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THE BATTALION Page13l w WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1981 i 1 1 | Gas pipeline bid passes first test United Press International WASHINGTON — A House energy subcommittee Tuesday narrowly approved President Reagan’s request that specific laws be waived to encourage private financing of the 4,800-mile Alas kan natural gas pipeline. By a 12 to 9 vote, the panel recommended the House Energy and Commerce Committee approve the legislation. The pipeline, whose cost has been estimated from $40 billion to as much as $57 billion, would car ry natural gas from Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay through Canada to the San Francisco and Chicago areas for nationwide distribution. The administration s waiver package would allow consumers to be billed for some costs before the pipeline is completed, permit the cost of an expensive gas treatment plant to be included in the rate base charged consumers and allow equity participation by producers. “What we have here is a Trojan horse,” Rep. Edward Markey, D- Mass., said, adding, “That is an overused metaphor, but not in appropriate.” He noted major in dustry and banking officials testi fied the pipeline might not be built even with the waivers. Markey predicted the project’s sponsors later would ask Congress for federal loan guarantees. But Rep. Phil Gramm, D- Texas, said the waivers should be granted with the understanding that if free market forces then de cided they still could not build the pipeline “it’s not going to be done.” Gramm said he would oppose committing any federal funds to the project. He agreed consumers were put at some risk, but said the advantage of the waiver package was that it doesn’t put the taxpayer at risk. Rep. Albert Gore, D-Tenn., said he originally was strongly opposed to the waiver package, but now felt it was in the best in terests of the nation. ftur, scLi.inAPc on went through the i MSC ARTS presents DAVID GRIMES CLASSICAL GUITARIST day, tk titute k mid haw const™ tyer ami avingtkl United Press International d. I NEW YORK — A high-ranking :ker said feal of the former French gov- says French to killKhadafy aeconW iconstitii' 11 not pi sd State iooIs v* Supreme violate^ ms f 1 state, the con- issue 1® it yea* d a Right n legif il busing assassma- nunent proposed ion plot and coup against Libyan Irongman Moammar Khadafy to ie Reagan administration. Time ia gazine says. Attributing its report to un- mtified sources in Washington, fme said in its current issue that he official of former President a,er y Giscard d’Estaing’s gov- rnment proposed at a White louse meeting last February that the assassination be carried out by Libyan exiles. The magazine said the official proposed the exiles be trained and controlled by the French and that the United States not be directly involved. But the unnamed offi cial wanted a general expression of American support and assistance in the aftermath of the coup. Time said he specifically wanted assurances the United States would speedily recognize Khadafy’s successor and be pre pared to stop Moscow from mov ing on Libya to protect Soviet- supplied weapons there. The official said the assassina tion plot would have to wait for the re-election of Giscard, but he sug gested that planning begin, the re port said. The meeting — chaired by Richard Allen, the National Security Adviser, and attended by State Department officials — en ded with no decision although the Americans agreed to keep talks going, the article said. The government of Giscard lost the election, however, and the plan was halted. Time said. 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THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN, transformed from records which have sold 1 million copies since the first album was released in 1963 to an illustrated book, is the result of a perfectly meshed partnership that began at a Holly wood party when Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner were recent alumni of Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows.” That partnership continues today after each has earned his individual claim to superstardom. In THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN. readers will learn the authors’ amazing secrets for long life, like slow growth (“I breastfed for 200 years") and a natural organic diet (“Clouds. Stars. Rocks. We ate big things.’’) Best of all, readers will enjoy the timeless wis dom of two millennia. On the deep heartbreak of fatherhood, for example: "I have over 42.000 children, not one comes to visit me." And the shortcut to happiness: "Listen to your mother and your father. Listen to your grand mother and grandfather. Listen to an aunt and uncle. Listen to a smart niece. Listen to a good-looking cousin. And mainly listen to your heart. And listen to your watch. And listen to your fountain pen. Listen to your inkwell” Here is that classic of comedy, THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN. May he live-and keep us laughing for the next 2000 years. More wit and wisdom from these classic interviews: On fear: Reiner. "What was the means of transporta tion then 7 " Brooks: “Mostly fear...you would see an ani mal that would growl.. you would go two miles in a minute. Fear would be the mam propulsion." IDS® (Cepbeih Umable prmi)t£: 1 ^terririp,: r®ei)eHeiiu G Sr' Clyxiwc once eoeru I Thurs.; Nov. 19 7:30 and 9:45 § 601 Rudder Tower 6 $1.00 E The co vervet ehte ors^' <s