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Page 6 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1976 FAMILY NIGHT BUFFET EVERY TUESDAY 6:00-8:30 P.M. ALL THE PIZZA AND SALAD YOU CAN EAT FOR $1.89 CHILDREN UNDER 6 - 99c WE PIZZA INN OF BRYAN 1803 Greenfield Plaza Next to Bryan High PIZZA INN OF COLLEGE STATION 413 Texas Avenue S. 846-6164 846-1784 inn msoatn 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 i? 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” I ■ ( Texas A&M University OPERA & PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY <0PAS) and HUROK presents THE ORIGINAL! THE ONLY! AMALIA HERNANDEZ’ HALLIT OIF MIXDCO RUDDER AUDITORIUM Wednesday Eve, October 27,1976, 8:00 P.M. A Texas A&M University Centennial Presentation of OPAS TICKETS PRICES: ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 3 GENERAL PUBLIC A&M STUDENT/DATE $7.00 $5.50 $5.60 $4.50 $4.40 $3.50 TICKETS AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT MSC BOX OFFICE, FIRST FLOOR RUDDER TOWER, 845-2916 VIVA! MARVELOUS! Amalia Hernandez has fused the historic and the authentic with the theatrical and she has done this with daring as well as with taste. — WALTER TERRY, SATURDAY REVIEW Value of pound at new low; Sheriff *s jail locks don’t Callaghan threatens NATO Associated Press LONDON — The sharp drop in the value of the pound brought a threat from Prime Minister James Callaghan to reduce British com mitments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) if the U. S. and other allies get tough about an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan Britain is seeking. The pound’s nosedive to a record low of $1.57 yesterday was touched off by a report in the Sunday Times. The report stated that IMF and the U. S. want the pound to drop to $ 1.50 before the fund grants the $3.9- billion loan Britain is seeking to help it in its gravest economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The IMF, U.S. Treasury Secre tary William Simon and Denis Healey, Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer, all denied the Sunday Times report. Callaghan said in a telecast last night that Britain has shouldered heavy Western defense commit ments as a "loyal ally.” He said he hoped his government would not be "pushed into position” of having to decide between fulfilling and aban doning those commitments. Callaghan said richer countries, specifically mentioning West Ger many, the U.S. and Japan, would have to face the “political conse quences” that further austerity mea sures would cause in Britain. elevator shaft not connects A A vwrw'i u f . i . « . . a i.i i.... ii • 1 i i. »/.' Callaghan insisted that his strategy of pressing British industry to boost exports is the only way to overcome economic troubles that in clude a projected budget deficit of $20 billion, 13.8 per cent annual in flation, record unemployment and low productivity. He said deflatio nary measures would bring "social chaos. The pound, after closing Friday at $1.6481, plummeted seven cents in the first hour of trading yesterday then rallied two cents and closed at $1.5945. Associated Press JEFFERSON — As if he didn’t have enough problems with jail locks that won’t lock, Marion County Sheriff George Whatley now has an additional problem — an elevator shaft that isn’t connected to any thing. County commissioners plan to lean on the lock company to get locks that will work, but Monday they dis covered they’ve got another kind of leaning to worry about. They learned that a building con structed next to the jail that was to be used to house an elevator shaft is leaning away from the building it was designed to serve. They were told that it wasn’t connected to the main jail building. Someone suggested that the elevator shaft might become an East Texas version of the leaning tower of Pisa. The locks were installed as part of a massive renovation project. Sheriff Whatley says the locks have never worked, but recent repairs on them have had a positive result of sorts — they don’t have to tie ropes around the doors to keep them closed any- like hitting below the belt.” Whatley had blamed inactini as the part of the commissioners fotB nr . failure of the locks, noting that had delayed taking action was lock firm. inpl appro' ice plan f gue spok Commissioners were critical of Whatley for telling newsmen about the lock situation. County Commis sioner Sonny Carter scolded What ley Monday, saying, “Putting the situation on jail locks in the paper is Commissioners Mondayagreti withhold a $20,000 paymenttoO,i pl a . construction firm until somei:Ujk ns to Sy can he done about the lockproliL 0 f the Ai the leaning building and JE pea additional problem of cracked ^gL^esniar in the jail. Biembers The county commissioners laq county commissioners I aq approve received telephone calls from ent at the 1 firms in Dallas, St. Louis and It meeting Angeles, all wanting to sell El-Yah sa county locks that will lock. 