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Page 8/The Battalion/Thursday, October 20,1983 Bentsen, Wright urge stored grain inquiries United Press International WASHINGTON — A Texas senator Wednesday urged an in quiry into apparent discrepan cies between federal and state inventories of government- owned grain stored in Texas while the House majority leader sought its immediate release. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen and Rep. Jim Wright, both Texas Demo crats, issued new statements on the controversial grain stored in the middle of drought-stricken west Texas less than 24 hours after Texas Agriculture Com missioner Jim Hightower charged the government was let ting it rot while taxpayers paid millions to store it and cattle starved for lack of feed. “I am concerned by indica tions that grain owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation and stored in the Texas panhan dle area may be of substantially lower quality than was listed on the Commodity Credit Corpora tion’s inventory,” Bentsen said in urging an investigation by Agriculture Secretary John Block. l AKI VII H CLUB Sat. Oct. 22 Johnny Rodriguez Show and Dance 9:00pm-1:00am tickets ^7.00 in adv., 89.00 at the door advance tickets also available 9am- 5pm Thurs. & Fri. at LAKE VIEW CLUB Tabor Road 823-0660 U.S. Department of Agricul ture officials, however, denied the grain in the particular west Texas elevator surveyed by state agriculture officials was de teriorating more quickly than inventories showed. “There’s nothing wrong with that corn,” said Gene Hemphill, a Block assistant. “It’s good lives tock feed and it wasn’t meant for human consumption. “It’s not deteriorating fast. It is going through the normal ag ing process. I’m not aware of any inventory that shows only 1 per cent of it is the lowest grade,” he said. “What is in there is not alarming to us.” Hemphill said most of the grain — most of it stored since the 1979 Russian grain embargo — is feed grain and never was meant for human consumption. Gov. Mark White, Hightower and members of the delegation are pushing Block to release some of the 83 million bushels of damaged corn in 27 states to ranchers being forced to slaugh ter starving livestock because the drought dried up the animals’ feed source. Block has refused, saying he does not want to help only one drought-stricken area. Some USD A officials also contend the corn is too valuable to use for feed. What up United ■f^WASHf TPTJFT TTJ CIA A V I JTjL U JCvCjUTA. I jeans’ nicT E ew more i than th< YELL PRACTICEtEveryone show up at 7 tonight in the Grove. STUDENT YiWe will have a committee meeting at 7 jp.m. in 308 Rudder Tower for those interested in the “Aggie Friends” program. This is a big brother/big sister program with a Texas A&M junior high school. CHI ALPHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: fhere will lx* a teaching on Ephesians at 7 p.m. in 410 Rudder Tower. MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE:"Fahrenheit 451” will show at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. in 701 Rudder Tower. Admission is $1 with a Texas A&M I.D. OCEAN ENGINEERING SOCIETYrWe will take Aggieland pictures at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center lounge. METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT:The Old Testa ment Bible study begins at 12:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M Wesley Foundation. Bring $1.50 or a sack lunch, ICE HOCKEY TEAMiAll those interested in playing hockey this year should attend the meeting at 8 p.m. in 204 Sterling C. Evans Library. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATIONrJohn Robertson from the Political Science Department will speak on “Europe in the Politics ol Arms Control” at 8 p.m. in 301 Rudder Tower. BIOCHEMISTRY SOCIETY:J im Wild will speak at the meet ing at 7:30 p.m. in 113 Heep Building. TEXAS A&M VILLAGE OF HOPE: An organizational meet ing for those who want to help Texas A&M reach our goal of $25,000 for hungry children is scheduled for 7 p.m. in 321 Physics Building. MSC OUTDOOR RECREATION:Ned Fritz will speak on dearcutting and the wilderness in Texas National Forests at 7:30 p.m. m 001 Rudder Tower. MSC VIDEO COMMITTEE: fhere will be a training J. lor all members without a yellow studio card at 7 pifo tiag die s Memorial Student Center. ' pecudlv vi| KANM STUDENT RADIO: 1 h. , e ^ mandatory all those connected with KANM at 7:30 p.m. in Tower. s Persona ^ 0.9 perc nding j fc most gi IM-REC SPORTS DEPA RTMENT:The indoor captain’s meeting is at 6 p.m. in 164 E. Kyle. AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS CLUBtAggieland, will be taken at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student lounge. There is a club meeting following. PANAMANIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION:We»i the Aggieland picture after the meeting at 7:30 p.nu Harrington Classroom Building. TEXAS A&M EMERGENCY CARE TEAM:Them«i