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page 1U I Ht BA a ALIGN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1979 House of Beds Mattresses, Brass Beds and Accessories INTRODUCTORY SALE NOW CARRYING SPRING-AIR MATTRESSES Twins - $99/set Full - $109/set (THREE FIRMNESSES) Queen - $159/set King - $199/set TAMU —Souths., p^ 1n . mam SALE STARTS FRIDAY (Prices good thru Oct. 6) I SouthwoodJ Place 696-0806 Southwood Place 1804C Brothers Blvd. the nation Police shrink catches killers United Press International PHOENIX — As escaped killers Gary Tison and Randy Greenawalt spread terror throughout Arizona during a crime spree a year ago, law offi cers turned to Bernard Barber for help in tracking them down. For Barber, it was just another task in his work as a police psy chologist, a field he helped pioneer. “During the time they were loose we were called in to use hypnosis on two witnesses,” Barber said as he recalled his work on the Tison case. “We also did some profiles on what we could anticipate about their activities. We got as much material as we could and tried to draw up some kind of profile. In fact, we suggested that they probably would return to the area they were familiar with and that’s exactly where we caught them.” Work on such criminal cases is just one facet of Barber’s job as a psychologist for the state De partment of Public Safety. His probable title, Barber said, would be a “clinical social police criminal psychologist.” His work deals with such wide-ranging matters as hostage situations, marital counseling, evaluations of new recruits, job stress, research and consulta tions with local law enforcement Some of Barber’s clients are DPS employees referred by their superiors because of departmen tal violations that may require discipline. In those cases, Barber makes reports to the proper DPS authorities. In all other cases, however, the clients receive the same “privilege and confidential” rights that would be accorded a patient seeing a private psychol ogist. agencies. Barber first touched on police psychology work in 1954 when he worked briefly with the Los Angeles County sheriffs de partment as a rehabilitation offi- Stress is one of the problem Barber deals with most, but the cause of that stress surprisingly is not the danger involved in police work. It is caused by shift changes, he said. The No. 2 rea son for stress, he said, is “soci ety’s expectation of the police man to be above mortal.” Abuses abound in GSA — solon Save up to $20.00 (All Perms $30.00) Call early for your appointment. Culpepper Plaza location only 693-0607 PlaceD k In Culpepper Plaza BAXI. The Finest New Dance Hall in Texas presents Texas Pride Sept. 28th Flying Burrito Bros. Sept. 29th Advance Ticket Sales: Budget Records & Tapes and Court’s Western Wear, Culpepper Plaza & Manor East Mall. 15 minutes from B-CS, 3 miles west of Snook, FM 60 & FM 3085. SANYO HAS ° ARRIVED! 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Max Baucus, D-Mont., Wednesday charged the General Services Ad ministration virtually ignored its own auditors findings of continuing irregularities in the scandal-ridden federal housekeeping agency. “In only a few instances has there been substantive, significant follow-up to correct abuses, retrieve federal overpayments and set up in stitutional safeguards to prevent re petition,” Baucus said. Instead of following up on such problems, he said, GSA officials are “pursuing heinous crimes, such as graffiti on GSA property and exple tives uttered to GSA telephone operators.” RICHM Baucus’ comments were mad;, lounded opening a Senate judiciary sii 'forth Anr committee hearing on the finisj tmospher of committee investigators«{; derted tht sifted through more than 4, audit reports. The investigators said there® indications the government is losii losed no { epco saic The exa 1, millions of dollars on contracts 1 purchases, leasing and constmctioi Reports by GSA auditors hi ay. cated contracts continue tofe The onl awarded without competitive l| ding even though some GSA 4 cials have been found guilty! dhcials sai kickbacks and other irregularities Itwass An audit report dated Aug.) Resident said GSA’s controls on govemms )rea ^ dow warehouse purchases totaling Tj wept for million a year could not even vent payments to fictitious vendff, The report said auditors sulml ted a false bill for $97,200 fortoj kits supposedly delivered nonexistent firm. A Treasurycfei Spider" for $95,256 — the amount ofthelj iVednesda less a 2 percent discount-n routinely issued and sent toapi liscuss te office box rented by the auditors! lunitive d the name of the fictitious firm, A report dated June 30,1978, GSA spent $2.5 million for a dess tecurred for a new federal building in i had share chorage, Alaska, and then discard! the plan. An additional $1 millionii excessive costs was improperlypa u in connection with constmctk* ' the building, the report said. The auefit reports also indicaii many companies providing god and services to the government not giving to GSA discounts normally give to other buyers, ditors generally recommended GSA file claims for refunds, but N Nuclear ease from he March The Lo hrginia, i ASPEN daudine vestigators said nothing was done NEW YG most cases. nest worn then the world’s going < It happened to secretaries first. Then lawyers, bookkeepers, waitress cabbies, housewives, and businessmen succumbed to the beauty of i ars, waitresses. e beauty of our Pilot Razor Point and Flnetiner pens. Some people felt it was sick to get so emotionally involved with our pens. But is it really so crazy to love a Pilot Razor Point pen that writes with a sharp smooth line and costs a mere 79C? Is it nuts to flip over its unique little metal collar that smartly helps to keep its point from going squish? If it is crazy, it's going to surprise