Friday, February 17, 1984/The Battalion/Page 11
Warped
by Scott McCullar
"RISK? RISK 15 00R BUSINESS*
THAT'S WHAT THIS STARSHIP
15 ALL ABOUT. THAT'S WHY,.
Wt'RE. ABOARP HER..."
MKK- KETVWTO TOf^OKKOW
A STARSHIP ALSO RUHS ON LOYALTY,
TO ONE. A\AN... ANP NOTHIN©
CAH RE.PLACE IT ... OR HIH."
»rocn-TW£ utrinATt co^ruTtK
‘JIA • ^OO ARE. PVf SUPERIOR
OFFICER. YOU ARE ALSO /AY
FMENP. I HAVE BEEN, AND
ALWAYS SHALL BE .... YOURS.'
DESPITE ALL THE FINE ACTORS,
STAR TREK ALWAYS STARRED
GENE RODDENRERR7.
IT WAS REALLY HE WHo TOO/C
US ON ALL THOSE VOYAGES, //V
THAT ttATESTlC CRUISER,
ENTERPRISE..
PARAMOUNT PRETTY ^UCH OWNS
HER NOW, AND DECIDES WHERE
SHE WILL 60, BUT IT WAS
ROPDENBERRy THAT PUT THE.
STARSHIP IN THE SKY, AND
THE REASON SOME OF US
STARTED LOOKING) HEAVEN
WARD.
WORDS CANNOT CARRY THE FULL
WEIGHT OF THE E/AOTIONS...
..THE FEELINGS OF RESPECT,
GRATITUDE, TOY AND
AFFECTION PEOPLE HAVE
FOR HIP\ AND HIS CREATION.
AAEffeLY A DREAHV? A SIMPLE
fantasy? PERHAPS. UNLESS
YOU'VE BEEV ON THAT SHIP
AND SHARED DIFFICULTIES
WITH THOSE PEOPLE.
fAR. GENE ROPDENBERRY
THE LEGEND,
WHO, THANKFULLY, TOOK
US ALL ON BOARt? HIS
VISION-
■ ANP WE HAVE PROSPERED...
VMK.PEP 5PEEP, SIR
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United Press International
WASHINGTON — Opti-
builders set a five-year
|igh for new housing construc-
n last month, starting 15 per-
nt more projects than they
in December despite hefty
mortgage interest rates, the
vernment said Thursday.
Considering the housing in-
Bustry’s appetite for steel, tex-
"les, appliances and labor, the
mprovemenl was the best
roof yet of a resurging
my in a week filled with
good
onomic news.
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The Commerce Department
id the industry’s bench mark,
the pace of production in
uses per year, reached 1.9
million in January, the best
month since December 1978. It
was a surprisingly large jump
from December’s 1.67 million-
unit level.
In a separate report Thurs
day the department said per
sonal income climbed a healthy
1.1 percent in January. Ameri
cans, on average, added $104 to
their annual after-tax income.
Spending on both goods and
services grew slightly more than
income, 1.2 percent, forcing the
savings rate down by 0.1 per
centage point to 5.2 percent of
disposable income.
At the same time, Federal Re
serve economists said American
industry worked at 79.9 percent
of its capacity in January, the
busiest pace in slightly more
than two years and a 0.7 per
centage point jump from De
cember.
On Wall Street, the week’s
better-than-expected economic
performances sparked fears of
higher interest rates. Analysts
said more investors became
convinced interest rates are not
going to ease any time soon.
They apparently recalled Fed
chairman Paul Volcker’s warn
ing a week earlier that in a few
months many more businesses
will be straining to meet de
mand, a circumstance that his
torically has pushed up prices
and interest rates.
Already the paper industry,
the nation’s textile mills and
manufacturers of electrical ma
chinery are using 90 percent or
more of their capacity, the latest
figures showed. Yet high inter
est rates are holding down the
business borrowing necessary to
expand capacity, Volcker
warned.
Treasury Secretary Donald
Regan appeared before White
House reporters Thursday to
take credit on behalf of the ad
ministration for the week’s
strong economic figures.
Tuesday the government re
ported a 2.2 percent increase in
January’s retail sales, 22 times
the December increase.
‘Jerry Lee’ charged
with tax evasion
United Press International
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Piano-
unding entertainer Jerry Lee
wis pleaded innocent Thurs-
ay to charges of evading
teady $1 million in income
taxes and said it was “just a
breeze.”
Lewis surrendered at the fed-
of lberal courthouse in Memphis,
)ital is was arraigned and then posted
3l00,000 bond,
esellii# Lewis’ manager, A1 Embry,
reporters, “It’s time for
Moslem R
Jerry to go back to work. We’re
ready to go to work. This
shouldn’t cause any delays in
our shows.”
The indictment charges Le
wis hid ownership of his home,
car and other possessions by
placing them in the names of
other people or companies to
evade paying taxes on the prop
erty. The IRS claims he owes
nearly $1 million.
Salky said, “Jerry Lee wants
to emphasize he is not guilty of
the charges.
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ENTRY: Any Texas A&M Undergraduate may submit three poems by 5:00 p.m., March
23 to Blocker 205. Participants should submit poetry in a 9 Vi by 12 Vi" envelope.
Do not write your name on the poetry. Include your name and phone number
on a separate piece of paper.
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display in the MSC starting on April 18th. The top ten poems will beprinted and
distributed with special consideration given to the top three.
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