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in hole for $4,000 By SAYEEFUL ISLAM Staff Writer It may be hard to believe that anyone would suffer a $4,000 loss so that students could get a good deal on books, but the student Book Mart at the MSC is doing exactly that. To buy books from the students, it started with $18,000 from the Student Government Refrigerator Fund. When the Mart winds up business Friday, it will have made back about $14,000. Despite the loss. Program Chairman Kay Zen- ner is optimistic. “Money isn’t ev erything,” she says. “As far as help ing students is concerned — and that’s what Student Government is all about-—it was a success. I hope it becomes a permanent thing like, say, the Fair Housing Commis sion.’’ The Book Mart bought used Photo by Douglas Winship Ted Rauch trades books at the Book Mart. books at 60 percent and sold them at 65 percent of their actual price. It was hoped that the five percent margin would offset losses due to unsold books. Things didn’t work out exactly as planned, however, and unsold books, mainly from freshmen courses, are piled so high that it is now definite that the five percent is not going to make up for the losses. The Book Mart officers have not decided what to do with these un sold books. “I think they should do what I do with books we can’t sell - get them on a cart and dump them outside,” said Howard DeHart, manager of the A&M Bookstore in the MSC basement. DeHart said, “The Book Mart has not hurt my business one bit. In fact it has helped me by taking off some of the pressure from here. ” The major complaint about the Book Mart is that it is too cramped. However, says Zenner, “It was the best place we could find. We got the rooms at the end of last term and have been occupying them since. It is difficult to find a better place which we could hold up for so long. ” There have also been complaints about delays in getting checks. In quiries are being made to see if cash payments could be made. North Texas State University also tried to operate a student store that would sell books at cheaper-than- normal prices. But it folded after one term. The book store at the University of Houston has a book mart similar to that at A&M. It runs all year round and is managed by two full time employees. The University of Texas on the other hand, gives back cash refunds from the profits at the end of the fiscal year. Southern Louisiana has an en tirely different system. Book rent is charged as part of tuition. There is also a scheme for students who want to keep the books. Classified Display $1.50 per column inch each insertion DEADLINE 3 p.m. day before publication 23 channel C.B. Radio, $110 up. Midlands, Cobras, >imps« Ray McEache 10, 3>11U up. Midlands, Cobras, Pearce Simpsons, etc. 693-2792, 319 Briarwood Apts. 63t4 1968 Ford Falcon, $450. 846-5980, 846-3667. 63t5 SPECIAL NOTICE 1973 Honda 350-4, stock, mint condition, will talk. 846-9198. 63t5 SHAMROCK VILLAGE APTS. one bedroom furnished utilities and cable paid convenient to shopping center 3 miles from TAMU 823-8041 846-3687 OFFICIAL NOTICE Official notices must arrive in the Office of Sttdt Publications before deadline of 1 p. m. ofthedaypncj in# publication. Will the artist who drew the tree which accompanied Marsha Burke s Dreams this summer, please contact the Battalion, 845-2611. 63tfn ’71 Vega, 4-speed, AM-FM, 20-25 mpg. 845-4670 after 6 p.m. 63t3 ATTENTION MAY GRADUATES You may begin ordering graduation announcements January 20-February 21, at the Student Finance Center, Room 217, Memorial Student Center, Monday thru Friday, 8:00-4:00. 59t20 FOR RENT ATTENTION MARRIED COUPLES. One and 2 bed room furnished apartments. Ready for occupancy. 1V4 miles south of campus. Lake for fishing. Washateria on grounds. Country atmosphere. Call D. R. Cain Co.. 823-0934 or after 5. 846-3059 or 822-6135. 166tfn OFFICIAL NOTICE TO STUDENTS EUROPE — ISRAEL — AFRICA — ASIA year I Ros' Travel discounts year-round. Student Air Travel Agency, Inc. 5299 Roswell Rd. Atlanta, Ga. 30342, Service For AH Chrysler Corp. Cars Body Work — Painting Free Estimates HALSELL MOTOR COMPANY. INC. Dodge Sales and Service Since 1922 14U Texas Are. FOR SALE OR RENT BELAIR Mobile Home Park 5 minutes from ill city lots, from $29.50 822-2326 or 822-2421 Get the Best for Less apus Swimming pool, TV cable, all cit; utilities, lan 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 40tfn Two bedroom house, fenced yard, one car garage with washer and dryer connections, unfurnished, within hik ing distance to TAMU. Jacob Beal Real Estate, 823-5469. 5918 HELP WANTED FOR SALE Let White’s Auto Store, College Station, serve you with your hardware and plumbing needs, North Gate. 338tfn • BROADMOOR APTS. 2 Bedroom, 1 bath, central air & heat, panelled, carpeted & draped, close to school, University Shopping Center, & Medical Center, $155. unfurnished $175 furnished. All bills paid including cable. 1503 Broadmoor 846-1297 or 846-2737 1967 Opal station wagon, $250. Call 845-7X10. 