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i -■ ? r Page 6 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1981 Texaco answers surcharge issue United Press International HOUSTON — Texaco Corp. officials said a large part of the company’s credit card business would be lost if they had passed along overhead expenses to card holders rather than to dealers. But the dealers said because of the new 3 percent charge, they will be forced to raise gasoline prices about four cents a gallon and it will be the cash customers who will be unfairly punished. J.C. Kiersted, Texaco spokes man, said Monday the processing fee is a move by the company to recover a portion of the high cost of maintaining the credit card sys tem. In 1981, he said, the cost was over $100 million. Kiersted said the company had several options available to cover those costs, including assessing a charge directly to card holders, but a number of card holders would turn in their cards. “The effect would be to do away with a portion of the system,” Kiersted said. “The only fair op tion which would hold the best long term promise is the proces sing charge be put on the dealers to share in the cost of the benefit,” he said. The service station dealers, along with the Lone Star Service Station Association, bought large advertisements in Houston news papers Monday, calling the com pany proposal “a rip off’ and a “credit card con. ” The ad read: “It seems that Texaco does not have the integrity or courage to pass their $100 million plus credit card costs directly to their millions of credit card holders who enjoy the convenience of using the card. In stead, Texaco has decided to dis guise its surcharge as an added cost of the dealer who sells your gasoline.” Oklahoma ‘Kangaroo’ is actually exotic cavy United Press International TULSA, Okla. —The “kangar oo” that puzzled early risers with its scampers through a north Tulsa neighborhood has been captured, and it turns out not to be a kangar oo after all. The creature finally captured last weekend is a cavy, an animal from South America, animal con trol officer Arthur Dunn said Monday. The first report came weeks ago from an intoxicated man who went into a restaurant and said he had just run over a kangaroo. Police confirmed the man had a large, dead animal resembling a kangar oo in his truck. A 2V2-foot cavy that animal con trol officers cornered in a residen tial area Sunday offers an explana tion for kangaroo sightings by pap er carriers and other early risers in the neighborhood, Dunn said. -i/i 1 *V r . *// f i x 16 Gal.Starting,© $27“ INCLUDES Keg,"705, Punp, Cups ^ 100 LBS ICE FRONT DESK i CLERK HOUSEKEEPER ; MAID WAITRESS full or part time | ;• Experience Helpful, but will train.-;: Apply in Person j-j !; Ponderosa : 3702 PONDEROSA t Texas •: Ave. •j College >: Station, Brown & Root consider leaving nuclear project >: Texas The Corps of Cadets gets its news from the Batt. United Press International HOUSTON — Brown & Hoot Inc., replaced as designer and manager of the South Texas Nuc lear Project, may leave the project completely, a representative for Brown & Root said. “We’re looking at all aspects of this, but it is a question of our future role in the project and it’s under study,” Representative Clark Councill said Monday. The possibility of a legal dis pute between Brown & Root and the consortium of utilities, headed by Houston Lighting & Power Co. , that hired Brown & Root as designer and builder was not de nied by Councill. HL&P last week in effect mod ified its contract with Brown & Root last week announcing that Bechtel Power Corp. will replace Brown & Root as designer and construction manager. Officials blamed Brown & Root’s inability to hire enough en gineers to do speedy design work, manage construction and build the project, all at the same time. HEALTH NEWS £**************^ * Recurring ur By Dr. Stephenson Suffering from throbbing |,nin. stiffness in the neck, nausea, dir.zeyness. 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 complies! ions or even n nervous breakdown if not corrected promptly. 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" criticism by groups The legal ramifications will be project, but HL&P discussed with the parties, Beeth Regulatory Commis: said. was fined $100, Councill said it could be weeks not enforcing NEC or months before a decision is and quality control n made whether to accept the in- The 2,500-mega»: vitation to stay on in a reduced reactor plant is beins! capacity. miles southwest of "You just don’t walk in to a pro- HL&P, Central Pow ject this big and walk out the next Co. of Corpus Christ day,” Councill said. municipal utilitiesofi;' Asked if removal from the pro- and Austin, ject hurt Brown & Root’s reputa- Brown & Root starte:' tion for competence it had built tion in late 1975 with over more than three decades, cost of about $1 billion Councill said: “I think you can reactor startup date! read into it. I’m not going to com- Brown & Roofs costes ment on that.” risen to more thanSf- Brown & Root, a construction startup to 1986. giant, was one of six companies HL&P and Brown hi that created an association which tially blame changesinP did a lot of American construction struction standards lit work during the Vietnam War. creases and delays, h* However, Brown & Hoot has Antonio official saidlagh had relatively little experience work had reduced building nuclear power plants. tion work force £ The firm was builder, but not 2,700. designer, on Carolina Power & “We needed moreco® Light Co.’s Brunswick Station in progress and reluctantlrl the mid-1970s and is builder only eluded that Brown on Texas Utilities Co. s Comanche not do it,” Beeth said. ‘The church persuades us once again that life is good, because it comes to us as the gift of a good God' 30. *Call Mimi Renz—> 696-2109 between *9-10 A.M.* N not oorwclBd. ttwa* am toad to mar* mtioui eompMcattons. CMS Dr. Stewart D. 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