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Bothhsn ked for a livinj ; iband and-wifehc 179, it was 48 pep o notes that, wH .■wives earn at we the standard oft; t they lose byler d is not netted £ miner prices rose all last year, lies e prices of nece? cent — including t •ent, shelter lit .2 percent and me; cent. • items comprise household bud;- Ive American k id. step farther, Ck discretionary inca - after they havek ities, and adjust;; fell in 1979 bet 1 in 1973. •kers have done k on in this struggle cost to business? es rose 8.4 pent ccording tothefo J Price Stabilit),i; inion workers ros re isn t one-side; lot measuredbyE Americans are bet; pie, a family tk i house during tk ■s has made aw: i addition, the er ttle cleaner, thee ) INSURANCE )R AGGIES. : George Webb -s Insurance Group * illege 823# ts ty what’s up at Texas A&M MONDAY OFF-CAMPUS AGGIES: Will have a general meeting at 6:30 p.m. in 209 Harrington. WATER SKI CLUB: Will meet at 7 p.m. in 401 Rudder to make final plans for the Polar Bear Tournament. BELL COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: Will meet at 7 p.m. in 301 Bolton Hall. Spring events will be discussed. “CRIME AND PUNISHMENT”: The power of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s modem classic is articulately translated to the screen in this master ful Soviet production. Rasknolnikob, a strugling student, is driven by poverty, despair and an obsessive sense of his destiny, to commit a heinous crime. He then suffers the anguish of his action before finally comng to terms with the consequences. The movie will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theater. ALPHA ZETA: Will meet and hold officer elections at 7:30 p.m. in 308 Rudder. ORANGE HOMETOWN CLUB: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 109 Military Science Bldg. COMMUNITY SINGERS: Will have a rehearsal for the May 3 per formance at 7:30 p.m. at the Brazos Center. BIBLE STUDY: The Student Y sponsored group will meet at 9 p.m. in the Meditation Room of the All Faiths Chapel. THEATER ARTS SEMINAR: Ken Frankel will conduct a seminar beginning at 8 a.m. in Rudder.Forum. TUESDAY “SWING INTO SPRING”: Keathley Hall will sponsor this United Way Charity Dance at 8 p.m. at the Lakeview Club, with music by Dennis Ivey and The Waymen. Tickets are on sale from 10 a. m. to 2 p.m. at the MSC, and from 5-6 p.m. at Sbisa and the Commons. AGRONOMY SOCIETY: Will meet at 7:15 p.m. in 103 Soil Crop Sciences-Entomology Center. “I KNOW IT, DO YOU”: Win tickets to the MSC Town Hall produc tion of Neil Simon’s “Chapter Two” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rudder Fountain. For tickets or information about the March 6 production, go by the MSC Box Office. GREATER NEW BRAUNFELS HOMETOWN CLUB: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 100 Harrington. ECONOMICS SOCIETY: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 228 MSC. HORTICULTURE CLUB: Ron Perry will speak on home wine mak ing at the meeting at 7 p.m. in 113 Plant Sciences Bldg. “THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT”: This comedy stars Alec Guin ness as an inventor who creates a fabric that will neither soil nor wear out. Both Big Business and Labor are thrown into panic over the horrifying implications of his invention. The movie will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in 601 Rudder. AGGIES AID TO SPECIAL KIDS: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 350 MSC. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS: Jerry Reynolds will talk on “The M.E. in Sales Engineering” at 7:30 p.m. in 102 Zachry Engineering Center. SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY: This MSC OPAS presentation will begin at 8:15 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. AMERICAN HUMANICS: Will present a seminar, “Dealing With Prejudice” at 6 p.m. in 607 Rudder. WEDNESDAY BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF ’75: Will hold an organizational meeting for its 5-year reunion at 7:30 p. m. at the Bryan High School Cafeteria. RUDDERS RANGERS: Will hold a meeting for preparation of FTX at 7:30 p.m. in 351 Military Science Bldg. SHARE GROUP: The Student Y sponsored group will meet at 9 p.m. in the Meditation Room of the All Faiths Chapel. MICROCOMPUTER CLUB: Will meet at 7:15 p.m. in 104 Data Processing Center. AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATORS OF TOMORROW: Will meet at 6 p.m. in the Journalism Library, third floor Reed McDo nald, to discuss The Agriculturalist and a job planning workshop. NATIONAL AGRI-MARKETING ASSOCIATION: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 113 Kleberg. CLASS OF ’81: Juniors may pick up their Junior Ball pictures from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the MSC Hallway. CAM AC: Alfredo de La Torre and Evangelina Vigil will present “A Cultural Interpretation of Mexican-American Poetry” at 7:30 p.m. in 350 MSC. LAMBDA SIGMA: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 205 and 206 MSC. Members from last year should also attend. PANHANDLE HOMETOWN CLUB: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 604 Rudder. PRE-LAW SOCIETY: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 225 MSC. Officer elections will be held and Sara Ryan will speak. HILLEL: Rabbi Jack Bemporad will speak on “What Can We Jews Affirm About God After the Holocaust?” at 8 p.m. in the Hillel Jewish Student Center. YOUTH CONCERT: The San Antonio Symphony will perform at 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. Gauge saves gas United Press International NEW YORK — Installation of a manifold vacuum guage can be a help in conserving gasoline in cars, according to Popular Mechanics magazine. “The gauge, mounted on the dash, allows you to determine when the engine is operating at its greatest efficiency,” the article in the March issue of the magazine says. “When manifold vacuum is high, fuel con sumption is lowest. Conversely, when manifold vacuum is low, as it is during rapid acceleration, fuel con sumption is the highest.” THE BATTALION Page MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1980 C >• • . 1 3ff< INTRODUCING THE NEW for the women athlete 77* l.mkrr Room, 800 VILLA MARIA RD 'SPORTSHOES UNLIMITED ACROSS FROM MANOR EAST MALI 779 9484 Z t etie: dorr MSC Town Hall presents: Neil Simon’s chapter two March 6 8:15 p.m. Rudder Auditorium TICKETS: Students: Gen. 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