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School of Hair Design 693-7378 1406 Texas J\ve. S. College Station, Tx. Shampoo, cut ^ & blowdry’ (men & women) oo PERMS $16 so All work done by students Supervised & checked hy our qualfied, professional instruc tors $ 88 00 & Up Bridal Gown Additional dresses have been added to this special group for your selection. We have also included veils and hats to accent the dress of your choice. Page 6AThe Battalion/Wednesday, February 18, 1987 Judge strikes down bail-out regulations in Farm Credit System FREEDOM OF SPEECH FACT OR FICTION? McCarthyism in the 80 s featuring Constitutional Scholar and Humorist John Henry Faulk February 26 7:30 p.m. MSC 201 Admission $1.00 INTERNATIONAL HOUSE of PANCAKES RESTAURANT All you can eat Daily Specials 10 p.m.-6 a.m. All You Can Eat Buttermilk Pancakes $1.99 Spaghetti and Meat Sauce with garlic bread $2.99 *Must present this coupon International House of Pancakes Restaurant 103 N. College Skaggs Center SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday struck down regulations requiring two solvent Farm Credit districts to use their un allocated reserves to bail out trou bled segments of the nation’s Farm Credit System. “We are very pleased,” said Blair Hodgkins, vice president and trea surer of the Farm Credit Banks of Texas. “We feel we should give money, but not to the extent to make us broke as well.” The Texas banks and the Farm Credit Banks of Springfield con tended their banks would be forced under by the unlimited bailout de mands in June 1986 regulations, adding that Congress had not in tended for the healthier banks in the system to be bankrupted. U.S. District Court Judge Frank H. Freedman said, “The court ap preciates the urgency of the Farm Credit System’s Fiscal crisis and rec ognizes that Congress required that strong institutions must make sacri fices to help save the weak. “But Congress also directed the FCA (Farm Credit Administration) to develop specific, detailed criteria to prevent the ‘self-help’ mechanism from destroying the financial viabil ity of healthy institutions,” he said. “The June regulations . . . do not comply with this direction.” Freedman also found the govern ment had failed to follow proper procedures in devising the regula tions, and he rejected the govern ment’s claim that the fiscal crisis fac ing the nation’s largest farm lender allowed it to impose the regulations without public comment. An FCA attorney said he believed the ruling would apply only to Mas sachusetts and Texas banks and most likely would be appealed. The government, contending that Congress had precluded the system from seeking federal help until all its own resources were exhausted, maintained that any restrictions on the amount it could take from the unallocated reserves of the wealthier bank districts would hasten the de mise of troubled banks in the corn and wheat belt. Ravaged by a farm depression in the Midwest that has dropped land values by as much as 30 percent, the Farm Credit System reported record losses through the first nine months of 1986 of $1.53 billion. Six banks in the Texas and Springfield districts have shown con tinued profits on their loans partly because of rising land values from urban development. Although tne banks in the two dis tricts voluntarily have sent nearly $120 million to ailing districts over the past two years, the Texas Bank for Cooperatives, the most profita ble in the national system, was the only one ordered to send money. The $6.4 million has not been paid, bank officials said. But the FCA has demanded funds from several of the farmer-con trolled associations that own stock in the Springfield and Texas banks and the banks have covered some of those transfers. Garbage collectors may be held liable for overloaded trucks ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon. Call 845- 5826 for location. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. Cal 845-5826 for location. ASIAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will meet at 7 p.m, Call 696-6182 for location. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 120 Blocker. DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE: will present alec ture on “The Studio Experience: Reflective Practice and Practical Reflection” from 1:30 to 5 p.m. in Rudder The ater. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH: Kate Mclver will presenta writing outreach session on “Creative Writing” atb:30p.m. in 105 Blocker. PI SIGMA EPSILON: will meet at 7 p.m. in 114 Blotker. MEXICAN-AMERICAN DEMOCRATS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 507 A-B Rudder. TAMU MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY: will meet ait 7:15 p.m. in 501 Rudder. PRE-VET SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 230 Veterinan Sciences. B.A. SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 163 Blocker. STUDENT ENGINEERS COUNCIL: will meet at 7 a.ra in 341 Zachry. AGGIE TOASTERS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 342 Zachry. EUROPE CLUB: will meet at 9:30 p.m. at the Flying To mato. SAILING CLUB: will hold a skipper lesson at 7 p.m. in 50" A-B Rudder. TAMU SURF CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 301 Rudder CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL: will meet at 8:30 p.m.in 501 Rudder. DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Chevron will present information on careers in dataproc essing at 7 p.m. in the Ramada Inn