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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1981 Page 3 CSCC OKs bond ordinance was sponsored by the MSC Great Issues Com mittee. By BELINDA McCOY Battalion StafF The College Station City Coun cil Thursday night voted to approve an ordinance calling for a bond election of the Capital Im provements Program. The Capital Improvements Program is a series of seven prop ositions to be carried out over the next five years. The $25 million bond program includes: — $7,850,000 to extend and improve the city’s existing water works system; — $6,510,000 to extend and improve the city’s existing sanit ary sewer system; — $2,185,000 to extend and improve the city’s existing electric utility system; — $5,760,000 for street im provement and construction, in stallation of new traffic signals, and the obtaining of rights-of-way; — $1,805,000 for an addition to city warehouse facilities, an addi tion to the city utility office, addi tional parking and a secure area for impounded vehicles and materials at the police station, construction of a firing range for training police officers, and construction of a new fire substation; — $2,080,000 to improve pub lic parks with the construction of a new office building and two new maintenance facilities, the de velopment of an athletic park, and the further development of ex isting neighborhood parks; — $1,150,000 for die purchase of land for four neighborhood parks and one community park. The first three propositions would not affect city taxes, but would be financed from utility re venues, said City Manager North B. Bardell. The last four propositions could increase property taxes by 10 cents per $100 of assessed valua tion. This means that if a home has a tax assessed value of $50,000, the owner’s taxes could increase $50 per year. Bardell said that the actual tax increase might not actually be that high, though, because of the growth of the tax base of the city (the construction of the new Post Oak Mall, for instance). Also the inflation rate antici pated in computation of the tax increase may not be as high as ex pected, Bardell said. This would mean the city would not have to charge the full 10-cent-per-$100 increase. The council voted to include the bond election in the April 4 muni cipal election and to hold a public hearing on the bond election March 31. At a closed meeting earlier Thursday, the council took no ac tion on a pending lawsuit filed against it by citizens of the Rain- tree subdivision. The council members met “to discuss pending litigation,” but they refused to say what happened take any action on from our closed in the session. session,” announced Mayor Gary “We have nothing to disclose or Halter. , On Monday, March 9, and Tuesday nr 10, representatives from the Stehfjn Can_„. Foundation (associated with St. Joseph’s Hospital in Houston) will interview students interested in the Cooperative Education R—*-— tart co-op t start this fall. A minimum GPA Stehlin wants to interview pre-med, i dental students as well as ANSC, PA of 2.7 and US. Citizen- ie pay term, and the positions are in Houston. You must call the Co-op Office at 845-7725, for an orientation to co-op and to complete your application PRIOR TO YOUR INTERVIEW with Stehlin Foundation. NOTE: In the past, the Stehlin Cancer Research Foun- dents who worked for them were accepted into medical school. They are now changing their student employment program to a formal Cooperative Education Program and hope to attract quality students. aser weapons system vailable but costly ~ ''v — By DENISE RICHTER Battalion Reporter ■ Laser weaponry is available to- i fay. a Defense Department con- Tiltant said in a speech Thursday. But even with the “many tens of jllions of dollars” necessary to (uild a laser system, the United Itates would still need many years catch the Soviet Union. Dr. Robert S. Cooper, former fssistant director for the Defense Department’s Space and Adv- ffliced Systems Program, cited de teriorating relations between the United States and the Soviet Un ion as one reason for the height- imed interest in laser weapons. Laser weapons are no longer limited to the world of “Star Wars.” A laser weapons system has been built and the technology exists to increase its kill-potential, Cooper said to an audience of ab out 200 people in Rudder Theater. His speech was sponsored by the MSC Great Issues Committee. Although laser weapons exist, the entire system isn’t workable. wo months ago. Congress au- ffhorized the Defense Department . _ , to draw up a plan projecting when I 11 States could field a las- I 1/1 er wea P ons system in space,” [ Cooper said. This report will be available in April, he said. | “There has been a recent furor over the relative military strength |f the United States in relation to e Soviet Union,” he said. “Both 1 untries have had laser weapons rograms since the 1960s. But, the United States has only spent ■ PlatflV 1 billion in research. The Soviet - who I'* 011 ^ as s P ent muc h more than s this.” p With Reagan’s proposed de fense spending increase, the funds for additional research in this area Vrill be available, Cooper said. However, more money will not solve all of the problems. “There is a continuing debate in the Pentagon and in Congress over the use of this type of weapon,” he said. “No one under stands what fighting with lasers would be like or what they could be used for.” Since fighting with lasers is now a possibility, Cooper said the Un ited States must consider whether there are any existing policies or treaties prohibiting space laser warfare. “It has been the policy of every president for the past 40 years to prepare military forces to cope with any type pf attack,” he said. “Whether we should go ahead with such an awesome system as laser weapons is a matter of judg ment.” Cooper recently served as director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center where he was involved with civil space programs including the Landsat photo graphic satellite, the space tele scope and the Tiros and Nimbus weather satellites. 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