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Si •V state AGGIES! Douglas Jewflry Battalion/fd April 29,1 Illicit pilot crashlands but unhurt 10% AGGIE DISCOUNT ON ALL MERCHANDISE. WITH STUDENT ID (Cash Only Please) We reserve the right to limit use of this privilege. Downtown Bryan (212 Pi. Plain) and Culpepper Plaza NSC Career Development and MBA/Law Day Committee Accepting applications for 1982- 83 committee until 5 p.m. Monday, May 3 in #216 MSC United Press International HOUSTON — A man, who apparently was intoxicated and unlicensed to fly an airplane, gave residents of Pearland an air show and then crashlanded at the town’s airport, police said. “Half the town was at a stand still watching him for 45 mi nutes,” Police Chief G.C. Atkins said Tuesday. Gerald Griffin was not hurt after crashlanding on his seventh pass over the runway about 5 p.m. The Cessna 170 plane received only slight damage. Griffin was charged with public intoxication. And the Federal Aviation Administra tion is investigating Griffin, Atkins said. “All he had was a health certi ficate saying it was OK for him to take flying lessons,” Atkins said Texas drunken drivers may face tougher laws Driving-while-intoxicated laws will probably be toughened in the next state legislative session, state Sen. Kent Gaperton said Wednes day. But, he said mandatory jail sentences for all first-time offenders are unrealistic. Gaperton, speaking at the Sixth Annual Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol ism at Texas A&M University, said that over-crowded county jails and problems of judges and probation officers must be considered along with the need to remove drunken driv ers from the streets. Mandatory jail sentences for all DWI first-offenders have been requested by mem bers of MADD — Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Gaperton said. “Yes, we do need to toughen the DWI laws and 1 believe that they will be toughened,” the state senator from Bryan said, “but we can not put blinders about the rest of the system.” Gaperton said the Legisla ture has already begun to act in the area of alcohol abuse. “The Texas Legislature his torically has been largely un concerned with this problem,” he said, “but during the past two years dramatic .changes have occurred.” Gaperton cited, five laws enacted recently which he be lieves will make an impact on the problem. One of those bills raised the drinking age to 19, which Gaperton said may have paved the way for even older age limits. “There will be a move next time to raise the drinking age even higher,” he said. Gaperton said a bill requir ing anyone on probation for a first DWI offense to attend a DWI education program should help prevent repeat offenders. One measure he believes would I>e beneficial is a re quirement that medical schools include a course on alcohol abuse in their curri culum. Ca pert on’s speech w'as the keynote address of the insti- .way. ,SS OF iilway oi : SUMA the Dar .udder F CFTI iown at i in. 4 PUS C g Class i arringti KAP1 lairpersc in 110 Ru lute’s alcohol abuse)* “Community in Criss program, which is workshops on alaM sponsored by the ii® increase awareness oil UN! 1EDC at 7:30 p. PRELAW Kost is $> tial alcohol profiler UN I VERS I COUPON m The Best Pizza In Town! Honest INTRODUCES OUR BUY ONE, GET ONE JUST LIKE IT AT V2 PRICE PIZZA SPECIAL! 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I felt he was entitled to some kind of protection.” Similar agreements signed in more than 15 other states, in cluding Texas, have led to some 250 indictments, convictions and cash fines involving alleged bid-rigging. The Popejoy Construction Go., Inc., has been awarded more than $14 million in Col orado road projects by the state Department of Highways. Eisenbrandt said Popejoy told the Colorado authorities he was "not engaged in collusive activity in the state of Colorado nor is he aware of any.” Bid-rigging inveslijata other states haveturrif United Pr PLANO — own answei (,enc V hat build mu reel agreed among thenAI lfcontrac wouJd submit the« new houses on a specific highrarf ... , ine of Prosecutors have a! £ an be inst - (olluding contractors: sh J uld be re submitting the lotvT: • and n ensuring the urn f; ouses S() r hi.ted evenly among: can be instal •■pnalors. ■[■.The com] a line of fa polybutylene bets and ph Robert Miller, the I S ney for Colorado, saidl was interested inthestait ligation and mat inter: and a s j m ii a] rosing federal task font f 0I j sale in h; the Justice DepartmenllidBjj nder nf working in KansasandS cums tances, ka the last few months. Popejoy and Peter i Sons’ Inc., of Omaha, another contractor that di mg contractc products in 1981 many ( weren’t worl jThe ansv tensive work in Coloradt lVe j- t tbe been suspended in i from seeking highway t work. Slate Highway De| Director Jack Kinstlinj last week no firms had pended in Colorado, had been warned theint tion to bid in Colorado revoked. new home n and remoc Brass, based of Plano, is series of sen Air Force experience can get your career off the ground. If you’re in the market for a challenge, consider becoming an Air Force pilot, navigator or engineer. Top performance is a way of life in the Air Force. As an officer, you’ll be a vital part of the important role that the Air Force plays in world affairs. Find out how Air Force pilots, navigators and engineers enjoy a GREAT WAY OF LIFE by contacting: lig) s C00I $ 1 Ron Hamilton United States Air Force Recruiter 707 University Drive 846-5521 846-6790