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TO CALL CHARLIE Formerly of Post Oak Mall NOW AT VERA’S HAIR DESIGNS Call 846-4150 For Appointment Page 8/The Battalion/Tuesday, May 6, 1986 If You Don't Want to Interrupt Your Studies... The Fajita Grille Delivers 764-0076 Lincoln Square and Creekwood Sign your lease by May 31, 1986 and you Will \\ be eligible to . win $500 worth/ of prizes! Contact Agent for details 693-2720 Fall Pre-Leasing Now It's Summer time at Arbor Square! New Summer Rates in Effect Now: 1-1 2-2 $190 $265 c.- LUXURY ATAjrTMCKTJ ARBOR SQUARE APARTMENTS 1700 SOUTHWEST PARKWAY 693-3701 JlRabrtgal 10 tuners New members’ meeting! ^ Tues., May 6 7:00 pm 704 Rudder The Advantage is yours with a Battalion Classified. Call 845-2611 Americans enjoy ’85 income gain of more than 5% WASHINGTON (AP) — Ameri cans’ personal income rose 5.3 per cent last year with residents in Ne braska and New England making the biggest gains while Western en ergy states suffered the slowest growth, the government said Mon day. The nationwide gain pushed the income level to $13,451 for every person in the country, but it was sub stantially below the 9.3 percent in crease in 1984. The slowdown was blamed on the general sluggishness in the economy last year. Still, the increase kept in come growth ahead of the inflation rate, which was 3.8 percent last year. The New England region out-per formed the rest of the country with a 6.6 percent jump in incomes, which pushed per capita earnings there to $15,387 — 14 percent above the na tional average. The healthy New England income growth was explained by the lowest unemployment rates in the country and booming business for the re gion’s high-technology and defense industries. Commerce Department analyst Rudolph DePass said, “Many New England companies are in the vang uard in the production of high-tech items and they tend to have labor shortages for high-skilled workers.” The biggest income growth for a single state was in Nebraska, but analysts attributed most of the 9 per cent increase to large government purchases of surplus farm commodi ties. Without the increase in farm in comes, Nebraska’s income growth would have been 5.6 percent. Nebraska was followed by the New England states of Vermont, up 7.1 percent; Massachusetts, up 7 percent, and New Hampshire, up 6.9 percent. Also in the top 10 were Virginia, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, Maryland and New York. The Rocky Mountain region had the slowest income growth of any area last year, up 4.1 percent, be cause slumping energy prices have forced many petroleum companies to cut back on drilling and explora tion. By state, Montana had the wea kest growth last year, 1.1 percent, followed by Alaska with a 1.2 per cent gain. What’s up Tuesday STUDENT BOOK EXCHANGE: will be through May 15.Go ^ by 221 Pavilion and register the books you want to sell from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A list of all books w ill be made avail- (V /] / ^- able free of charge. For more information call 845-3051. I y | TAMU CHAPTER OK NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN: will sponsor “The Ef fects of Pornography; -J An Educational Slide Show.” by Dr. Wendy Stock at/:30 CJJ f C p.m. in 701 Rudder. Admission is $ I. AGGIE G.OdP .: will have its final mee ting of the semester at7 A r m p.m. in 308 Rudder. TAU BETA PI: will sponsor an annual steak fry at 6:30 p.m. at Shiloh Hall. It’s free for all members. ^ TAMU BAHAT CLUB: will hold an informal discussion on “What is Baha’i?” at 7:30 p.m. in 140 MSC. MSC MADRIGAL DINNERS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 704A-B Rudder. New members welcome. CYCLING TEAM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder. sponsor an Wednesday UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM: will awards ceremony at 3:30 p.m. in 201 MSC. TAMU CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will present a die cussion on “What is Truth? Is Everything Being Taught Reailv True?” at 7:30 p.m. in 102 Blocker. GRADUATING SENIOR ASSOCIATION: will meet at 9 a.m. at the Texas Hall of Fame to discuss a river party in New Braunfels. AGGIE SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 504 Rudder. EUROPE CLUB: will meet at 9:30 p.m. at the Pizza Pub. Items for What’s Up should he submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three days prior to de sired publication date. JEW Leinieux of overt i th( Mont tot v' over and a cc their NH round p ofi series ■The na< liens seven V\ with a vi< iso n Squ night. ■t: he w ■ on to round at Campbel tween Ca ' Hie R Hnadiei riod, had tunities ti fbut they rohatic s; Southern Mexico hit by 2nd quake in 5 days GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — An earthquake capable of causing con siderable damage shook an area about 250 miles southwest of Mexico