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FOOTBALL WEEKENDS ROOMS AVAILABLE CALL US 693-6810 Weekends of: Sept. 21 Sept. 29 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 23 Single Double King Size $30 Cash Deposit Per Room A A iPONDEROSAj 3702 S. Texas Ave. (At the bypass) ...U. Page 14/The Battalion/Wednesday, September 19, 1984 Officials claim goal is keeping fair open, despite overdue bills United Press International NEW ORLEANS — World’s Fair officials admitted Tuesday they had defaulted on a $450,000 monthly in terest payment for a group of bank loans, but insisted the failure to meet overdue bills would not affect Expo operations. “The issue of dealing with the de fault ... we did not make that interest payment, and they have a number of options,” George Williams, fair mar keting vice president, said. The default action could force 138 fair guarantors to come up with $40 million promised to cover loans. “The banks are holding legal pa pers from the guarantors and they can exercise the option of calling those in without informing LWE (Louisiana World Exposition),” he said. Williams said Edward’s statement Monday that “drastic action” might be forthcoming did not necessarily mean the fair would be closed. “Cutting the spending budget in half like he did would be drastic ac tion,” Williams said. “The goal is to ensure the fair would continue through Nov. 11.” U.S. Rep. Bob Livingston said Tuesday no chance existed of fed eral funds to bolster the sagging fair. “When they went into it, die (U.S.) government said ‘Don’t come back to us and ask for any money, this is it,’ ” he said. “The reputation of the city an the state are at stake. There areroj. cessionaries who are only now begin, ning to make any money. There an vet about 2 million people whowi come to this fair between nowanj Nov. 1 1.” “T hey should not be denied tlij opportunity.” “There really is not any significant reason to close,” Williams said. “The state and the city have a great deal at stake. There still is $35 million to be recouped from this fair. Eloyd Lewis, chairman of Lou siana World Exposition Inc., whkt t uns the fair, blamed the missti payment on a “cash crunch" causti by record low attendance. cf3 Dallas dumping toxic soil in Wilmer United Press International WILMER angry The band gets its news from the Batt. Unless city officials and angry residents obtain a re straining order, tons of lead-contam inated soil will be dumped Thursday in this town south of Dallas. Jim Ewell of the Dallas County sheriff’s office and Wilmer Police Chief Preston Parks confirmed Tuesday the dumping that had been set to resume Tuesday will instead take place Thursday. An October 1983 order by state District Judge Nathan Hecht autho rizing the dumping of tons of soil contaminated by a now-inoperative Dallas lead smelter has produced an outcry from residents in the commu nity of 4,000. When dumping began last week, Wilmer officials immediately pro tested. Eight residents, including two Wilmer city council members and a Baptist minister, were arrested for staging a sit-in protest at the dumpsite. Vol 80 Mayor Pro Tem Ralph Shotswell iscla Tuesday said city officials and resi dents would seek a restraining order against Dallas and launch a publicity campaign that features bumpti stickers reading “Dallas StopDuinji I ing on Wilmer.” Dali as officials said they are onl] following Hecht’s orders, and ihj the contaminated soil does notprt sent a health hazard at the Wilnw dump. Wilmer residents have quei tinned why, if that is the case, the sol is not being deposited at a Dallas dump. — U.I Unit NOME, officers r seamen fn choppy Bt the Ameri Soviets fot The rei U.S. custc smoothly; Departme The ct voused as ning with I dio report which was partment. At the ; Pol FBI By His didn’t Chief I returnt classes in Quai from it in,” Sch "The Acaden man’ b me, the He g Acaden enforce the wt training p ized law e 14 hours o a strenuoi gram. “They 1 called the said. “It’s jumps, waf Schneidi training he criminal ir is the most sity Police 1 “I’d like ice training add some r inyestigatic Schneidi officers an to “profile suspect’s b; why a crim This is said, but stressed as