THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1981
Page 9
Stick ’em up!
Jonathan Mapes, a sopho
more agricultural economics
major from Corpus Christi,
checks out the machine gun on
an armored troop carrier on
display by Rudder fountain.
The display was set up by L
Troop of the 163rd Texas
Armored National Guard for
information and recruiting
purposes.
Staff photo by Dave Einsel
Truckers moved
out of Arkansas
United Press International
TEXARKANA, Ark. — The
Arkansas 73,280-pound truck
weight limit has been blamed for a
Texas trucking company’s deci
sion to move its long distance driv
ers out of the state.
East Texas Motor Freight ter
minal manager Mile L. Lovil of
Texarkana said 17 Teamster Union
truck drivers would be transferred
from Arkansas. At an estimated
annual salary of $30,000, Lovil
said, the move of the truckers
would cost Texarkana $520,000 in
annual payrolls.
The announcement came
through a release from the For
ward Arkansas Committee, a
group of trucking and industry in
terests attempting to raise the
state’s truck weight limit to 80,000
pounds. Only Arkansas and Illi
nois have weight limits below
80,000 pounds, the release said.
Texarkana resident Earl Jones,
a member of the state Truck
Weight Study Commission, said
he had been contacted by another
firm that planned to leave the state
because of the truck weight limit.
The state legislature approved a
law in the 1981 legislative session
which allows trucks loaded with
Arkansas agriculture products to
carry weight limits of 80,000
pounds. But other trucks aren’t
allowed to carry the heavier
weights.
A lawsuit also has been filed in
federal court challenging the state
law limiting truck weights.
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DALLAS — For the couple
ho has everything, Neiman-
larcus this year is suggesting a
bird hand to serve the guests,
:ake out trash, water the plants,
addy at the putting green, walk
he dog and so on.
The third hand is a robot known
“ComRo I” and the exclusive
tore is offering a basic version for
$15,000, batteries included.
“You can choose from two mod-
ils to suit your lifestyle, ” the Dal-
,as-based store suggests in its
hristmas catalogue released
Wednesday. “The standard Com
Ro I includes spotlight and Tun
ing lights, wireless telephone,
moke alarm, vacuum, carpet
weeper, cigarette lighter, tote
ocket, tray rack, utility wagon,
cooper, squeegee” and so on and
;o forth.
The $17,500 deluxe model adds
lor television, AM-FM stereo
idio-cassette player and a tool
et.
The robot is the most exotic
ntry in this year’s Christmas cata
logue — a book that caters to the
ealthy and the eccentric — and
ists it under “his and her gifts.”
In previous years the store has
ffered, along with more standard
merchandise, ostriches, African
afaries and even hot air balloons
all with price tags as exotic as
the items.
Neiman-Marcus this year is
adding another accessory to its
“his and her gifts” — a robot pet
named “Wires” to keep ComRo 1
from being lonely.
“By radio control, it shakes its
head, wags its tail, lights up and
blinks, squeaks and generates
amusement,” the store says of the
$650 “pet” complete with carry
case.
For those who tire quickly of
electronic playthings, the cata
logue offers some unusual alterna
tives.
Under the catalogue’s “things
they didn’t know they needed”
category, there is a a steel and
aluminum Iglu-Maker for use
when weather permits to make an
igloo for $200, a coat hanger co
vered with mink and adorned by a
satin bow for $125 and a $275
wood and acrylic black sheep “in
case your family doesn’t have
one.”
There’s also a wooden rocking
horse marketed at a dashing
$6,500 and an’Angel Window”
made of Steuben Glass for a glim
mering $20,000.
The catalogue continues with
antelope-head bookends ($350 a
pair) and gems cut in golden Lon
ghorn steer-heads, a Texas spe
cialty ($1,000, no bull).
Men can give the women in
their lives a week at the specialty
store’s reducing and rejuvenating
spa “The Greenhouse” — for a
mere $2,200.
Today’s Almanac
United Press International
Today is Friday, Sept. 25, the
268th day of 1980 with 97 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
new phase.
The morning star is Mars.
The evening stars are Venus
and Jupiter.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Libra.
American author William
iFaulkner was born on Sept. 25,
1897.
On this date in history:
In 1513, Spanish explorer Bal
boa became the first known Euro-
ean to see the Pacific Ocean
yhen he crossed the Isthmus of
f Panama.
In 1789, the first U.S. Congress
adopted 12 amendments to the
original Constitution, 10 of which
were ratified and became known
as “The Bill of Rights.”
In 1926, the Ford Motor Co.,
put its workers on an eight-hour
day, five-day week schedule for
the first time.
In 1973, the American Skylab 2
crew ended a record 59-day stay in
space and returned safely to earth.
In 1978, a Pacific Southwest air
liner crashed into a residential
neighborhood of San Diego,
Calif., after colliding in flight with
a light plane. One-hundred forty-
four people were killed.
A thought for the day: American
author William Faulkner said, “I
decline to accept the end of man. ”
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