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First Presbyterian Churcf 1100 Carter Creek Parkway, Bryan 823-8073 Dr. Robert Leslie, Pastor Rev. John McGarey, Associate Pastor SUNDAY: Worship at 8:30AM & 11:00AM Church School at 9:30AM College Class at 9:30AM I Bus fromTAMU Krueger/Dunn 9:10AM Northgate 9:15AMl Jr. and Sr. High Youth Meeting at 5:00 p.m. Nursery: All Events Page 6/The Battalion/Thursday, July 24, 1986 Judge's nomination confirmed GALLERY 1SSAN 10% Student Discount Discount is on ail parts & labor on Nissan Products only. We will also offer 10% dis count on labor only on all non-Nissan products. Student I.D. must be presented at time workorder is written up. We now have rental units available for service customers 1214 Tx. Ave. 775-1500 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted 50-49 Wednesday to reaffirm Daniel Manion’s confirma tion as a federal appellate judge, clearing the way for President Rea gan’s nominee to take a seat on the bench. Vice President George Bush, in the chair as president of the Senate, cast a tie-breaking vote. Opponents of Manion, who was confirmed by a 48-46 vote June 26, argued that the South Bend, Ind., lawyer was professionally unquali fied to sit on the Ghicago-based 7th U.S. Gircuit Court of Appeals. But Republicans argued Manion was being unfairly attacked for his conservative ideology. Attorney General Edwin Meese III said: “The Senate deserves credit for resisting extremist attempts to politicize the judicial confirmation process. I have particular admira tion for Mr. Manion, who coura geously withstood vicious and un founded ideological assaults against his professional reputation.” Inflation rate up still lowest since in June 1955 WASHINGTON (AP) — Con sumer prices took their biggest leap of the year in June, but the 0.5 per cent surge did little to offset the low est half-year inflation rate in 31 years, the government said Wednes day. The June increase in the Labor Department’s Consumer Price In dex followed a 0.2 percent rise in May. It was the largest monthly rise since a 0.6 percent increase last No vember. Higher energy, housing and food costs accounted for most of the June gain — which would be equivalent to a 5.7 percent annual inflation rate if maintained for 12 consecutive months. “Inflation’s coming back, but not quite as bad as the June figures ap pear,” said Sandra Shaber, a senior economist with Chase Econometrics. Largely due to oil-related de creases in February, March and April, prices at the retail level have declined at an annual seasonally ad justed rate of 0.2 percent for the first half of 1986 — the lowest six- month rate of inflation since a 0.4 percent fall from January-June 1955. Analysts generally predicted that inflation soon would return to the 3.5- to-4 percent range that existed before the collapse of world oil prices, suggesting an average for the year of close to 2 percent. Inflation has to be at least 3 per cent to trigger cost-of-living in creases next year for the nation’s 37 million Social Security recipients. However, congressional leaders and Reagan administration officials re cently have said they support waiv ing that law if necessary to allow for a cost-of-living boost of about2f| cent next January. While merchandise and sen| cost more in June, Americans'; sonal income also rose, but by ad 0.1 percent, according to ase report by the Commerce mem. That report also said constii spending in the same periodroi a more robust 0.6 percent. To help make up the differe between income and spending creases, Americans digged deta into theii savings and personals ings det lined f rom a total of$li| billion in May to $133.2 J une. Gasoline prices, after sharply earlier in the year, rose! percent in June on the heelsofa! percent increase in May. Georgia may cut off business water supply Tennis Court, Pool, Laundry Facilities Large 1, 2, & 3. Bedroom Units 2 Blocks from Campus Rent from $ 250 for Fall Flat, Studio, & Loft Floor Plans ATLANTA (AP) — If Georgia’s water supplies continue to dry up under a broiling heat wave and lengthy drought, state officials may cut off the tap to businesses and some cities may be forced to take farmers to court to ensure adequate drinking water supplies. The state may require “curtail ment or closing” of certain commer cial operations later this year, state Natural Resources Commissioner Leonard Ledbetter said Wednesday. Under water conservation guidelines already on the books, the first to go would be such businesses as car washes and laundromats. Georgia’s water priority laws have been invoked in recent weeks to or der 103 municipalities to issue out door water use restrictions or bans. Georgia has never before needed to impose a more stringent rationing system. “But I’ve never seen record lows (of stream levels) like this,” Led better said. If an emergency develops, Led better said hospitals and nursing homes will be given priority for wa ter. Residential water supplies for drinking, cooking and basic sanita tion are second on the list, followed by farmers who grow perishable goods such as poultry, fruits and vegetables. “Everything else can be cut off,” Ledbetter said. That system may be too rigid, said Paul DeLoach, a spokesman for the Miller Brewing Go.’s brewery in the southwest Georgia city of Albany. “I certainly think business has to be included,” he said. “No one would say hospitals shouldn’t have priority, but when you start talking about agriculture and other busi nesses, you have to be a little more flexible about the economic impact those decisions might have on a com munity.” Gutting back production or clos ing the brewery, which employs 950 people and an additional 200 at a can-making facility 20 miles away, would have severe economic reper cussions, DeLoach said. To make 7 million bat t els of beer annually, the brewery uses between 3 million and 3.5 million gallons of water a day, drawn from both city supplies and on-site wells. Although that is 8 percent of the city water supply, DeLoach said the brewery has not been asked to cut back and does not anticipate such a request. In contrast, DeLoach said farmers in the largely agricultural area have the capacity to withdraw 12.5 million gallons per hour from city supplies for irrigation. The 150 granite-related indus tries in northeast Georgia also are not anticipating a request to cut back water use, said William Kelly, exec utive vice president of the Elberton Granite Association. “Everybody needs to make a liv ing,” Kelly said, “although if agricul ture depends on live animals, their needs would be more important.” Lack of equality for deaf criticized SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — America’s 16 million deaf people can go to college, learn to dance and serve as role models for their children — but they still lack needed services and equality on the job, advocates said Wednes day at a national meeting. “We want to get rid of the idea that deaf people can’t teach and be role models for deaf children,” said Robert Sanderson, ihairmai of the convention and associattS professor at the University of Utah’s department of utmmti- nication. The most recent victory fortht | hearing impaired is the DeafEd ucation Act of 1985, which ra passed in the House and the Sec- I ate this week and is awaiting Prel ate tins week and is awaitingPret | idem Reagan’s signature. Morocco-lsrael talks end unsuccessful RABAT, Morocco (AP) — King Hassan II said Wednesday his two days of talks with Shimon Peres did not persuade the Israeli prime minister to recognize the PLO or to withdraw from occu pied Arab territories. In a 45-minute television speech, Hassan appeared to ac knowledge that the historic meet ing brought no direct progress to ward breaking the Middle East deadlock. He said President Reagan tried | to persuade him to hold me inert ing in the United States, buthel turned down the suggestion to avoid accusations that he acted] under American influence. A joint communique on the meeting was expected to be is-; sued by the two governments on this morning. Sfock market struggles to extend rally NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market struggled to a small gain Wednesday, extending the rally of the previous session. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, up 16.02 points on Tuesday, rose another 3.24 to 1,798.37. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange came to 133.27 million shares, down from 138.47 million Tuesday. Analysts said traders remained; cautious about the economic out-! look. The government reported Wednesday morning that new or ders for durable goods rose 2.1 percent last month. 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