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?age 4/The BattalionT'uesday, January 24, 1984 i" Bush credits homebuilders for aiding U.S. economy United Press International HOUSTON — Vice Presi dent George Bush Monday cre dited the homebuilding indus try with aiding in the nation’s economic recovery by creating jobs and continuing to build de spite a recession. Bush, addressing the board of directors of the National Association of Home Builders, said for the first time in 20 years, there is strong growth, lower un employment rates and declining inflation in the United States. “Homebuilders, and indeed this country, have been through ^ FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS * and COMMUNITY Enter your original artworks of foreign theme! S FES^' POST OAK MALL FEB. 4 1984 Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Photography. For More Information: Call 775-0801 or 845-1825 or come to Bizzell Hall for entry forms. some rough times,” Bush said. “You knew that the best way to get the housing industry back on track was to get the economy back on track. You knew that we had to get inflation, interest rates, taxes, regulations and spending all under control be fore we could again have a pros perity that America could rely on.” Bush said the homebuilding industry helped save consumers millions of dollars by identifying and lobbying to remove regula tions considered unnecessary. “Regulations that were slowly strangling the thrift industry have been eased, too, ensuring that this important source of rnortagage money remains vigorous. And restrictions on pension fund investment in mortgages have been loosened , leading to a 58 percent increase in pension mortgage holdings since 1980,” Bush said. “Some say that’s enough to finance almost 5.8 million new homes. Peter Herder, a Tucson, Ariz. homebuilder who Tuesday begins a yearlong term as presi dent of the NAHB, agreed with Bush. “The vice president’s re marks are consistent with the facts. Housing has led this na tion out of seven recessions,” Herder said. “In late 1982, as interest rates began to moderate, housing production began to grow and in 1983, more than 1.7 million homes were produced. More than 200,000 jobs were created and billions of dollars pumped into the naton’s economy,” Her der said. DANCE INSTRUCTORS NEEDED e Socie1~js Auditions for ballet and tap teachers will be: Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. in 268 E. Kyle For information call: ViCki 260-5808 Rebeca 845-: A Take Off Advertisement G’zv?y. oon. -Topic. Toopy 14 77ft S/VOQOtr P T CflPEUZ- yoO Cbi.T 'ToGC.THf.fc. ioith fetc/eo;rt/t5 yoo 5/gaj or CO/TH o/O F'tB 1 HTT-OO. z/xt, yoo c/9aj Buy y 0 o/e. T/CKLT ftT » 0,000 /^eict /%o/n TooB'f to j-rt/vJ-ar I/O T/4£. BtCCKfR. BO1CDI/0G,. OH, C.I Kf- THAT 300/00$ K.£fiLLy AJt/)T. DO THOf SflZUf. 8££/e PIAJO SPZHi. B/9G.OAJ, ? BlIli TBKL OPFl Tt/tS POAJV f A T B/90>C BftQO/0. 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But People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an animal rights group head quartered in Washington D.C., said more than 20,000 horses actually were brought into the county about 120 miles south of Dallas, many of them in failing health after riding for days in cramped double-deck trailers. Ingrid Newkirk, director of the group, said at least 100 of the horses have died from starvation, some of them long before freezing weather wiped out available pasturage. Last week a “Save the Horses” fund was created to collect cash and hay to feed the animals. A Falls County grand jury also has launched an investigation into the oper ations of Horses Unlimited. Local ranchers who con tracted to buy the horses, feed them on their land and then re-sell them to Horses LJnli- mited prompted the grand jury investigation. The same ranchers claimed they began losing money on the deal when the bitter cold in Decem ber wiped out grass, oats and other pasturage. But Newkirk said the ran chers had accepted the anim als in poor health, then failed to care for them. “This about the freeze is a great big coverup on their part,” she said. “Anyone could see we were in for a rough winter. They just hoped they could get by without provid- ing extra feed for the animals.” Newkirk said investigators for the group had been in Falls County for 10 weeks observing the “wretched con ditions the animals live and die in.” P E T A chairman Alex Pachecho, who has been in Marlin since November, said he took photographs of mal nourished and injured anim als that were left to die in the fields before the freezes hit. In one case, he said, a videotape was made before the December freeze of a horse that nearly drowned in mud because it was too weal to stand. Newkirk said Pacheco and other PETA workers had tried to aid the animals but were threatened witharreslb) the Falls County authorities. In other instances, she said, they asked land owners to des troy suffering animal but were refused. “These horses are inconse quential to people who are trying to make a quick bud,’ she said. Newkirk said her group had prepared a report on the situation in Marlin and plan ned to distribute it to several congressional offices on Tuesday. Falls County District Attor ney Tom Sehon said Horses Unlimited was formed last spring by Roland Jones Jr and R.D. “Big Shot” Plunkett, owner of a Marlin tack and Co he coc Te the adj an edi stn A& veterinary store. The company bought horses at auctions nationwide, then sold them to Marlin-area ranchers for $300 to $350 s head. The sales contracts allegedly called for the com pany to buy the horses bad af ter a specified period forthe full purchase price, plus$la day in pasturage feesforeach day the animals were kei Local landowners said ab out two dozen ranchers in vested in the enterprise. intc say: doii ron a cl, mar C clas regi the cial Sam Houston University names Dan Rather honorary letterman United Press International HUNTSVILLE — More than 33 years after failing to make the Sam Houston State Teachers College football team. CBS news anchor Dan Rather Monday was named an honor ary football letterman. Officials at the east Texas school now named Sam Hous ton Stale University said they PHI KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY SPRING RUSH TEQUILA Party Wednesday, Jan. 18 •Hawaiian Party Friday Jan. 20 Treehouse Apartments Party Room • Cheap Wine Party Tuesday. Jan. 24 Country Place Apartments Party Room . Pajama Party Thursday, Jan. 26 Treehouse Apartments Party Room Become a part of 130 years of tradition. NO PLEDGING For more info, call Bob 696-9311 bestowed the honor in responx to comments Rather and CBi football commentator George made prior to the Super Bowl Sunday. George noted during tht telecast that Rather had beeni football player at Sam Houston State. In his autobiography, “The Camera Never Blink Rather wrote that he cried when he failed to make the team and win a scholarship in 1950. “It’s was one of the few time in my life I can remembeiBcurric crying,” Rather wrote. “I kite* out th nothing about defense. Beyond that I lacked speed andcouldni block.” Rather wrote that he worked 192 prol stuc adv; 1 17,0 orga perv tory ited ( Cou tee n Com cial work conv T inter the t conci sorsh ber o the i them what in te? 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