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' : V ■ ■ : : ■ -^ ■■ . :■■' '•■!,/■ ■ ■ . '■ y; ■- ;■;• jV; . ..•; X-: Friday, September 6,1985/The Battalion/Page 5b Bf a i# S le w ay ot| port, people knl ’ he said, rror’s spoi iletics aScl jrtstousei the 31-ysa >n a sehtil ditioninj ow inmaiftj a everyJ also actsjj “ the pml tit issues[| only on j tore, Arad stories J native htl iderson, t t (imagti iy awayfj several nJ our artidJ it. Ifvi'eJ ion, web| jt’sg ing thatd we can | jflice altel i prison ti II block o en would! a tiny, a es and id iiblicizedi ehind ptd sliced. Cji ibluid sid ; the pnd pers disttj said. ■ ;raphv vj done insj lid. :d a minot| waukee-i workint ough at sgram nitj is also wnj ree. hoes • >re les vx- Tv ' < " . , X :i ■■ ' Pigeons cause problems for restaurants in Honolulu Associated Press HONOLULU — Waddling across a basket of croissants or nibbling at a french fry, the pi geons of Waikiki patronize the very best restaurants and live at the finest hotels. Hardly anybody but the pi geons is happy with the arrange ment. The number of pigeons, and to a lesser extent, doves and spar rows, has ballooned in the past 10 years, to the point where they land on restaurant tables and wander into hotel rooms and con dos through open lanai doors. They aren t eager to socialize — they’re looking for food. The birds of Waikiki have worked out in their teeny bird brains that it’s easier to make a meal off a leftover English muf fin than to scrounge around the greenery in Kapiolani Park looking for seeds. Then kind- hearted ladies see the dear birdies munching on human food, and promptly scatter crumbs from their luncheon rolls to attract more of them. The result is a population ex plosion. "Flocks of pigeons are enlarging rapidly," said Ralph Saito, wildlife biologist with tne forestry and wildlife division of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. "People are feeding the birds, there are more open-air restaurants mak ing more food available to them, and there are no real predators to reduce the population.” There actually is one predator —man — and for years, the De partment of Land and Natural Resources has issued permits to kill birds. The permit is issued only after investigation has deter mined that the birds complained about are causing health or envi ronment problems. The objection to the birds is not simply that people don 't like them tramping through their chicken curry, but that pigeons carry psittacosis, giarda and salmonellosis, which can be transmitted to man. - The destruction of the birds is done with chemicals and by some one certified by the state Agricul ture Department to use them. At least 20 hotels, restaurants and condominiums in Waikiki cur rently have these permits. Corn kernels are poisoned and left on window ledges or rooftops gener ally inaccessible to humans. Because the birds often don’t die immediately and occasionally appear to suffer, there have been complaints by concerned people. “We don’t feel the present sys tem is either a concerted effort or a humane one,” said Alex Wade, executive director of the Ha waiian Humane Society. “We re alize that we will have to cull the bird population, but instead of doing it piecemeal, condo by condo and restaurant by restau rant, we should look at the num bers and put in strict controls. It has oeen suggested that the most humane method would be to trap the birds and release them elsewhere on the island, but Dr. Thomas Sawa, pathologist with the state Department of Agricul ture, doesn’t think this would work. The objection to the birds is not simply that people don’t like them tramping through their chicken curry, hut that pigeons carry psittacosis, giarda and salm onellosis, which can be trans mitted to man. which can be transmitted to man. Psittacosis is an influenza-like ailment, the other two cause intestinal prob lems, and nobody wants any of them. “We are now seeing pigeons on the beaches, looking for hand outs,” biologist Saito said. “They leave droppings in the same sand that people lie on and children play in. This has the potential of a big problem. W’e eventually have to look at these birds as vectors (disease carriers) like roaches and rats." Wade feels that management of the pigeon Hocks will be possi ble only when people stop feed ing the birds, and this may re quire legislation making it a misdemeanor. Waldo by Kevin Thomas Frogman Former policeman remembers World War II service Associated Press NORTH HUTCHINSON IS