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Page 4 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1975 Hill says Hof fa’s foster son Bonds protect trailer buyers ref uses question Associated Press AUSTIN — Personally defending a new state law that regulates the mobile home industry,Atty. Gen. John Hill Wednesday sought to show that its tough bonding re quirement was necessary to protect consumers. Hill also presented evidence showing that no significant number of dealers or manufacturers had been put out of business by the necessity to obtain bonds backing up their warranties. A group of mobile home makers and dealers contend in their suit be fore state District Court Judge Herman Jones that the key features of the bill — particularly the bond requirement — deprive them of constitutionally protected property rights. Will Ehrle, attorney for the mobile home industry, began his case by calling as witnesses Jackie W. St. Clair, state commissioner of labor and standards, and John Steele, head of his mobile home di vision. But Hill quickly turned his cross-examination into develop ment of his rebuttal case. “What was the prime reason for the legislation?” Hill asked Steele. “To protect consumers from dealers — some woidd go out of bus iness overnight, leaving consumers stranded . . . Consumers would complain to us about a mobile Cyclamate ban may end; FDA to decide next year home, and we would have no re medy,” Steele replied. He said there were 167 substan tiated claims in 1973 od mobile homes that did not comply with Texas standards and 326 the follow ing year. As a result, Steel said, the attorney general set up a special task force that produced the bill now being challenged in court. Steele said that between Nov. 30, 1973, and Tuesday — effective date of the new law — more than 1,000 dealers went out of business, leav ing 436. He said only 83 of those have been rejected in their attempts to find insurance companies that will write their performance bonds. He said that 39 of the 46 manufac turers in Texas have obtained bonds, including Majestic Indus tries, which alleges in the suit that it was faced with going out of business because of inability to obtain a bond. Ehrle sought through his questions to show that an impossi ble burden was placed on dealers through a prohibition against sale of used mobile homes that do not meet standards in force at the time of their manufacture. “How can a dealer know what is the flame spread resistance of the interior wall board?” Ehrle asked. “Take off a section of paneling and look at the rating ... If there is no rating on it, we would have to take the position that it is not flame- resistant paneling and not covered by the code,” Steele said. Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal offi cials plan to decide in January whether to lift the controversial ban on the use of cyclamates as an ar tificial sweetener. The decision will be an effort to end arguments spanning the last six years on whether there is a link be tween cyclamates and cancer in rats. If scientists fail to establish a link. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials say cyclamates coidd he used commercially in diet soft drinks and food next year. It would take at least four months after the FDA decision to meet re quirements for public comment and publication, so cyclamates probably would not appear on grocery shelves before the middle of next year. Meanwhile, as scientists weigh new cyclamate research along with that which generated the ban in 1969, they are studying similar re search that suggests a link between cancer in rats and the other major artificial sweetener, saccharine. The FDA decision on whether to ban saccharine, the principal re placement for cyclamates in diet products, is not expected by FDA officials before 1977. The FDA’s decisions on the artifi cial sweeteners depend on research with animals fed extremely high doses of the chemicals — the equi valent of more than 1,000 diet soft drinks a day for a human being. These studies are being examined under rigorous standards by scien tists inside and outside the FDA. FDA officials now say high-level Nixon administration officials rushed through the cyclamate ban in 1969 without allowing normal scrutiny of supporting research. The debate over FDA standards and procedures concerns not only bureaucrats and scientists: produc tion of low-calorie foods and diet soft drinks is a billion-doll ar-a-year in dustry. An estimated 12 million Ameri cans drink diet sodas each day, and millions of others eat diet foods sweetened with saccharine. Saccharine, which is 300 times sweeter than sugar, has been in use since 1879, and cyclamates — 30 times sweeter than sugar — have been used since 1944. Both have been subjects of research for years. The cyclamates decision awaits findings of a scientific panel working under auspices of the Na tional Cancer Institute and review ing all research on cyclamates and cancer in animals. FDA officials say privately the panel’s decision, due in January, will be adopted by FDA. In preparation for that report, the FDA is trying to decide related is sues, such as whether