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W ’f Icoholism THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1975 Page 5 The costs of drunkenness tate, By JIM CRAWLEY Staff Writer Oh, George. Look at that wreck ocal $;> pened?” f' Chances are better than even that s TrufS the driver of the car had been drink- , Sl.g^j Maybe not in excess, but drink ing nonetheless. f? Each year over 30,000 people are killed with alcohol on their breath, ;me ift M re. Mem;. Judsc; * m. >r Mm :or ey Aij ply in pc m. Mon Iwootl efeU e earner $200 toX Slomns PUBLIC NOTICE Traditional viewpoints regarding those characteristics normally attributed to persons thought of as Heroes are being discarded. Beginning tomorrow we shall attempt to answer the question "WHAT'S A HERO" in a series of expose s in the Battalion and on KTAM RADIO. In breaking with traditional concepts it is possible that some person or group of persons will be offended. If you are a member of any race, are male or female, a member of any religious or campus or ganization we sincerely invite you to drop in and discuss your viewpoint frankly and openly prior to our first release. Have a lemon drop and discuss your views person to person. Each person or group of persons to be discussed in our campaign has been selected (like every other item in our store) because of some characteristic worthy of public attention. Come in and visit — breaking with tradi tion is our way of doing things! a 325 University — Northgate while another 500,000 are disabled because of accidents involving drinking drivers, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Why are there so many alcohol related traffic deaths? Simple, al cohol causes the driver to be over confident in his driving. Addition ally, an intoxicated driver’s judg ment, reflexes and coordination are distorted by too much alcohol. Many Texans have the belief that we are exempt from these prob lems, well they’re wrong. Texas and Brazos County have about the same average of Driving While Intoxi cated (D.W.I.) as the rest of the country. Within the state, one in every 160 citizens is arrested for D.W.I. each year, according to De partment of Public Safety highway accident statistics. What do all these facts and figures mean to you John Q. Aggie? In 1973, you lost $4.50 because people drank too much before driving and had wrecks. This doesn’t include your share of the national economic loss due to alcoholism and its treat ment. This is just Texas’ share of the loss due to auto accidents involving drinking drivers. What ire the other costs involved with alcoholism? The other costs in clude lost wages, property loss, health care and law enforcement costs associated with alcoholism. This all adds up to the grand sum of approximately $25 billion, last year. 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WEDNESDAY-HAPPY HOUR NIGHT AIJ drinks Vz price ail night long THURSDAY-LADIES NIGHT Free drinks to all ladies NEW HOURS STARTING MARCH 26 OPEN WEDNESDAY — SATURDAY 5 P.M. J last year to alcoholism. Locally, although there are no statistics showing the economic loss due to alcoholism, approximately $170,000 is spent on various al coholism programs. This figure is the amount spent within the seven-county Brazos Valley De velopment Council region, includ ing Brazos County. This does not include the amount lost due to di rect damages of alcohol abuse and D.W.I. within the area. Even with just the program costs within the region it costs the indi vidual citizen approximately $2 per year. Does the source of the problem, the alcohol industry, pay for the damages incurred by problem drinking?Theanswer is simple. No. Last fiscal year (1973-74), the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commis sion (TABC) received approxi mately $129 million from liquor taxes, fines and licenses. From this the Commission allocated $108 mill ion back to the state and $8 million for operating expenses. The remain ing money was also returned to the State, but only after the end of the fiscal year. In other words, not a single cent of liquor revenue was directly spent on alcoholism. Last year, approximately $1 bill ion dollars was spent in Texas on alcoholic beverages, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ an nual purchasing indexes and the TABC annual liquor sales figures. Now, let’s total it all up. First, you spent $83.50 on booze last year. Then you lost around $115 due to D.W.I. and other alcohol-related losses. Then, you spent an addi tional $1 for the cost of local ser vices. This add up to $199.50 you spent on alcoholism last year. But, remember this doesn’t include the state and federal taxes you paid for alcoholism programs. DNKROSX MOTOR INN South Highway 6 Original Owner: O. T. Tilley CLIP THIS AD AND BUY ONE ITEM AND GET ONE HALF PRICE. • Home Baked Rolls, Pies & Hot Biscuits • Specially Prepared Noon Lunches • Friday Night Catfish - The best in town • Sunday Buffet • Evening a la carte • Ponderosa Club Happy Hour - 4:30 - 6:00 Live Music - 7 days a week • Reasonable prices - Friendly Service Coupon expires April 15 - Good for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Special rates for Aggie Mothers & Dads. Cancer issue still open Supreme Court declines decision WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court declined on Mon day, at least for the present, to step into two environmental controver sies over possible cancer-causing industrial agents. The court rejected a request by three Midwestern states and