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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1975
Ford vows to veto any gas rationing plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi
dent Ford vowed Tuesday to veto
l: 'PonEn?6 an y mandatory gasoline rationing
plan voted by Congress and re
jected Democratic demands that he
delay imposing tariffs on imported
oil.
“I will not sit by and watch the
manageme na tion continue to talk about an
| energy crisis and do nothing about
■it,” Ford declared in a nationally
I broadcast news conference, his first
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He urged prompt congressional
action on the package of economic
and energy proposals he outlined
last week. “By the late summer we
ought to see a turnaround both as to
economic activity and I hope in the
I unemployment figure, ” Ford said.
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tion and answer session in an Execu
tive Office auditorium, the Presi
dent also:
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resumed against Communist in
surgents. “I don’t think it’s approp
riate for me to speculate on a matter
of that kind, ” he said.
-Reiterated that the danger of war
in the Middle East is very serious
and that is why the administration is
maximizing its diplomatic efforts
with Israel and some of the Arab
states.
-Voiced disappointment with
Soviet rejection of the 1972 trade
agreement with the United States
but said detente will be continued,
broadened and expanded because it
is in the best interest of both coun
tries.
-Said he will seek deferral of ac
tion on national health insurance
proposals because projected budget
deficits of $30 billion this year and
$45 billion next year should prohibit
any new spending programs.
Reading an opening statement,
Ford said he would sign a presiden
tial proclamation this week to im
pose the tariffs on crude oil imports
— starting at $1 on Feb. 1, going to
$2 a barrel March 1 and to $3 per
barrel April 1.
“It is the first step toward re
gaining our energy freedom,” Ford
said of the proclamation.
With the disclosure of his plan-'
ned action, Ford rejected Democra
tic demands that he delay the tariff
plan until Congress can act.
Chairman Al Ullman of the
House Ways and Means Committee
joined Democratic Sens. Edward
Kennedy of Massachusetts and
Henry Jackson of Washington state
in pressing for the delay.
Ford announced the tariff plan
last week, and said it would be re
scinded if Congress follows bis
proposal that a permanent $2 per
barrel levy be placed on both
domestic and foreign crude oil.
These fees, combined with other
energy proposals, would increase
retail gasoline prices by about 10
cents per gallon.
Ullman said Ford has agreed to a
congressional plan for splitting the
permanent levy and a quick an
tirecession tax cut into two separate
legislative packages.
In defending his energy proposals
against Democratic criticism, Ford
said the revenues raised by the
levies on fuel will be channeled back
into the economy.
Traffic test
to evaluate
‘litter crete’
A highway made of burned gar-
E bage and built under the direction
I of engineers is undergoing evalua
tion after six months of use by Hous
ton traffic.
The highway experiment, if suc
cessful, would help fight pollution,
help the ecology and reduce ex
penses.
Researchers at TAMU’s Texas
Transportation Institute discovered
that with the addition of a little lime,
the residue from burned garbage
could take the place of rock in road
building. At present rock makes up
85 percent of the road material and
is a major cost. The other 15 percent
is asphalt.
“The use of this material (litter
crete) could eliminate the garbage
disposal problem,” said Dr. W. B.
Ledbetter, project head. “This will
nullify the fear of being buried in
our own garbage. If Houston used
all of the residue from all the city’s
garbage it would only meet less than
10 percent of the road building
needs of the city.
Research studies on the material
will continue for the next three
years. The “litter crete” consists of
50 percent glass and the rest is a
mixture of bottle caps, pieces of
metal, a small amount of unbumed
material and blobs of melted
aluminum.
Federal aid
assists
1,600 Ags
Almost nine percent of TAMU’s
full-time enrollment is being as
sisted through federal student aid
programs.
Robert Logan, director of finan
cial aid at TAMU, reports that
slightly over 1,600 were in the fed
eral aid programs which include
Basic Opportunity Grants (BOG),
Supplementary Educational Op
portunity Grants (SEOG), College
Work-Study (CWS), National Di
rect Student Loan (NDSL) and
Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL).
The majority of the TAMU stu
dents, just over 1,000, were in the
GSL program. Meanwhile, TAMU
continues to enjoy one of the lowest
repayment failure rates around,
with less than one percent delin
quency.
That figure also includes persons
who are late making repayments,
but will ultimately clear their debt.
Another Southwest Conference
school, the University of Texas-
Austin, was third overall in federal
aid participants among members of
the National Association of State
Universities and Land-Grant Col
leges polled.
UT-Austin had a total of 6,600
students participating in the federal
■ I aid programs.
Texas Southern University school
ranked first in percentage of en
rollment participants with almost 51
percent of its 5,073 enrollment.
Country Stampede Night
Ionite, Jan. 22
at the new
Fiesta Ballroom
Groesbeck Rd. & Palasota
Music by
The Ramrods
8 p.m.—12 a.m.
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Beef Round, USDA Choice
Tip Steak $1.49 ib.
Beef, USDA Choice
Rib Eye Steak $2.19 ib.
USDA Choice Beef loin
Porterhouse Steak . $1.75ib.
Beef Chuck, USDA Choice
7-Bone Roast 89d ib.
Beef Round, USDA Choice
Rump Roast $1.23 ib.
Beef Round, USDA Choice
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Center Cut
Pork Rib Chops $1.59ib.
Pork Loin
Countrystyle Ribs .. $1.09 ib.
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1 lb. roll. Owen’s
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Ribs Attached
Fryer Breasts 85dib.
Fryer Thighs 79dib.
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Delicious Apples . 29C Ib.
Tangerines, Large 25(£ Ib.
8 lb. cello bag.
Russet Potatoes 79C
Large stalks. _ .
California Celery 2bC ea.
Large size.
California Avocados .. 25dea.
Fresh Cabbage 12dib.
Sunkist Lemons 29d ib.
Washington
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All beef cuts are USDA Choice
USDA
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T-Bone Steak
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Prices effective thru Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1975.
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FM Vegetable Oil . $1.87
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Lite Line Cheese 98d
12 oz. pkg. Processed Sliced.
Borden’s Swiss Cheese 96d
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