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Hightower:
Democrats offer
best farm policy
AUSTIN (AP) — Democratic con
gressmen have offered the only rea
listic alternative to disastrous farm
policies of the Reagan administra
tion, Agriculture Commissioner Jim
Hightower said Monday.
“It no longer is alarmist to say that
America’s system of independent,
competitive family farms is on the
brink of destruction,” Hightower
said. “It is now a fact.”
Since President Reagan took of
fice, Hightower said, the U.S. farm
program has “deliberately busted
U.S. farm prices” and “put an intol
erable debt loan on the backs of our
nation’s independent producers.”
Of the approximately 640,000
full-time, commercial farmers still in
business nationwide, at least 280,000
are in serious financial trouble, and
120,000 of those could be out of
business in two years, he said.
“That system has one foot in the
grave and one foot on a banana
peel,” Hightower said in a speech
prepared for delivery to the Texas
Corn Growers Association.
Hightower has worked with Dem
ocratic lawmakers in Washington on
farm policy and was a major author
of the farm plank in the party’s 1984
presidential platform.
He said that since 1981, more
than 500,000 farmers have been
forced out of business, but the proc
ess wasn’t a natural shakeout of bad
businessmen.
“Overwhelmingly, these were the
fully modernized, full-time commer
cial operators who have achieved
economies of scale and efficiencies
necessary to make it,” Hightower
said.
Seat belt use
drops in Texas
during 1986
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas cities
have the highest rates of seat belt use
in the nation, but the overall rate in
Texas dropped over the past year,
according to the state highway de
partment.
A January survey shows an overall
usage rate in the state of 59.2 per
cent, which is a 6.9 percent reduc
tion from the previous year.
The study was done by the Texas
Transportation Institute at Texas
A&M University.
“We don’t feel there is cause for
alarm yet,” said Bob Hodge, traffic
safety administrator for the depart
ment. “Preliminary figures for 1986
show that deaths on Texas roads are
down, and that we are at an 11-year
low.”
Capt. Frankie Waller of the De
partment of Public Safety said about
7,000 tickets are being issued each
month for non-belted drivers and
front seat passengers.
In January, Corpus Christi
showed the highest seat belt usage
among Texas cities, whi
Brownsville had the lowest.
In Advance
SCONA plans 4-day program on
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By Carolyn Garcia
Staff Writer
“The United Nations: Purpose
vs. Politics” will be the topic for
discussion as the 32nd Memorial
Student Center Conference on
National Affairs gets under way
Wednesday in Rudder Theater.
Almost 200 university student
delegates from throughout the
world are expected to attend the
four-day international confer
ence.
Sandra Coerking, chairman of
SCONA, said the United Nations
was chosen as this year’s topic to
educate the participants and com
mittee members.
Chayes, a Harvard law profess*
and Tex Borek of the stated
partment tackling the topic iJ
ternational Court of Justice:
Effect of the U.S. vs. Nicaram
Decision.” Lt. Col. DavidGn
will moderate.
John Fobes, president of i
Economic Development Fount
tion, will talk about economica:
social development on Fridas J
1:30 p.m.
“We thought that the U.N.
hadn’t been examined in the last
couple of years, and it is some
thing that affects everyone,”
Coerking said.
A variety of speakers will ad
dress and debate the purpose, ac
tions, inactions and politics of the
United Nations.
Ambassador Jaime DePinies,
under secretary general of the
United Nations, will deliver the
keynote address Wednesday at 7
p.m. to begin the conference.
The final speaker will be LI
Cioffi. Cioffi, the ABCnewscol
respondent at the United Kj
(ions, will talk about the outli
for its future Saturday all
All speeches will be delivtic
in Rudder Theater and areopc
to the public.
Speakers such as these kj
been coming to A&M since 1
to address issues of internatk
concern.
Each year MSC SCONA bra
together students, faculty meJ
!x*rs, government officials
public figures to discuss suchi ,I
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Elliot Richardson, chairman of
the U.N. association — United
States, will debate with Roger
Brooks, director of policy plan
ning of the state department. The
topic will be “The Role of the
United States Involvements with
the United Nations.” Moderator
for the 9 a.m. Thursday debate
will be Betty Unterberger, A&M
professor of history.
And U.N. legal officer, Mpazi
Sinjela, will address the topic “In
ternational Security and World
Peace,” Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
The conference continues on
Friday at 9 a.m. with Abram
The student delegates if|
resent more than 70 highschot
colleges and universities throurj
out me world.
During this year's SCONA,sJ
dents will lie divided into ssf
“round table" groups to did
and exchange ideas and view
the United Nations.
The round-table discuss
will be accented by nationally!
internationally known spokesizl
who will address a differentil
pect of the topic.
MSC SCONA is a self-suppo-l
ing organization. The commef
receives no funding from Ail
Its budget — almost
according to Cocking — is rati
through support from fej
students, businessmen, corpow
lions and industrial leaden i
Senate to hear report on service fees
By Christi Daugherty
Staff Writer
The finance committee will
present its budget findings and
could propose an increase in stu
dent service fees at the Student
Senate meeting Wednesday at
7:30 p.m. in 204 Harrington.
There have been some indica
tions that the Senate will try to
raise the fees if it cannot find a
way to lower the fee requests of
various departments.
Senate Speaker Miles
Bradshaw said A&M, which has a
$61 fee per student, has lower
fees than many Texas universi
ties, as the legal limit is $90.
The Senate also will discuss a
bill that could decrease the size of
the Senate by one-half — from 80
to about 40 legislators.
The object of the Senate Re
form Bill is to tackle the atten
dance problems that havebeli e
dogging the Senate for M||* ut
time. Approximately 60memkiP^ 1
show up at most meetings,Aiw v
last meeting of the fall semes:r| nes
less than the necessary two-tfej
of the members appeared, tet
ing the group without a quoraiP 1 ’ 1
A smaller Senate might lea:.
more competition fora
government, and could maketl
senators more dedicated toil™? en
roles, Bradshaw said. |; v' s
Also, the new executive rf-
1
administrative vice presidents,
be sworn in, he said. At thetfir 6
meeting, the chairman of the;
dicial Board chose nottoswSP'
them in after a disagreements^
Student Body President
Sims about the legality of M ^'
5 ' |sen
appointments. () ,
The Senate also will considtil *
resolution on
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