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■i W Page 8/The Battalion/Wednesday, August 17,1983 Drought aid 20 counties declared disaster areojxt United Press International WASHINGTON — The U.S. Agriculture Department Tues day declared 20 droughtstrick- en west Texas counties federal disaster areas, allowing farmers and ranchers to qualify for assistance programs. Rep. Tom Loeffler, R-Texas, said he had been informed the Agriculture Department issued the declaration for 20 counties cited by him and Gov. Mark White. In an Aug. 2 letter to Agricul ture Secretary John Block, Loef fler said 25 to 30 west Texas counties had suffered severe drought conditions in the past 18 months. He and other Texans are still pushing for USDA implementa tion of an emergency feed grain program to help the ranchers and for USDA release of more than 17.5 billion bushels of gov ernment-owned corn that has been stored in the Texas Panhandle since the 1980 grain embargo. Loeffler said west Texas herds of beef cattle, sheep and goats have been significantly re duced because no edible vegita- tion remained in most areas and livestock was being fed subsist ence amounts of grain and hay. “This announcement of the disaster declaration allows far mers and ranchers in the affected counties to be eligible for the emergency loan prog ram administered by the Far mers Home Administration,” said Loeffler. He said the declaration also allows ranchers in the affected counties to take advantage of a The counties invoM Andrews, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, ward, Jeff Davis, Man:|; United Press In land, Mitchell, Note CHICAGO — Presidio, Reagan, Sut ;thod of detecti rol, Upton, Ward and ,-tsin a fetus as e; to 10 weeks U.S. Tax Code provisi(;M| eventua ing them to receivefavo.miocentesis, do treatment by delaying:? yhe new meth year tax liability on exts||| 0 pe i s “earl ary income from“thefoi3* mn i ocentes of their herds of cattlt^nent, medit and goats due to the dev; ;tor at Michael 1 drought.” d Medical Cen Kennedy ceremony lacks VIPs y at a news cor Amniocentesi jting a long m : woman’s abdc Open wide photo by Christie Johnson Dr. Gregory professor of Troy, assistant veterinary small animal medicine, gives a patient a thorough examination. United Press International DALLAS — A political cere mony marking the assassination of President Kennedy two de cades ago will be notable for its absences, officials say. Absent will be the only surviv ing Kennedy brother Sen. Ed ward Kennedy. Officials said Monday he turned down the in vitation by the Kennedy com memoration committee, appa rently reluctant to return to the site of his brother’s killing. He will appear later in Dallas to promote the Democratic pres idential candidate. Absent also will be President Reagan, whose presence at a Democratic-sponsored political event would be odd anyway, officials said. Absent probably will be Pope John Paul II. The Vatican has not replied to the invitation, and committee planners were skep tical about the pontiffs chances of clearing his calendar with only a few .nonth’s notice. The f /ent is scheduled for Nov. 22, the assassination anniversary. Planner Frank Hernandez g alample of f Besides, he aid, J; ,, , mio r tk nui : appearance would tfe|Jfc LIS " ‘ In ' 1 ominous clowd overtiitljhc procedui community” and “dfflrJOto S800, is p that the citizens of Daiiii the fourth an participate in the asmJrfenancy. Itt of President Kennedy'ps to get resu A small plastic said he invited the pojXiM through t the event an appropriaq uterus. Guii rent tone. ind, doctors n Marijuana pollen found in Austin atmosphere United Press International AUSTIN — Small amounts of marijuana pollen have been de tected in the Austin air, but allergists and police say it does not mean large fields of mari juana are being cultivated in the state capital. And they say there is no way breathing the pollen can make people high. “Marijuana is a weed that’s probably been growing here for more than 10,000 years,” said Sgt. Charles Bachmann, a nar cotics investigator for the police department. “It grows every where, on the banks of creeks, in fields and along the side of the road. “There are dozens of species, and they all pollinate,” he said. Grains of marijuana pollen ‘ r b\ “ were first detected in July by Dr. Maurice Conte, a south Austin allergist, who said his instru ments have found 7 to 30 grains of marijuana pollen per cubic meter of air. By comparison, he said, pol len counts from ragweed run as high as 30,000 per cubic meter. While it is impossible to get high from marijuana pollen, Conte said some people may have an allergic reaction that could cause runny noses and watery eyes. Conte said it is most likely the marijuana pollen in Austin came from wild plants since cultivated plants are usually harvested be fore they have a chance to pol linate. Since 1946 OAKWOOD MOBILE HOMES Corp. AGGIES, want to own your own home? Let Ag-Coop student assist you with your home needs. 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