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THE BATTALION Wednesday, June 6, 1973 College Station, Texas Page 5 Cadets ami purchasiag ister boofel ent returns I pick up id a student ready fo t ^reregister- :rin April, 'ill lie Aug, ;in Sept, 3, | 1 Communications System Studied To Reduce Poverty A communications system that could reduce poverty and encour age entrepreneurial activities in India is the result of a design study undertaken by graduate students in A&M’s Graduate Col lege, The system, called “Indifax” by the student design team, would consist of a communications net work offering entertainment and educational material through ra dio and newspaper media. Three of the five-member de sign team are citizens of India, according to Dr. Charles A. Rod- enberger, TAMU aerospace engi neering professor and faculty ad visor in the design course. “The students decide what proj ect they want to work on at the beginning of the course,” Dr. Rodenberger explained. “ W i t h three of them from India, the team members decided on a proj- ject that would not only feed hun gry people through increasing job opportunities but also create en trepreneurship in the people of India.” The comprehensive study un dertaken by the students included news distribution procedures, fi nancial problems, printing and broadcasting technology and newsprint recycling for more eco nomical operation. The network would consist of a central office, probably in New Delhi, 20 state agencies and 8,000 local broadcast and printing cen ters. News of national and educa tional information and interna tional interest would be transmit ted to the state agencies from the central office utilizing facsimile transmission. The state agencies would then re-broadcast the in formation, along with regional news, to the local centers. The local centers would print the information for distribution, combined with local news and edu cational material and possibly transmit the information on stan dard broadcast frequencies. The students feel that an ex pansion of advertising base for the publications would expand business in both the rural and urban areas. The presence of written material will improve the skills of the literate population and promote literacy among the remaining community. In addition, the students feel the system would provide jobs for skilled and semi-skilled peo ple at higher than average salary, as much as double the present wage rate. 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The organization would make a profit so that needed government funds might be directed elsewhere to better serve the population. Sup port for the local centers would come primarily from advertising sales. The Indian students on the de sign team are Balvant L. Kapa- dia, Chirra Ram Linga Reddi and Urmila H. Tivedi. They are joined by Vaughn Paul Addams and Richard Lanier Good. The design team made a formal presentation of their proposed system to print and electronic media representatives from Hous ton, Dallas and the Bryan-College Station area. The presentation was video-taped for possible showing to government and bank ing officials in India. Inspection Not Required For Birds Game birds can still be proc essed: and shipped in-state with out government inspection. They also can be processed and shipped to other states — if the laws in the states to which they are sent do not require inspection. However, says Dr. David Mel- lor, Texas Agricultural Extension Service poultry specialist, nation al legislation is in the mill which could change the whole situation. Speaking during the annual Texas Game Bird Conference Sat urday (May 26) at A&M Univer sity, he said a bill for mandatory rabbit inspection has passed the U.S. Senate and gone to the House Agriculture Committee. A Cali fornia congressman has offered an amendment to current poultry inspection laws to include pigeon, squab and pheasant. In addition, the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture is currently trying to replace the word squab with quail in the congressman’s bill, the specialist said. “If this bill is changed and passed, it would then provide mandatory federal inspection for pigeon, quail and pheasant equal to present poultry inspection,” Mellor pointed out. The speaker emphasized that lack of inspection does not re lieve the processor of the “moral and legal obligation and responsi bility to provide a clean, whole some, sanitary product.” There is the possibility, he said, that no processing facilities in spection, will take place unless a problem or outbreak is traced back by health department people to a specific product or plant. The game bird conference was sponsored by the Texas Agricul tural Extension Service and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. McCoyBattles Col. Jim H. McCoy has shown improvement after a mid-May operation, but attending physi cians say he has a battle ahead. The retired commandant of cadets at Texas A&M University is in Brooke General Hospital at San Antonio. He left intensive care recently and is now in ward facilities. Brooke doctors told Mrs. McCoy Sunday that the colonel has “a long, long recuperation ahead.” She stressed that he is making some progress. The former TAMU official suf fered a stroke May 6. The May 10 surgery had complications from hemorrhaging. A 1940 Texas A&M graduate, Col. McCoy was commandant and professor of military science. He retired in August, 1971. His wife is a College Station realtor. REX THEATRE 333 University (upstairs) Phone 846-9990 Open 3 p. m. till midnight 7 days a week Clip ad for $1.00 Discount Also FREE Membership cards to all Aggies REX THEATRE