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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1980 Page 7 state t I ort Library won’t be named after controversial Texas gas production up; consumers benefit 'ill be capable of servirj'; arge as 600,000 tons, , . , 1 „„„ T t United Press International spokesman Terry![ ; SAN ANTONIO — The city lib- . 1111 1 " rar>' board has scrapped a previous >t direct competitorsliti, j an to name a library in honor of ni d serve dmerent:i: con t roV ersial Mexican leader Jose r-rn« C m^ cT" Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara and in- ’I I DPA could shifttk t I 5 stead namec i the f ac ili ty Memorial ie boom to Toiiim, B ranc b Public Library in honor of ore lexas ports to sent? jrs — although not then! !■ X),000-ton supertanlm se an offshore temt een proposed at Cu], ind Galveston. ort, a $550 million en Corpus Christi :o 72 feet and buildage : larbor Island, was >y the Nueces Count; \ )istrict, but it had oposition. 158 million Galveston eepen the Galveston (v United Press International It) to "its Ird and Ik'; SAN ANTONIO — For the •rths on Pelican IslaniE second time in the past year, anti ion facilities near! nuc ^ ear forces have failed to gather jended on a local rei- enough signatures on a petition to i| 5 t force a citywide referendum on San Antonio’s participation in the South Texas Nuclear Project. M Lanny Sinkin, coordinator of Citizens Concerned About Nuclear Power, said the group obtained only about 4,000 of the 37,000 signatures required for a public referendum on a $75 million bond issue to pay part of the cost. Sinkin maintained 60 percent to figure war veterans. The decision ended months of controversy over the naming of the $650,000 branch library. “I’m glad we live in a country where we can come before the board and discuss our differences and re solve them through negotiation,” said Tony Ibarra, representing Citizens Organized for Public Ser vice. The COPS organization and a de legation from Edgewood School Dis trict prodded the library board to resolve the situation by negotiation on Tuesday. Nuclear referendum second time sion ans Natural Gas. urprisingly, most oft ppen to be contrikt mbent commissiom campaigns, Hiitir gent, the incumbent! •hallenging, denied!; is were sent to oil .1 said the hearingra e to testify, he could have appf d had he wanted 70 percent of the people asked to sign the petition did so, but there were not enough volunteers to circu late the document. “We are convinced from this effort that voters in San Antonio would like to have an election on the South Texas Nuclear Project funds, and we are committed to giving them the chance to vote,’’ Sinkin said Tuesday. He said the City Public Service Board would ask city council to approve another bond issue later this year and “we are waiting for them. ” Sinkin said essentially the same thing last year when the group also failed to gather enough signatures to halt a previous bond issue. San Antonio already has spent $350 million on its 28 percent share of the nuclear power plant under construction near Bay City. The ori ginal cost projection of $738 million for the entire project has continued to double and triple since the city agreed to participate with Houston Light & Power Co., the City of Au stin and Central Power & Light of Corpus Christi. San Antonio hires maestro United Press International ESAN ANTONIO — Lawrence Leighton Smith, seven-year director of the Oregon Symphony, Wednes- day was named director of the San Antonio Symphony to replace con troversial Francois Huybrechts who was fired last November. Smith, 43, is highly recommended Nugent said of Itpy Leonard Bernstein, for whom he was an assistant at the New York Philharmonic in the mid-1960s. He said he will move to San Antonio from Portland in September and assume conductorship of the sym phony with the 1980-81 season. Smith directed the University of Texas and Austin Symphonies for a year before going to Portland in 1973. He said of the San Antonio against Englishman offers himself refusedfor servitude in America move, “We’re ecstatic. I think that’s about the only word that makes sense at this point. It’s a wonderful opportunity for both of us. We want to bring our (three) children here and become a member of your com munity.” Asked whether the firing of Huyb rechts acted to deter his move, Smith replied, “Whatever happened here in the past is past history as far as I’m concerned. I start right now.” Although the Symphony Society board never revealed reasons for fir ing the previous conductor, Huyb rechts explained some people in the city resented his relaxed lifestyle. cd Press International I — The T exas Slipitj United Press International Inesday refused toe® DALLAS — An Englishman, 19, County mans SIS fed up with his employment pros it against his wife: pects in his homeland, is offering ffered when acarslfi himself as an indentured worker to