K—rhe Daily Collegian Friday, November 7, 1915 Soviets buying more U.S. corn WASHINGTON (UPI) The Soviet Union has bought another 1.1 million metric tons of American corn to help offset its poor 1975 harvest, Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz said yesterday. The purchase brought total Soviet orders for American wheat and livestock feed grains - this year to slightly more than 13.1 million tons. It was the fourth Russian purchase of U.S. corn since Oct. 20, when the ' government lifted a temporary moratorium on sales to Russia after reaching agreement on long :ange grain trade which takes effect next year. Corn purchases since the moratorium was lifted now amount to about 2.7 million tons. Butz said when the temporary' Soviet sales moratorium was lifted that Russian purchases for the remainder of the markeTing year could reach a total of about 7 million tons. This would be enough to bring sales including those made before the moratorium to about 17 million tons. Coast Guard MIAMI ( UPI) After boarding 247 ships on the East and Gulf coasts in a pain staking search for the culprit, the Coast Guard filed charges yesterday against the owners and captain of a Liberian tanker which allegedly dumped an estimated 50,000 gallons of crude oil close to the Florida Keys last July. Rear Adm. Austin C. Wagner, commander of the 7th Coast Guard District, Miami, told a news con ference investigators had "conclusive proof" of the guilt of the 825-foot, 42,000-ton tanker Garbis, owned by the Garbis Maritime Corp. of mi.WWia.wlikylik‘kM9l - 101 Lunch Special A>o THE TRAIN STATION 7=77=7=5 The Roundhouse Cup of hearty onion soup au gGratin and a House Salad 1.55 0 \ %X\ XXX\ N Agricultural economists, meanwhile, said 197 b announcement of the sale, said total Soviet pur- American grain crops appear big enough to fill the chases from the 1975 American harvest now inlucde Russian needs without shaking their current food 8.6 million metric tons of corn, which equal 339 price forecasts. They predict that retail food prices million bushels; 70,000 tons of oats; and 4.4 million will edge up only slightly in the last quarter of this tons of 161 million bushels of wheat. year and will continue rising in 1976, but at only If the sale announced yesterday had been about half of this year's 9 per cent rate. proposed by American traders last summer, it The big Soviet purchases this year, still below the could not have been approved because of record 19 million tons sold in 1972, were touched off "emotional reactions" then raging in reaction to when a disastrous drought cut 1975 Soviet grain initial Soviet buying, Butz said. production from an expected 215 million tons to a current estimate of 160 million tons. Butz said the long-term agreement under which Trade sources said the latest corn sale was made the Soviets have promised to buy 6 million to 8 by Cook Industries, Inc., a Memphis, Tenn., trading million tons of American grain annually for five firm which has made earlier substantial sales to years beginning next fall has made the recent sales Russia. possible. Without mentioning the firm's name, Butz But several million tons of grain have been sold disclosed the sale while meeting with a cattle ad- since the long-terns deal brought new assurance of visory committee. stability in U.S.-Soviet trade "and we haven't heard The Agriculture Department, in a later official a single, objection," Butz added. identifies oil spill vessels London and skippered by V Psarroulis. The huge spill Of tar-like oil was swept shoreward by winds and tides along a 60- mile front And blackened the beaches from Marathon to the Dry Tortugas in the lower Florida Keys, the Coast Guard said. Yesterday the Garbis was riding at anchor off the mouth of the Delaware River, loaded with Brazilian ore, and was expected to dock at Philadelphia early today. It was being kept under sur veillance by the Coast Guard. Group fights plastic bottle WASHINGTON (UPI) An environmental group went to court yesterday to halt the use of throw-away plastic soft drink and beer bottles, which it said are both a health threat and a hazard to the en vironment. The Natural Resources When it docks, Wagner said, U.S. marshals from Philadelphia will take the captain• into custody. Psarroulis is charged in a criminal warrant, filed in U.S. District Court at Miami, with failure to report an oil spill. If convicted, the After the spill, Coast Guard maximum penalty is a $lO,OOO detectives boarded a total of fine and one year in prison. 247 ships at every port on the Additionally,l the Justice East and Gulf coasts and took Department j will notify oil samples from the holds of owners of the Garbis they are about 50 vessels, he said. charged with violation of a The samples were corn civil regulation which carries pared with samples taken a maximum penalty of $5,000 from the ocean spill itself in a fine plus the costs of clean up series of painstaking Defense Council asked the U.S. district court for an order suspending approval of the bottles by the Food and Drug Administration, "at least until the FDA issues a final ( environmental) impact statement." "The plastic bottles con- of the oil spill, which Wagner said amounted to $367,430.60. Filing of the charges climaxed the most extensive investigation in the Coast Guard's history to find an environmental offender, Wagner said. tammate beverages with harmful chemicals, degrade into toxic gases when in completely burned and constitute a massive waste of oil resources," the group said. When some of the same objections were raised about chemical analyses conducted at laboratories in Miami, Athens, Ga., and Groton, Conn. "Oil samples obtained from the Garbis were definitely matched with the samples taken from the water in a chemical process that establishes 'oil finger orints'," the admiral said. "We are very confident in this case. Two samples from the water and three samples from the vessel all matched up. Six Ph.Ds did the sam ples," Wagner added. use the bottles shortly after the FDA approved their use earlier this year, agency officials