Page 6 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1 974
Ags first with radio;
now without station
By WALTER S. SHERMAN
Special to the Batt
In November of 1921, a small
group of Aggies broadcast the first
football game on radio. Texas A&M
College was one of the first schools
in Texas to have its own campus
radio station.
Yet, more than 50 years later,
Texas A&M University is one of a
small group of Texas universities
without campus radio stations.
This seeming contradiction came
about 17 years ago when the Texas
A&M , a third generation descen
dant of the original campus station.
The reasons given at the time for
selling the station was that A&M
lawyers feared a new federal tax
regulation would cause the state to
pay taxes on the station.
So, A&M has gone without a
campus radio station for 17 years,
but that may be corrected in the
near future.
A&M may get another campus
radio station. The catch is, how.
Radio stations don’t come cheap.
In 1957 WTAW sold for $32,257,
including its six-month-old all
automatic equipment. One must
keep in mind that WTAW was a
comparatively small, daytime
broadcast, AM station with a low
power transmitter.
The transmitter is generally con
sidered to be the most expensive
piece of radio gear. The Texas A&M
Student Government has been
working with a radio station that
saves transmitter costs.
How? Simple, no transmitter.
Student government has been
experimenting with TAMU Radio
107.5 FM. The station was set up in
September of last year as an interim
project until the Senate decides to
pay the $10,000-plus for a transmit
ter.
Student Radio gets around the
transmitter costs by being “fed” di
rectly into Midwest Video cable
lines. The signals originate in a
small studio in the back of the
Ridgecrest Barbershop. The bar
bershop is next door to Midwest
Video on Highway 6.
The studio is modestly furnished.
Egg crates, donated from the Sbisa
dining hall refuse wagons line the
walls, serving as sound buffers. Two
small turntables set on the far leg of
the horseshoe shaped desk.
“The set up that we’ve got is basi
cally an overgrown stereo, says
Dave Kirchner, head engineer.
Kirchner, his assistant Charlie
Gimarc, and the entire staff of disc
jockeys are volunteers. Kirchner s
college* expenses are partially co
vered under the GI Bill. When
asked if he would work for free if he
didn t have financial backing, he re
plied, ‘‘If I had another means of
support, sure . . . Would I do it if I
were a regular student, working my
way through school? I don’t know.
The only regularly paid person at
Student Radio is station manager
Jim James. James says he gets $25 a
week and usually puts in about 50 to
60 hours a week.
James says his duties encompass
everything from selling advertise
ments to making sure someone is at
the station all the time. He also is
working with the student govern
ment radio governing board on
going open air.
James is head staff member and
says, “There are so many good peo
ple working here, that if I see I can’t
do something, one of them can. We
have got about the finest staff of
people you will find anywhere.”
A radio station is only as success
ful as its audience is receptive and
one of Student Radi'o’s newer DJ’s,
Andy Kring, said he got 12 requests
and gave away a free album in two
hours one night.
James contrasted this with KTRU
in Houston, Rice University' s open
air station. James visited KTRU re
cently and in the hour-and-a-half he
was diere, only one request was cal
led in.
Unscrupulous businessmen
list hundreds on ‘goose list’
AUSTIN (AP)—About 300 to 350
elderly Texans are on a “goose” or
victims list used by unscrupulous
insurance salesmen in South Texas,
the head of a State Insurance Board
task force said Tuesday.
Hector DeLeon said at a news
conference he could not say for sure
how widespread the use of such lists
might be.
What the lists actually show, he
said, are the dates on which hos
pitalization policies carried by cer
tain old people —- usually between
75 and 85 — expire.
The gimmick, he said, is to sell
these people one-year policies,
changing the coin pan y each year. A
salesman’s commission is 80 percent
in a policy s first year, so it is to his
advantage to switch a customer’s
company every year.
Agents who use this scheme usu
ally fast talk their customers into
signing their names on the applica
tion forms, DeLeon said. Then the
agent fills out the rest, portraying
the client as an excellent health risk.
But when the policyholder goes to
the hospital, the insurance company
learns of pre-existing ailments and
refuses to pay under a standard pol
icy clause, DeLeon said.
Insurance commissioner Don
Odum said old people victimized by
such schemes usually think they are
simply renewing their current
policies.
He said he believed some sales
men exchange lists, and added that
he had heard of “goose lists since
1959.