City late Sunday, the second temblor to hit the area in five days, U.S. offi cials said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. John Minsch, a geophysicist with the National Earthquake Informa tion Center, reported that part of the U.S. Geological Survey said the ■altendi ■Most o which Rc played in the oppo ■d only quake, which measured 5.4 on the Richter scale of ground movement, struck the south coast of Mexico at 11:47 p.m. MDT. The Red Cross in Mexico City said it immediately mobilized its security network but found no damage or in jury. Some people in the capital ran into the streets after the quake struck, but many people apparently didn’t feel it elsewhere. A quake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck the area on April 30, causing minor damage in the Mexico City area. In September 1985 a quake mea suring 8.5 on the Richter scale killed 8,000 people and caused extensive damage in the Mexico City area. The Richter scale is a measure of ground motion as recorded on seis mographs. Every increase of one number means a tenfold increase in magnitude. Thus a reading of 7.5 reflects an earthquake 10 times stronger than one of 6.5. P e 11 An earthquake of 3.5 on the K. I^hke ter scale can cause slight damage: P in 8 ^ oa the local area, 4 moderate damage , saot considerable damage, 6 severef 1 ’, age. A 7 reading is a "major”eani-EI',1 ec ^ quake, capable of widespread heav.Kl R ' damage; 8 is a “great” quake, cap * x j‘ I )l< "i 11 (*in(’ii(l< >11s <lainage. ^ 1 1 lie S.m I-1 anciM n earthquake 11 1906, which occurred before tkl. le u Richter scale was devised, has bee:w l<)ntiea estimated at 8.3 on the RichterscaleH ar , a 11 ( - e year s pi. Agencies concerned with Galveston Bay pollution threatf by J tion. Ne AUSTIN (AP) — Five state agencies Monday asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to delay development around Galveston Bay until a com plete study can be made on possible environmen tal damage such work might bring. Paul Hopkins, chairman of the Texas Water Commission, said, “Galveston Bay is one of the most incredible and irreplaceable natural re sources of our state. It has been abused in the past and has suffered as a result.” Richard Morrison, a member of the Parks and Wildlife Commission, said, “The state of Texas is entitled to a full disclosure of the effects these projects may have on Galveston Bay before, rather than after, the projects are finalized.” Also asking for the environmental impact study were the Texas Department of Agricul ture, General Land Office and the attorney gen eral’s office. The bay — which accommodates both com mercial fishing and tourism — supports $3 bil lion annual in business activity for the Houston- Galveston area, Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower said. According to the Department of Parks and Wildlife, several projects are being proposed for the bay area. In a letter to Col. Gordon Clarke, commander of the Corps’ Galveston district, Parks and Wild life chairman Edwin L. Cox Jr. raised concern Ian was about possible damage from several proposed holding reservoirs, enlargements of the Houston, Texai hander I City and Galveston ship channels, dredgingof biesbrou the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and other majoi development work that would disturb wetlands or the bay. Also signing vhav leUev were: YUvpkm Land Commissioner Garry Mauro. The thru cited four major areas of concern: habitat loss salinity increases, contamination from toxicsii stances in the sediments which would be stirred up by dredging, and disturbance to fishery re sources accompanied by a decline in recreation) use of the bay. \ Senate (continued from page 1) other without speaking to each other, and you don’t develop good relations with that kind of thing.” viduals. They don’t always think as a body, and their attitudes toward the senate can be different. goes into policy, he said, then it’s out of line. But both speakers agree that sen ate-board relations are on an up swing. Joe Reynolds, vice chairman of the board, said the senate’s purpose is extremely limited, and in his opin ion, they don’t even make recom mendations. “The trouble with the Faculty Senate is that they are trying to run other people’s business,” Reynolds said. Laane said in the last couple of years the Board of Regents has shown some interest in communicat ing with the faculty. “The Faculty Senate talks,” Rey nolds said, “and talk is usually cheap.” Although it makes decisions as a w hole, the board is made up of indi- Reynolds said if the senate’s pur pose is to be a debating society, then it has fulfilled its purpose. When it Reynolds said he hasn’t seen any thing worthwhile or constructive come out of the senate. He said he wonders why the real faculty leaders on campus don’t become senate members. quality and ability — you