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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1979 Econmoist claims 9-day week better for offices, schools United Press International NEW YORK — Economist Car los Varsavsky thinks America needs a nine-day week. The New York University economist, astrophysicist and industrialist has received a Ford Foundation grant to work out details of his proposed triad system t 1 at would have staggered shifts of em ployees working two triads (three days each) and taking one off. Var savsky claims the system would make business more efficient by keeping offices, institutions and schools open continuously with full staffs and making weekends less congested. THD4k New ice machine puts the heat on office this winter craft shop ■tfie ^ommHfee. announces +hei?i Ucr <oO Awwual - Amnual <5 RAFT eHOP BIRTH PAY BARTK... wi+k door prizes , demonshafVions, balloons avid o\ course. bir+hday cake. //| COXhe* OS , feb 2g> lpm4« opm , at\o help i>&> celebnxfe. d>ur* 4^ J ■for more info , ei United Press International HAMBURG, Pa. — An experi mental ice machine which was used to cool an office building here in summer is warming the same office this winter. The original equipment, known as an “ice bank,” made ice at night, when electricity is cheaper, to cool the offices in daytime, explained Robert W. Smith, consumer affairs manager for General Public Utilities Corporation. Now the system has been adapted also to heat water in winter to take advantage of the lower night rates. The hot water is stored in an insu lated tank for circulation through the heating system during the day. Bryan considering three proposals for ambulance service Surveying springtime Emmitt Attaway, left, a senior in recreation and parks, and Miguel Acaron, a senior in architecture, survey the situation near the Langford Architecture Center. Their Civil Engi neering 206 class is taking advantage of the clear weather, which will continue to pop in and out until Spring arrives in earnest. Battalion photo by John Miller Battalion Classifieds CaH 845-2611 $1.2 MILLION OF YOUR STUDENT SERVICE FEES ARE ANNUALLY ALLOCATED BY YOUR STUDENT SENATE. The Student Senate Finance Committee Is in the process of preparing a recommendation to Dr. John J. Koldus, Vice President for Student Services, for the allocation of your student service fees. The users of these fees have been invited to attend a Finance Committee hearing pertaining to their respective budgets and programs. Tuesdays "fcJLADIES NIGHT Women: free ^ Men: $2 Featuring "BEST IN LIVE COUNTRY WESTERN ENTERTAINMENT" “TEXAS PRIDE" DRAFT BEER *1.75 per pitcher SUMMER JOB - CAMP COUNSELOR THESE HEARINGS ARE OPEN TO THE STUDENT BODY. ROOM 203 MSC & & H H H H H educational opportunity (with pay and purpose) working with the physically handicapped and mentally retarded near Denton FEB. 25 FEB. 27 MAR 1 7:30 P.M. MSC COUNCIL & DIRECTORATE 7:00 P.M. STUDENT GOVERNMENT 7:00 P.M. SHUTTLE BUS (INTERNAL & EXTERNAL) 8:00 P.M. STUDENT ACTIVITIES & STUDENT Y 7:30 P.M. INTRAMURALS & EXTRAMURALS at CAMP SOROPTIMIST March ^.Representative on campus 45-1979 H Contact Louis J. Van Pelt, § Director Student Employment ^ (845-6551) H yjjy Jjy yfv w|v» vjv> JJL By JUDIE PORTER Battalion Staff Bryan City Council has 33 days to decide and three applicants to choose among before solving the problem of a city-wide ambulance service. And the council is making the most of its time. Any decision has been delayed until March 15 when one of the ap plicants will present a more-detailed proposal to the council and can compare costs and services each ap plicant offers the city. The delayed decision will also allow any new ap plicants to be considered by the council. The permit of the company pres ently operating in Bryan, Mid-Tex Ambulance Service, expires March 31. Two private ambulance com panies and an independent indi vidual have expressed interest in providing the ambulance service: Capitol Ambulance Service of Aus tin, Mid-Tex, and Gary Williams of La Porte. Dale Owens, president of Capitol Ambulance Service, told the council he would like to provide Bryan with an "advanced life support service.” Owens didn’t go