Wednesday, October 31, 1984/The Battalion/Page 5 20, and h of ozstHi Deen ployeeofn in stablti and was i(| jeahHosm r, whowoiii treated an! Media may lose space in capital lepanmeDtii S p.in. wkt j he awedj i Tuesdatj United Press International AUSTIN — A policy change be ing considered by the Texas House will oust members of the news media from their Capitol accommodations for the first time in nearly a century, a House spokesman said Tuesday. I Members of the Capitol press corps were warned by Dick Merkel, press secretary to House Speaker Gib Lewis, that it is likely the House will not renew leases for newspaper, radio and television offices in the two-story press room when the leases expire at the end of 1985. Merkel says the office space, lo cated just outside the House on the second floor of the Capitol, is needed for offices for House mem bers. Reporters have had permanent office space in the State Capitol since the structure was built in 1888. 9TE v s s 's J rr IT < J lit* Traditions Council is sponsoring a HOWDY T-SHIRT SALE 06.00 for long sleeve shirt On sale in the MSC all week STUDENT s GOVERNMENT 8 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY S 8 8 8 Pizza-n-Subs Grand Opening! Delicious Italian Foods & Pizza >34 150 ft. from the Cow Hop’s back door next to Kinko’s 846-TAMU 317 Patrica, College Station FREE LARGE DRINK your advertising! dollars do better in the classifieds Halbouty donates large endowment to geology University News Service Michel T. Halbouty is now the do nor of the largest individually en dowed academic chair at Texas A&M, with the announcement that he has increased his endowment in geology to $ 1.1 million. The Michel T. Halbouty Chair, originally endowed in 1981 with $500,000 from the the internation ally prominent Houston earth scien tist and engineer, is held by Dr. Rob ert R. Berg, widely acclaimed geologist and former president of the American Institute of Profes sional Geologists. The announce ment of Halbouty’s new gift came during the dedication of a $7.1 mil lion expansion of the Michel T. Hal bouty Geosciences Building. “The increase in the chair to $1.1 million identified it as one of the most outstanding chairs in geology in the United States,” Halbouty said. “And it will afford Texas A&M the opportunity for expanded geologi cal research. It will also assist the College of Geosciences to maintain its standard of excellence.” Halbouty is a 1930 graduate of A&M and has been designated one of the University’s distinguished alumni. At the beginning of the ceremony, telegrams of congratulations were read from President Ronald Reagan, Vice President George Bush and the Secretary of Energy. Speaking to more than 100 per sons gathered inside the Halbouty complex, Jack M. Rains, president of 3/D International and a 1960 A&M graduate, said he first heard of Hal bouty in the 1950s when he arrived at A&M. Rains told a story of Halbouty’s first days at A&M as a freshman when he was $50 short of funds to register. “He kept hearing everybody say ‘Prexy Walton did this and Prexy Walton does that,’ so Halbouty de cided to find this person to see if he could help. Not knowing that ‘Prexy’ was a nickname for president, Hal bouty went to Prexy Walton’s secre tary and told her his story. “President Walton heard Hal bouty outside his door and came out to meet the young man and ended up lending Halbouty the $50 out of his pocket. Halbouty earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering at A&M before earning a doctorate of engineering from Montana Col lege of Mineral Science and Tech nology. A staunch supporter of his alma mater since graduation, Halbouty’s generosity includes the giving of two scholarships in geology and petro leum engineering each year for more than 35 years and funding of a President’s Endowed Scholarship. Halbouty has received numerous honors including the Hoover Medal for engineering excellence and pub lic service from the American Asso ciation of Engineering Societies, the Geosciences and Earth Resources Medal for Distinguished Achieve ment and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ President’s Award for his special publication, “Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the De cade 1968-1978.” He has presented his personal pa pers, reflecting his illustrious career and involvement in worldwide en ergy matters, to A&M’s Sterling C. Evans Library. “Mike’s love for Texas A&M be gan as a student on campus and has grown every year since,” said Dr. Robert Walker, vice president for development. “He is very generous with his time and his resources and his interest in anything for the good of Texas A&M.” Dean Mel Friedman said with the new 40,000-square-foot Halbouty addition and the renovation of the older wing, the College of Geosci ences at A&M will have facilities for teaching and research that are sec ond to none in the nation. Agriculture undersecretary: Deficit underlying problem By JAMES WALKER Staff Writer Tuesday night Republican Joe Barton, candidate for the 6th Dis trict Congressional seat made a stop in College Station with Undersecre tary of Agriculture Frank W. Naylor as his guest. Naylor is the number three man at the United States Department of Agriculture and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the de partment. Naylor recently has been holding sessions around the county along with Secretary of Agriculture John Block. High interest rates, lack of com petitiveness in the market place, and the need to update farm legislation are major issues concerning farmers today, he said. “The underlying problem is deal ing with a deficit which is out of con trol,” Naylor said. He placed blame for high interest rates on the Carter Administration and Congress saying “Tip (O’Neill) has not faced the problems of fiscal responsibility.” He said until Congress passes some kind of law that will cut federal spending, the national debt will con tinue to climb. “That’s why we need people like Joe Barton,” Naylor said. Calling Mondale a major factor in the Carter grain embargo, Naylor criticized vice-presidental candidate Geraldine Ferraro for having a zero voting record on agricultural issues. Naylor said Reagan has been “ef ficient and aggressive” in pursuing agricultural problems. He cited the president’s grain sale to the Rus sians, the payment-in-kind program, and the new debt restructuring pro gram as examples of Reagan’s com mitment to agriculture. Naylor considers the debt-restruc turing program to be the “most com plex and comprehensive in agricul tural history.” He said 5,000 workers recently have completed training in Wash ington and soon will be stationed in 2,300 field offices around the coun try. They will assist farmers in plan ning their finances for the spring lending season. If elected, Barton said he will en courage state politicians to handle Texas agricultural affairs in Austin rather than in Washington. Barton also condemned his oppo nent, Dan Kubiak, for supporting a gasohol program saying it would help Midwest farmers more than those in Texas. He added that cur rently there is no such plant in oper ation in the United States. g G 15% DISCOUNT with current A&M I.D. 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