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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1984)
I LAWRENCE J. M.D. Announces the opening of his office Jar the practice of PLASTIC St RF.CONSTIUCTIVE SLRGm SURGERY Of THE HAND 1121 Rrinrcvesi Suite KM Of rase Homr% %y Agpowurngnt 822-1333 1 : MORNING WORSHIP SERVICES 8:45 11:00 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Of College Station Sunday School — 9:45 a m. Evening Service—7:00 p.m. * 1 c wn ■-H • TAMU CAMRUB MME* ^ uxmoas 'T NIGHTLIFE LEASE A CRIPPLE CREEK Condomimim and be dose to shopping, clubs and restaurants and right on the shuttle bus route! Choose from 1 and 2 bedroom floorplans and enjoy a pool. hot tab*, tennis courts, toicrowave, ceiling fan, automatic icemaker, mirrored dining room wall, convenient laundry facilities and a new 24-Hour Emergency Maintenance System Viast us TODAY! COMDOMIHIVMR saHaOpmPUty Ma4a.IUSp.a1. Ip.a ausp.M Page 14&Thm Bttalion/Wednesday. August 22, 1964 [ New Arkla head ready for rising competition LITTLE ROC St.. Art — Remg bora imo a wrM to do «uuthwc« Ar- Lmmuu tamih twtped.bui Thomas F. McLartv III provwt aarh on that he had the touch nasdwt to tie a buu The near president of one of the mayor natural gaf ccunpanies m the Southwest. Mi I^aftv St 4# has atcou»- phshed alre#d> uhat mou bu*»ne»* aaen <mfo dream dmur But McLartv. railed "Mach by tnrads. Mrs hu new job at preudenr of Artda Inc at rase in whir h he wdl need aN hu manSgrwirnt and roar keung tkiBt to prutper an a buttnest that ts fast becoming mure com pet awe * Arkansas-Louuaana < «*» Co., the mam tubswhary of Arkla Inc., it po- utaming to take advantage of the changing naturai gat marketplace. Mi I .art v Ss v» I hr gas utihtv now trrvet abnut 7 A4»4X«» vustomer* in Arkansas. Loumana. Texas. Okla homa and kansat and seeks to ex pand ns Market , “I come from a itxnp—ith r busi ness.'' he said in a recent interview. "The coin petition here m every bit as intense as the iransportation busi ness I come irom " Has his new job been a success!' "Only time and results will tdi,” McLarty said **1 am enjoying K That’s a good indicator ** McLaetv’s personal success began early. Just out of loHege. he assumed control af his (amdy - transportation business car sales and truck leasing, and bud a personal i irtune by age S2. After the sale of hi* truck leasing company, he led a consortium that rescued one of Arkansas largest em- *rs, the bankrupt Ward Bus Co. and tutned it into a suc cessful business ' McLarty also developed political connections early Me was treasurer 'The competition here is every bit at intense mm the transportation business i come from. — Mcl^artv David Pryor’s 197 A 1 gubernatorial of hu grade-s McLarty plovers, 1 in Conwi for now Sen. ful 1974 _ __ treasurer for tl successful uaign of os friends. Gov. From 1974-7$. Mc Larty served as chairman of the state T>rmot ratM Party and wa§ a memberMf the Dera ocrauc Ni At j the yosM the Ai I9BS. he Sheffield cessor and tras Arkansas-Lr Umana that year H fi. In May or this yean Ml Jarty con tinued hu i scent in ArK I with hu election as f resident gnd ssef oper atmg of ficer of thd t uipof taon Nel son remamt as cha<rm n of the board and chief eWcijfise (fRoer. Despite hu high vhibir ty tn state politics and civx affairs McLarty savs one of the toughesd decisions about accepting the Arkfk positHtn was having to deal with thfl public at tention that goes along wtfk the job. Unlike Nelson who jotaed Arkla in 1963 and worked th ough the ranks to its presidency. MfLarty was a new comei whose career in the company began near the tap. Tne current year has > not been one of Arkla's better ones.lLuuei in dustrial use of natural gas be* ause of conservation and plant c lbsmgs was the primary reason for Ibwei'-than- usual company earnings j Arkla. though, i the changing natural (dace A key step came earlier this year when the company sold for a **r»b4r prof** fwo of ns manufactur ing subsidiaries — Arkla Industries, which manufactured gas gnfb and Lijuipmem. wbuh manufattured oil field enutpmrot Profits from the sales wdf be rotted into Arkia t aggressive natural gas acquuMiun. drtling and devei opment programs, ghnng the com pany more reserves and the abdtty to meet current and future demand McLarty compares deregulation of the natural gas industry to dereg ulation of the hanking and transpo- r at ton industries, which have re suhed m numerous acquisicions and takovers. “Five or stx years from now you’re going to see less natural gas < «>mps lues than now.