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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 <A>>—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.
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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
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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
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8:00 A 10:00 A.M. Worship
8:00 A.M.—Bible Study
5:16 P.M.—Young: People’s Class
6 :0O P.M.—Worship
7:15 P.M.—Anrie Class
8 :80 A.M.—Tues. - Ladies Bible Class
7 :15 P.M.—Wednesday - Bible Study
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Homestead & Ennis
9 :45 A.M.—Sunday School
10 :50 A.M.—Morning Worship
6 :30 P.M.—Young People
UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP
305 Old Highway 6, South
10 :00 A.M.—Sunday Service
7 :00 P.M.—Adult Service
305 Old College Road South
A&M PRESBYTERIAN
7-9 A.M.—Sun. Breakfast - Stu. Ctr.
9:46 A.M.—Church School
11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship
6 :00 P.M.—Sun. Single Stu. Fellowship
7 :16 P.M.—Wed. Student Fellowship
6 :46 A.M.—Fri. Communion Service
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ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC
Sunday Masses—9:00 and 11:00 A.M.
Saturday Mass—7:00 P.M.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
9 :45 A.M.—Sunday School
10:46 A.M.—Morning Worship
6 :30 P.M.—Young People’s Service
7 :00 P.M.—Preaching Service
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
9 :30 A.M.—Sunday School
11:00 A.M.—Sunday Service
11:00 A.M.-2 P.M.—Tues. Reading Rm.
7 :00-8 :00 P.M.—Wed., Reading Room
8:00 P.M.—Wed. Evening Worship
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9:15 A.M.—Sunday School
10:30 A.M.—Morning Worship
7 :30 P.M.- -Evening Service
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9:45 A.M.—Sunday School
11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship
6 :30 P.M.—Young People’s Service
6 :10 PM—Training Unio
7 :20 PM—Evening Worship
6 :45 PM—Choir Practice & Teachers’
meetings (Wednesday)
7 :45 PM—Midweek Services (Wed.)
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710 Eisenhower
9 :45 A.M.—Sunday School
hurch Service
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11:00 A.M.—C
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3205 Lakeview
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10 :45 A.M.—Morning Worship
6 :00 P.M.—Youth Hour
7 :00 P.M.—Evening Worship
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-Sunday
10 :55 A.M.—Morning Worship
5 :30 P.M.—Campus & Career Class
5 :30 & 6 :00 P.M.—MYF Meetings
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OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
26th East and Coulter, Bryan
8 :30 A.M.—Priesthood meeting
10 :00 A.M.-—Sunday School
5 :00 P.M.—Sacrament Meeting
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2505 S. College Ave., Bryan
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10:50 A.M.—Morning Worship
7 :00 P.M.—Prayer and Bible Study
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