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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1984)
itim if alffomla ter project a benefit to all? . - - » ~ ~ ' ^ ■ I -IW. i WASH!! fof nui* tOD 4M dT^1.< I ©4F tfcc WCStHTB "These guys do one dim# and they do if nr// /arm the government. The government doe* thing but give them the land." They every- In addition the m U at emurmg growth of fandv The W« breed of of the ao- ^ hoot bv nrxang I cicHit the S7S,00<Voctt W« icood tSOOi Their die t « ‘wvonH any The Son Lu« proaoct. port of the ureau of herlooiation» cofoaaal emral Vahry Project, hae earned ilhont of gadons of water to than nd in ran ah from Northern Cab- *nm reaervoir* since 19&9. The land told for at hide at 9100 I acre in the 19Mb before the wa*r rived Now appraaaalt place at va- * at 99.000 to (MM»an acre Unde Sam could be cornered m«< > ng another 91 bdhoa to 94 bd to drain or treat the (oaac farm iow bring irmpm^rii. ponded « the Keatrraon Nodptwl Wildlife Refuge where ducks have mutated and fish have dsrd In authorizing the 94M3 ruIImmi water project m I960. C^ongress held fanners to a 1907 law limiting them to discounted federal water for 10 years, after which the* would msabfi for a water price break for 1410 acres per faaatv member and would be re turned to srH the re* The ICO-arre limit and the bargain prices were ~ l neve guv* (to one thing and they do a web The* farm the guv* entment Fhe government dues ev erything but give them the land “ The WestLands farmers get gov ernment water at a tractso* of the real c uat because they are charged ao interest, with a SR-fOgr repay ment schedule based cm their ahiiuv «upav. w The (General Acrmantmg Office found m I9hl that less than IO per cent of the coat has been repaid An other congressional studs said water subsidies wtii total $7t*i mifbon for die West lands project, amounting to for Itho bmaav. T odav. the bsyrgest gr owe r s aver age more than TojORw acres The* have circumvented the acreage hin> latmn and cashed m. WtogtnsSe ob servers sav. with sheer pohttcal mus <4r that at times has awed and * . . . . 91.340 per acre, mt hiding 9010 . P ”^ " ,r ltU “ th, «fa-I.U; ..ml »™V, fm thev were able to muster was greater than anything I ever saw from the <wf lobfiv ' re*alt* (krv Martin, an assi* tant set retars of Interior in the C-ar ter adwnnistraiM mi . Anothei observer. derrvmg mas uve federal suhudie* to a *eiett few said. -It’s different than food stamps These guv* take it in the torm of water and convert it to money There * a mufti-lavenng of substdir* to insulate these individu al* from nsk In I9H3. Wewkaiid* farmers also racewrd 977 msMion an free cotton and wheat from the federal govern ment in return for idkng 35.(100 acres as pan of the Agncubure De- panmem * Pavntem In-kind — PIk — program. Ahhough federal law prohibit* recipients of watei from Mrsilaodv gr*»wer* on loophoirv government growing vurpfu* crops, grower* nave capMahaed Rocket's songs have political message ‘Little Steven’ fights anti-Americanism NEW YORK — He does The e*-member of Rrttce Tt t Street Bond tefo for- kcs they should not hate America for ka government s mis takes. while the songs on has current tour at home strew the need for po» “Voter of ARtertcs." the wcortd al bum by LMfc Seen — Rwaeriv known as “wbuni” Sieve Vati Zandi — » a ham •« i c guitar-laden pfoatna ntHflosi id tee* tap to the m MHket it barters odprteas What a fente an itetl i a makes der A'g'rfiOna » ’ r k r 1 Am a Pet Not." in amhem to fire doib. The afoum. which hat No. tt on “Voder of America, 9 * the second album by Little Steven — formerly known as “Miami' Steve Van Zandt — is a hard-rock* mg. guitar-laden plea to a nation to wake up to the injustices it harbors over- (he rock charts by mid-July, reflects the pohttcal awakening that Steven underwent In Europe after record ing has fir* solo album 1987 s “Men Without Women “ • Sitting in a coffee shop across from ha midtown Manhattan apart ment. Steven amd it was oversens where “ I was sbie to see very dearly for the fir* time America. reaRv fiotn a