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THE BATTALION MONDAY, APRIL, 16, 1979 Page 9 |4-carat iamond ctioned United Press International FORNEY — The scene looked jiore; appropriate for a tractor auc- jon, but the item on the block was jne of the world’s finest diamonds, eveltually sold to an anonymous bidder for $360,000. i Auction officials for Saturday’s sale of the 64-carat, pear-shaped “Star of Nepal at the Clements Auction Gal- llerV would only describe the buyer L a movie producer involved in the recent production of “Superman.” Charles Clements, president of jtheCorporation that owns the gal- ikiiil: ry Htiit id wko said he was disappointed that theRuyer was not among the 300 people in the auction audience, al though the gem did sell for slightly Bioif than had been anticipated and piara. his firm a commission in the fens of thousands of dollars. Wl y the Clements Gallery, a iheftory corrugated tin structure in town of 3,000 located about 20 miles east of Dallas? “W e re one of the 10 largest gal leries in the United States,” said Noifnan Garrett, manager and part ownerofthe gallery. “People in Dal las don’t realize ... that there is such a llrge gallery for antiques and jewelry nearby. Everyone thinks they have to go to New York or Los Angeles to get fine merchandise.” The Star, which was sold in just three minutes, is rated as the 96th largest polished diamond in the world. I! is thought to have been mined near the turn of the century in India’s onda region and until recently atlOi was in the hands of a prominent In dian family. Originally the stone was to be sold to Iranian royalty, but that coinitry’s political revolution forced ngtoi cancellation of the transaction, guess i “W/4ACP drive yntaimii I • - to register TMore voters of DC prog® t the 8 ifusei yple erMyCl shou bel tion. “Peo[fl|] these /« ational - %! mpic _ yanieti I es, isn es lesisi ureO* pi'i'i 11 ' 1 issi he hi ■the ah or M United Press International JDETROIT —The NAACP, trying to reverse low black voter participa tion in the urban north, has begun a campaign to add 5 million blacks to thlrnation’s voter registration rolls before the 1980 presidential elec- d: ear-old o pro makes t on stilts what’s up at A&M Monday FIND MICHAEL JOHNSON S BLUEBERRY CONTEST: Will be held at Rudder Fountain today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Find a blueberry and get a free ticket to the Michael Johnson concert Tuesday night. HASSLE-FREE: Monday Afternoon Recess will be 12:30-2:30p. m. on the Drill Field. Meeting will be at 7 p.m. in Room 502, Rudder. OFF-CAMPUS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Room, 246 MSC. BETA ALPHA PSI: There will be a mandatory meeting for initiation and elections at 7 p.m. in Room 350, Rudder Tower. PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR: Jacqueline Perryman will speak on “Characteristics of the Insusceptibility of Cultured Tobacco Cells Microinjected Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus” at 4 p.m. in Room 112, Plant Science Building. TENNIS: The men’s team will play the University of Houston in Houston. Tuesday PARENT’S DAY BARBECUE: Tickets will be sold today through Thursday in the Harrington Center Lounge, MSC and Box Office. The barbecue, sponsored by OSCA, will be 4:40-5:30 p.m. Satur day in the Grove. TOWN HALL CONCERT: Michael Johnson will appear with Meis- burg & Walters tonight at 8:15 in Rudder Auditorium. Tickets ($2.50, $3.00, $3.50) are on sale in the MSC Box Office. KING LEAR: Movie starring Paul Scofield will be shown at 8 p.m. in Room 201 of the MSC. PRESIDENT MILLER’S STUDENT FORUM: Hassle-Free pres ents a question-and-answer period with Miller at noon by Rudder Fountain. TAMU HERPETOLOGY CLUB: Meeting and nominations for new officers will be at 7:30 p.m. in Room 104, Nagle Hall. FLORICULTURE-ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE CLUB: Meeting and officer elections will be at 7:30 p.m. in Room 701, Rudder. A&M WHEELMEN: Meeting and officer elections will be at 7:30 p.m. in Room 510, Rudder. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS: Meeting and officer elections will be at 7:30 p.m. in Room 203, Zachry. FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: Meeting will be at 8 p.m. in the Letterman’s Lounge of G. Rollie White. ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY: Will meet at 7:30 p. m. in Room 305, Fermier. Guest speaker will be Jerry Sprayberry from Briggs-Weaver. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS: Will meet at 7:30 p. m. in Room 102, Zachry. Speaker will be Bob Harris with Olin Corp. BASEBALL: St. Mary’s will play a double-header against Texas A&M at 1 p.m. at Olson Field. \ Wednesday WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS INC.: WICI will meet at 5 p.m. in the vault at the Last National Bank for a year-end celebration and to make plans for next year. Non-members are also invited. CLASS OF ’81 GIFT: Will be selected at the meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Room 231 of the MSC. ‘SERGEANT YORK’: This 1941 film, starring Gary Cooper as a Ten nessee dirt farmer, will be shown at 8 p. m. in Rudder Theater. ROOT BEER CHUGGING CONTEST: Will be at noon on the library side of the Academic Building. A 50-cent entrance fee will be charged. It is sponsored by Hassle-Free. BAKE SALE: The E.E. Student Wives Club will sell baked goods in Zachry beginning at 9 a.m. FREE U REFUNDS: Will be distributed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 216 of the MSC today and tomorrow. SWIMMING: The men and women will swim at the A.A.U. Jr. Nationals in