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By ERNEST SAKLER Italian “papabili ’ — potential papal candidates — year-old Segri-born Felici is a polished and pungent United Press International include Cardinals , Sergio Pignedoli, speaker who leans toward the conservative. He is dis­ VATICAN CITY — Pope Paul Vi’s successor, whose Sebastiano Baggio, , Giovanni Colombo, trusted by church progressives. A cardinal since 1967, election will decide the future of the Roman Catholic Michele Pellegrino, Antonio Poma, Corrado Ursi and his lack of pastoral experience could hurt him in papal church and perhaps the allegiance of nearly 700 million Albino Luciani. balloting. faithful, probably will come from a group of fewer than Non-Italian cardinals, who were given long-shot Luciani: A theologian and philosopher, he is one of 20 cardinals, Vatican experts said Monday. chances for election, include American Cardinals John the newest cardinals, named in 1973. Born in Forno di Predicting the outcome of a papal election is always F. Dearden and John J. Wright, Leon Duval of Canale in 1912 he is vice president of the Italian difficult, but particularly so this time because the Col­ Algeria, Gabriel Garrone and Jean Villot of France, Bishops’ Conference. lege o* Cardinals is the largest in history. James Knox of Australia, Franz Koenig of Austria, Pellegrino: The retired of Turin is There will be 115 cardinals meeting in Maurice Roy of , Johannes Willenbrands of Hol­ viewed by many traditionalists as too liberal. Born in Miehaelangelo’s to elect a new pontiff, land and Stefan Wyszynski of Poland. Centalo in 1903, he prefers to be called “Padre” rather compared with the 80 who elected Paul in 1963 and the Here are capsule biographies of the leading candi­ than “your eminence,” lives frugally and wears simple 51 who elected John XXIII in 1958. dates: cassocks instead of more regal cardinal garb. His pec­ Many of the newer cardinals are from distant lands Benelli: Paul’s 1977 appointment of Benelli as a car­ toral cross is wooden rather than jeweled. Unlike other —- rare visitors to who are as yet unacquainted dinal and archbishop of Florence was seen as an obvi­ cardinals, he has no limousine, but drives a green com­ with the various Vatican lobbies. • ous attempt to smooth the way for the Tuscan prelate to pact . Most observers feel the traditionalists will prevail become his successor — or at least play a key role in Pignedoli: A veteran Vatican diplomat who has and choose an Italian, just as all other have been the election of the next pope. Benelli, 57, has three visited 156 countries, he has long been mentioned as a for more than 450 years. But some think the chances decades of experience as a Vatican diplomat and last leading candidate to succeed Paul. Born in Felina in for a non-Italian pope are the best so far this century — served as assistant secretary of state. No. 3 post in the 1910, Pignedoli often strolls around the Spanish Steps possibly a liberal central European or a cardinal from Vatican. But the efficient, sharp-tongued Benelli has in the heart of Rome, meeting students and hippies and the Third World. many enemies and at 57 is considered too young. sometimes inviting them to tea or dinner. Election of an American would be virtually impossi­ Baggio: At age 65, a former papal ambassador to Poma: Quiet and unassuming, he is president of the ble, most Vatican experts said. Brazil who now heads the Sacred Congregation for Italian Bishops’ Conference. Colleagues describe him Only 46 of the church’s 262 popes have been non- Bishops, one of the most powerful Curia departments. as a “man of the center,” open to ideas in the doctrinal . The last was Hadrian VI of Holland who Paul made him a cardinal in 1969. A rather rigid field, but rigid on matters of morals and discipline. reigned for 13 months in 1522-1523 and was booed by character and his comparative youth may be handicaps Born in in 1910, he is rated an outsider in the Roman crowds at his election. in the papal sweepstakes. papal voting unless the conclave wants someone akin to The new pope could be a conservative, bent on Colombo: Paul s personal choice in 1963 to succeed the manner and method of Paul. maintaining the Church’s traditional dictums on papal him as archbishop of , ’s largest diocese, he is Ursi: Praised by the Vatican newspaper for his "out­ authority, priestly celibacy and birth control. Or he a distinguished educator and writer. Now aged 76, Paul standing multifarious and fervent pastoral activity,” he could be a progressive trying to align Roman Catholi­ made him a cardinal in 1965. was born in 1908 in Andria. He was ordained in 1931, cism with what he feels is the spirit of the times. Felici: An expert in civil and canon law, the 67- became bishop in 1951 and cardinal in 1967. American not likely to he pope

