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Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, FEB. 10, 1976 Reagan, Ford agree Federal government too poiverjii Associated Press RENAISSANCE GALLERY First Anniversary Sale 20% OFF Excellent Valentine’s Day Gifts! Ask about our new Ren tal/Purchase. Register for free Gift Certificates. 3906 OLD COLLEGE RD. AGGIES! M Doiislas in Jewelry CONCORD, N. H. — When Ronald Reagan uses his mousetrap line or President Ford jokes about the price of government beer, the Republican rivals are aiming at the same target: Washington, and a fed eral government they agree is too big and powerful. They differ on what to do about it. But on a good many points, the Pres ident and his challenger could trade speeches and go right on talking. For example: ' “Freedom is today misinterpreted by too many to mean the instant equalization of everyone’s social and economic situation at the public ex pense through the machinery of the federal government.” That’s Ford, not Reagan. Or: “Balancing the budget is like pro tecting your virtue: you have to learn to say no. ” Reagan. Both candidates are telling the voters that private enterprise, not government, has to produce the jobs to cope with unemployment. Both favor a constitutional amendment to permit prayer in public schools. Both are advocates of nuclear power development. Reagan favors a constitutional amendment to ban abortions unless the mother’s life is at stake: Ford supports a different amendment that would leave that question to the states. Both advocate a strong national defense — with Reagan suggesting that Ford’s ouster of James R. Schlesinger as secretary of defense casts doubt on administration devo tion to that cause. They differ on foreign policy, given Reagan’s suspicion of U.S.— Soviet detente. Question and answer session are the basic format of the Reagan cam paign. He calls them Citizens Press Conferences, meaning that voters, not newsmen, are permitted to ask questions. Ford held one news conference and two question hours during his weekend in New Hampshire. He I offers Student ID Discounts! SPRING BREAK IS ALMOST HERE 15% off of , 50 00 or more 10% off of under $ 50 00 CASH PURCHASE ONLY Where would you like to go during this time? 212 N. MAIN 822-3119 DOWNTOWN BRYAN Let us know your wishes or we can make suggestions. Groups of 15 or more at reduced rates to most places. Stop by today at our offices in the MSC to discuss details of your trip. lining? tfloorn Top of the Tower Texas A&M University Pleasant Dining — Great View SERVING LUNCHEON BUFFET 11:00 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. Each day except Saturday TRAVEL,/ INC. C.S. 846-3773 Bryan 846-1702 $2.50 DAILY $3.00 SUNDAY Serving soup & sandwich 11:00 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. Monday - Friday $1.50 plus drink Available Evenings For Special University Banquets THAT IPILAOE Department of Food Service Texas A&M University “Quality First” haircuts for men & women & all your hair needs. 707 TEXAS v 846-6933 Across from A&M • *. A TOAST TO YOUR HEALTH 1. How often do you usually drink alcoholic beverages? times a day times a year times a week never times a month 2. When you drink how often do you have 1or2 3 or 4 5 or more 12. Have you ever awakened in the morning after you've been drinking with no idea where you had been or what you had been doing after a certain point although you had not passed out? If yes, how often? 13. Have you ever been drunk for more than one day at a time? nearly every time more than Vi the time less than V2 the time once in a while never 14. If yes, what is the longest time you’ve stayed drunk? 15. If yes, about how many times have you been drunk for more than one day? . 3. What amount of alcoholic beverages do you consider to be your personal excess? 16. Why do you drink? Example: to relax, to forget worries, to be sociable spoke Sunday night at the University of New Hampshire, facing down hecklers and drawing cheers from most of the 3,500 people in a field house crowd. Reagan takes his turn in the same arena Tuesday night. In Nashua, Ford noted that the area had attracted industries includ ing a brewery that employs some 400 people. “But I hope no one will contend that the cure for unemployment is to build government breweries to brew government beer, he said. “Quite honestly, I don’t think tk| ited States government c beer for less than $50asii| Reagan’s variation on i| theme: “Today if you I mousetrap, the govemmej along with a better mouse,’I i-. Afigli w 1 - wWZ- 'ITS A GOOD WING I DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS.. .' Supersonic animal draws visitors to roadside muse ember hber logra Associated Press KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Flying to Europe at supersonic speeds aboard the Anglo-French Concorde will cost about $700, but you can board the American SST for just $2. The diff er ence is that the U.S. plane isn’t going anywhere. Displayed to curiosity-seekers like some prehistoric animal, a red, white and blue mockup of the now- scuttled American supersonic trans port draws about 9,000 visitors each year to a roadside museum in this central Florida town. “We get quite a few visitors who were involved in building the SST,” museum Director J. E. Jacks said. “They all feel it’s a shame that the program was scrapped.” Congress shelved the American SST program in 1971, in part be cause of environmentalists’ fears the plane would be too noisy and dirty. And the environmentalists objected last week when Transportation Sec retary William Coleman approved a 16-month trial lor Concorde llights to New York and Washington from London and Paris. Even as the $60 million Concordes zoom into the United States, aviation buffs can still find artifacts of the American program. The SST mockup, built by the Boeing Co. of Seattle, as part of the tW t' P ilice more than $1 billion U.S. I ment program, was pun Lyman, Neb., promoten $31,119 for it at a Federal!| Administration — FAA- 1972. The promoter, MarkOJI] shipped it to this .site oih cars and opened the SSL for tourists en route tos nearby Disney VVorJd anil | nedy Space Center. 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Would you say often sometimes 5. How about afternoons? often ' sometimes never 17. How often have you had bad arguments with people while drinking? not at all sometimes frequently 6. How often do you drink with meals? _often sometimes 7. Do you usually drink on weekdays or only on weekends? weekdays weekends