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ti age 6 r Page 10 THE BATTALION THURSDAY. MARCH 6. 1960 nation Sunbelt population grows United Press International WASHINGTON — The popula tion in the Sunbelt grew significantly during the 1970s, with California, Florida and Texas showing the greatest increases. The states of New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Is land had the largest net losses. The Bureau of the Census, in re leasing its final estimates Tuesday of the 1980 census, said the population in the United States increased by 16.8 million during the previous de cade for a total of 220,099,000. Chip Carter granted divorce from wife of seven years United Press International AMERICUS, Ga. — President Carter’s son Chip has been granted an “uncontested’’ divorce from Caron Carter. Sumter County Superior Court Judge W.L. Blanks signed the final divorce decree Tuesday. He had heard arguments in the action Friday with Mrs. Carter in court. Chip, campaigning for his father, was not present. Sources reported it was a “friendly uncontested divorce” with “liberal visitation rights” for Chip, 30, to see his 3-year-old son James Earl Carter IV. The boy spent last weekend with his father and grandparents at the White House. Mrs. Carter, 29, of Hawkinsville, Ga., is an elementary school teacher in an Atlanta suburb. The couple married in June, 1973 and separated in 1978. Chip has been living at the White House and now works for the Carter-Mondale campaign committee. FAMOLARE! Perhaps this will be Joe Famo- lare's most comfortable shoe yet. The Wave bottom on a short heel. White or camel. 47.99 “While the Northeast has had almost no population change since 1970, and the North Central states have grown less than half as fast as the nation as a whole, the South and the West grew substantially faster than the national average,” the Bureau said. California, Texas and Florida each grew by more than 2 million people during the decade. California gained 2,723,000 dur ing the decade for a total of 22,694,000; Texas gained 2,182,000 to 13,381,000; and Florida 2,068,000 to 8,859,000. Other states estimated to have grown by more than half a million since 1970 are Arizona, Colorado, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina and Washington. New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island lost population since 1970. New York lost 593,000 people for a total of 17,648,000; Pennsylvania was down 70,000 to 11,731,000; and Rhode Island lost 20,000 for a total of 930,000. r Mli SHADEVIEW NURSERY 5 gal. 4/5 ft. Weeping Fig (Ficus Benjamin; $9.99 each Foliage plants, shrubs, trees, bedding plants, peat bark, pot tery, fertilizer "Quality products at good prices" 4710 North Texas Ave (Bryan) 779-8890 ALTERATIONS' IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND ALTERATIONS "DON’T GIVE UP - W£LL MAKE IT FIT!" AT WELCH'S CLEANERS WE NOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCELLENT DRY CLEANERS BUT WE SPE- CIAUZE IN ALTERING HARD TO FIT EVENING DRESSES. TAFtREO SHIRTS. JEAN HEMS. WATCH POCKETS. ETC. (WE RE JUST A FEW BLOCKS NORTH OF FED MART.) WELCH’S CLEANERS 3S19 E. 29th (TOWN & COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER) st loos Alien count question may halt census start The District of Columbia is esti mated to have experienced the largest percentage drop in popula tion during the decade, losing an estimated 13.4 percent (or 101,000) of its population between April 1970 and July 1979 for a total of 656,000 people. If the estimates hold up when the official 1980 census is conducted, Florida would pick up three addi tional congressional seats, and Cali fornia and Texas each would pick up two. Arizona, Colorado, New Mex ico, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah and Washington each would gain one seat. New York would lose four con gressional seats and Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania would drop two each. Losing one seat each would be Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey and South Dakota, the bureau said. California remains the nation’s most populous state, followed by New York and Texas. Alaska remains the nation’s least populated state, despite a 34.3 percent population in crease during the decade from 303,000 to 407,000. Final census counts for the states will be released in January 1981. United Press International WASHINGTON — Less than one month before the 1980 census is slated to begin, a group of immigra tion reformers and members of Con gress is trying to delay the popula tion count until illegal aliens are ex cluded. The Federation for American Im migration Reform and 26 members of Congress Tuesday asked the Sup reme Court to block the census sche duled to begin on April 1. The group said the census should not be taken until its lawsuit chal lenging the inclusion of illegal aliens in the population count is reviewed. They asked Chief Justice Warren Burger for a preliminary injunction. The group filed a federal suit to stop the census, arguing inclusion of illegal aliens would result in an unfair reapportionment — giving states with large numbers of illegal