at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder Tower. Our Aggieland picture taken at 8:15 p.m. so wear your uniform. MEXICAN-AMERICAN PRE-HEALTH AGGIES; Medina and Margie Mantillas from the University Health Science Center at San Antonio will speak on tl DAT Performance Improvement for Minorities Prograall program begins at 7 p.m. in 507 Rudder Tower. ■PP 1U ! ‘ Is United Imosco of two Rus: Unauts is STUDENTS CONCERNED FOR THE HAND! lure of a 11 P . .Bbring th PEI):We will meet at 7 p.m. in 302 Rudder Tower. sa j ( | \y e( i n MSC CAMERA COMMITTEEdVints may lx entered(^len '.ikI f all Photo Compel it ion Oc t. 31- Nov. 1 from lOa.m.tolg pedal to I the Memorial Student Center hallwav. The judgingwilll*jffl| Kvgc 1 5, and the contest is op< n t<> all non professionalsinthetr Atademy < College Station area. ciaii't. sani STUDENT ACTIVITIES: If you 1 tave a niinimumGPRofMj ls are a female and have completed one semester at Texasii®? 1 > “ , | " < |' you should apply foi the 1984 Cotton Bowl Repres^H^ IK '^ Applic ations will be available ,n die Student Activities!)*''' ’'' Nov. 1. s . aicl l,K ‘ ‘ danger. In add BOfiHSi Bt/DVieS Come by and ask about our BONFIRE BUDDY SPECIALS! Attorney expecting appeal of helium royalty decision •Hallmark Cards & Gifts •Wide Variety of Stuffed Animals •Candy •Balloons •Posters •Fresh Cut Flowers and Plants Aggieland Flower Shop 209 W. University 846-5825 United Press International WICHITA, Kan. — Com panies ordered to pay $205 mil lion to about 30,000 landowners and gas companies for helium produced in the Hugoton field probably will appeal the deci sion, a lawyer said Wednesday. In the latest phase of a 20- year-old court battle, U.S. Dis trict Judge Wesley Brown T ues day ordered National Helium Corp. to pay $105.9 million to royalty owners and producers, $39.9 million to Northern Helex Co. and $59.2 million to Cities Service Helex. The firms are owned by pipeline companies, rly In the early 1960s the federal SteMkda/itiUdtchaatji DOtlKBOH DASH JbtihbxjfjUii ^tutmkitoa SHUm jp3o-|2:©o pin I b*xmUtw4 : (XmM/ucan tkahZAJ&adcdton, jpkM/mteL-ty 'mfiggtoCotifoijA government began a program to conserve helium by paying pipe line companies for helium, which previously had been a wasted byproduct in natural gas production. The pipeline com panies and their helium sub sidiaries were paid $12 per thousand cubic feet, but the natural gas producers, landown ers and royalty owners of the gas fields received nothing. Landowners and gas produc ers first sued for royalties from helium in the 1960s. Brown’s ruling Tuesday is his third in the cas^’. Clifford Malone, a lawyer for Cities Ser vice Helex, said the case prob ably will be back in (court again. “With that kind of amount of money, there ordinarily is going to be an appeal,” Malone said. “That’s a decision that has to be made after the opinion is digested and consideration by the home office people by a lot of things.” The money will be paid to ab out 400 natural gas producers United JSEATT murderer In the early 1960s the federal government began a program to conserve helium by paying pipeline com panies for helium, which previously had been a wasted bypro duct in natural gas production. im lill! K and approximately 25,000 to 30,000 royalty owners, said Gerald Sawatzky, a lawyer for The Varsity Shop 301 Patricia 846-7401 NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY MONDAY THRU SATURDAY HAIRCUT SPECIAL MEN & WOMEN producers in the class-ifir 1 ^ vva . s lawsuit. ■ edneS , < , Helium is the secondlsiWthsoi 1 gas in nature and withsia::l nall,WM 8‘ 1 tremelv cold temperature 1 ® Mak, 2 out liquifying. Becauser ranU and also inflammable an( '' nt * ica mam industrial uses,as>: sa ' 'Cote increasing applications i£! 101 ( 01111 ironic instruments andiiiBP osec 1 mg for electrical product*^ Howau The natural gas and are located in the huge Ha; field, which extendsthroa; southwest Kansas and ()klahoma and Texas, Sar s.iid this field is the la; source of helium in tkt world. The federal govei is stockpiling the underground storage fai near Amarillo, SawalzkyaMnys M< Seven-eighths of the n dj| st ri es at from the decision, orabom c j a | s were , million, will be paid tom cy Wednt gas producers, Sawalzl] |500,000 wheal ft oi Iasi spring Ss More sped^w ^ i • i weo * < ' tr ‘ a l on drinks 1“-; y 1 • ®r lose its iUhisyear said. “7 he United PressIntemitiooijI 01 lant to AUSTIN —Texansspc P nmenl percent more on mixedl " ■ Execut $8.50 University Dr. Northgate Patricia St. The Varsity Shop The Campus (Theater IpermspecIal] $10.00 OFF coupon OFFER GOOD THRU 10/29/83 (< during the past threeK | |. xe k, than the same period aft r tv 111 ’ J S state comptroller Bob a said Wednesday. a w nd S ra ‘ r C Bullock said collection; IP'' il( ’ estate’s 10 percent mixed ®! sun 3 lax during the thirdi) tmourued to $37.2 milf 1 '*: 000 - Two ot re fout erati< B’Dowd,! <um me sidic iclcivl i .. . lance of the tax receipts. 111 . 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