said they were convinced the bottles are safe. Monsanto Co., a major developer of the bottle, told UPI yesterday it thought the NRDC was raising some of the same "unsubstantiated" charges made by other groups last summer. A company spokesman said recycling of the bottles which Coke introduced in the Providence, R. 1., area in June "has gone well" and is increasing every week. Monsanto is paying 12.5 cents a pound for return of the bottles in an effort to prove they can be recycled and to answer charges that they will become another litter problem'. The bottles are made of acrylonitrile. The NRDC said Coca-Cola has begun marketing its product in the bottles. Would You Like to Earn Extra Money? Do you have any skills? OTIS is beginning a new student service directory. It will be a list of students who have any skills—babysitting, tutoring, mechanics—anything that can help people. If you would like to be listed, come to the OTIS office in 20 HUB, for more information, through the end of the term, Nov. 14th. If your skill requires a license, bring a copy of it with you. 865-6851 Potter: student power 'gone for tie moment' The student's foot in State College Borough Council's door is "gone for the moment," according to Gary Potter, an un successful candidate iwthe recent Council election. Potter, who made a strong showing in heavily student-populated pre cincts, said, "The students will regret having only one student representative (council member Dean Phillips) on Council. "The election results killed strong tenant landlord relations, in novative human services programs and the human relations ordinance," Potter said. Housing vacancy rate drops By BRAD ARIS Collegian Staff Writer The vacancy rate for student housing is continuing to decline, according to a survey released last night at a meeting of the Centre Regional Planning Commission. According to the survey, there was a-1.26 vacancy rate in the Centre Region for multi unit housing in fall 1975, compared to a 1.9 vacancy rate in fall 1974. The lower rate means a decrease in housing selectivity for students. Since 1973, additional single student oriented housing construction has all but stopped in the Centre Region. This, coupled with University plans to build no more residence halls, has made the housing situation increasingly acute for students. The survey shows that in fall 1974, there was still space available for 827 occupants in apartments and townhouses. In fall 1975, an estimated 564 persons could have been ac commodated, a decrease of 263 from the previous year A rise in University enrollment' has con tributed to the problem. Enrollment reached Consumer agency approved WASHINGTON (UPI) The House yesterday climaxed a five-year battle by narrowly passing .legislation to create a Consumer Protection Agency, although the plan still faces promised veto from President Ford. The final vote on the bill was 208 to 199 enough for passage but far shOrt of the two-thirds vote that would have to be mustered if backers of the legislation hope to override a Ford veto. NATZ shoppe Brand name, first quality women's clothing at outlet prices. New arrivals weekly. 100 Fraser St. the Decorator's Workshop Potter maintained that the majority of council members are conservative and don't represent the student interest. Potter said he has no political plans for the future but he said he will "stay within shouting distance of Council." Meanwhile, Mary Ann Haas, the only new addition to a council of incumbents, said she has a "lot of catchup work to do" in regard to Council ac tivities. Haas, who will begin a four-year stint on Council in January, considers borough-supported human services one of the most Both houses of Congress have now put their stamp of approval on the project, which Ralph Nader considers his top priority and for which he and other organized consumer groups have been fighting on Capitol Hill since 1970. ' The final vote came after the House amended the bill so the agency will "automatically self-destruct" in seven years unless 237-7916 important issues she faces One service Haas feels "would be worthy of tax support" is housing for the elderly. She cautioned that some services now overlap between the borough and the county. She said the problem of overlapping would take a lot of study before a solution could be found. How does it feel to be a winner? "My daughter asked me when am I ever going to get that silly grin off my face," Haas said. 31,500 in fall 1975 and, according to the sur vey, should remain stable after climbing to a temporary peak enrollment of 32,500. Housing for additional students still will be a problem, as the survey indic4ted that 94 new rental units will be available next fall, but potential occupancy of these units is estimated to be only 376 persons.' The housing problem has spread beyond the Centre Region boundaries, according to commission member John Miller. He said there are a number of students using up rentf.,l spots in neighboring townships. Centre Regional Planning Director Ron Short said he is not only concerned with the housing problem for students but also how it affects working people and young married couples looking for housing in the region. The survey concluded with a need for "an increase in multi-unit construction to provide a stock of sufficient size and variety to meet student needs during peak enrollment years and to provide a surplus to allow for selective housing choices once the crucial enrollment peak has crested." Congress specifically votes to extend its life. Backers of the bill also turned back an attempt to strip from it an exemption for organized labor from the powers of the proposed agency and voted to expand it to include a wholesale reshuffling of the present federal consumer bureau cracy a move alleged to save taxpayers $lO million a ve3r. e it (EMI CY : 9ir 4 ",(174C 0 3 -1.—..... .-. .r! 1 k e a . 0. IT TITT Illt , 111111 ei H , ~ .: i ~ . . 1 .... •,. , , , i ....... „........_............- HE PENN STATE BOOKSTORE ON CAMPUS GROUND FLOOR HUB
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