aliens more seats in Congress. They argued the Constitution mandates the counting only of legal residents of the United States. On Feb. 26, a three-judge federal District Court panel dismissed the suit, ruling the group did not have a legal right to bring it and they failed to show harm would result by includ ing millions of illegal aliens in the census. Renewing its claim in the United States’ highest court, the group argued the inclusion of illegal aliens would “dilute” the population base for congressional seats and affect the distribution of $50 billion in federal funds to the states. They said the ruling of the lower court “effectively confers upon illeg al aliens a right to equal representa tion in Congress and state legisla tures, a result plainly at <yk)< the purpose of’ the Cons^ Unless Burger acts, thevi the ruling would be “an ill fa invitation to nationwide post litigation of the issue where relief would require? penditure of vast sums for reS' the census and potential cWu of the then-seated 97th Congress! 40 state legislatures.” V * Bamaby Zall a spokesman for, federation, said the ruling Z'j appealed to the U.S. Circuital Appeals for the District ofCoQ' 1 He said the federation wants n court to order two pop u U counts, one including illegal atjo and one with only legal residents! would be used for apportion purposes. Defaulters to receivel refunds from GMAC United Press International WASHINGTON — Thousands of consumers whose General Motors cars and trucks were repossessed when they defaulted on their pay ments will receive from $25 to $700 in refunds in a $2 million Federal Trade Commission settlement. The money is owed the former car and truck owners, the FTC said Tuesday, because GM’s financing agency, General Motors Acceptance Corp., allegedly sold the vehicles at a profit and failed to return the extra money to the people who defaulted. Under the Uniform Commercial Code, when a car is repossessed and sold, the person who defaulted on his payments is supposed to be refunded any “surplus” money from the re sale, after deductions are made for the amount still owed and expenses for handling the transaction. GMAC, according to the FTC, re possesses more than 100,000 cars and trucks every year. But according to an FTC complaint, GMAC is con ducting “sham” sales of the reposses sed cars by selling them back to itself at a low price, then reselling them to a third party at a higher price. CM still denies the FTC’s allega tions, saying, “In most cases the money realized on the sale of a repos session is less than the amount owed by the defaulting customer. ” But it said the legal cost of fighting the matter was substantial and threatened to be even higher so “a decision was made to consider a negotiated settlement.” Consumers eligible for the re funds will be “notified as soon as tl can be identified.” The actual[ ments, it said, will not be fini until at least a year after the e£. date of the agreement. The effec. date probably will be sometime] May or June. The FTC described the setc ment as “one of the largest coni, er-credit restitution agreemei ever obtained by the commission J is not, however, the first. A s though smaller, agreement | viously was reached with the Fa] Motor Co. The consent agreement sett the complaint states GM dealers* must provide refunds when owdj former owners of repossessed c within 45 days, along with a \ statement telling how the was calculated. Grain targets to rise United Press International WASHINGTON — Both the House and Senate approved without dissent compromise legislation to raise target prices for wheat and feed grain crops by 7 percent this year. The legislation would raise targets for wheat to $3.63 per bushel and for corn to $2.35 per bushel. Target LANGE MUSIC CO. RED TAGE SALE UP TO 25% OFF 1 week special - thru March 12 SPECIAL GUILD GUITARS SHURE VOCAL MASTERS P.A. SETS regHSOO 00 SALE $ 1125 00 KELSEY MIXING BOARD reg $ 1200 00 SALE ^900°° ♦BARGONS THROUGHOUT THE STORE* No charge cards accepted on sale items. 1410 Texas Ave. 822-2334 prices for 1981 would havetobtj least that high. ’The agriculture* retary would have discretion ton them. The Senate approved thei promise Tuesday morning. A l hours later, the House approval and sent the bill to 1 dent Carter for his signature. Target prices are intended I safety nets for farmers in the evei low prices. When national avei crop prices fall below the farmers are given direct per-b payments equal to the difference^ tween the targets and the avei prices. The Senate also approved \ dissent an extension of the Fai Home Administration’s econoi emergency loan program until S 30, 1981. The extension addei billion in lending authority billion program which was to exf May 15. The program provides nwne i farm operating expenses and debt^ financing. Vr A. m/4r JIM ‘4 t — * ^ Bust loose with Cuervo Gold. Dash It on the rocks and add a splash of grapefruit, tour mouth’s been waiting for it all week. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE.. FILING FOR THE FOLLOWING LEADERSHIP POSI TIONS IS OPEN NOW THROUGH MONDAY MARCH 17. 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