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THE BATTALION Page 13 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1978 | Learning of possible enemies Center trains Asian experts United Press International [; BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University’s Uralic and Ipaic Language and Area Center was established so America ■ould know its enemy in case of a Russian attack. : The 20-year-old center, which specializes in Inner Asia lan- juage, history and culture, no longer is considered part of na tional defense preparedness. tional Defense Education Act, it originally was called a National Defense Education Center — a title dropped a few years ago. The theory behind the crea tion of the institution was the United States would need to have experts on the languages and cultures of possible enemies in case of an attack. teaches Turkik, Mongol, Tonguz, Tibetan, Estonian and Hungar- "But we re here in case we’re needed, said director Denis Sinor. Opened in 1958 under the Na- The center provides instruc tion in Uralic, Altaic and Inner Asian language, history and cul ture. More than 40 language groups are included in that cate gory, but the center mostly The institution is the only one of its kind in the country “so we have a national mandate to con tinue,” Sinor said. “We can still ensure a minimum national pre paredness if information on the topic is ever needed. And we al ways are training new specialists in the field.” Inner Asia includes all of the Soviet Union, Tibet, Mongolia, Chinese Turkestan, and the northern part of Scandinavia. The area covers millions of square miles, and despite barren and sparsely populated areas, contains about 300 million peo ple. Approximately 90 percent of the language center graduates enter academic fields or join government agencies, Sinor said. “When you condider the areas studied and their importance in world politics and the fact that ours is a multidisciplinary pro gram that covers languages, cul ture, politics and economics, I think there’s no doubt there is a great need for our programs.” Computerized patterns for hard-to-fit women fexas exports increase 16 percent 4th cotton totaling $559 million United Press International AUSTIN, — Texas’ agricultural , . Jprts increased 16 percent during ment has |rom the p revious year, Ag- |ture Commissioner Reagan V. n announced today. . (Source;!: ion, and Wdl in oggone — lie’s into ministry i other instiJ ■ORTLAND, Ore. — One of ' basic prolhfcrica’s more colorful dogcatchers iunderstood Burning in her net to join the 1 is misundeijNlistry. the public.!! Multnomah County is going to laranteeofjuws Mary Scriver, the funny lady H an infectious laugh and the lliams sdiiBity’s first female dogcatcher. Speaker CkBln says five years at corraling he conceptfBy animals has given her an - sBiclance of human relationships r educafasBbelieves will be important to her welfare, kBursuing the word of God. rim whatle; Bcriver originally set out to be an tisused.lfBess, but was terribly shy. “I :erhissto;|alK was bashful,” she said in relat- Bhow she became a drama stu- t commeuBt and went to school with the as a politxfls of Paula Prentiss, Richard Ben- thatismorcHin md Karen Black. Td be a genuine it'jniKli better actor today because problemwifve 1 ' learned to be confident and outgoing as a dogcatcher.” movesm'f -They didn't want to hire a we wod//n|Bnan for the job when I applied e themfeover five years ago,” she said, “but nces anifmee I placed No. 1 on the test, mmitteci. thev were stuck. yneedtoWBefore she took the job she had jrated a museum, where she B, “one of my jobs every day was [comb the hair on a stuffed jntain goat.” She also had roped ^rs and rode buffaloes in rodeos, ked in a foundry and worked on a h in Montana before she came ortland and scored highest on Civil Service examination for dogcatcher’s job. ISome of the things I’ve had to Faculty*, she said, “have been un- decision rainine at best. I got a call early itionarypt'Bmorning to take my gun and get N to where a truck loaded with re as “freMjp had tipped over. Some of them re injured, some of them dead I this was right near the Portland uiagingonr Texas AAi investigate! em is wo; 'O advanfe : forces of staff and on tenure m almost )ort. We were afraid the cows [htget loose and run wild all over place. ” Then there was the time a >n forth d we neei ? is always i. d to ment as fc Hingis tit ckload of about 50 hogs got loose r the Interstate 5 bridge. The !s were running all over the way. A real mess. Several of us e running around, rounding up se hogs.” criver says what she learned as a icatcher that will serve her in the istry is that, “as a dogcatcher, tei walk into people’s lives, often > heart-breaking situations, and pie just tell