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Wednesday, November 16,1983/The Battalion/Page 9 Milk agreement reached United Press International WASHINGTON — House and Senate conferees Tuesday reached agreement on dairy and tobacco legislation that would pay farmers cash to reduce milk output and voted against put ting a lid on those cash pay ments. However, legislators indi cated they still might attempt to attach a payment ceiling to another piece of legislation. Rep. James Jeffords, R-Vt., warned that a California dairy farm with 10,000 cows could re ceive $4.5 million for not pro ducing milk under the bill. He said that a few such cases would :A rftjrtii tudyt Center; Ian the the ffiee m re is; e Texisil 51 for a a ANDIC 1 tressr lDS:Noi leachio; SytheStii i ;tnd.ani| agnups Back? NG?| s on /s! n It An artist in his own right Cindi Tackitt, Battalion staff tingaljJ Mike Stevens, a freshman environmental design major from Irving, captures the Academic Building on paper Tuesday afternoon. ST Ail taplVii ■ rower. | ay. \ Newns?;: lary’s v.l Couple raise Venus flytraps cause serious repercussions from the press, from the public and from our brothers and sis ters in the House and Senate.” He proposed to put an approximate $500,000 lid on payments — $100,000 plus the amount a producer would con tribute to financing the program — which would be high enough to include 98 or 99 percent of all dairy farmers. Since neither the House nor the Senate voted for a payment limitation, adding such a provi sion would have required special parliamentary consideration. House members of the con ference voted down the provi sion by voice vote and refused to take a roll call vote on the issue that was supported by the Reagan administration. The measure requires final approval by the House and Sen ate before it goes to President Reagan for his signature or a veto. It was uncertain if Reagan wouldsign the bill. The House and Senate con- al provisions requested by the administration. The administra tion had supported a straight cut in the dairy price support rather than paying farmers to cut output. “I don’t think we’ve had very many victories here,” Assistant Agriculture Secretary William Lesher said. “We’re going to wait and see” whether officials will recommend that Reagan sign or veto the bill. Patrick Healy, lobbyist for the milk cooperatives who back the legislation, predicted members of Congress will tell the adminis tration that if Reagan does not sign the bill, there will be no ac tion on dairy legislation until 1985 and dairy problems will continue. Congressional observers said another factor that might con vince Reagan to sign the bill is that its tobacco provisions are important to Senate Agriculture Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.C., who faces a tough re-election battle next year. Regardless of which approach is favored, all sides want to-reduce dairy overpro duction that cost taxpayers near ly $3 billion last fiscal year. The bill would pay farmers up to $10 per 100 pounds of milk not pro duced up to 30 percent of their output. The 15-month program would begin early next year. Initially, it would reduce the price support by 50 cents to $12.60 per 100 pounds, would assess producers 50 cents per 100 pounds to pay part of the cost of the program and would assess then another 15 cents for a national dairy promotion program. The tobacco provisions of the bill would continue this year’s freeze of the tobacco price sup port for at least another year and would gradually put tobacco allotments owned by absentee owners into the hands of far mers. The legislation also includes provisions to provide emergen cy feed at reduced costs for lives- tock producers adversely affected by the drought. The dairy bill was opposed by beef and pork producers, who feared that the bill would en courage dairy producers to send cows to slaughter, raising meat supplies and reducing prices. )r Villml 1 be TM s of info eat Issu (ikittioiL'l :i OfkTfij ii845-l!l United Press International CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — [Patricia Pietropaolo’s first date with her husband-to-be set the [theme for their 15-year-old !marriage — and it hasn’t all been [a bed of roses. “Our first date was a visit to [three bogs up near Rochester. [Talk about romantic,” Mrs. Piet- ropaolo said, at their Canan- sdaigua home adjoining the greenhouse where she and her [husband Jim raise carnivorous plants. The bog trip was Mrs. Pietro- [paolo’s first exposure to the [world of Venus flytraps, blad- derworts, cobra lilies and other vicious-sounding varieties. She quickly became an enthu- Ssiastic partner in Peter Paul (“Pietropaolo” translated from the Italian) Nursery. Pietropaulo began growing isuch plants as a hobby 25 years ago- While cartoons and advertise ments often portray carnivorous plants as giant, snapping pre dators — or “man-eaters” — the Pietropaolos, both of them sci ence teachers, say that’s inaccu rate and unfortunate. “We even have people calling up to ask exactly how big the traps can get,” Mrs. Pietropaolo said, laughing. “You wonder who they have in mind.” The “mouths” of carnivorous plants do not generally grow much bigger than a ladle. Nor do they “stake out” in sects or other living things to attack. And they are not dependent on bugs to survive. “For the most part, the plants are green and photosynthetic, and they function as other plants do — they produce their own carbohydrates,” Pietro paolo said. The species is thought to have developed a mechanism enabl ing the plants to digest insects to compensate for the poor nutri tional value they receive from the soil in which they grow, his wife said. She said some varieties grow in acid sand or peat moss. The plants have no way of seeking out prey to “catch,” she said. Flies, gnats and other in sects are attracted by the plants’ scents. “The insect starts crawling down into the trap to get the nec tar, and there are all these little hairs that point downward, and when the insect tries to climb back up again, it can’t.” As the insect goes deeper into the trap, it begins slipping around on the wax inside. This triggers the “trap,” which seals the bug inside. Venus flytraps are perhaps the best known carnivorous vari ety. The hinged leaves normally grow about as big as a half dollar. ferees refused to approve sever- ~ COUPON Hair Cut / Blow Dry $10 F with coupon (for men & women) $30 Tanning Booth Membership 2 for the price of 1 (each member gets a full month 4403 S. 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For those who aren’t satisfied watching withdrawal agonies during this nation-wide, 24- hour stop-smoking campaign, the festivities begin today in a city-wide carnival. Mock gunfights between “good guy” non-smokers and “bad guy” smokers will be held in the streets, while a man dres sed as Uncle Sam tours schools telling children to encourage their parents to quit. The day climaxes with the arrest of an out-of-state motorist seen smoking on Interstate 35 who — if he agrees — will be paraded like a prisoner of war in a horse-drawn cage to the town square, where the mayor will adopt the smoker for a day. Then the motorist and other quitters will throw their cigaret tes into the coffins in a mock graveyard on the square, and he and his family will be treated to dinner on the town. itud Music Express THE UNDERGROUND SBISA BASEMENT Potato Chip Special invite you to the 4>0 0 All varieties 896 Regular price $1.39 Nov 14-18 OFFER GOOD TILL THE LAST Bag “The Best Food. 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