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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1979 Page 5 -^-sthe nation enator * enies Estes»»]1,3.sh his easing comp, trough lea^; cleaners United Press International WASHINGTON — Sen. Herman adge, testifying for the first a huge fir If’ n P u bli c under oath, told the e l a t e jgjJJte Ethics Committee Wednes- Xmvicted i ii 11 ' not heep a cash hoard in st Texas £ Socket of an old overcoat, s on non-esB e Geor g ia Democrat, facing fl- 1 sentenced'W a ' m ' sconc l uct charges before Was paroled* 11116 '’ accuse< ^ ^is former wife, y, and his former top aide, el Minchew, of lying to the dhen Minchew says I au- ;ed or directed the opening of iecret Riggs (bank) account, he ^BWhen Minchew says that I or- the diversion of Senate and | OCT mpaign funds into that account. When Minchew says he HHme funds from that account or benefitted from it in any way, w-ere reluctajlli s again,” Talmadge declared, vn against :;. Talmadge also attacked the tes- |ny of his former wife who ed she went into the cash stuf- |overcoat when she needed ehold money. Mrs.Talmadge |fied she found as much as in the coat, i forgetab talmadge, however, said the j^Hunt of money in the coat “at no xponse: ■ approached the huge amount t ask Mrs. Talmadge. He fit*he has been burglarized three ifachiringtbf 1 during his 23 y ears in the Se " a six-vearst *l an d, I thus do not and did not > ear |y [9^ K large sums of money at home. ” had been z'* n0 hnre did I maintain a cash lined toelal-P'* ‘ n t ' le P ot d<ct of an overcoat or Bwere else, Talmadge said. “In hesttofcirr| lwore overc °at apparently have forgot: ; ' e ^ to by Mrs. Talmadge from n t mind ” B *° bme in 1973 and 1974 ^He said he did not know the W.W. of the 77 SKX) bills turned t a long tir |e! to the ethics committee by Talmadge even though she tes- d the money came from the ■rs. Talmadge has testified she lid as much as $45,000 in cash led in the old overcoat owned by |nadge and that she dipped into hen she needed petty cash, almadge, who initially refused to ify before the committee, said now is a “willing witness” and ir to Haw iiMnds “to establish once and for her of visito why all five financial misconduct sday. fg es against him should be drop- f of the said RicH again claimed that two minor cs charges involving reporting prson candidate declarations and ate financial disclosure forms [e unintentional and the result of hdvertance and confusion, lalmadge said two major charges Postal Service starting, mail by satellite for overseas letters Traveler’s checks left home without them United Press International WASHINGTON — The Postal Service, in its biggest step into the electronic age, is inaugurating a mail-via-satellite network that pho tographs letters and transmits them from Washington or New York to London in less than a minute. The new computerized INTELPOST began a month-long demonstration stage this week between the United States and England. The Postal Service then plans a one-year field test in which actual mail will be sent between the United States and seven countries. England, Argentina, Belgium, West Germany, France, Iran and the Netherlands have purchased computer equipment to join in the project in August. The cost of mailing a letter to Britain will be $5-a-page — the rates may be reduced if the system proves profitable — plus additional postage for hand delivery if the sen der desires. The Postal Service, contending the rate is far cheaper than Telex fees, hopes the system will someday be a big moneymaker and timesaver for the public. INTELPOST has headquarters at newly remodeled, computer-filled rooms in the Postal Service s Wash ington offices and at the World Trade Center in New York. The satellite system works like this: A person bearing a letter arrives at the post office and fills out a brief form stating his address and the ad dress of the intended recipient. The postal clerk glances at the let ter to make certain the print is dark enough to photocopy. (“We don’t want to read the letter,” says Jack Funderburk, director of the Postal Service’s new Office of International Electronic Message Systems, stres sing the importance of protecting individual privacy.) The clerk adjusts the computer coding and inserts the letter in a scanning machine, which photo graphs it in black and white and transmits it in digital form to receiv ing equipment in England. Within a minute or two, a post office in London receives copies of both the letter and the address form and promptly folds them into a window-envelope that displays the address of the recipient. Depending on the sender’s in structions, the clerk will either hold the mail for the recipient to pick up, drop it into the normal mail stream, or have it delivered as special ex press mail with an extra charge of a couple of dollars. The same procedures will occur for mail sent from London to the United States, with the rates slightly different at 2 pounds (about $4.30) a page. While the Postal Service guaran tees no delivery time, it says letters transmitted from London by 4:30 a.m. should be in the morning mail. Funderburk said contact with some 70 companies has brought a “remarkable” response. If those businesses apply the system during the field test, INTELPOST soon may be transmitting close to its maximum of 4,000 letters a day. United Press International OMAHA, Neb. — Karl Malden might have trouble believing this story. Sandra L. Rock of Grand Island reported $500 in traveler’s checks stolen from her purse July 1. She and her husband, who live in Grand Island, were visiting their daughter. Kimberly, a cashier at an Omaha supermarket. On Tuesday, Miss Rock said a woman entered her store, showed two pieces of identification and presented a traveler’s check to be cashed. The cash bore her mother’s signature. identified i 1 inoft infamm! rt. 5t don’t zmi ! ehile. Wetodl Insurance council denies charges against life policies United Press International WASHINGTON — The govern ment says Americans are losing bil lions of dollars a year in interest by investing in “whole life insurance policies instead of simply putting their money in bonds or savings ac counts. But the American Council of Life Insurance says the government doesn’t know what it’s talking about. Whole life policies are those in which the owners’ investment ac mes, can be borrowed against, and is paid off in the form of dividends or retirement income, as opposed to simple term policies from which death benefits are the only repay ment. A report issued Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission said “whole life” insurance policies earn only 1 to 2 percent on the average, compared to 5 to 514 percent inter est on the lowest-paying savings and loan accounts. It said the reason whole life insur ance is so popular in the United States is that consumers simply don’t realize how little they’re earn ing. A spokesman for the American Council of life Insurance said the report is based on “inaccurate analysis.” 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 ll AT WELCH'S CLEANERS. WE NOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCELLENT DRY CLEANERS BUT WE SPE CIALIZE IN ALTERING HARD TO FIT EVENING DRESSES, TAPERED SHIRTS, JEAN HEMS. WATCH POCKETS, ETC. “DON'T GIVE UP — WE'LL MAKE IT FIT!" lip (WE RE JUST A FEW BLOCKS NORTH OF FED MART.) 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At no time,” Talmadge said, “did receive cash from campaign con- utions nor did he benefit from a ret bank account opened by tichew to launder $34,000 in paign money and bogus expense ng to dis me nts. almadge said the expense over- ewbulletssl! ments were made without his vernsands? )w todge or involvement and he elevator set' w nothing about them until last and a raik-fu w h en news stories first re ted them. :ites, stalaf rmations iC major tourist outhwest, * Don't Get Behind STAY AHEAD WITH SPEED READING Business & Communication Services 846-5794 CALL TODAY! 30 Af/NUT£ FREE DELIMIT e’’ .Y* . I III rlllttH) 846-7785 “Classes Begin July 16” ■inga meetiii we could tab thout disrufs man said, tart search me will be® for this tipi an happen si nda Phillip' >yee from 0 o was I i for nearly! en the dayl but she nef ” he said, SPECIAL NOTICE OPTIONAL BOARD PLAN Summer students may dine on the board plan during the second session of summer school at Texas A&M Univer sity. 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