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Battalion/Page i April 14, m FOR SALE c;s pkg. 2,M $11,200, 1-S2S-HSS ISX, 693-79W. Deluxe IxMiiliful lil 0. H46-6593alli , r6p,|B national Battalion/Page 15 April 14, 1982 Warped By Scott McCullar p. People save money Jby doing own work ipnler SeieliH', Aim i93-63» I processing quipiial Railroad worker walkout understand form irrl'll ^^ -« • ..^.upsets Chicago rush hour vine For All "1 I ^^ vice For ler Corp. Cars fork — Paintinj ELL MOTOR PANY INC, I I United Press International 1 CHICAGO — Neatly 12,000 Burlington Northern brake- men, switchmen and conductors Tuesday staged a wildcat walk out that shut down the rail sys tem in a 25-state region and scrambled the rush hour for thousands of suburban Chicago commuters. Railroad officials said they need fust, *iw planned to go to court in Chica go or St. Paul, Minn., to seek a temporary restraining order and Service Since 131 r <asAve 823-8111 ^ ■i ■§■■■■■ •ISSINC-Papen, J ,nines, etc. Fast, ad i200. IKI. S15-2871. , 515-^022 <xl y i con cmim^ a*ci to 1 halt the walkout that apparently ?’ ^Mgas prompted by slow move- • nient on a contract and over -4 general working conditions. 250 anvtimr. I Essentially we II go wherever H^e can get a judge the fastest,” iaid spokesman Chris Welsh at company headquarters in St. FYPING. us type your pra ons, reports, essa Paul. Picket lines went up simul taneously at railroad yards in 25 western, midwestern and south ern states- Burlington Northern con tends the strike is an illegal ac tion authorized by the United Transportation Union, Welsh said. A week ago, Burlington Northern dispatchers walked out. in a strike that lasted until a court order in Illinois halted the picketing. “The strike is system-wide,” Welsh said. “It affects 11,900 United Transportation Union members who are switchmen, brakemen and conductors — the guys who operate the trains, with the exception of the loco motive engineers.” Other unions were honoring the strike, effectively shutting down the railroad. The walkout fouled up the morning rush hour for nearly 20,000 Burlington Northern Railroad commuters in suburbs in western Chicago. Feeder buses were used to transport rid ers to other rail lines. Rod Swisher, Sheridan chair man of UTU Local 951 in Sher idan, Wyo., said the walkout was a “peaceful withdrawal” to pro test lack of negotiations on a contract for engineers and train men that expired in March 1981. He said the UTU is cur rently working under the ex pired contract. Don Baker, a Burlington Northern official at Fargo, N.D., said the walkout was illegal be cause the issue of work rules was before the National Mediation Board. Burlington Northern is the nation’s longest railroad with more than 29,000 miles of track in 25 states from the Pacific Northwest to the Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico. It specializes iri hauling commodities such as coal from western states to mid^ western power plants, and grain to overseas markets. Reports of picketing came from states including Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado, Oklahoma, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska and Iowa. »±°«3P(jcia/s press for unveiling ununicad'on Siimgj Texas Ave. S. 46-5794 S0NALS Tax credit in Reagan’s plans BID itli pi'intiiii! prixslfl ii! i-imipiitcr Bun*! .it Texas A&M l'i» il Hldi:.. Kiniircij nriiis as ailiililt'W aid and llinnii I l!A )RTIJNITIES a c -H ■formitioi) il TtOi H 4444 24 houn i if ^ -Ismity through AKW :M University 1 Irssnns? liSMM; icoinimm sKiiilit |! | < c lass riiip. Htl i() 3219 Texas Ml United Press International WASHINGTON — Pressed OFFICIAL NOTICE ATTENTION MAY GRADUATES OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Graduation Announcement orders may be picked up beginning NOW at the MSC Brows ing Library! Bring your receipt! | EXTRA ANNOUNCEMENT SALES (for those unable to place an order) will be on a First s Come-First Serve basis beginning MONDAY, APRIL 19, at 8 A.M. in the MSC Student Finance Center, Room 217 MSC. 131t6 NOTICE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE MAJORS Preregistration for the Fall 1982 I Semester will be conducted dur ing the week of April 19-23, 1982. [if you plan to preregister, you ishould schedule a conference [with your Academic Advisor and obtain an approved Course Re quest Form prior to the week of preregistration. Deliver the ap proved Course Request Form to the Biomedical Science Office, Rm. 332, Veterinary Medical Ad ministration Bldg. During prere gistration week, you should return to the Biomedical Science Office topck up your registration packet and complete your registration. YOU ARE URGED TO SEE YOUR FACULTY ADVISOR SOON. 124110 by Roman Catholic officials and congressional supporters. Presi dent Reagan plans to announce Thursday his tuition tax credit proposal to help parents who send their children to private schools. The proposal, which a White House aide said would be out lined to a meeting of the Nation al Catholic Education