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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1986)
idence a® -r after e - killed in time in among ka days. ler barrirn Wednesday, January 15, 1986/The Battalion/Page 7 offers relocation Homeowners balk at plan Associated Press PHILLIPS — Homeov'ners in this Panhandle company town had e ^pited, anixed reactions to an offer by Phil- sking the jips Petroleum to help relocate 400 oi them who are being evicted be cause of environmental concerns. ■ In addition, the Phillips Home- ecide win .owners Association voted late Mon- ivedtocoa day 106-61 to send a five-person while J[ {ommittee to Houston to meet with ier inmata attorney Richard “Racehorse” s for lep| flaynes about options the homeown ers have to preserve their town. Talk of meeting with Haynes late last month split the town, with one group wanting to fight to stay and mother group willing to move, be lieving the Oklahoma-based com- cked. Win pany will treat them fairly, entered il According to a statement issued nen nearili from Phillips’ corporate headquar- cts ranljters in Bartlesville, Okla., details of the land development and moving assistance plan will be completed by Feb. 1. ;pei dot own to I ers pursuit isementan e separate m the resti pulled bad £,2 Health boom The company said the plan will cost approximately $3 million, the company said. The company wants to move the homeowners from their land, lo cated near Phillips Petroleum’s re finery and chemical operations. “I don’t like it,” said longtime resi dent Sam Jackson, referring to Phil lips’ plan. “I don’t think it’s going to be nearly enough.” But homeowner Kenneth Benton, who wants to meet with the com pany, said he thinks the relocation plan sounds good. “I think (Phillips) will be fair,” said Benton, who opposes legal action to preserve the town. “They’re going to help.” Phillips said it will develop land where the houses can be moved. The company also said it has purchased MM Cattle Co., which owns the land where the homes are located. In the statement, Phillips said the relocation was necessary for two rea sons — “so that the land will be read ily available when needed, and be cause of environmental concerns.” “The most immediate environ mental problem has to do with local sanitation,” the statement said. “The expense of replacing the sewage sys tem cannot be justified, considering that the land will eventually have to be cleared.” Phillips said the other environ mental concern is the nearness of the houses to the company’s plants. “Prudence dictates that we take all reasonable steps to minimize the po tential for damage near our facili ties,” Phillips said. The company said a formula is be ing developed to determine the monetary allocation to individual homeowners. “Phillips will donate the land and will pay a major part of the devel opment cost” of the new lots, the statement said. “Homeowners will own their lots and receive titles.” A MOTH t was stoli T in PAM, ;man took FM cassd tapes m byota pkl nue D. :HIEF: of a vda Street m ured the iree vehidi PA 9: “d fake tne :ookies lonte Cat Mexico-Guatemala changes tastes relations may improve lor fast food DUBLIN, Ohio — A recent survey indicates the health and fitness boom has changed con sumer tastes at fast food restau rants. 1 that he« gument a aan follow n East Mat hat while si dorm root C. Evans •aring a y the backi , “You cat The study for Wendy’s Inter national Inc. shows people in al most half of all U.S. households can be considered “nutrition con scious,” and are either restrictive dieters or involved in fitness regi mens. The study indicates this is a growing market segment. "People who fit the description of this nutrition ethic have three concerns in common,” according to William Welter of Wendy’s. “They are careful to eat a bal anced diet, and they count cal ories, eliminating foods that aren’t considered healthy. Fi nally, they want assurances their food is prepared fresh from fresh ngredients.” Associated Press MEXICO CITY — The inaugura tion Tuesday of Vinicio Cerezo as Guatemala’s first civilian president in 16 years should signal improved relations between Mexico and its southern neighbor, editorials here say. “Mexico will have, finally, a neigh bor on its south governed by norms of law and not by force of arms or by foreign imposition,” the newspaper Excelsior said. “It is in Mexico’s in terests that Guatemala raise its insti tutions.” The newspaper added that “the purposes of the new president of Guatemala are in agreement with the needs for progress and civiliza tion in Central America.” A commentary in the leftist news paper La Jornada said, “Whatever might happen, there is no doubt that Mexican interests are at stake in Guatemala. It can be argued for many reasons that the best card for Mexico is in a Guatemala that is ega litarian, independent and respectful of human rights.” Relations between Mexico and Guatemala, whose border is about 360 miles in mostly jungle terrain, have been cool in recent years. About 46,000 Guatemalans, mostly Indian peasants from their country’s northwestern highlands, are living in refugee camps in southern Mex ico. “This phenomenon concerns us because of the precarious material situation of the refugees, for the risks to their own security and be cause of the possibility of friction be tween Mexico and Guatemala,” Pres ident Miguel de la Madrid said last year. Guatemalan officials, in turn, have charged that the refugee camps offer safe harbors and recruitment centers for leftist guerrillas operat ing in their country. An estimated 60,000 Guatemalans cross the border each year to harvest coffee crops in southern Mexico. 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