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Page 12 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1978
Two new area
highways open
The State Department of
Highways and Public Transpor
tation has announced the open
ing of two new urban highways in
the Bryan-College Station area.
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The Villa Maria Street exten
sion connects FM 2818 to Fin-
feather Road at Villa Maria. The
new route provides a four lane
facility connecting the industrial
and residential area on the West
Loop with major shopping areas
of the twin cities. It is also the
last link of a major thoroughfare
between the east and west loops.
This route will provide a more
direct route to medical and hos
pital facilities for people living in
the western part of the city.
The other new route recently
completed is the extension of
Wellborn Road from Old College
Road to Villa Maria. This new
four lane section provides a more
direct route to Texas A&M Uni
versity campus for those travel
ing from the north and north
west. It provides an alternate
' route for motorists using South
College Avenue and Finfeather
Road.
CS bills to be cut
Utility tax ends
By SCOTT PENDLETON
Battalion Staff
As of the first billing period be
ginning in October, College Station
residents will no longer pay the
state sales tax on utilities.
They will continue to pay the 1
percent city sales tax for at least a
year.
The Texas legislature recently
exempted residential use of gas and
electricity from the state’s 4 percent
sales tax. The legislature allowed
cities to keep their 1 percent tax if
desired.
Sun Theatres
College Station will keep the 1
percent tax until at least October,
1979.
Ending that tax now would cost
the city $75,000 to $80,000 and
force a budget revision, said North
Bardell, city manager of College
Station.
If the city wanted to repeal the tax
immediately, it would have to notify
the Comptroller of Public Accounts
by Sunday. Otherwise, the tax will
be abolished automatically Oct. 1,
1979. If College Station opts to keep
the 1 percent city tax after that date,
an ordinance must be adopted. This
must be done in time to notify the
Comptroller of Public Accounts by
May 1, 1979.
College Station will hold public
hearings on the city sales tax in
March or April, Bardell said.
Whether or not the tax is kept will
depend on the city's financial situa
tion.
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How to protect victim
if a poisoning occurs
No one under 18
Escorted Ladies Free
BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS
The band gets its news from the Batt.
Aspirin was the leading cause of
accidental home poisonings in chil
dren until a decade ago. But since
kid-proof aspirin bottle lids and pac
kages, aspirin has dropped to four
on the poison list.
In the top spot, according to Dr.
Richard W. Moriarity, director of
the National Poison Control Net
work, are household products and
some common plants.
Problem substances include
cleaners, detergents, polishes, dyes
and the like.
Troublesome plants include dief-
fenbachia (dumb cane), tomato
leaves, azaleas and philodendron.
If a poisoning occurs, see if the
victim is breathing before calling
your local poison center. Remove
anything from the mouth that could
keep air from entering the lungs. If
breathing is stopped, give artificial
respiration.
Keep airway open if victim is un
conscious. Do not give liquids or
drugs in any form.
Keep victim warm.
Call your local poison center,
hospital emergency room or doctor
and report:
1. What the victim took.
2. What the victim is doing — de
scribe symptoms.
3. Victim’s age and weight.
4. If victim has any problems or
has been taking any medication on a
regular basis.
ALPHA TAU OMEGA FRATERNITY
ANNOUNCES THE BEGINNING OF ITS
FALL RUSH 1978
FOR A PARTY SCHEDULE
AND MORE INFORMATION CALL
846-5226
693-5446
693-2750
Thou sands celebrate
at Great Raft Race
Battalion photo by Mirtli
United Press International
TULSA, Okla. — Thousands of
area residents celebrated the end of
summer Monday at the sixth annual
Great Raft Race down a 9.3 mile
stretch of the Arkansas River.
More than 500 rafts, most of them
highly decorative, floated down the
waters in the race, which began as a
PRE-LAW SOCIETY !
First meeting of the fall semester
BIGGER TAMU
Legal Advisor Gaines West
7:30 p.m. - Tues., Sept. 5
Room 504 Rudder
NEW MEMBERS WELCOME
MANOR EAST 3 THEATRES
WALTON
Stained Glass
Studio
Announces new classes
beginning week of September
Each class is 3 hours for
6 weeks. Fee $20.
