Wednesday, August 10,1983/The Battalion/Page 5
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lays
n this weekend
by Rose Delano
Battalion Reporter
Three original one-act plays
ill debut at Stagecenter on
hursday and run through
iturday.
^Ntfulie plays are the winning
itrip of a statewide playwrit-
ig contest sponsored by
jagea nter, says Charles Tit
ian,; who chaired the contest
immittee.
The two previous contests
ere nationwide, but this year it
as limited to a state contest to
;duce the large amount of en-
ies, Pitman said.
KpWe thought it would cut
own on the number of entries,”
itman said. “It certainly did.
/e were disappointed.”
Next year’s contest will again
e nationwide, he said.
fwjS | The three one-act plays were
idgeil on originality, general
udience appeal, adherence to
MBnunity standards and crea-
'v!' vense of the three quarter are-
a stage, Pitman said. There is
ofirst, second or third place as
i|^*riters will receive $100 in
^^Hrize money.
m
r he three one-act plays
/ere judged on origin-
lity, general audience
ppenl, adherence to
ommunity standards
nd creative use of the
P ho,o M free quarter
ige.
arena
^SS
The play, directed by Carol
Slough, is a story about what
happens when Gordie and Betty
Jean find out that Anna Mae has
applied for welfare. There is an
argument and air clearing be
tween Anna Mae and her
daughter.
The third play of the evening
will be “The Pigeons in Reunion
Park,” by Bryan Robertson of
McAllen.
Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets
can be purchased at the door.
There will be no reserved seats.
Admission is $4 for adults and
$2 for children.
A wine and cheese party in
honor of the three playwrites
will be held after the Saturday
performance and is open to the
public.
Commuter air fares announced
by Gwyneth M. Vaughn
Battalion Reporter
Royale Airlines Tuesday
announced the fares for a new
commuter air service from
College Station to Houston.
Royale will offer the service,
called Continental Commu
ter, in conjunction w'ith Con
tinental Airlines beginning
Sept. 1.
Roger Browning, station
manager for Royale at Easter-
wood, said the price of a one
way ticket is $54. A round-trip
ticket will cost $78.
Royale will fly three round-
trip flights every business day
on a 15-seat Beechcraft 99 air
craft to Continental’s Termin
al C at Houston Intercon
tinental Airport.
Flights will leave Easter-
wood Airport at 6:55 a.m.,
12:15 p.m. and 4:35 p.m.
Only the two earlier flights
will run Saturday. Flights will
leave Houston every day ex
cept Sunday at 10:30 a.m.,
and daily except Saturday at
3:30 p.m. and 7:40 p.m. Con
nections can be made in Hous
ton to fly to any city that Con
tinental covers.
Information on the service
can be obtained by calling
Royale toll-free at 1-800-282-
3125, or Continental at 1-800-
392-3390 starting Saturday.
Don Robinson, Easter-
wood assistant airport mana
ger, said of the new service,
“The competition will be good
for the community.”
The new service began,
Browning said, because Con
tinental wanted to bring pas
sengers in from the smaller
towns around Houston to
connect with Continental’s
other flights.
Robinson said it’s econo
mical for a smaller airline with
smaller planes to fly into Col
lege Station than for larger
services with jets.
Customers can earn credits
for each flight between Col
lege Station and Houston,
Marilyn Macallair, a Con
tinental manager, said in a
press release. Those credits
can earn flyers free flights on
Continental Airlines, free
accommodations at some Hil
ton Hotels or free car rentals
at some National Car Rental
locations.
Royale Airlines Inc. began
in April, 1970 and now serves
21 cities in Texas, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Tennessee.
Rio Airlines already offers
flights from Easterwood to
Houston.
Cut phone cables interfere with service
United Press International
Vandals who cut telephone
cables in Houston and Dallas left
more than 1,000 customers
without phone service, but a
spokesman for Southwestern
Bell Telephone Co. said the inci
dents were probably not related
to a communication workers
strike.
In Dallas, 200 residents of an
apartment complex were left
without service Tuesday after a
cable was sliced in two, the com
pany reported. It was the second
cable cut in Dallas since Sunday’s
strike by the Communication
Workers of America.
Some 800 customers in the
Houston area were left without
service for 12 hours because a
cable was hacked apart, said
company spokesman Ken
Brasel. He said two other cables
were damaged, but service was
not affected.
The problems were disco
vered about 7 a.m. Monday,
Brasel said.
“As far as we know, the van
dalism was not strike-related,”
said company spokesman Jim
Lydon in Dallas.
Southwestern Bell is offering
$5,000 rewards in each city for
information leading to the
arrests of those involved.
Gene Vance, a spokesman for
the Dallas local of the CWA, de
nounced the vandalism.
“We don’t condone des
troying property that belongs to
the phone company or anyone
else,” he said.
v “They’re Drafting Danny
Phe two iubin in the Morning,” by Beat-
elop filiiceLevin from Houston, will be
ass IiifMfi rst P^y performed. The
rania is a protest against the
rafi and Vietnam War.
- The story is about Danny
lubin, played by Guy Keith
.ovan, being drafted and how
lis girlfriend, played by Kathy
chultz, his rabbi, played by
teve Trogdon, and his sister,
\ C t\ ' la y ecl by Lisa Hodge, react to
llJ t lB iews - fR^rbe Wilson directs
lay.
‘^Charity,” a character study
“ so , tW! jP onna R° ese Bryan, will
e the second play performed.
1 ni "/ Tie play concerns three women
I mid-sized Texas town.
su sal , e ■fnna Mae, played by Winnie
Jelson, is an elderly woman in
ter 70s who looks and acts her
ge and complains constantly.
I lordie, played by Harriet Mar-
he fallo(r’| a l so l 5 e l derl y but young at
when ikl art ~ not actin S or l° okin g
)eranie i ! er a g e - Delana Trogdon plays
it of the By J ean ’ Anna Mae ’ s
; ready lau * hter ’
s procev , |
H hreats
amed
n apathy
comp®®
, United Press International
mntries LUBBOCK — A lack of com-
„ esl ^ ifcfPssion by Texas welfare offi-
Heliolifel 5 P r b m P ted Howard Hubert
' • n j Jler to talk about shooting
av gn, ( President Reagan, a defense
K ! 1 RM1 attorney told a federal jury
and evf-day.
uctswiikf During closing arguments,
|ttorney Bruce Magness said
der became angry with Jackie
ee, a Texas Department of
man Resources employee,
Uring a discussion about food
ps.
Fader, 63, lived in his car and
veled around west Texas
png to find a job. Secret Scr
ee agents found a loaded gun
5 h Fader’s car when he was
Brested on May 6. He has been
pthe Lubbock County Jail on a
$100,000 bond.
I “She’s not quite the expert
she thinks she is in human
Bychology, and she’s just a little
Bcold,” Magness said of Loree.
1 Fader’s trial started Monday
Rfore U.S. District Judge Hal-
tural ben O. Woodward. Fader is
glarged with threatening
agan’s life, which carries a
^“Ximum fine of five years in
^eral prison and a $1,000 fine.
Loree told the jury Fader
featened her, said he had a
and made comments about
Veral things including
agan’s life.
|‘I don’t think he’s guilty of a
Je threat against the president
I'the United States,” Magness
i, adding he believed Fader
s just giving Loree a difficult
ne because he was having
|ouble finding help.
■Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark
cBride said Fader’s comments
|ould not be blamed on his
verty. He asked the jury how
■•■'Dree was expected to react
|en Fader threatened her.
lagness said Loree took Fad-
Itoo seriously.
shop Dillard s mondav Ihroudh Saturday 10-9: post oak mall, college station