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t.vr.’ft* Gallery Datsun COOLING SYSTEM PRESSURE TESTING —Inspect all Belts & Hoses- $-J tJOO 1 Page 8/The Battalion/Wednesday, June 27, 1984 E3MC1 parts and installation of parts extra Ken Speaks-service manager 1214 Texas Ave. 775-1500 Books & More Parkway Square Between Kroger and Baskin-Robbins Reference si 00 to s? 00 Paperbacks 1/2 Price Trade Books 1/2 Price Records si 98 up Tapes s 2 98 up Aggie Souvenirs Mon.-Sat. 9am-9pm Sun. Noon-6pm o\ % NOTICE New Summer Rates Eff. Start at $150 1 Bedroom Start at $175 2 Bedroom Start at $210 Additional Discount on 12 month Lease SUMMER SHUTTLE BUS HJilloujich 693-1325 y apartments HHQT.H Ready tor a hot time on the old town tonight? How about J. T. McCord’s? Home to not only the best burgers around, J. T. McCord's cooks up some ol the most o, mouth-watering ~ Mexican dishes to be found. Try a Chimichanga or our famous Almost Fajitas. The traditionalists can take comfort in a El Grande Burrito, or the more daring can light their fire with Lupe’s Quesadillas. Enjoy any of our south-of- the-border dishes and you'll have warm memories of a delicious meal at J. T. McCord's. 2232 S. Texas Avenue at Brentwood Brazos Square Shopping Center College Station Also visit Dallas, Plano, Waco, Lubbock Austin could shoe by Jeff MacNely be facing conservation United Press International mg. Autry’s brother charged in murder United Press International AMARILLO — The younger brother of executed murderer James David “Cowboy” Autry has been charged with murder in the strangulation of a handicapped Am arillo woman. Robert Allen Autry, 27, was charged Monday for the slaying of Zola Mae Frazier, 59, found in her home after police received an anon ymous telephone call Friday af ternoon. Frazier was severely beaten and an autopsy revealed she had been strangled and died about 8 a.m. Fri day. Autry, unemployed and receiving disability social security payments, was Mrs. Frazier’s neighbor, special crimes Sgt. A.L. morris said. State District Judge Naomi Har ney set $75,000 bond and Autry was sent to the Potter County Jail in lieu of bond. Morris said the court planned to appoint an attorney for Autry and no additional court dates had been scheduled. Frazier lived alone and used a wheelchair most of the time but was not confined to it, Morris said, add ing her home was not robbed and there were no signs of forced entry. James David Autry, 29, was exe cuted at the Texas Penitentiary last March for the 1980 murder of Port Arthur convenience store clerk Shir ley Dfouet, 43, of Port Neches, dur ing what prosecutors called a bot ched robbery attempt. One store clerk also was killed and another suffered massive brain dam age in that shooting. Morris said Frazier’s body was found in a combination bedroom living room area. He said Robert Autry was arrested after authorities questioned neighbors, but Morris re fused to give any details of what wit nesses had reported. AUSTIN — Residents of Austin may face a mandatory water conser vation program within a few weeks because of consumption that has al ready exceeded peak usage of a year ago, city officials warned Tuesday. A lack of rainfall and a heat wave that has brought temperatures in ex cess of 100 degrees during the past several days have contributed to the water shortage. City manager Jorge Carrasco said water usage in Austin has averaged about 140 million gallons a day over the past five days, and the city can only safely pump about 150 million gallons per day. Water consumption equaled the highest levels of the year Monday when customers used 143 million gallons. City Resource Management offi cials predicted Tuesday that contin ued 100-degree heat will push de mand for water near the capacity of the system by Thursday. The city has been under a volun tary conservation plan for the past several weeks. If water usage hits 150 million gallons for three straight days, water officials can begin limit ing outdoor water use. “We’re definitely in a critical pe riod,” said conservation manager Mike Personett. “I’m hopeful that voluntary conservation will keep us under 150 million gallons, but the chances of restrictions are increas- It‘5 time-Wfe <gi fou^h with, these deakhgat countries that can't pay their Joans... ; There are several options. First,we ask Lee lacocca if hed like to be President J of Fmil. SHOE by Jeff MacNel I 5HOULP PITCH TUB WADERS. 