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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1979
After a few beers, student
gets stuck in chimney
United Press International
FULTON, Mo. — A student at
Westminster College spent about
three hours wedged inside a chim
ney at his fraternity house last
weekend before construction work- |
ers tore it apart to free him.
Randy Howland, 19, a member of
the Kappa Alpha fraternity, said he
climbed up the living room chimney
“after a couple of beers” at a frater
nity party early Sunday. He got
stuck about 3 feet of the way up.
Howland was stuck so securely,
local fire officials could not pull him
out of the chimney with a rope. So
two local masons were summoned to
disassemble the chimney, brick by
brick.
Howland, who said he had
climbed up the chimney for no par
ticular reason, was not injured.
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By DEBBIE NELSON
Battalion Reporter
Royce Watson’s business isn’t
boring. A man threatened to shoot
its previous owner.
Watson, 36, is an Aggie who owns
Business Research and Services at
29th Place in Bryan.
The shooting threat came when a
man’s court case was recorded in
Business Digest and Court Review,
one of two newsletters Watson’s of
fice publishes. Published weekly for
several hundred subscribers, the
digest lists all transactions at major
county offices from births to vehicle
registrations, from mortgages to
court cases.
Once in a while someone would
rather not have his name in the
newsletter. Watson gets occasional
irate phone callers.
But threats are useless, Watson
says. He leaves no names off the
lists. He could be sued for omis
sions.
“I’ve lost friends because of it,”
he said, “but leaving names off
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would not be giving the customers
what they paid for, and wouldn’t be
fair to the people whose names are
on the fist.”
Watson, has published the news
letter for three years. He said he
just happened to be around when
the former owner was selling it, and
he thought it would be interesting.
Business Digest and Court Review
pays for itself by subscriptions,
which cost $10 a month or $100 a
year.
The newsletter is sent to three
states to former townspeople who
want to stay informed, Watson said.
Uses of the publication are varied.
Employers check it before hiring
employees. Businesses need the hot
check list. Insurance salesmen use
the birth and marriage records to
find prospective buyers. Some
people read it just because it is in
teresting.
Every week, Watson and his
three assistants, all Texas A&M
University students, make the
rounds of the county offices and
courts to gather information. The
newsletter is similar to other publi
cations in most cities, Watson said.
Watson said he likes going to the
county offices every week. Even
though his research assistants now
do most of the compilation of data,
Watson still gets to see “what’s re
ally happening in government.”
Besides the factual information in
the “Business Digest and Court
Review,” the first page is an edito
rial. That is written by Watson, “un
less I can find someone else to do
it.”
Recent issues featured problems
with jury duty selection and banks
in the city.
People often call Watson’s office
looking for information that was
printed in old newsletters. Though
Watson said Business Research and
Services tries to provide all the in
formation it can, there are some
things it cannot do.
Watson has no real estate license,
so he can’t help in land sales. Be
cause of civil rights laws, he can’t
give an inquireer information on a
specific person. He must give out all
the information he has on everyone,
or give out none at all.
Since Jan. 1, Watson also has pub
lished the “Brazos County Busines
ses,” a newsletter of opinions, ads,
and rumors about businesses. The
biweekly issue features businesses
that have just opened or changed
hands.
A profile of the business includes
the owner, nature of the business,
and a general description of the es
tablishment. Watson said this is free
advertising that reaches almost 100
subscribers, but some businesses
are reluctant to take it.
For example, one business that
recently transferred to Bryan would
not let Watson’s publication feature
it. Watson said, “He said he had all
the business he could handle and he
didn’t want any more. ” Watson said
several businesses have flatly re
fused this free service.
Watson’s also prepares govern
ment forms and alcohol license ap
plications for businesses. In addi
tion, he prepares immigration and
naturalization papers and does some
tax work. Working from 45-60 hours
a week, Royce Watson has plenty to
keep himself busy.
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Royce Watson looks at a copy of Brazos County Businesses,
one of two informational digests he publishes. His other pul>
lication. Business Digest and Court Review, lists all transac
tions at major county offices, which often makes it necessan
for Watson to deal with irate local citizens.
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