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He said 1 gas pipeline, rude per day to isumers, based /ear in present Panama Canal difornia is cur- s for Mexico- r to Carter, consider the h more serious ngon the ordei iduct pipelines ion’s domestic n of some 230 i insurmounta- Discussion, but no decision on CS housing grant guides THE BATTALION Page 5 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1979 Dr. John Lenihan, a Texas A&M University history profes sor, explains that the science fiction films of the 1950s were mirrors of the time, the Cold War. Battalion photo colin Crombie 50s flicks scarry, but reflect times By KEVIN HIGGINBOTHAM Battalion Reporter The College Station City Council discussed various methods of dis tributing Rehabilitation Grant money in a shirtsleeve session Wednesday but made no decision. The city has budgeted $50,000 for the housing rehabilitation project. The money is surplus street repair funds received from the U.S. De partment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1977. City Planner Jim Callaway suggested the money be distributed along the same lines as HUD’s Sec tion eight housing grants. To operate under Section 8 of the HUD code, grants for house repairs would be distributed according to they appli cant’s annual income and the condi tion of the building to be repaired. Callaway said that applications for the grants would be reviewed on a first-come, first-serve basis. The grants, which could range up to $5,000 each, are to be used to repair homes to meet HUD standards. If the homes are not brought up to standards, however, the city can’t claim the money from HUD, Calla way said. Mayor Lorence Bravenec said that the city should determine whether a renovation would meet HUD requirements before a grant is provided. “The only reason the city is put ting money into this is to get Brow nie points with HUD, otherwise we’d use the money to pave streets,” said Councilman Gary Hal ter, who suggested that one crite rion for the housing project be the number of people that could be as sisted. “But we aren’t going to use the money to pave streets,’’ said Bravenec, “we re going to use it to rehabilitate homes. Do you mean 50 $1,000 grants would be better than 10 $5,000?” Halter stressed that since the criteria for success of the project will be HUD’s and not the city’s or the citizen’s, consideration should be given to meeting HUD’s wishes. Bravenec suggested that the in itial screening of applicants be done by Callaway and then a list be given to the committee for further consid eration. The council will look into the mat ter further during Thursday’s regu lar meeting. The council also looked over five possibilities for the new city logo. The logo would be put on city cars and other city property, and would become an identifying symbol for College Station. Although no decision was made, the council obviously enjoyed pass ing suggestions among themselves as to how a city seal should look. Bravenec made the comment that one of the five choices looked like a platter to cook a turkey on. presents By CATHY TERRELL Battalion Reporter There’s more to science fiction films of the 1950s than watching giant creatures wreaking havoc over a city, a Texas A&M Uni versity history professor said Tuesday night. Dr. John Lenihan in a speech sponsored by Cepheid Variable said that although the films are primarily entertainment, they reflect the views of an anxiety-ridden decade. “In the 1950s disaster seemed imminent,” Lenihan said. “The danger of nuclear war, invasion of the country and communist subversion was always there.” Therefore, science fiction films of this time concentrated on nu clear peril and alien invaders. “These alien invaders were given the qualities that we as sociate with the communists, such as lack of human emotion, no ethical morals and the use of subversive activities, like taking over of minds, ” Lenihan said. The character of the decade produced three basic types of films, Lenihan said. The predominant theme was that the United States was under the threat of an alien force and that the country must be strong and ready for the coming strug- gle. Movies such as “The Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and “In vaders from Mars” dealt with this theme, the professor said. The movies have some creature — eventually destroyed by team work of the military and the country’s best scientists. The end of the movies, how ever, always leaves some doubt about whether more creatures, or communist threats, are wait ing to be discovered. Another type of movie, includ ing “It Came from Outer Space” and “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” gave the message that America was too hostile and into lerant of others. The human-like creature in “The Day the Earth Stood Still tells Earth that if it does not stop exploding bombs and threaten ing war, it will be destroyed. Religion was the answer in the third type of films, Lenihan said. One example was “The War of the Worlds, in which people flocked to churches and pray to stop the alien invasion. Lenihan criticized today’s sci ence fiction films. ‘Star Wars’ is obviously campy, putting the audience on. “There’s not too much mes sage in ‘Star Wars.”’ Lenihan researches science fiction films the way some people cure insomnia — by watching them on the Late, late show. Lenihan viewed more than 500 western films doing research for his doctorate. A book form of his doctorate research of western movies will be out in the fall. nter jers: tion >r ages 6 and seball and sol Senior Leagufi" g League for# Texas will ■eague state W: irgest tournanirt nd the only s# i the world 111 be the sitefe League SofitJ eluding four-lfii oth Little Leaf 11 e divisions. uses to rot tores International n. — A grocer! iscovered a cup e job as well as i ion ’ led to hisai' -year-old Wick® ibed three small the span of aW day, all with :he attendant tf ister by making en tossed a cup e| tendent’s face ane of bills from I ies said. He es- $50 in each rok a man, who en a woman sa»i; suspect's desenp- car with a cup o' and notified o§ Chinese pay millions for Bell helicopters United Press International FORT WORTH — Bell Helicop ter Textron has sold nine commer cial helicopters to the People’s Re public of China for $12 million in one of the few sales of American- built aircraft to the nation. James F. Atkins, Bell president, Tuesday announced the sale of the Model 212 helicopters, capping five years of off-and-on negotiations. The sale is the first by a U.S. helicopter manufacturer, he said. The Boeing Co. made the first aircraft sale to the People s Republic in 1972 when it sold 10 707 jet air liners fora reported $125 million. In 1978, Boeing sold three 747SPs and options on two more for a reported $156 million. The sale of the 15-place, twin engine helicopters was announced to coincide with the visit of Han Hsu, a Chinese official expected to be named assistant minister of foreign affairs for the Americas and Oceania on his return to Peking. The Chinese will use the helicop ters to survey mineral deposits and to support offshore petroleum drill ing, Bell officials said. 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