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rage o I nc DM I I MLIOIN FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1977 The Best Pizza in Town (Honest) COME HAVE LUNCH WITH US Fast lunch, intimate booths, party rooms, draft beer, cozy atmosphere and old movies. LUNCHEON SPECIAL MONDAY-FRIDAY Pizzas-Subs-Spaghetti with Salad and Coffee or Tea Luncheon Special Also Available At Our Pizza-Mat HAPPY HOUR DRINKS 2-For-l Monday-Thursday LIVE ENTERTAINMENT WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY NIGHTS Call Ahead . . . We'll Have it Ready 846-4809 FOR ORDERS TO GO 5 P.M. TILL-? VISIT THE PIZZA-MAT 846-4890 IN UNIVERSITY SQUARE Save energy — be a beer guzzler By DICK WEST United Press International WASHINGTON — One of the most controversial parts of President Carter’s energy program is the pro posed tax on big “gas guzzling” au tomobiles. Some critics are taking the line that it is unfair to single out motorists for tax penalties. They point out that many other types of consumers also have choices between high energy and low energy products. Barflies, for example. According to the Center for Sci ence in the Public Interest, it takes nearly three times more energy to produce distilled spirits than it does to turn out brewery products. Thus it can be argued that Carter’s energy program should have in cluded a tax break for beer guzzlers. Among the advocates of that form of energy saving incentive is Herrmann Tubbgutt, executive di rector of the National Six Pack As sociation. “The federal tax on liquor is $10.50 a gallon; on beer, it is $7 or $9 a barrel, depending on the quan tity,” Tubbgutt noted. “We are recommending a five cent increase in the liquor tax with additional annual boosts to as much as 57 cents if there is no cutback in cocktail con^ ljnl p( : j on Meanwhile, the beer tax Would be lowered to 57 cents. We belie Ve this stick-carrot tax approach will cause many barflies to The lighter side switch from high energy highballs to low energy foaming beverages. I said, M a yb e so hut American barflies tradjh ona Hy have favored large doubly bourbons or spotty, souped-up nt artinis It ’ s going to be pretty traumatic for them to switch to short beers.” Tubbgutt replied by calling atten tion to the popularity of small beers in Europe. He said he was sure they would catch on in this country once American barflies realized how eco nomical they were. I reminded him there were many cultural and geographical differ ences between the United States and Europe. “European countries are relative ly compact and distance is less of a problem,” I pointed out. “When a European barfly orders “one for the road,’ a short beer is appropriate be cause he doesn’t have far to go. “Then there is the mall- status. While imported beet, certain snob appeal in America guzzling on the whole is out prestigious form of inhibition, “One of the glories ofdemooi that the average Americanbart afford to order large luxury dr; “That is true,” Tubbgutt £ ted, “but Carter needs a syml convince people the energysl is real and earnest and thatsan must he made in the interests^ servation. “Unless barflies are willingtol energy now by guzzling beerl may some day be forced loj Tass directs latest criticism at Carter United Press International MOSCOW — The Soviet Union has ended its policy of avoiding per sonal attack oh President Carter with a sharp newspaper blast charging him with making false election prom ises to black voters. The Soviets have been critical of APPLICATIONS FOR POSI TIONS ON THE SUMMER PROGRAMMING COUNCIL OF THE MSC COUNCIL AND DIRECTORATE ARE BEING ACCEPTED WEDNESDAY, THROUGH APRIL 27. FOR AN APPLICATION AND MORE COME INFORMATION, BY THE SPO — ROOM 216 IN THE MSC. Save half a dollar. 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Call us at 845-2611. Or drop by our office, 216 Reed McDonald Building, Texas A&M University. U.S. policy in many areas, particu larly on the arms limitation talks, but carefully have avoided lashing out at Carter by name since his inaugura tion three months ago. But the official Communist Party newspaper Pravda charged yester day Carter has failed to keep his promises to stimulate the U.S. economy and eliminate unemploy ment, which counted heavily toward Carter’s winning of the black vote. “Having secured — thanks to his demagogic promises — 90 per cent of the Negro votes and won the pres idency, J. Carter has geared his eco nomic strategy to meeting the inter ests of the higg eS f monopolies which are well-repr esen t ec J in his adminis tration,” it s^ij Senior ne\v s a nalyst Georgi Ra- tiani said C arter ^ as sharply in creased arrq s spending this year which brings no thing good to the poor people ajl( j national minorities — but mear» s big gains for the b'ggcst tru S £ S 0 f th e military- industrial complex.” In Washington, White H ouse Press Secretary Jody Powell Th urs- day dismissed the Soviet charges, saying Carter welcomes the expres- Sun Theatres 333 University 846-9808 Super-Grody Movies Double-Feature Every Week Special