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Page 6 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1981 Local C. S. council OKs allotment of city improvement funds By JENNIFER AFFLERBACH Battalion Staff The College Station City Council Thursday night approved allocating $357,000 provided by the Depart ment of Housing and Urban De velopment for street paving, housing rehabilitation and other community improvements. As part of the 1981 Community Development Block Grant Applica tion, $110,000 of the grant will be used for paving of Banks, Richards and Eleanor Streets at costs of $35,000, $42,000 and $33,000 re spectively. Another $150,000 will be spent on construction and re habilitation of housing in the city. Park improvements, including the renovation of the Lincoln Cen ter’s game room and gymnasium, will use $26,000 and $20,000 will be used for demolition and clearance. The remaining $51,000 will go to administration costs. In other action, the council passed an ordinance allowing oil and gas drilling in the city limits provided a permit is obtained. The council also raised the price of that permit from $300 to $500. The ordinance had been tabled in the last council meeting. City Manager North Bardell said that assessing the drilling permit ap plications on an individual basis would be better than a blanket ordi nance since applicants could be screened more closely. 4$&MSC AGGIE CINEMA •Iffffffffgfe. e»e »•••' ••••* •••*. •••- •o».. §•••. •••— •••• ©••• •••* •••* #••• ••• ••• The council amended an ordi nance by taking the $3 fee for health inspections of food-service establish ments out of the ordinance and allowing the council to set the fee by resolution. The council also amended an ordi nance on requirements for park land dedication to remove the stilted lan guage, making the ordinance more specific and easier to understand. Approval was also given to the final plat for Post Oak Mall, which will be built at the intersection of Highway 30 and the East Bypass. Rezoning of two tracts west of F. M. 158 was approved by the coun cil to allow the owner to build an addition to his welding business on the site. Consideration of an ordinance in creasing wrecker service fees was postponed until the next regular city council meeting on Feb. 5 so wreck er service representatives could be present. ■•lit |{ Director works to preserve Cowboy Hall of Fame ••• Friday, January 23 7:30, 9:45 p.m. & Midnight Rudder Auditorium $1.25 with TAMU I.D. •••# *••• United Press International OKLAHOMA CITY — The direc- tor of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame handed city officials an eight- item list of demands he said must be met to prevent the tourist attraction from leaving the city. The list of demands, issued Wednesday by Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center Director Dean Krakel, is the last in a recent series of threats designed to get the city to live up to promises to protect the scenic site atop Persimmon Hill. But some city officials say private ly Krakel is going too far in his de mands. Hall of Fame trustees from 17 Western states have agreed to meet in Denver Saturday to consider mov ing the $40 million facility. The dispute stems from a proposal to construct a federally subsidized apartment complex within one mile of the Hall of Fame. Krakel claimed the city promised in a 1969 development study to con trol commercial and residential en croachment around the center. He also has complained that crime, sew age odors and other problems in the area have contributed to an attend ance drop. Krakel’s list of demands asks the city to reaffirm the 1969 develop ment study, which also proposes construction of campsites, hiking trails, more museums and a monorail connecting the Hall of Fame with the nearby Oklahoma City Zoo. Krakel also wants the city to erect more signs directing travelers to the center, beautify the area and close nearby sewage treatment plants, a women’s detention center and an ex perimental rat farm. Send in the crowds Staff photo by BrianTi With classes just beginning, Robb Kopp, (left) a junior engineering technology major, and Andy Feng, a graduate student in chemical engineering, find the computer room in Zachry Engineering Center uncharacteristic' ally empty. Nobel winner warns of future food shortages By DIANA SULTENFUSS Battalion Reporter Population growth will soon sur pass the world’s food supply, if mea sures aren’t taken to increase crop production, a Nobel Peace Prize winner told a full house in Rudder Forum Thursday afternoon. “The attitude seems to be that ::::: St::: •••«- •*••• ■ ••• The strangest things happen when you wear polka dots MARCELLO DANON presents UGO TOGNA2ZI MICHEL SERRAULT “LA CAGE AUX FOLLES” (English Subtides) Based upon the play by JEAN POIRET A film by EDOUARD MOLDSARO Screenplay and adaptation by FRANCIS VEBER, EDOUARD MCLINARO. MARCELLO DANON and JEAN POIRET with CLAIRE MAURIER REMI LAURENT BENNY LUKE CARMEN SCARPITTA LUISA MANERI and with the participation of MICHEL GALABRU Music by ENNIO MORRICONE A French-Italian co-production |1 LES PRODUCTIONS ARTISTES ASSOCES DA MA PRODUZIONE SPA J Copyright © 1979 United Artists Corporation. All rights reserved. 