconvenient to alter
or counterfeit the license,” he said.
Among other changes, on top of
the lettering identifying the DPS,
“Texas” will be printed in hollow red
letters.
The feature of the license most
difficult to counterfeit, Cox said, is
the DPS seal embossed on the card.
“There’s a barely visible embos
sing of the DPS state seal all around
the card,” he said. “Again, that will
make it extra difficult to alter the
driver’s license.”
However, Sisco Spence, manager
of the College Station Hilton’s Sun
dance Club, said the new licenses
probably will not deter many minors
from attempting to use false identifi
cation.
“When someone invents a wheel,
someone else is going to invent a way
of going around that wheel in a dif
ferent fashion,” he said. “I don’t
think there is any way to foolproof
an ID. There are other ways of
going around it.”
He cited out-of-state licenses as a
common fake-ID ploy-
“Most of the doormen are unfa
miliar with (the licenses of) other
states,” he said. “It’s a little harder to
catch what you’re unfamiliar with.”
Even more difficult to identify,
Spence said, are false licenses from
out of the country.
“If you have a doorman who is not
bilingual, he can read the name and
the birthdate, and that’s about it,” he
said.
Cox said the DPS realizes the new
licenses are not impossible to coun
terfeit, although it will be very diffi
cult. Those caught using false li
censes, however, will face a stiff
penalty for forgery and counterfeit
ing.
DPS Sgt. John Raney said coun
terfeiting is a third-degree felony,
punishable by a term of two to five
years years in the state penitentiary.
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