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State & Local Page 2 l®i§ The Battalion Tuesday, July 23,1991 The Battalion (USPS 045 360) Member of: Associated Press Texas Press Association Southwest Journalism Congress Texas Daily Newspaper Association Texas Intercollegiate Press Association The Battalion Editorial Board Editor Timm Doolen Enjoy popcorn as healthy snack alternative Editor's note: The Battalion will run a weekly column on bet ter health habits provided by the education department of the A.P. BeutelHealth Center. By Dr. Jane Cohen Special to The Battalion Popcorn can be a healthy snack, low in calories, yet filling. Plain popcorn might have fewer than 20 calories a cup, just a trace of fat and even some fiber. Popcorn is more American than apple pie. Cultivated by American Indians for at least 5,000 years, popcorn was brought to the pilgrims by their Indian guests at the first Thanks giving in 1621. Popcorn became a sign of peace, often shared as a token of goodwill. Microwave popcorn was introduced in 1982 by Pillsbury. Today, Americans eat more than 48 quarts each year. Low in calories and a fiber source, popcorn is truly a treat. For under 100 calories, you can eat five cup's worth. Popcorn's calories come from corn starch, a complex carbohydrate, whatever oil it's cooked in, and any ingre dients. Read labels to compare the cal ories, fat and sodium. Even the "light" varieties can vary from brand to brand. Note the serv ings per bag of microwave pop corn ranged from one to five servings. The label gives information per one serving size, usually three cups popped. If you do eat the whole bag, which is easy to do, consider total calories, fat and sodium. Much popcorn has added oil, butter and salt to turn the other wise healthful "munchie" into a calorie-, fat- and sodium-laden extravaganza. Popcorn can be filling without being fattening. Consider that every table spoon of oil used for popping adds about 120 calories, and 13 to 14 grams of fat. Every teaspoon of salt sprin kled on it adds almost 2,400 mil ligrams of sodium. Consuming large amounts of sodium has no known advantages. For the lowest calorie pop corn, pop your own in an air popper. If you have a favorite popcorn, bnng the empty bag by the A.P. Beutel Health Educa tion Center, so our staff can use the label in some of the pro grams offered by the health cen ter. Managing Editor Todd Stone City Editor Sean Frerking News Editors Jennifer Jeffus Callie Wilcher Art Director Richard James Lifestyles Editor Rob Newberry Sports Editor Jayme Blaschke Opinion Editor Keith Sartin Editorial Policy The Battalion is published da ily except Saturday, Sunday, holi days, exam periods and when school is not in session during fall and spring semesters. Publication is Tuesday through Friday dur ing the summer sessions. The newsroom phone number is 845- 3316. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting newspaper oper ated as a community service to Texas A&M University and Bryan-College Station. The Battalion news depart ment is managed by students at Texas A&M University and is a division of Student Publications, a unit of the Department of Jour nalism. Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the edito rial board or the author, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Texas A&M stu dent body, administrators, faculty or the A&M Board of Regents. Comments, questions or com plaints about any of the editorial content of the newspaper should be directed to the managing edi tor at 845-3313. Subscriptions Mail subscriptions are $20 per semester, $40 per school year and $50 per full year: 845-2611. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Battalion, 230 Reed McDonald, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-1111. Second class postage paid at Col lege Station, TX 77843. Location: The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1111. Campus mail stop: 1111. Advertising Advertising information can be obtained from the advertising de partment at 845-2696 Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by visiting the office at the En glish Annex. Advertising Manager Patricia Heck Battalion Adviser Robert Wegener Production Manager Paige Force BATTIPS The Battalion encourages its readers to contribute story ideas and suggestions by call ing BATTIPS, The Battal ion’s phone line designed to improve communication be tween the newspaper and its readers. The BATTIPS number is 845-3315. Ideas can include news sto ries, feature ideas and person ality profiles of interesting people. Readers also are en couraged to offer any other suggestions