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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1974)
ne >’general’s [ commissi), cgedpaddinj 1 reported Ik a ble mistet mion-Hi h revs-i f . liWsion clid 'gned him •riot offittj, ' s eommitfei isked direct evs was Joins ireysisJoini ■eplied. Bus service runs aground THE BATTALION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1974 Page 5 n u omputer will aid auditor By STEVE GRAY Stall Writer In a special meeting Tuesday af ternoon, the Brazos County Com missioners Court approved a rroposal to purchase a computer to ipdate the existing bookkeeping rystem in the county auditor’s of- ice. The meeting was called after the court spent much of its time during its regular monthly meeting Nov. 11 considering approval of the county budget. The court accepted a bid of $32,189 from Burroughs Corp., 1706 E. 27th, for the system which will be installed before Jan. 1. Money for the purchase will be taken from revenue sharing funds. County Judge Bill Vance said. Two other companies, IBM and Texas Data Center Inc. of Bryan also submitted proposals. IBM submitted a bid of $74,132 and Texas Data proposed a plan which would make equipment available to the county at a cost of $60 per hour. Both bids were turned down. The Burroughs system will con sist of a central computer, card stacker and reader. Vance said the new system will record voter regist ration lists, county payroll and gen eral accounting data. The present accounting system, which involves voluminous paper work, has been used since the late 1930’s. In other action, the court ap proved an increase in hospital in surance coverage for county' emp loyes from $16 a day to $25 a day. 807 Texas Ave. Across From College TONIGHT Silver Dollar Special Live Rock & Roll is Back Gunpoint from Dallas Girls Free A strike by 16,()()() employes of Greyhound Bus Lines has left the Bryan-College Station area with vir tually no commercial bus transpor tation. The strike, which began Monday, is not expected to he a long one, according to Sam Enloe, Bryan Greyhound agent. “The bus line lias terminated local passenger and freight service until the strike is settled,’ he said. The Amalgamated Transit Union, headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., called the strike which resulted in 1,3(X) contract employes in Texas walking off their jobs Monday after noon when the contract expired. Negotiations between the union and the bus company broke oflf at 2 p. m., an hour after the strike began. Enloe said the local office at 1300 Texas Ave. will try to provide cus tomers with information on other Bulletin board means of travel daily from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m. “The nearest freight and pas senger service will be available in Hearne on Continental Trailways Bus Lines and Kerrville Bus Lines in Brenham,” he said. Charter bus service has also been shut down, Enloe said. But he pointed out that charter service is being permitted by the union for up to another week in other parts of the nation. Greyhound tickets are being honored by Amtrak and Continen tal. Spokesmen for Amtrak said Greyhound was making up for the difference between train and bus fares. Terminal service in Houston has been stopped along with 26 daily' departures and arrivals, according to Bill Cohen, area sales manager in Houston. Guy Parent, federal mediator, said union and company representa tives were negotiating for 48 straight hours, prior to the strike. He said he did not know when talks would be resumed. HUNTING EQUIPMENT »> HEADQUARTERS<<< THURS., FRI., SAT. OPEN MON THRU SAT 9:30 - 9:30 1 TODAY THE COMMITTEK MEKTINC; is at 7:30 p.m in the Student Programs OHice PANHANDLE HOMETOWN CLl B meets at 7:30 p.m. in room 501 in the Rudder Tower. Hides home and projects will lie discussed. PHYSICS SEMINAR on (.'orrelations ami lluctua- tions iu Liquid Helium features Dr. Linda Heidileof IT- Austin at 4 p. m. in room 146 iu the Physics Building. TAMl HOKSKMW S ASSOCIATION meets .it 7:30 p.m. in room 215 oT the Animal Industries Building to discuss Breeding oi mares and care ol foals. TAMl BOWLING CLl B meets at 7 p.m. at the MSC Itowling lanes to elect officers, discuss dues and projects. TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STA TION will sponsor a con lore nee on "Numerical Control Machines and Computer-Aided Man ufacturing in room 501 til the Rudder Tower. STIDENT SEMINAR on radioactive waste man agement features Arnold Granger of Houston Lighting and Power Co. at 4 p.m in room 105B ol the Zachn Engineering Center, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT will feature Arthur V. Wolfe speaking on becom ing a professional manager at 10a.m. in room 203 of the Zilchia Engineering Center TAMSCAMS meets at 7:30 p.m in room 110 of the O&M Building \ film And slide presentation on tornadoes will he shown ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING WIVES Cl,l'B vis its Pat Walker s Figure Perfection, 3723 E. 29th St., at 7:30 p.m. for a demonstration. AfcM STIDENT CIVIL LIBERTIES I’MON meets at 7:30 p.m in room 407.