the chemical can cause organ damage. Even with a decision finding there is no cancer link, FDA sources say some limits may be imposed on the possible future use of cycla mates, perhaps like the present but little-known one-gram-a-day-a- person limit on the use of sac charine. If the panel concludes cyclamates cause cancer, the chemical will re main banned. If the panel fails to reach a conclu sion, the FDA still will make a deci sion, FDA sources say. Bookmart continues sales The Student Government Bookmart will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 3:30 in room 137 of the Memorial Student Center from Sept. 1 to Sept. 12. They will buy used books at 60 per cent of original value and .sell them for 65 per cent of the value. It is operated by the members of Alpha Phi Omega and student government. Workshop scheduled The Memorial Student Center will be hosting two workshops for student organizations. The first will be a Student Finance Workshop on Sept. 16 and 17 at 3 p.m. This workshop will brief students on how to use the Finance Center for organizational business. The other workshop will deal with organizational program ming. This will include room scheduling, the Battalion, uses use of posters, campus mail and other campus facilities. Students working with the program planning aspect of campus organization should attend. Associated Press DETROIT — Jimmy Hoffa’s foster son refused to answer questions Wednesday during a seven-minute appearance be fore a federal grand jury probing the disappearance of the ex- Teamsters president, his attorney said. Charles (Chuckie) O’Brien, a Teamsters organizer raised by the Hofla family, refused to say whether he took the Fifth Amendment during his brief appearance. O’Brien’s attorney, James Burdick, charged the govern ment with using the Hoffa case to develop unrelated cases against Teamsters officials “at the cost of a signif icant investi gation into the disappearance of James R. Hoffa. O’Brien, 41, is considered a key figure in the Hoffa dis appearance. He was driving a car belonging to the son of a reputed Mafia chieftain, near the restaurant where Hoffa was last seen on July 30. A sworn FBI affidavit, used in connection with the seizure of the auto, states there is probable cause to believe O Brien used the vehicle to “facilitate an abduction of Hoffa. Af ter appearing before the grand jury, O’Brien said he was returning immediately to his new home near Miami, Fla. Asked whether he had any fear that his life might he in danger, O Brien shook his vigorously and said, “None. In a hallway outside the grand jury room, a business asso ciate, Louis Linteau, waited his turn to testify. Linteau is owner of Airport Service Lines, a Pontiac, Mich., limousine business at which Hoffa stopped to chat shortly before he disappeared. Linteau reportedly said under hypnosis that Hoffa told him he was to meet “Tony G. and “Tony P., apparently references to Anthony Giacalone, a reputed Maf ia figure whose son s car has been seized, and Anthony Provenzano, a former Teamsters boss from New Jersey. Giacalone has denied he was to meet with Hoffa. Apollo-Soyuz astronaut flies to recovery Dynamite troubleshooter Veteran lives with danger Associated Press POMONA, Calif. — Blow up some cables with dynamite. A sim ple job, it might seem, for a foremost explosives expert like J. S. Brower. But the cables were at the Nevada Test Site, attached to an under ground atomic device that failed to explode when the button was pushed hours earlier. The Atomic Energy Commission called on Brower to “shoot a charge” to cut the cables and deactivate the device. But if anything went wrong, Brower, less than 250 feet away in the barren desert, would be right in the middle of it. It wasn t the first dangerous as signment undertaken by Brower, who has a reputation for doing things others turn down. During the Korean War he led a group of convicts dubbed “Ali Brower and his 30 Thieves” on behind the lines operations. Brower admits this was one job he had second thoughts about. “I insisted they insure myself and my partner for $1 million each,” he said. “I figured if I was going to go I wanted to leave something to my heirs.” But the assignment eight years ago came off just as planned — and Brower heaved a sign of relief and walked away. Brower, in his early 60s, has spent most of the last 35 years work ing with explosives — which he calls “tools — a fascination that began during his childhood on the East Coast, when he would blow up old World War I munitions that washed ashore. It was Brower whom New York police invited to survey the damage after a group of Weathermen blew themselves up in a New York tow- nhouse in 1970. Movie Studios re peatedly request Brower’s services when they want an explosion to film. He was a consultant in the clear ing of the Suez Canal. “It could be,” Brower says with a self-effacing grin, “that in this busi ness, I am a legend. ” Brower runs the firm of J. S. Brower and Associates in this sub urb on the eastern fringe of Los Angeles County. The company is involved worldwide inexplosives consulting, manufacturing and dis posal. Brower is also chairman of the Society