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■y>v,.>y Wednesday, March 23, 1983/The Battalion/Page 5 local Ol* |ood self-sufficiency key o future, speaker says Twin girls may share one heart United Press International EL PASO — Doctors Tuesday continued their examinations of newborn Siamese twin girls whose internal organs — includ ing their hearts — may be joined. The twins were delivered by Caesarian section Sunday night at Newark Methodist Maternity Hospital and were rushed to the intensive care unit of Provi dence Memorial Hospital. The mother, Maria Dolores Hernandez, 26, of Juarez, Mex ico, was listed in good health. The twins, who weighed from 5 to 6 pounds each and were joined from mid-breastbone to just above the navel, were listed in stable condition. by Patti Schwierzke Battalion Staff biggest problem facing xiety today is finding a way to jfA,, nhance the world’s ability to m. i r ;ed itself in the decades ahead, egg Specialist in agricultural l v lechanization said Tuesday. Dr. BensonJ. Lamp, the busi- ri n fjj) ess planning manager for Ford irijL raflor operations, spoke on the ast, present and future of agri- ultural mechanization worl- wide as the second lecturer in tie Agricultural Engineering Hslnguished Lecture Series. . “It is easy to get down in the uOMilips when talking about agi i- ulture today,” Lamp said. “No ne is making much money in " ,Cf gikulture. We need to find Pprou solutions.” The most obvious way to en- tance the worldwide capacity to people is to provide proper ncentives for the producer, ' a lw iamp said. And the l>est incen- llon - iveivould be a decent price for ssma iisfcroduct, he said. rsonnt Oilier solutions offered by maiK .amp included: srt • irying to solve political and jolly issues: • not using embargoes as traegic policies; • leveloping and using better ecinologies; • developing better teaching nethods; • avoiding being part of the iroblem; • accepting innovative ideas; • casting off obsolete ■ei approaches that worked in the past but are stagnated today; • talking about the real issue and avoiding narrow issues. “In my opinion, the United States should use the clear strategic advantages that agri culture produces to hook the Russians,” Lamp said. “This would be the best deterrent.” He said everyone, not just the College of Agriculture, should be involved in solving the world’s capability to feed itself. He also said that the goal of col lege professors should be to con tribute to graduates who have learned the thrill of learning. Professors and students need to test ideas, look for the best solution and reach out and “Give a man a fish and he can live for a day. Teach a man to fish and he can live for a life time.” Braniff plans jet sale, liay get $80 million % United Press International i is hole DALLAS — Bankrupt Bra- 304lli:niff International will receive earth ni °re than $80 million by selling a third of its entire jet fleet to iivitfj People Express Airlines Inc., if a federal bankruptcy court approves the deal. Vfhe deal would double the I size of People Express, a small iU3J but profitable airline based in ll^wark, N.J., that provides ser vice along the Eastern Seaboard. h wK eW l 3 * e k x P ress ail( l Braniff 1 ^ Monday announced an agree- the balance of the lease on the 747. People Express also plans to purchase a Boeing 727-200 simulator, some ground equip ment and spare parts, as well as technical assistance, flight train ing and maintenance service from Braniff. 144 tnent in principle for the sale of 20 of Braniffs Boeing 727-200 "i ^iti|prafts for $4 million each. ^WBraniff Chairman Howard 1 Putnam said the sale of the air- xraft was a step toward the air- ce ' line’s resolution of its bank- ' on “ruptcy. ■Braniff filed for reorganiza tion under the federal bank ruptcy law's last May with almost Si billion in debts. M. Braniff also will lease a Boeing 747-200 to People Ex press. Gwslii The agreement is subject to ■ican'approval by federal bankruptcy judge John Flowers in Fort [i diai^ ort h, and federal approval for eextfPeople Express to provide non- ■awlkstop Newark-London service. Vavnt Delivery of the aircraft is c'luh’sscheduled between November 1983 and March 1985. The proposed lease is for five years, expiring September 1988. 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