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Page 8 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11, 1976 Art For People with more taste than Money Wear a piece of history.... ALVA MUSEUM REPLICAS The Little Red Schoolhouse 3737 East 29th Town & Country Center Farmers face wheat loss from draught Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. — Wheat far mers in the Great Plains have begun plowing under part of their drought-shriveled 1976 crop in a de sperate effort to head off severe wind erosion that could affect millions of pected wheat production in south western Kansas to about 5 per cent of the normal 30-bushel per acre yield. Bowman estimated, and many fields are being plowed to prevent soil from blowing away. acres. High winds this week in western Kansas and the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles kicked up dust storms reminiscent of Dust Bowl days. “It was like the ‘Dirty 30s’ for awhile Monday,” said Allan Bow man, district director in southwest ern Kansas for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Ser- ‘There is considerable stripping being done now,” he said, “and if the weather continues like this, the farmers will have to resort to total tillage in many fields. Of course, then they lose their wheat crop.” vice. Drought already has cut ex- Lack of rainfall has plagued the wheat-growing region from Neb raska to Texas. Winter wheat, which makes up about three-fourths of all the nation’s wheat production, has been drastically affected by the drought, agricultural officials re ported. “We re not just crying wolf to make the price of wheat go up, ” said Myron Krenzin, administrator of the Kansas Wheat Commission. “It looks bad. If we don’t get some rain soon and the winds keep up, we’re really going to be hurting.” Mrs. Earl Hayes of Stafford, whose husband is presidentof the Kansas Association of Wheat Grow ers, said growers estimate they have lost at least 75 million to 100 million bushels, figures that translate into a loss of between $225 million and $300 million at current farm prices. Although important as bread grain, wheat does not bear as heavily December because of the drought. Emergency tillage was accelerating in some areas as the dry weather con tinued. The SCS figures will he updated at the end of this month, and Krenzin and other wheat officials predict a substantial increase in damaged croplands and wheat acreage tilled to prevent erosion. The problems in the wheat belt stem from an extremely dry autumn that has been followed by a mild, dry winter. Western Kansas has had only two major rains or snows since far mers seeded the 1976 crop last Sep tember, and similar conditions have prevailed in parts of Nebraska, Col orado, Oklahoma and Texas. on consumer food pricesasci other livestock seed grain produce the nation’s meat, and milk. But a skimpy whaj would probably fan prices 4 grains upward and make it pensive to feed livestock. The federal Soil Conser Service said 10.3 million atOM land from the Dakotas to Te open to severe wind erosion end of December and moretli million acres already hadb«| aged. Farmers in Colorado, ft New Mexico, Oklahoma and plowed up about 43,000 atlose cropland — much of itplantel winter wheat — in NovemleJIi tl of X jo cx & Ce P C (pAST, ACCURATE TYPIST.... Executive secretary [g^C KG ROUND OVER 16 YEARS. pROM SUNDAYS - SATURDAYS. pVERYDAY UNTIL 10:00 P.M. Peat your deadlines! Public jobs bill faces presidential vel on c lion BATTALION CLASSIFIED Associated Press WASHINGTON — A public- service jobs bill moving through Congress faces a presidential veto, and there is at least one sign that such a veto will be successful. The House approved the measure Tuesday by a vote of 239 to 154, 23 votes short of a two-thirds margin that would be needed to override President Ford’s veto, which is ex pected. Members of the Senate Labor Committee are expected to approve the measure, which is given a reasonably good chance of passing the full Senate. The bill would authorize about $6 billion for 280,000 jobs mainly in nongovernmental, nonprofit institu tions such as schools and hospitals One day WANT AD RATES 10c per word Minimum charge—$1.00 ClassiOed Display $1.65 per column inch each insertion ALL classified ads must be pre-paid. DEADLINE 3 p.rn. day before publication and continue an existing program of 320,000 jobs in state and local gov ernments. Expansion of the public service jobs program is a key part of the Democrats’ antirecession effort. Democratic backers of the bill said in debate Tuesday that even with the recent drop in unemployment fi gures, more than seven million per sons still are unable to find jobs. “People are on the brink of despair because they cannot find jobs,” said Rep. Parren Mitchell, D-Md., espe cially in the black community where jobless rates are far higher than for whites. Ford, who successfully vetoed a similar bill last year, repeated his opposition to the legislation Tuesday during ceremonies for his new labor FOR SALE HELP WANTED OFFICIAL NOTICE THE GRADUATE COLLEGE Final Examination for the Doctoral Degree Name: Vazquez Platero, Roberto Enrique Degree: Ph D. in Agricultural Economics Dissertation: DECISION MODELS FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN URUGUAY. Time: February 13, 1976 at 2:30 p.m. Place: Room 310 in the Agriculture Bldg. George \V. Kunze Dean of die Graduate College DISCOUNT STEREO & C.B. 