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jpubgoers discuss inflation woes r7 *** , v Associated Press j LONDON — “The future don’t lold anything.” i Bob d Angelo sat back in his chair and looked around the quiet pub for meone to disagree with his sweep- g prognosis of Britain. Nobody A brooding pessimism as to the ture of this country was the most liking feature in a series of infor- lal conversations with pubgoers in e of London’s more typical, lower orking class pubs. There’s a deep belief that — as im as things are here — they’re |oing to get grimmer. And while any blame the government for eir problems many also blame emselves. “Nobody can help us out,” ex- lained James Butler as he sat with wife Rose. “It will get worse and orse. Soon people won’t be able to ve here.” The Butlers used to come to their al tavern, the Gloucester Arms in entish Town just north of central ndon, three or four times a week, ow they come only once. He akes $81.60 a week as a truck river, and with prices as high as :hey are now, they can afford only me night out a week. Of their $81 the Butlers spend 32 for rent and another $32 for [bod. That leaves them $17 for the gas and electricity bills, clothing and entertainment. “It’s very bad,” said Mrs. Butler. “Prices are going up week after week. You can’t budget anymore.” “If you’ve got three little children and can’t work, I don’t know how you’d eat,” said Joyce Trusler, as she sat at one of the six small round tables that dot the pub. In less than two years the pound has dropped in value from $2.35 to $1.60, causing prices for almost ev erything to soar. Everyone has their own idea of why the economy has deteriorated. Some blame the European Com mon Market, which Britain joined in 1973. Others blame the decimal system of currency which Britain adopted in 1970. But almost all point to three prob lems they feel are most responsible for the current situation. These are the number of immigrants coming into Britain, the misuse of the social welfare system and finally, them selves. “There are too many lazy people here,” said Michael Lay who owns a pub further down the road. “We re spoiled here. Too many benefits.” He claims that the high tax rate here, as much as 83 per cent, has discouraged personal incentive. Professor redates birth of American man i Man has been in America longer [ than many people realize according to beliefs held by Dr. George F. Car- jter. One of Texas A&M’s Univer sity s professors m geography, his ef forts have been detailed in the 1977 Nature-Science Annual. Carter has long contended that man entered the North American continent from Siberia perhaps as long as 100,000 years ago. A Thomas Froncek article, “New-World Man Redated,” relates S' Carter’s part in efforts to push back the generally accepted age of man’s [appearance on the continent. 3 When a new dating technicjue was developed, based on chemical | change in bone protein, Carter suggested that human bones found 50 years ago on the West Coast be tested. The bones were tested using a process of separating amino acids. The process indicated ages of 44,000 and 48,000 years, supporting Car ter’s theory. The Time-Life book article re flects increasing confidence in Jef frey Bada’s data technique, and wider acceptance of an older age of man in the Americas. Carter’s basis for earlier American man also include stone tools found in the desert Southwest and dated geologically at 40,000 years, and in scriptions in Peru, Chi\e and on the American East Coast indicating men were making transoceanic journeys long before it was considered techni cally possible. The Texas A&M professor’s role in bringing fossils to Bada’s attention was first credited in the 1975 Time- Life Nature-Science Annual. BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY (Including Turquoise) is at Happ^Cottage (3 blocks from City Natl. Bank). , You can too! 846-8570 What you hear may change your life! TEXAS A&M DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE ARRIVAL CAMPUS DIRECTORY 1976-77 444 PAGES OF INDISPENSABLE INFORMATION QUALITY-BOUND BY THE UNIVERSITY PRINTING CENTER ONLY $2.50 Available in Reed McDonald 216 Saturday; November mac recreation: dance oommittsee present^ 19<40’s DANCE MUSIC BV COMMON WEALTH ‘7-'1Qpm RODIMS 225 G. 226, IMSC PRICE PER COUPLE: S1.QO-AGM STUDENT, FACULTY, G STAR 931.50- GENERAL PUBLIC