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VO. *mH>- AMERICAN MasterCard • VISA ■Money Orders Made in Texas by Texans. More than 1,000 rigs have been idle since December, when oil prices began to decline, dropping as low as $9 a barrel. The rig count has dropped steadily from 1,995 since Dec. 23, officials said. In December 1981, 4,500 rigs were active. FILLING OUT FORMS FOLK A 5TU0ENT LOAN l you just CAW'T W/W/ last year I HAD TO WORK SO r COULD GOTO SCHOOL THIS YEAR! SINCE YOU MADE TOO MUCH MONEY LAST YEAR, YOU WON'T QUALIFY FOR A STUDENT LOAN. BUT YOU'RE OUT OF HONEY! £ 1 WONDER HOW THEY DECIDE WHO CAN GET A LOAN l HCY/ Wf POf/Tltf Money toJi/yrw old Fool! oHLfWi WHO QUUlff 1 & 1 Reagan administration lowers ’87 economic growth projectioi WASHINGTON (AP) — The Reagan administration on Monday predicted that the U.S. economy will expand by a modest 3.2 percent next year, up from this year’s sluggish growth but a full percentage point below its earlier projection. Beryl Sprinkel, chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Ad visers, said the collapse in oil prices in early 1986 and anticipated effects of tax revision were factors in the lowered projection. At the same time, a group of busi ness economists projected growth for next year at an even lower 2.8 percent and some said that a new re cession may be looming in 1988. So far this year, the GNP has risen at an annual rate of about 2.4 percent. The new administration forecast projected civilian unemployment, running at 7 percent this year, to de cline to 6.9 percent in 1987. It said inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, would rise to the level of 3.8 percent next year — up from 0.7 percent inflation posted this year because of the drop in oil prices. Sprinkel said the reduced growth estimate would imply lower reve nues than originally projected, mak ing it even harder for the adminis tration to meet the Gramm-Rudman deficit target of $108 billion that it had vowed to do in its budget for fis cal year 1988. But the alternative, he told a White House news conference, was “having a high unrealistic forecast.†Though U.S. business economists issued no specific economic storm warnings, the forecasters seemed to think such sluggish performance couldn’t go on forever. “As the U.S. expansion begins its fifth year, economists continue to be concerned about a recession on the horizon,†said Jerry Jordan, the group’s president. “Only about 30 percent believe we will be in recession by the end of 1987,†said Jordan, a former mem ber of President Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers and currently se nior vice president and chief econo mist of First Interstate I Los Angeles. ® )n! “But about 60 percen:• C° m downturn by the end of 15! over 90 percent anticipate! said. P ( __ - _ j pateiiH before the close of 198S.'l*f In other specific foreoss surveyed economists said: Consumer prices wilul |)<-!(< nt m 1987, doubletlisf estimated 1.9 percent,blililiij the big increases of the bit | and early 1980s. • The prime tniereitl hat ged by banks will decM| 1 >\ midveai fh>m the cunfl| percent, but then will rise 101. t ent by the end ofthevear «»,, Mexican party said to lack dear direction 1 800 442 4799 ext 831 Battalion Classified 845-2611 REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — The Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution, whose candi dates claimed election victories Monday in three major cities on the Texas border, comprises for mer ruling party members who are disgruntled with the system. But comments from PARM mayoral candi dates in the Tamaulipas state cities of Reynosa, Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo, indicate the party has no clear direction. The Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which has not lost a presidential or gubernatorial election since it was founded in 1929, disputed the PARM victory claims. State party spokesman Felipe Garza said Mon day in Ciudad Victoria, the Tamaulipas capital, that the PRI won the governorship and that, al though results were not complete, “we feel that we have won all 43 mayors’ races,†including the three border cities and four towns that were held by opposition parties. All three PARM candi dates are former members of the PRI. Ernesto Gomez Lira, PARM mayoral candi date in this city of 265,000 people, just south of Hidalgo and McAllen said, “The PARM is a party of the system.†Hidalgo was referring to the PRI domination. “I have a lot to lose if I become an enemy of the system.†Sonia Martinez de Villar, PARM mayoral can didate in Matamoros, Tamaulipas’ largest border city just south of Brownsville said, “We’re the real opposition.†In Nuevo Laredo, mayoral candidate Jose Trinidad Garza Salinas said he defected from the PRI to the PARM because hevtas“dial at the corruption that exists in tkofficii Gomez Lira, 60, announced earlyMotU| he had defeated Ernestina Icaza de Contra the dominant Institutional Revolutiowj! known as PRI. Contreras also is daintingtii Gomez Lira, one of 13 nominees for fSS oral candidate in Reynosa, becameth.'Pi nominee after he lost to Contreras in rai mary elections. The PARM, nearly dead four years# cause of lack of support at the polls, wasiti in Tamaulipas last year and won twoimpl federal congressional posts by major!' which is almost unheard of for an Party. Book Sale Good Selection of • Children's Books • Cook Books History Assorted A&M Memorabilia Books Store Hours: 7:45-6:00 845-8681 What is Redstone Ce iWed Sun., Thur; on Bartholow? It’s the best apartment buy in Aggieland. We’re so sure that we have the best apartment complex in town, well give you a FREE VCR if you sign up for the spring before Christmas. If you sign a 1-year lease, you can choose to have your apartment redecorated by Christopher Designs. Redstone on Bartholow is one mile from campus, on the shuttle bus route and next to Kroger and 14 restaurants. Redstone on Bartholow has the best rate on 2-bedroom apartments. Some have washer&ryer connections and all have lots of closet space. 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