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’age 12 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1981 National i. 'i Controllers can return, but to other federal jobs i i United Press International WASHINGTON — President teagan Wednesday gave permis- ion for striking air traffic control- fers he fired four months ago to '/ork in other federal government >bs — but not to return to airport ‘ontrol towers. In lifting a three-year legal ban In them taking federal employ- hent, it was stipulated that no controllers will be permitted to re turn to their old jobs. “This is not a holiday gift,” said Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis in announcing the decision. He said any former controller will have to go through a selective re view process which would include examination of their role in the strike before being granted another federal job. Lewis said the tension and fric tion that would result if the strik ers were allowed back in their old jobs could jeopardize air safety, and therefore such positions were not available to them. He said it will be possible for them to go into military air con troller slots, if appropriately qual ified, but not into civilian posi tions. Lewis and Reagan met in pri vate at the White House today to put the finishing touches on the plan, which had been the subject of speculation for several weeks. Some 11,400 members of the Professional Air Traffic Control lers Organization walked off their jobs Aug. 3, disrupting air traffic throughout the nation. The admi nistration said, being federal workers, they violated a no-strike provision of their contract. Reagan fired them and PATCO lost its un ion certification. Since then, the government has been rebuilding the air traffic con trol system, combining the con trollers who chose to stay on the job with new employees and milit ary controllers. Officials have re ported the system is safe, but esti mate traffic will not return to nor mal until 1985. at s up at Texas A&M Thursday COLLEGE LIFE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION: Campus Crusade for Christ will sponsor a presentation of the true mean ing of Christmas at 8:00 p.rn. in 701 Rudder. MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: “Ghost and Mr. Chicken” at 7 30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. in 601 Rudder. INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL CAPTAINS: Schedules will be distributed and rules discussed at 5:15 p.m. in the Rudder Theater. TAMU WOMEN’S CHORUS: Sacred Choral Christmas Con cert at 8:00 p.m, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Admission free. MSC CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: A rendition of “Twelve Days of Christmas from ensembles from Symphonic Band and Squad ron - 15\s at 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.rn. in the Main Lounge MSC BETWEEN THE LINES: Presentation of two Christ mas stories by Truman Capote at 7 p.m. in 158 A6cA. WHOLE FOODS CLUB: Tour of Brazos Community Food Coop, and membership meeting from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Brazos Community Food Coop., 4405 Old College Main. MARKETING SOCIETY: Christmas party at the Arbor Square Apts. Party room at 8 p.m. Free beer and rnunchies. STUDENT GOVERNMENT: Financial hearings for student legal advisers at7:30p.m., for health services at 8:30p.m., 216T MSC. SURF CLUB: Surfing movie “Free Ride' is rescheduled for 7:30 p. m. in 107 Heldenfels. The elections for spring will be held also. SOCIOLOGY CLUB: General b« asiness and elections for spring semester in 225 Academic Building. OFF CAMPUS CENTER: Roommate session from 3 p.m. tof p.m. in 137A MSC. Come and find a roommate tortilespms; semester. MSC CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: Revellers concert from noon 1 to I p.m. in the MSC main lounge. UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL:Christmasopenks from 7:30 p.rn. to midnight in the University Lutheran Cbapd! 315 N. College Main. MSC AGGIE CIMEMAt “The Jazz Singer will be shown at L p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. Tickets are 75<?. COMM UNITY FOR SINGLE ADULTS: Wine and elm party, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Brazos Center. Men bring Wat,! women bring snacks. Donations of $1 will be accepted at tfei door. : discussed in if!: TAMU CHESS CLUB: Plans for spring will be Rudder. Saturday m SPORTS CAR CLUB AND SAE: Championship rally at 3p^, in Zachry parking lot. TEXAS A&M SPORTS CAR CLUB: Club pictures, rally an! party at the Texas World Speedway at 3 p.m. ILLINOIS HOME STATE CLUB: Election of officers 1 meet with advisor in Lounge B in the Quad FI DRICULTU R E-OR N A ME NTAL HOKTICTLTUi Christmas plant sale form 10 a.m. to 2 p.m in the Floricull Greenhouse. Friday Sunday WHEELCHAIR ARCHERY CLINIC: Instruction and prac tice at 3 p.m. in 304 East Kyle. COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR: The Peace Lutimaj Church Choir is presenting a special Christmas concerttonigli!: ut 7:30p.m. at the church on 2818. Roger Boening is the director! Recent exports below required levels -oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo CAMPUS THEATRE USDA expects record wheat exports United Press International WASHINGTON — Even though recent exports are below rates required to achieve this sea son’s forecast. Agriculture De- as sood as a *10" but does so much more! partment spokesmen are sticking to its prediction of record Amer ican wheat exports 27 percent greater than last year. The new foreign agriculture circular on grains blamed the de cline in weekly export shipment rates for wheat and corn on “hand- to-mouth importing patterns by foreign countries, apparently due to expectations of little or no early increase in prices and to con tinued high interest rate and stor age charges.” • In recent weeks, the net in crease in U.S. export commit ments for wheat was only moder ate, in spite of large sales to the Soviet Union and China. There have been declines in sales to South American and Asian nations. The sluggish trade is holding down prices, which are already low under the weight of record crops. American farmers are de pendent on exports because pro duction from about one acre out of three is sold abroad. Soft red winter wheat sales are good, but commitments for white and hard red winter wheats are way down from