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THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1979 Page S the state White collar criminals: o trouble finding a job 1 wanted” United Press International HOUSTON — Thieves are hunted from business to business because of government restrictions preventing verification of past em- ent and employers’ fears of Invasion of privacy lawsuits, a secu rity executive said Tuesday. ‘As recently as 15 years ago, a ief could expect to be blackballed ithin his profession,” Lonnie T. Shoultz Jr. of New Orleans said about white collar criminals. “A bank executive caught embezzling funds could expect to spend the rest f his life in manual labor. “He was ruined. He couldn’t get other job in that field. He lost his —yocial standing. He would be kicked JK SALE out of his country club and wouldn’t —be allowed to coach the Little ) fit your lent perienced;. ondltion, ague team any more. “Today, however, a man can steal at this bank and go across the street and steal from it, too, simply be cause the first bank can’t tell the second he was fired as a thief.” Shoultz, vice president of Pendle ton Inc., a former U.S. Treasury ’special agent and a lecturer at the International Security Conference, told business representatives eager for help in stemming losses esti mated (by She U.S. Chamber of Commerce) at $40 billion annually that there were no easy remedies. “These people are here looking for answers and frankly I can’t tell them,” he said in an interview. Shoultz said no factor contributed more to internal theft than the less ening of disgrace thieves once ex pected if caught. “Today a company asks him to re- ie last of <l eel striojj 'rom mys about (i n tars start Jil ome visit (J call after:] art Mossr:| Mail & Case > up to DpJ 1.000 littel tides & ter 75° o onnjJ nai enarrali shaves, otor caiaicc iff 13 00 Wiscril 75 9 78. J STUO 3) winner r| aps (848,9 .ppaloosat en. 846-8jli N SURAS AGGIES leoil'c Wfitjl nsnraiKtCSj LEN > mobile | d iliac onda • SERVKj v tisfactm equipm Texas Ave Davis to wed at end of week United Pres* International FORT WORTH — Barely a month after his divorce judgment was handed down, T. Cullen Davis says he will marry Karen Master, with whom he has lived during almost three years of murder charges and criminal trials. “Unless there is an unexpected hitch,” the millionaire businessman said recently, “Karen and I will wed before the end of this week. There will be a quiet ceremony with only friends present. ” He would not discuss other details of the wedding. The possible roadblock to which Davis referred could be an appeal by ex-wife Priscilla of their April 20 divorce judgment. Mrs. Davis’ associates have said she does not plan to appeal. Asked where he and Mrs. Master would honeymoon, Davis said “Gosh, I don’t know. “Karen has been so busy making plans for the wedding that we haven’t given any thought to a honeymoon. I guess you could say that we have been on a honeymoon for the past five years or so. ” Davis said he and Mrs. Master would live in his $6 million mansion on the city’s southwest side, which Mrs. Davis has been ordered to vacate by Wednesday or pay $50,000 a month rent. It was at that palatial home in August 1976 that an intruder shot and killed Mrs. Davis’ daughter, Andrea Wilbom, and her friend Stan Farr and injured Mrs. Davis and another person. Davis was acquitted in November 1977 of murder charges in the girl’s death, and still awaits trial in Farr’s slaying. This summer the wealthy industrialist will be re-tried on charges he solicited the murder of his original divorce judge, an alleged plot that never was carried out. The first trial, last fall in Houston, ended in a hung jury. Now you know United Press International Goldfish kept in dark rooms often turn white. Jimmy Carter is the only U.S president to have been bom in a hospital; every one of the previous 37 presidents, from George Wash ington to Gerald Ford, were bom at home. AUTOMOBILE PARKING FOR LUNCH Persons who have wanted to visit the new Salad, Sandwich and Soup luncheon area in the Sbisa Basement can now find ample and convenient parking in Lot #32, across the street from Sbisa. : ^ Open 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. MONDAY - FRIDAY “QUALITY FIRST” 1-3516 '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 \IOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCEL- -ENT 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) —iter Basf almost are w for this may at ■e pead nese sign,” Shoultz said of employees caught stealing. “They are not going to fight the prosecution he could bri,g that would stick them with a civil suit verdict. “The restraints are gone. You can’t restrict who can sue whom. It costs $25 to file a suit and it can cost a defendant $100,000 to defend it and win. And if you settle out, then everybody is going to sue you. “A business can’t expose its assets to litigation simply because a guy stole $500 from the petty cash fund. So you fire a worker and then the strongest thing you can say in a ref erence check is ‘terminated, not eli gible for rehiring.’” Shoultz faulted Equal Employ ment Opportunity Commission legislation for having done more harm in protecting thieves than good in guaranteeing equal access to jobs. He said employers are re stricted by law and threat of privacy lawsuits from seeking information about prospective employees’ back grounds. He said employers can not use polygraph tests to screen applicants unless everyone in a company is subjected to the same test. Shoultz said polygraphs were not foolproof anyhow and suggested businesses consider Psychological Stress Evaluation tests instead. But he also faulted the attitude and practices of business and gov ernment in contributing to the growing problem. “Businesses are not resolved to protect their assets,” he said, ex plaining that many companies for too long have considered employee theft a cost of doing business. Further, he said the president of a $100 million company often will submit his firm’s security to the low bidder without analyzing his needs or the firm’s reputation or perform ance. FOR A NON-FATTENING LUNCH , Come to the new gourmet salad bar, < ' which also features sandwiches, soup ( ^and yogurt in the Sbisa Dining Center i Basement. Open 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday-Frlday “QUALITY FIRST” SPECIAL NOTICE OPTIONAL BOARD PLAN Summer students may dine on the board plan during the first session of summer school at Texas A&M University. Each board student may dine three meals each day except Sunday evening if the seven day plan is elected, and three meals each day, Monday through Friday, if the five day plan is preferred. Each meal is served in the Commons. Fees for each session are payable to the Controller of Accounts. Fiscal Office, Coke Building. Board fees for each plan are as follows: PLANS FIRST SESSION Seven Day Five Day - - $157.00 $139.00 June 4 through July 3 and July 5-11 Day students, including graduate students may purchase either of the board plans. Y ■v Colonel Taylor wouldrit put his brand on just any old Bourbon. Introducing Old Taylor 101 He was a mighty demanding man, Colonel E. H. Taylor. A stickler in everything he did. His brand didn’t go on anything but the best. Back in the 1870’s and 80’s the Taylor brand marked some of the finest purebred cattle ever seen in Woodford County, Kentucky. And the brand marked a very special kind of sour-mash Bourbon. Not just any old Bourbon. This was Old Taylor. An Old Taylor like today’s 101. The kind of Bourbon Colonel Taylor liked to keep for himself and his special guests. Colonel Taylor’s herd is scattered now. But his brand of Old Taylor lives on. A real sour mash for real enjoyment. A full 101 proof, for full flavor. Old Taylor 101. It’s a brand that true Bourbon lovers are bound to take to. OLD TAYLOR 101 01.D TAYLo* A STRAIGHT of BOURBON O I- D TOPMOST ™ TAYLOR Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 101 Proof. Bottled under U.S. Government Supervision by The Old Taylor Distillery Co., Frankfort, Kentucky^ A An /l 71 .