Board chairman Joe Christie cal
led the news conference to say, in
effect, that there was nothing new in
recent published reports of a crack
down, including two felony convic
tions, on unscrupulous insurance
salesmen in the Cuero area. He re
leased a packet of news releases and
other documents showing the board
had been working on the problem
since late August, including crea
tion of the task force headed by De-
Christie also disclosed that he had
detailed board investigator Howard
McRae on a full-time basis to help
Dist. Atty. Wiley Cheatham of
Cuero, who had asked for assistance
in handling insurance complaints in
that area.
Christie stressed that the two
men convicted of felonies in connec
tion with insurance frauds in the
Cuero area were not licensed insur-
Leon.
Retail sales
drop slightly
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
government reported Tuesday that
retail sales dropped last month by 1
percent, despite the approach of the
busy holiday shopping season.
The Commerce Department
computed total retail sales for
November at an annual rate of $47.1
billion after adjustment for seasonal
variation.
The biggest drop came in the
durable-goods categoiy, which in
cludes automobiles and home ap
pliances. Sales of durable goods to
taled $13.3 billion, a 3 percent re
duction from October and a 6 per
cent drop from November a year
ago.
SOUTHWEST VILLAGE
APARTMENTS
"ALL NEW FURNISHED - UNFUR
NISHED
1 AND 2 BEDROOMS -2 BEDROOM
STUDIOS
HOTPOINT ALL ELECTRIC KITCH
ENS
INDIVIDUAL HEATING & AIR CON
DITIONING CONTROLS
SWIMMING POOL - SAUNA BATH
ALL UTILITIES PAID - CABLE TV
846-1931
1101 Southwest Pkwy.
College Station
COUNTRY STYLE
LIVING
AT—
The Oaks apartments were built for
people who insist on the very best A
^ totally unique and exciting way of
^Life is afforded by a completely new
Plconcept m garden apartments*—local
R’ed on a private wooded lake—coun
try living at a convenient location,
HWY. 2818 at industrial Park <713) 822-7650.
NATIONWIDE OFFICES
EMPLOYMENT CANVASING
v o^
at LANTa
Job Opportunities
FOR
C/fy
A&M Graduates
Current fee paid listings registered with the University Placement
Office or ... . contact
Continental Personnel Service
1706 E. 29th St., Suite F
Phone: 823-0927
RESUMES PREPARED
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING
WILSON’S
BARBER SALON
for Men & Women
Hair styled
to order
Shags a Specialty
3733 E. 29
846-4431
phone for appointment
COUNTRY PLACE
APARTMENTS
College Main at Gardner
NOW LEASING
Construction Discount
in Effect
846-0515
SPECIAL NOTICE
REWEAVING
on all types of clothing or up
holstered cushions, that may
be burned with cigarettes or
torn. These damaged places
are repaired by weaving like
they were made at factory.
CLOSED ON SATURDAY
PHONE: 823-5524
OR
COME TO 2408 Northside Dr.
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“Collectors Square”
60S South Bryan St.
Bryan, Texas
Antiques, Iron Beds, Wood Stoves. Kerosene
Lamps, Tables, Chairs, Pie Sates, Wash Stands,
Trunks, Pots, Wood Kegs, Old Bottles, Crocks,
Glassware, Old Mine & Railroad Stocks, Old
Books, Rocks, Agate, Petrified Wood, Geodes,
Crystals, ETC., ETC., ETC. (DON’T TELL
EVERYONE) This Place is Collectors Utopia!
Come Look, if you don’t find it, we may have it
buried under something else in the basement!
We sell, buy & trade. Mon. thru Sat. every week.
’The Place With Atmosphere, That Has Items With
Experience"
WE BUY BOOKS
EVERY DAY!!
Whether used at A&M or not.
Let us huy your hooks and you can
rebuy at the price sold within the
month.
Why Pay More
LOU POT’S
At Northgate
Why Sell for Less
NEW NEEDLEWORK SHOP
“THE SILVER THIMBLE’
Lobby of Rodeway Inn
Bryan
Needlepoint and
crewel items
Sign up
for
NEEDLEPOINT CLASSES
823-5454
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CM States
r
I
ance agents.
DeLeon said amounts paid to ag
ents in fraudulent schemes have run
as high as $20,(XK) collected from
one elderly couple in a year’s time.
