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Wednesday, October 17, 1984AThe Battalion/Page 3 ^ After first 2 weeks, dj United Way drive |*5 collects $74,000 err/) "V n T1V ; £■ as, -/A/G /iAyD Hr \IE r L , By CAMILLE BROWN Staff Writer The progress reports on the sec- ond week of the United Way fund !drive show the momentum is still building. The $73,998 collected by the Brazos County United Way as of Tuesday make up 17.4 percent of the community’s $425,000 goal. Last week 9.1 percent of the goal had been reached. Included in these totals are the Texas A&M University and A&M System contributions. The Univer sity, the System and the students are the three divisions which make up the A&M part of the county’s United Way campaign. A&M’s goal to raise $110,000 is a major part of the county-wide goal. So far, A&M has contributed $46,138 of the county’s $73,998 to tal. Of that, A&M faculty and staff have given $32,705 and members of the system part of the drive have contributed $13,433. Contributions from A&M stu dents will be collected during the eight week campaign and handed in at the end of the drive. The student’s United Way campaign, however, is structured differently than other di visions of the drive. John-Mark Stephenson, coordina tor of the student drive, said that student contributions cannot be lim ited to eight weeks because student donations rely more on fund-raising events. Money raised by student-spon sored activities is collected through out the year and given to the Brazos County United Way periodically. “You can’t cram too many activ ities into an eight week period,” Ste- henson said. “The student drive as to be spread out.” This year the United Way will give awards to the dorm, the campus or ganization, the sorority and the fra ternity which collect the most money. Two upcoming student events to benefit the United Way are Chi Omega’s “Songfest” and the Resi dence Hall Association’s “Almost Anything Goes.” Stephenson said that fund raising for bonfire may be discouraging United Way contributions, and foot ball games may be using weekend time that otherwise might have been dedicated to United Way fund-rais ing activities. Bridge dropping Explosives were used Tuesday morning to destroy the 53- west of Bryan, is being torn down to make room for the sec- year-old Brazos River Bridge on Highway 21. The bridge, ond of two concrete bridges. sk $2.00. xperiment! disc treti mterplai ; compute ve immed ly grow tin row pock lasters, tele Ikie-talfe lave tiineii them in :are of. M) directionof pected soot rganicco® to do-tli! nt, the oss my t any emei red stripei nmodore. mil prof committee 1 id the i or erence Editor Board ior ig Editor editor Editor ag e Editor Editor ditor '"""Km / exas •'» I i aif nisttfoK'* Dioipapty / w/jj licit- j, Reed 09} UtiO' 1 ’ Precautions can keep car off stolen vehicle list By TRENT LEOPOLD Staff Writer Police are busy finding stolen cars in the Bryan-College Station area and need help from everyone to keep the number of thefts at low lev els. Detective Stephen Hanel of the Bryan Police Department said many people in this area leave keys inside their cars, making it easier for thieves to steal them. “People may not leave their keys in the ignition, but if they are left laying somewhere inside the car it is easier for someone to steal it,” he said. “When someone sees a set of keys inside the car, all they have to do is get in and drive away.” Hanel said although a profes sional crook will steal your car any way if he wants to, leaving the keys in the car makes it easier. “It only takes a few seconds for a professional to pop the lock, hotwire the ignition and drive away.” “So far this year Bryan police have recorded 124 stolen cars, compared So far this year, Bryan police have recorded 124 stolen cars compared with 145 at this time last year. with 145 at this time last year,” said Sgt. Roy Galny of the Bryan police department. In September, 83 percent of the cars reportecU missing were found while only 18 percent were found in August, Galny said. At this time last year, 43 percent of the cars reported stolen were found while so far this year only 31 percent have been found. In addition to stealing cars, Hanel said thieves also take many loose items such as stereos, speakers and other valuable items. “Again, about all you can do is the preventive stuff like locking your doors and keeping valuable items out of sight,” Hanel said. While there may not be much people can do to prevent these items from being stolen, Hanel said, they can help the police find them by en graving their driver’s license num ber on the item. “If people bring their valuables to the police department we will help them get their license or the item’s- serial number engraved on them free-of-charge,” he said. Hanel said most people tend to forget that stereo accessories such as cassette players, amplifiers and speakers also need to be engraved. “It also is a good idea to lock valu able items in the trunk if someone is going to be away from their car for awhile,” Hanel said. “Most of the time a thief won’t bother opening trunks to find valuable items. Appointments announced