'Known defects' sticker nixed FTC changes used car rule United Press International WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission staff came under fire Tuesday from consumer groups for recommending a revised used car rule that drops a requirement that dealers to post known defects on window stickers. “It is another defeat for consum ers and victory for special interest groups,” said Mark Silbergeld, a di rector of the Consumer Union. “The recommendation is foolish and bad.” Carol Crawford, head of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protec tion, said her staff concluded the “known defect” provision would be difficult to enforce, create confusion and provide buyers potentially false assurances. Crawford said the recommended new rule would better protect con sumers by requiring dealers to give more information about who must pay for repairs after a sale and by urging buyers to seek independent inspections before purchase. “Both the staff and I believe these provisions provide a strong, work able mechanism to improve con sumer information” and protect used car buyers, Crawford told a news conference announcing the recommendation by her office and the FTC’s Bureau of Economics. The proposed rule, expected to be adopted by the FTC next month, would require dealers to put the fol lowing information on window stick ers: “We didn’t back down fromai one,” Crawford said when asked the FTC staff dropped the “knw defect” provision because of indm try and congressional opposition • A warning that spoken prom ises are difficult to enforce. • A statement of the terms of any warranty offered with the car. • A statement of whether the dealer is selling the car “as is” and, if so, that the buyer must pay for re pairs. • A suggestion the consumer get an independent mechanic to inspect the car. The initial used car rule was pro posed by the FTC in 1981, eight years after studies of the issue be gan. But Congress vetoed the mea sure before it went into effect, fol lowing an intensive lobbying campaign by the used car industry. Last summer, the Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional Congress’ veto powers, effectively resurrecting the used car rule. A di vided FTC then decided to recon sider, rather than enact the measure. Crawford said her staff condudt the provision would have the ui tended and harmful effect of couraging consumers to relyont dealers’ assessment of a car imiaiHclaiming of seeking an independent impe lion. She said it also would have li« difficult to enforce because theFf( would have had to prove a car defective and the dealer knew of it Jack Gillis of the Consumer eration of America said, “Clean there are problems with diseta [Monday known defects, but the Fl’Cstaff, stead of coming up with creative# lutions, acquiesced to the demanfl of industry.” “Still, I’m happy they arerecoit mending something,” Gillis said, think the window sticker is a g( idea to alert consumers what toil on the lookout for.” High Court won’t let states limit charities’ fund-raising expenses United Press International WASHINGTON — States can not limit the amount charities spend on fund raising, a closely divided Su preme Court ruled Tuesday in a case involving Maryland’s attempt to prevent fraudulent solicitation. The 5-4 ruling upheld a lower court decision that Maryland may not impose a 25 percent limit on the amount charities may spend on fund-raising and administrative costs. Also Tuesday, the court ruled 8-0 that companies generally do not have a constitutional right to keep secret health and safety data they use to develop such products as pes ticides. That case involved Monsanto Co., a leading pesticide manufac turer, which claimed a government agency was giving away its scientific secrets to business rivals seeking ap proval of their own brands of pesti cides. In the charities case, Maryland and other states, including Connecti cut and New Jersey, insisted that such groups spend 75 percent or Writing for the court, Jus tice Harry Blackmun held that Maryland’s law was flawed because it “oper ates on the fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate measure of fraud. ” taken premise that high solicitaM costs are an accurate measure fraud.” The 25 percent limit on fund-ri ing and administrative expense which carried criminal penaltiesf# its violation, is supposed tostoptl* “unscrupulous practices of profe sional fund raisers.” more of their funds directly for charitable purposes. Maryland’s statute was revised in the wake of disclosures in 1976 about the fund-raising activities of Pallotine Fathers, who reaped $20 million by mail order for overseas charities but invested the money in business ventures. Writing for the court, Justice Harry Blackmun held that Maryland’s law was flawed because it “operates on the fundamentally mis- And, even if a charity is in fraudulent activities, “There nothing in the percentage limitation that prevents it from misdirectiif funds,” he added. Leading the dissenters, Justid William Rehnquist said the lint® lions were legitimate because insure that funds solicited from tlx public for a charitable purposed not be excessively diverted toprivaK pecuniary gain. “In the process, they encouraf the public to give by allowing Ik public to give with the confident' that money designed for charity be spent for charitable purposes. Also dissenting were Chief Jus® Warren Burger and Justices Le*' Powell and Sandra Day O’Connor. 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