distance, m perspective, as a fhembu of the world communttv." "At the tame time, you pet hat with ail this anti-American sentiment and vou rr feeling very American That kind of combination sparked off a rwaml ■ ra* wsi n n miBaa mm dmw ■ W-as! IIVER. IIRR dn m s* i ma Imv 48* American forefgn pohrv, which I think it the bnsir reason for aM the anti-American sentiment ~ Among hn manv messages is that the nation needs to * start seeing the Bill of Rights before we see red AM we end up doing n making enemies of aU our neighbors and we’re push me them into the Soviet sphere of influence “ If seeing the world sparked bis political consciousness, making and writing tongs for hn fir* solo album after being lead guitarist for Bruce Springsteen for a decade sparked Steven’s consciousness of himself “It was ju« answering aM the quev uom you never get to ask yourself, such as. Who are you? What do you believc in? What do vou want to my?“ He quae Id y found hn niche as a strongly political rocker Saving goodbye to Spring*cen a dose NOW HIRING Good benefits. Good pay! Free uniforms and food! Flexible hours. Apply now! WORK FOR NUMBER ONE! Sm a Hwgar Mr m application 2420 TEXAS AVE.. COLLEGE STATION ^3 Your FREE trip to Padre Island is less than 30 days spray! home of world-famous sulbod aid register to win a free Sun. Mt. wnrt «td fun la lew than » days away! W mnaportaUon. lodging and $100 in spendbig money for fbr two on Pbdre Island Use day of this month ho purchase necessary Entrants to «rtn. r as . s ■ ftwli* bland . Vacation ror Two ^ferojRM*'"’ rtr> ~ Steven wanted to make sure he fmind his own au dience rather than ex ploiting Springsteens or being identified as a Springsteen clone. friend since both were teenage musi cians in New Jersey. was diHk iiii more on a personal than profev- uonal level Steven said it was obvious to both men after he began his solo career that he would leave the f. Street Band, regarded as one of the tight est acts m rock. “When he (Springsteen) heard the new record. particuiaHv. tt was like. ‘You're gone Don't even think about N. Thu record is too important lor vou to be hanging around in mv hand.' And x feh verv natural. “There were a few moments of re gret on the prrsossai level of just missing vour friend There was cer tain!* a moment or two of sadness, knowing, wed. vou rr not going to see ca*n other anymore. C’nfort'j- natefv. that’s how our business works You don't see people you don't work with” Steven wanted to make sure he found his own audience rather than exploit mg Springsteen * or being identified as a Springsteen clone, a rm that — unfairly — has af- Here ts the picture of the power of a few factory farmers painted by a tour-month United Press laterna- ttonal investigation Into evidence the federal water projects have potsooed tens of thousand* of acres with coxir farm wastewater • Federal Kir* t k mi ( ommmmn re*urd* show the totpontte farmer*, iwcludmg firm* such as the I.G Bos- weR Co. of Lot \ngrle* and the Sa lver Ammcan Co. of Corcoran. (-ahf futmef hundreds of thou sands of doNar* in campaign comri- botmti* to political allies • In I9H2. Boswell and Salyer spent 97 million on an advertising campaign that helped defeat a state proposal Fur a “peripheral ranaT to car.-y water around the Delta Co Southern Cshforma Dwniri Beard, furmet deRtttv as sistant secretary of Ik tenor, says such water projec t* became “a politi cal symbol ' of western power. Sisk, Me Faff and Johnson had paid little heed to environmental aims Bv 19*»2. after the buRdozrrs started moving, governmesst scaen- nsts were warning any drain could * ontamtnate the IcmmI choin- j Teenagers help fire fighters Us pro! lie i fUrted ted- Southside Johnny, anothei friend from New Jersey. . He dropped the “MiauiT ni^i- name he had adopted in the E Street Band, scrapped his full name and hung up the familial beret and long cuat. Instead, he donned bandana and post punk clothing to become Little Steven, “It’s realty the same guv," Steven said. “It's just that Miami retired, that's aM." 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