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v- Page 6 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1979 Massachusetts university suffers damage after 3-day crime spree United Press International AMHERST, Mass. — Police were still compiling reports Tuesday on a three-day Halloween crime spree at the University of Massa chusetts that included rape, theft, vandalism and assault, and caused thousands of dollars of damage. University Associate Director of Public Safety Philip J. Cavanaugh said between 12:01 a.m. Thursday and midnight Saturday, police re sponded to 253 calls, 197 of which were considered emergencies. He said there were 56 criminal incidents, 28 persons taken into pro tective custody, and 14 arrests on criminal charges. Cavanaugh said incidents still being catalogued, “range from as sault and battery to possession of firearms to larcenies. There’s a sub stantial amount of vandalism. ” He said the majority of those ar rested were persons with no affilia tion with the university. 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WELCH’S CLEANERS 3819 E. 29th (TOWN & COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER} SKIIERS WANTED Aspen/Snow mass Steamboat JAN. 7-12, 1980 * 6 days/5 nights in a Snowmass Condo w/kitchen and fireplace * 3 days ski lift and ski rentals at Aspen Highlands * Discounted additional lifts and rentals * Free ski party and mountain picnic ONLY $179 Roundtrip party bus ONLY $ 8*1 JAN. 6-11, 1980 * 6 days/5 nights in a Steamboat Condo w/kitchen and fireplace -or- in the new Super 8 Motel * 3 days lifts and ski rental * Discounted additional ski days * Free shuttle Condo ONLY $179 Motel ONLY $149 Roundtrip party bus option $ UNITED OPENINGS FOR ADDITIONAL INFO CALL BILL MITCHELL WILLIE WOOD SCOTT MOORE AT 779-6888 AFTER 5 P.M. LO New service may cut phone bills ! R< United Press International WASHINGTON — If you are a heavy long-distance telephone user, there is a new service available for your home phone which proponents claim can cut your toll charges from 25 to 50 percent. One company has just started marketing the service and a second is considering it. The service is a residential ver sion of a commercial system which is being used by thousands of busi nesses across the country. The one now being offered to residential users comes from SP Communica tions, a division of Southern Pacific Co. For in-home use, it is available only during non-business hours — from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. local time each day, and all day on Saturday and Sunday. It works like this: SPC will allow residential telephone customers to use its private microwave system for a charge of $10 per month. The consumer in turn is billed by the company for each call. The company owns 8,000 miles of mi crowave systems — the equivalent of 14 million circuit miles — with more under construction. The company says, for instance, that a 4 1 /4-minute call from Los Angeles to New York during the evening hours costs 64 cents com pared to $1.37 over regular tele phone company lines. Part of the savings comes from the fret that the bills are calculated by six-second intervals instead of by the minute as regular telephone charges are. To use the system the consumer must first dial into the company’s network, using a code provided by the firm. Only a push-button tele phone will work, because the signal sent out by a rotary dial will not gain access to the company’s computer. The service is available only in towns where the network runs. But, according to Bill Green, manager of advertising and public relations for the company, it covers 80 met ropolitan areas and the bulk of the country’s population. The service, however, will not pay for itself unless you have a habit of making a lot of long distance calls from home. “It’s not for the $10 a month long-distance caller, obviously,” Green said in an interview. “We es timate that at about 90 minutes of useage per month the consumer could start saving dollars.” That’s the equivalent of one 3-minute call per day, every day, or six 15-minute calls per month. While there has been an increase in commercial versions of SPC’s op eration, thanks to changes in gov ernment regulatory policies. Green said his company is the first to mar ket the system to the residential customer. CO'IB'i * High Quality •QuickService f • No Mninnuns • Large Orders • Legal8faEe4Y*C 4%C OVERNIGHT RATES — 4* DURING THE DAY Reductions Dissertations CoUaHon & Binding & Pad&ng WE HAVE A XEROX 9400 — THE BEST COPYING MACHINE M THE WORLD! Kinko’s Graphics, Inc. 201 College Main St. (713)846-9508 The Bible for Today UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL 315 N. College Main Hubert Beck, Campus Pastor 846-6687 696-2802 (home) (Serving Lutherans at Texas A&M from All Synods) Sunday Worship with Holy Communion 9:15 & 10:45 A.M. Bible Class at 9:30 A.M. Sunday Evening Worship 6 P.M. Wednesday Evening Candlelight Communion Service 10:00 P.M. HAVE MADE AND TASHIOHf^ wWEltSTktfWN6 THAT I may learn tuv commandments. *sauaht«t> Plenty of time to eat *y \ at Chanello’s k Mon.