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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1979
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By DEBBIE NELSON
Battalion Reporter
Budget cutbacks to the Texas at
torney general’s office could double
the workloads of Better Business
Bureaus and save taxpayers
$200,000 a year, Leroy Balmain,
executive director of the Brazos Val
ley Better Business Bureau said
Friday.
Since Sept. 1, Balmain said, the
attorney general has referred all
consumers’ complaints to the Better
Business Bureaus in their areas.
Only those complaints from areas
without a Better Business Bureau
will be handled by the attorney
general.
Hair you can live with
The Better Business Bureau, a
non-profit organization funded by
businesses which are members, of
fers a free arbitration service to set
tle consumer complaints. The
bureau also uses its files to advise
consumers on the reliability of busi-
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The Better Business Bureau’s job
is to help the consumer and the
businessman reach a settlement.
The arbitration service settles
most disputes within two weeks and
saves high court costs, Balmain said.
Many times a consumer com
plains about a business transaction
when there is not a justifiable com
plaint, he said.
Before arbitration, both the con
sumer and the businessman sign an
agreement to abide by the arbit
rator’s decision, Balmain said. Then
an arbitrator, chosen from a group of
community volunteers, hears the
case. His decision is binding by law.
“This is the best way to settle a
misunderstanding between a busi
ness and a consumer,” Balmain said.
The consumer’s case is settled
quickly, and usually in his favor; the
business avoids adverse publicity
from a court battle; and the attorney
general has more time to concen
trate on larger issues.
So far, the BBB has a 93 percent
success rate in settling the 20-30
cases it handles each month, Bal
main said. The bureau also handles
hundreds of phone inquiries each
month from its nine-county area.
Balmain doesn’t know how his
bureau will be affected by the attor
ney general’s new policy, as it is has
only been in effect for two weeks.
If it doubles his caseload he said,
it means he will just have that much
more work to do.
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what’s up
Tuesday
MICROBIOLOGY CLUB: Two films will be shown on
Microbiology at 7:30 p.m. in Room 101, Agronomy.
INTERNATIONAL FOLKDANCERS: Recreational folkdancin?
and instruction from 7:30-10 p.m. in the MSC.
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS CLUB: New members anj
freshmen are welcome to the organizational meeting at 7:30p,m,
in Room 108, Harrington.
ASSOCIATION OF BIOENGINEERS: Will hold a business meet
ing at 7:30 p.m. in Room 404, Rudder.
ROADRUNNERS: Will meet for their ‘Fun Run’ at 8 p.m. ontkf
front steps of G. Rollie White Coliseum.
AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY: Anyone interested in nuclen
energy is encouraged to attend the meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Rom
103, Zachry.
AGRONOMY SOCIETY: Dr. Frank Calhoun will speak on tropit
soils and crops and of his experiences in the tropics at 7:15p.m.i[|
Room 103, SCSE.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS: Dr
Kettleborough will speak on ‘Solar Assisted Air Conditioning at
7:30 p.m. in Room 102, Zachry.
SADDLE & SIRLOIN: A canoeing presentation will be featuredati
p.m. in Room 115, Kleberg.
WATER SKI CLUB: Prepararations for TAM U Intercollegiate Tout
nament will be discussed at 7 p.m. in Room 501, Rudder.
YOUNG AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM: Big Government orb
dividual Freedom’ and a film with Ronald Reagan will beshovnat
7:30 p.m. in Room 502, Rudder.
TABLE TENNIS CLUB: Will have the first general meetingatbi
p.m. in Room 256, G. Rollie White.
DANCE ARTS SOCIETY: Beginning and intermdiate tap da
classes will be held at 7 p.m. in Room 266, G. Rollie White.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERS: Membership meeting for newandrt-
turning chemical engineers at 7:15 p.m. in Room 102, Zachry
ALPHA PHI OMEGA: Will be surveying campus needs withqw
tionnaires today at the MSC, Sbisa and the Commons.
AUDIO ENGINEERING GROUP: Dr. William L. Beasley d
speak on ‘Basic Troubleshooting Techniques for Amplifiers aid
Receivers at 7:30 p.m. in Room 223-B, Zachry.
HARRISON COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: Will meet at 71
p.m. in Room 604, Rudder.
MINORITY AND WOMEN STUDENT CAREER EMPHAS1
DAY: Sponsored by the Amoco companies, whose representative
will be present to speak to students in engineering, geophysicy
geology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and computer science
STUDENT DIETETIC ASSOCIATION: Will meet at 7pnu
Room 126 (faculty lounge), Kleberg Center.
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY: Hamburgerfryaaj
membership meeting for new and returning Agricultural Ef
neers at 6:30 p.m. at the Power and Machinery lab on west cam
pus.
MARKETING SOCIETY: Will hold its first official meeting at 7
p.m. in Room 226, MSC. There will be a guest speaker.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE CLUB: Will meet at 6:30 p.m. onthedc!
field bleachers. Anyone interested in joining should attend
EXXON CORPORATION: Will have an open house to let engineer
ing students talk with members of its recruiting team at 7:30 p.m
at the Aggieland Inn.
AMOCO COMPANIES: Will sponsor a minority and women stnde
career emphasis day to introduce students to all levels of cam
opportunities with the Amoco companies. Representatives c
companies will be in Rooms 230-231 of the MSC from 9 a.m.
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DALLAS — A “suspicious” five-
alarm fire at a complex of luxury
apartments forced the evacuation of
residents and caused estimated
damage of up to $3 million, fire offi
cials said.
A spokesman said calm weather
early Sunday morning, however,
helped contain the blaze at the
Peppermill apartment complex. No
injuries were reported.
Nearly 100 units were dam
aged,” a fire department dispatcher
reported. “Sixty-four were totally
destroyed and 32 were partially
burned. Some of the apartments
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were brand new and unoccupied
The dispatcher said the new
plex featured wooden shingles
the roofs which helped the tli
spread quickly.
“There’s a strong suspicion
son,” he said. “The investigator
out there right now but there
strong suspicion of arson
heard some reports that just mi
it of suspicious origin.”
Many residents had to
evacuated but the fire was
under control at 3:30 a.m.
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one firefighter said the blaze.W*
have been uncontrollable.
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