Midnight Shows Friday & Saturday $3 per person No one under 18 Ladies Free $3 With This Ad BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS BANDERA ESTATES 2 Bedroom Duplexes OPEN HOUSE Saturday - Sunday April 23 - 24 1-5 p.m. SPECIAL SUMMER RATE / $175/month Fully Equipped Kitchen Central Air and Heat Cable TV Washer-Dryer Connections 1 Block City Park Shag Carpeting Water Furnished 3 Blocks to Elementary School On-Site Management Shuttle Bus Route Drapes ANDERSON AND SOUTHWEST PARKWAY Manager - 693-4758 If No Answer - 693-8607 or 693-2355 Bryan-College Station Jaycees Ohili Shfwpies Sat. April 23 at Tabor Community Center 1 Vi miles from East By-pass on Tabor Rd. Begins 11 a.m.; Chili Cooking about 9 a.m. Trophies awarded for all events. Admission free. EVENTS INCLUDE: \ "'•\M ★ Chili Cook Off ($10.00 entry foe) * Cow Chip Throwing ★ Fiddling Contest * Watermelon Seed Spitting v ★ Jalepeno Eating * Pie Cooking * Skillet Throwing, //{ *e er °0(f For more information call 822-2811. Sponsored by B-CS Jaycees & KORA radio. ....OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK--.. NAME ADDRESS TELEPHONE EVENTS ENTERED Mail to B-CS Jaycees/Box 3535/Bryan Texas 77801 being to The Eagle. Or sion of opinions “no matter how mis informed or ridiculous they might be. “We have long maintained that the government of the Soviet Union has the perfect right to say what it pleases,” Powell said. Pravda also faulted Carter for not checking the inflation rate. “The President did not dare to in fringe on the interests of big com panies and check the price rise, it said. “On the contrary, having taken office he gave big multinational cor porations a chance to mab| greater profits.” The newspaper charged that the way things are now in (lie economy, the U.S.A. would self among the weak countries for its great share in the capitalist economy.” It said Washington was pi pressure on Japan and West many to stimulate their econoa help the United States in tional economic affairs. Energy plan could force taxes to avoid loss high United Press International AUSTIN — President Carter’s energy plan almost certainly will cost most Americans some money, but Texas leaders are even more con cerned about how much it will cost the state. Speaker Bill Clayton and Rep. Joe Wyatt, D-Victoria, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, said yesterday the proposals would re duce tax revenue in the future, which could force the legislature to raise taxes to avoid deficits. Wyatt said he was considering legislation to raise the minimum severance tax on natural gas in an effort to assure the state of some additional tax revenue before the federal energy taxes were enacted. “Once we reach the ceiling price on natural gas, there will be no ex pansion in that tax base,” he said. “If we continue to increase spending and we can’t increase our tax base, then we have to drastically reduce our spending or raise our taxes. “I’m afraid that the President has probably capped our ability to in- jA crease our tax base on natural that happens, we’re in serious! ble.” Clayton said Carter’s propos regulate intrastate prices of® gas would be disastrous toTeias other gas producing states. tag-g “It could change the outlod the projected income to the treasury,” he said. Tnfact.iti easily place Texas in the positi having to face a tax bill. Wyatt said the only immeij benefit to Texas would comeif ter’s proposed excise tax on Huiet I cars prompted Texans tobuylhtllay. cars before the tax went into But he said the long rangeoul was not good. “This is an early prediction, our revenue will very definitely in the next biennium if Conj enacts the energy plan,’ Wyatt In addition to a potential ina in state taxes, Texans also wills! der the biggest portion ofthefe tax burden included in Carters] state officials said. jther < ere h B It’s th partn iilner ] Recent Starr County raid | disrupt narcotics smuggl ract r United Press International McALLEN — The head of a task force trying to stop drug smuggl ing across the United States-Mexico border says the recent raids and ar rests of 44 persons has seriously hampered narcotics traffic into Texas. Drug Enforcement Administra tion official Don Smith said yester day agents still were looking for 18 of 62 suspected narcotics gang leaders. He said they were being sought in both the U.S. and Mexico as part of the “Operation Wishbone” crackdown. “In all candor, we’re going to con tinue the pressure. We re not going to hack off. We’ve got some more to do and some more people we hope fully will be able to arrest in the fu ture before we re satisfied. We sider this a major battle in a We’ve got to start somewhere we started it this way and« going to continue.” Smith said Peter Bensinger tional administrator of the DEA allocated additional manpower the border crackdown. The tion was being carried outinw] ation with a $1 million li Department of Public Safety force and a team of 20 tnemlit! the Mexican Federal Judicial!* across the river. 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