62t4 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. SOStfn In the past, certain information has been madepuhl*} Texas A&M University as a service to students,^ and other interested individuals. Under the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy of 1974," the following directory informatioo made public unless the student desires to withholdili any portion of it: Student’s name, address, telephone listing, date ^ place of birth, major field of study, participatjoaii^ daily recognized activities and sports, dates ofiR ft dance, degrees and awards received, andthenwiA cent previous educational agency or institutionattfaig by the student. Any student wishing to withhold any or all of this ob (nation should fill out, in person, the appropriate^ available to graduate students at die Graduate Cube and to undergraduate students at the Registrar's0&. no later than 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, February4,193 Edwin H. Cooper, D* Admissions and Rears Texas A&M Univeni WORK WANTED Full time typing. Symbols. Call 823-7723. 3ft Typing done, reasonable nates. Can do thesesaaii srrtations. Mrs. Whitmore. 693-4483. 29;£ Typing. Experienced, fast, accurate. All kiai 822-0544 tSk MEN! — WOMEN! JOBS ON SHIPS! No experience required. Excel lent pay. Worldwide travel. Perfect summer job or career. Send $3.00 for information. SEA FAX, Dept. T-3, P.O. Box 2049, Port Angeles, Washington 98362. 63t7i Typing, reasonable rates Can do theses and dtafc Hons. 846-4960 M ROOMMATE WANTED Female roommate wanted. 2 I>edroom apartment, W month Call 822-3250 Backpacking tent, excellent condition, lightweight, 2-man, nylon. Call 846-3134, 6-7 p.m. $26 62t2 1971 Audi. 100-LS, automatic, excellent condition, 28 mpg, new tires. Evenings 822-7691; 845-2228. 62t4 Male Keefhound cross puppy, 8 weeks old, $5. 846-5574 or 846-1348. 62t3 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, 846-1865 '63 Fairlane, dependable, new tires, $275. '72 Charter mobile home, 14x60, take over payments and some equity. '65 Honda 160, needs repair, $75. Call 822-6682. 62t4 Apartment for rent for 2. $45 a piece,' 846-5132. lOtfn' Horse pasture and stalls, 846-7015. 60t23 ”71 two bedroom mobile home, 12x55, washer, dryer, 823-8613. 59t8 One bedroom furnished apartment. AH hills paid. Acme Realty, 822-6571. 52tl5 AVON Needs part-time help in this area. Call 846-8224 369tfn Female roommate wauled for Country Pta« AptiSi 304 845-6962 WANTED — Faculty member to exchange houses for the with Canal Zone resident. 3 bedroom, air-conditiwt duplex and use of car. Write Smith, Box 9235, Cl,ti 77840 i MANSARD HOUSE Needs waitresses and waiters and also cocktail waitress Apply in person 1401 Farm Rd. 2818 (Located behind K-Mart in Doux Chene Apts.) 62t8 INSTRUCTION Price relief on the way ’69 Corvette Stingray Ragtop, 427, 3 duces, headers, power steering, air, AM-FM, 4-speed, needs minor re- -spee pairs. Take over payments. $2,410. 822-1626 after 4:30. 60t4 Furnished or unfurnished, large five room house, en closed barbeque pit, large concrete patio, double gar age, washer and dryer connections, carpeted, clean and neat, furnished $150 per month, unfurnished $135 per Texas Avenue and University Drive in Colle month plus $50 deposit. 822-0676. 63tl Station Help wanted for full time. Must lie dependable, en thusiastic, and conscientious. Experience helpful but not necessary. Come by Piper’s Gulf Station at comer of S* 3t4 Piano & Organ Instruction 10 years experience with students from 3-63 van old. Beginning fit Intermediate Levels. Cynthia Mente 822-7976 Rebates, cuts bring prices down BY DEIRDRE DONNELLY AP Business Writer Call it a rebate, a discount, a price cut or a clearance sale, but prices of some consumer products are coming down after a year of across-the-board increases. Companies say some of the mark- downs reflect a sharp drop in raw material prices and that drop is be ginning to be passed along in the form of lower consumer prices. J. C. Penney Co. rolled back its home sewing fabric prices as much as 33 per cent this week, citing lower prices it is paying for synthe tic fibers. Items normally on sale in January, such as winter clothing, sports equipment, snow tires, li nens and furniture, have been cut as much as 50 or 60 per cent, adver tisements show. A spokesman for Hecht Co., a Washington, D. C., department store, says pocket calculators have been added to year-end sales. In Oregon, the Pacific Hardware & Electric Co. has cut prices on golf clubs, fishing tackle, surfing and Fish helps seniors find employment A freshman will be telling seniors how to go about preparing for job interviews Feb. 3 in the Placement Office. skin diving equipment and camping equipment as well as winter sports items. The Goodyear Tire outlet in Bloomsburg, Pa., advertised a spe cial sale of regular tires for small cars at $16.95 each, down from $20.60, in addition to January snow tire sales. Airlines will cut their seven-to 30-day excursion