of Explosive Engineers. But working with explosives has not been without its toll. Nine years ago, Brower lost three fingers on his left hand when a “junk-buster” charge for an oil well misfired. His doctors advised him to take it easy, perhaps even quit the busi ness. “But believe me, it did not slow me up, Brower said as he sat in his office, the wall and shelves around him crowded with mementos of the tasks he has performed since the ac cident. He still plays golf, shooting in the high ’70s. Associated Press HOUSTON — Astronaut Donald K. “Deke ’ Slayton, the nation’s oldest active astronaut, walked out of a hospital Wednesday just eight days after surgeons removed a be nign tumor from his left lung, and told newsmen he would be going “full bore within three weeks. Slayton, 51, walked with less than his usual brisk stride, but felt well enough to joke with newsmen and sign autographs for well-wishers who stopped him in the lobby of the M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. He left the hospital with his wife, went home and then drove to his off ice for a few hours of work. Doctors said most men of Slayton’s age would need at least 10 to 14 days hospitalization after un dergoing lung surgery, but, one hospital official noted, “Deke’s not an ordinary person. Slayton underwent surgery on Aug. 26 for a lung lesion doctors feared could he cancerous. The small nodule was removed, examined and found to be benign. Doctors had predicted Slayton’s rapid recovery. They said the as tronaut was in excellent physical condition and was able to run two miles in 13 minutes only a few days before the surgery. Slayton told newsmen he had been walking the streets outside the hospital for the last two days and had been doing office work in his hospi tal room. He walked unassisted from the hospital, accompanied by his wife. "I’m still a little sore, he told newsmen, “but I feel great. It just takes a little while to get ox er a big gash like that surgical incision. He and his wife embraced for photographers and he cautioned her not to squeeze too hard because "it still hurts a little. Slayton made his first space flight in July as a member of the American crew in the nine-day Apollo-Soyuz, U S.-Soviet joint mission. He and his crewmates, Tliomai P. Stafford and Vance Brand, breathed poison gas during thefina! minutes of their mission and (lie three were hospitalized in Hawaiilo recover. During treatment for the gas problem, doctors discovered the small lesion on Slayton’s lung. Doctors said he should recovei fully and again be able to fly. • Slayton and his crewmates an scheduled to tour the Soviet Union with the Soyuz cosmonauts startin' Sept. 22. Asked if he would be health enough for the tour, Slayton grin ned and said, "Oh, hell yes!” ’ WANT AD RATES One day 10e per word Minimum charge — $1.00 Classified Display $1.50 per column inch each insertion ALL classified ads must he pre-paid. DEADLINE 3 p.m. day before publication OFFICAL NOTICE BATTALION CLASSIFIED SPECIAL NOTICE Limousine Service to: Houston, $30: Austin, $30; San Antonio, $50; Dallas, $60. Call 846-9925 or 823- 8569. It 16 FOR SALE OR RENT HELP WANTED FOR SALE OFFICIAL NOTICE TO TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY STUDENTS MSC Cafeteria New and Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods. Each Daily Special Only $1.49 Plus Tax. “Open Daily” Dining: 11 AM to 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM to 7 PM Snack Bar 7 a.m. — 7 p.m. In the past, certain information hits been made public by Texas A&M I’niversity as a service to students, families and other interested individuals. Under the “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, the following directory information may be made public unless the student desires to withhold all or any portion of it: Student’s name, address, telephone listing, date and place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, and the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended by the student. Any student wishing to withhold any or all of this infor mation should f ill out, in person, the appropriate form, available to graduate students at the Graduate College and to undergraduate students at the Registrar’s Office, no later than 5:(X) p.m., Friday, September 12, 1975. Edwin II. Cooper, Dean Admissions and Records Texas A&M University • B8888S8S88888SSBS8g88B8B88SS888888S888B888K SPECIAL NOTICE RUMMAGE SALE St. Thomas Chapel 906 Jersey, C.S. Sept. 4, 5, 6 Thursday 9-5; Friday, 9-5; Saturday, 9-12. BELAIR Mobile Home Park 5 minutes from campus Swimming pool, TV cable, all city utilities, lanre lots. 822-2326 or 822-2421 Get the Best for Less 394tfn FOR RENT WELCOME BACK AGGIES!!! Bud Sparks ’74 invites you to Nifty Thrifty Collectables, 2504 South College, Bryan, 822-1293. Used furniture, antiques, collectables. Limited desk supply. 