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Tuesday, November 15,1983/The Battalion/Page 7 i , Warped by Scott McCullar Presidential candidate THIS IS PERMIT TENWIW6S WITH THE WRPP "A/EWS BEHIND THE HOUR." STERLING C. EVANS LI&RARI OFFICIALS TOPAV REVEALED THE TRUE REASON THE LABEL SCANNER METHOD OF CHECKING OUT BOOKS WAS ADOPTED. TOO MN/ COW- Boys WERE CARRyiNG OR FORGET*, ING THEIR D/P CANS W THE BOOKS OLD CARP ROCKETS. TODAV IN SBI5A A 6R0UP OF VERY CONFUSED STUDENTS ENGAGED IN A CANNED FOOD FIGHT. CASUALTIES AND DA/AAGE5 WERE HIGH, AND AFTERWARD THOSE INVOLVED, ALL FRESH A EN, TOLD POLICE, "WE PONT SEE HOW THIS EVER GOT POPULAR AT TOLIFAF " ENTERTAINMENT. AFTER A LONG STRUGGLE TO SUCCEED, TAKE'S GIANT GOLF CLOSED ITS DOORS LAST WEEKEND. INJURIES TO PATRONS, MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS AND THE PLAIN STUPIDITY OF THE GAME , INSPIRED By MINI ATURE GOLF, CONTINUED TO /MAKE BUSINESS GO IN THE SPORTS. THE ANNUAL HIGHWAY SIX TRACK-AND-FIELD-EVENT WILL NOT BE TELEVISED BY WRPP AGAIN THIS YEAR, DOE. TO THE FACT THAT RUNNERS RUN BOTH WAYS, UP AND DOWN HIGHWAY SIX , MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FAR OOR CAMERA MEN TO KEEP TRACKOF. says Mondale will fade Convicted swindler moves from jail to halfway house United Press International BIG SPRING — Convicted swindler Billie Sol Estes was slated to be transferred from a f ederal prison to a half-way ouse in Abilene early Tuesday until his parole becomes effec tive Dec. 15, a prison spokes woman said. She said Estes was slated to spend the next 30 days at the Salvation Army Halfway House, vhich the Salvation Army itarted in conjunction with the 'ederal prison system five uonths ago. Estes, 58, was convicted in 979 on two felony counts of faud and tax evasion in a cheme involving non-existant >il field equipment cleaners. A otal of 22 charges were filed igainst Estes and Abilene busi- lessman Raymond Horton. The government said the two eased oil Field cleaning equip- nent to oil companies, but the leaners did not exist. A federal jury in Dallas ruled istes and Horton were guilty of vading $10 million dollars worth of taxes and said they had used the mail to promote their scheme. But the jury was unable to de termine if the pair bilked leasing companies on non-existant cleaners. Most of the charges against the pair were dropped. Estes was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspring to defraud investors. The U.S. Parole Commission last year re jected Estes’ request for early parole, leaving intact the Dec. 15 parole date. Salvation Army Capt. Dan Turner, halfway house director, said Estes would be the sixth man to participate in the prog ram, which includes four men at once. The halfway house is a large room with four beds con nected to the Abilene Salvation Army headquarters. Turner said the prison system kept Estes as long as possible, adding officials can release in mates to a halfway house six months before they are to be paroled. Halfway house participants must find and keep a job to stay at the halfway house. Turner said participants sign in and out on their own, but must obey a 10 p.m. curfew. “I’m sure he’ll find one of his own,” Turner said of Estes’ pos sible job. Turner said he would ask Estes what kind of employ ment he wanted upon his arrival at the halfway house. “Other than introducing the individual to the employer all these guys have gotten jobs on their own. Most of them already have a job arranged when they come here. We’ve gotten white- collar fellows so far,” Turner added. One overnight pass is granted each week if the participant has family he can stay with and if he is saving at least 20 percent of his paycheck, Turner said. Federal probation officer Billy Johnson of Abilene also consults with the halfway house participants. “It’s the kind of thing where they can walk off if they want to,” Turner said, adding every participant had to be accounted for everyday. “If they waif off or ^ don’t report in (from an over night pass) then we call the fed eral marshal and back they go” to prison. “This is just the next step to getting them involved with their family,” Turner said. United Press International AUSTIN — Democratic pres idential candidate Ernest Holl- ings said Monday that Walter Mondale’s current support among Texas party leaders was illusory and would fade as voters become more involved in the 1984 elections. Hollings, a U.S. Senator from South Carolina, came to Texas to pay a courtesy call on Gov. Mark White and to drum up support for his campaign among influential party leaders. Although recent polls show him trailing both Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, and Mondale in Texas, Hollings said a different picture would emerge as voters become more interested in the campaign. “I’d say 95 or 98 percent of the voting public could not care less this very minute about a presidential race next year,” he said. “They have their minds on the Texas football team, Thank sgiving and Christmas. If I can prove my efficacy in New Hampshire (primary voting) I’ll have no problem in Texas.” Hollings discounted a survey of the Texas Democratic Party Executive