THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1980
Page 7
Local/State
shdisease found in birds
United Press International
HOUSTON — Animal health in-
sstigators Wednesday prepared to
TRIESCH sstroy several thousand birds at a
eporter holesale dealership where one bird
in six yean as found to have Exotic Newcastle
reefromtkiisease, a threat to poultry flocks,
and debrc U. S. Department of Agriculture
iling since ijterinarians last month killed 552
irds at another local pet store after
from a coii'ading an infected bird,
ihing areitiMt’s like cutting a firebreak
jcated du nund a forest fire,” USDA informa-
on officer Don Nielson said. "You
director list have to remove the fuel.”
he drippini Nielson said USDA officials feared
led most ti many as 4,000 birds might have to
ie shop air;3 destroyed after tests confirmed
floors, i aturday that a bird at Exotex, a
holesale bird distributor, was in-
glazed counted with the disease,
ck as iced
“There’s no way of knowing (how
many),” Nielson said. “This place
(Exotex) is so big and you can’t really
count them if they’re not standing
still. I’ve heard this is the third
largest establishment of this kind in
the country.”
Exotex owner David Allen said
destruction of the birds is “hard to
take. I’ve got pets out there.” Allen
estimated his loss will be $150,000.
The government has been reimburs
ing bird dealers whose inventories
have been “depopulated.”
“I’ll have to start over again,”
Allen said. “I might just not go back
into the business.”
Allen estimated he has between
4,700 and 6,000 quarantined birds —
“everything from finches to macaws”
— and are valued from as little as $4
each to one bird worth $7,500.
Allen says the disease came in
from California in a shipment of Pata
gonia conures that turned out to be
sick and he shipped them back.
There has been some unhappiness
about the government’s policy of
paying cost plus 10 percent. Allen
said cost plus 30 percent would cover
freight and feed but would not match
expected Christmas prices.
“With cost plus 40 percent, I
might come out even,” Allen said.
USDA officials say Exotic Newcas
tle Disease, which can cause flu-like
symptoms in humans, can be devas
tating to chicken flocks, where it
causes weakness, listlessness, di
arrhea and death.
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Entries due in by Saturday
Blood drive keg contest open
that there,
box
ie water, i
a fire
a Reynoi Organizations that plan to enter
lent overly j^ggie Blood Drive Keg Contest
ment si, jgd t 0 su bmit an entry form to the
15 m ' tudent Government secretary in
16 MSC by Saturday.
ient . Matt Woodruff, chairman of the
s j lood drive committee at Texas
University, said the contest is
i le^committee s way ot showing
rip pam ^ ciation to the 8 rou P s who heI P
I catch the' e the A 8& ie Blood Drive the
j j nost awesome anywhere.”
' i In addition, Woodruff said the keg
mtest is provided as an opportunity
rrival groups on campus to channel
it a pemsteir competition through a good
wecanket
snt some
cause. He suggested that groups
challenge rival groups through a let
ter to the editor of The Battalion in
an effort to increase the interest of
group members.
In order to win a keg of beer, a
team must donate at least 25 pints of
blood during the drive. The team
donating the most pints will win first
prize of three kegs of beer and a
plaque.
Second and third prizes, two kegs
and one keg, will be determined by a
drawing. For the first 25 pints don
ated, the group gets one entry in the
drawing. For each additional five
donors or major fraction thereof, the
group will get an additional entry.
Second and third place teams will
also receive plaques.
Persons not officially belonging to
a team may donate for a team simply
by designating the name of the team
to which they wish to donate. If the
person offers to give and is officially
deferred by the Wadley Blood Bank,
that person’s attempt is counted,
according to the contest rules. No
person may donate for more than one
team.
jOw rate loan market approved
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:e those
By DEBBIE NELSON
ns and the Battalion Staff
much sal how'to-moderate income families
lace to fflBHege Station may have a better
, ver y fc Jbce of buying homes after the city
em worWB^ res °l ve d Wednesday to allow
ses s tac corporation purchase home
Ortgages at low interest rates.
The corporation would be a secon-
raft shoprJy loan market. People getting
ofmankortgages from loan companies
he probfeWld apply to have their mortgages
longingic ,u ght by the corporation, which
Ash spiniMild have a lower interest rate,
e chest at Bonds estimated at $20 million
np, were ciUbe sold by the corporation to buy
e dripping Ortgages from loan companies. The
she hasie'rporation’s lawyer said, “The only
irojects to scris Uncle Sam — it’s tax-exempt
to her, st) ,n ds that are issued. ”
utionforfi;The corporation had to receive
proval of the city to buy mortgages
thin the city limits. It will also buy
; not sure ortgages throughout Brazos
th the hijunty.
she said
will be rt
;s incurred;
the woodi
“If we can drop the interest rate
down, hopefully below 11 percent,
then we can help some young people
to become homeowners,” a spokes
man said.
Auditor Jerry Simpson said,
“We re well on our way with our au
dit and looking forward to comple
tion as soon as possible.”
Simpson said he has had some
problems getting information for the
audit, but anticipates the final report
at the end of October, when he will
suggest future controls and proce
dure for the city.
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