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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, MAY 4, 1981
Local / State
Theme of Clean Air Week
is energy conservation
May 3-9 is Clean Air Week in Texas as proclaimed
by Gov. Bill Clements. The governor asks indi
viduals, businesses, industrial leaders, organizations
and governmental agencies to pledge themselves to
more effective action for clean air.
The Texas Air Control Board, the state agency
responsible for controlling and abating air pollution,
and the American Lung Association of Texas are
co-sponsoring Clean Air Week.
“Energy conservation is the theme for this year’s
Clean Air Week because of the relationship between
energy production and air pollution,” said Alan K.
Pierce, M.D., president of the American Lung Asso
ciation of Texas, in a press release.
Also in the press release, TABC Executive Dire
ctor Bill Stewart said: “Because air is our most pre
cious natural resource, it is important that air quality
be maintained by limiting the amount of air pollu
tants. We hope that Texans will use this special week
to become more aware of the relationship between
energy use and environmental pollution and will
think about ways to conserve energy.
Pierce has several suggestions for ways to reduce
air pollution:
— do not burn leaves and trash
— keep automobiles properly tuned and keep
pollution control devices maintained
— use car pools and public transportation and
walk rather than ride as much as possible
— conserve energy in the form of electricity and
gasoline.
Seismographic survey ship
seized off Iranian coast
United Press International
HOU STON — A seismographic
ship owned by Houston-based
Western Geophysical Co. has
been seized off the Iranian coast, a
spokesman for the firm’s parent
company confirmed Saturday.
The Western Sea, of Panama
nian registry and reportedly car
rying a British crew, reportedly
was seized late Thursday or early
Friday in the Persian Gulf by the
Iranian government.
The ship reportedly had per
mission to be in Iranian waters.
Western Geophysical is a sub
sidiary of Litton Industries, based
in Los Angeles. It is involved in
land, air and marine seismic sur
veys for oil and gas exploration
firms worldwide.
A Litton spokesman in Los
Angeles confirmed the ship was
seized but said further details
would have to be released from
the worldwide seismographic
firm’s London office.
Meanwhile, Wayne Prince, di
rector of security for Western
Geophysical in Houston, said he
could not confirm the ship seizure
and referred inquiries to the Lon
don office.
Corporate spokesmen were un
available for comment in London.
State Department officials in
Washington were unable to con
firm reports the ship had been
seized.
Western Geophysical has Texas
offices in Houston and Galveston.
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Lifting of the Russian grain
embargo will not affect the price
consumers pay for grain products,
says a Texas A&M University agri
cultural extension grain marketing
economist.
“Grain prices don’t make up
total food prices in the grocery
store, ” Roland Smith said. “An 80-
cent loaf of bread only contains a
7-cent value of wheat. If wheat
goes up 25 cents a bushel, only a
fractional amount of increase will
occur in the raw product to make
that loaf of bread. ”
Factors such as inflation have
more effect on the economy than
the lifting of the grain embargo by
President Reagan April 25, Smith
said. If the lifting of the embargo
has an effect on food prices, it will
occur in the summer due to
drought conditions, he said.
Lifting the embargo means
food prices will remain stable for
Americans only if there is an excel
lent growing season in North
America and good weather condi
tions in Argentina, Australia, New
Zealand and the Soviet Union.
Poor weather this spring and sum
mer will cause more world de
mand for U.S. grains, Smith said.
The United States is projected
to market 70 percent of the world
feed grain and 45 percent of the
world wheat.
Argentina will have a double
production of feed grains to put on
the world market, because of a
good 1981 feed grain harvest.
Therefore, Argentina will be a
competitor for U.S. grain exports
to the Soviet Union.
For farmers, the end of the
embargo means more optimism as
a result of increase in incomes,
because of more demand for corn,
wheat and soybeans, although
many farmers said the lifting of the
embargo came too late, Smith
said. The embargo caused the
agricultural sector of the economy
to carry all the burden of world
diplomacy.
