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i r 11 Page 4/The Battalion/Friday, April 29, 1983 ‘Silver Mile’ to raise funds by Wanda Winkler Battalion Reporter The Brazos Valley Chapter of the American Diabetes Association will sponsor its First fund-raiser — “Silver Mile of Quarters” — Saturday at Post Oak Mall to aid re search and treatment of diabetes. The 30-member chapter hopes to collect 63,000 quar ters. Coins will be placed on tape and wrapped around a 3-foot telephone company cable spool. Advanced dona tions of $1,000 from local businesses will be converted into quarters to begin the sil ver mile, said Liz Batson, pres ident of the Brazos Valley diabetes chapter. The silver mile will be built from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. inside the mall near Casual Corner clothing store. The group is enthusiastic about the project because the Midland diabetes chapter previously completed the silver mile, Batson said. Zeta Tau Alpha sorority will assist in the fund-raiser. The chapter encourages the public to bring quarters to fin ish the mile, which will be worth $ 16,000 if it reaches the goaf Activities will include per formances by local aerobic and dance groups to promote physical fitness. The chapter also will distribute free coupons, and a radio station will broadcast from the area from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Batson said. In 1977, dietician Frances Henry founded the Brazos Valley chapter to teach diabe tics how to live with their dis ease. Diabetes, the third lead ing cause of death by disease, afflicts 11 million Americans. Of this number, 6 million diabetics are unaware they have the disease. About 300 Bryan-College Station resi dents are diagnosed diabetics. “We hope to make the pub lic more aware of the symp toms of diabetes, so it can be detected early,” Batson said. AScM geology students plan 6 week summer field study by Craig Harris Battalion Reporter Ninety-two Texas A&M geol ogy students will spend six weeks on a field trip in West Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah this summer. Karl Koenig, assistant geosci ences department head, said the trip — known as the summer geology Field camp — is a re quired six-hour Field study for students seeking a bachelor’s de gree in geology. Koenig said the purpose of the trip is to see a regional pic ture of geology in the western United States. While the trip is not a camp in the traditional sense, he said, the students will sleep in tents a portion of the time and study in remote areas. Students will be divided into two groups with one leaving from College Station May 16 and the rest May 29, Koenig said. The two groups will take dif ferent routes to Colorado, stay a week, then trace each other’s routes back to East Texas, he said. The groups were divided because so many students are going. “The students will do a tremendous amount of work," Koenig said, “but will have time to enjoy themselves also.” House and Senate’s raise requests disappoint TPEA by Angel Stokes Battalion Staff The Texas Public Employees Association is waiting for the Texas Legislature to decide the status of state employee pay raises for the 1984-85 Fiscal year. The TPEA is concerned with two budget'committee recom mendations that do not contain more money for salaries and be nefits for state employees. ployees in state higher.educa tion institutions and state em ployees for the 1984 fiscal year but voted for no employee raises in the 1985 fiscal year. A 4 percent increase for both years has been recommended by the Senate committee. The House committee voted for a 4.5 percent raise for em- TPEA has asked for a 12 per cent increase for the two year period — 6 percent each year. At the last Legislative session, TPEA was successful in receiv ing an approximate 24 percent increase over the two-year period, said Billye W. Tate, president of the local TPEA chapter. Representatives from TPEA met with members of both budget committees, as well as other state officials, to discuss the Legislative Budget Board re commendations. Top priority has been given to state employees for this budget, but the money is not available at this time, said TPEA executive director Gary D. Hughes. MSC TOWN HALL OPTION PASSES GO ON SALE MONDAY MAY 2 Around tow Football season tickets now on sale Orders for the 1983 football season tickets are accepted in the Athletic Ticket Office, HOG. RollieWe Coliseum. New employees and first time purchasers may call 2311 to receive an application and information sheet»t the stadium diagram indicating seating areas available ^ son bench seats are $84 which includes seven home gam for $12 each. Deadline for priority is May 1. Car Club to hold championshipsk The Texas A&M Sports Car Club is having a Champi ship Car and Truck Show in Post Oak Mall from lOamu p.m. on Saturday. This show will feature a 1984 Chevrolet Corvette, than 50 custom cars and trucks and many valuable d« prizes. MSC TOWN • HALL Aggie entrepreneur to speak Clayton Williams, an Aggie entrepreneur, will speil Management 470 classes about entrepreneurship. Tin ? classes are open to the public and everyone is invitee come. The classes are held at 1 1 a.m. and 12 p.m. in 457Aat mic and Agency Building For more information contact Dr. Van Fleetat845‘ or Marc Brown at 260-6566. i '■ i ■pfe--',' Dance Arts Society to perform These [ohn Reitza killfu The Dance Arts Society will close out National DanceW with its annual spring performance at 7:30 p.m.to The show, “Gotta Dance,” will feature dancesperfons by the society’s dance classes and by individuals. Aerdi ballet, jazz and tap dances will be performed. The performance is in Rudder Theater and admissiot free. If you have an announcement or item to submit forlk column, come by The Battalion office in 216 Reed nald or contact Cheryl Burke at 845-2611. Unit H0U5 iarpshc nan Th >eat his e "esi Police beat The following incidents were *A wallet fromantmli reported to the University Police office in the AcademicB Department on April 27. *A 10-speed Huffyfi ipe t hreaten children The Koustor jSpecial 14am wa: I SWA M the he neighbo helc THEFTS: bus stop near parkinglotfporge, “ten ho Wh Couple, son killed in Colorado crash :orge [ewsroc inking police s] I At ( [from th, and twe (said he -one of United Press International PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. — A tractor-trailer rig from Texas went off 10,850-foot Wolf Creek Pass in southern Colorado, plummeting 1,000 feet to the valley floor and killing a couple and their young son, the Archuleta County Sheriff said Thursday. A daughter, 3, was thrown out of the truck and survived. Identifications of the victims were not immediately released. Officials said the family might have been from Texas. Deputy Gary Parsons said the truck, a commercial vehicle car rying rabbit feed, was driving down the pass on the west side on U.S. 160 when the happened Wednesday: “The truck was pr< torn up,” Parsons said. The parents’ bodify found near the truck,td body of a son, 15 monot not found until 7:30a,® day about half way upM tain. pcapinj The daughter was from the truck near the' and suffered only a I larbone, Parsons said : taken to the Paj medical clinic. Parsons said officers indication yet of what car® accident. 60-year sentence imposed on killer United Press International HOUSTON — A jury im posed a 60-year prison sentence Wednesday on a petroleum sup plier who claimed he opened fire on a car because he thought a woman inside was being abducted. Norman Carrio, 38, was con victed of murder and attempted murder in the May 21, 1982, attack on a carload of people at an intersection. Michael Terry, 22, died in the shooting. Steve Zawacki, 24, was wounded. Prosecutor Doug Durham said Terry and Zawacki had just left a bar with some friends when they were stopped at an intersection by Carn 5 ! walked to the driver’s car and pointed a g 11111I1! |S Carrio’s lawyer thought a woman in 5 ^ ■ was being abducted. 11 Other witnesses said [ r [A pie in the car hadFr. N f used to let some in the car when thep 1 J but that could not l> ave ® like an abduction. , Prosecutors p rfsel11 , dence at the punish 111 ®)] of the trial showing d 1 ^ was cleared by a g the 1979 killing of a t ,ialir ) he shot in self-defens £lI l| break up a fight. A-