etc.
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Channel 9, but REACT mem
bers will know how to complete
the call by calling the proper
agency, ” Harris said.
The civil defense will alert
schools, and rely on television
for communication to the pub
lic. REACT is contacted by civil
defense to alert people outside
the normal communication
range, or in the case of an abs
ence of electricity, Harris said.
REACT would contact and
inform motorists where to go for
safety, shelter and medical aid,
and get help to those needing it,
Harris said.
“When Hurricane Allen was
anticipated, people from the
coast fled into the area,” Harris
said. “The motorists were in
formed to go to the university
dorms. Red Cross and the (A.P.
Beutel Health Center) for shel
ter and medical aid.”
Some REACT members are
also trained amateur radio oper
ators.
ham radios, would set up a base
station in the area, and handle
communications from other
cities.
The purpose of RACES is to
provide a frequency between
cities, so family and friends can
be contacted, Harris said.
If a tornado was expected,
RACES, another volunteer
organization, equipped with
Concerned individuals out
side of Bryan-College Station
should contact their Red Cross,
who can contact the local Red
Cross or Texas A&M’s ham
operator’s club, W5AC, with in
formation such as name and
address of the person to be
checked on. Red Cross or W5AC
will contact RACES who will
check on people in Bryan-
College Station, Harris said.
The message concerning the
person inquired about is re
turned to Red Cross or W5AC,
who will contact the family, Har
ris said.
RACES also provides
another outgoing frequency for
those in Bryan-College Station
wanting to send messages to
family and friends in other
cities.
REACT handles only local
situations, while RACES can
help with distant communica
tions, Harris said.
An adequate warning is im
portant so people in the area
have time to prepare, Harris
said.
McDonald said a tornado
watch and a tornado warning
should not be confused.
A watch only means torna
does and severe thunderstorms
are possible.
If a warning has been issued,
a tornado has been detected,
and people in or near the storm
path should take cover immedi
ately. Off-duty personnel would
report for duty and the health
center would be notified, McDo
nald said.
If a tornado approaches the
Bryan-College Station area,
warning broadcasts by local
radio and TV stations will trans
mit a “beep” tone every three
minutes to alert the public of
possible severe weather. Local
TV stations will have a “W” in
the upper right hand corner of
the screen, McDonald said.
A news release published by
the Insurance Information In
stitute advised people to seek
shelter in small rooms in the in
terior of houses or schools. The
closer the walls are, the better
support the room has.
Never attempt to drive away
from a tornado. If in an auto
mobile, abandon the car and
seek shelter in a nearby building
or ditch.
If possible, heads and chests
should be protected. Most
deaths associated with torna
does are caused by flying debris,
the institute reported.
The A.P Beutel Health Cen
ter is responsible for medical
attention and is prepared for
most situations if a tornado hits
Texas A&M, Dr. Claude Gos-
wick, health center director,
said.
The Texas A&M emergency
care team consisting of
emergency medical technicians
and emergency care attendants
would be contacted also, Gos-
wick said.
Star Trek II story
more believable
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by Eric Truax
Battalion Reviewer
The most merciful thing that
can be done with the first Star
Trek feature, “Star Trek: The
Motion Picture” is to forget that
it ever existed. “Star Trek: The
Wrath of Khan” by far deserves
to be considered as THE Star
Trek motion picture. It has an
imaginative storyline, believable
characters, and never suffers
the abysmal dullness of its pre
decessor.
The screenplay, from a story
by producer Harve Bennett
(former creator/producer Gene
Roddenberry served only as a
consultant), follows up on an
episode of Star Trek from its
first season on television.
The episode, “Space Seed,”
deals with Khan (Ricardo Mon-
talban), the leader of a band of
20th-century, genetically en
gineered supermen — their
attempt to commandeer the En
terprise and their exile to a de
serted planet.
Well, it’s 15 years later and
Khan is back, hungry for re
venge. He succeeds in getting
off the planet and, seizing a
Federation starship, sets out to
fulfill his single goal: to kill
James T. Kirk.
Kirk has by this time been
promoted to Admiral, and
Spock is now in command of the
Enterprise. After departing on a
th a
plays. Gone are the
drawn-out visual effecM
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counter Khan and his plot to
destroy Kirk and steal the secret
Genesis Project, which is capable
of creating life, and destroy it.
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spirit behind the entire Star
Trek phenomenon is partially
attributable to the lessening of
emphasis on dazzling visual dis-
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Disney-like effects,
latex gore make
‘Poltergeist’ fun
by Gary Barker
Battalion Staff
“They’re he-ere.” The sum
mer movies have arrived. And
not to miss out on his chance to
make a buck, Steven Spielberg
has two this year. Maybe there
should be a law limiting him to
one.
Spielberg should be crowned
“King of the Summer Movies.”
He brought us “Jaws,” “Close
Encounters of the Third Kind”
and “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
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Spielberg and his mentor,
George “Star Wars” Lucas, have
mastered mass entertainment
with admirable skill. “Pol
tergeist” is just one more exam
ple and his newest film, “E.T.”,
promises to be just as much fun.
Poltergeist, not to be con
fused with a spicy German lun-
chmeat, is a term that refers to
unexplainable disturbances
sometimes associated with
young children. The movie re
volves around the members of a
somewhat average Southern
California family who become
victims of some mean and nasty
ghosts; “TV people” as the 5-
year-old daughter calls them.
The cute little girl is the center
of the ghosts’ attention. She can
communicate with them, and
she is eventually kidnapped by
them.
The family summons a group
of parapsychology experts to
help find the girl, who is trapped
somewhere in the “Twilight
Zone.” Eighty-seven pounds of
latex gore later, the movie comes
to its ridiculous climax.
The actors are sufficient —
considering the ridiculous roles
they had to play. Most of them
have familiar faces from TV
roles, but none have familiar
names and none of them are
likely to be remembered.
The movie is suspenseful, but
not frightening. Spielberg
knows how to hold a suspenseful
moment and elicit screams from
teenage girls, but the movie is
never terrifying. Disneyland-
like special effects and ghosts in
art deco colors are somewhat
less than spine-tingling. And
once you’ve seen one skeleton
jump at you, you’ve seen them
all.
Spielberg is not a horror film
creator, he’s a fun film creator
— and “Poltergeist” is pure,
summer fun. It’s the perfect
break from sunbathing. You can
hop out of the pool, dry off, run
to the theater and then hop back
into the pool without a second
thought. There are no heavy
themes to fret over — and no
sharks.
But if anybody tries to tell you
it’s realistic, turn into a skeleton
and jump out of a dark, creepy
corner.
Today’s Almanac
United Press International
Today is Tuesday, June 8, the
160th day of 1982 with 206 to
follow.
The moon is in its full phase.
The morning stars are Mer
cury and Venus.
The evening stars are Mars,
Jupiter and Saturn.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Gemini.
American architect Frank
Lloyd Wright was born June 8,
1869.
On this date in history:
In 1869, Ives McGaffney of
Chicago obtained a patent for a
“sweeping machine” — the first
vacuum cleaner.
In 1928, a Schenectady, N.Y.,
station, WGY, began a regular
schedule of televised programs
three times a week.
In 1965, American astro
nauts Ed White and Jim McDi-
vitt completed their orbital jour
ney, having traveled 1.6 million
miles in 62 orbits of the earth.
In 1977, Rosalynn Carter,
met American missionaries in
Recife, Brazil, who told of being
“treated like animals” in Brazi
lian jails.
A thought for the day: Amer
ican writer Henry David
Thoreau said, “Nothing is so
much to be feared as fear.”
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