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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, APRILS, 1978
Coal strikes ’ end expected today
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Four months
of strikes against the nation’s soft
coal industry appeared to be at an
end today.
United Mine Workers Vice Pres
ident Sam Church said balloting
Tuesday by the union’s 14,000 mine
construction workers was running
substantially in favor of ratifying a
new three-year agreement.
“It appears as if this contract will
be ratified, Church said.
Church held back, however, from
making a formal statement of ratifi
cation, waiting instead until it was a
mathematical certainty before offi
cially notifying the Association of
Bitumonous Contractors of the re
sult.
Latest UMW tabulation, with 28
of 51 locals reporting, showed the
vote 2,106-1,174 in favor of ratifica
tion.
A UMW spokesman said the
delay in the final vote tabulation was
tied to a requirement that workers
return to work within 24 hours of
ratification in order to obtain a
back-to-work bonus.
The vote meant that by later this
week bituminous mines throughout
the country should be gearing up
toward full production for the first
time since last Dec. 6.
Throughout the coal fields, the
balloting brought only a light turn
out.
That was expected after UMW
leaders openly predicted ratification
in the aftermath of the March 24 ap
proval by 160,000 rank-and-file
miners of their separate contract
that ended a record 1-day strike.
The construction contract has the
same basic $2.40-an-hour wage in
crease over three years that was in
cluded in the miners’ pact.
As in the earlier voting, senti
ment was divided.
Nature workshop planned
Surcharge considered hy
Postal Rate Commission
United Press International
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S.
Postal Service is seeking a 13-cent
surcharge on non-standard size and
first- and third-class mail.
The service’s board of governors
Tuesday voted to file the surcharge
request with the Postal Rate Com
mission within the next few weeks.
Edward McCaffrey, assistant
postmaster general for rates and
classification, said the surcharge —
which would apply to non-standard
single pieces of first-class mail
weighing one ounce or less and
single pieces of third-class mail
weighing 2 ounces or less — would
generate an extra $114 million.
The service said the proposed
surcharge is justified because mail
larger than standard size cannot be
processed through automated mail
sorters.
The outdoor recreation commit
tee is sponsoring “Right in Your
Own Backyard,” a two day program
which emphasizes the natural his
tory and folklore of Texas. A
weekend full of nature walks and
lectures will begin Saturday morn
ing.
The workshop will be about
“ecology,” the study of the home.
Each of the eight sessions will cover
a different aspect of the home and
will result in a better understanding
of the life and its close connection
between plants, animals, environ- .
ment and man.
Saturday’s events will start with a
field trip to view the mammal com
ponent of the Brazos Valley, led by
Dr. David Schmidly, an associate
professor of the wildlife depart
ment.
Workshop participants will also
learn about ecology on the Texas
A&M University campus, aquatic
ecology in a Texas stream and the
environment of birds.
Evening lectures include a lec
ture on ecology and the free market
system given by Dr. Philip Gramm,
an A&M economics professor cur
rently on leave to campaign for
senator, and a lecture about the In
dians of Texas.
A sack lunch outing will be held
for the session about Texas
wildflowers.
“Right in Your Own Backyard” is
a program with a goal aimed at de
veloping awareness of the unique
ness of the Brazos Valley. The work
shops, Saturday and Sunday, are
open to all who are interested. No
admission fee or registration is re
quired. Each session will meet at
the scheduled time in room 510 of
Rudder Tower. Contact Lynn Pax-
son for more information at 845-
4619 or 846-2661.
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A new item has appeared on the ever-growing
list of “Aggie” items. It is the Texas A&M
Battalion photo by Ann Rifc
Aggie telephone, currently being sold by tin
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By CHRIS CAIN
For the person who has every
Aggie gag, gift, gimmick or
general-use item, from an Aggie
bowling ball (a brick with three
holes in it) to an Aggie toilet lid,
there’s a new item on the market.
It’s the Aggie telephone.
No, it’s not two tin cans con
nected by a string, it’s a real tele
phone distributed by General Tele
phone Electronics (GTE).
Actually, the decorative receiver
is only a shell that can be installed
on any color phone said Marta Mar
tinez, manager of the College Sta
tion Phone Mart. However, the
a styleline phone, she said.
“That is one of the models that is
most popular with students because
it’s got everything on the receiver,”
Martinez said.
Aggie shell can only be installed on
The shells cost $6.30 with tax and
there is a $5.00 installation fee. The
customer actually buys the Aggie
phone shell, but the styleline phone
is leased from GTE.
If the customer wants to leave this
area, GTE will take off the shell,
and return it to the customer for no
charge, Martinez added.
The Aggie phone was developed
by GTE’s marketing department in
San Angelo, she said. “It’s a test
here in Bryan-College Station to see
if the phones would actually sfl
said Martinez.
Because it is a test, only Bill
College Station residents maypf
chase the Aggie shells, she add
There are only 500 Aggies!
Martinez said. “Dependingon
well they sell — whether ll
really is a market for the slif
GTE may try it in different
with different schools.”
Texas A&M is the major unn
sity that is serviced by GTE of
Southwest. “The reason theypi
A&M was because they felt tha
spirit and everything that goes
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agronomy major at Texas A&M
University, has been named King
Cotton for the 44th annual Cotton
Pageant and Ball on Saturday.
More than 100 young women
from throughout Texas will compete
for the Queen Cotton crown. The
pageant, sponsored by the Student
Agronomy Society at Texas A&M,
began in 1930 with a cotton apparel
fashion show. Proceeds were used
for a fellowship in agronomy. The
fashion show was eliminated in the
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Texas A&M, the pageant begins.? percei
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both in the University Center, years.
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