Christie said he had asked all
county and district attorneys, in ef
fect, to follow’ Cheatham’s lead but
had received only tw'o replies,
neither containing any information.
Share* expenses with a friend or classmate.
Hcnt a storage space
from Arnold Brothers Lumber Co. for the
holidays 10 x 10. 10 x 20 846-5711
54t3
KMSMXMXMSMSMSMSMXM 1
Service For All
Chrysler Corp. Cars
Body Work — Painting
Free Estimates
HALSELL MOTOR COMPANY. INC.
Dodire Sales and Service Since 1922
1411 Texas Ave. — 823-8111 67tfn
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
SPEND THE SUMMER IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO
WORKING AS A CAMP
COUNSELOR!
Girls apply now:
Sharon Daniel, Camp Director
Lubbock Council of
Camp Fire Girls
Box 5630
Lubbock, Texas 79417 4 5f6
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
For employment information
at Texas A&M Universit;
1 845-44
‘oyr
throuprh Affirmative Action.
uty
Call 845-4444 24 hours a da;
>rment Oppoi
Ac
Eqvial Emplo
srtu
ay
nity
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OFFICIAL NOTICE
BATTALION CLASSIFIED
FOR SALE
Uollegre Station—your oldest am
pendable store—for parts, repair, or trad<
and prices you like.
1972 Yamaha 100 Street motorcy
condition, never ridden off-road.
846-5981.
cle. 4800, like new
Must sell. Bargain.
5413
1966 VYV. Clean, good mileage, 693-4954 after 5. 5412
Back issues of Playboy Magazines. Phone
846-9893 24tfn
7 foot Caldwell weed shredder in good condition, ('all
822-3980 after 5 p in.
5 year old Palomino gelding. Student must sell. Call
693-2504 or 845-2226. Barbara West. 53t4
12 x 60 furnished mobile home. CA. Financing available.
.After 5. 846-3336. 53t4
1970 Chevelle 396 SS, maroon and white. 1973 Suzuki
TS185. 693-3657 53t3
Furniture, odds and ends. Call 693-4568 after 5. 55t2
1969 VW Sedan. A/C. good mechanical condition, $500
See at the Plant Mart. 846-5689 55t2
1968 Montego, loaded, $8(X). 846-8011. 846-1653.5512
Suzuki hike (71*380, ram air system, 2600 miles, less th.ui
1 year old, excellent condition. Good price, will finance.
822-7511 55t2
FOR SALE OR RENT
BELAIR
Mobile Home Park
T1PUS
ol. TV cable, all city
5 minutes from campus
Swimmimt pool, TV cable, all city
tilities, large lota, from $29.50
822-2326 or 822-2421
Get the Best for Eess
FOR RENT
8
2 Bedroom Home
in College Station
with yard, fireplace, and dining
room
Within walking distance of TAMU
Call for Appointment
823-5469
5016
Glen Oak
Mobile Home Park
Private, Country Living
For Rent: Mobile Homes,
Mobile Home Spaces
6 miles from campus on Hwy. 30
Call after 5, 846-18f
ATTENTION DECEMBER GRADUATES
You may pick up your announcements hejrinninn
November 21, at the Student Programs Office. Room
216, Meeting Room A. MSC, 8:00-4:00, Mon.-Fri.
EXTRA ANNOUNCEMENTS will K o on sale
November 25 at 8:00 on a first come, first serve
basis. 47t9
SHAMROCK VILLAGE
APTS.
one bedroom furnished
utilities and cable paid
convenient to shopping center
3 miles from TAMU
823-8041 846-3687
Apartipent for rent for 2. $45 a piece, 846-5132. lOtfn
room furnished apartments. Beady tor occupancy
miles south of campus. Lake for fishing. Washateria on
grounds. Country atmosphere. Call I). H. Cain Co.,
823-0934 or after 5, 846-3050 or 822-6135. 166tfn
I carpi
i. din
apartment. Including livingroom, bedroom, dining
room, kitchen with built-ins, all electric (7 F. ap
pliances. No frost 15 cu. ft. refrigerator with icemaker.