132t6 TUESDAY EVENING WEDNESDAY MONDAY EVENING SPECIAL SPECIAL Mexican Fiesta EVENING SPECIAL Salisbury Steak Dinner Chicken Fried Beef with Two Cheese and Steak w/cream Mushroom Gravy Onion Enchiladas Gravy Whipped Potatoes w/chili Whipped Potatoes and Your Choice of Mexican Rice Choice of one other One Vegetable Patio Style Pinto Beans Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Tostadas Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea Coffee or Tea One Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea 846-8213 MORILE METRIC MECHANIC road service/house calls on foreign cars & trucks specializing in datsun-toyota-vw Class of ’65 Fossilized SHARK’S TOOTH Jewelry Necklace, key chain, tie tack, $2.98 each. Broughtons, Box 3321, Sarasota, Fla. 33578 CITADEL 104 Peasant THE CITADEL NORTH 401 Laka Strati 846-3856 I and 2 bedroom furnished or un furnished, with or without bills paid. The Country Kitchen is looking for neat, energetic people. Waitresses, cooks, hus hoys needed. Apply bet ween 2 pm-5 pm daily. No phone calls please. Service For All Chrysler Corp. Cars Body Work — Painting Free Estimates HALfiELL MOTOR COMPANY, INC. Dodge Sales and Service Since 1922 1411 Texas Ave. — 823-8111 57tfn THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE Parmesan Cheese - Tossed Green Salad Choice of Salad Dressing - Hot Garlic Bread Tea or Coffee OFFICE FURNITURE Desks, Filing Cabinet, Storage Cabinets, Cal culators, Typewriter, Typewriter Table, Typist Chairs, Executi\e Chair, Check Writer, 19" Zenith Black & White Portable TV. Phone S46-324S. COTTONWOOD CREEK MOBILE PARK 1707 Palasota, Bryan. Large nice lots, with 2 months free rent, $28.50 monthly rent, cable contract, water furnished, park-recreation area with trees, sensible restrictions. 822-3014 or 846-1854. It8 WAITRESSES needed. Rent llonsel. Apph in pmoii, 693-1856. 2l2 WORK WANTED Chevy van ’6S LWB, 6-cylinder, standard, 25,()()() miles on new engine. Paneling, cabinets, shag. 693-1749. 2t3 GARAGE SALE SATURDAY, 9-5, 1305 Walton Drive, C.S. Furniture, clothes, hooks, misc. 2t3 Pinfeather Acres, mobile homes for rent, 822-2627. 81tfn HELP WANTED MOM, help balance the family budget with part time income and lie a full time mother, too. For appointment and in terview, call 846-7381, afternoons. BankAmericaro . /.. /./ . FREE COUNTERFEIT MONEY. Each evening from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. any person who purchases food totaling $5.00 or more will receive a free enlarged reproduction of a REPUBLIC OF TEXAS FIVE DOLLAR BILL 608 South Bryan Woodburning Heaters & Cookstoves, Round Top Trunk, Victrola, Foot Pedal Sewing Machine, Iron Washpot, Antique Oak High Back Bed, Brass Firep lace Set W/And irons, Kerosene Lamps, Depression Glass, Silverware, Brass Items, Flower Pots, Rock ing Chairs, Oak Tables, Oak Pie Safe, Washstand, Old Pictures & Frames. Antique Walnut What- authinkitis?, Antique Woodworkers Tools, 1,(XX)& 1 Iron Collector Items, Old Books, Rocks, Petrified Wood, Crystals, Geodes, Agate, Mineral Speci mens. Furniture Restoration, Rejxiirs, Refinishing, & Woodcarving. 3t6 FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL BREADED FISH FILET w/TARTAR SAUCE Cole Slaw Hush Puppies Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee Sell your used air conditioner to White’s Auto Store or trade on new Catalina home appliances. Panasonic AM-FM receiver with 8-track player- recorder ami automatic turntable, $185, 846-8329. 3t5 English Shepherd puppies. U.K.C. registered, excel lent stockdogs, watchdogs, pets, companions. 823- 0828. 3t4 Female help wanted. Apph’ in pc ISOM GoodtimeCkr- lie’s, 807 Texas Ave. 846-9513. 3(6 '72 Suzuki 550cc, extras, $950, 845-1549, Student Assistance needed by local funeral home. Living quarters provided plus salary. Neat appearance and ability to answer phone is necessary. 823- 8125. 2t4 Full time typing. Symbols. Call 823-7723. 392th 1974 Yamaha 60 Street Bike. 845-4111; alter 5, call 846- 6948. IP* 3 bedroom, 2hathshou.se. Large den. Phone 822-4900, after 6 p.m. 3t2 Experienced electronic technician. Must be able to re pair-audio amplifier. Also experienced horn repairman. Lange Music Co., 1410 Texas. It4 Full time Christian housekeeper and babysitter. Call 822-2334 or 823-5985. It4 ■□□□■aaciDoma ■■■■BBOODHBB H D HBDBBOHEI0 0 SALES • SERVICE RENTALS SATURDAY NOON and EVENING SPECIAL “Yankee Pot Roast Texas Style” Tossed Salad Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee SUNDAY SPECIAL NOON and EVENING ROAST TURKEY DINNER Served with Cranberry Sauce Cornbread Dressing Roll or Corn Bread - Butter - Coffee or Tea Giblet Gravy And your choice of any One vegetable S500 REWARD. For identity of either white male who stole batteries, chain saw and gas can from garage on Friday, 3:30 p.m. at 101 North Ave. Last seen in late model pickup, gold with light top. No questions asked except lor identity. James E. Vincent, 101 North Av enue. 2t3 Deadline for refunds for ’76 Aggielands is November 1, 1975. Bring fall ’75 fee slip to Rm. 216, Reed McDonald Bldg. 2t5 SOSOLIKS TV & RADIO SERVICE INC. Zenith Sales and Services TV Rental 713 S. MAIN BRYAN 822-2133 ‘Quality First’ Have you tried the new RAMADA BARBER SALON? owned & operated by Troy Causey Roffler products for men. 846-8811 ext. 104 AUTO INSURANCE FOR AGGIES: Call: George Webb Farmers Insurance Group 3400 S. College 823-8051 WANTED! Carriers for the Battalion CALL CIRCULATION 845-2611 for further information