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HOUSTON — GTE Mobilnet will
invest $10 million over the next two
years to make Houston the “show
case city” for its new high-technol
ogy cellular portable telephones.
The firm announced the decision
to expand less than a month after it
became the first company to provide
Houston with the portable cellular
phones Sept. 27. The phones can be
installed in cars or carried around
indoors and outdoors.
Houston was the second city to get
a GTE Mobilnet cellular system after
the firm began operating its first sys
tem in Indianapolis, Ind., last May.
Cellular telephones are so named
because an area’s transmitting and
receiving network is broken up in
“cells” from one to 10 miles in ra
dius.
Officials of GTE, the only U.S.
firm to manufacture the phones,
claim their system is superior to mo
bile telephone service, which has suf
fered from poor transmission quality
and a lack of assigned radio chan
nels.
Because older mobile telephones
use one frequency, such systems
have a small capacity, some allowing
only 12 calls at a given time, GTE of
ficials said. The Federal Commu
nications Commission has allotted
333 channels for cellular telephone
communications.
“While it is true that cellular tele
phones make use of some fairly so
phisticated high technology, using
one requires no special training,”
said company President James C.
Harpham. “The phone in your car
or your portable phone operates just
like the telephone in your home.
You can make calls, including long
distance calls, and receive calls, with
a quality comparable to regular tele
phone service.”
Cellular phones also are superior
to “beeper” systems because they al
low two-way communications any
where, GTE officials said.
Richard Sharman, marketing vice
president for GTE Mobilnet, said
Houston has accepted the cellular
telephones even better than antic
ipated.
“We’ve had our cellular network
up and running for a month now,
and we’re very pleased with its per
formance and reception,” he said.
“The system is processing over
20,000 calls each day.
The Houston cellular telephone
system, inaugurated when former
Mayor Louie Welch made the first
official call a month ago, cost $8.8
million and is expected to serve
more than 22,000 people by the end
of five years, GTE officials said.
A cellular telephone can be in
stalled in a car for about $2,000,
while carry-around cellular phones
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$4,000 to $5,000 for conventional
radio telephones, said Bruce Lowrie
of GTE Intelecom, a brother cor
poration.
Lowrie added that technicians
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phones into briefcase-size con
tainers. The portable phones have a
range equal to that of car telephones.
An answering service for the porta
ble phones also is available.
Besides the initial charges, cus
tomers must pay $35 a month for ba
sic service, plus 39 cents a minute for
peak usage between 7 a.m. and 7
p.m. weekdays and 20 cents a min
ute for off-peak use from 7 p.m. to 7
a.m., holidays and weekends. An op
tion allows customers to pay $15 a
month for basic service, plus 60
cents a minute for peak usage and
20 cents a minute for off-peak us
age.
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State Representative
When the students of Texas A&M needed a friend, Richard Smith was
Last Spring, the Democrats (led by Gov. Mark White) called a Special
Election for State Representative during Spring Break, When the Aggies
would not be in town to vote. The Battalion Editorial Board called the scheduling of
the election by the Democrats ‘an attack on Texas A&M students, staff and faculty
members/ as reported Friday, Jan. 26, 1984. The Bryan/College Station Eagle Edito
rial Board said ‘Let’s face it, this whole thing smacks of partisan politics at its most
petty level/, Sunday, Jan. 29, 1984.
Richard Smith, George Strake (Chairman, Republican Party of Texas) and
local Republicans worked to change the election date as did Student Government
leaders. Not only would the Democrats not change the date but they would not even
meet with Student Government.
George Strake said, Mark White, probably in consultation with the Demo
cratic candidate in Brazos County, undoubtedly looked at the high Republican vote
totals in Texas A&M precincts and decided to give an edge to his candidate over Re
publican Richard Smith../, as reported in The Eagle Thursday, Jan. 26, 1984.
Richard Smith said, ‘This act of political expediency is another sign of the
lack of sensitivity of the state Democratic party and our state Democratic elected offi
cials for Texas A&M University’, as reported in The Eagle, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1984.
Then Richard Smith went one step further to make sure as many students
would be allowed to vote as possible, despite Neeley Lewis and the Democrats. Rich
ard Smith personally provided for a shuttle bus system to take Aggies to the
polls to vote absentee. Students who wanted a ride were taken to the polls, with no
regard to party affiliation or who they were voting for. When Texas A&M and it’s stu
dents come under attack, Aggies stick together.
When the students of Texas A&M needed a friend, Richard Smith was
there. Where was Neeley Lewis?
UKM Richard Then:
• Member, Squadron 22
• Varsity Swimming Team
• Distinguished Student
• BS Mechanical Engineering,
• Class of ’59
• 4 Years Active Duty U.S.
Air Force
• Captain, USAF Reserve
Richard Now:
• Former Mayor, Bryan (5 years)
City Council Member (3 years)
• Founding President, Brazos
Animal Shelter, Inc.
• Member, Century Club,
Association of Former Students
• Varsity Donor, The Aggie Club
Pol. Adv. paid for by Citizens for Richard Smith, P.O. Box 3743, Bryan, Texas, 77805