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study at?;
Emergency
staff photo by Eileen Manton
plan 101
J u an effort to make students more aware of their health,
for visitij Texas A&M Emergency Care Team gave free blood
p m. attl >ressure checks to students. Debbie Sistrunk, a senior in
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be showt|
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health education takes Stuart Chamber’s blood pressure.
Chamber is a senior management major from Dallas.
Sistrunk is from Bryan.
A drivers pay more in ’81;
etroit motorists off the hook
J United Press International
IS | DETROIT — Detroit resi-
gk'nts live in the cheapest place
B drive, while Los Angeles
J Botorists shelled out the most
{I Ber mile in 1981, a survey of
■riving costs in the nation’s 20
Brgest cities shows.
: estimateiiB The annual survey, released
nts a gallon Sunday by the Hertz Corpora
te, Bon, showed the average cost
rompaniesj pti' mile to own and operate an
katsuchcft auto in the cities surveyed was
rdly afford cents, up from 39.7 cents in
erswhenilpSO.
tsed compt Detroit, where automobiles
icedindej* dominate virtually every aspect
If life, placed 20th on the Hertz
goshes, at 41.9 cents per mile. Los
Halsey sf ^ Il g e * es was first for the third
„ w York,4 stra ight year at 57.9 cents per
dse metoV>l e Land New York came in
y an efforikcond at 56.6 cents per mile,
it of their* An earlier Hertz study
showed the average cost to own
and operate a car nationwide in
|981 was 44.5 cents per mile.
he American Automobile
xecutivei
:rn (
sociation,
discontini
ervice
:h the oil m
prices asai
Association, however, pegged
the cost at 24.7 cents.
Major city costs normally are
higher than the national average
because of higher sales taxes and
insurance premiums.
The car rental and leasing
company blamed the boost in
driving costs on high car prices
and soaring interest rates. The
average compact bost about
$7,694 equipped with automatic
transmission, power steering,
brakes and air conditioning.
Hertz said fixed costs such as
depreciation, insurance and in
terest rates accounted for 31.3
cents of the big city average.
Variables such as maintenance,
repairs and gasoline accounted
for 11.4 cents.
While high prices and interest
rates played the biggest part in
determining the per-mile cost,
Hertz said insurance premiums
could change costs by several
cents a mile.
San Fransisco, the nation’s
third most expensive city to
drive in, had the most expensive
cars, highest maintenance costs
and service station items includ
ing fuel. Detroit had the
cheapest cars and service station
costs.
Insurance cost most in Los
Angeles, least in Washington.
Atlanta had the cheapest
maintenance costs.
The highest cities in order of
ranking were Los Angeles, 57.9
cents; New York City, 56.6
cents; San Francisco, 56.2 cents;
Miami, 49.7 cents; Chicago, 48.5
cents and Seattle, 47.6 cents.
The middle group included
Denver, 46.5 cents; Houston,
46.5 cents; St. Louis, 46.5 cents;
San Diego, 46.4 cents; Boston,
46.3 cents; Minneapolis, 46
cents; Milwaukee, 45.8 cents;
Pittsburgh, 45.7 cents; Cleve
land, 45 cents; Washington, 44.6
cents.
The bottom four cities were
Dallas, 43.6 cents; Cincinnati,
42.9 cents; Atlanta, 42.6 cents;
and Detroit, 41.9 cents.
Suspected
terrorists
arrested
United Press International
ROME — Police announced
Monday they arrested four sus
pected members of the Red Bri
gades terrorist gang, including
one registered nurse accused of
treating wounded members.
Police identified the nurse as
Paolo Maturi, 27, employed in
the gynecology department of
Rome’s San Giovanni hospital.
The arrest was made two weeks
ago, but police said it was kept
secret so as not to prejudice their
investigation.
Investigators said the nurse is
accused of extracting a bullet
from the left arm of Giovanni
Alimonti, 27, the suspected Red
Brigades member who worked
as a telephone operator in the
central Parliament offices.
Police say Alimonti apparent
ly was wounded in the Red Bri
gades’ Jan. 6 attempt to kidnap
Nicola Simone, deputy chief of
Rome’s anti-terrorist police
squad. Simone fired a shot that
wounded one of his would-be
kidnappers before being se
riously wounded himself.
Alimonti has been absent
from his Parliament job since
the shooting.
Maturi also was suspected of
having treated other wounded
Red Brigades members in the
past, police said.
Police in the city of Livorno in
northern Italy said they arrested
three dock workers suspected of
being Red Brigades supporters.
Officers said the three were not
major figures in the leftist gang,
but that they were believed to
have provided it with logistical
evidence.
Who
wears the pants?
At the new County Seat in Post Oak Mall everybody
wears the pants, and that includes gals. And what kind of
pants? We’ve got them all, classic and designer jeans,
casual pants, shorts and sweats. During our Grand Opening
Feb. 17 to 20, gals can save on a classic.
Gals’ California Straights, Reg. $29, now $l6-99-
COUNTY SEAT
STORES
For the best in casual clothes for guys, gals and kids,
just direct your feet to the County Seat.
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