Wood burning fireplace on Dowling Rd. near the l ui-
versity. $160 month plus electricity. 846-8051,
822-5530. 5512
Furnished 1 bedroom duplex, near campus. Quiet
neighborhood, married couple only. Available Jan. 1
Furnished and unfurnished apartments, $135 to $145
month. All hills paid. $75 deposit. 5 minutes from cam
pus. 822-4498 or 846-1706. 50t7
Official notices must arrive in the Office of Student
Publications before deadline of I p. m. of the day preced
ing publication.
SOSOLIK'S
TV & RADIO SERVICE INC.
Zenith Sales and Services
TV Rental
713 S. MAIN BRYAN 822-2133
SOUTHGATE VILLAGE
APARTMENTS
Family size apartments with lots of
closet space. Individually controlled
refrigerated air. Cable TV connections.
Complete laundry facilities.
ALL UTILITIES PAID
One, two, three & four bedroom apart
ments from $104.00. Some available
now. Married students welcome.
134 Luther
(off old hwy. 6 so., C. S.)
Rental Office
846-3702
JNESDA
FOR RENT
WORK WANTED
Bring: your bikes to White's Auto Store,
College Station—your oldest and most de
trade
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9‘ fiberglass boat with 2 swivel seats, $75. 693-2992. 5115
1971, 12 x 54, one bedroom, furnished, $3000, owner
will finance. For information call David at 512-863-2161
collect. 5413
Garrett metal mineral detector, $180. Call
846-2524 . 54t3
1972 Contempori, 14x48, 2 bedroom, I bath, carpet,
CM, air, washer, near campus $4 200. Call
TRAVIS HOUSE APTS.
Spacious 1 & 2 bedroom
Furnished or unfurnished
All utilities paid
Swimming pools
2 laundries
Play yard
Shuttle bus service
From $155
505 Hwy. 30
846-6111
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Full time typing. Symbols. Call 823*7723.
Typing done, reasonable rates. Can do theses and dis
sedations. Mrs Whitmore. 693-4483. 291tfc
Typing. Experienced, fast, accurate. All kinds
822-0544 23)tfc
Chuich custodian, weekends only Satimby8-12.SiDF
da> 7-12.30 and 5-9. Bry an First United .Methoisi
Church Call 822 1324 lor details. 51ft
SI
Men or women, full or p4rt time, $2 hour start. No
ex perience necessary. Honrfc arranged to suit you. Put
time 10-3 or 5-10 weekends. Apply in person to nun-
agrr We also need management trainees. Salary open
Apply in person to owner. Wluitaburger, BryanorCS.
4096
HELP WANTED
BROADMOOR APTS.
2 Bedroom, 1 hath, central air & heat,
panelled, carpeted & draped, close to
school. University Shopping Center, &
Medical Center, $155. unfurnished.
$175 furnished. All hills paid including
cable.
1503 Broadmoor
846-1297 or 846-2737
RN needed full time on
11 to 7 shift. Shift dif
ferential plus mileage. Call
or come to Grimes Memo
rial Hospital 210 S. Judson
St. Navasota, Texas 77868
or 825-6585. Ask for Mrs.
Winkelmann Director of
Nurses or Mr. Fraley Ad
ministrator.
SOStfi
1 bedroom lunushetl home Room lor hoim*\ $85 Jucoh
Beal Agency. 823-5469. 46tlJ
Kuril money now or Ix’tweci
e Qill H46-738I.
2 bedroom (urtiished ami iioloruixhed apaitmeiitx
CA-CII, Northgute, 512 First St No pets (-all collect
825*2761 Navasota. 5413
ROOMMATE WANTED
Efficiency apartments, $85 Bills paid, limnsheil Con
tact Dux id Beal 822*4518 54tfn
Need roommate lor spring. Plantation Oak.v
603*2761 5
2 bedroom apartments, $90. Brxan Appliances fur
nished J.u oh Beal Agency, 623-5460 54tfn
PETS
Deluxe mobile* home (.Vntral air and heat. 3 l»e*drooiii. 2
baths 9<X) s<| It , furnished Lynn Acres Mobile I’.ok
$180 mouth, axailuhle Jan 1 (.'all H46-1774 . 9-5 52t4
liislt setter pups Bred lor limiting from (
lines \KC ami FDSR. 2 litters S46-3946
One lM*<lrtH>in luniish«*tl 4|kirtiitent All bills paid Anne
Heal tv, 822-6571 52H5
WANTED
WORK WANTED
Nr-«*d ti«lr lot |M-(ligi«‘r kitten to Mobile or MontpM
Alabama Will pax a tr.uis|ior1ati(xi durge. Ciil Ml
Snyder N-Uv64 IS weekdays. Stt
BRAZOS VALLEY
FAMILY PLANNING
PROGRAM
has the following
job openings:
Community Educator
Clinic Director RN
Clinic Nurse LVN
Record Clerk, experience preferred
for further information and applica
tions, please come by 308 W. 28th,
Bryan.
