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Page 6 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1979 TP PLITT Southern UNIVERSITY SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER 846-6714 & 846-1151 CINEMA FRIDAY & SATURDAY MIDNIGHT MONDO TOPLESS RATED X All Seate $1.25, Tickets go on sale at 6:30 MANOR MANOR EAST ALL CO DOLBY STEREO A L E N ©1979 20TH CENTURY-FOX TOM SKERRITT SIGOURNEY WEAVER VERONICA CARTWRIGHT HARRY DEAN STANTON JOHN HURT IAN HOLM .ndYAPHET KOTTOS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER RONALD SHUSETT PRODUCED BY GORDON CARROLL. DAVID GILER and WALTER HILL DIRECTED BY RIDLEY SCOTT STORY BY DAN O BANNON and RONALD SHUSETT SCREENPLAY BY DAN O BANNON MUSIC JERRY GOLDSMITH PANAVISION* EASTMAN KODAK COLOR * PRINTS BY DELUXE * mu*.™**.c.^u-.Vo. ..co R t "■•TKICTID ■SS' l [ umki w afMMt MCOMPaaTiM ARE YOU READY FOR THE SUMMER? ARE YOU READY FORA GOOD TIME? From the Producer of “National Lampoon's ANIMAL HOUSE” BILL MURRAY A PARAMOUNT RELEASE sumngLois Chiles Michael Lonsdale* or» Richard Kiel* j»« ««Corinne Produced by Albert R. Broccoli 0^.0 b, Lewis Gilbert sc^poyt,Christopher Wood . Music by John B3rry lyhcsbyHdl David Production OesignedbyKon Adam Executive Producer MiChaOlG-WilSOHj Associate Producer Wiliam R CartlidQO RmednPanavision* □□l DOLBY STEREO 1 UwMArtnta' SKYWAY TWIN WEST Jennifer O’Neill anc ^ Chuck Norris American Cinema Releasing <*J>A C G Motion Picture Investment Fund 1978 Plus- I PO| PAflEXTAL GUPAICE SUGGESTED Thunderkick east Prophecy Survive t Quilting provides elderly persons freedom from loneliness, boredom United Press International BLANCO, Texas — An almost faded menu on one of the gray walls proves the white structure across from the town’s square is old: chili, 15 cents; sandwiches, 10 cents; chocolate milk, 5 cents. In the century since the building was constructed, it has under gone transformations from hell-raising bar to cafe to social club for the elderly. And for Elsie Beck, 72, the building is a remedy for the familiar old-age diseases — heart problems, arthritis and loneliness. But she’s thankful she can assemble a few women her age a few hours every day for conversation and colorful quilting. Eleven years ago, Mrs. Beck, a native of Blanco County, was suf fering from diabetic and heart problems when she was asked by the area Community Action program director if she would like to work parttime. “I didn’t think I could do it, but I went around four hours a day visiting old people,’’ she said. “In a few months I didn’t know I had a heart. I’d forgotten myself.” A short time later, Beck organized the Blanco Senior Citizens Club and arranged to get a small federal contribution to help run the club and entertain the members. In 1972, she purchased the building and set up the quilting club. Mrs. Beck, a short plump woman with a perpetual smile, has made no changes in the building, which sits along U.S. 281 across from the square in this pleasant but languid Hill Country town. The high ceilings are grimy and the concrete floor is dusty, but few visitors notice. The beautiful and colorful quilts are displayed on small clotheslines and easily grasp the attention of any passer-by who wan ders in. Despite losing the federal contribution, the members, inspired by Beck’s leadership, have managed to keep the club going. The mem bers produce about 100 of the gorgeous quilts each year. Most of the customers are the passers-by who stop and browse through the dingy concrete building and decide they need a cross-stiched quilt for their bedroom. The price is high — between $100 and $550 — and the wait is long. Not all members quilt. Some come to play 42 and share lunch in the open-space kitchen at the rear of the building. Those who quilt earn 75 cents an hour. The profits from the quilt making, however, is not what keeps the regular members coming in. The remedy for loneliness does. “Some of the women don’t quilt but they come anyway,’ said Mrs. Beck. “Some of them say they wouldn't have anything to do if they couldn’t come here.” Beck said she would sell the building eventually if she were offered $50,000. But somehow she hasn’t managed to convince herself to tally. She said her peace of mind and excellent health were more important. “You know,” she said as she gazed but the window and across the town square, “if I hadn’t had this place, I don’t think Td be living no No coa^ij import! needed IV Unite ■HARLC ands — Lathy s |r the coi ed eight |as Bap1 coal. Sen. Lloyd BentsencoiJ^! 