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Wednesday, September 14, 1983/The Battalion/Page 3 ibout itifmyplat at’s why I’m lei .1 manager it you don’t k by pizazz?” ked any dirt in i objected toadl Texas police subject to frequent attacks i , tobacco on ore u out of the game by Christie Johnson Battalion Reporter More police officers are ssaulted in the line of duty in "exas than in any other state in the nation, says the chief of the Law Enforcement Training Di vision of the Texas A&M En gineering Extension Service. ing Division offers a Confronta tion Survival and Stress Man agement Course designed to train police officers who are placed in stressful situations of extraordinary violence. manage the vio- we don t let the bed an umpires! round?’’ by pizazz. Do L'ome on thefiel ople go to up the game. Corky. You’re i t even know Chief Patrick Dalager said he elieves the cause of a steady ncrease in number of assaults in policemen is not because of neffective officer training, but :an instead be attributed to an normous population increase n Texas since 1977. Dalager said many people move here from the north and northeast regions of the United States in order to “make a fast inning bdsek buck” and often use theft, hurg- , ... (ary or robbery as their means of atwillpourcfj oms(l y other in t of the OOTOiil Texils P° lice officers are just not used to being hassled, Dalager said. He added that many native Texans, who typic ally have rural attitudes, learn early from their parents not to hassle law enforcement offi cials. The Enforcement and Train- dy ever asks i ils.” a winning hai ig baseball teaii out of the du[ beat the tar oiiti loney in the you’re no to (ire! “We lence, violence manage us, ” he said. "We are not part of the problem, we are part of the solution. That's the key to this whole thing. “ Dalager said that in 99.2 per cent of eases when law enforcers are subjected to violence, the situation can usually be handled by the use of hands, as opposed to lethal weapons. The course concentrates its efforts on these violent situa tions so the officer can learn to handle himself in a way that neither he nor the person he is dealing with will he injured, Dalager said. The key emphasis of the course is placed on the preven tion of violence, he said, hut if officers must he confronted with extreme violence they should learn to deal with it as efficiently as possible. Officers are trained to recog nize different agression levels of violent persons and then learn ways to deal with them. The program is designed to build the officer’s confidence in his ability to handle weapons so he will have the assurance of knowing he doesn’t have to shoot, Dalager said. The course is taught on cam pus at the Law Enforcement and Security Training Com plex, located at the research and extension center. It is offered year-round and usually one two-day session per month is scheduled. Any law enforcement official may voluntarily sign up for the course or may he advised by his department superiors to enroll in the course, Dalager said. The enforcement and train ing division has been in official operation for about eight months. Officers from 11 states, seven federal agencies and five foreign states have been enrol led in the program. Dalager said about 2,500 law enforcement officers are ex pected to enroll this year. RHA ups United Way goal by Holly Powell Battalion Reporter The Residence Hall Association this year plans to exceed its last year’s donation to United Way by $1 ,000, the president of the orga nization said Tuesday. “Last year we raised $3,000, but we re hoping to raise at least $4,000 this year,’ President Kelli Kiesling said. The money is raised from one of RHA’s first activities of the semes ter — Almost Anything Goes. For a $15 entrance fee, each dormitory can sponsor a team of five men and five women to com pete in outdoor games. All pro ceeds will go to United Way. Another RHA activity is the Adopt-a-Fish program. For a small pro-rated activity fee, off- campus freshmen can participate in dorm social events. The idea behind the Adopt-a-Fish program is for freshmen to get acquainted with other Aggies. Other RHA activities for the school year will include: the annual Christmas caroling, RHA Casino and the Halloween cos tume judging and street dance. RHA members are looking for more freshman and sophomore in volvement in the organization. “We want to start from the ground up because RHA affects people where they live,” Kiesling said. Students can run for posi tions in RHA or just come to the meetings to submit their ideas and suggestions, she said. RHA officials share the ideas and suggestions of students who live on campus with the Depart ment of Student Affairs. Anyone interested in becoming involved in RHA or its activities should go by 215 Pavilion or attend the next meeting at 7 p. m., Sept. 20 in 158 Blocker Bldg. (Formerly the A&A Building). Young diabetics helped by film by David Manning Battalion Reporter The