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Equal Employment Opportunity through Affirmative Action. Texas A&M University FOR SALE OR RENT HELP WANTED Horse pasture and stalls, 846-7015. BELAIR Mobile Home Park 5 minutes from campus Swimming’ pool, TV cable, all city utilities, large^ lots^ 822-2326 or 822-2421 Get the Best for Less 394tfn Medical technologists. 40 hour week, Sunday through Thursday. 11-7 shift. Excellent salary. Outstanding employee benefits. Group hospitalization coverage. Apply in person. Personnel Office, St. Joseph’s Hospital. Equal Opportunity Employer. 72t2 Addressers wanted Immediately! Work at home — no experience necessary — excellent pay. Write American Service, 1401 Wilson Blvd., Suite 101, Arlington, Va. 22209. 72t30 PERSONALS LOST Silver Baroness watch. 845-3180. Reward Small, female, gray and silver cat, six months of age. Reward. Call 845-3356, 846-6263. 72t3 mnonmamnnnizjm aaanammaaana mmmmaaoaaamm anaaabbunana MEN! — WOMEN! JOBS ON SHIPS! American. Foreign. No experience required. Excellent pay. Worldwide travel. Summer job or career. Send $3.00 for information. SEAFAX, Dept. K-3 Box 2049, Port Angeles, Washington 98362. 68te WORK WANTED Typing. Experienced, fast, accurate. All kinds. 822 0544. 72t8 AUTO INSURANCE FOR AGGIES: SALES • SERVICE RENTALS lining- 0lccm 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 $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 Department of Food Service Texas A&M University “Quality First” secretary, saying steady growth of private industry is needed to “gener ate realistic, permanent fulfilling jobs” as opposed to government- sponsored programs. “This steady approach is already yielding convincing results,” Ford said, pointing to the drop in un employment from 8.3 to 7.8 per cent in statistics for January released last week. Two million more Americans are now working than at the depth of the recession last March, he said. Rep. Dominick V. Daniels, D-N.J., who handled the public ser vice jobs bill on the floor, criticized the administration’s intention to ice fro i o, Sm rk phase out public service jo!» this year. “I am appalled that the ration can indulge in choi self-congratulation aboutan in the rate of joblessness, admits that over seven Americans are still out of )wine Daniels said. “Public stjbut employment is the most e%nm emergency solution because ph ( i rect. It hires people.” The party breakdown on tki to pass the jobs bill was 2161 [her rats and 23 Republicans inhjje u 52 Democrats and 102 Rept:« Tl against. K v uld re EM Weather modificati chasing away rain Associated Press PLAINVIEW, Tex. — The ques tion of weather modification — cloud seeding and hail supressing — has brought out some bitter reaction from farmers in this West Texas area who feel any tampering with the weather could have an adverse ef fects on their crops. weather modification actisil portions of West Texas. A. C. Black, chairman! hoard, said after the meeto popular sentiment woulc MOS necessarily a guidingfactorwM of hoard makes a decision ontk|curs< A s request. The farmers expressed disap proval of weather modification Tuesday during a hearing by the Texas Water Development Board. It was a continuation of the controversy involving farmers with irrigated lands, who generally favor hail sup ressing or cloud seeding programs, and those who farm drylands and are opposed to any experiments that might affect weather conditions. Sentiment is important, are also after documented Black said. Most of the speakers saidikftRe < seen twin-engine planes displLu, clouds which they felt coiiilf a ne brought them some needed Most of those testifying Tuesday were opposed to the weather modifi cations attempts. The hearing had been called following a request by the Plains Weather Improvement Association for a permit to conduct Parmer County Judge Pi tenberry said he and otherm of commissioners court feel weather modification activi fringe on the right of the pen;] Parmer County. The permit for weather,..— - tion activities would coverpif eso ^ of Castro, Swisher, Hale, IT's by Floyd, Lamb, Hockley, DeafjjlMei and Parmer counties. B 111 ? ong d let di Phone company denij charges for informat driv I of R of Hie br Associated Press HOUSTON — Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. has been stymied once again — this time by the Hous ton city council — in its efforts to charge for directory assistance calls. 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