nevercat get them to do it. “I’m concerned that the outstanf ing professors do not seek to k members of the Faculty Senate, the leadership of the faculty tea interested in this thing?” On the other hand, Regent Wi liam McKenzie said the senate'sr«- ommendations are quite bealthyanc should definitely be consideredittt explored. “It’s like running for some public office,” he said. “The people with He said the senate should anil does understand its role in the Uni versity, and that its last three yean have been very informative. Summit (continued from page 1) icans who wanted to take economic sanctions,” he said. “The Europeans were more reticent.” The seven summit partners also issued a joint statement offering mild criticism of the Soviet Union for its delay in reporting informa tion on the recent Chernobyl nu clear accident. The statement urged tighter re porting procedures for nuclear emergencies and accidents and ex pressed sympathy for the Chernobyl victims while endorsing the contin ued use of nuclear power “properly managed.” The new plan, engineered by Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III, would seek to stabilize exchange rates of the major currencies — in cluding the U.S. dollar, theJapanW yen, the West German mark andikj British pound — through a systft of economic checks and balances. Although non-economic items have tended to capture most of the attention at this year’s economic summit, the leaders did launch the first major revision in world mone- try policy in 13 years. Rocket (continued from page 1) (launch managers) or anybody else sent a signal to those receivers.” The three-stage, 116-foot rocket, NASA’s most used and most depen dent vehicle, abruptly lost main-en gine power 71 seconds after launch from Cape Canaveral. It shuddered out of control so vio lently that its upper stage, con taining a S57.5 million weather satel lite, blew’ off. Launch officials ordered a range safety officer to send a ground signal that destroyed it 91 seconds into the flight. Russell said, “Everything was nor mal . . . just like clockwork, until all of a sudden it looks like bam! — somebody just commanded the en gines off.” The two officials generally agreed w ith earlier remarks made to report ers by John Yardley, president of McDonnell-Douglas Astronautics Inc., the manufacturer of the Delta rocket. Yardley, a former NASA associate administrator, said engineers for his company “think there was some sort of electric short on the engine,” which triggered the shutdown. Sen. Albert Gore Jr., D-Tenn., who serves on the Senate subcom mittee that oversees the National Aeronautics and Space Administra tion, called for a complete reassess ment of the space program’s policy, priorities and quality control proce dures. On “CBS Morning News” Gore said, “We need a little less public re lations. The public support is there. We’ve got to concentrate on reliabil ity.” Restaurant Report (continued from page 6) and the lack of paper towels at two handsinks and lack of soap at one handsink. Another two points were subtracted from the report because some empty cans needed to be removed from the rear of the building. Three one- point deductions were made be cause some walls and floors needed cleaning, a vent hood needed cleaning, there were some exposed pipes and conduits in the kitchen and a steam table needed cleaning. The report said a follow-up inspection will be con ducted in 14 days. David Jefferson, a registered sani tarian at the department, says restau rants with scoies of 95 or above gen erally have excellent operations and facilities. Jefferson says restaurants with scores in the 70s or low 80s usually have serious violations on the health report. Scores can be misleading, Jefferson says, because restaurants can achieve the same score by having several ma jor violations or an abundance of mi nor violations. He says the major vio lations might close an establishment down while some minor violationsati be corrected while the health inspec tor is still in the building during the inspection. Jefferson says the department might close a restaurant if the score it below 60, the personnel has infections diseases, the restaurant lacks d equate refrigeration, a sewage backup exists in the building, or the restau rant has a complete lack of sanitita- tion for the food equipment. Point deductions, or violations, on the report form range from a ont point (minor violation) to five points (major violation). The department in spects each restaurant about ever)'si* months. Sometimes a follow-up inspection must be made, usually within lOdap Jefferson says a restaurant might re quire a follow-up inspection if it haU four- or five-point violation that can not be corrected while the inspectoris still there or there are numerous small violations. Inspectors are registered sanitari ans at the department. if e-appr,