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
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start this fall. A minimum GPA
Stehlin wants to interview pre-med, i
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You must call the Co-op Office at 845-7725, for an
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PRIOR TO YOUR INTERVIEW with Stehlin Foundation.
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attract quality students.
aser weapons system
vailable but costly
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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.
He is currently vice president of
engineering for Satellite Business
Systems, a company involved in
the commercial satellite com
munications business.
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