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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.
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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
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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.”
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we wod//n|Bnan for the job when I applied
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nces anifmee I placed No. 1 on the test,
mmitteci. thev were stuck.
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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
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m almost )ort. We were afraid the cows
[htget loose and run wild all over
place. ”
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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.”
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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.
Other export crops include
peanuts, cottonseed, oranges,
grapefruit', peaches, fresh vegeta
bles, barley, oats, wool, fresh and
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