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Page 14/The Battalion/Wednesday, August 241983 Blackout helps Dallas sales United Press International DALLAS — An electrical blackout in New York’s garment district earlier this month helped spark attendance at Dal las’ annual holiday-resort mar ket, Apparel Mart officials said. Officials estimate attendance will be 12 percent to 16 percent ahead of la^t year when the mar ket closes Wednesday. Some 14,000 buyers came for the mar ket, which opened Friday. much was prompted by an im proved economy. “We were hoping to have a better market anyway,” said Donna Knox, vice president of marketing for the Dallas Market Center. “I’m not sure in the end if we’re going to attribute it to the blackout in New York or the better economy.” during the blackout called the power failure a problem. “Our travel plans were changed because quite a few buyers got there and couldn’t complete their work,” Ms. Keenes said. course, weren’t affected at all. Other people were. The people who had to come back and couldn’t complete their work, Ann Keenes, Neiman- Marcus senior vice president, said her firm always shopped the Dallas market. Sanger Harris sent more buyers than usual to the Dallas market, Sanger’s President Chuck Griffin said. He said buyers returned to New. York primarily to shop lines unavail able in the Dallas Market. some are returning to New York, some are going to Dallas,” Meyer said. The impact of the blackout upon Dallas was difficult to mea sure, said Henry Brilliant, sales representative for several gar ment lines. Clothing stove representa tives said it would'.be hard to me asure how much of the in creased attendance was promp ted by the black&iUt and how “This time we are probably having to spend more in the Dal las market, but not a significant amount (more),” she said. Lasker Meyer, chairman of Houston-based Foley’s, called the blackout a minor inconveni ence. Retailers caught in New York “Some of our buyers, of “We did have people actually call us at the beginning portion of this week, major stores that were coming to the Dallas mar ket to finish up what they were unable to finish in New York,” Brilliant said. Town tries to repay kindness United Press International NEWBERRY, Fla. — An en tire town is trying to repa^ the hospitality and kindness* of a couple whose lives enrlfihed everyone who knew them. ; For 16 years, Ruth and Hay ward Harrison opened their trailer home to the troubled, th<e lonely and the sick. alcoholic in need of help drying out, troubled teenagers, a boy injured in a car wreck, homeless wanderers. and she with terminal cancer. Hospital bills quickly added up, depleting the couple’s savings. Altogether more than $5,000 — almost $3 from each man, woman and child in the town — “I’ve seen people taking in stray dogs and cats, but I’ve nev er seen anybody like you and Hayward for taking in stray peo ple,” one of Mrs. Harrison’s friends once told her. Now it was the turn of New berry’s residents to come to the aid of the Harrisons. was raised and deposited in a special account for the Harri- Dozens of people passing through Newberry, a small town 20 miles west of Gainesville, knew the Harrisons’ love — an Three months ago, the Har risons both were hospitalized — he with a serious heart condition A raffle was organized, with prizes donated by merchants. School children gathered pledges and held a “Rock- athon.” Other residents brought used items to downtown New berry for a special “garage sale.” “It was just phenomenal how everybody pitched in,”Joy Glan- zer, a longtime resident, said. “I was just so excited that the town perked up about this.” PL6NTV On Aug. 8, Hayward Harri son died after a massive heart attack. His wife’s cancer has spread to her liver and her doc tors have told her it is inoper able, but her feeling for helping others hasn’t dimmed. staff photo by Brenda D OF “Newberry is one of the best little places in the whole United States,” Mrs. Harrison told the Gainesville Sun recently. “I love everybody and I want everybody to love me. I guess Newberry just kind of picked up on that.” Retirement benefits! Speech communications teacher James Peirce got a little more than he bargained for in his last class. Peirce, who is retiring, was gi™| grand farewell by his 403 class' an Eastern Onion Singing Telegranj Old ArmY Lou knows how hord it is to find o parking spaas ot Northgoto — So he's solved the problem! Loupot's bought the lot out bock ond now offers FR€€ 1 Hour Parking — FOR ALL THOR CUSTOMCRS! SFLOUPOrSJP TORE 'At Loupot's — Friendliness is Another Aggie Tradition WELCH'S CLEANERS The Sign of Fine Dry Cleaning We do ALTERATIONS 3819 E. 29th Street Bryan, Tx. 846-9620 8 Blocks North of University on 29th Street Bank guard kills insulting co-workf United Press International MIAMI — An enraged 73- year-old bank guard shot and killed another guard who ques tioned his masculinity and then fired at other bank employees before sitting down to wait for police, authorities said. Elpidio Gonzalez Rodriguez was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder Monday. Rodriguez fired at several employees at Totalbank but the only person hit was Jorge Con stantino Lacayo, 51, who “had been calling Rodriguez names” for about a month, said homi cide detective David Rivero. Lacayo died instantly from one .38-caliber bullet in the neck, police said. “He (Rodriguez) couldn’t take it any more,” Rivero said. “He didn’t like it. It just built up. You might call it the last straw.” Homicide detectivell Wasserman said Rodrigim| believed Lacayo “was; hexes on him” that causedi] on his arms and legs. “He thought there* voodoo conspiracy agaiisj Wasserman said. Police spokesman Mi wart said Lacayo calledi guez over to a lobby doorl* guarding just before i Monday and, in Spanii‘1 suited his masculinity. Rodriguez quick] pistol and fired, polices! He then fired at a ted bank officer and tl wooden door where a* employee had taken covet Rodriguez stopped sb * when bank vice presidentH Aguilara walked in. 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