St 18,1)J espe. at th{ body, -haseo Fdod J I THE BATTALION Wednesday, August 18, 1971 College Station, Texas Page 9 Traffic conductor’ handles rough intersection Officer Owen Dacey directs traffic in the middle of St. Louis’ most impossible intersection. By ROY MALONE Associated Press Writer ST. LOUIS >—For seven years officer Owen Dacey has manned his little spot in the mid dle of this city’s most impossible intersection. His gyrations and antics have put smiles on the faces of thou sands of rush-hour drivers. While mastering one of man’s techno logical messes, Dacey has gained a reputation as “Traffic Conduc tor.” But the corner is so wicked that recently Dacey was hit. The 45-year-old cop had been hit from behind by a driver who got confused and tried to make a left turn from a through lane. Not badly hurt, Dacey was off the job for two weeks. While in the hospital he “received hun dreds of cards from people I don’t even know.” But the corner went to pot while he was laid up, said Bill Camren, who runs a service sta tion at the north side intersection —Broadway, East Grand and In terstate-70. “They put a rookie out there and he was all over the inter section. He didn’t know where to stand. Poor guy. They ran him ragged. I wouldn’t stand out there for anything.” Engineering Extension given $153,000 for short courses Texas A&JVf University’s Engineering Extension Service has received a $153,679 grant from the Texas Criminal Justice Council to conduct 10 educational short courses for state justices of the peace, EES Director H. D. Bearden announced Monday. Bearden said the funds will be directed through the extension service’s Police Train ing Division and will cover all expenses for 40-hour courses in Lubbock, Arlington Longview, College Station and San Antonio. Ira E. Scott, chief instructor for the Police Training Division, pointed out the grant includes the addition of a full-time instructor to his staff. The instructor will be named later. Texas A&M will cooperate with the regional councils of governments, on the educational program, Scott said, and all classes will be held on a regional basis. The Texas Criminal Justice Council makes the grant from federal funds ap propriated to the state from the national Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act. Scott noted two 20-hour classes will be held in each city. The first course is scheduled in Lub bock Sept. 27-29 at the Red Raider Inn. Cooperating on that program are the Pan handle, South Plains, North Texas, Per mian Basin, West Texas, Concho Valley and Upper Rio Grande Council of Government. Justices'of the peace will return to Lub bock Feb. 14-16 for the final 20 hours of study. Other courses are scheduled in Arling ton Nov. 3-5 and March 1-3; Longview Nov. 17-19 and March 22-24; College Station Dec. 8-10 and April 12-14, and San Antonio Jan. 12-14 and April 19-21. Purpose of the grant, Scott reported, is to give the JPs a better understanding of current law enforcement problems, crim inal and civil law and a better understand ing of their responsibilities to the com munity and state. PROTECT YOUR AGGIELAND! PLASTIC COVERS ARE NOW ON SALE IN THE STUDENT PUBLICATIONS OFFICE SECOND FLOOR SERVICES BUILDING only 25 c District Police Capt. Charles Craft says: “The traffic lights just don’t work well enough at that intersection. Dacey’s the only man in the United States that can handle it.” Dacey says the intersection was badly designed and even a computer that was installed in a large yellow traffic control box is unable to regulate the flow. As he was about to step into action on his first day back on the job, Dacey appeared nervous. The six streams of the inter section carry more than 20,000 vehicles a day, some of them braking down from 55 miles an hour off the interstate. “How yah doin’ Dacey, feel okay?” someone hollers from a truck. “Yep,” he says. In a wide stance he starts swinging his hips like a bur lesque dancer. The drivers pick up the tempo. Soon he is blowing his whistle, hollering and doing all sorts of contortions—baseball player, umpire, bowler, ballet ar tist, twister, carpenter with a hammer, windmill. They’ll move on a flick of the maestro’s finger, tilt of his head or swing of his hips. There are great grins behind the windshields. It’s good to have Dacey back. A truck driver stops in the middle of the intersection and puts out a big arm for a handshake. Everyone’s laughing now. Dacey shakes hands and re sumes his orchestration. Cars and trucks are just miss ing each other now and Dacey has started sweating. “Think this isn’t work ? ” he shouts, to a pedestrian. He gets a little impatient. “Go around him Buick. Move Buick. Go, John. That’s it John.” “Come on, baby. Come on, baby,” he says to a smiling young woman driver. She’s watching him move and nearly hits the back of a truck. Then a jam-up. A truck driv er, probably new to the city, wants to go straight when the way is clearly jammed. Dacey says left. The trucker says straight. Dacey gets mad: “Left.” The giant truck starts coming straight and Dacey steps in front of it. “Back it up, boy. Left.” The driver eases left and Da cey hollers “Hurry it up.” Then other motorists start honking their horns at the truck. They’re on Dacey’s side. “Let’s go home. Let’s go home,” Dacey chants as he fin ishes up. A Cadillac comes toot ing through and the executive tells Dacey, “Good to see you.” At the service station, Camren says: “One day Dacey told me —you gotta like your job to do your best.” Prairie View gets grant ok The Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System has approved a $10,000 grant for Prairie View A&M College for a proposed local government and community assistance program. The college is providing $6,011 in matching funds, to bring the total funding of the program to $16,011. The grant funds are made available through the U. S. Office of Education under provisions of the Community Service and Con tinuing Education Program of the Higher Education Act. of 1965. Dr. J. L. Brown, director of the Division of Continuing Education at Prairie View A&M and project director, said the project could help to “make Prairie View a bet ter community to live in,” through identifying and solving communi ty problems. Faculty members, students, and civic leaders will be involved in research, surveys, seminars, and workshops with the goal of pro ducing: —Zoning code —Housing code —Fire protection code —Civil and criminal investiga tion procedures —Economic analysis of the city —Business prospects for the city —City administration manual Brown said the items will be included in a handbook. While the handbook is designed specif ically for the city of Prairie View, the director said, it might well “be useful to other small towns and rural communities.” The Church..For a Fuller Life..For You.. Quiet moments in solitude are good for the soul. Each of us needs those moments apart from the busy world—where we can distill our thoughts, reshape our purpose and revitalize our spirit. This is not the same as living a solitary life—to be shut off from so ciety, aloof and alone. We must remain in touch with the rest of mankind, or we will become lonely and selfish. We must be a part of the common flow of life. In a society filled with patterns and cross-currents of both good and evil, where we dare not live in isolation, every person needs a strength greater than his own. That strength, derived from the presence of God in our lives, is the central concern of the Church. Spend some time in solitude with God before you attempt to meet the rush of life. Copyright 1971 Keister Advertising Service, Inc., Strasburg, Virginia Scriptures selected by the American Bible Society Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Acts Acts I Corinthians II Corinthians Acts Acts Ecclesiastes 20:9-12 28:3-5 15:4-8 12:1-12 16:25-26 22:17-21 7:1-10 f U2> V -t; <112^ ^12^ CALENDAR OF CHURCH SERVICES ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL 906 Jersey Street, So. Side of Campus Rector: William R. Oxley Asst.—Rev. Wesley Seelig-er 8:00 A.M. & 9:15 A.M. Sunday Services AAM CHURCH OF CHRIST 8:00 A 10:00 A.M. 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