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MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL Spin Balance 4 Tires for $6.98 HIGHEST QUALITY AT LOWEST PRICES! Membership $2.00 a year “A! would like to give it all away, but his wife won’t let him.” ““Ulia Financing Available HOUSE OF BOOTS NOCONA BOOTS ONLY $3.00 OVER COST! Sounds Crazy? There are 30,000 Aggies . . . 30,000 x $3.00 = $9,000 gross profit. ALL STYLES & LEATHERS Belts $1.00 Over Cost NOBODY Undersells Us! CORNER OF COULTER AND TEXAS BRYAN 822-7139 Marine program to expand Texas A&M University is expand ing its marine advisory service pro gram by appointing a representative for the southern portion of the state’s coastal zone to be based in Corpus Christi. Bob Richards, formerly an Austin-based shared employe of Texas A&M’s Sea Grant Program, the General Land Office and the Texas Coastal and Marine Council, was named to the position and will open his office later this month, an nounced Roy W. Hann Jr., acting director of Texas A&M’s Center for Marine Resources. Richards’ position is similar to one the university has maintained in Houston for the past four years, with a representative serving marine- related industry, supply and service firms. The advisory program is funded jointly by Texas A&M’s Sea Grant College Program and the Center for Marine Resources. The Sea Grant Program also provides support, along with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and local gov ernments, for county marine agents in seven coastal counties. Richards’ office will be in the Parkdale Square Office Tower at 4600 Parkdale Drive. Richards holds a bachelor of sci ence degree in zoology and a mas ter’s in management with a specialty in marine resources management, both from Texas A&M. Gambling a, problem official says Steelman will visit campus Tuesday •If* • ^ FOR YOUR PARTY NEEDS ... The Teachings of Jose Cuervo (asexcerpted from Chapter27of The Book.) Yes, Chapter 27, wherein it says that Jose Cuervo is not only the original, since 1795, supreme, premium, ultimate white tequila. But, goes on to say that Jose Cuervo, as the ultimate, is also the ultimate mixer. As a true test, simply pick one from Column A and one from Column B. M oRANcre juvce COTA E ^iUCOTjU'CX COUANb ; tomato idCF. t IxKROT JUICE 2 CLUB SODA 3 . UMt JUICE y, TANGBTUNE JUICE \t gWpice l 8 , ICED TEA 19 - juice IMPORTED AND BOTTLED BY © 19761 For your party needs, Miller Kegs, Lite, Lowen- brau half barrels, and Miller Munchner (dark). Miller Ponies too. See your college rep. Bruce Wayne or call 822-3623 and reserve yours now for your party needs. We appreciate it. Alan Steelman, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, will visit the Texas A&M campus Tuesday, Sept. 14. Steelman will speak at 1 p.m. in Rudder Tower 601 and will hold a 2 p.m. press conference there. A reception w/)} begin at 2:25. >l6 H i The Caspian Sea is 169,381 square miles in area. >x»: iii m Embrey’s Jewelry n BRAZOS BEVERAGES^ 505 Hwy. 2818 Industrial Park 822-3623 n m We Specialize )n Aggie Rings. Diamonds Set — Sizing — Resxidizing — Ail types watch/jewelry Repair Associated Press WASHINGTON ing, such as off-track betting ami state-run lotteries, contributes the growth of illegal gambling^ cause it educates bettors about gering. They then go out a better deal from illegal ers. The assessment was put toC# gress by James Ritchie, executive^ rector of a federal commission it viewing gambling laws. He toldi House committee yestenli| “Wherever fegaf gambling exists,} legal gambling increases.’’ Ritchie linked gambling to growth of public interest in profe sional sports. “It is gambling that b generated the interest in profes sional sports. I’m sure that if all l legal gambling vanishes, profei sional sports will rue the day, la said. The commission, establishedii 1972, has been studying gamblinga the United States and is scheduledti publish its final report in October >JK Aggie Charge Accounts 9-5:30 846-5816 Ritchie said the report will recommend that states decide to permit legal gambling re ceive the full support ofthefedeii government, particularly with rt gard to tax policy. The Travel Committee of Texas A&M presents “We’ve Never Been Licked” September 13 8 p.m. Rudder Tower Auditorium $1.00 per person The commission probably wil urge that federal tax policy Ii changed so that no excise taxi levied on wagers and no federal in come tax on legal gambling win nings, he said. Morin and Ritchie both said till the sporting event that generatesdii most betting in the country ii “Monday Night Football,” televised on the ABC network. Theysaidtlf Monday night professional footkal game is “the biggest gambling eveel in the country today” and “tie biggest game in town.” I rani nect HEWLETT-PACKARD HAS THE TEAM! Ritchie said betting on p sional sports is so widespread il) 1 “the overwhelming number people who go to a sporting contest have a wager. It might notbewitki bookmaker, it may be with thepes- son sitting next them.” Ritchie said legalized off-trad betting, lotteries and numbeis games have attracted tens thousands of Americans who lid never gambled before to illejil bookmakers. He said the legal betting events educated the nongamblers abool wagering but that they soon learned they could get a bigger payoff fori winning bet from bookmakers. Qbcl INTERSTATE 846-6714 & 846-1151” UNIVERSITY SQUARE SHOPPIt HP 25 WAS $i©5?oa NOW$-| 4095 HP 21 WAS 599^85 NOW $0QOO ALSO IN STOCK: HP 22, HP 25C, HP 27, HP 65 & HP 67 L0UP0TS BOOKSTORE HEUBLEIN, NORTHGATE • Across From The Post Office YOUR CALCULATOR HEADQUARTERS! 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