Committee that showed Mondale a clear favorite among the party leaders. Holl ings said Mondale’s early sup port was based primarily on name recognition, not any stand on issues. “I would have the people committed to Mondale switch over to me by having them stop, look, listen and sober up,” he said. “We can nominate Fritz Mondale, but he can’t be elected. He can’t carry Texas or South Carolina or any other Sun Belt state. You’ll find that support about a mile wide and a half an inch deep.” Hollings said he expected to be “right up at the top” in the New Hampshire primary March 6, and chided the news media for giving too much attention to Glenn and Mondale. “Three and a half, four months before we really get into this thing and they’re wanting everyone else to get out,” he said. “They’ve tried to put it down to that name recognition factor and say its just a two-man race.” PRE-LAW SOCIETY MEETING Wednesday, November 16 7:00 p.m. 302 Rudder CLASSIFIED ADS 7:49-9:50 X “EDUCATING RITA”tP<i> *t c;;i990: BRONX WARRIORS K ^msTdolbystere^t^SSTs*! ie nucb e Mile It ation leal ed in iki accident,' iow a pro ie Univer- AFL-CIO fights bus fare hikes private re- essuresoi mine.wh) infant awnwind workers, the Texas AFL-CIO 12 tints evels after s lalfoftk ave never ilained b) archers, very lo» ontamina- nd rabbit file Island jpproces red,”" probabii- ncer inti- if not i' about tit! irehers -lopment ed requir- if the fi« “gulatoij sed United Press International In a show of support for strik- ng bus drivers and terminal said Monday it will challenge a tatewide fare increase approved last week for Greyhound Lines, Inc. At an Austin rally attended by about 40 striking members of the Amalgamated Transit Un ion, state AFL-CIO president darry Hubbard said union awyers would ask the Texas lailroad Commission to recon sider Greyhound’s rate hike. The state regulatory agency last Wednesday approved a 6.4 lercent increase for regular ares and charter fares in Texas. The strike-bound company had asked for a 15 percent increase. Hubbard said the union vould use Greyhound’s prop osed wage and fringe benefit Jackage to persuade the com- nission that the carrier’s fares should be reduced in Texas. “If Greyhound can reduce its abor cost as dramatically as its proposal contemplates, then it mainly will not need a fare in- rease,” he said. “In fact, the lailroad Commission may be shown that it should reduce Greyhound Fares.” Local and state AFL-CIO leaders staged a rally at the Au stin Greyhound station to de monstrate support for local un ion members. Austin AFL-CIO president Walter Timberlake said local union members would help ATU members by providing manpower for a 24-hour picket and helping find temporary jobs for striking bus employees. “If Greyhound intends to op erate its buses through Austin, it can expect to find a picket line around the station day and night,” said Timberlake. Meanwhile in San Antonio, strikers outside the Greyhound terminal threw away letters The Battalion from the carrier informing them they were fired as of noon. “We all put them in the trash can,” said picket Merrill Mox- son. “There were 110 people here. None of them went back.” Gene Freabe, vice chairman of union Local 1313 in San Antonio, charged that Greyhound was trying to break the union. “I feel like I’ve been stabbed in the back,” he said. Hubbard said the Texas AFL- CIO would support the strike by asked Texas’ 650,000 union members to boycott the bus ser vice. “We have also asked the AFL-CIO to put Greyhound on organized labor’s official ‘Do Not Buy’ list and we are confi dent that that will be done quick ly,” he said. An official of the internation al ATU poked fun at the com pany’s plan to replace striking workers and resume bus service on a limited basis to 27 states, including Texas, by Thursday. SCHULMAN THEATRES Mon.-Fmly. Nile - Sch. 8 Tue.-Fmly. Nlta-ME III SCHULMAN 6 2002 F: 29th 775-2463 775-2468 7:25 9:40 THE BIG CHILL 7:109:35 MR. MOM 7:159:45 STRYKER 7:15 9:45 TENDER MERCIES ' 7:20 9:50 UNDER FIRE 7:30 9:55 THEOSTERMAN WEEKEND MANOR EAST III Mano .-lit Hall 82;:, 8J0C 7:159:40 TRADING PLACES 6TUC>eNT Y FATWErK e*LL MLKjIC CEWTUR.T' \(e> AT T’00|om ALL. FArn-b=7 Service Cr&kJfJEO GOOD** UJICL- &e COLLECT BO F&fZ. A c/-4Afzj7 y r' 4th Annual Miller Lite 10,000 Meter Road Race 7:25 9:40 ALL THE RIGHT MOVES 7:15 9:50 NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN BOUCLE PULLOVERS $20 BOUCLE CARDIGANS $23-$24 WOOL GABARDINE PANTS $44 WOOL GABARDINE SKIRTS $44 Saturday, November 19,1983 8:30 a.m. at the Brazos Center select groups of DRESSES 20%-40% OFF COATS 20%-30% OFF COORDINATES 25% OFF PECK & PECK Number One in Aggieland A 6.2 mile 1982 TAC Certified Course ENTRY FEE:Pre-registration $6.00 per runner: $8.00 Day of race. Entries will be accepted in the main hallway of the Memorial Student Center from November 14-18, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. CHECK IN: Race packet pick-up and registration will be at the Brazos Center on Nov. 19 from 7 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. ALL FUNDS WILL BE DONA TED TO UNITED WA Y Sponsored by United Way Brazos Beverage and Texas A&M Roadrunners Club