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fLADIMIR, U.S.S.R. — The
hills of the Vladimir Oblast,
■ie 150 miles northeast of
|o ow, is an ancient land full of
| history of the birth of the Rus-
ian state, a fertile place for scholars
nliested in what happened during
J12th and 13th centuries,
lut it is not a very fertile place for
Jners at all, and despite the
lint old buildings and huge, au
nt monasteries, is rather an em-
1-assment for the Soviet state,
lladimir is in the heart of what
liet agricultural experts call the
In-black earth zone” — a vast
Itch of the Russian Federation
ground as poor as its popula-
s the crops failed, so did life in
Hnon-black zone. It has become a
erty pocket and the government
I decided to invest an immense
unt of money on a scheme to
it around.
he key to success, the planners
doscow have decided, is the de-
utside lelopment of agriculture aimed at
lung the non-black zone self-
(porting.
he Soviet government in its cur-
(t five-year-plan has earmarked
Ibillion rubles ($52.2 billion) to
lat has become known as the
pn-black Earth Zone Project.”
lut if the project is to succeed,
jp government will have to
ten soils that are plagued by
acidity. It is sandy ground that
not produce crops without
imum attention.
ands long since lost to bogs will
to be reclaimed by filling them
nd pumping them full of organic
I chemical fertilizers so they will
|able to produce crops.
/hy bother? Why not put the in-
tment into other regions with
|d soils and a more likely chance
uccess?
ikhail Ponamaryev, first secre-
I of the Vladimir Oblast Com-
! Inist Party, says that although the
i l is poor, the conditions for ag-
5 ilture are excellent.
S ; Despite the infertility due to
i Idy soils, despite the poor soils,
| region has favorable conditions
the development of farming,”
erty tin lamaryev said. “There is good
need lot ither and an abundance of pre-
: progia itation.”
licit oi ’onamaryev is responsible for
mtofll y one section of the non-black
\ th zone. His region occupies
1009 square miles with a popula-
h of 1,565,000.
ilie whole non-black earth region
vast section of the Soviet Union
It includes more than 140 million
|es of farmland.
he size of the project is indicated
the statistics: by 1990, the ex
ited completion date, the Soviet
[ion wants to triple the agricul-
I output of the region. There are
villages in the region now,
by 1990, the population will be
|ved into 15,400 “large and well-
winted townships,” according to
magazine Soviet Union,
he expenditure per resident for
sing and services under the plan
ice the national average. When
Ie project is completed, it will
a land area five times as large
France and 11 times as large as
|st Germany.
griculture has never been strong
odcutti) I the region, Ponamaryev said, but
juipmei I quality of life has improved be-
se of a wide and thriving selec-
hisaaij )h of industries.
dadimir Oblast produces every-
ng from tractors to crystal and
lina plates. There are 86,000
iple working in agriculture or
iculture-related industries,
'onamaryev said the average ag-
iltural salary in the region is 136
)les ($194) a month,
iasically, lack of humus in the soil
high acidity have turned the re-
into a poor agricultural zone.
Imus is organic matter, the re-
nains of dead plants and animals,
lit its worst, humus content regis-
ersonly 0.5 percent in the Vladimir
Ihlast. At its best, it registers about
liercent. Prime agricultural land
humus content of 20 percent
UD,
THE BATTALION Page 11
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1978
Defector wins today 95th Congress - most
to end chess match
United Press International
BAGUIO, Philippines — Viktor
Korchnoi, near tears with his life’s
dream of the championship de
molished, resigned the 32nd game
of the longest and richest world
chess series in history today, allow
ing Anatoly Karpov to retain the
title abandoned by Bobby Fischer.
“Petra, I’ve lost the match,” the
red-eyed Korchnoi told his compan
ion and aide, Petra Leeuwerik, after
refusing to even look at the board in
which his black pieces were
hopelessly pinned in a corner.
Karpov is a bitter personal and
ideological foe of Korchnoi, 20 years
his senior at 47, who defected from
the Soviet Union in 1976.
The champion earned $450,000
for his victory. Korchnoi got
$250,000. The $700,000 total purse
was a record as was the length of the
match — exactly three months.