penthouse. STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID: will meet at 8:35 p.m. in 402 Rudder. CLASS OF ’87: Elephant Walk pictures may be picked up from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the MSC. SAN ANTONIO HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 8:31 p.m. in 510 Rudder. RACQUETBALL CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in court 7oftk Read Building. FINANCIAL AID AWARENESS WEEK: a table will be set up through Friday in the MSC for students interested in f< applying Tor financial aid for the 1987-88 school year. Thursday HOUSTON (AP) — Several city garbage collectors who say they were just following orders may face traffic fines up to $100 for driving over loaded trucks. Andrew Oliver, a 52-year-old city garbage truck driver, said he was pulled over last month by a police of ficer and cited for an overloaded truck. much to equip each truck with scales so drivers would know how much their trucks weigh. Some city officials believe the problem may be the result of the Houston Police Department’s recent nphasis on traffic enforcement id s empnasis on and staff cuts in the garbage collec tion system. T “The officer said he was not try ing to mess with me,” said Oliver, who has worked 12 years for the city. “He said he was just doing his job. What did they think we were doing? We are doing our job. We have to get this garbage picked up.” But city legal experts say Oliver and at least four others cited for driving overweight trucks in the past seven weeks are personally liable for the offenses and must pay their own fines. At least one driver already has been fined $110 on a ticket issued last fall for driving what police said was an overweight truck. Former City Solid Waste Director Charles Ware paid that driver’s fine out of his own pocket. Before he retired last month, Ware was reimbursed by City Con troller Lance Lalor. A spokesman for Lalor said the fine was submitted as a necessary expense, and noted it was not a moving violation. The offenses carry a minimum $100 fine, officials said. But driver Homer Green said he does not plan on paying up. “I guess I’ll just have to go to jail,” Green said. “I’m sick of it. We’ve been picked on too long.” But City Attorney Jerry Smith said the city cannot pay such fines or court costs. Supervisors tell the drivers to fill their garbage trucks and drive them to the landfill, but police tell them that if those trucks weigh too much, they will be ticketed. Officials said it would cost too “These tickets are against the indi vidual, not against the city,” he said. Drivers are getting some help from a former assistant city prosecu tor who took on their cases at no charge. “I just got fed up,” attorney Elijah Lewis said. “This is wrong. The city has instructed them to do these things.” ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 12:15 p.m.O! 845-5826 for location. ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: will meet at 6pi in 402 Rudder. COOPERATIVE EDUCATION: representatives fromWai Disney World will speak at 5:30 p.m. in 203 Harringtoi Students with majors in Recreation and Parks, Manag merit, Marketing, Speech Communications and Theaiiu Arts are invited. Attendance is mandatory for those w:.-. ing to be interviewed on Friday. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH: Gary Beason will preseali y writing outreach session on “Writing Good Paragraphs"! 6:30 p.m.in 105 Blocker. CLASS OF ’87: Elephant Walk pictures can be picked ii[|fy from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the MSC. PHYSICS CLUB: will meet at 7:30 p.m. W] VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATKMon; will meet at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder. . || WATER SKI CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 504 Rudder L 1 TAMU POLO CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 302 Rudder, the BRAZOS DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB: invites student 1 par' faculty and any beginners to come at 7 p.m. on at Collefdyul Station Community Center. H PARENTS WEEKEND: applications and schedule formsan^ available for any group planning an activity. Application^ are due Feb. 27. LIBRARY TOURS: signup sheets are available at the fc| ^ floor reference desk. Items for What's Up should be submitted to The 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working k prior to desired publication date. spo des tior I cle; mil hoi MSC VISUAL ARTS PRESENTS ENTRIES ACCEPTED FEB 23, 24, 25 11-3 pm MSC GALLERY $4/entry limit 3 rJ DRYCLEANm Skaggs Center 846-2155 MIX'N MATCH Dryclean any 4 garments, p NO LIMIT ■ coupon must be presented with lowest priced garment cleaned:* • one coupon per visJ Expires 3/31/87 MARCH 2-27 JUDGING: FEB 27 Juror T.B.A. PRIZES: An annual juried competition of student art work, to expose and honor young talent at TAMU. $25 1 st place in each category $100 Best of Show CATEGORIES: Drawing (pencil, pastel) Sculpture Mixed Media All entries must be ready for exhibition. Painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor) Crafts Photography (video) For more information, call Visual Arts at 845-1515 or go by MSC 216 Students have morels IIYKWOI STLDENI TOURS RUR0OT 25 YEARS OF EXCELLENCi TOP QUALITY 1st CLASS HOTELS FUN CO-ED GROUPS GREAT TOUR LEADERS 15-35 DAYS 4-10 COUNTRIES FROM $1195 PLUS AIR EXECUTIVE TRAVEL 121 Walton Ot. (Across from Main Gate on T# 696-1748 THE STUDENT TRAVELEtFif; Call Battalion Classified