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Page 10/The Battalion/Thursday, March 29, 1984 Farm loan program announced United Press International * NEW ORLEANS — Secret ary of Agriculture John Block |innounced the creation JVednesday of a new guaranteed loan program to rush $450 mil lion in aid to America’s farmers. T Block said the Reagan admi- histration realized the need for $uch a plan when farmers hurt |)y the recession found them selves unequal to the credit stan- iiards of private lenders but too well-off for direct aid from the Farmers Home Administration. “This fills the gap,” Block said at a news conference after an address to the Independent Bankers Association. “This can fill a void that’s existed, and it’ll also make it possible for private institutions to carry a greater share of the load.” Under the program, qualified private lenders will be approved in advance to process FmHA operating, ownership and eco nomic emergency guaranteed loans. The FmHA will guaran tee up to 90 percent of these loans. Block said the Approved Len der Program will speed up the processing time for guaranteed loans, which is especially impor tant as farmers enter the plant ing season in most parts of the country. The loan money will include $300 million in economic emergency loans and up to $ 150 million in operating loans, he said. This will be in addition to direct aid provided by the FmHA to some 271,000 far- An approved lender will be familiar with FmHA require ments, will collect needed credit information and will prepare the application package. The FmHA will continue to make de cisions on each farmer’s eligi bility. What’s up V- THURSDAY R! Block said there were no esti mates of how many farmers would benefit from the new program. Banks can join the program, Block said, simply by applying and demonstrating their re cords in handling farm loans. ! C AIMI AA VIA * A AA I “No Ma’am, We’re Not the Police.” ,'V? feii £ Who Are These Men? (1) Boy George’s Mom and Dad (2) The ministers at A&M Presbyterian Church 301 Church Street (Get the hint, Presbyterian students!) (3) The Democratic Presidential Candidates « i kYE CARE gfedCENTERl •Over 500 frames to choose from •Most soft contact fit from stock •Contact lenses supplies Eye Care Center Open 9-6 Tues.-Fri. 8-5 Saturday Doctor available Thurs.- Saturday 403 Villa Maria, Bryan One day service on single vision, bifocals, trifocals, plastic, glass and photogray extra 779 9000 Clip this ad for 30% Discount on frames limited time offer School official acquitted United Press International MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society MSC OPAS Prospective Member Orientations Monday April 2 Rudder 502 7:00pm Wednesday April 4 YOU MUST ATTEND ONE MEETING. Applications may be picked up from Jody in the Student Programs Office, Room 216 MSC. For more information call Tad Pruitt at 260-4789, Barbara Ramage 260-0951, or Arlene Manthey 845-1515. MARSHALL — A Harrison County grand jury refused Wednesday to press criminal charges against a Hallsville school official who chased and shot at a group of students, wounding one of them. The panel heard two days of testimony before declining to re turn any charges against Oliver Timberlake Sr., 54, vice princip al of Hallsville High School. Timberlake was accused of opening fire with a .22-caliber rifle on a truckload of people who had been throwing beer bottles at his rural home and shouting obscenities. Timberlake, who has been suspended with pay since his arrest, claimed he was unaware people were in the bed of the truck and that he was trying to shoot out the vehicle’s tires. Ten people, including six Hallsville students, were in the truck. Timberlake chased the vehicle, firing four or five shots, before the truck veered out of control and overturned on U.S. 80 near Longview. Steven Wright, 18, of Long view, was wounded in the arm. The other nine people in the truck suffered minor injuries when the vehicle overturned. Timberlake’s attorney, Bruce Abraham, said his client’s reac tion was triggered by a series of vandalism incidents at his home. “You can only take so much,” he said. “I really feel like this was an incident where Mr. Timber- lake acted out of frustration, out of the pressures of having the repeated vandalisms and burg laries numerous times. “No shots were fired after he realized there were people in the bed of the truck, and only after a good way did he realize they were kids.” Timberlake, who Abraham called a “dedicated educator,” has been with the Hallsville school system 27 years. “Mr. Timberlake wants to go back, wants to continue in the function that he was assigned,” the attorney said. “I believe the people of the Hallsville Inde pendent School District will wel come him back.” «■*»« FOR ALL TAMU ORGANIZATIONS: Student A Organi*ation Officer Workshop Thursday, April 5 1984 601 Rudder 7-10 p.m. Dr. John KoJdus , Guest Speaker Sessions: Presidents V.Presidents Secretaries PR/Publicity Treasurers Service Advisors Getting It AH Together For Your Student Organization Sponsored by Student Activities —- — — — — — - — - AGGIES AGAINST DRUNK DRIVERS: A mee :| will be held at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder Tower. Everyonei welcome! For more information, call Lee Ann Snodgujl at 