, [ey to Texas growth
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Water ‘vitaV
■ I t United Press International
^ Ml DENTON, Texas — Water is the
I y to Texas’ economic growth and
nfe rnation,i |T s becoming increasingly scarce,
^ N.vLc cording to a senior research scien-
1 w ho m Jtat North Texas State University.
oss the Jpr. Kenneth L. Dickson, of the
°n earliejivironinental Systems Program of
^'gurelii Me NTSU Institute of Applied Sei-
n fame, cn.es, says the Southwest has
daxie AiKlflundant energy and space, but that
an have | iter will limit the growth of the
■a.
I don t think people realize the
Lre implications of water,” he
id. "The economics of water are
jginning to hit people. It is not a
le commodity; it is a scarce com-
odity.
Basing His predictions on the
rid increase of population and pol-
Hv 11 i tj on in the area, Dickson said,
>l1 'ringing water into Texas is going
beapolitical battle, so instead of
iporting water, wisely using the
Iter available is the starting place.
He said as the water supply gets
Jiter with population growth, the
to endorse ' ce ' s bound to go up, and the
an appean ll lh wes f ina y soon face the same
’ next wftil 1,er pollution problems the
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Northeast currently is fighting.
Dickson, who recently joined the
NTSU faculty, will conduct water
research in conjunction with federal
and state governments, industry
and others. He is working on an
Army Corps of Engineers ecological
classification system for the Upper
Roanoke River Basin in Virginia.
He was associate director of the
Center for Environmental Studies
at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
until July 1.
Dickson sees the major problems
in Texas as fertilizer and pesticide
dumping.
“In terms of impact, they’re of
equal magnitude to the industrial
pollutants in the damage they do to
aquatic life, he said. “But they are
of several orders of magnitude more
difficult to control.
“An industry has a point source
for pollution which you can control.
In Texas we have agriculture runoffs
and land-use pollutants. You don’t
have one pipe dumping pollutants.”
Other problems he sees in Texas
are finding places to dump solid
waste and the drying up of ground
water.
Scholarship honorees
The Brazos County A&M Club presented $500 four-year
scholarships to Bryan High School graduates W. L. “Skipper”
Carruth (left) and Rhonda San Angelo this week. Texas
A&M President Jarvis Miller (right) and club president
Ed Davis mad e the presentation.
He recommends several solutions
to the impending problems. First,
he said a better job should be done
of deciding how to use agricultural
chemicals, what chemicals to use.
and when to use them. He also is
working on a method of monitorirnr
the behavior and physiology of fish
to determine when water is becom
ing polluted.
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acationing Carter returns
!to face Summit, energy bill
Gasohol fuel
advocated by
farm wives
United Press International
OKLAHOMA CITY — Several
Oklahoma farm wives are promoting
what they believe is a remedy for
ailing grain prices and dwindling
energy reserves — gasohol.
1 hey say gasohol — a mixture of
gasoline and grain-based anhydrous
methyl alcohol — could he used as
an alternative to gasoline.
The members of Oklahoma
Women for Agriculture say the fuel
could ease American dependence
on foreign oil. They believe gasohol
could he used in existing internal
combustion engines without costly
modifications and with less pollu
tion.
Methyl alcohol can he refined
from almost any organic or waste
product, hut the Oklahoma farm
wives are promoting the use of
wheat to become the main refining
ingredient.
“Not only would we benefit from
increased demand and better
prices, it would give us a renewable
source of energy,” said Loretta
Polin of Shattuck, v ice president of
the group.
Mrs. Polin said Oklahoma and
Kansas are behind in gasohol de
velopment and her group is urging
state leaders to participate in the
ongoing research work.
THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1978
Page 9
THE
Maroon&
White
United Press International
WASHING ION — President
arter appealed to the nation’s guv
nors today to help salvage an im-
Want part of his energy legislation
Wsave the country from the "dev
iating" effects that rejection by
pngress would mean.
[Carter, in an emotional request
ide with reporters present, im-
ired the governors to help dem-
istrate “the national will” by secur-
e passage of the controversial
“promise legislation to deregu-
e the price of natural gas.
That legislation comes before the
nate next week and its fate re-
iins uncertain.
The entire world is looking at
r government — myself and the
ingress — to see whether we have
e national will to deal with a dif-
bIt and challenging question,”
IdCarter, who cut short his west-
ln vacation to stump for the mea
sure.
[
[Cuba offers
release of
f.S.prisoners
United Press International
Washington — Cuba has of-
pd to release hundreds of political
pOners to the United States, be
ginning with 48 who will be
i Ireened by U.S. officials in coming
i peks, Attorney General Griffin
, said today.
' [Bell will consider admitting the
T st and present Cuban political
psoners to the United States under
special procedure of U.S. immi-
; at ! on . la w. But the decision on
mission will be made on a case-
'-case basis, Justice Department
| 0 esman Terrence Adamson said.
Adamson told a news briefing the
iPlviduals involved, plus 30 mem
o's of their families, already have
'Plied for entry into the United
ates.
announcement comes amid
’nuing efforts to improve dip-
a ic relations between Cuba and
,e United States.
“This legislation — if it is rejected
— will have a devastating effect on
our national image, on the value of
the dollar, on our trade balance, on
inflation,” Carter said.
Carter, speaking with consider
able feeling, took the unusual move
of asking reporters to remain in the
Cabinet Room as he made his re
marks. Generally, the reporters and
photographers are permitted to re
main only for the first minute or two
of a presidential meeting.
The meeting was arranged by the
White House with the aid of Gov.
Julian Carroll of Kentucky, the
newly elected chairman ol the Na
tional Governors’ Association. In
addition to Carroll, those governors
attending were:
Richard Lamm of Colorado,
Brendan Byrne of New Jersey, Mil-
ton Shapp of Pennsylvania, J.
Joseph Garrahy of Rhode Island,
Dolph Briscoe of Texas, Dixy Lee
Ray of Washington, Jay Rockefeller
of West Virginia, William Milliken
of Michigan, David Boren of Okla
homa, Ray Blanton of Tennessee
and Martin Schreiber of Wisconsin.
Energy Secretary James
Schlesinger, trade representative
Robert Strauss and several presi
dential assistants also attended the
meeting.
The natural gas legislation is a
crucial part of Carter’s energy pack
age, which, in turn, is his key
domestic proposal. But the package
has been stalled in Congress for 16
months.
The bill gradually lifts controls on
the price of natural gas by 1985.
Carter said in “complete candor”
that the proposal to deregulate
natural gas is not perfect, bearing
"no clear-cut advantage either for
consumers or producers.”
As Carter returned from his west
ern vacation Wednesday night,
domestic concerns shared the spot
light with the upcoming Middle
East summit at Camp David.
Carter, looking sunburned and
relaxed as he was leaving Idaho
Falls, Idaho, Wednesday, was asked
whether he would offer American
troops to keep the peace in the
Middle East.
"I d he reluctant to do that,” he
answered. “We ll just have to wait
and see."
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