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Page 6AThe Battalion/Wednesday, February 18, 1987
Judge strikes down
bail-out regulations
in Farm Credit System
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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.
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“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.
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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)
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