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Battalion/Page 11 December 14, 1982 sports ula Bowl kickoff moved; P' Sherrill to coach East team TANK MCNAMARA te, 6-0, niOff If United Press International ed by No v' i HONOLULU — The starting Iowa, No j' ^ me f° r the Hula Bowl, sche- t. 9 Abbas■ ? uled for J an - 15 at Aloha Sta- Soie d e [J dium, has been moved back to 8 and Te P >m - CST and will be seen dur- (and also b mg prime-time on national tele- on from as j“ 10n ' the 8 ame committee I]n( i.f j flnnoimced Monday, the stmoiifl fhe all-star game will be tele- r Nft f cast by NBC. Jackie Sherrill of c ^xas A&M will coach the East Bun and Washington’s Don fames will handle the West ad. igan two spots, >, 5-0, remsi o victories, 5-0 after itj mained eii a,4-0,movd] iSt.Joh ee spots, 5-1, is 1 12 Tentif isas, and Hi h fell fours [eisner out United Press International ANAHEIM, Calif. — Greg |Ieisner, the Los Angeles Rams’ B ond-year defensive tackle, Underwent knee surgery Mon- ly and will be out the rest of the llowedbvKdweason, the team has ite; ViibBnounced. d nineposica Meisner sustained the injury eaten by Pr to his right knee in Sunday’s i-Las Vegai^24 loss to the Denver Broncos. > State, oard consisi tom seven countn 5 15 d on a 15-H Monday’s operation to repair ligament damage was per formed at Centinela Medical Center in Inglewood by Dr. Clarence Shields. Coach has Blues United Press International ST. LOUIS — Emile Francis, coach and president of the St. Louis Blues, said Monday that he’ll turn over the coaching post for a week to assistant Barclay Plager to get a different pers pective on the struggling club. Francis said he was not pleased with the team’s 10-19-3 record, Fifth worst in the 21- team NHL. He said he will watch the next three games from the press box. Tyler United Press International DETROIT — Forward Terry Tyler cut his hand during prac- hite Sox sign loyd Bannister i t0[ despite low bid a t 7 United Press International y I CHICAGO — They admitted / that other teams bid more for 9 k Floyd Bannister, but the Chica- - H j S° White Sox somehow landed v ' the Seattle lefthander and com pleted their free-agent battery, u Interallied| The White Sox won the eastern 0^ sweepstakes for the highly 1 in sometp sought-after Mariner by coming ue in theco 10 terms on a Five-year contract makinglifeffelkved to be worth about $4.5 ach LouHt®l‘ on - he season lT Th e White Sox said they have ;ka lUinoii 11 option for three additional ■ b y send on ® lllini mettbl were roctel ty. And al Bannister, who en- November re-entry rears for tered the faft. The signing, which will take Place formally Wednesday, was Illinois wait the second ma j or free-agent ac- time hvVz ( l u ‘ s ' 1; ’ on t>y White Sox board ping,/^Sairman ferry Rei t hit afreetj Jerry Reinsdorf and earn President Eddie Einhorn. this weco: T' v0 y ears a g° the new owners ’.kef, landed former Boston catcher We cani i# adton Fisk. They credited him n with playing a key role in con- t vincing Bannister to play for the t-Q fnniiFi Whlte SoX - , n j - rp J| They indicated two other j clubs had outbid them for the ketattbe#-y ear -° ld P ltcher ’ w ho was •ee throw! ;with 15 se i raised tl unavailable for comment at the White Sox news conference Monday. Bannister, who was drafted by 16 teams, led the American League in strikeouts in 1982 with 209. He Finished the season with a 12-13 record and a 3.43 ERA in 247 innings pitched. In 35 starts, Bannister threw three shutouts. The one-time Houston Astro reportedly had narrowed his choices to St. Louis, Philadel phia, Kansas City and the White Sox, but chose Chicago. New White Sox pitching coach Dave Duncan, hired after the 1982 season, served as Ban nister’s pitching coach in Seattle and White Sox General Mana ger Roland Hemond conceded that was a factor. “In addition, Carlton Fisk and Tom Paciorek, who played with Bannister, talked to him and helped us in the negotia tions,” Hemond said. Bannister had said he also wanted to play with the team that had good defense and strong bullpen. ivera to play in lue-Gray contest 2! _ n WlhB by Bill Co't United Press International 118poiiil4;, MONTGOMERY, Ala. free thm Texas Tech and Oklahoma Tto39insj State will each be represented by ameinvoi'j two defensive linemen when the North and South clash Christ- lllinois,!^ , Mo., Ste' ( for 21 poi- : 1 mas Day in the 45th annual Blue-Gray All-Star Classic. Texas A&M head coach Jack- Missoun j >e Sherrill and Aggie quarter- ictory. f back Gary Kubiak have also onsecuW agreed to represent the Gray in ck it open * the classic. wasledbpl Charles Jones, executive di points, fector for the Blue-Gray Asso- irry Poled Ration, said both nose guard mth I2s(f'•iY a b r > e l Rivera and Hasson igan StatP ■rbubakrr of Texas Tech will 69; frf /Play for the South’s defense, j in ISpoi' t{ Oklahoma State’s Gary Lewis zed thel j and Gary Charchere will line up South, ii 0n the Blue’s defensive squad, rhes scort-f he said. )la of CltJ^ Other defensive linemen for iraiso, ol.lbe North include Chuck Ehin 26 poinB| Of Brigham Young; Shamus elandStatij McDonough of Iowa State; Re- son scorsirggie Camp of California; and State stCTfJPhn Harper of Southern Illi- ), andWgois. , points J! : i Rouriding out the Gray’s de fensive line are James Lane of Alabama State; Travis Selph of Baylor; Jody Schultz of East Carolina; Tony Chickillo of Miami; and Padro Phillips of Virginia Tech. Other defensive and offen sive players will be announced later in the week. Jones said Rivera and Lewis are top prospects for the Nation al Football League draft and they will be exposed to more than 100 pro scouts during the nationally-televised charity game. Organizers expect more than the usual number of scouts at this year’s game because of the formation of the United States Football League. 