into detail, but said it would include corre spondence between the doctor and the ambulance on call, if the city could handle it. Owens said his company has not had time to set a budget on the costs or make definite plans about the services it would provide. He said he would not have any additional information until March 15. Mid-Tex owner Bill Thornal pro posed the city pay him $5,000-a- month. With the money, Thornal said he would add more basicJit[ support equipment and compensate] for increasing vehicle costs. Thornal has provided emergen^ and transfer service to the city two and a half years. His serviceia.j eludes three ambulances owned Thornal and one modular ai lance sub-leased from the city, The city currently pays Tliornal] an indigent subsidy of up to $2,( month. The subsidy varies, depend ing on the number of people ! month who can’t pay their bill. Thornal said he recieved $1 last month from the city for ii payment emergency pickups. Thornal said he would not disced tinue his ambulance service iflij| permit isn’t renewed, but would provide county service and longdis tance transfers. “I just wouldn’t be able to and unload within the city, Thomi said. Gary Williams, 27, is as Bryan for the $2,000 subsidy Thornal has been getting. Williams said he hopes to st membership plan in which people would pay in advance to use ambulance service. Proposed c for the plan would be $60 for a fan ily, $55 for single people and 8451 people 65 or over. Williams said he would want use the city’s ambulance and rad equipment, but hopes to purcha two ambulances after he wall granted his permit. Iteve Fi lestless c H yteller, jam He w band. Look Into Your Future Thousands of career opportunities are listed daily in the nation’s largest CLASSIFIED ad section. Keep abreast of the changing job market with The Houston Chronicle, Texas’ largest newspaper. 1/2 price for students, faculty and staff. Entire semester for $5.45 (Feb. 26-May 11). Call 693-2323 or 846-0763 to start HOME or DORM DELIVERY immediately. Houston Chronicle News you can use. 6 jailed in counterfeil plot probe United Press International PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Secii Service agents and local politj Monday sought a Rhode Island n who allegedly financed the prinliij of phony bills and checks in aS2n lion counterfeiting scheme. Three Texans, a Rhode Is woman and two Oklahoma have been arrested in the past thrl days in what Assistant U.S. Attoi ney James O’Neill called “t! biggest funny money bust in the!iis| tory of New England.’ Agents seized printing equipmeij allegedly used to make the money in a raid on a Tulsa, home Saturday. The arrests of M men in that raid followed two eadia busts in Providence and Warwick» which four people were an prehended. The raid began in a Warwick re| staurant parking lot Friday noon when agents and local \ seized $1 million in bogus $1001)1 and $250,000 in phony checks. Arrested in that raid were Ti E. Parker, 33, of Dallas, his v Karen Fournier Parker, 26, Providence; Edwin Travis Fletdiei 39, also known as Travis William J of Omaha, Texas, and Forester 0.| Robertson, 40, of Wichita Fall Texas. 'f; St-ff ■■ i s . ! New Vtork State residents, plees* add B% sates tax. Please allow 6 weeks tor delivery. Offer expires December 31, 1980. Void Where prolubtted. M<5C GREAT I&SUE5 PRESENTS <a^5>DAMc?>EY CLAQKe^ former United (States Attorney General CAPITAL PUNISHMEK Tuesday. Feb. 27 Rudder Theater 8=00 PM Students 50$ Others $1^ )is sonj fol |dio full ) His |wi's Ton epth wit ons-play Before tl tr crates lied nei lid do. Jlie main jpple — »ts said t at 8. I iHe’s no jpg, is h< I in a g fhere w j had be I be hei e silent h time fder. Elsl set tc 0] |red Hop Conso his 1: [nday as “ted hin he recep i Buildin; i a leav j before Ire he w Lardner said the search now ceil tered on tracking down the who financed the manufacture oftk bogus money. Friday’s seizure! ted more than $2 million worth il phony bills and travelers’ check The raids capped a fhree-wea investigation by local police andiki Secret Service that Started with alii to Warwick police that counterfeil bills and travelers checks weitl being sold in the Providence areil