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WEDNESDAY. MARCH 22, 1978
'K (:) of the University of Houston
Presents
The Texas Jackrabbit Rally
"A DRIVING COMPETITION”
FROM HOUSTON TO EL PASO
AND BACK TO HOUSTON
April 15 & 16
$1000 First Prize
for more information
and entry blanks please
Write: Texas Jackrabbit Rally
4450 S. MacGregor
Houston, Tx. 77021
or call 713-748-0530 leave ph #
HAVE LUNCH ON US!
Everyone who leases an apt. through A&M Apt. Place
ment Service will be given a FREE Lunch at T.J.’s. Our
way of saying, 'Thanks Ags."
LEASING NOW FOR FALL 78
Call for appointment
A&M APT.
PLACEMENT SERVICE ifW
A Free Service
693-3777 ^
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GABE & WALKER S
Off th’ Wall Bar-B-Q
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8:00 p.m.
Forum in Rudder Center
AN EXTRA SPECIAL PRODUCTION
“LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND”
^ ‘Of the Students, by the Students, for the Students!
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•^$1.75 Students
Tickets being sold now at MSC Box Office 845-2916
For more information call the Theatre Arts Office
845-2621
A love story
A musical
An exciting production
WITH LOVE
FROM THE AGGIE PLAYER
FRESHMEN
If you are a freshman interested in becoming involved in Texas A&M and its student programming, the Memorial Student Center Council
and Directorate is opening applications for Council Assistantships. Council Assistants aid Council officers in the areas of administration,
finance, programs, projects operations, and public relations.
Any freshman in any field of study that is interested in the above areas is urged to apply. Talented people are needed in all areas, so don’t
be afraid to drop this application by Room 216, Student Programs Office, MSC. Applications close Tuesday, March 28, 1978, at 5:00 p.m.
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER
COUNCIL & DIRECTORATE
Application for MSC Council Assistant
(Please Print)
Name
.Classification
Major
.GPR Last Semester
Telephone
Are you on (Conduct, Scholastic) Probation?
Mailing Address
Yes No
Activities and Honors in High School (use back if needed)
Experience with MSC Activities
Other Campus Activities
Other Time-Consuming Activities Next Year
Magazines and Newspapers Read Regularly
Books Read in Last Year
Why are You Interested in Becoming Involved in Campus Activities (especially as a Council Assistant)
Your Concept of a College Education
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BUY, SELL, RENT . . .
Battalion Classified Pulls
Fires in rural areas
By FRANK VASOVSKI
Any resident of Bryan or College
Station who yields the right-or-way
to a group of fire trucks may be
doing himself a favor: the house
they try to reach could very well be
his own.
While this assumption is reason
ably correct for an urban resident of
Brazos County, the chances of a
rural home being saved are less fa
vorable because, quite often, the
distance between the urban fire sta
tion and a rural fire location is more
than 25 miles.
The Bryan Fire Department and
the College Station Fire Depart
ment are the only two organized
units of this type in Brazos County.
Each is directed by a fire chief re
sponsible to the city manager.
In the absence of similar organiza
tions in Brazos County, both de
partments are responsible for
providing fire protection to the
entire county. Efforts are being
made to organize local fire depart
ments in Brazos County Precincts 2
and 3 to deal with minor fires.
A line parallel to the boundary
line between Bryan and College
Station divides the county . The
northern area is assigned to BFD,
under the command of Fire Chief
Don VanHuss. The southern area,
consisting mainly of Precinct 1, is
assigned to CSFD and is directed by
Fire Chief Douglas Landua.
The number of assists to the
county is evenly distributed be
tween Precincts 2, 3 and 4, all lo
cated in the BFD area, while the
corresponding data for CSFD show
a strong concentration of assists in
Precinct 1.
Neither the precinct commission
ers nor the fire chiefs nor the rural
population is happy with the pres
ent arrangement.
VanHuss said his department
provides emergency assistance to
the county regardless of the distance
and time of the notification. Occa
sionally, his men arrive at the scene
of a fire too late to be of any help,
especially in the case of old struc
tures, built without compliance with
a building code, and containing an
excessive amount of lumber.
VanHuss said that my fires are
caused by the negligence and indif
ference of rural residents in seeking
the aid of his department during
controlled grass and brush burning
and the operating of homemade in
cinerators.
“A person burning trash fre
quently will overlook the aerosol
cans among the refuse,” VanHuss
said. Even if the area of the burning
is watered down to prevent ignition,
the exploding cans are propelled
beyond the safety belt, i
grass. Most of the homemade ii
cinerator drums are not equippf
with grill covers and often are Ii,
unattended. The burning partidti
carried by the thermal draft,
spread the fire heyond the eo
the residents.
“BFD has the capability to«(.
duct fire safety lectures for m
community of the county, if sm
service is requested,” VanHii
said. However, under the prea
constitutional restrictions, BFD,
municipal agency, cannot requi
such instruction for county rev;
dents.
Fire Chief Landua and his as#
tant, Charles Yeager, agree
VanHuss regarding the fire
consciousness of rural residea
addition, Landua identifiedtr
other fire safety problems: the on
abundance of railroad tracksinh
cinct 1, and the “transitory"^: comrr
residents in that precinct,
majority of them being associili
with the Texas A&M University! succe:
VOTE APRIL 1st
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Homer Adams
Ward 2 College Station City Council
•Three terms on city council in College Station
•Thirty years business experience in College Station
•Graduate, T A M U
tern, making them subject
den reassignment. He feels thali m ' ss ' (
movement of residents in theft ihtude
cinct adversely affects the esl
lishment of a local fire unitbea
in addition to the considerablej ce an
of the equipment, no perm# i} 16 C!
residents are available to manil ^ lre
“The fires caused by ’hot It
(overheated axle boxes) and by
nal flares being used by train ci
along the grassy areas of the is
can be eliminated with the a ) ave
tance of railroad officials,’’ Lai ' n S ^
said.
A more serious probleih ii
cinct 1 is the possibility of adt: “ eas
ment of a train carrying a Hand r ^) 1
or toxic cargo. Even though
train carries two copies of and j 1
index indicating the cargo in
ear, fire officials could not
mediately secure such a listfrait
crew of the train involved in
cent (Jan. 19) derailment in
Neither Landua nor Yeagei
VanHuss could offer any estimi
damage resulting from a po:
explosion or spill of toxic matter,
all of them consider such a possi ’ razo
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