Durham, N.C. ALTERATIONS 1 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 \IOT 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) Police, fans clash at rock concert United Press International WICHITA, Kan. — At least eight police officers and 21 youths were injured in a disturbance that broke out at an Easter Sunday rock concert when officers silenced the band and started ticketing cars parked on the grass of a city park. Before the three-hour brawl ended, there were charges of police brutality countered by officers who said they acted in self-defense when rocks and bricks were thrown at them. Only three persons, including one police officer, were admitted to city hospitals following the Sunday night melee that involved an estimated 2,500 persons and police officers from as far as 100 miles away. There were about 100 arrests. Authorities said they received, threats that city buildings would be “torn apart” in retaliation and extra officers were called in to guard the City Hall and Sedqwick County Courthouse. “We were fighting literally on about a four-block front,” said Police Chief Richard LaMunvon, who de- llllllll nied police used excessive force in trying to bring the situation under control. “To say that I was everywhere at once is incorrect,” he said said, “but I personally didn’t see any improp rieties on the officers’ part. Regard less of that I’m sure we ll be accused of that one way or the other. That always comes out of it." Several concert-goers said the trouble began when officers ordered the band to stop playing. “The police were trying to make everybody move off the grass,” said lllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllir 111 " The Rev. Benjamin Hooks, ill NAACP executive director, said Tiday the drive will be directed from the NAACP’s National Voter Education Department in Detroit to dramatically increase “abysmally” low black voter registration and turnout in a number of northern cities. jHooks said the vote department was moved from Birmingham, Ala., tolwiden the influence of the black and minority voting strength beyond the South to include major urban “I think that in many parts of the North there is this joblessness which is the root of hopelessness and de- jr, and we have to show people there is a way out through the elec- oral process,” Hooks told a news conference. loe Madison, named as the new irector of the department, said about 7 million of the nation’s 15 mil lion eligible black voters were regis- tefed in 1976. "‘ He said the NAACP rights group hopes to increase that number by 4 to 5 million between now and 1980. Shala’s Great After Easter Sale one unidentified woman. “They didn’t want people parking there. And there wasn’t sufficient parking . and there was nowhere else to park. They made them (the band) quit playing and they said they were going to shut the electricity off if everybody didn’t leave.” A group of youths started throwing bottles and rocks at officers attempt ing to hook a towtruck to a pickup truck when its driver refused to leave. HATE DOING LAUNDRY? Let Frannie's do it for you Aunt Frannies Laundromat * * * * * ^'Holleman at Anderson 693-6587^ "Flowers for All Occasions” Petal Patch Texas 707 Phase II 71J/84* 671 ../ililisA ■ ■ MBBr ■ • , • • - -V ' ’ »' # # Choose just the watch to keep Dad in st^ep with the times! „ . a. ’ y/ Sk erett5rf ,r pockfef Watch*, * 17 jewels, $110 b. Baylor quartz, day-date, $150 Elegant gift wrap at no extra charge. Zales and Friends make wishes come true. VISA Also available, Zales Revolving Charge. Mon.-Fri. 10 to 8:30 io to 6 The Diamond Store MANOR EAST MALL 822-3731 FANTASTIC SPRING & SUMMER PREVIEW 1 10 to 25% off 1 United Press International ESTLAND, Mich. —They call |uh the “Yo-Yo Kid.” ■leorge Humphreys, who earns fes living by demonstrating yo-yos ardund the country, has added a new gist to his already amazing reper- e: he yo-yos on stilts, umphreys, 20, is hailed as the ngest yo-yo demonstrator in the Btntry and is pushing for a reputa- Bn as the most innovative as he Inters his second year in the trade. Be is one of the “pros” for Duncan Vo-Yos. ■Tm an unusual case. Most of the B)s were hired because of their ■es background or their education. Bey learned the tricks after that.” ■Humphreys, who started to per fect his tricks as a youngster, gives femonstrations at elementary schools, shopping malls, carnivals jld children’s hospitals. e recently added stilts, which st him from 5-foot-10 to about 8 t, but only uses them for short Imonstrations. umphreys began his yo-yo eer in Columbus Grove, Ohio, a all town south of Toledo where fs father worked as a mailman. He ved to the Detroit area about a nth ago. I began yo-yoing and did some all shows,” Humphreys said, here was a mother and daughter quet and some hometown cami- s. And I wrote to the (Duncan) mpany every two or three months ling them what I was doing. I just pestered them to death. In August 1977 he got a phone call Uing him to be in Milwaukee the lext day for two-days of training be- l*re he hit the road as a demon- Ifhator. Shala’s Shoes llllllll (entire stock not included) 696-1148 III 707 Texas = KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA & KAPPA ALPHA Invites YOU To A GREEK INDEPENDENTS Dance For M.D. WHEN: April 18th at 8 o’clock (Wednesday) WHERE: The Lakeview Club HOW: $ 1 00 Admission, Buy Beer Inside WHY: Because We Care . .. Michael Johnson with Meisbura & Walters Texas A&M University MSC Town Hall Special Attraction April 17, 8:15 Rudder Auditorium Tickets $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 Tickets & Info: MSC Box Office 845-2916 hall