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Co-op offers savings, variety ot bulk farm products THE BATTALION FRIDAY. APRIL 8. 1977 r By JOHN SNEED It’s for the people who like the incommon and the common; for hose who enjoy saving money and Being new friends — The Brazos /alley Food Co-op. Brganized about three years ago, he co-op offers its members a Bnce to purchase foods ranging Bn whole wheat soy noodles to rffih vegetables. It also gives them Bance to save money on grocery ^Scientists ^/research nsjsunamis Bunami is a name that brings fear Bie residents of areas in and bor- ■ng the Pacific Ocean. Hhis is a justifiable fear since these Hal waves” have brought destruc- I * (OD to Japan in the early 1950 s and iniHecently as 1976, Alaska in 1946 *■ 1964, and Chile in the late ig range ji960s. Gary's hll team of Texas A&M University greementjCamographers have developed a National pilputer program that they hope ZbigniHallow them to predict where and y did mB bad the effects of a tsunami. Brezhiioiffine of the researchers, Prof. ft. ;‘e CarteriMReid, noted that tire tsunami is iblished Hally the product of an underwater ictions. Bliquake with enough strength t the SowH close enough to the surface to ve the .H>e a surge. Although eruptions of oause. okanic islands have been known to /e side,(ause such surges, they are much in “goii .arlrthan those induced seismically. nericanpHhis surge is created by the sea- veil as lifted flexing upward, producing a the Presiaoimd of water maybe 50 miles or so t and nniwoss, Reid said. The main epi- the sameiB ers °f these waves are generally nberingHtrenches in the ocean’s floor near ay thatCzHka, Japan, Chile and the Phil- supporl ipjiies. ■Gravity causes the mound to iet arm; Bate outwards forming a train of (h, the nwres from five minutes to an hour ■rt travelling at a speed of about » convincB miles per hour,” he said. “An lernative-lohgated source, like that which of a Hid occur in a trench, acts as an get-bus ntrnna and beams the energy in a ed States Main direction.” realisticalwA near-by shore will act as a re- ifs too latfBtor and increase the wave inten- . ! Reid said. • fQl'iphe size of the* leading wave in * BP water, far from the source, is oints, in Mil, maybe a foot. However, as it to the Ewes from deep water toward shore Vll pieces® wave length must decrease, aders iijce the energy must go some- Bere, the height of the wave in space Bases, sometimes as much as 20 to characteuBfeet, he said. BHawaii is subject to tsunamis 10 lines Bn all the major sources. The is- cles to iBds also have the added problem , College* they cause the waves to refract '843. Ant* converge and cause even more e numberBnage,” Reid said. ubmissiomBVe are currently investigating the tsunami is modified as it over an uneven bottom, Reid — This reaction, in turn, can have B^act on wave response at a given tion. ince it takes about five hours or re for a tidal wave to reach Hawaii Ir the indication of a large enough etivity, the people have enough ime to prepare, Reid said. |BWe need to he able to tell how /ffi^fcvBigerous a particular tsunami is jolng to he. ” ■Others involved in the project are , Bs. A. C. Vastano and J. C. H. 3 worked Bmgall. The projects are sponsored ■ the National Science Foundation K the National Atmospheric and )t include<(Beanographic Administration. items such as cheese and eggs, and to work with people who have common interests. The co-op works on the principle that everything is collectively owned and operated for everyone’s benefit, and “everybody takes re sponsibility for the co-op,” said Dwight Tomkins, a member of the co-op for two and a half years. Tomkins said there is a central meeting place in College Station. Every Saturday morning between 9 and 10:30, anybody can order bulk items such as grain, beans or seeds from an Austin warehouse, or they can bring their own goods to sell. When the ordered goods arrive in College Station, those who placed orders can pick them up. They may pay then or later. Doug McNabb, a freshman psy chology major at Texas A&M Uni versity, said that the co-op is not working up to its capabilities. McNabb said the co-op group here is small and if it had more members it could operate smoother. “It involves only a token amount of work from the members. We just need more people to seek out new food resources for the co-op and to help with the transportation of these items,” McNabb said. Tomkins said that the warehouse where the bulk items are bought, has a minimum purchase of 50 lbs. for each item and a $100 minimum PACK’S PLASTER & CERAMICS Hours: Tues., Wed., Thurs. 1 p.m.-9 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m.