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I THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1980 Page 3 is unaiw the lo revin) bring lALTW Doing some Ugh t work Workers from Collier Electric Co, fasten down the last light post on the east side of Kyle Field Wednesday. Construction on the stadium is scheduled to end by May. Work on the addition to G. Rollie White Coliseum should continue through the summer. Stafr photo by Brian BIalock Old elevator to be replaced By JANA SIMS Campus Reporter A 16-year-old elevator responsible for an injury to a Texas A&M Univer sality professor last week is slated for | replacement, possibly during this \ summer. Dr. Claudine Hunting, a modern r languages professor, was hospital- m ized for two days after suffering a 1 concussion when she got off the ele- ^ vator on the fourth floor of the 1 Academic Building last Wednesday. I The car was four inches short of the m floor, and Hunting tripped and hit P her head against a wall about six feet in front of the elevator. She was un conscious for about 20 minutes. , t joe Conway, superintendent of building maintenance, said the elva- tor is worn-out but he does not con sider it a hazard. He said because of its age, it’s hard to get parts for it, and it takes longer to repair. He said several times the elevator has become stuck. He said one time 1 he had to get 18 people out of the elevator at once. Overloading is the problem. Conway said the elevator is built to hold 1,500 pounds, approximately eight people. “But,” Conway said, “we can’t stand there and tell people not to get on. ” Overcrowding causes the leveling mechanism to compen sate for the excess weight, making it out of balance for additional trips with the correct number of people, thus causing it to stop uneven in with the floor. , A number of people said they will ava ®. be happy to see the elevator re- *112 placed jb mo' Gladys Douglas, a secretary in the inatdl psychology department administra- !f we tive offices, located on the fourth which 3 u * o turn irevent : ■ thef kets iii- floor, said she no longer rides the elevator alone. She said it is unde pendable and she prefers to take the stairs. Carole Knapp, a secretary in the history department, third floor, said the elevator breaks down often. “It gets stuck about once every once every two weeks and someone has to come out and fix it,” she said. Charlotte Watson, a secretary in the same office as Douglas, said she remembers a time when she was in it, and the doors opened and she was halfway between two floors and had to be pulled out. Modern languages department head Dr. Anne Marie Elmquist said, “We’re accustomed to step ping off but not looking down at where were going. But you shouldn’t have to look down to check before you step out.” “I really think there should be a new elevator,” she said, “not a patch-up job.” Conway said the present car will be removed and all-new equipment will be installed — possibly this summer after his department re ceives some bids on the replace ment — and he will try to schedule a time when the elevator doesn’t get much use. The new elevator, which Conway said will cost about $40,000 will provide better service. He said later equipment can compensate better for changes in weight. Also planned for this year is another elevator to replace one in the animal industries building. Ori ginally a freight elevator, the old one installed in 1935, and Conway said it s too old to use. That new elevtor will also cost at least $40,000. Life term upheld for forgery United Press International AUSTIN — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Wednesday up held a life sentence against a San Antonio man convicted of forgery. Defense lawyers argued prosecu tors failed to prove Flemon V. McNeese knew the check was forged. McNeese’s attorneys also de manded acquittal on grounds the check was too ambiguous to sustain a conviction because the amount stated in figures, $127.90, did not correspond with the sum written in words, “One Hundred Twenty- Seven Dollars.” A teller at Union State Bank in San Antonio questioned the check when she noticed it was drawn on the account of a fellow bank employee, Lorce Duhart. Duhart called security guards and later found his home had been burg larized and some checks stolen ear lier in the day. “The appellant bolted and ran when a security officer at the bank attempted to ask him about the . forged check,” the appeals court noted Wednesday. “The evidence is ample to prove that appellant knew the check was forged and that he possessed it with the intent to utter it and to defraud another.” Does it have to take two years for a lawsuit to come to trial? District Judge Bradley Smith doesn’t think so He has worked to eliminate the delays in the Court System. Vote in the May 3rd Democratic Primary to keep District Judge Bradley Smith. KEEP JUDGE sSMITH DISTRICT JUDGE BRADLEY SMITH Paid for by the Committee to Keep Judge Bradley Smith, Louis Newman, Chairman, Box 3387, Bryan, Texas 77801. Battalion Classifieds Call 845-2611 JflHEAE I 1 \ II When you want Quality in a haircut 209 E. 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