forTAMU system University News Service Responsibilities for academic programs and planning for the Texas A&M LIniversity System have been assigned to Deputy Chancellor Perry L. Adkisson, announced Ghancellor Arthur G. Hansen. TAMUS academic programs and planning were formerly the responsibilities of Dr. William V. Muse, who recently resigned to accept the position of president at the University of Akron. Dr. Adkisson has named Dr. Charles Pinnell as associate dep uty chancellor for academic pro grams and planning. Adkisson said Pinnell will head the Office of Academic Programs and Plan ning and be responsible for its day-to-day activities. Pinnell, formerly associate deputy chancellor for engi neering, has held a variety of ad ministrative positions since join ing the Texas A&M faculty in 1958 as assistant professor of civil engineering. Hansen said the assignment of additional responsibilities to Ad kisson and the appointment of Pinnell complete a series of TA MUS administrative adjustments. Adkisson had assumed respon- sibilites for coordinating engi neering activities at the system level after the retirement of Dr. John C Calhoun Jr. Dr. Herbert Richardson has now assumed TAMUS engineering responsibil- ties in conjunction with his ap- f )ointment as dean of engineering or Texas A&M. Richarsdon, for merly associate dean of engi- ; neering at Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology, assumed his new duties earlier this month. Last month the Texas A&M Board of Regents confirmed Hansen’s recommendation to name W. Clifton Lancaster vice chancellor for budgets and hu man resources and William Was son vice chancellor and system comptroller. Both men formerly served in positions that reported to then-Executive Vice Chan cellor for Administration W. C. Freeman, who retired at the first of the year. Teen gets $1.5 million from HL&P settlement United Press International HOUSTON — A teenager who lost both arms in an electrical acci dent six years ago will receive more than $1.5 million under an set tlement reached with Houston Lighting & Power Co. Adrian Ledesma, 18 ( and his par ents sued the utility for negligence in the accident. Ledesma was injured while climbing an unfenced trans mission tower in his southwest Hous ton neighborhood. Ledesma had climbed halfway up the tower and reached to touch what he thought was a telephone line. Bui the wire was a distribution line, and the electrical shock forced amputa tion of both his arms above the el bow. Dale Felton, Ledesma’s attorney, claimed HL&P should have fenced the tower and placed the distribu tion line farther from the tower. But HL&P attorney Stephen Tipps said the tower construction met require ments of the National Electric Code. SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRi SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A *39 9 10 11 12 13 14 IfT" *49 16 17 18 19 20 21 ^2 *59 23 *-4 25 26 27 28 29 $ 69 30 31 HURRY OFFER ENDS SUN; W >v* .Jpl f FACILITIES INCLUDE: COED CONDITIONING FLOOR FREE WEIGHTS ICARIAN EQUIPMENT WET STEAM BATH DESERT DRY SAUNA RELAXING WHIRLPOOL PRIVATE SHOWERS. LOCKERS & DRESSING OPEN 24 HOURS WEEKDAYS AGES 16-80 6 DAYS WEEKLY EXTRA COED & LADIES AEROBICS NURSERY • SUNDAYS 20 MINUTE TANNING BEDS Over The Phone Discount W5A* GYMS OF TEXAS UNIVERSITY DR E mIm’’ fp { 846-0053 ELECT HOWARD HILL SHERIFF OF BRAZOS COUNTY EXPERIENCE • FORMER MAJOR WITH THE BRYAN POLICE DEPARTMENT • OVER 11 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR AND ADMINISTRATOR • OVER 20 YEARS IN THE FIELD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT • CERTIFIED POLICE INSTRUCTOR (FORMER GUEST INSTRUCTOR, TEXAS A&M POLICE TRAINING) EDUCATION • GRADUATE F.B.I. NATIONAL ACADEMY • AA DEGREE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT • OVER 2300 HOURS OF TRAINING AT POLICE ACADEMIES SUCH AS TEXAS A&M POLICE TRAINING AWARDS • SELECTED OUTSTANDING POLICE OFFICER OF BRAZOS COUNTY 1970 & 1976 • 3 CITATIONS OF MERIT, BRYAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (FOR WORK PERFORMED WITH THE CHILDREN OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS) CIVIC ACTIVITIES • PAST P.T.A. PRESIDENT (BONHAM SCHOOL) • FORMER DEN LEADER, CUB SCOUTS OF AMERICA • PAST MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BRAZOS COUNTY UNITED WAY • DDC INSTRUCTOR (DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE) CITATION OF APPRECIATION AWARDED BY THE TEXAS SAFETY ASSOCIATION • FIRST AID INSTRUCTOR (CITED BY AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR INSTRUCTION OF OVER 500 PEOPLE) AS A MEMBER OF THE BRYAN POLICE DEPARTMENT HOWARD HILL WAS A PIONEER IN DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE EDUCATION IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IF ELECTED HE PLANS TO CON TINUE WORKING WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. MR. HILL HAS MORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIV ITIES THAN ALL THE OTHER CANDIDATES COMBINED. A VOTE FOR HOWARD HILL IS A VOTE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE Political ad paid for by Howard Hill campaign; Lena Hill, Treasurer, 4007 N. Texas Ave., Bryan, Tx.