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Battalion/Pajff
July 1,
New system to help
battle check-bouncers
Warped
By Scott McCuh
United Press International
SAN ANTONIO — A tele
phone-sized computer de
veloped by Southwest Research
Institute presents businesses
with a new weapon in the battle
against hot checks, officials at
the Institute say.
The LR-8 DataLink terminal
can verify checks in 10 seconds
and give a customer’s standing
with a major credit card com
pany in 18 seconds, officials said
Tuesday.
The terminal can be tied to
computers that carry the names
of 80,000 bad check writers in
South Texas and the credit card
data. The Institute developed
the computer device for Frank
Lombardino, a former Texas
senator who founded a San
Antonio credit and check collec
tions business in 1954.
“Our experience with bad
checks indicates that 50 percent
of all returned checks are hot
checks written by repeat offen
ders,” Lombardino said. “Data
Link can eliminate these im
mediately.”
He said clerks will no longer
have to leave their stations to
have checks approved, and time
will be saved for the business
and the customer.
“In most cases, it makes check
cashing faster than using cash,”
Lombardino said.
The DataLink terminals have
been tested at the Frost Bros,
department stores in San Anto
nio, where vice president John
McCue said the terminals are “a
major breakthrough in reduc
ing hot check losses and impro
ving customer relations.”
The Kroger Co. has leased
132 of the LR-8 models for its
San Antonio stores.
Sixteen terminals can be tied
into one telephone line to reach
the computer bank.
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Local events celebrate Fourth of July
July 4th weekend Sale
Save Big
by Susan Dittman
Battalion Staff
Have you let the Fourth of
July weekend sneak up on you
without making plans to cele
brate?
Well, right here in Bryan/
College Station and in other
nearby areas, parties and celeb
rations have been planned in
honor of Independence Day.
Locally, the Intramural-
Recreational Sports Depart
ment, the MSC Grove Commit
tee and the MSC Basement
Committee have scheduled a
Thurs., Fri., Sat. & Mon.
Our HKarachi
Open till 9 except Sat. till I I
& Mon. till 5
Guitar Sale
KEyboARd
Center
Inc.
POST OAK MALL
College Station, TX 77840
This carefully selected
version of the classic Mexican
sandal, with its special woven
leather design, shapes itself
to your foot for cool, durable
comfort.
Light or dark leather,
for men and women.
Fourth of July party at Wofford-
Cain Pool from noon to 8 p.m.
Fusion will provide musical
entertainment from 1 to 2 p.m.
and again from 3 to 4 p.m.
Twenty-five cent hotdogs and
10 cent soft drinks will also be
available.
The Texas A&M varsity di
ving team will give a demonstra
tion at 4 p.m. Contests and
games for all ages will also be
held during the day.
Texas A&M students with
current I.D. cards and staff
members who have purchased
pool passes will be admitted free
of charge. The cost for all others
is one dollar for adults and 50
cents for children under 12.
And what’s the Fourth ofjuly
without fireworks? The College
Station Noon Lions Club,
through the cooperation of the
City of College Station and the
College Station Independent
School District, will sponsor the
July 4 Independence Day Celeb
ration and Fireworks Show at
Tiger Field on Holik Street.
“An entire evening of activi
ties is planned for the whole
family,” Program Chairman Ro
ger Koppa said. “Families can
come play, eat, be entertained by
music and watch the fireworks
display after dark.”
Concession stands open at
5:30 p.m. and games for all ages
begin at 6:30 p.m. Winners of
events will get slices of another
American tradition — water
melon.
The Plainsmen, a bluegrass
band from Houston, will enter
tain the crowd at 8 p.m.
A presentation of the colors
by area scouts will be followed by
a concert featuring patriotic
songs sung by the A&M Consoli
dated High School Honor
Choir.
For those seeking entertain
ment outside of B-CS, country
music performers Mei
gard and Janie Fricke
form at the Frontier
Fourth of july Weekend
ration in Huffman
V ictor/\
itars in tli
rer who
located on FM 1960East 3 ema , e in
miles east of Lake How
Haggard will perfon p
shows on July 3 at 5 p.m ,
p.m. Tickets are SlOinai
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beer. Pizza Hut, Red
and United Airlines cot
cials, will light up the sla
July 4 at 5 p.m. and 9p.
lowed by a firework sho'«
Tickets are $8 in advam
SI0.50 at the gate
under 12 will be admitted
Other features indu
championship rodeo on
day and Sunday from2p.
til 5 p.m., as well as conn
music by area bands. For
information call 456-1
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