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the nation THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1979 Page 5 ago and for onday 1 he based isf, tirveys ofl,5j ing converatu i a broad ranj re cheeked liis by Artrill : i.tllup and oil n consistent I, attained prjE > Sen. Geoi t during his dgn. id Powel strtsi stratio, se of the dedi pessimism is to do with ty, not withi . unusual ini s prided itsel optimistic torical eyelet re personal)! h Carter ahi ress — may el governm® le aeknowkda n the attentn. ■ssing Chri: me of his spa eologieal. made it clej he does see ranges in hiss n the adminij better positrf as these,'Pm , been hap| Caddell :k a little illation of eve i it becomesn ;ion of confida 1960s and 1 upswing in ich he attr il celebration severe ing expensive ordeal re cove rm United Press Internationa} DALLAS — The first motorists who drove by the mangled bodies of Ronald and Mona Brake thought the young couple had been killed by the massive tornado that swept through Wichita Falls, Texas. Although badly hurt, the two survived the April 10 tornado that killed 45 and they now are on a long, painful and expensive road to recovery. They're getting lots of help, though, as they convalesce at Medical City from a storm that was so powerful it ripped the diamond out of Mona’s wedding band and left a ball of mud in its place. For one thing, Mona, 21, now has a new ring that was bought to celebrate their fourth anniver sary with help from a $1,000 eontribution from the Dallas Cowboys. She shows off the diamond with a proud sparkle of her wide blue eyes, sitting in a wheelchair beside her 23-year-old husband’s hos pital bed. Her left leg had to be amputated above the knee and her right foot was torn off at the ankle during the storm. Ronald uses even tones in talking about the storm that led to his lying in a hospital bed with his left leg suspended by a chain over a porcelin basin. “The tornado sucked the diamond out of her first ring,’’ Ronald said. “In place of the diamond the twister left a hunk of mud. They had to cut off the band at the hospital because her hands were swollen so bad. But the ring Ronald had given his high school sweetheart at their wedding was the least of their losses in an ordeal that left them crawling to a curb for help after the storm passed. Ronald had a ruptured spleen, massive damage to his left leg, fractures of his left arm and deep cuts on his forehead. Mona had already lost her right foot, and the wounds to her left leg would result in its amputation above the knee. “Two cars passed us, then this man passed us and backed up to pick us up,” said Mona. “We found out later the two who passed us thought we were dead and just leaning together on the curb.” They had been caught in the tornado’s path be cause Mona decided to brave the day’s bad weather and stop by a local shopping mall. “She picked me up at work,” Ronald said. “She had this cake decorating class at the mall. I saw the tornado in the mid-60s, you could see that one coming, but this day it was overcast and we almost drove on top of it. “If we’d gone on home, we’d have missed it.” When Ronald was unable to maneuver around the huge twister and the couple could see it al ready lifting the roof from the nearby Sike’s Mall, they deckled to seek shelter outside their car. “We lay down and took hold of the tree,” she says quietly. “He lay down on my back to shelter me.” The injuries they suffered led to many opera tions and high medical bills. “I’ve had more surgery than Ronald —- about 25 operations,” said Mona. “My insurance paid for my surgery at the end of last month and it came to $57,000 so far.” Ronald estimates outstanding medical bills total as high as $80,000. But the couple’s plight has drawn contributions and aid from friends, as well as people the two never met. Ronald’s employer, G.H. Foster Co., rented an aircraft to fly the couple from Wichita Falls to Dallas and about $25,000 has been con tributed to special accounts. Carter promised energy plan Oct. United Press International WASHINGTON — Democratic congressional leaders told President Carter Tuesday it is virtually impos sible for his sweeping energy pack age to clear the House and Senate before the lawmakers’ month-long August recess. House assistant Democratic leader John Brademas of Indiana said Sen. Russell Long, D-La., told Carter at a breakfast meeting that Congress would send him an energy package by Oct. 1 “that he would be pleased to sign.” Asked about Senate action by the recess, however, Brademas said: “Not possible.” Brademas said Carter expressed his appreciation to Long for is com mitment to have a bill on