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Page 14/The Battalion/Wednesday, September 21,1983 GTE to install new phone equipment for fast service by Kellie Dworaczyk Battalion Reporter E.L. Langley, president of eleph General Telephone Company of the Southwest, said Tuesday at a press conference that GTE is installing the latest state-of-the- art equipment in Bryan-College Station in order to give fast, effi cient service to area telephone users. The new digital switching equipment, responsible for transferring calls from one phone to another, is necessary to handle the increasing number of phone customers in this area, Langley said. The new equipment checks itself for trouble that would nor mally go unnoticed until phone service is interrupted, requires less floor space than the present step-by-step switching equip ment, needs less maintenance, and is able to offer telephone customers special options, he said. Most area phones already use the middle of 1984, Langley said. Langley said that local rates will not increase immediately be cause of the new equipment since GTE must have the approval of the Public Utilities Commission of Texas before it use the new digital equipment. can raise rates. Deregulation, removing state and federal controls from the phone industry, will increase the number of companies offering phone services and should drive prices toward cost, Langley said, electronic switching equipment that functions like the digital equipment. Numbers beginning with 822, 823, 846 and 260 will Installation will cost about $21 million should be completed by As a monopoly, the phone com pany underprices local service and uses long distance profits to subsidise the local service so loc al service is affordable to everyone. Because of the new switching equipment and the deregulation of the phone industry, GTE will begin to function as a type of “wholesale switching service” connecting calls when they come into the area , Langley said. Medical continued from pagel This institute will combine the fields of microbiology, medical biochemistry and phar macology to focus on the treat ment of disease at the molecular level. The school’s growing reputa tion for excellence is bringing its own rewards. In 1981, the Liason Committee on Medical r^L H HAMBURGERS 490 FRENCH FRIES 490 BEER 590 SOFT DRINKS 490 CHICKEN FRIED STEAK $1.99 \ FAJITAS.. The Best in The West ....$2,50 Rascal's is the name, hamburgers is the game! PARKWAY SQ. SHOPPING CENTER 11 am — 11 pm COLLEGE STATION 764-1110 Education, the official accredit ing agency of American medical schools, granted Texas A&M a full five-year accreditation which is unusual for a new school. Half of the members of the LCME are members of the American Association of Medic al Colleges and half are mem bers of the American Medical Association. RHA discusses awards by Wanda Winkler Battalion Staff The Residence Hall Asso ciation discussed spring hall achievement awards in its meeting Tuesday night. Each spring RHA honors dormitories that have pro vided outstanding services throughout the year for their residents and Texas A&M University. RHA president Kelli Riesl ing explained procedure and criteria for the awards to asso ciation members. RHA awards for the 1983- 84 school year include: Halls- of-the-Year, Outstanding Programming, Outstanding Social Project, and Outstand ing Community Service Prog ram. Dorms are judged on spirit, unity, leadership de velopment, and RHA and in tramural participation. The Hall-of-the-Year Award is given to one female and one male residence hall that creates the best commun ity-like atmosphere for its re sidents. These awards encour age dorms to provide quality community service to Texas A&M, Bryan-College Station, and surrounding counties. In other action, RHA Treasurer Kathy Terry pre sented the proposed 1983-84 RHA budget. Total available funds are about $6,600; total expected use of funds is about $6,000; and excess funds are $655. Two Texas A&M students are running for the director ship of the Southwest Area College University Residence Halls (SWACURH), a region al affiliation of RHA. TheJ are Mike Norris, natiomlj communications coordinatoil of RHA, and Terry. Speakers at the meeting in I eluded Dr. Roberts. Kellner, I asst. professorofEnglish,wlrol was promoting the campus I campaign for the Christiail Children’s Fund. Kellnerl challenged RHA dele and council presidents to col I lect a $1 from each hall res f dent for the fund. In other business, committee directors provided I updated information on com f mittee progress and upcom l ing activities. Their commit [ tees include: Programs, Casi | no, External Affairs, Pu Relations, and Facilities; Operations. Each RHA dele | gate is a member of at I one committee. Being granted accreditation ’ * ;mf by the LCME means the school has met the standards medical professionals have set. Enroll continued from page 1 MSC Free U Registration The University of Houston also is trying to control enroll ment, but only in certain areas. Peter Jackson, associate provost at the University of Houston, said the requirements to enter into the business or engineering colleges are 50 points higher than the standard entrance re quirements. Sept. 21, 22 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Room 228 MSC Total enrollment at the Uni versity of Houston is estimated to be up by about 200 to 300 students. The 1982 fall enroll ment was 30,500. Compared to six major Texas Application for teachers and council members Texas killer wants stay of execution still available. TWO BLOCKS NORTH United Press International WASHINGTON — A conde mned killer on death row in Texas asked Supreme Court Justice Byron White Tuesday to delay his scheduled Oct. 5 ex ecution while the high court ATTENTION!!! 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However, attorneys | Autry Tuesday asked forasj until the high courtdecidesoj new request that it review' case. Teachers have double duty t'nitc-d Pic-ss Inti-rnatioiiiil MANCHKSTKR, CoiinJ Tracliers and school iidiniM tors did a double take cartel week when five sets of I'l showed up for kimlergarteai' ses at W addell School. IMEBAg Vol 78 r ser United Prc WASHING Reagan Wedn congressional compromise to stay in ! months and c Congress who a period “sho universities, Texas Tech I versity had the largest eia ment increase. The I983falj rollment is 23,845, an in of 996 students. Reagan s Kennedy, D-I ly wrong” f< month authoi “blank check. Baylor University hasani rollment of about I0,666,aj| crease of about 300 stui from last fall. Southern Mel ist University has an enroll! of about 9,300, an increasl about 100 students fromlasil and Texas Christian Univti has an enrollment of 6,878, a decrease of only! students from last fall. On Cap Speaker Thoi will try to si promise for a 29 and, “I th will pass.” An aide to I leader Howai nessee said th< considered by ign Relations and the full consideration He said the win Senate ap have to do so side.” considers his second requesil a review of his case. It was the third timej David Autry, 28, sentenceil death by lethal injection, f sought a stay of execution. Autry had been scheduled die on Dec. 17 and againonff 21, but both of those execulij were blocked by appeals coiij He came within two days oil edition last December belli Senate D( Robert Byrd continued his compromise, elm whelming se caucus to be a| Byrd said. He said Sen not “wired inti would not bac tension unles lion offers tion.” But Reagai that Congre approve the n it would be a U.S. and West Def Unitec WASHINGTO ment plans to ex| in the Persian Gu Ispace by buying jthrough the end Sgon documents s. The five doa signed by Depu Thayer culminat planning by the si 589 and were su Office of Manag iWhite House. 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