696-9323. BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: A daily lunch and II* study will be conducted on MWF from 12-12:5{i p.m at; on TTH from 11:15-12:15 p.m. in front of the Acadetn; Building. BIOCHEMISTRY SOCIETY: A meeting will be MdJ p.m. in 113 HELP. Officer elections will be held andtieB will be a guest speaker from the U.T. Southwestenj Medical Scliool Biochemisty Department. For more.; formation, call Adam Quarles at 260-3383. CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: A Lentf.: Brown Bag Luncheon/Bible study will be held at noon si the student center. Bring your sack lunch and joinF:| Leon in an informal discussion of next Sunday’s readings J CHI ALPHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: APn | and teaching session will be conducted at 7 p.m. injiijj jlDMftSAJT you've (lOT - jjfc&RLlU. Crusac He Rudder Tower. Contact Paul Giles at 846-2777 for iaoit| information. CLASS OF ’85: Tickets are on sale in the MSC fortHj Junior Weekend activites. The Hawaiian Toga Party^ oe held March 30 and the Playday will be April 1. Cowan Anne Dixon at 260-0710 for more information. CO-OP STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Anne McDoni will be speaking on interview techniques and resumewni g united Press ing at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder Tower. For more inform JdaLLAS — tion, call Diedre Smith at 764-8896. |, ers w h 0 disc ECONOMICS SOCIETY: Larry Fiala, chief economspllt'd “missing for Tennaco, Inc., will be speaking on “CareersinEconopolesterol an< mics” at 7 p.m. in 105 Harrington. Call Jeff Clementsi ufged doctors 693-6297 lor more information. wgot dietary IM-REC SPORTS DEPARTMENT: A waUyball t®f ,sade a § ainst captains meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in 164 E. KyleicPy iIr '’ tam I more information, call 845-7826 or come by 159 E. , | us LUTHERAN COLLEGIANS: A Bible study will be co’| )0( |yj cnew c y 10 i, ducted at 7:30 p.m. in 226 of Sterling Evans Library.& f auor ” jy Philip Strucely at 845-3778 or 260-2175 for more info: * m |^r of the mation. Lung and Blo< MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: Aggiecon XV, the large; search team. “1 science-fiction and fantasy convention in the South'*, thing firm in will be held through Sunday in the MSC. For more info animal tests, mation, call 845-1515. ^ ow l ^ e ev ' MSC VARIETY SHOW: Tickets are on sale ai theMi f ; sin g link ha! Box Office for the variety show, April 13. Student licfc^* 11 s a,nc u ^ are S3 and non-student tickets are $3.50. BH Resu ls ° 1 METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT: A Bible study will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. in theWt>k American Cc Foundation (behind Pizza Hut). Bring lunch or $i { (l)l 0 gv. sandwiches. Call 846-4701 for more information. study t MOBILITY AWARENESS: This program will be k. than 3,800 m< through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the ARCM^Bes of 35 and Call Derby at 764-9066 for more information. cholesterol ievt STUDENT ORGANIZATION ALLOCATION but n0 clinic BUDGETS: Budget forms are available in 217 of fog MSC. The deadline for all budgets is tomorrow. TEXAS A&M EMERGENCY CARE TEAM: Anil portant banquet and symposium meeting will be heldaf; p.m. Call Ken Hutchenrider at 845-4321 for the location JJ “Where’s the beef? Lady from ad honor© United Press International WASHINGTON — The “Where’s the beef?” lady in the television ads, a 4-foot-10-inch grandmother named Clara Pel- ler, was honored Wednesday by American cattle producers who are grateful for the demand for beef her bellow has generated. Peller, a former manicurist who became a folk hero after a new commercial for the ham burgers of a national chain be gan running in January, was presented with a 25-pound hamburger topped by a dwarfed regular-sized bun. John Weber of Alturas, Calif., president of the National Cattlemen’s Association, proc laimed her a lifetime honorary member for “all she has done to make Americans aware of the value of beef.” She delighted cattle produc ers who were packed into the room by frequently yelling, - ke United Press ;l paso — jury found An of age di ailing to prom bert,62, a 35-ye ducers yelled back in un« aS ^ arded “Where’s the beef?" T ™ e They showered hei J a . 1 ’ gifts, including a brand^f^ with a CP brand, a cowbo'l ; Gilbert com an apron with thews “Beef(i.:G- o Strength,’’ and a pink hallT 11 ^ P rom< says “Beef Builds Be aull WantPf ] ) a k>OSlt l Bodies. See Below.” ' The cattlemen passedifl it . o W n as < solution commending tk rf, • , fiT-M. thsu caw calpc illllflL U1 n § lhe 6 Albert s attorni food firm that saw salesji percent in the first 1/ i<» 19 percent the setg | month the Clara Peller adi mb J y Gi , b , _ u attempi international A Cattlemen said ground beef total auuiuu»™ ^ pi p pounds a year, or about A, ■ “aso third of total beef sales, awli ^ ss cori ® 1 billion pounds of it are’ so testl fie the fast food market. PL least tybO.OOO in The cattlemen said not|$ Ve earnec l- d] “Where’s the beef?” The pro- of beef. about Democratic preside^ G.S. District contender Walter Mondalfwndspeth will r his contribution to the visiw^vo weeks to ft is allowed t for future salar pscrimation. 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