his desk before Congress goes home for the year. The House is scheduled to begin its vacation Aug. 3 and the Senate on Aug. 4, although Senate Demo cratic Leader Robert Byrd indicated earlier the Senate might Wait another week to leave if major pro- gess can be made on energy and other legislation. Brademas said the House “almost certainly” will pass by Aug. 3 two Energy Department authorization bills and legislation giving the pres ident standby gasoline rationing. It already has passed a windfall profits tax and legislation to promote the development of synthetic fuels. IB&M BOOKSTORE! has a wide variety of paperback books for all to enjoy Fiction Best Sellers Mysteries Magazines Westerns Comic Books Collectors stamps and supplies Largest selection of science fiction in the area 3602 E. 29th St. Bryan The Corps of Cadets gets its news from the Batt. BB&L pays the maximum rate on 6-month Money Market Certificates. This week’s rate is: 9.473 M disagrees with UAW ontract benefit proposals United Press International DETROIT — Auto industry con- ict talks, just into their second *ek, flared again at General Jotors Corn., with company offi- . rr calling a wide-ranging union man o on benefits “unbelievable” l was temiK jlight of inflation, gh tensionUnited Auto Workers Union, no longer|iBp resen (:j n g 750,000 U.S. auto rothinghadArker^ touched off the latest 1 the insti.t ||t>rni Monday by presenting large- unresponsi jcale demands for improvements in 3 plunged iwtisioris, health care and other ty really seAige benefits. Jell said. It• We’re overwhelmed with the i worse tklpentation they handed us today,” iM chief negotiator George B. lorris said after hearing the de- i lands. It’s just beyond any expec- ation that we could reasonably flation — a lyment ) do with EAST aker ':30-9:55 >alls 7:25-9:40 in past negotiations. In response, UAW President Douglas Fraser dismissed Mocris’ reaction as an early negotiating posture. “I would not expect George Morris on the second day of negotia tions to say ‘The UAW has pres ented us some demands and we ac cept them,”’ Fraser said. None of the demands contained specific cost figures, and many of them have been sought by the union for more than a decade. Chief among them are pension increases tied to the cost of living, updates for retired workers who took early retirements and have existed on a lower pension scale, greatly extended medical coverage and prepaid legal services. Contracts for auto workers at CM, the Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. expire Sept. 14. In dustry officials have made it clear they believe most retired auto workers have almost kept abreast of inflation and cost-of-living features for them are out of the question. The industry also said it would bargain hard for reduced health care pursuing a “Southern strategy” of locating plants in the allegedly anti-union South. Charges of company interference in a UAW election at a new CM as sembly plant in Oklahoma City — vigorously denied by the company — got negotiations started on the wrong foot last week. u /ttpfnamba Eddie Dominguez 66 Joe Arciniega '74 [“I think the scope of the union mands is unbelievable in light of e nation’s concerns about infla- »n,” he said. “I would say this ri- 1s anything they’ve ever asked for *Jew Orleans payments, perhaps including shared IPITlIC Cl0Valll0 S cost s with individual workers — a solution rejected out of hand by the 1MJ wn dollars United Press International GRETNA, La. — Talk about a irgain: A suburban New Orleans ank is selling the new Susan B. An tony dollar for 80 cents. Please, no jokes about inflation raking it worth even less than that. No disrespect to the soundness fthe dollar is intended,” said Rus- F. Haas, president of Guaranty ank & Trust Co. Guaranty Bank traditionally holds money sale” when it opens a new ranch, Haas said visitors to the rank’s new Gretna branch will be Howed to buy one uncirculated usan B. Anthony dollar coin for 80 nts on Thursday and Friday. union. The union has presented several important non-economic demands, including some related to the first angry flareup in the talks at CM. Analysts believe CM will be the union’s strike target this year in the economically critical talks. The non-economic demands in cluded absolute transfer rights al lowing workers to go to new plants instead of simple preferential hir ing, and a bid for automatic union recognition at some new manufac turing facilities. By winning the right of transfer, the union would be able to place a core of its members in new plants located in areas of traditional anti union feeling. 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