1 ' ’ I 'V» . . ' I * ....... <■ IX r. V .niJ W t illS IS United Press InternaM WASHINGTON - TeJ Florida utilities are in the iii ous” situation of importingcojJ South Africa and Poland! is cheaper to-ship than Ait Claudette fizzles out but rains continue The Texas Democrat said day the problem lies in terstate Commerce Com approval of higher coalhaulit; for railroads. “We have reached therii situation where it is die; utilities in Texas and Forida port coal from South Africa land than it is for them tons;! coal shipped by rail.” Bentseijj Bentsen, chairman of tit Economic Committee, said lit) rate policy was “at odds” will dent Carter’s program for reliance on foreign oil by the use of coal. “Ever higher coal shippis; U UL could stop the presidents" dead in its tracks,” Bentsen *>om sad pe Islan s of this e the p is are to t feel ai he Prim al Airlir ts, lost died at ort. ,ar\ opening hearings on the malt However, ICC Chairm Daniel O’Neal said theRailroi United Press International The heavy rains and gusty winds of a disintegrating tropical storm Claudette Wednesday punished southeast Texas, blocking roads, forcing dozens of families from low- lying homes and possibly causing one death. Authorities awaited an autopsy before blaming the storm, which dumped 10 to 15 inches of rain on Beaumont, Port Arthur and sur rounding areas, for the death of an unidentified man found in a car trapped in a flooded underpass. The National Weather Service posted flood warnings for the Sabine River and for northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana, where the thunderstorms spawned by the sys tem were expected to diminish gradually. There was flood damage and scat tered evacuation in a broad swath inland from Sabine Pass, the far southeastern tip of Texas where the storm plowed inland about 2 p.m. CDT Tuesday after kicking up tides 3 feet above normal. Claudette crawled along the Texas-Louisiana border and then veered northwestward. By noon Wednesday, its almost unidentifi able center appeared to have reached Lufkin, 115 miles inland. Dai I y 2(J 25 30 35 THUR. LAST DAY A' pc; tx Sun Theatres 333 University 846 The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Week 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Thurs. lO a.m.*3 a.m. Fri..Sat. No one under 18 Ladles Discount With This Coupor. BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS 846-9808 r mi iiU-im ii 11 rnn -rm m tin m mum At The Grove FRIDAY MIDNIGHT ourvive MASH “We just took a couple of changes of clothes, a couple of blankets and a few snack things, said Brenda Howard, whose family left a trailer threatened by high water for tempo rary room and board Bridge City Junior High School. “We’ve had high water before, hut this takes the cake,” said Tammy Ancelet, whose family perched their furniture atop stacks of books before fleeing. Aside from flooding, damage ap peared to be mostly windraked roofs, downed trees and broken power lines. A three-car collision in Beaumont, in which one man was slightly injured, was blamed in part on the weather. “It took the top of the Gulf station across the street from me. I'm sit ting here looking at it flying around," said Albert Westerman, who owns Sportsman’s Supply in Sabine Pass. Sea Rim State Park, 10 miles west of Sabine Pass, was closed. Acting superintendent Bob Fish rode out the storm in his stilt home. He said high winds and heavy rains caused little damage. To the southwest, 4 miles off Matagorda Peninsula, a 68-foot fish ing vessel foundered in 14-foot seas. The Coast Guard sent a helicopter and an airplane out to help four crew members, who stayed with the vessel. The Jefferson County Courthouse and Lamar University in Beaumont were closed for the day because street flooding, winds and rain made driving to work or class difficult. Unite< vitalization and Regulatory Act of 1976 gives the commis . ? /'' tie choice. The law, he sa; () f quires it "to consider theneec [ere( ] ‘ o railroads for additional reves , at reviewing rates.” He said federal agencies divided, with the Transp Department calling for rate would make the delivered coal the same “perunitof it is for other fuels. TheE; partment, on the other hand rates that will promote coalas temative to imported oil. Bentsen said he agreed the nue needs of the railroads “real and pressing.” “The task before us is to energy and rail transpoi policies into balance so t legitimate needs of both served to the benefit, and detriment, of the nation,’! Executive Vice President E. Miller of the AMAX pany, the nation’s third producer, said coal shippe; have no alternative to rail For that reason, he said, am raising shipping costs shot “carefully analyzed to detenu ultimate effects on the demt coal.” President Norman Lorente i 1 the Burlington Northern Eii said rates for carrying coal w low. He said the railroads rate turn on their investment ii facilities was less than burning electric utilities are pe ted to earn and that the ral and taxpayers should not beast “subsidize” the electric uti through low rates for carrying FC 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* ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCEll! DRY CLEANERS BUT WE? CIALIZE IN ALTERING HARO FIT EVENING DRESSES. TAPR SHIRTS. JEAN HEMS, W>" POCKETS. ETC (WE RE JUSTAFE* BLOCKS NORTH OFff MART.) WELCH’S CLEANERS 3819 E. 29th (TOWN & COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER[ FRESHMEN! WHY PAY MORE? 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