Korchnoi’s decision not to resume
play of the adjourned 32nd game al
lowed Karpov to keep the title of
world champion, which he won by
default in 1975 when temperamen
tal American chess wizard Bobby
Fischer refused to play the young
Russian.
The dramatic resignation also
ended what had been an unprece
dented comeback by Korchnoi, who
had roared back from a 5-2 losing
margin in games won to tie the
match at 5-5. Six games were neces
sary to win. The series had 26
draws.
Off the board, the match was
studded with repeated squabbles,
over topics ranging from Karpov’s
consumption of yogurt during the
games and his use of a parap
sychologist, to Korchnoi’s habit of
wearing sunglasses indoors while he
played and his meditations with
gurus.
But it was on the board that Kor
chnoi lost the title. He was backed
into a corner by Karpov, who had
only a onepawn advantage but spec
tacularly better position for his
pieces.
“It’s all over for Korchnoi,” inter
national master Harry Golombek
said Tuesday, before the Russian
challenger had conceded.
“It’s completely hopeless,” said
Korchnoi’s aide, Raymond Keene of
Britain.
Today Korchnoi agreed. He re
signed without even looking at the
board in the darkened red-carpeted
hall.
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EVANSTON, Ill. — Virtually all
newborn infants should be breast
fed, the American Academy of
Pediatrics urges in one of its most
sweeping endorsements of the prac- ,
tice.
The academy Tuesday recom
mended breast-feeding for all new
born infants unless the child or
mother has some specific physical
condition making such feeding im
possible.
The statement on breastfeeding is
contained in a report of the group’s
committee on nutrition published in
this month’s issue of the organiza
tion’s journal, Pediatrics.
The committee’s report also rec
ommended that:
—Employers offer breastfeeding
facilities in day-care centers so
working mothers can feed their in
fants during work;
—Hospital maternity units be
modified so mothers can breast-feed
their children from the moment of
birth;
—Mothers be encouraged to let
babies establish their own feeding
schedules and allow them to spurn
rigid three and four-hour feedings;
—That schools include
breastfeeding techniques in their
sex education classes.
The academy, based in this
northern suburb, said the report
was written in part to discourage in
creased use of artificial formulas in
poor countries. Dr. Jean Lockhart,
director of the academy’s health
service and government affairs de
partment, said the nutrition com
mittee’s unequivocal stand was
prompted by urgings from United
Nations’ health officials.
The report said formulafeeding
unfortunately has supplanted
breast-feeding in most of the indus
trialized word, as well as underde
veloped nations. It said breast
feeding has retained a dominant
position only in Israel and the Soviet
Union and it urged that more coun
tries return to breastfeeding.
Arabian ministers agree
on Lebanon cease-fire plan
United Press International
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Arab
foreign ministers agreed Tuesday on
an eight-point plan aimed at con
solidating the cease-fire in Lebanon,
shoring up the central government
and promoting national entente.
As sniper fire continued to mar
the 10-day-old truce in Beirut be
tween Syrian troops of the Arab
peace-keeping force and Christian
rightist militias, representatives of
nations contributing either money
or men to the force wound up three
days of talks at Beit Eddine, 26
miles south of the capital.
The state-run Beirut radio said
the foreign ministers and special
envoys from Syria, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Sudan, Qatar, the United
Arab Emirates and Kuwait “re
viewed specific security arrange
ments brought to the conference by
President Elias Sarkis.”
Details of the security arrange
ments were not disclosed.
Significantly, no mention was
made of renewal of the mandate of
the Syrian-dominated Arab peace
keeping force, although Sarkis said
in a recent speech he intended to
ask for renewal.
The conferees expressed their
“appreciation of the role of the Arab
deterrent forces in these delicate
and difficult circumstances.”
The Beit Eddine conference con
cluded its sessions with an eight-
point communique that stressed the
unity, sovereignty and territorial in
tegrity of Lebanon and called for an
end to all obstacles to establishing a
strong central government.
The communique called for an
end to propaganda warfare and the
application of the law prohibiting il
legal radio stations, television sta
tions or publications.
It said a timetable must be drawn
up for reconstruction of the
Lebanese army “on a national and
balanced basis” in order for the
army to take over the duties of the
Arab peacekeeping force in the fu
ture.