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MONDAY EVENING SPECIAL Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy Whipped Potatoes Your Choice of One Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea TUESDAY EVENING SPECIAL Mexican Fiesta Dinner Two Cheese and Onion Enchiladas w/chili Mexican Rice Patio Style Pinto Beans Tostadas Coffee or Tea One Corn Bread and Butter \ WEDNESDAY EVENING SPECIAL Chicken Fried Steak w/cream Gravy Whipped Potatoes and Choice of one other Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE Parmesan Cheese - Tossed Green Salad Choice of Salad Dressing - Hot Garlic Bread Tea or Coffee FOR YOUR PROTECTION OUR PERSONNEL HAVE HEALTH CARDS FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL BREADED FISH FILET w/TARTAR SAUCE Cole Slaw Hush Puppies , Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee SATURDAY NOON and EVENING SPECIAL Yankee Pot Roast (Texas Salad) Mashed Potato w/ gravy Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee i“Quality Firsf’i SUNDAY SPECIAL NOON and EVENING ROASTTURKEY DINNER Served with Cranberry Sauce Cornbread Dressing Roll or Corn Bread - Butter - CoffeorTea Giblet Gravy And your choice of any One vegetable there’s no problem here — (that) food is produced right in the super markets,” Dr. Norman E. Borlaug said during his lecture on “World Food Problems.” But, the research scientist cited figures saying the population has been doubling faster than food pro duction and Americans have got to realize that they both must keep pace with each other. Borlaug last came to Texas A&M University about a year before win ning the prestigious Nobel award in 1970. He returned Thursday to speak in connection with the Agriculture Convocation this week on the Texas A&M campus, In 1975, 3.3 billion metric tons of food were produced for the popula tion of 4 billion. “We must double this production in 60 years in order to keep up with the current population growth,” Borlaug said. “If the population continued at the same growth that prevailed in 1975, our population would be 8 bil lion by the year 2015.” The problem of food scarcity was much easier to resolve 12,000 years ago, he said. If the crops were ruined by disease, drought or locusts, the people just cleared more land. But, he said, because there is no more land to be cleared today, the yield per acre must be increased. “The first step is to develop or breed a variety (of grain) that has the built-in genetic potential to increase the yield...per acre,” he said. He also suggested the proper use of fertilizer and moisture, weed con trol and teaching new technology as other necessary activities to increase productivity. Borlaug said he is frustrated by those who propose using the ocean after land is no longer useful. “Don’t be misled. This won’t be enough,’’ he said. Dr. Norman E. Borlaug in the United States for gasahol,* Ijlk would only produce 18 percentof(S * ' amount required by the Ameria public. It’s not worth it, ” he sail; A third frustration for Borlaug: politicians who oversimplify tk problem. Until people have fool clothes, jobs, education and accessi medicine, the right to dissei doesn’t mean much, he said. Borlaug said he is also frustrated by the promotion of gasahol and sees it as a threat to the food supply. “If we took all the corn produced Borlaug, a native of Iowa, it ceived his Nobel Prize for develop ing disease-resistant, high-yiel wheats. He received his doctorate: plant pathology from the Univenl of Minnesota and is a member oftli National Academy of Science in] for MI/ Haitiai ingin Past tli The Hon Se 247 pe gest enat MAKE r^nK_l-. TIME Pay Off Help Supply Critically needed Plasma While You Earn Extra CASH At: Plasma Products, Inc 313 College Main in College Station Relax or Study in Our Comfortable Beds While You Donate — Great Atmosphere^- Nted . Wiona total m 4is yg . Portlar iu-Prin The lywe 4 ha: s iommm Per Donation y HOURS V Call for more information 846-4611