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The Battalion by Scott McCullar © 1990 Page 5 \T$ THE ZB&tmm FOK /^E^KITT J£^A//A<S5 OF... Field of A&M Dreams ivilion. pade Phillips, by Matt Kowalski Tubularman by Boomer Cardinals mnuH/L^ in New , /aex.. W FUKH bHiFett flH \itUur vesfAce To -rutes “TuAvtA^BfiN -X fiBCfier To INFogfl Voo That UJf uinL NO Be Neebin e, vao# h&ok Ams-n»ce. TKermnAN has cuoAxet) our UTreK than €*Kcreh thanks rm fa* h&P oj- mo6l£Y ' Cf&blHALe '%o TuST &eeu REPt-flcep bv e HfltP-PWT Ore£K! Pumpkin patch propagates bumper crop DALLAS (AP) — A bumper crop of Texas pumpkins is waiting to be carved into Halloween jack-o’-lan- terns, state agriculture officials say. “We had a little better season this year than we did last year,” agricul tural extension agent Max Kemp said Monday. But retailers said the seasonal popularity of pumpkin pie seems to be waning. “Most people do not buy a pump kin to make a pie with. It’s a lot of work to make a pumpkin pie” from scratch, said Bud Godwin, produce merchandiser for Cullum Compa nies Inc. Cullum’s Tom Thumb supermar kets got their first pumpkin ship ment last week, Godwin said. The sale of frozen and canned pumpkin also has decreased in the past few years, Godwin said. Most Texas pumpkins come from areas where there was a prolonged drought last year, Kemp said. He also said the popularity of pumpkins for ornamental use has increased in the past few years. “Everything was last minute. Now people start decorating with pump kins, ornamental corn and the like in the first or second week in October,” Godwin said. Godwin said most Tom Thumb stores reported selling about half of their initial shipments of 700-800 jack-o’-lantern pumpkins per store. Those average 20 pounds and sell for $2.99, he said. “You can’t size a pumpkin like you do a watermelon,” Godwin said. “Some can be pretty big and not weigh a whole lot.” The stores also are offering “baby pumpkins” for 49 cents and Big Mack pumpkins weighing 35-40 pounds and selling for $9.99, he said. 9 Nerd House by Tom A. Madison When NERDS DM DREAM . Government compensates victims of nuclear testing DALLAS (AF) — President Bush signed a bill Monday autho rizing payments of up to $100,000 for people who may have developed cancer from nu clear testing or urg'^up) Joining in Western states during the Cold War. “These payments fairly resolve the claims of persons present at the test site and of downwind res idents, as well as claims of ura nium miners,” Bush said in a statement. He signed the mea sure during a campaign trip here. The United States conducted more than 200 atomic tests in the open air in both the South Pacific and in Nevada. “Atmospheric testing of atomic devices — important to national security during the darkest days of the Cold War — ended in 1963” when the United States signed and ratified the Limited Test Ban Treaty, Bush said. The bill authorizes $100 mil lion for a Radiation Exposure Trust Fund. Money for the fund would have to be appropriated in a separate bill. The bill provides compensa tion for people who developed cancer in certain time periods and: • Spent one or two years, de pending on their type of cancer, in downwind areas of Nevada, Arizona or Utah from nuclear tests between 1951 and 1958, or between June and July, 1962. • Or mined uranium in Colo rado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming or Utah from 1947 to 1971. Uranium miners are entided to payments of $100,000. Persons exposed to radiation and who contracted specific diseases would be entitled to $50,000. Bush outraged at Congress, Iraq Ghastly atrocities’ spur U.S. reaction; no reprieve for Congress :e ME pDOf^ OPINIO^ DALLAS (AP) — President Bush on Monday condemned “ghastly atrocities” by Iraqi forces in occupied Kuwait and warned Saddam Hussein that, like Nazi officials after World War II, he may face a war-crimes trial. “Hitler revisited,” Bush said of Saddam. “But remember, when Hitler’s war ended, there were the Nuremberg trials. “America will not stand aside, the world will notallow the strong to swallow up the weak,” the president said. Bush leveled his warning as he opened a two- day trip to boost Republican election hopes in Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan. The president combined bis attack against Saddam with a blast at Congress for failing to en act a S500 billion package of tax hikes and spend ing cuts. “The American people have every right to ex pect more from their elected representatives,” said Bush, picking up on a widespread mood of public anger against elected officials. The two conflicts — one in the Middle East and the other on Capitol Hill — have become the staples of Bush’s campaign appearances. “Every day now', new word filters out about the [hastly atrocities perpetrated by Saddam’s orces,” Bush said at a fund-raising luncheon for Clayton Williams. Bush recounted stories of Kuwaiti babies being “America will not stand aside, the world will not allow the strong to swallow up the weak.” — President George Bush removed from incubators so the machines could be sent to Baghad. Similarly, he said dialysis pa tients were taken from their machines so the ma chines could be used in Iraq. In another instance, he said, two youngsters who distributed leaflets were executed by Iraqi forces as their parents were forced to watch. Bush said the incidents point up “the cruel and senseless suffering endured by the people of Ku wait; a systematic assault on the soul of a nation.” The horrific descriptions paint a background against w hich the LJnited States may seek new ac tion in the United Nations against Iraq. Sources say the administration is considering resolution that would condemn Iraq’s disman tling of Kuwait, declare Iraq accountable for the damage there and specifically mention the possi bility of military action. On the political front, Bush appeared to align himself with the anti-establishment feeling among voters. “I can’t tell you what a pleasure it is to be out of Washington,” he said to applause in Dallas. Attacking the Congress for its failure to enact a budget. Bush said, “If this is the best that the system can do, then it’s time to build a better bud get system.” He said Congress has missed its own budget deadlines 37 times in the last 10 years. “Twice now this year, I’ve signed emergency legislation to add more time to the clock,” the president said. “Well, this Friday, time’s up. The American people deserve more than this stopgap government.” His statement reinforced administration warn ings that Bush will not sign another spending ex tension, preferring instead to let the government shut down in the absence of a budget agreement. Bush was unwilling to say what he might ac cept in the way of tax increases. “I’m not going to say what I will or won’t do,” Bush told reporters on Air Force One as it left Washington. “That managed to get a little con fused last week.” Over the course of the week, Bushsignaled he was willing to accept higher taxes on the wealth iest Americans in exchange for a sharply lower capital gains tax rate. 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