Page 8 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1979
Study shows ghosts not kid stuff
United Press International
KANSAS CITY — More adults
than children believe in ghosts, if a
recent information survey by a card
manufacturer is to be believed.
Only 21 percent of a group of grade
schoolers, average age, 7 years, said
they believed in spooks, compared
with 57 percent of the adults and
half the high school seniors ques
tioned for the Hallmark cards study.
Forty-four percent of the high
schoolers said they had actually seen
a ghost and 28 percent of the adults
claimed similar sightings. Only 13
percent of the grade schoolers said
they had seen a ghost.
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Tail-wagging ‘killer"
Dog easy on burglars
United Press International
SEABECK, Wash. — If looks could kill, Dutch,
the $840 security dog, would be worth his fee. He’s
big, and when his bark is in full choir, he’s in the
baritone section. But those soft brown eyes and the
wagging tail give him away.
“You just give the word and he’d be chewin’ on
somebody,” Brian Childers remembers the sales
man telling him at Hooks Guard Attack Dog Train
ing in Tacoma.
Their house had been broken into several times
so Childers, 21, and his roommate, Jerry Boyd, 23,
decided to invest in a vicious guard dog. After a
little deliberation, they decided on Dutch, a Ger
man Shepherd guard dog.
“You leave him alone and there’s no way anyone
could get into the house without that dog killing
him,” the salesman told Childers.
So the roommates made the purchase and, as part
of the contract, spent six weekends at the training
academy learning how to handle their new killer
dog.
But about three months after Dutch began his
patrols around their residence, the house was
burglarized again. It happened in mid-March. Chil
ders and Boyd returned home to find the garage
door kicked in and the door from the garage to the
house bashed through.
About $150 worth of goods and cash was stolen.
Dutch, who had been in the garage the whole
time, greeted his masters with a wagging tail when
they walked through the shattered door.
“I would have at least expected him (the burglar)
to be dead, said Childers. “Or the dog should have
been standing over him. We were told that with this
dog, any thief will be glad to see you when you get
home.”
But Dutch showed no signs of having engaged in
a vicious struggle. Apparently the thief hadn’t given
him any trouble, and he returned the favor.
Childers and Boyd have filed suit against Hooks
in Kitsap County Superior Court, seeking compen
sation for what tbe burglar took, as well as those lost
weekends of training. They’d also like to regain
some of the money they spent on their big — and
apparently cuddly — guard dog.
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Baker withdraws
from convention
United Press International
MIAMI — Senate Minority
Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee
has changed his mind and decided
not to pursue votes in the presiden
tial straw balloting at the Florida
Republican state convention next
month, it was reported Tuesday.
Baker, who at one time pledged
“maximum effort’’ at the conven
tion, has decided to concentrate his
presidential campaign efforts on the
state's primary March 11, spokes
men said.
Delegates to the state GOP con
vention Nov. 17 were determined
by drawings and Baker’s campaign
officials say most of the winners
were committed before they were
selected.
“It would be differenti[|
Florida delegates to the stat
vention in Orlando were goin|
uncommitted,” said Clark Hom
national field director
“But we feel that at least90^1
of the delegates were coramj
when their names were drawn
“The Florida Convention was
bred to fit (former California
Ronald) Reagan from the sti
Horvath said.
Reagan is considered to
leader in the straw vote and
Texas Gov. John ConnallyalJ
conceded several delegates.
Bilker is expected to annonnct
candidacy Thursday in
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Chrysler expects
bleak 3rd quark
United Prejs International
DETROIT — Chrysler Corp.’s
fortunes are expected to reach their
lowest ebb with third-quarter losses
that could go as high as $500 mil
lion.
The company tentatively planned
to release its July-September reve
nue statement Tuesday. Bankers,
unions, suppliers and the govern
ment have been forewarned of a
dismal report.
Analysts are expecting losses in
the range of $450 million to $500
million.
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That would amount to more red
ink than any U.S. corporation has
posted in an entire year.
The largest previous losses by
U.S. firms were $451.8 million by
the Singer Co. in 1975, $448.2 mil
lion by Bethlehem Steel Corp. in
1977 and $431.2 million by the Penn
Central Transportation Co. in 1970.
Third-quarter statements last
week from General Motors Corp.
and Ford Motor Co. showed
Chrysler is not the only U.S. au
tomaker suffering from huge costs in
retooling for new model cars, this
spring’s sudden market shift to small
cars and the weakening national
economy.
CM and Ford both showed sub
stantial revenue declines in the
third quarter but posted overall
profits.
Chrysler’s situation is by far the
worst, since it lacks the larger U.S.
sales base and foreign salesofiti
larger competitors.
The company recorded at
quarter loss of $53.7 millionii
second-quarter deficit of$2071
lion.
In September, Chrysler told
eral officials its losses
$1.07 billion this year and$452
lion in 1980.
The No. 3 automaker proj
return to profitability in
earnings of $393 million.
CM and Ford both said the da
cash incentives they were forttd
provide to sell off inventoria
full-size and intermediate earn
tributed to the drop in earning
Chrysler is in even worseshan
that regard, having topped ot
dealer incentives with direct!
rebates.
The company is seekingk
guarantees from the federalj
eminent to tide it over untl
brings out its 1981 cars, includii
line of fuel-efficient, frontwli
drive,” K-body" compacts ton
pete with GM’s popular X-«
The company originally asked
$1.2 billion in guarantees, ktl
ered the request to $750niilfe
the government’s request.
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t ration has decided nottorea
mend a specific aid figure-aa
Chrysler supporters interpret
meaning the company could
underwriting for more than I
million.
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Man arrested for snipping
hair from sleeping women
United Press International
GILLETTE, Wyo. — A 24-year-
old man accused of entering homes
and snipping hair from sleeping
women has been arrested and
charged with two counts of burglary
and one count of trespassing, au
thorities announced Tuesday.
Campbell County Undersheriff
Sam Doyle said David Mordhoust
was apprehended after allegedly try
ing to cut hair from a woman who
lived in a mobile home near town
early Sunday. He was being held in
the county jail in lieu of $5,000
bond.
Police Detective Sgt. Mel Moritz
said the first hair-snipping com
plaint came Oct. 21.
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