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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1977 Page 3 club to hold hili cook-off soon The Rompin’ Stompin’ Chili Bang Out, sponsored by the Texas A&M University Recreation and Parks Club, will be held Nov. 13. Featured will be a chili cook-off, beer, barbecue and a square dance. The event will be held at the Fellowship Community Center, on labor Road near the Highway 6 bypass in Bryan. m Texas s Office, female d has a! fens is j ‘d applj. nd post. >ay. Foi s Thurs- nbe was led top of- ;ing de control ged the 3 give a ence is rel bills national msts on xs :ommis- 1 official le most regional xirentlv has not ith state nig em- i official A 50 cent admission fee includes tasting the contestants’ chili and attending the square dance. Proceeds will go to a book fund for recreation and park students. Prizes valued at $50 will be awarded for the best chili in the col legiate, junior and experienced divisions. The Best Showmanship Award, which includes best booth and most spirit, also will receive a $50 value prize. A $100 value prize will he given for the best chili overall. Contestants must have applications in by Monday. Forms are available at the Dixie Chicken, Kroger, Weiners, Fedmart, Luby’s, Wyatt’s, Weingarten’s, and Piggly Wiggly. Vholesale index up Fords face mass recall United Press Intcmatioiiiil ASHINGTON — Wholesale ces rose 0.8 percent in October he biggest increase in six months reflecting dramatically higher ces for farm goods and 1978 del cars, the Labor Department orted Thursday. he increase, which translates 9.6 percent annual rate, was isistent with economic forecasts mising a new surge of inflation iroaching the double-digit range the next few months. 'ami prices rose 2.4 percent in tober, reversing a steady five- nth decline that severely hurt in- ne among the nation’s farmers. Dnomists expect grain and beef prices soon will drive farm goods even higher. All industrial prices rose 0.6 per cent, and processed foods were up 0.8 percent. The Wholesale Price Index was 196.3 in October, up 5.9 percent over the past year. This means that goods costing $100 a decade ago, now cost $196.30 — almost double. The wholesale index reflects costs at all stages of processing. Finished goods also rose 0.8 percent, and producer finished goods were up 1.5 percent. Foods ready for consumer sales rose 0.3 percent, the first increase in five months. L’nited Press International DETROIT- The National High way Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has warned that about 2 million Ford Motor Co. vehicles may have transmission defects that could cause them to jump from park to reverse. The agency stopped short of or dering a recall Wednesday but said it was investigating 1973-78 Ford, Mercury and Lincoln models after receiving complaints from Ford owners of 21 accidents, including one fatal mishap in Conrad, Mont. Fourteen injuries reportedly were caused by cars jumping into re verse, the agency said. The vehicles involved were equipped with 351-cubic inch V8 or larger engines and automatic trans missions with the shift mounted on the steering column. John Eckhold, Ford automotive saftey director, said, “We know of no reason to believe that the au tomatic transmission in the 1973-78 cars contain a safety defect as suggested. ” “Ford did inform the NHTSA last month that some 3,900 recently produced 1978-model automatic transmissions were suspected of containing an improperly heat- treated part that could prevent the engagement of the parking gear, Eckhold said. “This problem does not involve the alleged shift-linkage failure con dition that NHTSA informed us about a few days ago,’ he said. The agency said the decision to order a recall campaign depended on the outcome of its investigation. In October, Ford recalled some 41,000 of its 1978 model Ford Fair monts and Mercury Zephyrs be cause of a problem in the automatic transmission that could allow the car to roll free when the gear selector was in the park position. The NHTSA said the current problem apparently was caused by excess play in the linkage between the lever and the transmission and seemed to be aggravated by hot engine temperatures, hot weather or both. Knowledge is your best protection. ^\Carl Bussells X^fliAnoND Room 3731 E. 29th S4h-47l)S Town & Country Center MEMBER AMERIC AN C.EM SOCIEIV iasier voter sign-up nay aid drive next week ip lawsuit d from ■ James tied by as pro- luntry, 'COtt of ne and nds to iS iled an his job a pris- t brush th floor ape. “I ” Men- dutv at m stable’ kidney arterial nd bal- opera- thodist ?d Oct. By LIZ NEWLIN Battalion Staff [‘Simplify, simplify,” advised IvidThoreau, noted rabble-rouser pWalden Pond resident. It seems State of Texas took his advice designed a new voter registra- Jn form which requires a pen, a v minutes and a mailbox. It’s real easy to register — it’s all ne by computer,” said Phil Sut- i, Student Government vice pres- ntfor external affairs. There are new voter registration ms that are pre-postage paid. All uhave to do is fill it out and drop in the mail,” he said. Tbe external affairs committee ms to begin a campus and city- de voter registration drive next ek in cooperation with several ler Texas A&M service groups dclubs, he said Thursday night at organizational meeting for the Dgram. The goal is to register WO voters before the end of the mester. Election season opens in April, 1978, with College Station City Council and mayoral elections. In May, voters will choose candidates for the November general elections. Sutton said the primary runoff elec tions in June present a problem for students since they cannot vote here in May and somewhere else in the runoffs. The elections are impor tant, he said. “It makes a big difference to this university who has the (U.S.) Con gressional seat,” Sutton said. Sutton is travelling to Austin today to get at least 5,000 voter reg istration forms from the Secretary of State’s office. Forms will be availa ble Monday in the Student Gov ernment office in the Memorial Student Center and will be distrib uted on- and off-campus next week, he said. “In the past, anyone who passed out the voter registration forms had to be registered by the county tax assessor-collector as a deputy regis trar. By doing it this way, we don’t have to deputize them,” he said.. Campus activities F vicUw Aerobic Club, 12 noon, 604 AB Iranian Student Association, 7:30 p.m., 504 Rudder Chess Committee, registration for tour nament, 7:30 p.m., 139 MSC Julian Bream, OPAS, 8 p.m.. Rudder Auditorium Aggie Cinema, "Clint Eastwood Festi val", 8 p.m., Rudder Theater Saturday Professional Exams for Engineers, 7 a.m., 201 MSC Chess Committee Tournament, 8 a.m., 140 MSC Brazos County Humane Society, Pet Adoption Day, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hensel Park pavilion area Muslim Student Association, 1 p.m., 410 Rudder MSC Arts Committee, “Sorrow & The Pity", 2 p.m.. Rudder Theater Men's Soccer Team, University of Texas, 2 p.m., intramural complex across Wellborn Road Sea Service Ball, 8 p.m., 224 and 225 MSC Aggie Cinema, “Clint Eastw<x>d Festi val”, 8 p.m.. Rudder Theater Sunday College of Business Administration, six-day management seminar at Texas A&M Chess Committee Tournament, 9 a.m., 140 MSC Muslim Student Association, 1 p.m., 510 Rudder Aggie Cinema, “Kelley’s Heroes”, 2 p.m., Rudder Theater Alpha Lambda Delta, initiation, 2 p.m., 201 MSC Student Government, 4 p.m., 216 MSC Young Life, 7 p.m., 301 MSC fas ex d save ■estric- > com .low lion. K ir. 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