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THE BATTALION Page 7 i ^ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1981 .ocal / State a ^ualiiij ^(liiatos ighway Department running out of combinations Personalized license plates add individual touch By BARBIE WOELFEL Battalion Reporter ‘E-I-E-I-O.” horns words to an old tune ab- a farmer? No, actually it’s a lm bination on a personalized nse plate owned by the McDo- d Enterprises. More and more Texas drivers are displaying their message to the world each year with personalized license plates. Out of a total of 7.5 ^million passenger license plates d each year in the state of 135,000 of these are per- alized plates, said Gene terich, assistant regional su- •visor with the Texas Highway partment. “To obtain personalized plates, ; owner of the vehicle must hd an application to the state department of highway and public transportation listing his six choices of combinations he would like to use on his plates,” said Gerald L. Winn, Brazos County tax assessor-collector. In addition to the regular regis tration fee prescribed by law, an annual fee of $10 is required for personalized plates which are issued for a one-year period begin ning from April 1 and ending March 31 of the following year. “A personalized license plate combination may consist of not more than six characters; howev er, a plate bearing obscene or ob jectionable words or initials will not be authorized,” Winn said. Some possible number and let ter combinations are as follows: — one to six letters such as “A” or “ROBERT” — three letters followed by a number one through nine such as “ABC 9” — four letters followed by one or two numbers such as “ABCD 4” or “ABCD 45” — five letters followed by one number such as “ABCDE 4” — one number followed by one to five letters such as “4A” or “4 ABCDE” Winn said any combination of numbers and letters that does not conflict with the numbering and lettering system adopted by the department for regular license plates is acceptable. Deiterich recalled one applica tion for a plate combination that conflicted with the regular plating system. He explained that the conflict involved Donny Anderson, a for mer Texas Tech football player who was drafted by the Green Bay Packers. Anderson’s number for the Packers was 44. “He applied for the combina tion ‘GBP 44’ for his personalized plates, but that particular com bination conflicted with our regu lar plating system, so we issued him a similar combination, ‘44 GBP,”’ he said. Texans who have yet to person alize their license plates but who are interested in the project, may have some problems doing so. The department is running out of prefixes in the regular license plate numbering and lettering sys tem and may have to begin using two or three letters in the prefixes, Dieterich said. “I can see that conflicts may arise between the personalized plating system and the regular plating system since some of the combinations may begin to be the same when we run out of pre fixes,” he said. But that hasn’t stopped Texas HEALTH drivers from applying for person alized plates. Most applicants usually choose a combination that has something to do with their name or business, Winn said. “I put my last name ‘STUARD’ on my plates to add a little extra spunk to my car,” said Kyle Stuard, a sophomore business ma jor from Abilene. On his Ford Renegade jeep, Temple Aday, a senior building construction major from Arling ton, uses his last name in the com bination, “1 ADAY.” Kim Norris, a journalism major from Banner Elk, N.C. has “KIM- BO” on her plates. “My father gave me the nickname and put it on my plates when he bought my car,” she said. Other names seen on plates around campus include “MISS JJ,” “MER*J,” “JODY G,” “LES LIE” and initials like “MSKH 2” and “JD.” Special combinations seen on campus include those with some type of Aggie insignia such as “AGGIE,” “GIG EM,” “TAMU” and “ATM.” Porter S. Garner III, field dire ctor for the Association of Former Students, uses “AGGIE 3” on his plates to show his support for the University. His father, Porter S. Garner Jr., of Laredo, uses “AGGIE 2” on his plates for the same reason. “A vehicle owner with such a license plate that bears any one of the Aggie insignia registered by A&M with the secretary of the state, is not subject to paying a royalty to the University because it is exclusively for his personal use, not for commercial or manu facturing use in selling,” said Don Powell, director of business ser- Some plates display combina tions that have a special meaning to that person but may not be evi dent to anyone else, Dieterich said. The inscription “NO SHOE” is seen on A&M place kicker, David Hardy’s car because he kicks with out a shoe. Hardy is a senior phy sical education major from Hunt sville. To obtain personalized plates in Brazos County, a vehicle owner can apply at the county tax asses sor-collector’s office. He will issue personalized license plates only to those vehicles that are currently registered in Texas, Winn said. Recurring By Dr. Stephenson Staff photo by Brian Tate his Aggie is one of 135,000 Texans expressing themselves with personalized license plates. .A. seeks death penalty mor convicted murderers Suffering from throbbing pain, stiffness in the neck, nausea, dizzeyness. eye and ear problems (spots in front of eyes, occasional ringing in ears), nervous ness, insomnia or chronic tiredness? The above problems could lead to more serious com |>licat ions or even a nervous breakdown if not corrected promptly. These symptoms indicate a great possibility that there are spinal fixations with nerve degeneration. Dr. Landis seeks the exact location of these spinal fixations and corrects them through scientific healing. The treatments correct the cause, not cover up the effect. Don't Ignore these danger signals: • Lot bad! and • Recurring bawtaatlM * Painful |o<nto S InciMiM • OtmcuNyln 'the fa 1 st l# 1 United Press International 0RT WORTH — Despite re 's from federal courts. District irney Tim Curry said he will tinue to pursue death penal- against two convicts accused urdering and raping their vic- is. Jtbough the 5th Circuit Court ippeals in New Orleans set e the death penalties of Ken- |h Granviel and Billy Joe Battie Friday, Curry believes he luld seek the penalties again. Although the federal courts making the death penalty Janingless by refusing to permit pitions, we believe that the /licoo ranviel and Battie cases are so vingwBage that we should seek the ;«■ dpatli penalty again,” Curry said ssioitfl .Monday. her h®Six years ago, Granviel walked help' int 0 the Fort Worth police station n Ku" with his pastor and admitted kill- herf 1 mg seven persons — including women he had first raped, attie has been convicted in the shooting-robbery of a con- ience store that resulted in the jpth of two people, ranviel’s penalty was rejected in SJ® by the federal court because Dis- ijttedi' met Judge Tom Cave improperly Jyofwgttuscd at least one potential ofSa^Mror. Battie’s penalty was drop- )t fib’pel because his rights had been violated when he was not in formed he could refuse to talk to a psychologist. 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