a year ago, spokes men said. At the same time, however, a pickup in shipments by competing exporters in recent weeks contra dicted optimism reflected in the U.S. estimate. The latest official wheat export forecast for the marketing year that began June 1 still calls for re cord exports of 50.1 million tons, or 1.84 billion bushels — about half of world trade. The forecast was based on world demand anticipated to be signifi cantly higher than a year ago and expectations the United States would meet most of new foreign demand. The ultimate export level for wheat this season, the department said, will depend on purchasing decisions by Russia and India. Com shipments also have been below levels needed to reach fore casts the United States will export 62.2 million tons, or 2.45 billion bushels, up 2.4 million tons from last year. Although possibly optimistic, the forecast for the marketing year that began Oct. 1 is only about half the average annual increase in ex ports over the past decade. A spokesman said this week the projected increase is relatively small "because of a slowdown in the expansion of livestock feeding worldwide.” Outstanding export sales for corn and sorghum in the last month have been about 50 per cent of last year’s sales at this time. The department spokesman said expectations of continued low prices have reduced foreign needs to make significant purchases for deferred delivery. The grains circular said export market opportunities b appeared in recent week k wheat and barley in North Afria wheat in the Soviet Union a South Africa, feed grains in Spu and corn in Egypt. Morocco will need imports before the summer b vest even if a two-year droui ends. South .Africa’s wheat aq has deteriorated. Nigeria is a pected to need more com. Ail Egypt, Italy, Nigeria and their ory Coast may offer newoppoi nities for U.S. rice sales. Now for the bad news. Arne- ican analysts said Canadas Australia’s new long-term whi supply commitments to may limit growth in Amerii wheat sales to the Chinese Liz M major wildlife Sc n Unit LITTL ts disse iscience la that no sci Expectations of Mexico’s gras hack up tl imports needs have diminish tk“ statut significantly in recent weeks aii Jure. Mexico is buying more fra Requir sources other than the i States, especially Canada. starring BROOKE WEST (Star of Fantasy) with SUSAN NERO KAREN BLUE introducing DHAUETAAN BONNIE HOLIDAY MANOR east! Reagan, decision Manor East Mali HANDMADE FILMS TIME BANDITS congressmen nearmg on federal budget crisis United Press International WASHINGTON — President Reagan and Congress Wednesday appeared headed toward peaceful resolution of a budget fight that last month forced a partial shut down of the federal government. As new estimates of massive deficits added impetus to discus sions of more budget cuts and pos sible tax hikes in years to come, agreement appeared likely on a bill to keep the government funded through the rest of the fis cal year. The bill passed by Congress to end last month’s budget crisis will keep the government running only until Dec. 15. Reagan gave his blessing to a funding bill drafted by Republican congressional leaders who were attempting to avoid a repeat of last month’s budget standoff between Congress and the White House. Deputy press secretary Larry Speakes said Reagan, during a meeting with GOP leaders, “ said if (the compromise) comes in its present format, he would be most pleased to sign it.” Congressional aides said they expected the House Appropria tions Committee to consider the 1982 spending measure later Wednesday, with debate by the full House expected Wednesday. Although House Speaker Tho mas O’Neill said Democrats would offer their own spending bill, key Democrats indicated they would not put up much of a fight and fully expected the Re publican version to prevail. Its passage, they said, would place responsibility for the na tion’s economic woes sqiarely on Reagan’s shoulders. Rep. William Alexander, D- Ark., said the public will see that “the president has had his way — it’s a Reagan economy lock, stock and barrel.’’ Alexander was asked Tuesday if Democrats privately would prefer to be defeated on the issue, hand ing Reagan the last piece of his economic puzzle. He smiled, then said, “There’s a difference between being rolled and taking a dive. We’re not going to take a dive.” Noting Reagan has a Republi can-dominated Senate and a ma jority of Republicans and conser vative majority Democrats in the House, Alexander said the presi dent and his allies have “the votes and hope to win.” “We can count as good as they can,” he said. Republicans drafted a plan to cut $4 billion through a 4 percent across-the-board reduction in new spending for domestic programs except food stamps, benefits such as Social Security, revenue shar ing, law enforcement and veter ans’ hospitals. O’Neill said the Democrat’s funding proposal would resemble the bill vetoed by Reagan before Thanksgiving. In vetoing the earlier hill, the president said he would accept no less than $4 billion in budget sav- lanced tr d evolu ly wron geience ancisco sor at the at Davis. I The A Union ha: las’ creal eationis ligion a nstituti ings for fiscal 1982. The blB lurc ^ ai approved by Congress wouldk'j shaved only $2 billion from II spending. New administration projectiof estimate the deficit will hit SlOSJ billion this fiscal year — \vd above the administration’s earls: forecast of $43.1 billion deficitfe fiscal 1982 and well in excessofth record $66 billion deficit offish 1976. O’Neill said, “It was perfecl! obvious that supply side ec® mics are not going to work ami isn’t working.” Lawrence Kudlow of the Offiff of Management and Budget plat ed down the unofficial deficitforf- cast, calling it preliminary d misleading because it does nJ consider future budget cuts. The estimates project a $152.1 billion deficit in 1983 and $162l)i! lion in 1984 — the year Reas? hoped bring the budget into la- lance. <D MSC TRAVEL announces Sign-ups begin for: — Sun Trip tp Cancun r Mexico $ 358 March 15-19.1982 00 (Hotel, Airfare, Transfers, Hotel Tax) **150°° deposit upon sign-up — Mardi Gras Trip s 99 00 FEBRUARY 19-21, 1982 (Transportation, Hotel, Tax) *Total amount due upon sign-up Please stop by MSC Room 216 at SPO Secretaries’ Island. Call 845 for MSC Travel for more info. -1514 SC /Ai OL <*>Ha Sr *JC 3/Z Q) i.1 TO Cc (3) Id, P