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AUSTIN, Tex. (iP) — A Texas
consumer advocate strongly back
ed legislation Thursday to guar
antee policyholders something
more than apologies when life
insurance companies go broke.
Executives of two leading Tex
as-based companies, however, at
tacked the idea of a “kitty” to
pay off claims of defunct firms.
The testimony was before an
interim legislator-citizen study
committee chaired by State Insur
ance Commissioner Clay Gotten.
“Why should the policyholder
be the one to bear the burden
of an insurance company failure?
. . . They are the ones who are
least able to bear it 4 ” said Joe
K. Longley, chairman of the Tex
as Consumer Association’s legis
lative committee.
Longley endorsed Cotten’s pro
posal requiring all insurance com-
See here
Ryan’s Daughter, Devils top movies
If you will be in the B-CS area
this weekend, you will at least
have your pick of two very fine
movies to take your mind off
your troubles. Ken Russell’s The
Devils will be playing at the
Campus, and the Palace will fea
ture David Lean’s Ryan’s Daugh
ter.
While both films are far better
than average, our pick is Ryan’s
Daughter (despite the two bucks
you have to pay for the ticket).
This film, although given a chilly
if cordial reception by the “big
city” critics, deserves a Film
G.P.R. = 3.7 and is sure to be
an audience pleaser. Ryan’s
Daughter stars Robert Mitchum,
Trevor Howard, Christopher
Jones, Les McKern, Sarah Miles,
and John Mills—who took the
Best Supporting Actor Oscar at
last year’s Academy Awards for
his performance of the town idiot.
While this is not one of David
Lean’s finest flicks, the photog
raphy is beautiful, the acting is
fine, the story is interesting, and
the themes are eternal.
Basically Ryan’s Daughter is a
story of love cast against a back
ground of conflict and social up
heaval while filmed among some
highly photogenic natural set
tings. Specifically, it is the story
of Rosie Ryan, the daughter of an
Irish pubkeeper and informant to
the occupational British troops,
who finds herself first unhappy
in her marriage to her childhood
idol—the village schoolmaster—
and then involved with a war-
hero (WW I) British officer who
is the commander of the local
camp. The film does a fine job of
painting the “local color” of a
small Irish village and its inhabi
tants. In fact, the only bad point
about the film for me was that
I really didn’t see any justifica
tion for paying “this year’s
prices” for “last year’s film” (a
habit the management of the local
theatres seems to be forming
these days).
However, you can also see a
fine film this weekend for the
usual $1.50—The Devils, which
stars Vanessa Redgrave and Oliv
er Reed.
What we have is a story of a
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Junior and Senior Economics majors will
be held Tuesday. March 14, at 4:00 p. m. in
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"SPRING AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS"—
Application forms for Spring Awards Pro
gram may be obtained from the Student
Financial Aid Office, Room 303, YMCA
Building until March 31, 1972. All applica
tions must be filed with the Student Finan
cial Aid Office by no later than 5 :00 p. m.
April 1, 1972. Late applications will not
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To be eligible to purchase the Texas
A4M Univeratty Ring, an undergraduate
student must have at least one academic
year in residence and credit for ninety-five
(95) semester hours. The hours passed at
the preliminary grade report period on
March 13, 1972 may be used in satisfying
this ninety-five hour requirement. Students
qualifying under this regulation may now
leave their names with the ring clerk, room
seven, Richard Coke Building. She, in turn,
will check all records to determine ring
etifibility. Orders for these rings will be
taken by the ring clerk starting March 27,
1M2 and continuing through May 5, 1972.
Ike rings will be returned to the registrar’s
office to be delivered on or about June 15.
H72. The Ring Clerk is on duty from 8j00
a. m. to 12 :00 nooi
day, of each week
n, Monday through Fri-
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Every Friday & Saturday Night
7 p. m. to ? ? 7
Experienced Adult Supervision
Call For Details
822-2520 or 822-1732
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TER, 3406 South College Ave., Bryan, State
Licensed. 823-8626. Virginia D. Jones,
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MOTHERS ! ! I
Do you want your child to have a
homelike atmosphere while you work 7
Playland Nursery School
Has just that — plus a qualified staff
to meet your child’s educational needs
Monthly, Weekly, or Daily Rates.
1801 South College
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7:30 a. m. to 6:15 p. m.
HELP WANTED
EXTRA INCOME POTENTIAL. Part-
time work. Call 846-9347 in the evenings.
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Prestone—$1.69 Gal.
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F78 x 14
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Starters - Generators
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Most any part for most
American and some
Foreign cars at dealer price
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Joe Faulk Auto Parts
220 E. 25th — 822-1669
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WORK WANTED
Typing on IBM electric with symbols.
Call Marti at 823-1750. 81t4
Available to type thesis, reports and
any type typing. 846-0436, 845-3955. 67tl8
Typing. Call 845-2451. Ask for Kathy.
