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Battalion/Page 7
August 12, 1982
‘Best Little Whorehouse’ best lit’ summer flick
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by Bill Robinson
Battalion Staff
While the film itself is not
quite as glamorous as the events
which surrounded its premiere,
t0 then ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in
Fastbn Texas” could prove itself to be
one of the best films to hit the
| silver screen this summer.
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director. He skillfully spans the
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for the production.
Perhaps the brightest aspect
of the film is its brilliant cinema
tography. The rich even tones of
the film make it a pleasure to
behold and could easily earn Di
rector of Photography William
Fraker an Oscar for his en
deavors.
And the cast!
It is such a perfect cast for the
film that the screenplay had to
be written especially for it, which
it was — much to the dismay of
writer Larry L. King, who stuck
a little closer to the historical
facts.
Higgins adapted the screen
play from the stage play by King
and Peter Masterson with Burt
Reynolds and Dolly Parton in
mind.
And Dolly Parton is one of the
things that makes this film great.
Appearing in only her second
motion picture role — the first
was 9 to 5 — Parton proves that
she is as good an actress as a
singer and has ample opportun
ity to demonstrate both talents
in her portrayal of Miss Mona,
the owner of the Chicken Ranch
— the legendary brothel which
inspired the film.
Good-old-boy Burt Reynolds
plays Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd, the
good-old-boy lawman of fiction
al Gilbert, Texas, (the real
Chicken Ranch was in La
Grange). He is even allowed to
sing a cute little duet with Dolly.
One of the big surprises of the
film is Jim Nabors, who shows he
can do more than television. He
plays Deputy Fred, Reynolds’
bumbling, Corner Pyle-like side-
kick, in his first film role ever.
Charles Durning gives one of
the film’s funniest perform
ances doing “The Sidestep” as
the un-named governor — pat
terned after Gov. Dolph
Briscoe.
Also, Dorn DeLuise is great ajs
Melvin P. Thorpe — a charade)-
based on the crusading Marvin
Zindler, who closed the Chickert
Ranch — and Robert Mandah
(former star of “SOAP") is per
fect as Senator Wingwood.
Even the Aggies get a big role
in “The Best Little Whorehouse
in Texas” thanks to a little vic
tory party at the Chicken Ranch
on its closing night.
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chances of being robbed
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[DALLAS — On the door of
irtually every one of the 7,098
[-Eleven stores in the United
ates is a height indicator.
They are posted there for a
rious reason — to help solve
bberies. The height from the
floor is marked off at the four-,
five- and six-foot levels. Lines
alfway between the brightly
iored, easy-to-read numbers
dicate six inches.
When a 7-Eleven store is rob-
d, the indicators will help the
ttled clerk estimate the height
of the rbbber as the bandit hur
ries out the door. Anything that
ids in catching the robber may
iclp prevent further robberies.
It is one of many steps South-
hnd Corp. has taken to prevent
bberies, a major concern for
the firm whose 7-Eleven stores
usually are open 24 hours a day.
Southland closely guards fi
gures on the number of robber
ies and the amount of money
lost. But the company says from
1976, when the robbery preven
tion program was started,
through 1981, the company
showed a 40 percent decrease in
robberies.
The program involves many
individual steps, but the keys are
cash control and employee edu
cation in tested procedures.
“We’ve done interviews with
armed robbers after they’re
caught,” Robert L. Buhrig,
Southland’s corporate security
manager, said. “They tell us the
overwhelming decision to rob or
not to rob is the availability of
cash. Because it’s cash they’re af
ter, cash control is the key to re
duction in robberies.”
Cash control is maintained
through Tidel Systems, a South
land Division that installs money
storing units called Timed Ac
cess Cash Controllers. Clerks are
instructed to put all cash over a
base amount in the safe-like box
bolted to the floor. If bills or sil
ver are needed to make change,
the system will dole it out on a
time-delay basis — typically $10
worth of change at two-minute
or five-minute intervals.
Robbers want to be in and out
in a hurry, reducing chances of a
passing policeman making a cu
rious visit or of other customers
arriving.
“The average robbery takes
58 seconds,” Buhrig said.
Robbers don’t want to wait
around for the Tidel System to
dispense an additional $10 or
$20. Nationally, the average loss
in a 7-Eleven robbery is $47.
Since the system is only as
good as the clerks who use it,
reminders on the registers —
even the clocks — remind them
to “Make That Drop.”
The counter area of every 7-
Eleven store is clearly visible
from outside. Lighting is ba
lanced so those inside can see
out and persons outside can see
in. Goods are stocked only to
heights of about 4‘A feet so
clerks can see all areas of the
store.
One reason 7-Eleven em
ployees wear smocks is to allow
instant identification in case
police come upon a robbery in
progress.
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