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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1979 Page 7 ements firm on teacher s raise United Press International AUSTIN — Gov. Bill Clements gavp officials of Texas’ seven largest school districts an audience Monday butltold them he isn’t going to give in on his stand against any pay raise higher than 5.1 percent for teachers. ■Vou can talk all you want to, I’m not going to change my mind,’’ Cor pus Christi’s school superintendent, ;Dana Williams, quoted the gover- norj as telling the school adminis trators and trustees. Superintendents and school Hrd representatives from Hous ton, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso, Corpus Christi, San Antonio and Austin emerged from the meeting shaking their heads at the gover nor’s refusal to consider any bigger pay raise for teachers. ^■1 wouldn’t say it was very good,’’ Dallas school superintendent, ■ Linus Wright, said as he emerged from the 45-minute meeting with Clements. HVright said the governor seemed surprised that the state’s urban school districts already have competency-based educational pro grams, faculty advisory committees and a number of the other proposals Clements made in his campaign. ^■‘1 think we aired our differ- 73(l| I ences,’ said Sarah Haskins, Dallas school board member and president of the Texas Urban School Council. “It was a very forthright, outspoken Meis- ickets ■m. in lachry serva- Jr res- >rnew TUB: n 701, it 7:30 Meet- icliry, Jerry session. He has some very definite ideas on discipline and teachers. “I think we did surprise him that the seven urban districts are doing many of the things that he wants to do. I think it was a very fruitful ses sion,” she said. Jack McQueen, Corpus Christi school board president, said Cle ments “kind of started out lecturing us.” Houston Superintendent Billy Reagan agreed Clements did most of the talking but said the governor did not lecture the school adminis trators. »AM Sp.m, iratioa ivited. ■unbelt to grow, study says a Ten- eater, on tie oodsin U.Jr. United Press International ASHINGTON — The so-called “sunbelt” states will nearly double their population and have almost half the nation’s population by the end of the century, if current trends continue, a recent study indicates. Recording to the new study, the southern and western regions corn- biped will have 150 million people or|56 percent of the U.S. population by the year 2000. ^KJniversity of Virginia de- migrapher Jeanne Biggar made the stu< y of the 15 “sunbelt” states for th| Population Reference Bureau, a IVashington-based nonprofit organi zation specializing in population re search. ^JBy the year 2000, if the growth pattern of the 1970s continues, ” the ji'study said, “the sunbelt will reach 3Wer ‘'112 million people and will com- ,uprise 43.2 percent of the nation’s cea | pitoulation.” ^ftccording to the study, birth aque.< Prates are down in all regions, so mi- rgration is the key factor in what it iRoonlafed a “radical change in the his toric distribution patterns of the UlS. population.” ^According to Biggar, the key fac- A-A.I tor in the migration change is a shift r i in the century-old south-to-north flow of job-seeking blacks and poor ites. hat migratory pattern peaked at Jfe end of World War II, the study laid. ^ Bn the first half of the 1970s, the itudy said, the South gained 2.6 mil- ^ ^ion new residents through migra- |i|t>n, nearly all from the northeast d north central regions. Tie study defined the sunbelt as luding Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, puisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, plifornia, Arizona, New Mexico Id Missouri. Coal from Africa may be cheaper, says power exec United Press International HOUSTON — Railroad greed may force American industries to import coal from Africa because it can be mined, shipped and trucked 7,000 miles cheaper than it can move by rail from domestic mines to users, a utility executive told congressional investigators Monday. “We are aware that our purchase of large quantities of foreign coal under a long-term contract might not be in accord with the present administration’s energy policy, but if we are forced into this position by the greed of the railroads and the reluctance of the regulators to regulate, so be it,” M.L. Borchelt, vice president of Central Power and Light of Corpus Christi told the panel. The price-gouging complaint was one of several made by industrial and state government officials against railroads and the Interstate Commerce Commission during the opening hearing by the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Rep. Bob Eckhardt, D-Texas, chairman of the subcommittee, said rising transportation prices that discourage coal conversion could frustrate policies to reduce oil imports while undermining efforts to narrow the balance of payments deficit. Eckhardt repeatedly badgered ICC and Department of Transpor tation witnesses to justify a series of recent rate increases for already profitable western and midwestern railroads operating in monopoly situations. “I’m afraid we re destroying the advantages the public could get from the bountiful coal resources in this country,” Eckhardt said. ICC Commissioner Betty Jo Christian