-Th. 11 a.m.-l a.m \ Fri. 4 p.m.-2 a.m J Sat. 11 a.m.-2 a.m > ^ Sun. 11 a.m.-l2 mid FR 301 Patricia LIVERY 846-3768 •I This reochinq ou+ an<^ +ouchin^ somebody witboul’ me. be.mg able +0 re.a cb out and touch someone’s Waller is tor the birds, 1 ' 1st * Ili illll Unite WASHIb ]ie first rec nation wi< irmy recru men accuse allowed igether. Mark Wa Class N other 1 en t recruit fraud, i iy in W: fficials. "What wi unity to g' ecruiting Vaple said ,on was c lurt-marti; William a., who ing oK 'sjrrananm t SOU M AUGU lads toda' meaning But the Feds reject Florida complaints gave it so - urging j lives — v “The i< McLean, iTranspon when we it was in The M blame foi came fror letter. Mexican vegetable prices OWa United Press International WASHINGTON — In a long- awaited decision, the government Tuesday tentatively rejected com plaints by Florida winter vegetable farmers that imports of vegetables grown in Mexico are sold in the United States at unfair prices. If the decision had gone the other way, supermarket prices of winter vegetables across the country would have soared. A final decision in the case must be rendered by early next year, fol lowing appeal meetings between Florida and Mexican growers. The meetings are expected to be held under Treasury Department au spices within 45 days, officials said. The case was a tough one for the administration, because relations between the neighboring countries have been touchy in recent months during discussions on U.S. pur chases of Mexican oil and the status of Mexican aliens in the United States. Treasury Secretary G. William Miller approved the decision, but President Carter was not consulted. officials said. The Florida vegetable case i volved five types of fresh wintti vegetables: cucumbers, eggpl peppers, squash and tomatoes. Florida growers filed a foi complaint with the government which said low-cost labor in Menu Sening si allowed imports to be sold inti United States below domestic pita per recr a development that the financial health of the Amelia loyees industry. In the 1977-78 growing seam Mexico imported nearly $200 iri said estim; DX2SX& CXXXCXX&N SALOON 307 University Drive College Station • Beer on Crushed Ice • Progressive Country Music • Hangdown Sausage • Cheddar Cheese on the Wheel • Authentic Turn of the Century Texana p Unit NEW Yi on’s hosp mrses, ar hose abl The Am ion, in a urrently r datthew N National I lion worth of the vegetables- percent of the American market. The Treasury said its extern) study of the case showed Menem he shortaj growers were demonstrating‘iio hefuturel discrimination” in the prices I sold vegetables for in the Un States and Canada. Canada was used as a “fair value’ comparison country because no winter vegetables are sold ii Mexico, officials said. ng school Among l ewards — ieople wh< Percentage ol elected black up slightly MEXICO FREE CHEESE NACHO WITH ANY DINNER $1 VALUE GOOD EVERY WEDNESDAY AND VALID W/COUPON ONLY CULPEPPER PLAZA United Press International WASHINGTON — The num of black elected officials in United States rose by 2 percent]; year, the smallest increase of decade, the Joint Center for Po cal Studies said Tuesday. The increase, recorded betwefj July 1978 and July 1979, inclm the election of 23 officials in Virgin Islands, which had p« viously been excluded from thesutj vey. Not counting the Virgin the gain would have been 81- only 1.9 percent. The survey showed that there 4,607 black elected officials in states, the District of Columbia the Virgin Islands. Louisiana leads all states with blacks holding elected ofli Mississippi is second with 327 Illinois third with 276. Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont and Wyoming have no blacks in publicj office. The survey showed black official* represent less than 1 percent w America’s 490,265 elected official/ 1 AT ALPHA ZETA SMOKED TURKEY SALES AZ, the National Agricultural Honor and Service Society, is selling Smoked Id Turkeys to raise money for student scholarships and community service projects. IB To order your Thanksgiving or Christmas Turkey call: 845-7616 7-10 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. 8-14 lb. range. Delivered $1 per you!