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■ ft® ije 12 THE BATTALION | ■' | , | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1981 ; : s 'j National Nati< DIETING? ■-V ijpc i lu! b ‘C 1 i 11 i! r ^ ; !> : Ilf ! Even though we do not prescribe diets, we make it possible for many to enjoy a nutritious meal while they follow their doctor's orders. You will be delighted with the wide selection of low calorie, sugar free and fat free foods in the Souper Salad Area, Sbisa Dining Center Basement. OPEN Monday through Friday 10:45 AM-1:45 PM QUALITY FIRST Good Books collecting dust on shelves Bible Week to promote study TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET? See us at KINKO S .We offer the finest quality copies found any where. Also if you*re in need of binding or passport photos - no problem! kinko's copies 201 College Main College Station 846-8721 United Press International Americans revere the Bible. They buy copies of it in enormous quantities, give them to their chil dren on confirmation and have one or two or more laying about the house. But they don’t read it. According to a report by the Gallup Organization and the Prin ceton Religion Research Center, just about every home has at least one Bible, but they have been col lecting a lot of dust. “Only about 12 percent of Americans read the Bible daily or more often,’ researchers said. “One-fourth of all teenagers have never read the Bible.” They reported that only one- third of all teens and only half who attend church were able to name the four Gospels of the New Testa ment and 20 percent of those teens who attend church regular ly did not know what Easter com- ‘Only about 12 percent of Americans read the Bible daily or more often, ” researchers said. “One-fourth of all teena gers have never read the Bible. ” A small but growing band of in fluential laymen, including politi cians, corporate heads and civic leaders, have labored for some 41 years to turn that situation around. memorates. The results, according to the re port in “Religion in America 1981, ” represent further evidence of the low state of Biblical know ledge among the youth of this country. Known as Laymen’s National Bible Committee, the efforts of the interfaith, non-sectarian lay organization, come to fruition once again this year with National Bible Week, to be marked Nov. 22 to 29. The group’s a simply stated pur pose is to make all Americans aware of the importance of the Bi- long public service media cam paign which will use radio and television spot announcements, print ads in national magazines, ads and feature material for news papers and over 2,000 donated billboard spaces. According to officials of the group, National Bible Week will be marked with local observances in over 4,000 communities, with activities conducted by civic groups, labor unions, schools, lib raries, bookstores as well as chur ches and synagogues. National Bible Nov. 22 to 29 Week ble, to motivate Bible reading and study, and to reaffirm the found ing principles of the United States. To do that motivation, the com mittee has developed a host of activities and enlisted some high- powered leaders, including Presi dent and Mrs. Reagan, who are Ag department funds war on weeds United Press International WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has allocated contigency funds to fight a tenacious, deep-rooted weed called leafy spurge that threatens to reduce rangeland available for grazing cattle in the West. The short-term emergency project will focus on ways to make herbicides against the weed more specific and less costly for ran chers. For the long term, agricul tural scientists are studying in sects to control the weed biologic ally. If let unchecked, the lowly weed hurts livestock producers, incomes, and could make beef more expensive to consumers. Ranchers and state officials have complained loudly about the weed. “If it wasn’t for that pressure we wouldn’t be getting these conting ency funds, said Calvin Messers- mith, a North Dakota State Uni versity scientist working on the project. The villain leafy spurge is diffi cult to control because its roots penetrate 3 feet into soil and new shoots grow from those deep Tfe >C AS •THArr e o Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. MAIN BRYAN Mon.-Fri. Sat. 822-6105 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 8 a.m.-1 p.m l THURSDAY NIGHT ► _ drive yrfeqdjr Texas Office of Traffic Safety Male Dancer Night! roots. The weed’s roots can go a deep as eight feet and there have been cases in which the roots went down 25 feet. Terry' Kinney, head of the Agri culture Department’s Agricultu ral Research Service, said he has allocated an extra $200,000 from contingency funds for short-term research. Another $250,000 a year is spent on long-term efforts. Acreage infested by the weed has doubled each year in the past 25 years. It has spread on 3 million acres of north central and western range. Kinney said it threatens 3 million acres more. Cattle and wild animals refuse to eat it because it is toxic. If unchecked, the weed’s greatest threat is in Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Idaho and neighboring states. It also is a problem in Canada, where control research has been going on a little longer that in the United States. In the United States, the threat is greatest in rangeland where livestock graze. It can he control led on cultivated farmland with traditional methods of tillage and cultivation crop rotation and her bicides. We support the 12th Man in their stand for the Aggie team Ladies get in Free from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. 4 For 1 Highballs! 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TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO BOY A T-SHIRT IN the Class of ’ 83/Class of ’84 TEXAS T-Shirt Competitiom AG^ES Help THE CLASS OF ’84 Beat the “T-SHIRT” Hell ocitta’ THE CLASS OF ’83 Support your class in the competition to see who can sell the most T-Shirts. Come by the CLASS OF ’84’s table in the MSC to get your shirt. Remember, TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY! y serving as honorary chairpersons, and Thomas L. Phillips, the chair man and chief executive officer of the Raytheon Co., who is national chairman. Reagan, in his proclamation of Bible Week, said: the Bible “gal vanizes our heart to weather the trials of life, and it rewards us with strength, comfort, and meaning. It touches the heart, orders the mind, and refreshes the soul.” i He added: “I hope Americans will read and study the Bible more thoroughly, for it is my firm belief that the transcendent values pre sented within its pages have great meaning for each of us and our nation.’’ Theme of the 1981 observance is: The Bible. Bead it for yourself. To promote that theme, the committee is sponsoring a week- The $200,000 allocated for the emergency program will go to agricultural experiment stations at Montana State University, North Dakota State University and the University of Wyoming. ( i Tordon, the herbicide used against leafy spurge, is less toxic than table salt so toxicity is not a problem, Messersmith said. However, costs to ranchers are a problem. The new research money will be directed at refining chemical technology. Scientists are looking at the best way to apply herbicide with wicks, rollers and controlled droplets so it is applied only to the leafy Devi' earl spurge and not the vegetation around it. Reducing the amount of herbicide used saves money and protects other plants near the weed. The leafy spurge is 18 to 24 in ches high. The more exciting long-term re search is focused on a number of insects that control the leafy spurge in Europe. 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