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Battalion/Page 3
July 1, 1982
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an achievtpt “on the lookout” for crime,
a “world pill Erwin, GTE division man-
;er, says.
GTE will launch a pilot
rime Watch” program in
: Bryan—College Station
lea on Monday. If the prog-
m is successful here, it may
expanded to other areas
rviced by GTE and to other
another.flility companies. Several oil
pipanies have expressed in
fest in the program, Janet
rkins, public aff airs repre-
ntative of the company,
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Employees will be watching
lor suspicious activities in
I jhborhoods while work-
ino Room V s he said. Participants will
I I report any such activities
I area police.
fGTE’s aim is to help pro
le a deterrent to increasing
Ine in the community,”
■ I win said.
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A system will be im
plemented to insure first
priority on emergency calls.
Priority I calls include rapes
which are in progress or have
just occurred, robberies,
burglaries in progress, colli
sions with injuries, shootings
and fights.
The B-CS area was chosen
for the pilot program because
of its rising crime rate, she
said.
Perkins stressed that GTE
employees will act only in a
reporting capacity and are en
couraged not to get involved
in the police department’s
work.
Knowing that telephone
company employees are look
ing out for crime might deter
prospective criminals, Perkins
said.
1 n addition, employees call
ing in from the field will shor
ten the response time of the
police department because of
the phone handsets all GTE
employees carry with them,
The handsets can be plugged
directly into any line, she said.
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Gas prices up nationwide;
expected to rise even more
United Press International
HOUSTON — The Amer
ican Automobile Association re
ports that gasoline prices nation
wide have increased an average
of 8.1 cents a gallon since Memo
rial Day, making it the biggest
jump since President Reagan re
moved price controls.
In the Houston area, howev
er, the AAA said prices have
gone up more than 10 cents a
gallon this month and could rise
even higher before the
weekend.
Gasoline prices across the na
tion have gone to $1.35 a gallon
for regular, leaded gasoline and
unleaded regular gasoline is sell
ing for about $1.42 a gallon.
Self-service prices are about
$1.19 for regular, leaded and
$1.26 a gallon for unleaded
gasoline.
About 75 percent of service
stations in Texas will be closed
for the July 4 holiday. Almost all
stations located on major high
ways will be open.
What’s Up
Thursday
TEXAS A&M ICE HOCKEY:An organizational meeting will
be held at 7 p.m. on the sixth floor of Evans Library.
Friday
EPISCOPAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION:The group will
meet for Holy Eucharist and breakfast at 6:30 a.m. in the
Canterbury House, 902 Jersey St.
State high court to hear wrongful death case
United Press International
AUSTIN — The Texas Sup
reme Court agreed Wednesday
to determine if parents are enti
tled to collect monetary dam
ages for the wrongful death of a
minor child.
Eugene and Angelica San
chez, parents of Johnny San
chez, 14, filed the suit against
Charles J. and Jean Schindler
and their minor son, Charles J.
Schindler II, contending the
Schindler youth caused the
death of Johnny Sanchez in a
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March 25, 1979, accident involv
ing a pickup and a motorcycle in
Key Allegro in Aransas County.
The Sanchez family also con
tended in the suit that the
Schindlers were negligent in en
trusting their son with the pick
up truck.
A jury in the case ruled the
Schindlers were negligent, and
recommended the parents of
the Sanchez boy be awarded
$50,000 for the youth’s pain and
suffering before his death,
$7,187 for his medical treat
ment, $4,000 for funeral ex
penses and $450 for damage to
his motorcycle. In addition, the
jury recommended awarding
$ 102,500 to the boy’s mother for
her mental suffering, but de
clined to recommend damages
to the parents concerning any
pecuniary loss they sustained as
a result of his death.
The trial judge rejected the
jury recommendations for dam
ages for Mrs. Sanchez’ mental
suffering, however.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez
appealed that decision, saying in
their appeal to the Supreme
Court that the lower court deci
sions mean “that Texas law re
quires no recovery for the pa
rents of a child who is negligent
ly killed by an admitted tort
feasor.”
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