a number of environmental groups that it set a two-year deadline for an end to pollution of Lake Superior by Reserve Mining Co. Reserve Mining discharges taco- nite waste containing asbestos fib ers, identified as a possible cause of cancer, from its iron ore processing plant at Silver Bay, Minn. And the court refused to set aside standards established by the Labor Department to limit the exposure of workers in the plastics industry to vinyl chloride. The government, detending its standards for vinyl chloride, said the substance is known to cause cancer in man in some cases and that 13 workers have died from exposure to it. The court still has before it an industry request for full-scale re view of the vinyl chloride standards. In St. Paul, Minn., Byron E. Stams, chief deputy assistant Min nesota attorney general, said the three states had not decided whether to seek full review by the Supreme Court in the Reserve Min ing matter. In other actions, the court: —Suspended former Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell and Robert C. Mardian, who were convicted in the Watergate coverup from Supreme Court law practice. —Agreed to review lower-court rulings requiring Philadelphia police to investigate complaints of police misconduct, requiring parole officers to advise prisoners of their rights before questioning them, and Paredes to speak of cultural conflict The Committee for Awareness of Mexican-American Culture will present Dr. Americo Paredes Wed nesday at 7:30 p.m. in room 140 of the MSC. Paredes will speak on “The Cor- rido as an Expression of Cultural Conflict. ” The presentation will be free to the public. The English and anthropology professor directs the Center for In- tercultural Studies in Folklore and Oral History at the University of Texas at Austin. As director he heads the center’s research and publications efforts. Paredes has also been involved in journalistic pursuits having been with the Stars and Stripes after World War II and various folklore journals. Paredes has been a member of several committees involved with bicultural and minority education in Texas. He has spent 23 years teach ing within the UT system. Construction blocks walks Construction work will block more streets and walkways by Wednesday morning. Land between the Old Engineer ing building and the Agriculture building is to be blocked as is an area between Nagle and the Physics Building. Streets to be blocked are Roberts and Coke. IvX** !*X*!*X*X*X*X*®£I^j^\* :^k:- XnvXvXvX Coffeehouse has ‘special’ Admission to the Basement Coffeehouse is 25 cents this weekend. Pat Richardson, Robin Pfansteil, and Susyn Darsey & Co. are providing the music from 8-12 p.m. For further information call Joy Hawkins at 845-7381. ‘Reynard’ presented The Aggie Players’ spring children’s show is “Reynard the Fox ”. The show starts at 7 p.m. on April 2-4 and at 2:30 on April 5. Tickets are .50 for children and $1.00 for adults and are on sale at the Rudder Center Ticket Office or at the door. For information call Kent Brown at 845-1576. Hiking trip planned Outdoor Recreation will sponsor a hiking trip in the Central Texas Hills on April 5 & 6. For more information, call 845-1515 and attend the meeting April 3 at 7:30 p.m. in rm. 404 of the Rudder Tower. See the Clydesdales A&M’s animal pavilion is housing Anheuser-Busch’s Clydesdale horses which will be on display at Manor East Mall from 3 to 7 p.m. April 1 and 2. Visitors are welcome to view the horses at the animal pavilion on Spence Street. “THE 2000 YEAR OLD WAR” (THE MIDEAST DEBATE) A DISCUSSION WITH AMBAS SADOR BENJAMIN VARON AND JOSEPH HAYECK RUDDER AUDITORIUM 8:00 APRIL 3 .25 STUDENTS 1.00 NON-STUDENTS POLITICAL FORUM holding that a defendant cannot be convicted of selling drugs supplied to him by a government agent. The Labor Department said the vinyl chloride standards would go into effect Tuesday. Vinyl chloride is used to make polyvinyl chloride, a plastic widely employed in con sumer products and the construc tion industry. The department said about 6,000 workers are employed in plants making vinyl chloride gas or turning it into the plastic. The standards would also apply to an estimated 350,000 to 700,000 workers in plants which turn the plastic into finished products. The standards were challenged by the Society of the Plastics Indus try and eight plastics firms, who contended workmen were not en dangered by the substance unless exposed to very high levels. Solicitor Gen. Robert H. Bork, replying for the government, said the secretary of labor was “not obli gated to await human deaths at a particular level of exposure before he may bar exposure to that level.” In the Reserve Mining dispute, the court let stand an order of the U. S. circuit Court in St. Louis giving Reserve a “reasonable time” to switch to dumping the taconite waste on land. The circuit court found there was no imminent danger to health from the waste dis charge. The dispute has been in the courts for approximately six years. The plant discharges 67,000 tons of solid waste into the lake each day. WEDNESDAY IS LADIES’ DAY AT HARDY GARDENS! A WHOPPING DISCOUNT 10% ON ANY PURCHASE TO EVERY LADY VISITING US TOMORROW... AND EVERY WEDNESDAY! _ HARDY GARDENS 1127 Villa Maria...Bryan Texas Ave., So./..^College Station The Dandy Lion .Manor East Mall 311 University — North Gate 846-1713 NEW HOURS 5:00-12:00 M0N.-FRI. 3:00-1:00 SATURDAY 3:00-12:00 SUNDAY r i i i BUY ONE PITCHER OF BEER (ANY BRAND!) 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