mined into him is' the highest American bidder. ! Stephen Upton of Hastings, Sus- D. Bruno of links sex . near Dover, has written the Dal le suit against his s las Morning News and newspapers collect from an insuffi >n California and Florida, asking to r the injuries hesiife ru n his ad: “19-year-old English boy 9, 1975, accident for sale to highest bidder in return date, Mrs. Bruno-. for a new life in America. Would like to move a carpark to work on a ranch. Will pay my air slanting driveway, i fares.” Upton, who said he watches the television program “Dallas,” told the News offering his services was “the only way I could think of’ to find a job in the United States. By seeking a “buyer,” Upton says he would work for whoever he lives with. “There re thousands of young peo ple over the whole of the south (of England) with just nothing to do,” Upton said. “There’s just no work. I can’t see any sort of future doing any thing I’d like to do here.” Open Thurs. till 8 Imported coffees 41 varieties Teas-bulk & bag over 150 varieties Munchies European & domestic PRIQRITEAS ■ BLENDS OF GIF I-GIVING ■■■■■■■I 3609 Place E. 29th - Bryan accelerated (lie vein a high rate of sM ■r husband between'?; (her parked veliicle 1 irt ruled againstBniff m and a Waco Cooftl Is affirmed thatdccwj ipealed to the Supresi cine Court uphddtj? decisions. BINSSRBBEiD PRODUCTIONS pmonts FORREST TUCEEB IN Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein ll’s FORLD ’S WEEK. :H 24-2! ASSOUI EW WAY OF lift )D, BE ENTERTAIN IANY NATIONS, SET IYS FROM FIVE lace Main Hall .ounge I Hall Aain Hall .ounge idder Tower Room 201 Room 201 Room 201 Rail, Bryan IATI0N At Based on the novel SHOW BOAT” by EDNA FERBER a presentation of MSC Town Hall and MSC 0PAS Thursday, March 20, 1980 8:15 pm Rudder Auditorium Tickets and info: MSC Box Office — 845-2916 Board president Dr. Gerald P. Burns said the library executive committee “felt the pressure of the community was so great that we had to consider a name change. ” Gutierrez de Lara was an obscure figure in Texas history who played a role in Texas’ war of independence from Mexico and later became gov ernor of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas. Opponents of naming the lib rary in his honor claimed that if Gutierrez de Lara had had his way, Texas would still be a part of Mexico. Board member Richard Sanchez, who spurred the original opposition, likened Gutierrez de Lara to Fidel Castro and Latin American revolu tionary Che Guevara. Community residents said they were not objecting so much to nam ing the library for the Mexican as much as the fact they were not con sulted before the building was named. J What’s BIG, THICK J J and JUICY??? > J ZACBURGERS J / March 22 S United Press International AUSTIN — Natural gas produc tion in Texas increased for the first time in six years and saved American consumers more than $1 billion in charges for foreign oil imports, Tex as Railroad Commissioner Jim Nu gent said Wednesday. Nugent pre sented statistics on the surprising turnaround on gas production at the state agency’s annual “State of the Oil Industry” hearing. “If we had purchased this energy on the world market at $21.50 per barrel of oil — admittedly much less than it is selling for at the present — it would have cost over $2 billion of American money paid to foreign countries,” Nugent said. “This money is now in the pockets of American consumers rather than in the pockets of foreign nations. ” Nugent said the 529 billion cubic feet of increased gas production in Texas sold for $989 million — a sav ing of more than $1 million in com parison to the $2 billion-plus cost of the equivalent amount of imported oil. “In my opinion, this has done more for the U.S. economy than all the programs the federal govern ment has forced upon us, and will do even more in the future to keep our nation financially secure, to reduce inflation, and to have the available energy needed produced within the borders of our country,” Nugent said. Nugent said natural gas produc tion was in a steep decline, dropping from 9.6 trillion cubic feet in 1972 to 7.02 trillion cubic feet in 1978. The 1979 production, however, in creased to 7.12 trillion cubic feet, he said. Some oil company representa tives said they believe the decline in U.S. production of oil also can be reversed with proper incentives. “The fact that U.S. oil production continues to decline doesn’t mean that we are running out of oil,” said Annon M. Card of Houston, Texaco’s senior vice president. “Many author ities believe that there is as much oil waiting to be discovered and de veloped in this country as has been produced over the 120 years since oil was first discovered in the Un ited States.” Card said investment tax credits and regulatory policies that would realistically balance economic costs with social benefits are needed to encourage productivity. 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