told the committee recent cases have involved extremely complex issues which did not lend themselves to simple solutions. “The simple fact is that any energy source costs money and in the case of coal that includes not only the cost of getting it out of the ground, but the cost of moving it from the mine to the user, ” she said. “Neither the mine operator nor the (rail) carrier can be expected or required to subsidize the consumer, and our standards are applied ith this in mind.” When two DOT witnesses testified the rail industry will fall as much as $16 billion short of the capital needed to remain in business through 1985, Eckhardt challenged the figures, saying more than half the money was needed by only seven unprofitable railroads while the western coal haulers enjoyed acceptable profits. He said government regulators were too dependent upon the rail industry to supply the statistics by which rates requests would be judged. “At the Burlington Northern, the primary carrier of coal to the Southwest from the western coal regions, revenue from hauling coal rose at an average annual rate of 45 percent for each of the years 1974-76,” Eckhardt said. “This was before most of the tariff increases predicted on the 4R (1976 Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform) Act had been granted.” R * * * % * * * * * * * * * * TEXAS HALL ofjFAME BUILT TO BE THE BEST; DE^TIN^D TO BE THE BIGGEST ^ presents Tuesday Night Starlight $2 per person 7-12 $1.75 pitchers of draft beer — SATURDAY NIGHT — jThe Jimmy Carter Band* $3 per person No Reservations Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods. Each Daily Special Only $1.79 Plus Tax. “Open Daily” Dining: 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. — 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. MONDAY EVENING TUESDAY EVENING WEDNESDAY SPECIAL SPECIAL EVENING SPECIAL Salisbury Steak Mexican Fiesta Chicken Fried Steak with Mushroom Gravy Dinner Two Cheese and w/cream Gravy Whipped Potatoes Onion Enchiladas Whipped Potatoes and Your Choice of w/chili Choice of one other One Vegetable Mexican Rice Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Patio Style Pinto Beans Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea Tostadas Coffee or Tea Coffee or Tea One Corn Bread and Butter THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE Parmesan Cheese - Tossed Green Salad Choice of Salad Dressing - Hot Garlic Bread Tea or Coffee FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL BREADED FISH FILET w/TARTAR SAUCE Cole Slaw Hush Puppies Choice of one vegetable Foil or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee SATURDAY NOON and EVENING SPECIAL Chicken & Dumplings Tossed Salad Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee (“Quality First”) SUNDAY SPECIAL NOON and EVENING ROAST TURKEY DINNER Served with Cranberry Sauce Cornbread Dressing Roll or Corn Bread - Butter - Coffee or Tea Giblet Gravy And your choice of any One vegetable “The tone was one of concern and conviction, strong on the convic tion,” Reagan said. “I thought it was overall a very productive session. I thought we established a good rap port with the governor.” The school officials told Clements local districts will be forced to use local money raised from property taxes to give teachers higher pay raises if the state salary increase is held to 5.1 percent — the amount the governor is supporting for all state workers. “He said, ‘That will be a tough decision for you to make, ”’ McQueen said. School administrators told the governor they consider a 7.1 per cent pay raise for teachers a minimum. “We pointed out to him that it would be very difficult if not impos sible for the major districts to adhere to 5.1,” Reagan said. “In the urban areas, because of the compe tition with industry and business, it’s become almost impossible to hire math, science and vocational teachers.’ In addition to teacher pay, the of ficials from urban districts — where 25 percent of the state’s school-age children attend classes — discussed issues such as competency testing for students, discipline in the class room, teacher involvement in deci sion making and funds for compen satory education. “We have statistics to prove com pensatory education is working in the urban schools,” Haskins said. “Our minorities are showing more improvement than the surburban districts. Although Clements made no commitment to increased funding for such programs, she said, “He definitely realizes that education is at the crossroads.” Haskins said urban school admin istrators offered Clements their re search facilities to develop data on such programs, success of compe- ences in employment benefits given teachers and regular state employ ees. “There are many areas where state employees have more benefits for teachers,” she said. Teachers have lower pensions, less insurance, no Social Security and must have more training than most state work ers. Ttt*estone FOR 79 YEARS ... A NAME YOU CAN TRUST JHE^IAND BEHIND OUR TIRES and CAR SERVICE! FIRESTONE SERVICE COUPON ■LUBE AND OIL CHANGES j with Coupon with Filter ■ I I I This inexpensive but valuable service is recommended every 4,000 to 7,000 miles for most vehicles. 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