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Typing near campus. Electric. Ex
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Need one roommate, with transportation.
Fairway Apartments, $30 per month. 822-
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Want to rent or lease three or four
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lease purchase near Louisiana near LSU,
four bedroom, 2VG bath. Contact Bill
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Houston. 713 — 623-0000. Evenings, 783-
6838. 81t8
FOR SALE
1907 Wards 250cc motorcycle. Runs good.
$125. 846-2380. 84t7
1957 Austin-Healey 100-6. Runs good.
New engine. Make offer. 846-2380. 84t7
1967 Mustang 289. Power steering, air,
disc brakes. Asking $700. 822-3206, Eric.
84t2
One Goodyear, F70-14 polyglas tire with
white stripe. $20. 846-8440. 83t2
1962 Chevy II, 6 cylinder, standard,
three-speed. Bill, 846-2409. 83t2
1971 Yamaha 360 Enduro, 650 miles
Excellent condition. Call 846-3187. 83t6
Absolutely brand new Pentax camera,
50mm, FI.4, $240. Used once. Yashlca
45mm, FI.7, $100. 4311 College Main,
Apt. 4. 83tfn
1966 Ford Galaxie. Air, power steering
and brakes, good rubber, V-8. $450. 822-
5609 after 6. 83t6
Back packs, large selection. Bargain
Land, 1809 South College, Bryan. 82t3
Combat boots and army surplus. Bargain
Land, 1809 South College, Bryan. 82t3
Bell Bottoms. Bargain Land, 1809 South
College, Bryan. 82t3
Guitars and accessories. Bargain Land,
1809 South College, Bryan. 82t3
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HORSE PASTURE
Fenced in, newly planted pasture
leased by month.
Five Miles from campus.
Plenty of riding room.
Call 846-3089
TROPICAL FISH
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NEW HOURS:
Wed. - Thur, - Fri. — 5-10 p. m,
Saturday & Sunday — 2-10 p. m.
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(To Huntsville)
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One bedroom furnished apartment. All
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per month. Call 823-6735 or 312D Ehlinger
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Parachutes. Bargain Land, 1809 South
College, Bryan. 82t3
1966 Rambler American 440, two door
hard top, air conditioned. Good condition.
846-5003. 82tfn
1970 Honda CB350, 6,000 miles, with
helmet. $550. 845-6185. 81t4
1968 Volkswagen, excellent condition.
822-6257 after 5 p. m. 81t4
1968 Chevrolet Impala SS, air, power
steering, power brakes, 396 engine, red
with black interior, new tires, excellent
condition, 45,000 miles. Call 822-1886 after
5. 81t4
Great looking Parsons contemporary
cocktail table by Lane. White frame with
smoked glass top. Used three months.
Must sell at less than % price. 846-5931.
81t4
1969 Mercury Montego, two-door, all
power, automatic, air-conditioned. 846-2010
after 6 p. m. $1695. 80t5
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each. Brand new factory 8 track tapes
regular $6.95, now $3.99 each. 4 track
tapes 990 each. Party record albums $6.95
values, now $2.95 each. Double Geo Har
rison 8 track tapes $17.95 list, only $8.96.
Double Jesus Christ Superstar $11.95
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the hottest posters in town—Aggie Den.
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Two bedroom completely unfurnished,
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One and two bedroom furnished apartments
ready for occupancy, miles south of
Campus. Lake for fishing. Washateria on
grounds. Country atmosphere. Call D. R.
Cain Co., 823-0934, or after 5, 846-3408 or
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remarkable man involved in a
deadly power play. Oliver Reed,
as Father Grandier—a priest who
is “all man,” defends his beloved
city’s walls from the demolition
ordered by Cardinal Richelieu, the
power behind the throne of the
jaded Louis XIII. Vanessa Red
grave, as Sister Jeanne, plays the
tormented Mother-Superior of an
Ursuline convent who is to cause
the fall of the priest. To the dull-
witted this movie will only seem
“wierd,” but to anyone else it
should prove both to be a fine
film and deserving of a film
G.P.R. = 3.4.
panics that sell life and medical
insurance in Texas to hold a cer
tain amount of their funds in
trust. The money would be used
as a “guaranty fund” to pay
claims of policyholders against
insolvent insurance companies.
Ben H. Carpenter of Dallas,
board chairman of Southland Life
Insurance Co,, denounced the plan
as a “poor political expedient.”
“This is locking a barn door
after the horse has been stolen,
and then assessing the neigh
bors for contributions to buy a
new horse, and at the same time
permitting other barn doors to
remain unlocked,” Carpenter said.
Carpenter said the answer to
insolvencies lay in an “early warn
ing system” and in raising the
number of state examiners who
probe for weak spots in insurance
companies.
“There is nothing to stop some
one from taking the money and
stock and going south with it, is
there?” asked Sen. Murray Wat
son of Waco, who sponsored an
unsuccessful guaranty fund bill
last year.
