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SNtMXH* Page 6 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1980 x-NATO commander’s fieart surgery goes well United Press International HOUSTON — Surgeons Wednes day successfully performed open heart surgery on Alexander Haig, 55, to correct blocked arteries suffered by the former NATO commander and Nixon chief of staff. Haig was in satisfactory condition after the 2V2-hour operation, per formed by Dr. Denton A. Cooley, and expected to remain in the hospit al for eight to 10 days. “It was a triple bypass,” said a spokesman at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, meaning veins from Haig’s thigh were used to bypass three occluded heart arteries. “These arteries get stopped up,” the spokesman said. “In order to go around the part that’s stopped up, they insert the vein to let the blood flow freely.” “This will be followed by a re cuperative period of perhaps a EASTER EGG HUNT LOOK FOR EGGS APRIL 1-4 TAMU MAIN CAMPUS GRAND PRIZE CLUES: DAV 1 IN THIS BUILDING, THERE’S NO CLASS, THERE’S THE FLAGPOLE YOU’VE JUST PASSED SO AY a IT’S DEFINITELY EAST OF THE ICE CREAM YOU EAT AND NORTH OF THE PATHS GOLFCARTS BEAT DAY, HERE’S THE LAST IT BY FRIDAY, OR YOUR DAY 3 (ITS THE LAST CLUES — FIND GONNA LOSE!) LOOK DOWN AGAIN, RIGHT BY YOUR THIGH AFTER CLIMBING WIDE STEPS THAT SEEM SO HIGH BEFORE JUMPING UP AND DOWN WITH GLEE MOVE FOUR PACES LEFT — YOU’LL LOOK LIKE ROCKY! I SPQiMSOREO BV MSC RECREATION OMPt/ ampu AN AFTERNOON OF FUN AND GAMES. APRIL 26TH 1-5 P.M. MAIN DRILL FIELD SIGN UP YOUR TEAM IN THE MSC THE * WEEK OF APRIL 14-18. ? OCA T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. $3.50 ALL OFF-CAMPUS AGGIES ARE IN VITED TO ATTEND MUSTER AS A GROUP WITH OCA MEMBERS. ON APRIL 21, 1980 AT 4:15 P.M., WE WILL MEET IN FRONT OF THE OFF- CAMPUS CENTER (IN PURYEAR). DRESS NICE. month,” the spokesman said. The operation was performed at Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s where almost 4,000 coronary bypas ses were performed last year. Haig, president of Connecticut- based United Technologies Corp., checked into the hospital late Mon day after experiencing discomfort during the previous week. UTC Chairman Harry Gray said the heart ailment was detected during a phy sical examination last week at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. “Longterm medical studies indi cate that patients undergoing this type of surgery subsequently enjoy significantly improved physical well being,” Gray said. Haig, a retired four-star army gen eral, took over as president and chief operating officer of UTC last Decem ber. He had considered running for the Republican presidential nomina tion but eventually ruled it out. He was elected head of the inter national corporation six months after he retired from the military. UTC is the nation’s third-leading defense contractor and the nation’s leading manufacturer of military jet engines. Haig, a native of Philadelphia, was appointed by President Nixon as his chief of staff after serving as a military advisor to Henry Kissinger and a na tional security advisor to Nixon. He held that position until October 1974, when he was appointed com mander-in-chief, U.S. European Command. Two months later Nixon named him Supreme Allied Com mander in Europe. BILL’S AND JAY’S AUTO TUNE UP all cars $q yc plus 27.1 +J parts Open Thurs. till 8 Oil change filter!* oil $4.00 Tune up & oil change PLUS OIL * PARTS ^ yg By appointment only 846-9086 3611 South College Ave. Imported coffees 41 varieties Teas-bulk & bag over 150 varieties Munchies European & domestic I BLENDS Of Elf I-GIVING | 3609 Place E. 29th - Bryan PARENTS DA Y BARBEQUE AN AGGIE TRADITION APRIL 19, 1980 4:30-6:00 P.M. RM. 230 MSC AFTER THE MAROON & WHITE GAME TICKETS AVAILABLE IN MSC BOX OFFICE UNTIL APRIL 18TH. $3.50 PER PLATE MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED THROUGH APRIL 11, 1980 MAIL TO: Parent’s Day Bar-B-Que Tickets MSC Box Office Texas A&M University Box 5718 College Station, Texas 77843 INCLUDE 25* PER ORDER FOR POSTAGE SEE LETTER BELOW CUP AND SEND! CLIP AND SEND! CUP AND SEND! 