5.
Morning classes 10-1
Afternoon classes 2-5
Evening classes 7-10
3810 Texas Ave.
Bryan
846-4156
FOUL PLAY
7:15-9:35
HOOPER
7:25-9:45
CHEECH & CHONGS
UP IN SMOKE
7:35-9:50
radio station sponsored event and
grew into a late summer celebra
tion.
Thousands of people lined the
Arkansas River along the 9.3 mile
course from River City Park in Sand
Springs to the low water dam near
the pedestrian bridge at Tulsa’s
River Park.
Politicians and hucksters worked
the crowd estimated in size from
10,000 to 50,000 as vendors sold sun
visors, cold beer and soft drinks.
Hit and Run
Brad Stayton, a senior marketing major, takes some frisbee in front of the Academic Build-
advantage of sunny weather to indulge in ing.
Yields below normal
Drought felt on crops
The lingering effects of a season-
long drought are still being felt ac
ross most of the state where poor
crop yields are reported, said the
Skyway Twin
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PLUS
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EAST
HIGH ANXIETY
PLUS
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COLLEGE STATION
STAR WARS
'ALTERATIONS
IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF
OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER
TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE
ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN
MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE
THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND
ALTERATIONS.
‘DON’T GIVE UP — WE’LL
MAKE IT FIT!"
AT WELCH'S CLEANERS, WE
NOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCEL
LENT DRY CLEANERS BUT WE
SPECIALIZE IN ALTERING HARD
TO FIT EVENING DRESSES,
TAPERED, SHIRTS, JEAN HEMS,
WATCH POCKETS. ETC.
(WE RE JUST A FEW
BLOCKS NORTH OF FED
MART.)
WELCH’S CLEANERS
3819 E. 29th (TOWN & COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER)
Texas Agriculture Extension Service
at Texas A6cM University.
The lack of moisture and ex
tremely hot weather have had a de
vastating effect on crops, said the
TAES last Wednesday. Yields were
running below normal except in
some irrigated areas of south and
southwest Texas.
Things have gotten so desperate
in the Plains and TransPecos regions
that farmers have been plowing up
some dryland cotton to make them
selves eligible for disaster pay
ments, said the extension service.
Hay production is down sharply
over the state, particularly in east
ern and central areas. Although
there are some second cuttings,
yields are low due to continuing dry
conditions, said agriculture officials.
The pecan crop is not faring much
better. Many pecans are dropping;
those that will he harvested will
generally be small due to the pro
longed dry period.
The extension service said the
peach harvest is winding down in
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varying widely in quality. A Grulich
crop was harvested in Gill training
County. But in many countk lenier
fruit was small due to dr> i Ero'"' I
tions. H (rest
Crain harvesting is reported f' v “ wh
ing completion in many areas,'* Me tota
the cotton harvest is just g|ij| wa5
under way in north central; ^hMi
and eastern areas, the extei^W Md
service said. Cotton harvestHjtW l,a M<'
increasing over central, soutli(r‘ r( ' n gtl
ral and southeast Texas. jjpedis
Meanwhile, the extension serR® 11 hr
said, the first rice crop isnaBdiisi
completion in the Rice BellRN a h
good yields. A second crop is:| rotein s
ing good progress. V
The livestock picture doesnt® pky
much better, although the nu® [all
continues generally strong, \
vice said. R givei
Although there has beens®P ar ds
slowdown, movement of liveslodW said
market remains active in manya® r y liir
despite poor grazing conditio:'- . e time
lack of stock water. Stockmen re|
increased supplemental feeding
many areas.
A Real Bookstore/A New
Bookstore
Jinn King, Bookseller
Woodstone Center
909 Harvey Rd. (Highway 30)
Selections on Film, Literature, Contemporary
Culture, Architecture, Women’s Studies and
others.
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693-9781
So audience members may be able to attend tonight’s
first Silver Taps, A Bridge On The River Kwai will
begin at
PLANT SALE
7:45
SUNDAY 1-7
ALL PLANTS REDUCED