Brazos County Diabetic Chapter is sponsoring a free film today aimed at young people with diabetes. “Sugar Mountain Blues takes a no-nonsense approach to the problems diabetics face everyday, Lis Batson, president of the local chapter says. The movie offers new hope to juvenile diabetics, Batson said, since the plot centers around a group of young people on a moun tain climbing trip who are dealing with their diabetes problems. The film will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Bryan Chamber of Com merce Building located at 401 S. Washington Bryan. St. in downtown “We have doctors, dieticians and counselors speak to diabetics who come to us with questions,” she said. Batson estimated there are ab out 300 to 5(H) people with diabetes in Bryan and College Sta tion, excluding Texas A&M stu dents. Their progam provides blood- glucose testing, films, counseling, guest speakers and other general information vital to all diabetics. For more information on the chapter and its program contact Lis Batson at 775-6607. UC needs to consider ost income, expert says United Press International AUSTIN — In revising South- totem Bell Telephone Co.’s utes, the Public Utilty Commis- ion should consider the loss of :evenue from large business ens ue give you sol outers who buy alternative com- :hink about isiiflfminications systems, an econom- st says. In written testimony filed Mon- lay, Dr. Alfred E. Kahn said the ?UC must make allowances for re- Southwestern Bell will lose once it is split from its parent company, American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Kahn, an economics professor at Cornell University who was once former President Jimmy Carter’s top economic adviser, has teen retained by Bell to testify on tiehalfofits $1.7 billion rate case. Kahn said Southwestern Bell is it danger of losing millions of dol- ars to large customers who will oypass the Bell System by de veloping their own communica- systems through satellite, microwave, radio and cable televi sion. Once big users can circumvent ike excessive charges, once com petitors can enter the markets in which prices are held far above costs, the flow of subsidizing dol lars from interchange charges to must eventually dry up, ” he said. The former chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stabil ity in Carter’s administration will appear at the PUC next Monday for cross examination on his testi- ildn’t hack itwfe ar up to the tof y a word aboutit t third base.” tion carried us if 11 never work! ion ring citizen to buy a bo an opposite n»i sists on exercisii The latter gnu ’ou know rganizationsht ictioning: ation of Writers” diticians or VehicularTri mdation” ions nterruption” for the Advaucf ises” of Computeresf ead of Asininil) ititute” signal Researcl im mething 16 nertoyo* h a start rsonattf 111 have the ease dismissed because they said there was inadequate evidence to support Bell’s ease. Hearings on the $1.2 billion portion of Bell s rate ease are not scheduled to begin until Oct. 24. Ray Bcsing, a lawyer for MCI, said Southwestern Bell has not filed adequate data to substantiate the need for access charges, and has based much of its case of con jecture and “rank hearsay. “What we think is not evi dence," he said. “It’s that simple. It’s that profound. This case ought to he dismissed.” Besing said Bell was asking for higher rates, hut was not offering any improvement in service. "i don’t think you’re going to find any testimony that what Texas consumers are going to get Jan. 1 is any different from what they’re getting now, he said. “A fellow ought not to pay for more than what he gets.” HfP*pERS OCMHET Beautiful Roses Red - Yellow - Pink $ Q50 o ^ Per Dozen Available For Pick-up between 3 and 8 p.m. Fri. Sept. 16 @ Davis-Gaiy Dorm Room 304 THE DIXIE ROSE CO. No Phone Orders in Advance First Come, First Serve 300 Dozen While Thev Last]!! V't ^ * V ARKANSAS 0 \3 STATE! 20(£ Buy one at re 9 u,ar P rice ’ 20^ and get the second of equal size for only 4* 200 4- . 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Kraemer, the first of more than 40 witnesses, said a survey of large Texas business customers showed 39percent of them already are en- gin what he called “bypass” and56 percent planned to do it in the future. Each of the customers surveyed presently pays Bell more than 00 a month for phone ser vices, he said. PUC hearing examiner earlier Monday cleared the way for testi mony to begin on a key phases of Southwestern Bell’s rate ease. Hearing examiner Mary Ross McDonald denied motions to dis miss or delay hearings on prop- “access” charges sought by that would amount to $4-a- month for residential customers. Il’s overall proposed rate scheduled would triple rates to its Texas customers. Southwestern Bell is seeking to charge its customers — residen tial, business and longdistance specialty companies — $753 mil lion for the right to have access to its telecommunications network. 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