fares on long- . distance flights by 25 per cent on Feb. 1. The reduction will lower a New York-Los Angeles round-trip ticket price to $291 from the current $388 rate. A year ago, the same ex cursion flight cost $352. “We think people feel they can’t afford to fly, and we wanted to bring prices down so they feel they can. After all, it’s better to fly on less fare than to fly no one at all,” said a spokesman for American Airlines, the first to file for the lower fare. Ground transportation is also be coming a little less expensive. Foreign car dealers are cutting prices to compete with the rebate programs offered by major Ameri can car makers. British Leyland Motors Corp. lowered its 1974 Austin Marine price Monday by $400 to $2,549. A Fiat dealer in New York City said he cut Fiat prices $150 for mod els carrying sticker prices of $2,835 and $3,300. A Schenectady, N. Y., American Motors dealer has augmented his company’s rebate program with his own version of a two-for-one sale. “Buy a 1975 Matador now for $4,302, get a $300 rebate from the company, then drive in late this year and trade it for an identical, unused 1975 car, ” said a spokesman for State American. In Fort Walton, Fla., the Taylor television and appliance store has adopted the rebate plan for televi sion sales. The store offers custom ers rebates of $10 to $100 on color and black and white television sets. California-based relator Kaufman & Broad is offering free new cars and unemployment insurance in a plan to boost sales of some houses on Long Island. Any family that takes title to one of the houses before Feb. 15 gets a $3,500 Ford Grenada and layoff in surance which will pay all principal, taxes, interest and insurance on the home for 22 months if the head of house suffers a recession-related job loss within 60 days of the purchase. The houses cost $41,000 and up. The Wally Findlay Galleries on 57th Street in New York announced its first, annual January art sale of fering 10 to 60 per cent reductions to private collectors on its entire col lection, including works by Picasso and Renoir. FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED I^arge bedroom, nicely furnished, carpeted, private bath, entrance, CA-H, bills paid, pay $90/month for 2; $75 for 1. Call 846-0454 or 845-2124, ext. 29. 61t6 Waitresses needed. Inquire at Sports Club, Inc. after 3 p.m. weekdays. 846-2415. 63t3 LOST Efficiency apartments, $85. Bills paid, furnished. Con tact David Beal, 822-4518. 54tfn If you can talk, let it make $$ for you. Fart time help Ladies’ small gold ID bracelet. Sentimental value^ needed evenings and Saturdays. 822-1046. 63t4 ward. April. 845-6200. 2 bedroom apartments, $90, Bryan. Appliances fur nished. Jacob Beal Agency, 823-5469 54tfn SOSOLiKS TV & RADIO SERVICE INC. Zenith Sales and Services TV Rental 713 S. MAIN BRYAN 822-2133 Tlantatiow^T^ AUTO INSURANCE FOR AGGIES: Call: George Webb Farmers Insurance Group 3400 S. College 823-8051 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 In many cases the price cutting is an indication that the recession has sent inventories ballooning out of control, and companies feel they can no longer afford a glut of empty plane seats, lots full of last year’s cars, and stores and warehouses full of unsold merchandise. F&rkwey Professionally managed by Multi-Management 1, 2, & 3 bedroom apartments, washer-dryer connections, recreation facilities. Semester leases Phone: 846-5767 1600 Southwest Pky. General (si Electric These price cuts will last until in ventories are sold, perhaps for sev eral months, companies say. Kyle W. Crews, a first-year TAMU student from Karnes City, is one of four part-time student work ers in the 10th floor Rudder Tower office. The spring season runs from Feb. 3 to April 11, when the office’s 23 interview rooms will be in constant use every weekday. Employment interviews will be conducted next fall from Sept. 15 to Nov. 21, Van Pelt said. TRINITY GARDEN DUPLEXES Like Home Living 2 bedroom - IV2 baths - carpet - drapes central heat and air - electric kitchen - range, refrigerator - dishwasher - disposal - washer dryer attachments in garage, fenced back yard — pet accepted. 846-3988 1712 Trinity Place College Station, Texas THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE V2 PRICE For Students FOR ONLY $ 6.25 you can have THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE delivered to your dorm or apartment for the whole semester call 693-2323 — 822-1025 —693-3218 migjNborlji attotce. State Hwy. 6 East By-Pass Come visit us at Briarwood. We love it here and we think you will too. Briarwood has been carefully designed to insure you the very best in apartment living. Only five minutes from Texas A&M, Briarwood offers you tennis courts, sauna baths & exercise rooms, your own Club (Penthouse I), Cable TV, sun decks, ■ ^ ^^wall-to-wall carpeting, modern kitchens, ^^V24-hour security, all utilities paid, / and there’s more. Come see! 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