Page 8 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1977
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Smithsonian
gains jewel
for collection
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Smithso
nian Institution’s gem collection has
acquired a 75-carat emerald worth
more than $100,000. It once was the
centerpiece of a Turkish sultan’s
belt buckle.
The flat, oval gem, the size of a
50-cent piece, was donated by
Mrs. Stewart Hooker of New York,
sister of former U.S. Ambassador to
Britain Walter Annenberg, the
wealthy publisher.
Mrs. Hooker bought the gem
from Tiffany’s in New York about 15
years ago and wore it as a brooch
surrounded by 13 carats of
diamonds.
Smithsonian gem curator Paul
Desautels said the jewel probably
came from India and belonged to
Abdul Hamid II, one of the last Ot
toman sultans who reigned until
1909 when he was exiled.
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The MSC Lounge was the scene of intense
feelings and well-planned moves as students
— Concentrate!
competed in the Backgammon tournament
this past week. Battalion photo by Dickr
Phony identification papery
behind large credit losses
United Press International
NEW YORK — If you’ve won
dered why so many stores are reluc
tant to accept any identification ex
cept a driver’s license to cash a
check, the answer lies in the $1 bill
ion a year or more in losses Ameri
can banks and stores suffer through
forged ID papers.
The driver’s license isn’t 100 per
cent reliable, especially in the states
that don’t require the motorist’s
photograph on it, but it’s better than
other ID cards.
That’s mainly because the states
'Social register’
lists the nation’s
700 finest trees
United Press International
SACRAMENTO — California
boasts more than 40 national cham
pions of the tree world.
They are among about 700 tower
ing arbors which have made the
“Social Register of Trees, compiled
by the American Forestry Associa
tion to honor the biggest and pre
sumably the best of the nation’s
trees.
Heading the list of California
trees in the elite group is Sequoia
National Park’s lofty, 3,500-year-old
General Sherman.
There also are some lesser-known
greats, such as the Sequoia ever
greens on Redwood Creek in Hum
boldt County. Measuring in at 367.8
feet, it’s the tallest tree in the world.
California does not have the most
champion trees among the states.
Hawaii has 200 of them, selected by
height and girth. Florida, Michigan
and Texas also have more giants
than California.
But the biggest Jeffrey, lodgepole
and sugar pines in the country grow
in Stanislaus National Forest. The
champion golden chinkapin is
rooted in Sonoma County, while the
biggest Modoc cypress grows in
Plumas National Forest. The state
also is home to six varieties of the
tallest oaks.
do exchange information about lost,
stolen and known forged drivers’
licenses in a fairly rapid way through
computer networks.
Nevertheless, according to the
trade magazine, Bank Systems &
Equipment, losses of banks and
other credit grantors stemming from
forged ID papers still are mounting
because of carlessness on the part of
hank officials and mercantile credit
managers.
Author James Natal says losses on
check passing are small compared to
those on loans, credit cards and de
mand deposit accounts resulting
from use of phony ID papers.
Natal said far too many bank offi
cials just write the losses off and re
fuse to prosecute because they don’t
want to admit how naive they have
been or they think it takes too much
time and money to push the ease.
Obtaining fraudulent loans and
bank deposits in the name of people
who are long dead or never existed
has become an extremely lucrative
racket that owes its mushrooming
growth to the fact the computer
can’t have sudden flashes of intui
tive suspicion as a human clerk can.
As a result, banks, finance com
panies and merchants are hit for
millions of dollars of losses on loans
and credit card charges and big
overdrafts on deposits by characters
whose identification apparently
checks out until they suddenly van
ish into thin air.
Banking Systems & Equipitfl
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boldly advertise in vario |
magazines that they will supplf
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complete set of phony identificaii| rns * in
sometimes includinil''^ 1
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papers,
driver’s license, for as little as$7i|
Some of the people who used
phony ID’s are amateurs, but the
tide said most are profession
working through organized rit
operated by criminals who, forali L
will give backup verification«
vices on the phony ID papers. |lvJ
A girl sits in a room with aid I
phone connected to an answer; Up]\\ y
service for a long list of numbe L|, K j ve t|
When she gets a call from a bad L en awav
store about Paul X, she check | Q n j ue
cardfile and answers unblushing jj oner re t u
“Yes, Mr. X is employed here,
he has been with us a yean:
makes $18,000 a year,” reading
the card information which * e t s ] la( j
sophistical
cities in
The Ri
knows is false.
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operation, the rings, operali lonorthe
under various fictitious busim ontract,
names, succeed in feeding falseci
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computers of legitimate creditj ^
porting agencies about various
titious individuals.
The criminals rush out to
banks and stores and make a kil ues t
taking out loans and running up: )ar(
bills for valuable merchandise t» j mn | p jt
can be fenced. Then they vanish
Campus activities
Thursday
Colllege of Engineering Seminars,
Elmer Lignoul on Mechanical Engineer
ing in Construction”, 10a.m., 203 Zachry
Engineering Center
Town Hall, University Symphonic
Band. 12:30 p.m., University Center Mall
Dance Arts Society, modern dance and
jazz, 7:30 p.m., 260 G. Rollie White
Cepheid Variable, The Blob”, 8 & 10
p.m.. Rudder Theater
Texarkana Area Hometown Club, 8
p.m., 501 Rudder
342 Zachry En-
Friday
College of Engineering Seminars, Dr.
Charles Dalton on “Water Waves and
Wave Forces”, 2:30 p.m.
gineering Center
College of Engineering Seminars, Dr
J. H. Morehouse on “Solar-Assisted Df 1
ssicant Cooling”, 4 p.m., 12 Zachry Engi
neering Center
Aggie Cinema, Swashbuckler , 8 p in -
Rudder Theater
Saturday
Aggie Cinema, Swashbuckler , 8 p i"
Rudder Theater
Sunday ,
Management Seminar, sponsored !
the Executive Development Programs
fice of the College of Business Administri'
tion, Oct. 23-28, Texas A&M University
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