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Page 6 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1978
Get the professional at the
M.S.C. Beauty Salon care for
your hair. Services for men and
women. Call for an appointment.
846-0636. Located at Memorial
Student Center.
Hours:
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Texas products
j may go to Japan
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United Press International
DALLAS — Some of the things
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Monday through Friday
9 till 6
Saturday till 2
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Texans are most apt to take for
granted — space, beef and wide
leather belts — are considered
luxuries by many Japanese.
In an effort to promote trade be
tween the United States and Japan,
the live Central Japan prefectures of
Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Ishikawa and
Toyama have sponsored a Central
Japan Products Exhibition in the
Hall of Nations of the World Trade
Center.
The exhibition, which ends today
featured many Japanese products,
wome of which had never before
been shown in the United States.
Some items presented by area
businessmen to be considered for
export to Japan are a metal detec
tor, tiles, floor and wall coverings,
canned meats, beans and other veg
etables, and a packaging method for
peanuts which might be adapted for
rice and other Japanese products.
'T’ve never seen a metal detector
in Japan, but there might be a mar
ket for them,’ said Hirokuni in-
oue, director of Unicorp Interna
tional Inc.
Inoue is in charge of the Con
sultation Corner at the exhibition,
an area set up by promoters pri
marily for Metroplex companies to
discuss exporting products to Japan.
"The drop in the dollar’s strength
against the yen has caused a reversal
MX
in central Japan, creating more em
phasis on importing than export
ing,” said Kaname Iwata, vice gov
ernor of the Aichi Prefectural gov
ernment.
He said he bought hats and belts
at the exhibition for his family.
Inoue added that leather items
are very expensive in Japan, and
many Japanese visitors to the
United States buy the belts, buckles
and wallets as gifts.
"Unfortunately, most distributors
are small and don’t know how to fi
nance these items to export them,”
Inoue said.
An onion ring mix which Inoue
carried in his briefcase has a big
market in Japan. But the Japanese
have more stringent regulations on
additives, preservatives and colors.
Many are prohibited. They also put
very high surcharges oin imported
foods.
Inoue said the Japanese are focus
ing trade effort on Dallas because of
extensive publicity on Japanese
television and in newspapers indi
cated that the area is growing;
rapidly and has much potential.
“Many Japanese have an image of
this area as wide-open, deserts,
cowboys and cowgirls and dusty,
like in a Western movie, Inoue said.
It is a Japanese dream to have a lot
of land, big yard to play in and be to
travel high speed by car, he said.
“Many Japanese had a dream
like, idolic image of John F. Ken
nedy, and when he was assassinated
here they got a bad image of the
area,” Inoue said. But when Jap
anese businesspeople come here,
they instantly change that bad
image by looking at the facts.
Insurance cost to rise
Auto rates may chan
United Press International
AUSTIN — The State Board of
Insurance will act Wednesday on
industry requests for a 10.7 per
cent, $125 million increase in
premiums Texas motorists pay
for auto insurance.
increase it’ll be a
The industry proposal calls for
a 8.9 percent, $95 million in
crease in premiums for insurance
on private passenger vehicles ef
fective Oct. 1.
Staff actuaries for the insur
ance board are recommending a
5.2 percent, $62 million increase
in total premiums on motor vehi
cles, including a 3.2 percent, $35
million increase in rates for pri
vate passenger vehicles.
“What the staff recommended
was small — one of the smallest
increases since I ve been here,
said longtime board member and
former chairman, Ned Price. If
we vote an
small one.”
Price and Durwood Manford,
also a longtime member of the
board and former chairman, will
have to agree for new rates to be
put into effect by Oct. 1 as pro
posed.
The third seat on the board has
remained vacant since the Se
nate voted 27-1 last month to
oust Hugh C. Yantis Jr. as
chairman.
Gov. Dolph Briscoe has given
no indication when he will name
a replacement for Yantis.
At the annual public hearing
on auto insurance rates July 19
Yantis said he wanted to hold
additional hearings around the
state for consumers to present
their views before deciding on
any rate increase.
“Mr. Manford and I have not
entertained that idea,” Price said
Tuesday. “We ve got to reach a
8
decision. We've got ast
workmen’s compensation*
ance late) hearing j n a.
