Poge Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, August 19, 1975 Page Ten THE MiCHIGAN DAILY Tuesday August 19, 1 97~ British rock fans prefer 'the hottest new band' to oldies Ford praises farmers' work By MARY CAMPBELL AP Newsteatures Writer In England, s a y s Russell Mael of Sparks, rock audiences are primarily interested in the hottest new band. "It's shock- ing to us to see that here in American people are concerned with the groups they grew up with-the Beatles and the Roll- ing Stones. The point of refer- ence is still the Beatles. In Eng- Free Concerts PRESENTS DEEDEE PALLAZZOLA BLUES TON ITE-7:30 UNION LOBBY -COUPON- land, we're the point of refer- ence. "It makes it exciting in Eng- land. You've got to keep on your toes. They want something fresh and new." MAEL SAYS that among the reasons is that in England peo- ple get a job, start a family and give up rock music at an ear- lier age than in America. There- fore, the bulk of the audience is younger; they grew up since the Beatles. He says it was good for Sparks; since English audiences Dr. Paul C. Uslan OPTOMETRIST Full Contct Lens Service Visual Examinations 548 CHURCH ST. 663-2476 2 for 1 $necial are interested in the new, they listen to new groups. Sparks has had four top 10 singles and two top 10 LPs in England. But Russell Mael, 21, lead singer in Sparks, and his broth- er, Ron Mael, 26, who writes most of the quintet's songs, aren't English. They grew up near Los Angeles, moving to London two and a half years ago. IN COLLEGE they started a group, Halfnelson, which made a record for Bearsville in 1971. It went nowhere. Russell says, "We thought of a boring name, Sparks, and put a boring photo of us on the front of the second album, 'A Woofer is Tweeter's Clothing,' and proved it wasn't in the name. Nothing happened with that record either." Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller both earned more than $150,000 in the first four months of the 1975 PGA golf tour. 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So far White House aides said the Soviets have bought 4.2 million tons of wheat and 5.6 million tons of other grain THE PRESIDENT said Amer- ican farm production and food exports "are a dynasaic contri- bution to a stable and orderly world." Last year's $22 billion in farm exports had given the U.S. a "green harvest" of $12 billion in favorable foreign ex- change, Ford noted. "Our agricultural abidance helped open the door to ""A mil- lion people on the mai,. ad of China," Ford added. "It helped improve relations with the So- viets. It helped build bridges to a developing world." Maritime unions, meanwhile, refused to load grain newly purchased by the Soviet Union. THE PRESIDENT alluded to recent charges by foreign buy- ers that some American grain shipments have been under- weight and not of the quality specified by shippers. He promised to "move vigor- ously to clear up this problem" and "demonstrate to the world the validity of America's repu- tation as an honest and depend- able supplier of high quality farm products." Ford flew to Des Moines from Colorado, where he inter- rupted a two-week vacation to make a fast-paced two-day swing into four states. HE SCHEDULED visits to six cities, where he was to make seven speeches and do some politicking at meetings with Republican leaders in Iowa and Minnesota. Because of the political over- tones of the trip, the Republi- can National Committee is pay- ing the $2,206-an-hour cost of the presidential jet and all costs of the trip, except for the first stop at Rifle, Colo. Ford went to that small Wes- tern Colorado town to tour the $8-5 million privately financed Paraho oil shale operation to emphasize alternative sources of energy that can help the U. S. gain independence from for- eign imports. IN A two-hour tour, the Presi- dent walked into the mine to see actual shale digging and is inspect a refinery where oil is cooked outrofithe rock under 90 degree heat and high pressure. He told reporters at the shale development site, where 17 companies are working together in hopes of unlocking one of the largest potential energy sources in the world, that "If there are same breakthroghs .. .thsis would become a bigger portion of our over-all program." Ford flew to Rifle via heli- copter from his vacation home at Vail, Colo., then took a bum- py, 20-minute ride over a wind- ing mountain road to get to the tunnel. On the way, he remark- ed, "It scares me to death driv- ing up this road." THE PRESIDENT then doi- ned a hard hat, safety glasses and an emergency air supply for the 1,200 - foot walk into the mountain - all by way at underscoring the admini stra- tion's view that shale rock may harbor an energy bonanza that could reduce America's depen- dence upon oil imports. The experimental station now mines about 500 tons of shale per day, from which 200 barrels of oil is extracted. The mine is on Navy property atnd the oil is used by that service. Paraho director Harry Pforz- heimer told the President that "With shale oil, we think we could be competitive at the current world crude oil price," which is $12 per barrel. I I I I --I _ IF YOU MAILED A POSTCARD TO EACH OF THE MICHIGAN DAILY'S READERS* Telling them of your business, or your next sole, or your group's latest project, IT WOULD COST YOU $2,800.00 FOR POSTAGE ALONE YOU CAN REACH THE SAME READERS WITH AN AD THIS LARGE FOR JUST $49.98 And we'll deliver it in something they won't throw in the wastebasket THE PAGES OF THE LATEST DEADLINE IN THE STATE 764-0554 'Established by U-M Institute for Social Research EY 7