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retribution to the Soviets,
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Soviets are free to begin negofe
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for future sales.
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position for feed grains,
prices have not improved
much since the lifting,” S
said.
Former President Carter im
posed the embargo on grain ship
ments to the Soviet Union, Jan. 4,
1980, to express U.S. displeasure
with the Soviet invasion of Afgha
nistan. The embargo applied to
Soviet purchases of U.S. grain
above the eight million tons a year
specified in the 1972 five-year
agreement.
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because of the embargo, Smill
said, other countries, such as
Argentina, gained because they
sold grain at a premium. U.S. com
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while Russia was buying comfoi
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represents a $20 premium, Smith
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trade overseas brings in moneyto
the economy, which offsets the
trade imbalance of energy.
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DALLAS — A U.S. district
judge is expected to decide within
a few weeks whether Southwest
Airlines must dump its women-
only hiring policies and accept a
29-year-old man’s application for
flight attendant school.
College Students-
Catch That Pepsi Spirit!
Summer and Full-time Openings Now Available
Earn Up To $1,500 per Month
Pepsi-Cola is looking for high calibre college students and graduates to work in our bottling opera
tions. We have challenging entry-level positions in the following areas:
Manufacturing
Assume a supervisory position in our bottling operations. Responsibilities include directing and
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Finance
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Sales
Take charge of your own geographic sales area! You will be responsible for all activities in
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Pepsi has a detailed management trainee program providing graduates and summer interns with
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dential resume, indicating area of interest to:
Mr. Tom Boler
PEPSI - COLA COMPANY.
4099 McEwen Road
Suite 775
Dallas, Texas 75234
an equal opportunity employer m/f
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Each Daily Special Only $2.13 Plus Tax.
“Open Daily”
Dining: 11 A.M,to1:30P.M. —4:00 P.M. to 7.00 P.M.
MONDAY EVENING
SPECIAL
Salisbury Steak
with
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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
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BREADED FISH
FILET W/TARTAR
SAUCE
Cole Slaw
Hush Puppies
Choice of one
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Tea or Coffee
SATURDAY
NOON and EVENING
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Yankee Pot Roast
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Mashed
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gravy
Roll or Corn Bread & Butter
Tea or Coffee
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NOON and EVENING
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Cranberry Sauce
Cornbread Dressing
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And your choice of any
One vegetable
Since its first flight 10 years
ago, the airline has mounted aiiis-
tinctive marketing campaiga
based on gender — the airline as
woman serving the male bu'Sf
nessman.
It was a gimmick companyol
cials said they felt was needed to
get attention in the highly com
petitive airline business: femalt
flight attendants and ticket agenls
dressed in hot pants, serving “love
potions” instead of drinks, theair-
line expanding into new territor
ies by “spreading love,” dubbin?
the automatic ticket dispenser!
“quickie machine.”
Airline president Howard Put
nam said the gimmick remainsim-
portant to the company’s success
“ Feminine charm and beautyis
one of the ingredients of successto
Southwest Airlines, and we be
lieve a very important one,” Put
nam said. “We’ve got a lot in
vested in that approach.
“If we were to have to hire
males, we would lose someoftbit
investment. It potentially could
hurt Southwest businesswise arid
we don’t feel we should be sob
jected to that risk.’’
The attorney for Greg Wilson
who is seeking to become Soulb
west’s first male flight attendant
said the airline is damaging eq®
opportunity employment laws,
“Attorney Don Maison said dis
criminatory hiring practices can
not be justified to accommodate
marketing strategy.
“I have tound their defense
staggering from the outset in its
implications to fair employment,”
he said.
Wilson, meanwhile, remains
eager to work for Southwest.
“I do want to work for Soutb
west,” he said. “But even if I was
to change my mind, I would want
to pursue this. I’m concerned foe
others like myself. We have been
discriminated against. Tbe)’
shouldn’t get away with it and I
don’t think they will.”
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