I he staff is just as busy *
Statewide auto insuran
have not changed since
Insurance companies n
requested a 17.4 pe^
in rates for private n,
vehicles and the Ixiard
commended a 10.1 pe,
crease, but Yantis and t
decessor as chairman, Joe
ie, balked at approving
crease while industry
were high.
_ The Oct. 1, 1976 inc
7.1 percent came on the
a 17.1 percent jump in;
surance rates on Jan. 1,
and a 7.8 percent in
Jan. 16, 1975.
Bates were cut 4.3 ,
1973 and 11.2 percent
Building and renovation
continue at Consolidated
PIZZA A SUBS
WE DELIVER
FAST & HOT
PASS IT ON
846-3768
Four kids
wreck 30
new cars
Ha ppy/^w**i
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Music boxes &
musical figurines
Jewelry from everywhere
German & European
Imports
(Across from Luby's)
United Press International
PROVIDENCE, H I. — Four
children, ages 7 to 13, played their
own version of demolition derby
Monday, racking up at least
$100,()0<) of damage to 30 brand new
imported cars, police said.
They said the boys, ages 7, 8 and
13, and a girl, age 12, managed to
drive 30 new cars into one another
at the Allens Avenue Shipyard be
fore a security guard caught them.
The cars, owned by Rhode Island
Imports, had arrived through the
port of Providence and were de
stined for dealers around the North
east.
The A&M Consolidated Inde
pendent School District is undergo
ing new construction and extensive
renovations, in keeping with a $6.4
million school bond passed in April
1976.
All four campuses in the district
plus the special serv ices area on Jer
sey Street are affected by the bond
issue.
Superintendent Fred A. Hopson
said Tuesday the building and reno
vation program will “meet the cur
rent needs” of the school district.
He said to keep up with increasing
enrollment, the program will need
to continue.
Hopson cited a low pupil-teacher
ratio as the main priority of the
school district and said a continuing
building program would help keep
the low ratio.
classes in physical education, music
and Spanish.
Kindergarten classes, now lu*ld in
the special services area, will move
into new quarters at lx>th elemen
tary schools. Occupancy is set for
sometime this fall.
New construction also is under
way for a separate fifth and sixth
grade building to adjoin the A6cM
Consolidated Middle School. Upon
completion of the project, kinder
garten through fourth grade will
meet at the elementary' schools, and
grades five through eight will be in
the middle school. The fifth grade is
now in the elementary grades.
The two elementary schools.
South Knoll and College Hills, will
soon have new “multi-purpose” and
kindergarten classroom facilities.
The district contracted Marcal Inc.
of Bryan for the new buildings at
both locations for $1.4 million. The
multi-purpose buildings will house
The fifth and sixth grade building
is scheduled for a fall 1979 occu
pancy, but with construction mov
ing ahead of date, there is a possibil
ity of spring completion, a school of
ficial said. Additions to the high
school are set for spring completion.
Middle school construction is part
of a $2.8 million building contract
with the BFW Construction Co. of
Temple. The contract also includes
an addition to the vocational wing
and the librarv of the A&M Con
solidated High School, ami
tions at the middle school.
Many renovations were
the middle school this sm
with a few more yet to be
Among the improvement!
were the installation of ne
dows on the north wall, air
tioning units relocated honi!
to the ground, metal lod
stalled with new walls todn
classrooms from the halhn
renovation of the auditoni
addition, there are improvei
the heating, cooling, and el
systems. A new entrancei
southwest side of the build
re-built to facilitate handi
students. The entire buildinp
barrier-free to the handicra
Other renovations at the ns
school will be complete laterin
semester. !
Additional construction«
provements in the districtinda
new field house forthehighsj
stadii mi, new cooling facilita
the high school, a new conij
stand for the gymnasium and:
vations in the four buildingsi,
special services area.
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Cowart's is now the new name
for Embrey's Jewelry at 415 Uni
versity Drive. Cowart's will con
tinue in the tradition of Embrey's
by offering a fine line of quality
jewelry and watches along with
an expert in-store watch and
jewelry repair service.
I'm Alan R. Cowart; I have been
associated with Embrey's for the
past three years and have now
acquired full ownership of the
store. I will gjve you, as I have in
the past, the same personal ser
vice and customer attention that
you have grown to expect.
Please come by and meet me
and my well trained staff. We
are anxious to serve you and
will truly appreciate your pa
tronage. We want to make
Cowart's your jewelry store.
415 University Drive
846-5816
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