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GTE restricts use
of Calling Card
By Julia Nunnallee
Reporter
General Telephone is prohibiting
use of its credit card to 18 foreign
countries in an attempt to curb
fraudulent calls.
John Wallace, division public af
fairs manager for GTE, says the
number of fraudulent calls now is
the highest recorded since the com
pany began issuing the Calling
Cards several years ago.
In a letter sent to Calling Card
customers, GTE cited several coun
tries in South America, Central
America, the Middle East and Carib
bean under restriction by the Fed
eral Communications Commission.
Customers calling those areas will
have to use alternate billing meth
ods, such as calling collect or charg
ing to a third number.
“Customers should be extremely
careful in using their Calling Card
number,” Wallace said. “They
should also be careful who uses their
card, either deliberately or not.”
The code on the card includes the
number where the call will be billed
and a four-digit personal identifica
tion number unique to each card.
Once the code is known, fraudulent
calls can be made, Wallace said.
If a customer receives a telephone
bill and suspects fraudulent use, or if
the card is lost or stolen, the tele
phone business office should be con
tacted immediately, Wallace said.
Fraudulent calls can be traced by
the time and place of the call, to
whom the call was placed and the
length of the conversation. The tele
phone company has a long distance
investigation unit tracking down
fraudulent card users, he said.
“Legal action is expensive,” Wal
lace said. “The primary objective is
not to put someone in jail, but to col
lect financial restitution for the serv
ice provided.”
What’s up
Tuesday
SAILING CLUB: is offering free sailing lessons including
simple theory of sailing, basic techniques, and terminology.
Lessons begin at 7 p.m. in room 504 Rudder.
Thursday
CHI ALPHA: study on “Humanism - what it is not, what it is”
at 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder.
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: weekly bible study and
fellowship at 7 p.m. on the second floor of Rudder.
Saturday
FLORICULTURE ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE
CLUB: sponsoring a plant sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the floriculture greenhouse, across from Heldenfelds.
Today’s Almanac
State turns 150 years old
United Press International
Today is Monday, June 18th, the
170th day of 1984 with 196 to fol
low.
The moon is moving toward its
last quarter.
The morning stars are Mercury
and Jupiter.
The evening stars are Venus,
Mars and Saturn.
Those born on this date are under
the sign of Gemini. They include Cy
rus Curtis, founder and publisher of
the Ladies’ Home Journal, in 1850,
journalist and publisher Edward
Scripps, in 1854.
Gramm attacks
gay rights issue —
Daggett supports
Texas celebration planned
United Press International
AUSTIN — Republican Senate
candidate Phil Gramm, attacking his
Democratic opponent for support
ing gay rights, said Monday he fa
vors allowing school districts to fire
grade school teachers who are ho
mosexuals.
"I don’t want a homosexual teach
ing my third-grade boy,” the College
Station Congressman said. “If the
school board makes the decision that
they pose a threat to the children, I
think they should have that right.”
Gramm, who will face state Sen.
Lloyd Doggett in the November gen
eral election, also said he favors ex
cluding gays from sensitive national
security posts because of the possibil
ity they would be “blackmailed” by
persons who would expose their sex
ual preference.
“I am perfectly comfortable run
ning with Ronald Reagan and
George Bush,” he said. “Lloyd Dog
gett will be comfortable running
with Walter Mondale. They have the
same constituency.”
Gramm, who co-authored Rea
gan’s 1981 budget initiatives, de
fined Mondale and Doggett’s con
stituencies as “big labor, welfare
activists and gay rights activists.”
“Lloyd Doggett has endorsed the
gay rights bill and I oppose it,” he
said. “I believe it’s a valid issue. It
tells where you stand on basic Texas
values.”
Gramm also portrayed Doggett as
an opponent of most major defense
programs and a balanced federal
budget.
Doggett responded to Gramm’s
comments by saying he would not be
drawn into a war of press confer
ences.
“Phil Gramm is certainly wasting
no time in starting his attacks on
me,” Doggett said. “I can’t really
blame him for wanting to get the fo
cus off of his record — which has
been nothing but an attack on the
ordinary working families of Texas.”
Gramm said the gay rights bill
pending in Congress would grant
preferential treatment to gays in a
manner similar to affirmative action
programs meant to benefit racial mi
norities.
“I don’t want them (gays) imposed
on me and my children,” Gramm
said. “I don’t believe they deserve
special treatment under the law.”
Doggett also chided Gramm for
campaigning in Texas while Con
gress was considering legislation.
By JIM BECKER
Reporter
Sesquicentennial. Most Texans
can’t even say the word let alone tell
you what it means. Besides its literal
translation meaning “150 years,” it
also means that all manner of
statewide activities will be happening
because, when used with the word
Texas, it means the state will turn
150 years old.
Yes, in 1986, Texas will celebrate
150 years of independence as a re
public and progress as a state, and
Brazos County will be doing its share
of celebrating.
Local celebrations will be super
vised by the Brazos County Sesqui
centennial Commission, which was
officially recognized June 14.
“The commission will act as a re
source bank and catalyst for local or
ganizations wanting to become in
volved in the celebration,”
commission chairman Mary Evelyn
White said. “The celebration will
continue throughout the year and
has planned many projects that will
both celebrate and leave something
of value behind.”
The projects are grouped into
three categories: past, present and
future. Each of these categories con
tains ideas which will contribute to
the anniversary celebration.
The category concentrating on
the past deals with those activities of
historical significance. Projects in
this section include the writing of the
history of Brazos County, the devel
opment of a photographic archives,
the development of a tour of old
College Station homes originally
part of the Texas A&M campus and
the chronicling of individual family
histories in a permanent genealogi
cal library.
Special events dominate the cat
egory dealing with the present. The
arts council will present an art ex
hibit of work by Texas artists from
the past 100 years. Downtown Bryan
will be the site of “Heritage Days,” a
celebration with an emphasis on the
history of that area. Some of the
other special events include a trea
sure hunt, a Bohemian-Fest, a
cleanup campaign, a flag-flying cam
paign and the pressing of a special
commemorative wine.
The future category or projects
will focus on permanent additions to
the area. Programs in this section are
the planned restoration of the La
Salle Hotel, the development of
Richard Carter Park, the renovation
of the Carnegie library, the devel
opment of a time capsule to be
opened in 2036 and the renovation
and restoration of the downtown
Bryan area.
In addition to these projects.
White hopes to see many more activ
ities planned on the A&M campus.
“Dr. Carolyn Adair, director of
Student Activities at Texas A&M, is
our official point of contact on cam
pus and she is in charge of coordi
nating programs there,” White said.
“I would like Texas A&M to be
the first educational institution to
make a major contribution to the
sesquicentennial celebration,” said
White. “The students and faculty of
A&M are already involved in many
of these activities and we hope to see
even more involvement as 1986 ap
proaches.”
Any group with an idea for the
celebration is encouraged to contact
the commission for assistance at 823-
1986. Texas A&M students should
contact Adair at 845-1133.
Photo by PETER ROCHA
Bryan Mayor Ron Blatchley and College Station Mayor Gary
Halter help Brazos County Judge R. J. Holmgreen raise the
new Sesquicentennial flag at the Brazos Center. The flag was
presented by the state commission to Brazos County. Bryan
and College Station also recieved flags in the sanctioning cer
emony.
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