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'» III in 11 ffi I ni 11 r : ■ im ■ 111 mi i n ii i in 11 in m i n 11 mi an ■ 11 m j j i n i ii Friday, June 28, 1985/The Battalion/Page 5 n nd I diinl ountry and o^nize tk lational (!(■ ^est to you i to the oi :urrent ad- sals would ire altema- perationof tank. )al or cord r Congress nderstands t, they wl ts wd speai; y, we mus T-” 't have en- :an’t be in- t 8:45 D and ler. CRA is it. The at the .is$l- ) p ro- SI-50 jilion, to dr Burger King buys oriental food chain Associated Press AUSTIN — A former $1.80-an- hourcashier for Uncle Sain has com- ileted a whopper of a deal by selling ier Chinese fast food business to a conglomerate that owns Burger King, which will operate Quik Wok restaurants. Pillsbury Co., owner of the ham burger chain, announced recently it was purchasing San Antonio-based Quik Wok Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Quik Wok operates eight stores in San Antonio and one in Fort Lau derdale, Fla. “Oriental food by Burger King is afirst, a pioneer venture,” said Quik Wok founder Constance Andrews. Jeff Campbell, chairman and chief executive officer of Burger King, said, Quik Wok “provides us with an exciting entry into the ethnic food business — a business we feel has substantial consumer appeal and growth potential.” Andrews, 46, recalled in a tele phone interview that her last job was as a cashier at the Lackland Air Force Base post exchange when she decided to open a Chinese f ood res taurant in 1972 — Golden Wok. She hocked her furniture for J2,500 and borrowed money from her brother’s military bonus to invest $3,700 in the restaurant. She did her own plumbing and electrical work. “I had never cooked Chinese food on a Chinese stove until the first cus tomer put in the first order, but I said to myself, ‘If the Chinese can do it, you can do it,”’ she said. “Ignor ance was bliss.” — She said the Small Business Ad ministration noted she was operat ing in the heartland of “Tex-Mex” food, and predicted she would go broke in three months. Later, she said, the SBA loaned her $10,000, “probably to shut up my writing to Washington.” She paid back the loan in2!/2years. “1 had played around at the house frying rice and tried to develop reci pes about how to cook in a wok,” she said.“But a Chinese stove — 36-feet long and stainless steel — is a whole different animal. There are three big gas jets, and the flames practi cally engulf the wok.” Andrews said she was “down on my knees with no help when Ken neth Lau walked in in February 1974, and asked me if I needed a Chinese cook. It was the greatest thing that ever happened to me.” tions Gen- said “f ii con^ 1 ■ongly crlt ' his adfl 11 ”' tingaf° rCt a rebels- 1200 or Right-wing group gives contribution to former student No Remedy? Dr. G’s is going out of business. The nightclub, one of the few live music spots in the area, was a popu lar hangout for students. Dr. G’s helped provide Photo by GREG BAILEY local bands exposure and presented music legends such as Bo Diddley. The club will hold a garage sale Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Utilities Gov. White claims to be cost-cutter Associated Press AUSTIN — Taking the offensive on an issue which is almost sure to come up in next year’s campaign, Gov. Mark White said Thursday he has succeeded in lowering Texans’ utility bills. “If that’s all they have to talk about than I’m not very concerned,” said White, who has not announced for re-election but is expected to run. White harped on electric bills in the 1982 campaign that ended with his upset of incumbent Bill Clem ents. At his weekly news conference Thursday, White said he has turned campaign talk into action that cut electric bills. “Many Texans now pay an absolu tely lower rate than they paid in the preceeding administration, brought about by considered, thoughtful reg ulation by appointees of this admin istration,” White said. The big change has been in fuel fees. Under the old system, electric companies were allowed to automat ically pass increasing fuel costs on to customers. Under the influence of White’s appointees, the Public Utility Com mission changed the rule and took it upon itself to approve appropriate fuel charges. The new, less flexible rule has re sulted in overcharges because of de clining natural gas prices. Houston Lighting & Power Co. recently an nounced $147.6 million in refunds. Central Power & Light Co. is re funding $88.1 million. White said the end of the auto matic fuel adjustment charge forced utility companies to look for the cheapest fuel. “Consumers benefit because elec tric companies are now forced ... to go out in the marketplace like other businesses to compete for fuel and try to bargain for lower prices,” White said. “Under the old system, they never asked for lower prices, they just passed on higher costs. “They weren’t doing that until I came along. I think it’s important to recognize that.” Critics of the new rule say it un fairly results in overcollections that necessitate refunds of consumer dol lars that should not have been paid in the first place. Some critics also say any electric bill reductions are a result of drop ping fuel prices, not anything White or his appointed utility panel has done. White disagreed. Associated Press TEXARKANA — The only Re publican in Saturday’s special elec tion for the first congressional dis trict has accepted a contribution of almost $2,000 from a conservative group who supports a right-wing Salvadoran leader. According to Federal Election Committee records, Ed Hargett’s campaign received a $1,920 “in- kind” contribution in the form of a campaign worker from the Free Congress Political Action Group, on whose payroll the worker remains. Responding to the report, Har gett, a former Texas A&M quar terback, said this week that the group supported him because he was a conservative and he couldn’t be held responsible for anyone else the group supports. “I don’t really have anything to do with what they do,” Hargett said. “The groups can do and support the people that they want.” The Texarkana Gazette ques tioned Hargett Wednesday about the political action group’s support for right-wing El Salvadoran leader