-5 p.m. FM 2233, Old Wheelock Rd. 823-3961 PEACE CORPS TICKET TO EXPERIENCE CAMPUS OFFICE Agronomy Bldg. Rm. 105 Or call: Dwight Linsley 845-7830 ALLIED INSURANCE AGENCY Bill Pipkin - Agent 4103 Texas • 206 846-4774 Specializing in Student Insurance Automobile Mobile Home Motorcycle Renters '/uptnamba 0W Eddie Dominguez ’66 Joe Arciniega ’74 Greg Price wrnifiMi If you want the real thing, not frozen or canned . . . We call It "Mexican Food Supreme." Dallas location; 3071 Northwest Hwy 352-8570 WHY NOT MAKE LIKE A RABBIT THIS EASTER . . 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We extend our hand to anybody who is interested,” said McNabb. Anyone interested in joining the co-op can contact Tomkins at 823- Get into some great pants! TOP DRAWER Culpepper Plaza Page 3 —"N Top of the News Campus LATIN AMERICAN Students Association starts three weeks of activities beginning Monday. All activities are free and are open to the general public. A color film entitled “Goal” will be shown Monday at 8 p.m. in Rudder 601. The film is about soccer and the World Cup Games that took place in London in 1966. BILL BRETT, author of “The Stolen Steers: A Tale of the Big Thicket ”, will be honored with an autographing party, held from 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 19, at the Texas A&M University Press facilities. The book is the latest publication from Texas A&M’s publishing house. Brett is post master at Hull, Texas, and, ac cording to his listings on the book’s jacket, he is a former oil well roughneck and driller, cowhand, ranch foremen, farm er, rancher, deputy sheriff, con struction worker and truck driver Texas SEVEN of the original thirteen performers who participated at the first Kerrville Folk Festival in 1972 will be returning this year for the sixth annual festival dur ing Memorial Day weekend. The festival will feature four evening concerts to be held May 26-29 at Rod Kennedy’s Quiet Valley Ranch near Kerrville. The con certs are scheduled along with the Texas State Arts Craft Fair held in Kerrville. For more in formation, write Folk Festival, Box 1466, Kerville, Texas 78028. A SURVEY taken by West Texas State University indicates 93 per cent of consumers think beef quality is more important than the price they pay, the head of the school’s animal science de partment said yesterday. “Ten derness is the most important thing to the consumer. They want to know if the beef is going to be tender, ” said T. H. Montgomery. A MECHANIC of Brownsville was shot and killed gangland style yesterday exiting from his car at a restaurant in the El Jardin section of the city. Pedro Roberto Garza, 44, was shot six times. Witnesses said the shots came from a late model pickup truck parked near the restaurant, which then sped from the scene after the shooting. Matamoros District Attorney M ariano Gonzalez Jasso said a large amount of cash, reportedly $6,000, was removed from the victim’s pockets. ATTORNEYS yesterday qual ified the eighth juror in the capi tal murder trial of millionaire T. Cullen Davis for the death last August of his 12-year-old step daughter. Lois Kenneth, a housewife, was the 115th person questioned since Feb. 24. A GOOD STUDENT, but someone who kept pretty much to himself shot and killed his high school principal in Whitharral. Ricardo Lopez, 17, shot his prin cipal twice in the back, walked to a nearby grocery, called police and gave a . 32 caliber pistol to the grocery clerk, while M. O. Tripp sprawled dying on the concrete steps of the red brick school. “We know what happened, but we just don’t know why it happened,” deputy Darrell Spence said yes terday. “The people we’ve talked with have indicated that there were no problems between the two.” National HEALTH OFFICIALS say the wave of food poisioning in Pontiac, Mich., stemming from the nation’s worst botulism out break in history apparently has subsided. “There have been no new admissions since Wednes day afternoon, and we still don’t have any deaths,” said a relieved Oakland County Health Director Dr. Robert Locey when the level of cases remained at 45. WITHIN BLOCKS of the French Quarter’s Bourbon St., five men were stabbed to death during an eight-week period be ginning with Valentine’s Day. The latest victim, a 77-year-old man, was found yesterday in his apartment with 50 stab wounds. Dr. Frank Minyar, the Orleans Parish coroner said the Thursday murder of Ernest Pommier fit a pattern established in the four earlier killings. U.S. AMBASSADOR Andrew Young says the increasing Soviet presence in Africa is no reason for panic and President Carter’s push for human rights has won the hearts and minds of the op pressed people of the world. Noted for sometimes speaking too quickly, the ambassador weighed each word carefully in an interview yesterday with United Press. On Africa, Young warned against oversimplifica tion, saying the situation in Zaire is very complicated. Now comes Miller time. © 1977 Miller Brewing Co.. Milwaukee. Wis