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Tickets are on sale at the MSC Box Office for $3.50 a person so (/) please come and bring money ( ) send a representa tive ( ) buy gas while it is cheap. I’m looking forward to a great time. o Love, (/) your faithful child ( ) the biggest deduction you own ( ) an enthusiastic Aggie. iCN3S QNV dHO IQN3S QNV dHO IQN3S QNV dHO IQN3S Casino ’80 promises ‘little Las Vegas’ By MERIL EDWARDS Campus Staff Casino ’80 will transform the Memorial Student Center into a little Las Vegas April 18 with a night of gambling, can-can girls, auctions and entertainment. The event is sponsored by the Texas A&M University Resi dence Hall Association. The gambling will begin at 8 p.m. and continue until 12:30 a.m. on the second floor of the MSC. The auction will begin at 9 p.m. in the student lounge. Casino chairman Mike Taylor said Casino ’80 is the biggest and best yet because it will have bet ter auction prizes and more games than in previous years. “We guarantee a fun time at Casino, even if you lose. We’ve really put a lot of work into this and think it will be the most excit ing thing this semester.” Taylor said. Tickets will be sold for $2.50 April 14-18 at the MSC, Com mons, Sbisa, behind the Acade mic Building and at Duncan Din ing Hall. They will also be sold in the MSC Serpentine Lounge, above the check-cashing counter. At the door, tickets will be $3.00. Taylor said students will re ceive $3,000 in play money to use at the tables with the purchase of a ticket. He said students may get in without a ticket, but will not be able to participate in the games. “Last year there were so many people crowded into the lounge at once for the auction that we decided to have it run throughout the night, interspersed with en tertainment,” Taylor said. “Stu dents use the money they have won gambling to bid on the prizes at the auction. Everyone will get a chance to bid for the big prize, though.” Taylor said the big prize has been donated by Diamond Brok ers International of Bryan. Othei prizes include free dinners, clocks, jewelry, a get-away weekend donated by the Holiday Inn South, plus more. About 160 dealers and 151 Casino girls will keep the crap tables, roulette wheels, black jack, beat the dealer and chuck a- luck games running smoothly, Taylor said. “We’re going to have backgam mon tables for the first time this year,” Taylor said, “and they’llbe run under tournament gambling rules.” Can-can girls will perform ab out seven times during the night, Taylor said. And when they’renot performing, Commonwealth, a band composed mainly of stu dents who live in the Commons, will entertain the gamblers. To help alleviate the crowded conditions at the tables, Taylor said additional tables will be set up overlooking the lounge. McGovern: change in food labels coming United Press International WASHINGTON — Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., chairman of the Senate Agriculture nutrition sub committee, says major changes in nutritional labeling on meat and other foods are inevitable. A proposed bill would require simpler information on labels to make them easier for consumers to understand. It would require pre serving information on calories, pro tein, fats, carbohydrates, sodium and cholesterol and listing of each spice or additive. Several major food processors tes tified last month that a standard man datory system would be cheaper than the current system which re quires nutrition labels for foods with nutritional claims or fortification. The earlier hearing March 19 be fore the Senate health subcommittee dealt with labels on most foods reg ulated by the Food and Drug Admi nistration. McGovern’s subcommit tee hearing Tuesday dealt with label ing of meat and poultry and related products regulated by the Agricul ture Department. McGovern said major questions are whether Congress will set the new policy or leave it up to federal agencies and whether changes will be mandatory or voluntary. McGovern is the sponsor of a bill to require nutritional labeling, but at the hearing, he left open the possibility that a new voluntary labeling system would be created. Several witnesses representing different sectors of the meat industry welcomed a proposal for a voluntary system. James Rill, a lawyer for the Na tional Broiler Council, a trade asso ciation for chicken producers, said the existing voluntary system could Hop on down to ANIMAL WORLD and check out the « chicks... .. bunnies & ducks! Visa &. 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