\£<Bof theTower for a him series and discussion of dorm hearing procedures. * ’ 1 ^ MARKETING SOCIETY meets at 7 15 p m. near the MSC Fountain and later in room 604 A&B in the Rudder'lower Croup picture for the Aggielancl and discussion of field trip. EAGLE PASS HOMETOWN CIA B meets at 8 p.m. in rooms I .&M on the second floor of the MSC' toi discuss sweetheart ami club pictures. TAMl GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY meets at 7:30 p.m. in room 105 of the Geosciences Building. SAN ANTONIO HOMETOWN CIA B meets at 7:30 p.m. in room 301 of the Rudder'Tower. Thank sgiving and Christinas parties will he discussed. speal IESS GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND COLLEGE OF GEOSCIENCES sponsors a lecture on "Chemi cal Fractionation During the Condensation of the Solar System” by Prof. Lawrence Grossman of the University of Chicago at 7:30 p.m. in room 112 of the Oceanography-Meteorology Building. FRIDAY OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR on radioactive trac ing tools features Dr. Richard Ku of the Univer sity of Southern California at 3:30 p.m. iu room 112 of the Oceanography-Meteorology Building. TAMU METEOROLOGY DEPARTMENT will have a special seminar on the processing, dis tribution and utilization of information from the Geophysical Operational Environmental Satel lite. Brian Heckman, staff meteorologist with the National Environmental Satellite Service, will peak in room 103 of the OAr.M building. CLUB meets at 7 p.m. in roam 504 of the Rudder Tower. SATURDAY IRANIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION meets at 7 p.m. iu room 114 of the Herman Heep Building. AUXILIARY TO THE STUDENT CHAPTER of the American Veterinary Medical Association will sponsor an old-fashioned bazaar from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Manor East Mall. Proceeds will be used for community service projects. TAMU FENCING CLUB will host the TAMU Invita tional Collegiate Fencing Tournament at 10 a.m. •in the DeWare Field House. ALPHA ZETA GWENS’ CAR WASH will In* held at the Mobil station on University Drive from 9 a.m. to 4 p. m. Cost is $2.00 for a wash, dry and MONDAY EL PASO HOMETOWN CLUB meets at 7.30 p in. in room 504 of the Rudder Tower. FREE UNIVERSITY COURSES Heading Science Fiction Quilting—7 p.m. —302 Rudder Tower Quilting 7 p.m. —302 Rudder Tower Beginning Arabic — 7 p.m. — 123 Academic Building Intermediate Arabic—7 p.m. — 125 Academic Build ing The Gospels — 7:30 p.m. — 106 Academic Building Natural Food Cooking — 7 p.m. —407 Cooner Street Yoga — 7 p.m. — 502 Rudder Tower First Aid — 7 p.m. — 228 & 229 MSC and 232 G. Rollic White Coliseum The Revelation — 7:30 p.m. — 1024 Chemistry Annex Famine group asks Thanksgiving fasting Americans are being urged to fast on Thursday as a practical and syan- bolic gesture of concern over starva tion that threatens to claim millions oflives this year. Oxfam-Ameriea, theU. S. branch of the British-based Oxford Famine Relief Committee, is sponsoring the last. Spokesmen estimate that at least 200,000 persons will partici pate, limiting themselves to coffee, tea, fruit juice or broth for 24 hours and donating the money they nor mally would spend on food to an Oxfam fund for the hungry. United Nations Secretary- General Kurt Waldheim said the fast "is a welcome example of how individuals have a chance to join to gether in creating greater aware ness of alarming global food shor tages and in sharing their resources with those in greater need. The U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that more than 500 million persons face starvation in over 30 countries. Several representatives at the re cent World Food Conference in Rome urged Americans to cut their food consumption. Some people have said that if each American gave up one hamburger a week, there would he a saving of 10 million tons of grain that would not have to be fed to livestock. The grain would feed 25 million persons in poor countries. Actual Size $ 6.50 Pendant Key Ring Watch Fob Cast Brass with Black Background SIMP 50 P. 0. Box 2864 S H S U Station Huntsville, Texas 77340 1-713-295-7493 ' Also available at MSC Gift Shop ADULT SLEEPING BAG 6-VOLT LANTERN Reg. 15.88 Polyester-filled nylon. Cotton flannel lining. 72 88 Our Reg. 3.88 Complete with battery. Break- resistant. Floats. Multinational Corporations ln/n t Ung '(fie ive Uef ( an analysis by economist-author RONALD MULLER Thurs. Nov. 21 8:Q0 Rooms 225"6. 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