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. 18 percent tariff was imposed
In addition to easing a
Donna Hopkins
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CANADA stopped exporting
rail cars to us w hen a shortage
developed in that country. So.
as of March 1, 1978 Mexico
exceeded the 50 .percent
George Scott
News Editor
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Circulation Mgr.
Linda Knight
Composition Mgr.
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Kail Car Shortge InCountry Threatens Agriculture
‘ ' A Report From Sen. Lloyd Bent»en . . - -..
The machine was lucky
"The dice were not rolling for
me tonight
— Luigi Vita, the world
backgammon champion,
explaining why he lost to a
C.S.-buift robot during a cum
petition, in Monte Carlo. The
1 3‘2-foot Mighty Bee."
- designed by a Carnegie Mel-
lon scientist, won $5,000.
GHINAUDO’S
SAUSAGE HOUSE & MEAT MARKET
SALE ENDS SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1979
( redit Cards accepted on retail sales only
We Rserve The Right to Limit Quantities
Director of Student and In-
structional Services, said. "In
addition to the general group
sessions, and in order- to
better serve the diverse needs
of our students, our afternoon
session will include small
group discussions of selected
topics Each sttident will be
able to learn more about
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There are too many
thieves around and I didn't
want anybody stealing them
— James Brickhbuse, 27, of
Peekskill. N.Y., explaining
why his name was written
inside his pants Police said
Brickhouse had discarded the
pants after taking a new pair
while burglarizing five local
apartments. , °
$000
now O
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SCORED BEEF LOINS
35 - 55 lbs. Mostly T-
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$179
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Folding Chairs p
We are being courted
There is no question about it "
— Mildred Jeffrey, chair of
the National Women s Politi-
cal Caucus, noting that "quite
a few" 1980 presidential can-
didates are seeking the sup-
port of women. She predicted
women will significantly
increase participationm poli-
tics next year
fall session are encouraged to students", Bill Whitlow,
SPECIAL NOTE: These cer
.tificates are-subject to existing
penalties for early withdrawal.
Federal regulations prohibit the
compounding of interest during the
term of this deposit.
troublesome transportation
MEANS the difference bet-
ween a successful enterprise
and a fiasco.
Farmers and businessmen
know the importance of
timing. Take wheat farmers,
for example They have
learned that it makes no sense
for them to sell their wheat to
a middleman as soon as it’s
harvested only to have him
store it. then sit back and wait
for the price to go up before be
sells
Modem day farmers have
greatly increased their
storage capacity so they can
hold onto their own wheat and
wait for the right time to sell.
able to encourage increased rise to the occasion and
freight car imports from produce enough rail cars tn
Mexico - at a .time when we meet the transportation needs
really need more freight cars - of our farmers and
- we create additional em- businessmen.
ployment opportunities in that But for now, given the
country. And we demonstrate existing backlog of orders, the
to our friends there that the continuing demand for new
United States of America is cars and the fact that the
willing to pursue new areas of domestic industry is
cooperative endeavor with its • producing at capacity, the
neighbors only way to ease the im-
I want to stress that my bill" mediate shortage is to import
does not,seek to abolish the more freight cars.
Admissions, Records.
Counseling. graduation.
Library, Learning Lab, CETA
programs, Financial Aid. and
the KACC Radio Station
I plan to Twiddle ‘my
thumbs in Miami
—0 Anastasio Somoza,
deposed Niearaguan presi-
deni, emphasizing that he will
not interfere'in his country's
future
AIWMIN NTERT-KIN 1SSS ,
shortage at least through next
year
Again this year I have
proposed legislation that
would-ease this shortage of
railroad cars by suspending
for two years an 18 percent
tariff on cars imported from
Mexico The Bentsen bill is
being cosponsored by four of
my colleagues
A similar bill that I
proposed last year was ap-
We feel this will be a very
comprehensive and in-
teresting program for new
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attend.
The program will begin at 9
a.m. with a presentation on an
overview of the College Rules
and regulations. a discussion
of the orientation seminars,
and campus tours will com-
prise the rest of the. morning.
After a lunch break,
discussions will include
They head right for it
They go into a frenzy They
swim like they re wound up
with a motor
— Jack Woody, a I .S. Fish
and Wildlife Service expert,
talking about the rare Ridley
turtle, which swims out into
the Gull of Mexico after
hatching on a beach near
Tampico. Mexico Numbering
fewer than 2.000. the jurtles
may be threatened with
extinction by a mammoth nil
slick.
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"Were out here looking
after ourselves Golt is not a
team game
- Goifer Sandra Palmer,
explaining that women ath-
letescompete-hardinpro
{ournaments.((olt Digest)
import quotas entirely,'rather
to suspend it, for two years.
T am cnvirfced thaf,
ultimately, Americans
manufacturers will be able to
COUNTRY PRIDE
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ANNUAL EFFECTIVE YIELD
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
AT RENEWAL
look brighter this year,
though, since the economic
impact of the shortage is
being felt more wjdely and
since_wehaxe.gamnd-sone-
DeWitt’s FURNITURECOMPANY
presses and warehouses in
the Amarillo area ordered 241
rail cars but only 39 were
furnished.
THE AMERICAN
RAILCAR INSTITUTE
reported a domestic rail car
manufacturing backlog of
over 96,000 units as of this past
January 1st - an increase of
20,000 units sice lastyear
Domestic producers' are
scheduled to deliver ap- .
proximately 84.000 units
during 1979, which would
result in a carryover backlog
of 12,000 units at the end of the
year.
When you consider that the
number of new rail cars or-
dered from domestic
manufacturers has more than
tripled sifte 1976. It doesn't
take a genius to figure that
new car orders this year
was to FDR
Historian Arthur-M.
Schlesinger, asserting that
Sen Edward Kennedy would
make a better president as a
result of having te dealwith -
his experience at Chappaquid-
eslick. (MeCall’s)
-ODp TIMING OFFEN — Over -he past several proved by the Senate but’ percent of all rail cars im- Mexico is not only our
months, though, a growing failed to gain approval in the ported by the U.S. _ closestt neighbor to the south,
rail car shortage in Has Heme of Representatives. paorv nsT FvFAR —bukrour Fifth largest trading
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kilter the timing -of farmers
and businessmen and anyone
else trying to transport goods
to the marketplace
How bad is- the . rail rar . suncewenaue-gauwn-aans,- _ "u.i.:_____
shortage’ It's very; bad and - impirtant new allies, in- UimSfiniFMil Um psyihihltlTL
expected to get worse, at least eluding the Association of
for the next couple of years. American Railroads.
The Senate Agriculture. The problem is this: under
Committee heard testimony U.S. tariff laws, Mexico is .
last year about a survey of 30 allowed to export rail cars to there is a second significant
warehouses in West Texas this country without paying aspect to my legislation which
and Oklahoma. The survey any duty, so long as their pertains to our relations to
showed that while 4,900 shipments don't exceed 50 Mexico,
boxcars were ordered over a
four week period, less than A Nm A • —•
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spring of 1978 cotton com-
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— Actress Ann-Margret on o
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“I think this,ceaseless effort
at self-redemption may be for
Teddy Kennedy what polio*
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Looney, Richard. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 206, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 25, 1979, newspaper, July 25, 1979; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1612248/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.