THE BATTALION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1978 Page 5 ian, who ail imenon belt nous strandi 'ating spiden ■limb totlift 'in one thin«i I then this L'arrythes; he spokesm les. Onestal rry them Residents of Hart Hall Tuesday decorated this tree in front of their dorm as a present to Texas A&M University. If condi tions hold. College Station will have a gray Christmas, though snow moved into the Texas Panhandle earlier this week. Chain letter leaves thousands poorer id high wi days may e spot. United Press International t invisible I SAN FRANCISCO — The “Circle pider will®Gold chain letter, which started aid, "Eveeft the San Francisco Bay area two nail you re ponths ago, has now completed its em. Lastyelfcwn circle around the country, mak- y house an: pg n few people rich, but leaving o see thes pehind thousands of people who are $100 poorer. if Postal inspectors say they are clos- ■g in on at least one person sus- jpectcd of using the mails illegally, ■hey admit it is kind of late, but say it fi Hkes time to investigate chain let- “ ters. f Besides, the “Circle of Gold” was a little different from most chain let- hers It was passed around or sold ■ Jjand-to-hand at parties or in small groups, and the only feasible prose cution involved the mailing of money after the letter had been sold in per son. I Asa player in the “Circle of Gold,” one buys the letter for $100. He pays , the seller $50 and mails another $50 g) the top name in a list of 12 on the Itter. Then he sells the letter to ([someone else for $100, putting his me on the bottom of the list and ossing out the top name. [I: If the chain is unbroken, he would soon collect more than $100,000. Some people are reported to have received up to $30,000. The “Circle of Gold” letter first surfaced in San Francisco and sub urban Marin County at' parties among a theatrical crowd. It quickly spread to Chicago, New York City, Vermont, down the East Coast into North Carolina. It turned up re cently in such places as Nashville, Tenn.; Jackson, Miss.; Houston, and Santa Fe, N.M., on the way back to California. It also has been reported in Hawaii. “Someone is now sending it in the mail to people throughout the United States,” San Francisco Postal Inspector R.L. Schlueter said. “We are getting evidence together and will take it to the U.S. attorney.” The originators of the “Circle of Gold” letters protected themselves by avoiding the mail in letter “sales,” although they could be prosecuted for fraud under other laws if caught. Judith Ford, of the San Francisco district attorney’s office, said no one has been prosecuted because “it wasn’t clear that the people giving the chain letter parties were actually initiating the letter, but maybe were being used. We discouraged that by notifying them the operation of a scheme like this was illegal. ” >on ed S-" say a r sn’t t’sa #=>.M F=M FTM- •6-1^ RESUME SERVICE Sell yourself effectively. Have a professional resume prepared by BUSINESS & COMMUNICATION SERVICES Call 846-5794 for an appointment 23122 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ HATE DOING LAUNDRY? Let Frannie's do it for you Aunt Frannies Laundromat AHolleman at Anderson 693-6587 DO YOU WANT TO FLY? Face it. . . you've always wanted to fly! Many of us have had the feeling . . . and for some it has never gone away. If you have that feeling, then you're in luck. Air Force R0TC Flight Instruction Program (FIR) is available to you. It's de signed to teach you the basics of flight through flying lessons in small aircraft at a civilian operated flying school. The program is an EXTRA for cadets who can qualify to be come Air Force pilots through Air Force R0TC. Taken during the senior year in college, FIP is the first step for the cadet who is going on to Air Force jet pilot training after graduation. This is all reserved for the cadet who wants to get his life off the ground . with Air Force silver pilot wings. Check it out to day. AFROTC Det 805 Military Science Bldg, TAMU 845-7611 FtOTC Gateway to a great way of life. Pte- CliristiTias §