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Hide to Chicago for Christinas 846-9371.
Need Cotton Boxxl tickets. 8451966.
Need Cotton Bowl tickets. Ask
S46-4795 alter 6. 693-3313
Persons to take op lease. 2 Ivedn
tion Oaks, \pt 790 Will |v
603 3149
ROOM FOR RENT
V'
Men on lx 822-4301 or 822-5235.
Double room xvith bath. 9100 mouth, singh*room,$7t
Furnished. CA. CH, carpeted, all hills paid, dost to
845-2124. 5M
campus. 846-0454 •
AVON
Needs part-time help in this
area.
Call 816-8224
SCtltfn
LOST
Silxei ladies watch, Bonfire. Imcril*<L$464967.Stl
Will do ty ping. Call 823-4579 between 8 a. m. and 7
p. m. 5313
Experienced typing. All kinds. Near campus Mrs Cul
len. 846-4293. 54t2
AUTO INSURANCE
FOR AGGIES:
Call: George Webb
Farmers Insurance Group
3400 S. College
ATTENTION MARRIED COUPLES 0„<- .iml 2 Led
for occtipancv. ! 'A
Semi-furnished garage apartment, hills paid.
822-3567. 55t2
TRINITY CARDEN DUPLEXES
Like Home Living
2 bedroom - 1 <,<, baths - carpet - drapes central heat and
air - electric kitchen - range, refrigerator - dishwasher-
disposal - washer dryer attachments in garage, fenced
back yard — pet accepted.
816-3988
1712 Trinity Place
College Station, Texas
the doux chene
THE ULTIMATE IN APARTMENT CHATEUX
1-2-3 Bedrooms furnished &
unfurnished
All electric appliances
Individual Heat & air
Club (Mansard House)
Lighted Tennis Courts
Baskt & Volleyball Courts
Men & Women Exercise Rooms
Sauna Baths
A&M Shuttle Service
Pools
Party Room
Lounge Area (with T V.)
Recreation Center (Athletic
Equip Available Free)
Free cCable T V.
Laundry Rooms
24 Hour Security
All Utilities Paid
Play Area for Children
846-3741
office open between 9-6 Mon - Fri . Sunday 2-5
1401 FM 2818 (West Loop) College Station
Behind The New K-mart
WILLOW OAKS APARTMENTS
COME LIVE WITH US —
— 1 B/R Furn. Efficiency Apts. For Singles
— All Elec. Kitchens • Dishwasher • Disposal.
— Ind. Heating & Cooling, Patios or Balconies
Garden & Townhouse Apts.
Private Patios, Covered Parking
All Elec. Kitchens, Attic Storage
5 Laundry Areas — 2 pools
Excellent Maintenance
Security Patrol
3902 E. 29th Bryan
846-7996
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Oaks r. Jit
4S
A&M SHUTTLE SERVICE
STUDENT RATES
PLAY AREA
(FOR CHILDREN)
CLUB (Penthouse I)
SAUNA BATHA &
EXERCISE ROOMS
RECREATION CENTER
(Athletic Equip
Avail. Free)
CABLE TV
LAUNDRIES
SUN DECKS
(Overlooking
Swimming pools)
PARTY ROOMS
LOUNGE AREA
(With TV)
LIGHTED
TENNIS COURTS
"OUR PLACE"
The New Phase III
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HEATING &
AIR
CONDITIONING
24 HOUR
SECURITY
ALL UTILITIES
PAID
COVERED
PARKING
ALLELECTRIC
APPLIANCES
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Snack Bar & Billards
NOW OPENING PHASEIII & .
IV APARTMENTS STARTING AT
$149 8, UP
I 2 3 BEDROOMS
846-8561
FURNISHED & UNFURNISHED
' APARTMENTS
Office open 9-6, Sunday 2-5. Will show
Apts, after hours by appointment.
1201 HWY 30 COLLEGE STATION