'ab foreign mposition ■apily a The Sunday Times said the IMF felt a $1.50 pound would make British exports more attractive, and that the United States had agreed to the plan as the IMF’s biggest con tributor. Did you miss MONDAY NITE FOOTBALL, delicious sandwiches and great drinks at ZACHARIA’S _ GREENHOUSE ^ and game parlor OK... how about Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon football, sandwiches and drinks? 1201 HWY. 30 (The Briarwood Apts.) HAPPY HOUR 4-7 (7 DAYS) WANTED Students are needed to staff the Arts Commit tee’s Literary Magazine. We need students who are interested in discussing and judging original works of *POETRY*FICTION* PHOTOGRAPHY* ART* Business and lay-out staffs are also needed. Applications are in the Arts Cubicle of the Stu dent Programs Office. A General Meeting will be held Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in rooms L & M of the S.P.O. Marijuana shortages foreseen A severe shortage of marijuana has been afflicting the United States since early summer and, according to the November issue of “High Times” magazine, there is no end in sight for most of the nation in the near future. The summer, pre-harvest season is tra ditionally a time of marijuana shortages. By late October in most years there are usually sufficient quantities, hut this year there is still very little weed available for most Americans. This year’s situation is worse than usual, primarily because of the efforts of the Drug Enforcement Administration. The DEA has escalated its defoliation of Mexi can and Colombian pot fields, stepped up its sea blockade throughout the Caribbean and installed electronic border surveil lance equipment along the Rio Grande River. The demand for marijuana and its de rivative, hashish, has risen drastically over the past several years, the magazine said. The limited acreage available for planting each year and the devaluation of the dol lar, which has diverted large amounts of dope to more profitable markets than the United States, contributed to the short age. Ru By SE As The DEA programs in Colombia and Mexico were originally designed from a crackdown project, “Operation Buc caneer” in Jamaica. Large sums of money were spent in “Buccaneer to buy cooper ation of local persons, “High Times’ said. MOSCOW e| abortio |ed State pt Uni or len daily ions, wl of birth [omen hi ■ptives, i [anted p of them |ate doc itics sho A pot garden is the best solution to the shortage, the magazine said. Marijuana can be grown in backyards and win- dowboxes with the proper care. nt or GREAT ISSUES PRESENTS NICOLAS GAGE CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE gEFORTBK FOZ NEW TIMES AUTHOR OF : MAFIA USA AMD THE MAFIA IS NOT AM FQIML OFPOKTUHITY EMP10Y»| TOPIC- the U.S. neers’ Fc rded $4 Iversity a !ofan arc! unde liamson he grant ;le award leologist: of a site i ;e being riel Rivi Indies archers w >»&: mm mmmm mem Texas A&M University Opera & Performing Arts Society Presents VAN CLIBURN W/ 1 SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY 1 S is betwei man an rincipal ii : er. The d by th ndation The Corp ijects to “There are gifted and great $ musicians today, but none is £ so beloved by his audience as $ Van P.lihiirn ” THURSDAY OCTOBER e>:oo P.M. 03 RUDDER TREATER FREE TO ACTIVITY CARD OTHERS $d HOOKS 8:00 P.M. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15 I I I I I RUDDER AUDITORIUM TICKETS & INFORMATION: MSC BOX OFFICE 845-2916 TAMU Students get a special discount A TAMU Centennial Presentation of OPAS >sm:. >»*.. AGGIE CINEMA “A spectacle of stomach-churning horror!’ -TIME MAGAZINE Him Dcvnun mi unu -plus - LIFEBOAT Tuesday October 26 $1.00 8:00 p.m. Theater (6 Black Awareness Gommi tree Presents: Chester Wright The New Left, The Negro Revol t, & The New South! Tuesday, October 26,1976 Room 601 , Rudder 8:00p.m. Admission: Free /tep Into the m/c circle (5 C Tt (C w