that could im prove the newspaper. Thieves use truck to crash through store During the night of July 6, thieves smashed through the front of the Exxon Easy Shop at 3329 Woodville Road in north east Bryan. This was the latest of four smash-and-grab burglaries that have been reported to the Bryan Police Department during the past month. In each case, thieves stole a ve hicle from the surrounding area, then used the vehicle to smash through the door of the busi nesses. The suspects then grabbed the safe or valuables be fore fleeing in the stolen vehicle. In this case, a brown and tan Chevrolet pickup truck was sto len from the Bryan Industrial Park and was used to smash through the doors of the store. 775-TIPS Witnesses report seeing three men load the store's safe into the bed of the truck. The men were described as be ing between 17 and 23 years old, medium height and of medium build. Bryan police believe that one or all of these suspects has been involved in each of the bur glaries. This week the Bryan Police Department and Crime Stoppers need your help to identify the people responsible for these bur glaries. If you have information that could be helpful, call Crime Stoppers at 775-TIPS. When you call. Crime Stop pers will assign you a special coded number that will protect your identity. If your call leads to an arrest and grand jury indictment. Crime Stoppers will pay you up to $1,000 in cash. Crime Stop pers also pays cash for informa tion on any felony crime or the location of any wanted fugitive. BACK PAIN STUDIES Patients needed with acute (recent) onset of muscle spasms (back pain, etc.) to participate in a consumer use research study with an FDA approved drug. Medical evaluation at no cost to patient. Eligible volunteers will be compensated. G & S STUDIES, INC. 846-5933 Mark Varvil, a junior business analysis major from Colleyville, finds time and a chance of thunderstorms kept most people away from Wofford and plenty of room to study his Economics 203 textbook. Overcast skies Cain Pool early Monday afternoon. Texans protest tax proposal Demonstrators throw Austin Tea Party on steps of Capitol AUSTIN (AP) — Tax protes ters chanted, jeered and hurled tea bags onto the Capitol steps Monday to demand that the Leg islature not raise taxes during its budget-writing special session. "No more taxes, no more taxes," demonstrators shouted as several lawmakers pledged to fight further tax increases. When rally speakers would mention Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, who called for creation of a state income tax, one protester repeat edly boomed: "Get a rope." Organizers said the tea bags would be given to the governor, lieutenant governor and House speaker to show Texans' dissat isfaction with talk of higher taxes. "I hope they'll understand that the citizens of Texas mean business. They do not want to pay any more — they cannot pay any more," said Public Utility Commissioner Marta Greytok, a Republican and rally organizer. While most of those speaking to the crowd of 300 to 400 were Republicans, Ms. Greytok said, "This is not a partisan matter. It affects all Texans, and Texans are madder than hell about it." The demonstrators bran dished dozens of anti-tax signs, including ones which said: "Lot tery — Yes, Yes, Yes; Taxes — No, No, No" and "This is Texas not Taxus." The tea bag rally, which orga nizers likened to the anti-i Boston Tea Party of Revolution ary War times, first was sug gested by Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston. "You are the first volunteers in an Army of outraged Texans," Culberson told the crowd. "Tex ans are sick and tired of higher and higher taxes year after year." Lawmakers are grappling to close what the Legislative Bud- et Board projects will be a $4.8 illion deficit if all state services are continued at present levels. But some legislators put the defi cit as high as $7 billion when all new programs are included. About an hour before the demonstration, Bullock told news reporters he doesn't be lieve a state income tax is dead, even though he has dropped his push for passage of one now. Bullock, who proposed using some income tax funds for prop erty tax relief, said more Texans may agree with him by January. That's when property tax bills go out to pay for the new school fi nance reform law that was de signed to equalize spending in property-rich and poor school districts. "I'm afraid when it comes to an income tax, people do not want to debate the issues, and there is definitely a debate there," Bullock said. We complete the puzzle. 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