United Press International VATICAN CITY — Vatican sources said The only way to dig a ditch Monday there is little chance a non- Italian, much less an American, could be Thomas Lopez, who works for J.W. Bell Christie Contractors, is using a elected to succeed the late Pope Paul VI as mechanical trencher to dig a ditch for a new natural gas pipeline at the leader of the world’s Roman Catholics. corner of Ross and Bizzell Streets on the University campus. The Nevertheless, two U.S. cardinals were pipeline will service the wood shop adjoining the Landford Architecture mentioned as possible papal candidates. Building. Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley Of the two, the sources said, only Car­ dinal John Francis Dearden, 70, arch­ bishop of Detroit and a noted activist in the struggle for human rights and racial earn investigates justice, had the necessary experience. The other man mentioned was Cardinal John Joseph Wright, 69, prefect for the Vatican’s Sacred Congregation of the ood death count Clergy. I United Press International around Horseshoe Bend, Rio Brazos and The Vatican sources said neither man pcials in Parker and Palo Pinto coun- Dennis. had any, but the slimmest chance of step­ 1— on the flood-swollen Brazos River ping into the papacy. In Albany, the water and sewer systems wnstream from last week’s destruction "The church hierarchy (in the United were functioning throughout most of the are bracing for a 10-foot rise that is ex- States) has consistently identified the led to carry away buildings in low-lying town, about a third of which washed away church interests with those of their own las. last Thursday and Friday. Telephone serv­ nation. This is an important factor against le river is up about 25 feet with water ice also had been restored. the Americans,” one source said. Disaster relief has been streaming into lased from Possum Kingdom Lake, Other sources said it was highly unlikely |i|h collected the flood runoff. The lake town since the weekend, according to that any Cardinal from a nation involved in sheriff’s dispatcher Bobbie Hoard. thority has advised officials in big power politics could be elected pope. ______L______jvnstream counties that more flood gates “We received a planeload of supplies The sources said most of the 10 current llpe opened today, adding 10 feet to the from Albany, New York, and I think most U.S. cardinals were considered prag­ every Albany in every state is sending /er level. matists and able administrators, but lacked Who says it's a dog’s life} something,” Mrs. Hoard said. “The the pastoral, prophetic point of view Bventy-eight people were killed in a This canine visitor to the Universityiversitv campuscamous seems eek of flooding in the agricultural area of people in Abilene and the surrounding praised by the the north side of the Academic Building. area have been just great. Individuals are quite content to stretch out in the flower beds on It central Texas and the Hill Country that ended in 1965. Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley the south central portion of the state. bringing in pickup loads of clothing. ” The town also reopened an abandoned Jthorities today continued their search light more bodies. nursing home to provide temporary hous­ Extension services to undergo change ing for the homeless, she said. In the Hill Country, a disaster survey tm from the National Weather Service “But the death toll still remained high,” ived in Kerrville Monday to determine Cressman said. “We need to find out the lythe death toll was so high despite ad- reason for those deaths and if there are any ice warning by the media. Prairie View to receive $1.4 million aspects of the warning system that need National Weather Service Director Dr. correcting, we need to correct them.” By DOUG GRAHAM designed to restore agricultural extension He said, however, there is a time con­ operations. He said the project would eorge Cressman said evidence indicated Meanwhile, the rain-swollen Brazos, Battalion Staff programs to the 1890 schools. straint on the federal funds. The act re­ supply information to nurseries and indi­ forecasts and flood warnings were is- which engulfed more than a third of Texas’ traditional statewide agricultural Prairie View lost their program because quires funds to be contracted within 12 viduals about growing plants. by television and radio stations and Graham during the weekend, receded service programs, the Texas Agricultural of the 1964 civil rights rulings against months. Funds cannot be carried over Simpson said he hopes to build free­ safety officials had acted promptly on Monday and residents of the west central Extension service and the Texas Agricul­ “separate but equal” organizations, Miller from year to year. standing structures for each of the Texas town returned to shovel ankle-deep tural Experiment Station are undergoing said. The crunch comes, he said, in getting projects. In the Hill Country, officials Monday mud and debris from their homes and change. At that time Prairie View and Texas through state regulations on construction. The overall change between Prairie ered the bodies of three more flood businesses. The change centers around Prairie View A&M s programs were combined into one Simpson said it is crucial that Prairie View and Texas A&M will not be radical, ms, bringing the death toll to 23 along “About a fifth of the town is still under­ A&M University, which is slated to re­ statewide agency. View initiate its building program this said Dr. John C. Calhoun, Executive Vice Medina and Guadalupe rivers, water but it’s going down. People are get­ ceive $1.4 million in federal funds, Texas Dr. Daniel Pfannstiel of the Agricultural year. It is the only year the University will Chancellor for Programs of the Texas inother five people died in flooding at ting back to work and cleaning up,” a A&M University President Jarvis Miller Extension Service, said the separate gov­ have the funds flexibility to do building A&M University System. ny in west central