The Syrians, dominating the A,rab
League peace-keeping force that
ended the 1975-76 civil war, swap
ped small-arms and shell fire with
Christian rightist militiamen on the
edge of Christian east Beirut in the
worst outbreak of fighting since the
cease-fire took hold.
Sniper fire continued daylong in
various parts of east Beirut, killing
at least one civilian and wounding
two Lebanese Red Cross workers,.
residents said.
The pre-dawn clash erupted
around the strategic Karantina
bridge area linking east Beirut to
outlying Christian areas.
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productive in some time
United Press International
WASHINGTON — For sheer
volume of legislation, the climax of
the 95th Congress surpassed any
other in recent times. The energy,
tax cut and jobs bills took the head
lines, but many more bills won final
approval.
It will be days before a complete
list of the newly enacted bills can be
compiled. But here is a summary of
the more important pieces of legisla
tion approved in the marathon
weekend session:
—Labor-HEW: A compromise
bill appropriating $56 billion for the
Departments of Labor and Health,
Education and Welfare, with com
promise language on federally
funded abortions.
—Public works: A compromise
Center
name
chosen
The intramural oplex at Texas
A&M University will officially be
named the W.L. Penberthy In
tramural Center, aticatin-
ceremonies Saturday.
The ceremony will begin at 10:30
a.m. in the Harrington Education
Center, room 108. Speakers will in
clude Clyde H. Wells, chairman of
the Board of Regents; Jarvis E. Mil
ler, University president; Dr. John
Koldus, vice president for student
services, and former Texas A&M In
tramural Director C.G'Spike”
White, now owner and director of
Kanakuk-Kanakoma Kamps, Inc. in
Brandon, Mo. The head of the
Health and Physical Education De
partment, Dr. Carl Landiss, will
preside at the dedication.
Penberthy, a Bryan resident,
ended a 40-year career at Texas
A&M in 1966. During that time he
served as an instructor, intramural
director, head of the department of
physical education, dean of students
and chairman of the University Ath
letic Council.
Penberthy established the foun
dation the intramural program at
Texas A&M, which now includes
competition in 36 sports, ranging
from softball to water polo.
According to recent figures, al
most 60 percent of Texas A&M’s
30,255 students participate in in
tramural sports.
public works program, tailored to
avoid another veto. The new $1.5
billion legislation eliminates six
water projects that President Carter
didn’t want and denied construction
funds for 11 more.
—Highways: A bill providing $51
billion in federal aid for highways
and mass transit over the next four
years.
—Education assistance to stu
dents: Carter’s bill to expand finan
cial assistance programs for middle
income college students, but no tui
tion tax credits.
—Education aid: An estimated
$50 billion in federal aid to educa
tion over the next five years.
—Airline deregulation: Phasing
out federal regulation of the airline
industry. Air routes would be de
regulated by the end of 1981, fares
and mergers would be deregulated
by the end of 1982, and the Civil
Aeronautics Board would go out of
existence in 1985 unless future legis
lation continued it.
—Endangered species: Extends
and weakens the Endangered
Species Act, setting up a method of
reviewing whether the benefits of
projects outweigh the dangers to
endangered life species, with a
clause permitting construction of
the Tellico Dam project, halted by a
3-inch fish called the snail darter.
— Cigarette bootlegging: would
subject wholesale cigarette bootleg
gers to five-year federal prison
terms and $100,000 fines, along
with seizure of the shipments.
—Sugar: A compromise bill rais
ing the price of sugar, providing
sugar beet and sugar cane producers
15.75 cents a pound for raw sugar
above the current support level of
14.65 cents, ensuring increases in
the retail prices of soft drinks,
candy, cookies and refined sugar.
—Beef imports: a counter-cyclical
beef imports bill sought by the cat
tle industry under which beef im
ports would increase during times of
low domestic cattle production, thus
stabilizing ups and downs of
supplies and prices.
—Military unions: a bill to outlaw
union membership by members of
the military and forbidding collec
tive bargaining in the military.
—Athletics: A bill giving the U.S.
Olympic Committee the task of end
ing years of disputes in amateur ath
letics, designating U.S. activity as it
relates to the Olympics, the pan-
American games and other interna
tional events.
—Justice: a $1.9 billion Justice
Department authorization bill.
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