European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 6 the stars and stripes wednesday october 22,1966 red tide threatens shellfish spawning areas Corpus Christi Texas a a toxic red tide that invaded the Texas coast in August covers hundreds of Square Miles of Gulf of Mexico water and could linger through december threatening shellfish spawning areas officials said. It May be later than that depending on the season said Pat Patterson a National weather service red tide an explosion of microscopic organisms appeared in late a gust near Galveston and has moved into mexican Waters leaving behind millions of dead in his City of 230,000 closed beaches to swimmers and stale official shave suspended Oyster harvesting which was to begin nov. 1.biologists and state officials said the red tide s existence along the coast de pends on the concentration of organisms wind direction and Speed and the water water temperature has been in the upper 70s, and a temperature of 60 de Grees or below is needed for the red tide to diminish but that May not occur until mid december officials said. Or. Frank Judd director of the pan american University s coastal studies Laboratory at South padre Island said the water temperature in far South Texas is still in the 80s."il needs to get below 60 degrees fahrenheit and in also depends on what kind of cold front we get Judd said. We Don t get any persistent cold weather until late november or stateside a Osburn. Harvest program Leader for the Texas Park and wildlife depart ment s Marine Laboratory in Rockport said monday the red tide was about one to four Miles wide and 170-Miles Long stretching from port o Connor to . It could be up to 3,000 Square Miles of he Gulf of Mexico hat has some re tide in it Osburn said. Red tide kills fish through the organisms toxic secretions and by depleting the oxygen in water. It has killed pin Heads hard Heads Catfish mullets and some Large redfish Judd red tide has stabilized off the coast he said but officials Are concern edit will enter the Laguna Madre a Nursery for shrimp oysters and other fish locate Between port Isabel and South padre is land. There s really nothing to prevent it from moving in there Judd said Itcan change Oyster clams and mussels filler in toxin and retain it in their systems Cor weeks. Health officials have warned that eating contaminated shellfish could Lead to nausea and Reed manager of the water Street Oyster bar near Corpus Christi Bay said residents know that the restaurants around Here Are not going to sell contaminated fish to them. But tourist they May be worried about Bushnell spokesman for the South padre Island tourist Bureau said the red tide has hit inc resort and some tourists were cancelling reservations. Area of red tide contamination up graphic Fth. Blab potential Gold deposits found in Central Nevada Washington a government geologists report that Sites in Central Nevada May con Tain Gold deposits. Gold has been found in an area of Nevada Southeast of Reno and North of Tonopah but further study is needed to determine if the concentrations arc High enough to justify mining Daniel r. Shawe of the . Geological Survey s Denver office reported monday. Shawe said there appears to be potential for a significant Gold Deposit underlying the manhat Tan precious metals District about 175 Miles Southeast of Reno. Geological conditions in the Region arc similar to those 150 mites to the North at the fortitude Deposit where Gold and Silver Are currently being mined according to Shawe. Shaw s findings Are included in a newly published geological Survey report entitled com plex history of precious Metal deposits South Ern Toquica Range Nevada. 2 arrested As replacements Cross picket lines at Plant Marshalltown Iowa a two peo ple were arrested monday As replacement work Era crossed picket lines at the Swift Independent packing co. Plant but police said the violence of last week had subsided. As workers entered the Plant 70 officers kept away about 300 strikers supporters and onlookers said police capt. Charles Doans there were 23 arrests late last week As Stone and eggs were hurled at replacement workers but Doane said monday it seemed very quiet this a Man was charged with disorderly conduct and a woman was apprehended after tossing a cup of Coffee at a worker. Doane said neither was a striker. Swift hired the replacements after More than 300 members of the National brotherhood of Industrial and packing House workers walked off the Job oct. 2. Taxpayer can f sue irs agents for alleged to Afons court rules san Francisco a a taxpayer who typed a Federal Law then newly passed providing a penal protest message on her income tax return cannot sue Federal agents who improperly Trie j to Fine her fed eral appeals court has court said recovering the improper penalty was an adequate civil liberties Union attorney Stephen Piver who represented the woman said he waa flabbergasted at monday s ruling by the 9th. . Circuit court of appeals and May Appeal appears that what the court is saying is if an agent punishes you improperly and also violates your constitutional rights what you re expected to do shave that punishment or the Penally rescinded and forget your constitutional rights Piver department lawyer Elaine Ferris Laid the was pleased with the ruling. Internal Revenue service agents occasionally make human errors like the Restor us and should t be vulnerable to a damage nut unless you have particularly aggravating Zifcu Mync is she lawsuit against the irs agents for constitutional violations could have resulted in an award for Dan Ages including financial losses related to the tax penalty emotional distress and punitive Case arose from a 1982 Federal tax return filed by Donna Todd of Billings Mont. Below the state Menton the tax form in which the taxpayer declares the information is True under Penally of perjury she typed signed involuntarily under penalty of statutory the irs ordered her to pay a $500 penalty under a federa Penally when a taxpayer files a frivolous or obstructionist lax return that causes the government to doubt the accuracy of