“There is no way you can pre
vent crookedness,” Carpenter re
plied.
Watson said he had never seen
Carpenter testify before legisla
tive committees in favor of larger
appropriations to hire insurance
examiners.
“I hope you show as much in
terest in testifying before the
House Appropriations Committee
as you have in testifying against
the policyholders of Texas,” Wat
son said.
Longley said 45 companies in
Texas had gone into receivership
in the past nine years, with a
resultant loss to policyholders and
their beneficiaries of at least $40
million.
“Are you connected with Ralph
Nader?” asked one committee
member, W. H. Seay, president
of Southwestern Life Insurance
Co. and president of the Texas
Life Convention.
“He is a member of our asso
ciation, but other than that, I
don’t know of any connection,”
Longley replied.
Seay also asked Longley if he
thought the Texas Consumer As
sociation should bail out its Okla
homa counterpart if it went broke.
“I sure would if they were in
the business of writing insurance,”
Longley replied.
•Gotten told the committee the
purpose of the “guaranty fund”
proposal was to “establish confi
dence among the public that when
they purchase an insurance policy
. . . they will be fully protected . . .
just like a depositor in a bank is
protected by the FDIC (Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp.)”
“This is a very small price for
the insurance industry in this
state to pay for the confidence
of the public,” he said.
State Insurance Board Chair
man Larry Teaver said he thought
a means could be found to remove
what he called “inequities” in
volved in the payment by strong
companies for the mismanage
ment of weak ones.
Wiseman outlines moon experiments
Several new lunar experiments,
including placement of a cosmic
ray detector on the moon’s sur
face, are planned for the last two
scheduled Apollo flights, partici
pants in an American Nuclear
Society reactor conference at
A&M were told Wednesday.
Donald G. Wiseman, who head
ed the Manned Spacecraft Cen
ter’s Lunar Surface Projects Of
fice during previous Apollo mis
sions, outlined the space agency’s
program of experiments on the
Nixon trip coverage costs
networks $1 million each
NEW YORK <A>) The three
major American television net
works pooled their resources to
>cove^ President Nixon’s trip to
„ China, but even so it is costing
each more than $1 million.
Voice and pictures come over
a complicated relay from Peking,
but viewers here have been aston
ished at their excellent quality.
Asked if there were any spe
cial reason for the technical ex
cellence, George Miller at the
TV China Pool, said:
“No, not really. Technically,
nobody in China has been doing
anything unusual. It’s just a nor
mal overseas satellite transmis
sion.”
“Technically, it’s a miracle,”
said Sid Kaufman of CBS.
However, network executives
said one survey indicated not as
many viewers as expected were
watching.
New York Arbitron, the only
audience survey available so far,
said about 60 million Americans
watched Nixon’s arrival Sunday
night. Network officials said this
is about the same number who
normally would have been view
ing TV Sunday night.
The networks arranged their
coverage on a pool basis but with
each using its own correspondents.
Cost of the pool was $1.5 mil
lion with ABC, CBS and NBC
each paying one third.
Each network was allowed 11
persons, and for this each paid
the pool $250,000.
moon.
Wiseman said results of the ex
periments should provide better
understanding of the history and
related aspects of earth as well
as of the moon and space.
He explained that the cosmic
ray detection experiment, planned
for Apollo 16, is designed to pro
vide the first measurements of
fluxes of various elements under
the moon’s unique atmospheric
conditions. The project also is de
signed to measure flux, energy
and chemical composition of low
energy particles.
Wiseman said five new experi
ments are planned for the final
lunar flight in the current series,
Apollo 17.
A lunar ejecta and meteorites
experiment, he explained, will
measure long-term variations in
cosmic dust influx on the lunar
surface and determine radiant,
flux density and speed of particles
in meteor streams.
Traverse and surface tidal
gravimeters will be placed on the
lunar surface for absolute gravity
and related measurements and for
studies of the lunar surface gravi
tational field, the NASA official
explained.
Another experiment, called sur
face elect properties, is designed
to search for the presence of wa
ter beneath the lunar surface and
determine layering in the subsur
face.
Wiseman said a mass spectro
meter also will be placed on the
moon to analyze the lunar atmos
phere.
His presentation included color
slides showing hardware used on
both previous and future lunar
flights. He also showed a film
highlighting the Apollo 14 mis
sion.
Allen Newman to speak Monday
Allen L. Newman of Temple,
assistant state soil conservation
ist, will speak Monday at A&M
on “Soil Survey Interpretation
and Use.”
The 7:30 p.m. .program in Ag
ronomy Building Room 107 is
sponsored by the A&M Collegiate
Chapter,;., Spil Conservation So
ciety of America.
Chapter president Steve Hart
said Newman’s lecture includes a
slide presentation. The program
is open to the public.
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