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    Page 8/The Battalion/Tuesday October 25,1983
Pill in snack cake
puzzles authorities
United Press International
LEWISVILLE — Authorities
Monday investigated how an un
identified yellow pill got into a
Little Debbie snack cake, and
area merchants took the pro
duct off their shelves, a police
spokesman ^aid.
Lt. Bill Goodman said an
elderly woman in the suburb 25
miles north of Dallas brought
the package of 10 chocolate
cakes to the police station Satur
day night. She had purchased it
earlier that day at a Lewisville
Piggly Wiggly store.
“She had broken the cake in
half and eaten one half and then
she broke the second half of the
cake in half and found the pill in
the uneaten half,” he said.
possibilities,” he said.
Goodman said the small
round pill was sent to the Fore
nsic Science Laboratory in Dal
las for identification.
A spokesman at the Dallas
drug lab said the tests would take
one or two days.
“We have no idea how it got
there,” Goodman said. “That’s
why we’re taking the box, the
wrapping paper and the pill
down there so they can look at it.
Goodman said although offi
cials could find no evidence the
box had been tampered with,
Lewisville merchants voluntarily
removed all Little Debbie snacks
from their, shelves.
“A representative of the com
pany said it was very unlikely
that it could have gotten in there
in the plant because their ingre
dients are all liquid, but we’re
going to investigate all of the
“We’ve contacted all the
stores in Lewisville and the man
agement of the stores we con
tacted said they would remove
it,” he said.
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He said the bakery that pro-
Takint
Fish Richards Restaurant
801 Wellborn Road
College Station
duced the cakes, McKee Baking
Co. of Collegedale, Tenn., had
been notified.
“A True Dining Experience In A Relaxed Atmosphere’
McKee Baking, said he company
probably will send representa
tives to Lewisville to help test the
pill and the box in which the
cakes were packaged.
Fish Richards ALL New Happy Hour Dinners
Whafs up
TUESDAY
HORSEMEN’S ASSOClATIONrOrder yourjadj
tonight in 115 Kleberg.
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WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST SOCIETYrJohn Karger will speak
on “Birds of Prey” at 7:30 p.m. in 110 Harrington. Birds will be
i of Prey
on hand for viewing.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATIONThereisay
monial meeting at 7 p.m. in the All Faiths Chapel,
ASC/AIA-ASLA (HAUNTED HOUSE PROMOTION-
):Come to the Haunted House on the first lloor of the College
of Architecture Building on Oct. 30 from dark to 10 p.m. and on
Oct. 31, dark to 11 p.m. Admission is $1 and open to students
and the public. Children under eight not admitted.
PSI CHI/PSYCHOLOGY CLUB:Dr Dobrovolsky is tj
speaker on hypnosis, starting at 8:30 p.m. inf'
Tower.
IM-REC DEPARTMENT:Entries close today for wallyball and
horse singles and doubles. Sign up in 159 E. Kyle.
ACM/IEEE-CSffhere is an organizational meetingai7pi
119A Zachary to pre-register for the programmingconM
held on Oct. 29. You may also register Oct. 26-28 imheC
ter Science Department.
ULTRALIGHT FLYING ORGANIZATION :The meeting
at 8:30 p.m. in 410 Rudder Tower will concern publicity for the
upcoming show. Everyone is welcome to attend.
METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT:Joinuslbra*
with and scripture Bible study at 12:30 p.m. at the Texas a
Wesley Foundation. Bring a sack lunch or Si forlundi]
AUDIO ENGINEERING GROUP:If you want to get the most
out of your stereo system by learning how your room and stereo
interact come to our “Listening Room Acoustics” seminar at 7
p.m. in 119B Zachry.
MSC CAMERA COMMITTEE:The Fall Photo Com|
will lie on Nov. 5. Prints may be entered in the He:
Student Center hallway from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., OaSI
Nov. 4. The contest is open to all non-professionalsii
Bryan-College Station area.
SURFCLUB :We will discuss contest details at the meeting at 8:30
p.m. in 701 Rudder Tower.
CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION:We will have a general meeting at
7:30 p.m. in 507 A&B Rudder Tower.
DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES:^
the requirements of a minimum GPR of 2.25 andareafe
student having completed one semester at Texas AM
should think alx>ut applying for the 1984 Cotton Bo*lIt]
sentalive. Applications will be available in theStudentA®
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OFFICIAL NOTICE
General Studies Program
STUDENTS PLANNING TO
Pre-register for the spring semester are
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control, and minor gynecological problems beginning October 24.
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Dallas schools adopt
education suggestions
United Press International
WASHINGTON —The Dal
las school district, one of the na
tion’s largest, had already im
plemented the first five recom
mendations made by a presiden
tial task force on the crisis in
education, the district’s head
said Monday.
only the problems hut the solu
tions.
to 21 credits;
“Attention has zoomed in on
education, but the mood has
shifted from negative criticism
to positive action,” he said.
Unit
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stand re
|e stale
P his p
ame site
fter Hu
Dallas Independent School
District Superintendent Linus
Id *
Wright told a Republican Edu
cation Policy Task Force that he
is encouraged by the recent in
terest in the problems of educa
tion and possible solutions.
Wright said the improve
ments made in the four years
since he took over as head of the
127,000-studeni school district
have been in harmony with re
commendations of the commis
sion report — which found the
nation’s educational system has
declined and needs a renewed
commitment for excellence.
"Suddenly I don’t feel as
lonely as a public school educa
tor as I have in recent years,”
said Wright. “. Suddenly — likea
refreshing breeze — everyone is
talking about education,
He told the task force that the
DISD has:
not
—Increased graduation re
quirements by upping it from 19
—Adopted more
measurable and highnHhe
dards for academic perft ^ his
b> pimingauemlti'M, ^ ns;m(H
otion; Klatu
gainst
—Frovulfil more unit Lg mt , ,
by setting a tougheraite: , na> v j (
policy, lengthened the «hes
day lor elementary stude Rj aUo
ref used work permits i
school students excepi l0va | 0
jobs are an integralpam j
ing or necessary forsme * cs ' r
attend school; ictcd”a
The (
—Increased teaching tes 'ha
lives by adopting a schoo! *
live plan to rewardallem tW) n o
in the 25 percent of'°P m y
sc hools showing the greaifira? rni
j. id his 1
e veget
provements.
Rio Airways passengen
safe after fire at DFW
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runway because of a fire I
plane’s engine.
Paul Hunnicutt, aRwil
visor, said the turbo-prop!
muter plane had already
before the fire started,
“All 10 passengengoiol
plane safely. No onet
jured. They were evaniaif
the runway and the pi®
then lowed toahangar,!
cutt said.'
The plane landed shorg^'
ter 7 p.m. Hunnicutt afl
cause of the fire had K
determined.
Earlier this month,ip
ican Airlines jet was a
ated at D-FW when its
overheated, causing']
smoke to get intoi
one was hurt in t
either.
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