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Watt will postpone
offshore oil drillin
WASHINGTON (AP)-Interior
Secretary James Watt announced
yesterday that because of a legal
dispute, he is delaying until at least 1983
a decision on whether to permit of-
fshore oil and gas drilling in four scenic
areas off the Northern California coast.
The decision gave conservationists,
who had complained about the dangers
from possible oil spills, at least a 17-
month reprieve. Watt said the earliest
the sale could be rescheduled would be
1983.
WATT SAID the delay was not due to
political pressure, but was because of
his concern over an adverse ruling a
federal judge issued last month concer-
ning a fifth Pacific Coast Ocean lease
sale in California.
U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer
blocked the sale of 31 tracts off Santa
'Barbara after ruling that Watt violated
the spirit of the leasing law by giving
only "minimal" considerations to state
objections.
In California, Gov. Edmund Brown,
who filed the suit opposing the North
California leases, called Watt's an-
nouncement "a retreat and a backdown
from the misguided policy of
desecrating our pristine California
coast."
Watt denied that his action to delay a
decision on the leases resulted from any
White House pressure.
Watt said his action should in no way
be characterized as backing away from
the administration's commitment to an
aggressive offshore leasing program.
Ruptured valve o derailed
Mich. tanker is plugged
BRIDGMAN (UPI)-Chemical ex- acid.
perts plugged a ruptured valve in a Huge billowing clouds of acid fumes,
tanker containing a highly corrosive described as a highly corrosive
acid that overturned during a freight chemical that will burn the eyes, skin or
train derailment early yesterday, for- mucus membranes of anyone coming in
cing more than 1,500 people to flee their contact with it, rushed out of the
homes. DuPont tanker shortly after the
Sixteen cars of a Chesapeake & Ohio derailment.
freight train, one carrying One Berrien County sheriff's detec-
fluorosulfonic acid, derailed one block tive at the scene estimated a cloud of
from the downtown business area shor- gas 500 feet high and a half-mile wide
tly after 5 a.m. EDT. was floating above the area.
RESIDENTS IN a 12-square-mile State police said a small fire broke
area were evacuated while teams of out shortly after the derailment-which
chemical experts from Dupont and occurred less than three miles from one
Dow Chemical plugged the ruptured of Michigan's three nuclear reac-
valve and drained the pool of acid into a tors-but said there were no flammable
trench lined with lime to neutralize the materials to cause an explosion.
16th ANNUAL SALINE-
I.R.A. CHAMP1IONSHIP
UGUST 7 & 8, 8 p.m.
AUGUST 9, 3p.m.
Washtenaw Farm CouncilGrounds
Saline-Ann A rbor Road, Saline, Mich.
t ii l arIhI r 1 .ating
TOP COWBOYS COMPETING
* Brahma Bull Riding * Bronc Riding * Girl, Barrel Race
*Steer Wrestling * GaifRoping * Clowns * Food * Family Fun
TICKETS Location of Rodeo
Today
The showers expected yesterday should end this morning, remaining par-
tly cloudy through the rest of the day with a high in the mid-70s. Q
Happenings ...
SATURDAY
Films
AAFC-Strangers on a Train, 7 & 10:25 p.m.; Lifeboat, 8:45 p.m., MLB 3.
CG-My Brilliant Career, 7 & 9:15 p.m., Lorch Hall.
C2-Mississippi Mermaid, 7:30 p.m.; The Bride Wore Black, 9:30 p.m.,
Angell Aud. A.
CFT-A Shot in the Dark, 2, 7 & 11 p.m.; The Return of the Pink Panther, 4
& 9 p.m., Michigan Theater.
Miscellaneous
RC-"The Sea," The Residential College Summer Players, R.C.
Auditorium, East Quad.
Saline Rodeo-Rodeo sponsored by the Saline Jaycees, 3 p.m., Washtenaw
Farm Council Grounds, Saline.
Dexter Community Theater-"Oklahoma," Copeland School auditorium,
Dexter.
AAFTM-Ann Arbor Friends of Traditional Music & the University
Folklore Society present, Square & Contra-square dancing, 8 p.m., Union.
MAAWW-Michigan Summer School for Working Women, "Technological
Change and Comparative Worth: Women's Emerging Issues," discussion
sessions, sponsored by the University's Institute of Labor & Industrial
Relations.
Medieval Festival-Medieval music,'dancing, food,'drama,'10 a.m.-10
p.m., School of Music lawn, North Campus.
SUNDAY
Miscellaneous
Clarinet Recital-Charles Jeffryes, 8 p.m., Recital Hall.
Organ Recital- Mark McGillen, 2 p.m., St. John's Episcopal Church,
Plymouth.
Medieval Festival-See Saturday's listing, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., School of
Music lawn, North Campus.
MSSWW-See Saturday's listing, music, celestial choir, luncheon theater,
graduation ceremony, sponsored by Institute on Labor & Industrial
Relations.
Karma Thegsum Choling-discussion on Buddhist texts, 4-5:30 p.m.
MONDAY
Miscellaneous
Carillon Concert-University Carillonneur William DeTurk, 7 p.m., Bur-
ton Tower.
Voice Recital-Robert Allen, baritone, 8 p.m., Rackham Assembly Hall.
SYDA Foundation-Introduction to Siddha Meditation, Swami
Tyaganada, 8p.m., 902 Baldwin.
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Saturday, August 8, 1981
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