Roberto D’Aubuisson, who has been connected with death squads. The Washington Post reported last December that the Free Con gress PAG held a dinner in Washing ton, D.C., in honor of D’Aubuisson. During congressional testimony, former U.S. ambassador Robert White linked D’Aubuisson to death squads, according to the Washington Post. A Dec. 3, 1984 New York Times article stated that the Reagan Admin istration at one time denied D’Au buisson a visa to visit the United States. He eventually was granted a visa because the State Department lacked firm evidence about D’Aubuisson’s involvement in an assassination plot against the U.S. ambassador, the l imes stated. Hargett said he did not know about the Washington dinner. At a Hargett rally in Marshall, in which Vice President George Bush appeared with the candidate and spoke in his behalf, a man said he was working for Hargett on behalf of the Free Congress PAC, the Ga zette said. The campaign worker said he was “networking” conserva tive groups to support Hargett, the newspaper reported. Hargett confirmed the man’s role in the campaign, saying he was get ting the conservative people working and supporting me. “He’s here to let those conserva tive groups know who the conserva tive is in this race,” Hargett said. “The Free Congress, they want con servatives elected to Congress, and I think t heir support of me shows who the conservative is in this race.” The Free Congress PAC also has sent humanitarian aid in the form of medicine, food and military uni forms to the contras fighting in Ni caragua. Hargett praised that effort to aid the contras. “I think they see the necessity of opposing communism wherever it might be, and that’s right in our back yard,” he said. “So, yes, I think that it should be done.” Kidnapped Judge rules military exchanges’ policies discriminatory Associated Press DALLAS — More than 1,300 Dal- I las-area women could be affected by la federal judge’s ruling that the Grand Prairie headquarters of the [’ Army & Air Force Exchange Service promotion policies are biased. : U.S. District Judge Jerry Buch- meyer ruled Wednesday that AAFES, a worldwide military retail network, discriminates against fe- jmale employees by requiring them | to be willing to relocate before they can advance to high-level jobs. The network also treats women unfairly in promotion and place ment in lower-level jobs where mo bility is not an issue, Buchmeyer said. The judge said he would decide at a later date the amount of damages or other relief Neoma Shafer and other plaintiffs in the class-action suit should receive from the ex change. Shafer filed the class-action suit in 1976 alleging the exchange service had unfairly denied her and other women promotions. Shafer had un successfully sought promotions since 1975, according to the suit. Buchmeyer ruled the require ment is unfair to women because women generally earn less than their husbands and are less able to move their families. Of the 2,000 employees at the headquarters, 65 percent are women. “The basic claim by AAFES is that the mobility requirement is nec essary to assure an adequate source of mobile employees with which to staff its facilities throughout the world,” Buchmeyer said. But AAFES didn’t provide enough evidence to support the claim, the judge ruled while noting that Rosalee LeFleur, “the highest- graded female in the history of AAFES,” attained her position with out transfers. Buchmeyer found that even in lower-level positions, women re ceived “only 88.6 percent of the pro motions they deserved,” and “men receive 109 percent of the promo tions they deserve.” Audio & Video Moving Out Sale... Storewide Savings Sherwood CRD 130 Digital, Dolby, Metal, Tuner call, Bass Treble, Scan, 10 pre-sets. Was $269.95 SALE $169.95 Clarion 4300R/4350R FF/Rew, Tone, Loudness Was $149.95 SALE $89.95 m Babb 934 6x9, 400 Watts, 2 Year War ranty. 6x9 or 5 inch. Was $249.95 SALE $189.95 [SOUNDWAVES EARTH STATIONS SYSTEM 1 Motor Control, Drake Receiver, 85 Degree LN A OUR BEST SELLING SYSTEM Was $2995 SALE $1995 installed Kenwood KRC 8000 Digital, Dolby B&C, Tuner call, Tape Advance, Clock, Seek, 24 Pre-sets, and much more. 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Peggy Say, sister of one of the seven captives, said Thursday it was the pressure of press coverage that has made the U.S. government link demands for their release with the 39 TWA hostages. Mrs. Say, sister of kidnapped As sociated Press correspondent Terry Anderson, said she was feeling very emotional because for the first time she had read in the newspaper “that George Shultz said, ‘They have 46 of our people and we want them back.’” “When I picked up the paper this morning, I said, ‘You did it. The me dia did it,”’ Mrs. Say said on the NBC “Donahue” program. Administration officials declined to publicly or privately speculate whether linking the group of seven to the 39 could throw a monkey wrench into the sensitive diplomatic maneuverings for release of the hi jacking hostages. Nabih Berri, the Shiite leader who is handling negotiations from the hi- ' jickers’ side for the release of the 39 American hostages, has said the seven aren’t under his control. Mrs. Say and relatives of some of the other hostages periodically voiced frustration prior to the kn ocking that the administration was not doing enough to free them and that she and other relatives had been unable to meet with Reagan. Besides Anderson, 37, the AP’s chief Middle East correspondent based in Beirut, and Jenco, 50, the five Americans held since before the hijtcking are William Buckley, 56, U.S. Embassy political officer, kid napped March 16,1984; the Rev. Benjamin Weir, 60, a Presbyterian minister. May 8, 1984; Peter Kil- burn, 60, American University of Beirut librarian, Dec. 3, 1984; David Jacobsen, 54, director of American University’s hospital, May 28, 1985; and Thomas Sutherland, dean of American University’s agricultural school, June 9, 1 985. UJilloiuick apartments “Come live it ... You , ll love it! 31 At Willowick you’ll enjoy ceiling fans, two large swimming pools, a club room for entertaining evenings, &. the basketball goal for sunny afternoons. 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