you everything. I wanted to feel like I was doing ething about it. Whether it’s i, or people, or the environ- nt, or whatever, I just feel we all ht to be doing something about quality of life. Besides,” she said, “dog spelled Wards is.” if • « people keep telling you to quit smoking cigarettes don’t listen . . . they’re probably trying to trick you into living •* Brown said the export market is even stronger today than last year and predicted Texas will win a size able share of the $26.6 billion in ag riculture exports the nation is ex pected to record this year. “Texas exports increased an esti mated 16 percent last year over the 1976 figure with the value of 16 selected major commodities totaling nearly $1.2 million,” Brown said. Brown said Texas farmers now harvest one in every three acres for the export market. “Increasing exports are important to all of us, not just those in the ag riculture industry, Brown said. “Agricultural commodities are our only products being sold in quan tities large enough to lessen the gap in world trade. When American buys more than it sells overseas, it leaves a surplus of dollars abroad, forcing the value of the dollar to fall.” Cotton led the list of 1977 exports for the state, totaling an estimated $559 million, Brown said. “Strong cotton demand will prob ably continue especially in light of this year’s smaller crop, which will reduce carryover supplies,” Brown said. frozen beef and pork. Brown said crop figures were based on the state’s share of produc tion known to be exported from the U.S. United Press International It’s been estimated that 60 per cent of all women have figure prob lems that make adjustments neces sary in paper patterns for home sew ing. A mathematician and computer specialist has licked that problem. Louis Hartheimer makes cus tomized computer patterns based on customers’ individual mea surements. All commercial patterns reflect the built-in assumption that height increases with circumference, Hartheimer said in an interview. That’s not so, he said, adding; “Weight fluctuations affect only three measurements: bust, waist and hip. All the others are vertical measurements. ” If a customer’s weight changes, she simply ends her new bust, waist and-hip measurements when she orders a new pattern. Before the order is filled, the change is fed into the customer’s clothing profile stored in the computer’s memory. Hartheimer’s Surefit Patterns is a mail order business in Norwood, N. J. He started it in 1976 with about 12 patterns after a brief period of computerized pattern-grading for the garment industry. Grading con verts a designer’s original pattern into a range of sizes for mass man ufacturing. He said 19 reasonable mischecks are built into his computer program to catch any errors customers may make in recording their mea surements. Directions and illus trations bound into each copy of the pattern catalog show how to make the 15 measurements needed. Designer Don Robineau said no arm circumference is requested be cause that is calculated from four other upper body measurements. There’s no extra charge for cus tomizing. The cost is included in pattern prices, which range from $4.95-$7.95. Most patterns offer one or more style options. All are made of a clear tough reusable plastic that can be pinned but not ironed. But creases can be smoothed by hand and a tracing wheel used, if desired. As for styles, Robineau said; “Were not trying to be a high fashion business, but we re contem porary, not dowdy.” Robineau added that customer mail indicates most women who sew a lot prefer classic designs and con servative interpretations of today’s fashions. His designs in the current catalog consist mostly of dresses, pants and other separates and a wrap-and-tie coat in three lengths. The new fall catalog, available in September, will contain about 40 patterns, 20 of them new, and 58 color photographs of garments made up in materials widely available in the United States. They will include such current fa vorites as blouson tops, hip-length and short blazers, vests, sweater dresses and tops, four coats, a matching hat and bag, pleated pants, an ankle length evening dress with low V-neck and handkerchief hem and a wideyoked dropped shoulder dress. Contrary to popular opinion, Robineau said a lot of home dressmaking goes on in major met ropolitan areas such as New York City and Los Angeles as well as in the Midwest, the South and Texas. Texas’ cotton production is ex pected to drop to 3.7 million bales this year, compared to 5.5 million bales in 1977. The second highest moneymaker was grain sorghum with estimated value of $191 million, followed by wheat, $165 million; rice, $164 mill ion, and soybeans, $48 million. 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