Senate wrangles over
ombining farm bills
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Senate
esday wrangled over whether to
mbine three separate multi-billion
liar farm aid plans into a single bill
hopes of getting relief to distres-
d grain and cotton farmers before
ring planting ends.
The Senate, which interupted its
Panama Canal debate to deal with
the farm relief issue, was expected to
pass the package later Tuesday, hop
ing that a Senate-House conference
could produce a final bill before the
House begins its Easter recess Wed
nesday night.
The outlook for House action was
uncertain, but the House Agricul-
Harvey was no
Peter Cottontail
United Press International
NEW YORK — Harvey, the vicious rabbit with a mixed-up child
hood, died Saturday after a short illness. He was 3 years old.
The Easter bunny, who was turned over to the American Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals last year because of his nasty
temper, died of an ear infection, the ASPCA said Monday.
During his stormy life, Harvey’s habit of biting everyone who came
near him made him something of a celebrity. He visited schools and
fund-raisers with ASPCA employees who used him to demonstrate
why animals should not be abused: They might become nasty.
The ASPCA said Harvey developed his disposition because he had
been abused by his former owner.
During his tenure with the ASPCA he became known as the “attack
rabbit’’ and was jokingly referred to as the night guard of the associa
tion’s New York office where he lived.
Burial arrangements were not disclosed.
building delays worry
Consol school board
A motion expressing concern with construction delays at South
Knoll and College Hills elementary schools was passed unanimously
by the A&M Consolidated School Board Monday.
A report to the board from Houston architect Bruce Simmons shows
that although 40 percent of the construction time has passed, only 26.6
percent of the work on new facilities at the schools has been com
pleted.
In other building matters, the trustees agreed that a master plan for
the high school and middle school is needed. These would show
building, playfield and parking lot locations which would allow for
planning of future growth.
The long range planning committee is in charge of the matter.
Trustees also passed a unanimous motion to sell two sections of
property located on Anderson and Holleman. The property totals
about 10 acres.
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ture Committee scheduled a meet
ing for early Wednesday to consider
the situation. Its chairman has spon
sored a bill to boost support prices
and provide land-idling payments to
farmers.
Sen. Edmund Muskie, D-Maine,
denounced the Senate plan as a
“three-headed monster.” He said
heatedly that nobody, at this point,
can predict what it will do to food
prices or government spending.
However, Muskie said, one part of
the proposed package — a section
sponsored by Sen. Robert Dole,
R-Kan. — would raise food costs for a
family of four $100 a year by 1979 and
twice that much by 1981.
Dole proposed combining his
“flexible parity” plan with a measure
by Sen. Herman Talmadge, D-Ga.,
which would make land-rental pay
ments to farmers who idle up to 46
million cropland acres.
Dole’s plan would allow individual
grain and cotton farmers to decide
for themselves what price support
target rate they want for their Crops
this year. The more land an indi
vidual farmer idled, the higher his
individual support guarantee would
be, up to 100 percent of the federal
parity standard.
That move followed approval by
58-35 of a move by Sen. George
McGovern, D-S.D., to fold an in
crease in price support targets and
loan rates for grains and cotton into
the Dole-Talmadge package.
Sen. Dick Clark, D-Iowa, who
backed Talmadge’s plan for land
idling rental payments to farmers,
said combination of the Dole and
Talmadge plans into a single package
would he a “cruel hoax.” Clark pre
dicted House members would refuse
to accept the Dole measure, and he
said President Carter would veto it if
it did pass.
United Press International
DERBY, England — Too
much of the “hard stuff’ on the
eve of his birthday landed An
drew Heaps in the hospital, dead
drunk. Andrew turned 5
Monday.
Derbyshire Children’s Hospi
tal officials said Andrew appar
ently found half a bottle of Scotch
whiskey in a field near his home
during the weekend. A playmate
later told his mother Andrew had
passed out.
“I carried him inside and laid
him on the sofa,” Mrs. Heaps
said. “I was really frightened. We
had no idea what was wrong with
him. When I opened his eyes all I
could see was the whites.”
Andrew was taken to the hospi
tal by an ambulance and his
THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1978
stomach was pumped. He slept
for 24 hours.
“He’s fine now and running
about,” a nurse said Monday.
“He came in smelling of whiskey
and was completely confused.”
Andrew sipped only lemonade
and Coke with the cake at his
birthday party later in the day.
“His drinking days are over until
at least 1990,” his mother said.
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