1 t ♦ Having a party & ♦ need live music? J COUNTRY ROAD ♦ 4 Country & Western ▼ 4 Dance Band ▲ Call Sonny 779-600P 1 Mike Zaby’s Wishes You Happy Holidays! Tuesday — Ladies Night... Ladies drink free all night! Wednesday — Bash Night... Free drinks for all, 9-12! Thursday — Another Ladle’s Night... Prettiest in Dallas! Friday & Saturday — Party time... Anything goes! *Open Christmas Eve and Day! -*New Year’s Eve Party! *19 year olds admitted with student I.D. 5915 E. Northwest Hwy. Dallas, Tx. Ph. 361-4272 tice Monday and required Five stitches, the Detroit Pistons said, but the injury was not expected to spoil Tyler’s record of never missing a game in his five pro seasons. Tyler, whose string of 350 consecutive games played is the third longest in the NBA, cut his hand on the basket during prac tice in New York. Piston officials said he would play today against the New York Knicks. Bird honored United Press International NEW YORK — Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics Monday was named the National Basketball Association’s Player of the Week for the period ending Dec. 12, the second time this year he has won the award. AGMN9T, l?l<3l4T ? CAFJCCLEptUl^ Nice (3£K/TL£MAM'5 t Id8i 9GAT P4?iOi?lTY *. by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds FUNNY ,Ti4i9 K»NT MAPPENlMO ^ IDTMOSe WHO JU9T LET U9 keep TMEU? MONEY AND fiPPLY |T 1& NEKT Y&fZ'S? TiCkGT5.. - BUT PDNJ'T MAVC- 1UF? DEBOGOeP AMY C&YNJCW. won t miss your Deregulation of telephone ...how will it affect you Deregulation. What does it mean to the nation’s telephone industry — and the customers it serves? All of the hows.-whys and maybes are not determined, but here are answers to some often-asked questions. Q. What is deregulation? A. Simply, it’s the process of removing state and federal controls from many services provided by the telecommunications industry. It means customers can select equipment and services in a competitive market without regulation by a regulatory commission. Q. When does it happen? A. Deregulation isn’t new. Federal Communications Commission rulings over the past three decades have allowed some competition in terminal equipment (telephones, multi-line systems, etc.) and in long-distance services. But deregulation surfaced as a major public issue when the FCC mandated total deregulation of new terminal equipment, effective January 1, 1983. Q. Why does the FCC want the telephone industry to be deregulated? A. The FCC believes competitive markets are most efficient. Deregulation — and competition — will encourage new services and open more options to customers. Actually, the FCC is but one of the driving forces behind deregulation. Congress, the Justice Department and the Reagan Administration (like others before it) all are eager to deregulate the American telephone business. Q. What is GTE’s position regarding deregulation? A. GTE feels that deregulation ultimately will benefit all concerned. Competition is the American way and GTE expects to compete aggressively. Q. Just what services will continue under regulation? A. After January 1, the basic local and long-distance switching networks will continue to be regulated. So will all in-place equipment on customer premises. New equipment will be excluded from regulation, as will "enhanced” services, which combine basic service with computer processing to provide additional, different or restructured information. Q. How does this affect customers? A. The big change is in lease and purchase arrangements for telephones, multi-line systems and other equipment in a customer’s home or business. After January 1, existing customers may continue to lease their phones from General Telephone. In addition, they have the option of purchasing phones — either from General Telephone or another supplier. New customers also will be able to buy phones anywhere they choose (including General Telephone). Cost of equipment purchased by customers will be determined by the marketplace — not regulatory commissions. Lease options also will be available to new customers, but again will be determined by the marketplace — not the regulators. There’s another important point. By definition, anyone who alters existing service will be classified as a new customer. People who move from one residence to another — even though both are served by General Telephone — would be considered new customers under deregulation guidelines. Q. Will all customers be affected by deregulation? A. No. The FCC’s order applies only to single-line service. Customers on multi-party lines may continue to lease phones from General Telephone with all the traditional services. For a period after deregulation begins, party line customers may have some options that will not be available after January 1, 1983 to single-line customers. Q. Will It affect the cost of telephone service? A. Deregulation will have an impact on virtually every aspect of the telephone industry — including cost. It should result in lower prices for some services and higher prices for others. The net effect of deregulation — and the competition it creates — is that each product or service provided by General Telephone must pay its own way, without subsidies from other segments of the business. For example, revenues from various optional services have traditionally subsidized the cost of providing basic local service. That ensured basic telephone service was affordable to nearly everyone. But competition will force prices to more closely reflect the true cost of any service. Local rates probably will rise; others may decrease. Either way, customers will be asked to pay for the cost of the services they use. Q. So what are the benefits to the consumer? A. With deregulation comes competition. With competition comes the suppliers’ desire to provide customers with what they want, when they want it, resulting in many options, introduction of new technology and keeping costs at the lowest possible level. Q. Won’t there be a lot of people who will be unable to afford a telephone? A. GTE expects to help customers meet increases in telephone rates by phasing in certain options for flat rate pricing, including Usage Sensitive Service (USS) which is a measured service. General Telephone QD