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Now Taking Orders Scholastic ‘J(ecofjnition A Sfainouncements, Cups & Qozuns ROTHER'S BOOKSTORES 340 O. BUSH DR. * 907 HARVEY ROAD 303 S. COLLEGE AVE. Page 6 • Thursday, March 11, 1999 Farmers must wait for aid m utoring 725B University Drive TICKETS GO ON SALE MONDAY 5PM www.aggiecentral.com MON Mar 22 TUES Mar 23 WED Mar 24 THUR Mar 25 MATH 151 8-11 PM Part I Part I! Part III CHEM 6-8 Ch. Ch. Ch. Prac. 102 Dr. Soriaga PM 18 19 20 Test PHYS 8-10 Ch. Ch. Ch. Ch. 202 PM 24 25 26A 26 B Find a thousand or so pages a trifle daunting? MSC OPAS and MSC Literary Arts present LES MISERABLES: THE CLIFF’S NOTES® EDITION Before you see the musical, learn about the novel that started it all! Dr. Cynthia Bouton, professor of history, will set the stage of Victor Hugo’s literary masterpiece. The power of the musical will move you, but the power of the novel will change you! Admission is FREE Tuesday, March 23 5:30 p.m. Rudder 301 For ticket information on Les Miserables, call 845-1234 WASHINGTON (AP) — Farmers counting on $2 billion in congres- sionally approved disaster aid will have to wait until June to get it, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glick- man says. In a letter sent Tliesday to Sen ate Agriculture Chairman Richard Lugar and House Agriculture Chairman Larry Combest of Texas, Glickman said administering the aid is “far more complex than past natural disaster assistance pro grams.” He said the agency is inundat ed with aid disbursements during this tumultuous farm year, includ ing assistance packages of $50 mil lion for hog farmers and $200 mil lion for dairy farmers. “Getting these payments out as expeditiously and as fairly as pos sible is a top personal priority for me,” Glickman wrote. Combest, R-Lubbock, fired back that the delay was “unac ceptable.” “There are now billions of dol lars that should already be in the hands of farmers and ranchers,” Combest said, noting that farmers need the money as they go into the planting season. Many in Congress have com plained the USDA is moving too slowly in administering aid to farmers. Congress approved the money as part of a $6 billion emer gency package late last year amid free-falling commodity prices. Prices have done little to rebound since then — making some mem bers of Congress angry at the slow dispersal process. Judge sets trial date for third m accused in Jasper dragging dea HOUSTON (AP) — The second of three capital murder suspects ac cused of dragging a black man to death in East Texas will be tried in May, a Jasper judge ruled Wednes day. Jury selection in the trial of Lawrence Russell Brewer, 31, ac cused in the June 7 kidnapping and dragging death of James Byrd Jr., is set to begin May 3. John William King, one of Brew er’s two co-defendants, was con victed in Byrd’s death and sentenced to death Feb. 25. A third defendant, 24-year-old Shawn Allen Berry, has yet to be tried. Brewer’s trial location is still un certain. Jasper County District Attorney Guy James Gray wants to have Brewer and Berry tried in Jasper. However, Brewer defense attorney Doug Barlow has filed a request to move his client’s trial, arguing that pre-trial publicity and Jasper Coun ty’s small jury pool will work against his case. Jasper County, located 1 northeast of Houston, has 34,000 residents. The county Jasper is about 8,000 strong. The crime's horrific nature lured reporters from arouni world to Jasper. Byrd, whoh cepted a ride in Berry's pickup J was taken to a wooded area *1 he was beaten and chained icj back of the vehicle. lur ior Gonzi ■rth Caroli Counties could benefit from research, development taxbm The Texas N AUSTIN (AP) — Economically disadvantaged counties, from East Texas to the border region, would benefit from tax incentives under legisla tion that also would provide tax breaks for re- search-and-development work. While the research tax break would apply statewide, job creation and investment tax cred its would be granted only in the disadvantaged areas, and the research tax break would be dou bled there. Currently, 92 counties would meet the bill’s de finition — unemployment higher than the state average and per capita income below the state av erage. “Our economy has moved away from agricul ture and oil to services and high-tech. Unfortu nately, not all areas of the state are benefiting from this new economy,” Sen. David Sibley, R-Waco, said Wednesday. “By directing development toward the eco nomically distressed areas of the state, the state as a whole will become stronger,” he said. According to the senator’s staff, the bill cur rently would apply to an arc of counties stretching from the Texas-Louisiana border down the Gulf Coast and up the Rio Grande. Some others scat tered throughout the state also would qualify. The tax breaks would cost the state about $100 million in the 2000-2001 budget years, rising to about $725 million by the 2006-2007 budget peri od, Sibley said. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rene Oliveira, D-Brownsville, is sponsoring the bill in the House. “I think it benefits the whole state,” he said. “I think we are foolish if we don’t think it benefits the whole state.” All three proposed incentives would expire in 2007 unless renewed by the Legislature. The pro posals: ATTENTION All STUDENTS & STAFF! — Research and development tax credit, ^continue its w Corporations that launch new spendi, r . C( | nso ^ Wake Fo qualified research work would get a 5 per 1 },'. Center. A&! credit on their state franchise tax. Tax an d 01 would double in the counties designated “strT ow ' n g a loss gic investment areas." The credit would be li® l ^ e V ear - ed to 50 percent of the company’s franchisetJf Coach Bobby ability. joyide the Agg — Job creation tax credit. 1 1 hey’re pre This credit would be based on the numbM^y’ 1 ' 6 a typic jobs created and their wages. A corpora*- would have to create at least 10 permanent,* time jobs in the strategic investment areas.!* 1 ' 0 * 1 * ias * e d t0 job would have to pay 110 percent of the Corest, ty’s average wage and include paid healthbL 1 hoy’ 1 ' 6 a P fits. Jobs transferred from another part ofT» le y * iac * a 8 re wouldn’t qualify. B 1 ' 1 * 1 Carolina, The credit would be equal to 25 percentol?* 1 a y° un g te. tal wages and salaries paid for the new jobs!, ^ ar * e * Ver * ia taken in five-year installments. P a y er ' n t* 16 nat ^ listed as 16t hs at 31st. Kleinecke sai nreffeffartmetrfofSn/ifenfJ/ea/tft Services A. P. Beutel Health Center and Dial-A-Nurse 111® will be closed from 11 p.m., Tuesday, March 16 to 8 a.m., Monday, March 22 IDial-A-Nurse will resume service at 11 p.m. on Sunday, March 211 Ambulance Service/EMS will remain in service during i holiday. Call 9-911 for assistance. RSVMNIt jphomore Rach 24th-ranked KE presents the 3 rd Annual FIGHT NIGHT Benefitting Parkinson’s Foundation me page Oelebr Ameri SUM FROGJE I'HE Wed., April 7 at Rodeo 2000 Anyone interested in boxing, contact: Jess Succop at 268-7799 or Zac Restad at 693-5086