Texas. spokesman for the Young County sherifFs said. ernment funds have split the statewide ex­ without cutting the staff too deeply, he The system includes Prairie View, Texas A .spokesman for the Parker County Fire office said. “It’s a mess, but we don’t have He said Prairie View A&M should re­ tension program. said. A&M, and the statewide agricultural and epartment said local units Monday any drownings so we have a lot to be ceive another $900,000, bringing the total engineering extension and experiment sta­ “Our feeling has been where we were Simpson said money is needed because acuated campers and rural homes thankful for.” to $2.3 million. tions. one organization, we were able to facilitate “there’s an urgent need of facilities, both Last year, Congress passed the National a one-program effort. Now we re going to in labs and offices.” The act requires that each school de­ Agricultural Research, Extension, and have to work hard just to maintain that," Assistant director of the Texas Agricul­ velop plans in conjunction with an overall Teaching Policy Act of 1977. The act is Pfannstiel said. tural Experiment Station, Dr. Dudley state program in Section 1445. aptain: Sex less likely designed to improve research and trans­ Calhoun expressed his opinion that the “Our preference is to keep it.” Smith, said that Prairie View facilities are mission of agricultural knowledge. about on par statewide with other experi­ schools will continue to work closely to­ Several of the goals include research on The division becomes effective Oct.l, he said. ment stations. gether. nutrition and consumption patterns, alter­ n ship than on beach natives to fossil fuel-based technologies, Pfannstiel said that Prairie View’s exten­ In fact, their greenhouses are better Pfannstiel and Smith said their organiza­ and energy conservation. Improvement of sion service has no personnel trained in than most, Smith said. tions are continuing their close relation­ United Press International Men aboard the ships have shown little Simpson outlined what he hoped to im­ ships with Prairie View. Pfannstiel said the NORFOLK, Va. — The skipper of the opposition to a change the tradition-bound extension and research programs in ag­ bookkeeping. riculture, forestry, and general agriculture “Getting those people will drain their plement as a research program. One extension service was in the process of [S Vulcan, oldest ship in the Atlantic Navy would have regarded as cataclysmic project is a poultry brooder house for drawing up working agreements with t and one of the five first vessels to just a few years ago. are other goals. funds,” he said. One aim of the extension services will He added that Prairie View personnel analyzing temperature, food, and other Prairie View. 1 women to its crew, says sex will be What controversy and grumbling there factors in producing maximum meat and As far as handling the increased re­ 1 of a problem aboard “than you’d find has been has taken place on shore, some of be to orient the programs toward the small were as good as any in the state, but that farmer. A small farmer is defined as one their extension program had no need for egg yields. Energy will be the most impor­ search load goes, Simpson said the ' the beach .' it among Navy wives. facilities would pose the only problem. he Vulcan’s crew is getting ready to whose gross sales from farming are bookkeepers. Pfannstiel said that as of tant aspect, he said. He said he wants to “Anytime you have men and women to­ $20,000 or less per year. Oct.l, Prairie View will probably contract increase energy efficiency in poultry opera­ Smith said facilities are a common re­ come its first female members, who gether, one of the first things people think searcher’s complaint because money has to I move aboard as a result of legislation, The legislation will fund Tuskegee Insti­ with the Texas A&M extension service to tions. about is sex,” said Capt. Harry Spencer, Another project is oriented toward small be divided between staff and equipment. win final stages of congressional action, tute and the 14 land grant colleges estab­ do the bookkeeping. the Vulcan’s skipper. lished in 1890. The emphasis at Prairie View is on re­ farmer pork production. The goal is to im­ There is a lot to research, he said, but not tmitting their assignment to sea-going enough resources to do it all. “I think that has been overplayed. A These are traditionally all-black colleges search, said the school’s new research di­ prove quality and yield for low income I'y support ships. Personnel at Prairie View does not pose Vithin a year, close to 10 per cent of the ship is a small, contained environment, which were set up after the first land grant , Dr. O. C. Simpson. He said state “dirt farmers.” an obstacle. lean’s 750-member crew will be female, heavily controlled. That problem will be of schools such as Texas A&M were founded funds for research were approximately An agricultural extension-related “Prairie View will have no problems ingfrom officers to dental technicians far less magnitude than you’d find on the under the Morrill Act of 1862. $60,000 versus the $1.4 million from the project involves setting up a computerized with quality,” Pfannstiel said. machinists mates in the engine room. beach,” he said. Miller said the the 1977 Farm Act was federal government. data base on greenhouse and indoor plant

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