** hr said "There's gtung to be some winners and some In an attempt to keep Arkla on the winners' suie. McLarty said, the company u spending more of us time tn the energy business instead of on manufacturing subsidiaries. We have to have some ability to expand our market.'* he said. “1 don't beheve the national market will expand much. We have to get a larger market share, and I think we have the abdttv to do tfu.t " Making Arkla » stronger natural gas company has its hazards, though, by making the company an attractive target for a takeover. McLarty said the prospect of a takeover would require some good business judgment, weighing the benefits to stockholders and < ustotn ers against the posMbthty of losing Arkla s iwdepe—uaueg. FFA expands with the times Us The Future CHAMPAIGN, tt. tmersra young mm to follow in their father's footsteps on the faMtiv farm, but to day young women and rkv youths take part in ihe aeteran organiza tions activities ; The ifi-year oRl FFA prepares young women for careers m agribu- utiess )«*an Huber, wIm> just com pleted her year s term as state re porter. one of tour Mate offices, said the competition is healthy and bene fits both sexes “We've made the g»V" work harder." she said We’ve proved women can succeed in agrtc ulqgrc Huber, whose family farms a M)G- acre gr am and livestot k farm in Montgomery CaKihty, III., said she plans a career in pubht relations for some large agribusiness But Kent Burrow, who jum tin wheel his term as Mate FFA president, said he wants to return to his family farm near Alta moot as a dairy fanner Burrow, who first wiM attend the University of Itimois, said FFA has improved both hu speaking and leadership sk ills The organization also brings to gether chapters from throughout the state, allowing members to meet. share ideas and return to their com munities with new enthusiasm. Bur row said. T here are no girls among the 74 members of the Teutopcms FFA chapter this year, but adviser John Abell said there have been in the past Abell, who has been working with the FFA lor 17 years, said the organization continues to expand its activities. "First k was just for farm kids. But we have something for everyone if they want it.” he said I Tie expansion is important since the chances of getting into (armmg are me reasmgfv slim for vomeone who doesn't come from a farm. “It’s extremely difficult for a young person to get enough collateral to get into farming." Witt said "He’s not going to make u if he can’t get the capital t< ►gether " Fortunately, the United States Mill revolves around the family farm. I hope that it will always stay that way 1 hope they will always be able to fot- low then dad and be a farmer " Activist group for elderly: Reagan no Gray Panther DALLAS —- By age alone Presi dent Reagan would fit into her con stituency. but Gray Panthers founder Maggie Kuhn says there would hr no plate for the 73-year- old chief executive in tier group “People sav. TsrtT he one of you. beta isr he’s so <4d."” the frail, 79- year-old said shorrfy after a protest ratty that coincided with the opening of the Republican National Conven tion earlier this week "I sav, no way because he's rich and old and ( tie neb never grow old “There's a great gulf of hate, greed and Jjower that separates him from me ' Kuhn, who runs Her a* tiviM orga nization for the elderly out of Phila- I, delphia. Was in her third day Mon day of protesting against the Reagan administration amid temperatures well-ibove IOO degrees T hough one of the oldest protes tors gathered lor the convention, she also is one of the hardiest “I'm a suivivor," she said. “I jum turn mv thermostat back You know, you learn to survive heat and Rea gan " Kuhn has been representing the cause of the elderly in Dallas, lobby mg for an end to the arms race, jobs and socialized medicine. “We’re for socialized medicine, because if it's good enough for Ron nie and all the armed forces, why not for all of us," she said “And we re here to help bring the okf and young mgether.” Speaking to a pruteM rally under a searing August sun. Kuhn told the demonstrators ~~ most young enough to be her grandchildren — that b2 tents of each tax dollar is going to fund the arms race, instead of into social security. Medicare and tuber prtigrams that could aid the el derly . But she said she held little hope of directly influent mg the GOP before convention ends I hursdav “I don't think hell hear us.” Kuhn said “Ntu even Nancy can keep hint awake. “He takes a nap every day from 1 | 3 and 1 say we’ve gut to wake hwn up and get him out " i<» "PEOPLE HOURS" Our lobby Is open late and it’s open Saturdays! a South wood vanpv NEWPORT utters apart meet condominiums for lease this fall Two and Hr 402 24-Hour Teller TAMU CAMPUS Member fdic