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Page 10 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1980 copies; High Quality n • No Mlnlmums • Large Orders • Legal Sfsed^iC Fiesta San Antonio debuts OVERNIGHT RATES — 44 DURING THE DAY Hispanic parade, King Ugly Reductions & Dissertations Collation & Binding&Pad4Bng WE HAVE A XEROX 9400 - THE BEST COPYING MACHINE IN THE VONDf Kinko’s Graphics, Inc. 201 College Main St. f7131846-9508 wmmmm based on a slory c characfers by Damon Runyan euvxtoous ■A MoSiCAN- F\8UZ 8ROAPHA/ APRIL 15, 16, 17 18, 19 N N 8p.m.-RUDDER THEATER Tickets at MSC Box Office OR AT THE DOOR /l£M STUDENTS i2 OTHERS United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Fiesta San Antonio, a 10-day party which used to start slow and gradually build to a crescendo, begins with a bang this year due to the addition of a fourth major parade that for the first time pays tribute to the city’s large His panic population. The 85-year-old celebration pre viously has been dominated by the city’s social elite epitomized by the Texas Cavaliers, a de facto segre gated organization that has never chosen anyone but an Anglo-Saxon non-Jewish person as King Antonio to rule over the festivities. But this year El Key Feo, the Ugly King, in a show of amistad (friend ship) will make joint appearances with King Antonio. And the first ma jor Fiesta event is the Paseo El Key Feo, an Hispanic-flavored parade set for 1:30 p.m. Saturday. It will feature Miss Mazatlan, mariachis, charros on horseback and marching bands among its 125 entries. Heretofore, King Feo — the per son who raises the most money for a League of United Latin American Citizens scholarship fund — has played a rather subdued role in the celebration. “I’m really looking forward to it,” said Sam Doria, general chairman of the Hispanic parade. “We started this parade because the Fiesta “Were in a whole different ball game now, ” said Dave Burnett, executive vice president of the San Antonio Fiesta Commission. “Fiesta is no longer just a home town celebration — and we couldn’t be happier. ” needed to be a two-weekend event. Until now the first weekend of Fiesta was pretty well like a wet firecracker, nothing going on. “We wanted to open Fiesta with a bang,” said Doria, a member of Day students getj their news from the Batt. Henry Dunn invites you to come see him. He is Sebring trained and now at GUYS & GALS 112 Nagle 846-5018 WE BELIEVE IN PEOPLE HOURS, NOT BANKERS HOURS. 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Howev er, our Ugly King is solicited through the business community and just ab out anyone who wants to run, can. “But the camaraderie between the Ugly King and King Antonio is tremendous.” In all. Fiesta officials are predict ing 4 million people will attend 142 events — including four giant para des — which are being put on by an estimate 50,000 volunteers during the April 1980 Fiesta, a celebration which is gaining an international reputation as “the world’s most di verse civic celebration.” Other highlights include the Bat tle of Flowers Parade which began in 1892; the Fiesta River Parade, featuring a string of colorful lighted musical barges which make their way along the winding downtown river. and the Fiesta Flambeau, billed as the nation’s largest nighttime pa rade. James S. Maverick, who rode in the first Battle of Flowers Parade on April 24, 1891, as a 4-month-old baby in his mother’s arms, will be grand marshall of the parade this year at age 89. Dave Burnett, executive vice president of the Fiesta San Antonio Commission, said Pip Martin, presi- 1 A' com tienl ism, mov tienl “I think one of the things that created problems was the Cava liers is a closed organization and not everyone can be a King Antonio. However, our Ugly King is solicited through the business community and just about anyone who wants to run, can, ’’ said Sam Doria, general chairman of the Hispanic parade. dent of the 500-member Internation al Festivals Association, would be present at this year’s event, an in dication Fiesta is growing in stature. “We’re in a whole different ball game now,” Burnett said. “Fiesta is no longer just a hometown celebra tion — and we couldn’t be happier. ” Burnett said out-of-town visitors make up 25 percent of Fiesta goers and the number is increasing yearly. He noted a three-day all-expenses- paid Fiesta holiday listed in a Bloomingdale’s Christmi! logue. “It sold out immediatt said. “It’s too late to find a root town, ” despite the opening^ al new hotels in the past yet might get a room outbeyoij slung 410, hut I doubt you woiii shear room inside or along the Lo; . N Operating with a M; P .weai $250,000, the Fiesta ComJLcom coordinates the activities oil nizations that create the «|i of 78 full-time jobs and genii million for the economy. “Actually 142 events fort people is really inexpeniij amounts to pennies per costs to put on the festival,’[| said. The city estimates it n $350,(KM) in taxes andfees, with $200,000 it has to pay time to police and other mg the celebration. Gasoline shortages ad prices did not keep visitors joying the Fiesta a yearago, sale tickets to tour groups ad agencies indicate an even turnout this year than last, said. Last year’s sniper tragedy suited in two women being gunman Ira Atteberyand the Battle of Flowers Parade affected ticket sales to the said. Burnett noted despi shooting at the parade, San Antonio, a major Fiesta La Villita, still drew its larged in history during 1979. U. S. buys embargoed corn V DETf fstem tl Is auto xplain i You di United Press International WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland Tuesday said the government paid $63.4 mil lion for 25.8 million bushels of com in an on-going effort to remove from the market an equivalent to the amount denied the Soviet Union. The latest purchases by the Com modity Credit Corp. raised com pur chases to 59 million bushels, or 1.5 million tons, at a total cost of $142 million. Officials are removing from the marketplace grain equivalent to the 13 million tons of corn and 4 million tons of wheat that President Carter embargoed in retaliation for the Rus sian invasion of Afghanistan. By law, the corn must be held by the government until prices reach $3.15 per bushel. Under a new law, government-owned corn may be sold for a lower price if it is used to produce alcohol fuel at new plants. Officials are attempting to remove |m ! r , , utomati corn from the market in to'frvj C( . \ with government purchase a r( county elevators and grainlKj n g, als, and by enticing farmenii® recc corn into the farmer-ownedi You co So far 5 million tonsof(#r|^ no * s been placed into the fanner* to a reserve. Officials predictKp 1 . 86 ^ wolving would begin sometime thisi It disp accept corn that was not coviirough last year’s farm program, aiujurow tl to get more com into the reifeering ese iped MSC Cafeteria Now Better Than Ever. 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