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Page 6/The Battalion/Monday, May 2, 1983 SPECIAL NOTICE 1st SUMMER SESSION OPTIONAL BOARD PLAN Students, on campus, off campus, and graduate, may dine on a meal plan during the 1st Summer Session at TAMU. Students selecting the 7-day plan may dine three meals each day, except Sunday evening: those selecting the 5-day plan may dine three meals each day r Monday through Friday. Meals will be served in Commons. Fees are payable to the Controller of Ac counts, Fiscal Office, Coke Building. Notice dates: Commons will be open for cash business on Registration day, May 30. Meal plans will begin on the first day of class, May 31. Fees for each plan are as follows: 7 Day $195.00 May 31 through July 1 5 Day $176.00 and Plus Tax July 5 and 6 Meal plan validation will begin at 7:30 a.m., May 31, in the Commons Lobby. Fee slips will be required. Sheriff reveals details of wreck United Press International DALLAS — Sheriff Don Byrd has broken his 12-day silence ab out his traffic accident, saying he did not remember the crash, but he knows he was not drunk. Byrd, sheriff of Dallas Coun ty, spoke to two reporters Friday in a elaborate clandestine inter- the police and sheriffs depart ment version of the accident was view. The accident occurred in the Dallas suburb of University Park April 17 shortly after midnight. Police who investigated the acci dent Tiled no charges, did not give Byrd a blood alcohol test and ordered the officer who ar rived on the scene not to answer any questions about what hap pened. The police report also failed to include the names of four wit nesses who later told reporters incorrect. Byrd believes he suffered a mild stroke or blackout just be fore he rammed his luxury auto mobile into a concrete light pole, but he said medical tests could not confirm his belief. Byrd said he had only a small amount of Sangria wine at a par ty and was not drunk. Witnesses told reporters Byrd was speeding at the time of the accident, but Byrd said he wasn’tV After the accident, the official explanation was that Byrd was reaching to pick up a mobile transmitting device when his car hit the light pole. But Byrd said Friday he did not remember what happened. Price Includes Labor Single Exhaust Includes: 1 exhaust pipe, 1 tailpipe 1 stock muffler All Accessories and Labor. Most U S. Cars & Lt. Trucks Special $ 04® 5 BRING ADD IN-GOOD TILL 5-20-83 PILGER’S 503 NIMITZ COLLEGE STATION v.cs'e' Cc' 1IN BACK OF PILGER TIRE 696-1735 MON-THRU-FRI 7:30AM-5-30PM SAT ceo-ec 9:00AM-2:00PM | If * * * If * Jf * * * * * * * Jf * * * * * * * * * >f * * * * * * Jf Jf } * I i jf * * * * * * JOHN MORRELL MDNT BECOME A TRAINEE AFTER COLLEGE. HE BECAME A MANAGER. “As Executive Officer of the Ar my’s Defense Language Institute at Monterey, California, I’m responsible for the housing, feeding and well-be ing of 500 students. And that’s no small task. I manage an annual food budget of over a million and a half dollars. And I’m accountable for five million dollars worth of property. “On top of managing money, I also supervise a staff of 24 people. And each one has unique problems that I have to handle on a daily basis. You better believe the leader ship and management training I re ceived in Army ROTC is paying off.” There are other good reasons for taking ROTC, too. Like scholarship opportunities. And financial assist ance — up to $1,000 a year for your last two years of ROTC. TEXAS A&M’S SUMMER ARMY ROTC PROGRAM The Army ROTC Department in conjunction with the Corps of Cadets is offering ROTC Training during the second summer ses- If you always wanted to join the Corps but thought it was too late this is your chance to rise and shine. Prepare to join the Corps this fall now. Sign up for the summer ROTC program. CALL NOW! 845-2814 COURSES AVAILABLE MS 121, 122, 221, 222 “ATTENTION COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDENTS ITS JOIN NOT TOO LATE THE CORPS NOW! Members of the Dance Arts Society jazz class perform a routine to “Live and Let Die” during the “Gotta Dance” program held Friday night in Rudder Theater. The annual program featured jazz, ballet and aerobic dance routines by dents. Exxon bomb cl. threats persist United Press International DALLAS — FBI agents used three helicopters in an attempt to drop more than $100,000 worth of gold coins from the air and prevent the explosion of Ex xon gasoline storage tanks by a bomb-building extortionist. The bizarre plot began April 15 with a call to Exxon Co. USA’s Dallas of fices demanding 250 South African gold Kruger rands, worth about $112,000. The man said he would blow up service stations if Exxon did not comply. The attempt to drop the coins from helicopters failed when the Krugerrand Bomber did not light a series of signal flares. Since then, four bombs have been found in or near Exxon gasoline service stations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Not all have exploded and no series damage or injuries have occurred. The man who called Exxon told authorities that detailed in structions could be found at an Exxon station in Grand Prairie, a Dallas suburb. As police sear ched the station, a small explo sion in a trash container dam aged a squad car. was unclear. The letterspei rec best( Dr The letter was found in a pub lic phone book and it said other bombs had been planted at va rious Exxon stations. Only one location was given. The letter outlined an elabo rate plan for the payoff, which was to be made between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. April 16, on the cue of a transmission over citizen’s ined arkei Th band radio. The letter said a helicopter was to circle eight times over the payoff, then the Krugerrand Bomber was to light six road flares and the helicopter was to release a bag containing the coins. Federal sources said, howev er, the location of the payoff site a location where Loop 12, jor Dallas thorougl “formed a loop” with Into ark’s 635 — the Lyndon B. Jot nesa freeway. The problem, sources was the roads formed “loo| ay a three places, so the FBI three helicopters. Shortly alter 1 a.m. on 16, the cue signal was Iran Wy < ted and the helicopter pilol S ' V01 cled over the sites for eightl s 2 watching for flares. Noneu however, and no further t missions were heard as the* e P r< pers circled for two hours. Since then, Exxon ha ^ ec i spected the 8,000 gallon sto ' a n[ r tanks at the company’s 251 lions in the Dallas-Fort W area, ordered locks for that did not already have l and urged dealers to stay around the clock rather leave the facilities unattend Planning summer in Fort Worth? Plan on TCU, too. Check on this chance to get ahead ... or make up for something you missed. Consider taking a course at TCU this summer that can transfer back to your home university next fall. We offer a three- week mini term, two five-week terms, a new evening term. And there's still time for work and summer fun! For your copy of the TCU Summer Sessions Bulletin, contact the Division of Continuing Education, TCU Box 32927, Fort Worth, TX 76129. Or call us at (817) 921-7130. We're here to help. EDQU TCU policies apply equally without regard to religion, sex, handicap, race or ethnic origin. TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY u HO arch besu :rsor icdis id th besu ke y< ns. Seli] ninei rnati id Ft s Wc asbt hey ; ives. He besu lope the ols. Selil iden ray i scan e bei The orkei risk Seli] ir w] ■avil) The Department of English IN CONJUNCTION WITH MSC CAMAC Presents the Foremost MEXICAN-AMERICAN NOVELIST Dr. Rolando Hinojosa Dr. Hinojosa a professor of English at the University of Texas| will lecture on “Mexican-American Literature PAST & PRESENT 7:00 p.m., Monday, May 2, 1983 Room 204C Library Sterling C. Evans Reception Will Follow in Room 145 MSC