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I^iyef~Bend Gallery Offers the Graduates of 1983 the Finishing Touch 25 % Off 10 mouldings and liners for framing diplomas Fine craftsmanship Conservation mounting Fine art & quality custom framing by professionals Convenient location in 707 Shopping Village, 696-7337 Page 8/The Battalion/Friday, May 6, 1983 I! IS SAVING YOU MONEY! ROASTBEEF SANDWICH & BAKED POTATO $2 25 The best roast beef sandwich money can buy! Tender juicy beef cut right from a top round roast, plus our delicious baked potato. SOUP & BAKED POTATO A delicious bowl of our homelike soup tastes great with our “You make it” potato from our salad bar. 201 Dominlk College Station Offer good thru May 15 th We salute 1983 Graduating Aggies! Korbel Rouge (Maroon) Champagne Commemorative Bottle Class of ’83 $/l 99 750 ML CLASS OF 83 Seagram’s TCrown Special 80° American Blended Whiskey 7up $C99 750 ML 25<: Liter Buy 1 750 ML of Seagram 7 and get 1 Liter of 7up for only 25{:! Specials Good Fri. & Sat. 1503 University By Ramada Inn 846-1860 BEN LEYS) 10-9 M.-Sat. Offshore oil hard to reach United Press International HOUSTON — Corpora tions wanting to tap the more than 750 billion barrels worth of proven oil reserves in 600 petroleum basins worldwide will need vast amounts of money and technology to re trieve the fossil fuels, energy experts said. Many of the areas where the fuels are located have not yet been explored, and are in places where either the poli tics or rough weather make it difficult to research. “I firmly believe that in the • future we will Find as much oil and more gas than we have found to date,” geologist Michel Halbouty said Wednesday. Halbouty, a presidental adviser on petroleum matters, and other energy experts, made their statements at the Offshore Technology Con ference being held in Houston. More than half — or about 393 billion barrels — of the untapped reserves are under oceans or land controlled by Middle Eastern countries. Ab out 62 percent of the world’s reserves — or about 469 bil lion barrels — are under the jurisdiction of OPEC nations. Eastern Europe, including the Soviet Union, and Latin America, each account for ab out 12 percent, or 91 billion barrels, of the reserves. The United States has about 31 bil lion barrels of proven crude oil still not drilled, or 4 per cent of the world’s total. But T. Don Stacy, produc tion manager for Amoco Pro duction Co., said three prob lems stand in the way of re trieving those reserves — money, technical develop ment and politics. And Stacy said political pressure by environmental groups makes it impossible to drill onshore in the more than 1.17 billion acres of U.S. gov ernment-owned land. “Congress and certain peo ple exclude these lands from exploration to be used only for backpacking and hiking,” Stacy said. Internationally, he said, expensive and unnecessary regulations hamper the drill ing industry and cost millions annually. Halbouty said at today’s prices much of the untapped reserves are not financially feasible. “These are tough times. At today’s prices, no. But in the future, yes, they can be pro ductive areas,” Halbouty said. GTE to requei rate increase by Kimberly Hix Battalion Reporter Phone bills for residential cus tomers may increase by $1 a ide month under a $32.5 million rate increase to be presented to the Public Utilities Commission May 19 for approval. General Telephone original ly sought an $85.5 million rate increase. Under this rate, re sidential customer bills would increase about $4 a month, a 24 percent increase. The settlement was reached at a PUC hearing April 27. The decrease in the rate requested was a result of changes in the Federal Communications Com mission depreciation require ments. GTE has filed for rate in creases annually since 1980, John Wallace, GTE Public Affairs manager, Wednesday. “We will make themont as far as it will go, but thee the original rate requesUil doubted ly have an effeci when a new request willbej sented,” Wallace said, greater the portion receiveil an effect on how frequenilj have to come back. “In order to continued ernize and improve senitt penses must be offset withi tional revenue.” ** The proposed rate desif il eludes local rate increase;; y' ^ r: for residential and $2.1i HRST- business. Extended area» increases include a 30ceiB crease for business and a lj B increase for residential. B Currently, the monthli P vice rate in Bryan-Colleg; | ; tion is $9.10. State obscenity hi unconstitutional r United Press International AUSTIN — The State Court of Criminal Appeals cited the First Amendment in throwing out a section of the state’s obscenity law Wednesday. The ruling came in a decision overturning the conviction of a Houston man for promoting obscenity because the state failed to prove he knew a film was obscene. The decision deemed uncon stitutional a provision of state law declaring that a person who promotes obscene material is presumed to do so with the knowledge of its content and character. Carl Lee Davis was convicted and sentenced to three days in jail and fined $750 for promot ing obscenity to an undercover Houston vice officer who viewed a film in a peep show booth at an adult book store where Davis worked. The appeals court said that though it determined the film was obscene, it found noigUnited dence Davis actually exM|LL.AS the movie to the officer anilple atte made change for the ofiflnian which was used to viewtheiigunnei Declaring state law thaifit comp sumes a person who t Authori obscene materials knows |ei. 24, obscene is unconstitutionallad ou cause “it infringes upon jlpthy f< freedom of expression p '®is pre teed by the First Amendr pec om , r .A oner rreedom ot expressiorjlft qqq important a right to allow!: i ar j ( .j (V seriously impeded or imj)M esclav a presumption such asL by one implicated in this cause, od j ec | p court said. ^ml p The ruling, however,! : ai a, p< promoters of obscene m. iw s aid. are not above the law. B phy; ‘All this opinion holds is 11 1'etera law enforcement officialse rely upon sufficient infers ilt to obtain and susta of guil he didi ted a $! forwarc conviction for prom ov ” Sh obscene material,” the opiip stated. Senate approves water control bill Texas Running Shorts Show your colors ! Red .White , and e>tue looVo nylon. 9-M-L WHOLE LARTH PROVISION COMPANY 105 Bovett 846-8794 United Press International AUSTIN — One of several bills comprising a proposed state water plan won final approval in the Texas Senate. The controversial measure, which orders state water author ities to protect marine life in Gulf Coast bays and estuaries by regulating the inflow of fresh water, won final approval Wednesday. The measure garnered tenta tive approval in the Senate Tuesday but stalled after one lawmaker claimed it would halt future construction of dams and resevoirs on Texas rivers. The measure orders the Texas Department of Water Re sources to preserve the historic productivity of the ecologically >ays To do that, water authod would determine if the takinj fresh water from a river adversely affect marine I the bays downstream. If it decided the dad would be significant, itcoull quire the applicant to corcij sate for the loss. Sen. John Traeger, D-Sea opposed the bill when ii ■ came to the Senate floor. He gave it his sup) Wednesday after an and ment was added specifying!] only the water resources c ment could determine HheJ or not a permit to divert m| upstream would damage f bays and estuaries. CALL MOM FREE! SATURDAY MAY 7 10 A.M.-9 P.M. Phones will be set up near Dillard’s and near Wilson’s so you can call Mom to tell her how great she is! Each call limited to 3 minutes, and must be made within Continental U.S. Compli ments of Post Oak Mall Merchants. Hwy. 30 at 6 Bypass College Station JDSTOAKMAlf 105 Stores Open 10-9 Mon.-Sat,