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ttalion issified Friday, March 8,1985/The Battalion/Page 5 mmm. ER STREET WAREHOUSE > to 10x30 18 to $77 5794 DAYS 938 NIGHTS > WANTED /VAY, INC, jpenings availedJ be considered jst be available c r training. Also a (i : must tae passed ! edule an appoiniri view sessions I nours and will lief< ore on Briarcresl,! th (by appoinlrifi aginsat$3.60toSi| xperience. Equal! er. M/F/H/V. Businessman says awareness a key in management reenery Maintenano Member 3 art-Time ew M-Th ):30a.m. -7551 ivitt, Bryan B By SHERRY TOFTE Reporter Almost any business can survive if Prudent common sense rules are fol lowed and if an awareness of the common marketplace is observed, said John Sackett of the Texas A&M College of Business Developmental Council. The former president of San An tonio’s Alamo Iron Works spoke to aspiring business persons Thursday night on how to manage companies successfully by avpiding the failures ofbusiness. Sackett works now as a manage ment consultant. "The fact is that there are an aw ful lot of companies out there that are really poorly managed,” Sackett said. Sackett illustrated errors made by LA FOR B0!i RLS (••ordinary dynamod' a, waterakllnj, u«v irta, photograph Eric,'L«uran Set- «. Ohio 43209,6W lornings. Student lot: 71. lease apartments Courtyard Apartiwa, ng circulars jsh self-addressed 350. Woodstock, III# s/Switn Instructor! ience helpful, not if 7 hour. 779-62tt k care people part-da 6-6060 J urnmer lifeguard aw Apply at ThomatM University (continued from page 1) sive, on-going investigation by Wz on-i^ conducted by Warren Sumner, cadet inspector general, in coop eration with other cadet leaders. Texas A&M President Frank E. Vandiver said he was “encou raged to see that the Corps’ lead ership is discovering and addres sing infractions as it said it would.” Sophomore transfer student Bruce Goodrich, of Webster, N.Y., died of heat stroke in Au gust after being rousted from his Bed and forced to run and do “motivational exercises.” Four upperclassmen were charged in Goodrich’s death. Ga briel Cuadra, was convicted of tampering with evidence and sen tenced to a year’s probation. Criminally negligent homicide charges against juniors Jason Miles, Louis Fancher III and An thony D’Alessandro were dis missed and they were Fined and placed on probation for hazing. a San Antonio company last fall. Sackett was hired as a consultant to rescue the company from a debt of $700,000 net worth. “I’m most amazed to find out that most companies keep very poor books,” he said. Although some companies choose not to keep audit records, Sackett said audits reveal the bottom line of a company’s financial standing. “When you are looking at a com pany, nothing is clear cut,“ he said. "You really have to be careful.” Every good business person should maintain skills that allow them to foresee problems and deal with them effectively, Sackett said. “The First thing is to have the wis dom to recognize problems,” he John Sackett said. "Then, you have to draw a line and say,‘at this point, we’re going to have to take some drastic steps.’ i “If you have a special skill, strong desire or are very determined, you should have no problem in the busi ness world. Single-mindedness is a necessity.” The success of a business some times depends on taking chances and it is imperative to analyze and evaluate every risk before it is en countered, Sackett said. “For me personally, I am very conservative,” he said. “I try to take as little risks as possible.” New school chief wants aid for poor Associated Press AUSTIN — Texas most likely will have to provide additional money to help support poor school districts in the next few years, the head of the State Board of Education said Wednesday. Jon Brumley of Fort Worth made the comment as he and six col leagues, including one from College Station, were considered and ap proved by the Senate Nominations Committee to serve on the board. From College Station was John Mack Prescott. The other members were Mary Helen Berlanga, Corpus Christi; Charles W. Duncan, Hous ton; William McBride, San Antonio; Pete Morales Jr., Devine; and Kath erine Raines, Cleburne. The eight other members of the board appointed by Gov. Mark White appeared before the commit tee Thursday. AH 15 members will be offered to the full Senate Monday for Final ap proval. At the committee hearing Wednesday, Brumley was asked if poorer school districts would need additional money to supplement the funds allotted by the recent special session in an effort to equalize edu cation opportunities between wealthy and poor districts. A law suit was Filed Tuesday in a Travis County district court alleging the school reform bill passed by the special session did not produce equ- ity- “The poorer school districts were helped by House Bill 72,” Brumley told the committee, “but in two or three yeztrs I see the possibility that wealthier districts will raise local taxes to improve their schools and we will have the inequity again. “However, that is one of the prob lems we are working on,” Brumley said. Evidence given without jury in Port case Associated Press NEW BRAUNFELS — Blood was discovered in the car trunk of mur der defendant David Port after po lice seized the car in their investiga tion of tHe killing of a mail carrier, a Houston police investigator said in pretrial testimony Thursday. Investigator Ted Thomas said he inspected the sedan at the Houston police department last June after smelling “a strong odor that came from the trunk. Immediately upon opening it, I saw blood in the trunk.” Testimony was given without the jury being present. Police say Port told them he wrap ped the body of Debora Sue Schatz, 23, in trash bags and stuffed it in the trunk of his car last June 7. Police said that Port, 18, told them he killed the woman and dumped the body in a bayou. However, au thorities found the body in an open Field several miles from the spot he designated. Thomas gave the testimony on a defense motion to suppress all oral and written statements Port had given police shortly after he was ar rested June 8. Trial testimony has not begun in the trial, which began Feb. 25 with jury selection. A nine-man, three- woman jury was seated Tuesday and has been sequestered since Wednes day. All witnesses called Wednesday and early Thursday have testiFied without tne jury present. The case drew national attention when Port’s father, Bernard Port, and stepmother, Odette Port, re fused to testify against him before a grandjury. The two were jailed on contempt of court charges, while Port re mained free on $20,000 bond. The parents since have been released, but have not appeared in the court room during the trial. Neither has been subpoenaed to testify. The trial was moved to New Braunfels after extensive publicity in Houston, 175 miles southeast. 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