Associa tion in Chicago, would fulfill a Reagan campaign promise. The White House aide said SPECIAL NOTICE the proposal had been approved by the Cabinet and could be phased m over several years. Backers of tuition tax credits have been pressing for action. Eight Republican House mem bers signed a letter to Reagan urging him to advance his prop osal. But the proposal could face problems in a Congress already wrestling with the high federal deficit. Senate Finance Chair man Bob Dole, R-Kan., whose panel would have jurisdiction, said it could be too expensive this year. Unconfirmed reports say the tax credit could be as low as S100 for the first year of the program. The trade paper Education Week reported the administra tion plan would begin with less than S250 for the 1988 calendar year, and possibly rise to as much as S 1,000 per child in a few years. United Press International NEW YORK — The do-it- yourself industry has done well diiring the current recession as more and more people get out tools and make repairs and alterations to save money. In 1980, retail sales of do-it- yourself tools and supplies were up about 6.2 percent after ad justment for inflation. This in a year when general retail sales were down 9.3 percent in real terms, personal income was off 2.3 percent and the Gross Na tional Product off 2.5 percent. The survey made for the Stanley Works of New Britain, Conn., makers of many kinds of tools, was done before 1981 fi gures were available. A group of people from tools and supplies producers pre sented the data to Wall Street analysts in a New York seminar. Sales volume for 1990 was E rojected at just under $115 bil- on. That is compared with esti mated expenditures in 1980 of about $30 billion. The 1980 sales values of the eight most common types of do- it-yourself projects were esti mated at $19.5 billion for about 84.2 million separate projects by homeowners and other do-it- yourselfers. These figures were presented to the seminar by Morris R. Robinson, vice presi dent of the Bureau of Building Market Research. Painting, wallpapering, paneling and floor covering were by far the most popular do- it-yourself improvements with 36 million projects and outlays of $4.1 billion. The most expen sive jobs were kitchen and bath room improvements and re pairs. About 12.5 million do-it- yourself plumbing jobs were ex ecuted in 1980, Robinson said, plus 13.5 million energy-related jobs — furnaces, water heaters, insulation, solar heaters — and 7.6-million electric repairs. Much of this is work that in many areas requires a building permit or other official permit and is forbidden to amateurs in some urban areas with strict law's. As for major outside jobs, do- it-yourselfers spent $708 million for supplies for patios and decks in 1980, $757 million for new roofs, $370 million for new sid- TAMU Theatre Arts Program Presents TWIN CITY GOLF DRIVING RANGE Hrs: Mon-Sat 12-9 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m.-8 p.m. 696-1220 East Bypass and Hwy. 30. Service Road Going South - V* miles. Book t Lyrics by George Haimsohn £ Robin Miller. Music by Jim Wise. HAVE Oft 982 AGGIE WILL DING AND MAILED 1C 3E STOPB' 'ENT “ 3 OFFICE t 6 REEC BLDG iC MAILINC NG t WARDINC SO YC Z) CAN YOU NEX1 11 THEY ,n 8**00 April 14-17 Rudder Theatre Tickets Avaiable at Rudder Box Office ing, and $484 million on fences. They did $2.1 billion worth of room additions and $1.2 billion in basement conversions. In justifying the projection of such big growth in the do-it- yourself market in the 1980s, Robinson said the number of householders age 25-44 will in crease to 98.9 million in 1990 from 80.1 million in 1980. Bert D. McCammon Jr. of the University of Oklahoma Busi ness School, and Bradley T. Farnsworth of the National Re tail Hardware Association’s Home Center Institute pre sented a study to the financial • analysts on what motivates do-ij- .'J youi sellers. •They said the largest group-*- ' 35.9 percent — are reluctant do- it-yourselfers who tackle die i work simply because they can t afford or are unwilling to pay ' / professional craftsmen. They •' said 21.3 percent are dedicated - to it with a vengeance and 13 j percent are very active do-it- ; yourselfers. The remaining 29 percent were divided rathec mysteriously between discre tionary and transitional workers. $2.50 Students $3.50 Non-Students BRAZOS SAVINGS Rate Update Individual Retirement Account Interest for the first 30 days of deposit then you select Fixed IRA 14.350% (rate fixed for 18 months) or Variable IRA 14,047% (rate effective thru June 30, 1982) Each rate is compounded monthly. Brazos Investors Account 11.500% (rate adjusted daily) 1,000 minimum* 6-Month Money Market Certificate 13.154% (rate fixed for term) $10,000 minimum deposit 2 1 /2-Year Money Market Certificate 15.660% Effective Annual Yield 14.350% (rate fixed for term) no minimum deposit RATES EFFECTIVE AS OF April 13, 1982 Rates are subject to change. Call Brazos Savings for today’s rates. 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