a whole lot of people. In fact, we understand that Riot Razor Point even has what It takes to score extra points with football players. It also comes to our attention that many coaches are fans of the Pilot Fineliner. Along with all the other Razor Point features, the 69C Pilot Fineliner has the strength and Cow files paternity sui Unite. sides, th litegold 1 eet wasn’ Joseph w ier, Zero, Tuesday w> drive to go through carbons It’s hard to resist a pen that holds the line like a Pilot. finefine marker pens M<xe than just something to wnte with advertisement- United Press International KYNNERSLEY, England- was a cow’s equivalent of a patei suit and the folks at the ins office loved it. Neil Dobson, 33, filed an ii ance claim, seeking damages cause his pure-bred cow gave 1 to a half-breed calf. It seems Billy, a half-breed from a neighbor’s yard, had hist) on the cow for a while and eveukj ally managed to break through fence to do a little more than “It is a public liability claim, spokesman for John Yenshalfsi] surance brokers said. “Mr. Dobs' lost the cow’s services, while produced this unwanted calf. “It makes a change from (cl for) broken window screens.” iy — pursu 'allery ttalion cl 'Stery bic Everybo jef,’” Jose It started ID Broadwi Iward He irooch tha lother to a linded h med. T was si ilted,” He Howell g id Mrs. E )f the gall< splay the ,nter Cb le, firefig ANOTHER LIFE CHANGED v i Like most students, my goal was to get ahead — be successful, secure, and fulfilled. Since most prestigious occupations require a degree, I saw my college educa tion as a major step in the fulfill ment of my dream. My first year was spent at Southwest Texas State, but by the second semester, I was really con fused as to what I wanted to do. I had decided to become a dentist because the money was good — but soon lost interest. I trans- I could escape into my fantasy world of girls and alcohol. As I would sober up the following morning, I remember reflecting with disgust on the events of the previous night. Had it really been fun and satisfying? Was I really fulfilled and happy? I knew all too well the answer was no. I hated it. I wanted so badly to have con tentment and peace of mind but I didn’t know where to turn. Although I sought to portray an image of having it “all together”, I . I spent the next days and weeks motionless on my hospital bed.. ferred to Sam Houston State that next fall, but only two weeks into the semester, I was involved in a serious automobile accident that nearly took my life. Many thoughts raced through my mind as I spent the next days and weeks motionless on my hospital bed. The body I had taken so much pride in and worked so hard to develop was now a mass of cuts and scars. What would people think of me now? I wanted to die — but was afraid to. By the spring of ’77 I was able to go back to school and I entered Texas A&M as a mechanical engi neering major. I knew I had to make it this time or be considered a failure. I threw myself into the program, but the reality of life and the in tensity of my own personal prob lems continued to frustrate me. I didn’t particularly like people and couldn’t seem to get along with hardly anyone. My uncontrolla ble temper drew me into numer ous arguments and fights — one which sent my roommate to the health center with his eye swollen shut. As my grades continued to go down, I began to live for Thursday nights and weekends so couldn;t escape the constant nag ging feeling that there had to be more to life. I had always gone to church and said my prayers. I cer tainly wasn’t an atheist! I believed in God and even considered my self a Christian. But for some rea son, the dull ache of emptiness wouldn’t leave me. Then something happened. Some guys came by my room one night and asked me if I’d be in terested in participating in an in formal study of what the Bible had to say on some key issues. Although I thought I already “knew it all” and that the Bible wasn’t necessarily relevent to me as a student, I agreed. Much to my surprise, I discovered that the so-called “Christians” leading the study were not just a bunch of hypocritical, stuffy “chur chgoers”. Instead, they were ones who exhibited a genuine peace, love, joy and contentment in their lives that I knew I lacked yet desperately desired. As the study continued, it be came evident that the main dif ference between them and me was that they had a vital personal relationship with Jesus Christ — and I didn’t. Sure, I wanted Him around in emergency situations! but other than that, I wanted!® do things my way. They share!:] with me from the Bible thatjesuij died — not to start a religion but to liberate me from all tk] things which continually trated me and kept me tiedij] knots. I simply needed to a! Him into my life on His terms] giving Him my life in exchange for His peace, comfort, and for ] giveness. I struggled with this several weeks — and things cod tinued to go from bad to worse] Finally, I figured I had nothing!! lose and everything to gain asked Jesus Christ to come M my life, to forgive me and mak me into the kind of person wanted me -to be. That was in December of 19l and the changes that have tale! place since then are unbelie’ ble. Christ kept His promise me and filled me with a peace am purpose I had never known fore. Although I still experienc]] difficulties, I no longer feel a ne< to use escape methods tocircm vent them. My animosity people is changing and now lad tually find myself caring for the®; I realize now that Jesus Christ exactly what I had been search®! 1 for all my life. All the education partying, and money in the woi can never give the lasting pear* and satisfaction He offers. Wil’ out a doubt, knowing Him pet sonally is the most exciting thii that has ever happened to me. Art Jones ’80 Mechanical Engineering 846-1080 ADVERTISEMENT-