LAND, Fla. — Recollections remain vivid of the many times Dan Dillon, laden with explosives, stealthily swam into harbors of Japanese held islands in the Pacific to blow up obstacles and traps designed to stop Allied invasion forces. Now, 43 years later, the retired New York City police lieutenant and some of the surviving Underwater Demolition Team men trained in World War II are working to set up a museum on this coastal island, con sidered the birthplace of the Navy frogmen. Joining them is Elizabeth Bush, sister-in-law to Vice President George Bush. It was her brother, the late Rear Adm. Draper Kaufman, who founded this country’s frog men. Still agile at 70, Dillon climbs the concrete and steel tetrahedrons strewn along the beach here, re membering them from almost a half century ago when he was in the first of volunteers for what would first be called Naval Combat Demoli tion Units. “There was nothing here then,” he says, looking at a growing skyline of condominiums. “The water was filled with sharks and the mosquitos ate us alive.” Dillon smiles as he recalls he dis obeyed police orders, to join the U.S. Navy Dec. 14, 1942. Following basic training and gunnery school, he was awaiting assignment when he volun teered for “extra hazardous duty.” “The good part they promised was first-class hotels while in any for eign country and, if you survived, first-class hotels when you got back.” Dillon was one of the fewer than 100 men selected to train in early 1943 with Kaufman, then a lieuten ant commander. “Early in World War II, the U.S. Navy became painfully aware of the need for frogmen,” says retired Capt. Norman H. Olsen, who spent most of his 30-some year naval ca reer with amphibious forces. WHOLESALE DIAMONDS For ovary $1000 dollars you spend on Texas Coin E. Diamonds and diamond jewelry and 14k gold chains you will receive a $1000 U.S. Tresury Bond. *At absolutely no cost to you. Not only do you enjoy the use of the diamond, you also receive a U.S. Treasury Bond which you can cash in. ALL WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO PART WITH YOUR DIAMOND! 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ROUND 2.89 carats 2.16 carats 2.10 carats 2.04 carats 1.8(f carats 1.86 carats 1.33 carats 1.24 carats 1.24 carats 1.11 carats 1.10 carats 1.10 carats 1.06 carats 1.05 carats 1.04 carats 1.02 carats 1.01 carats 1.01 carats 1.00 carats 1.00 carats .93 pts .93 pts .80 pts .78 carats .75 pts .71 pts .70 pts .62 pts .62 pts .59 pts .55 pts .55 pts .55 pts .52 pts .50 pts .49 pts .47 pts .45 pts .45 pts .44 pts .42 pts .40 pts .38 pts .34 pts .31 pts .25 pts .22 pts .21 pts Treasury Compare Our Bonds At: Price: $7,000 in bonds 15,000 7,295 $5,000 in bonds 9,000 4,975 $7,000 in bonds 14,700 7,500 $7,000 in bonds 14,000 7,600 $6,000 in bonds 12,500 5,975 $5,000 in bonds 10,900 5,245 $3,000 in bonds 6,500 3,250 $3,000 in bonds 5,200 2,875 $3,000 in bonds 6,300 3,150 $2,000 in bonds 2,800 1,935 $2,000 in bonds 4,700 2,300 $2,000 in bonds 3,700 1,885 $2,000 in bonds 3,300 1,850 $1,000 in bonds 2,800 1,435 $1,000 in bonds 33.00 1,650 $2,000 in bonds 4,900 2,595 $2,000 in bonds 4,300 2,195 $1,000 in bonds 3,300 1,760 $1,000 in bonds 3,300 1,745 $1,000 in bonds 3,300 1,745 $1,000 in bonds 3,250 1,685 $1,000 in bonds 2,950 1,520 $1,000 in bonds 2,850 1,525 $1,000 in bonds 1,800 995 $1,000 in bonds 2,800 1,435 $1,000 in bonds 2,700 1,350 $1,000 in bonds 2,600 1,335 1,700 975 1,700 975 1,700 930 1,650 865 1,350 650 1.650 795 1,750 820 1,595 785 1,495 770 1,395 735 1,150 535 1,175 695 1,050 520 1,250 660 1,240 630 590 295 625 325 625 320 425 235 410 225 400 215 .21 pts .20 pts .20 pts .17 pts .15 pts .11 pts .10 pts .08 pts .07 pts .06 pts .05 pts .04 pts .03 pts .02 pts .01 pt Compare At: 390 395 250 215 195 180 135 85.00 76.00 65.00 50.00 42.00 28.00 18.00 11.00 Our Price: $ 195 205 130 105 95.00 68.00 63.00 41.00 38.00 33.00 29.95 19.95 14.95 9.95 5.50 MARQUISE Treasury Compare Our Bonds At: Price: 2.54 carats $8,000 in bonds $15,900 $8725 1.67 carats $6,000 in bonds 11,500 5950 1.49 carats $5,000 in bonds 9250 5195 1.46 carats $3,000 in bonds 5900 3750 1.19 carats $2,000 in bonds 4900 2440 1.01 carats $3,000 in bonds 6500 3350 65 pts $1,000 in bonds 2800 1450 63 pts $1,000 in bonds 3100 1495 55 pts 1700 895 50 pts 790 375 45 pts 700 345 40 pts 950 485 40 pts 650 325 38 pts 750 460 35 pts ■ 750 425 35 pts 750 425 35 pts 750 425 37 pts 900 450 37 pts 875 450 34 pts 820 410 33 pts 850 395 30 pts 750 365 30 pts 750 365 27 pts 725 335 OVAL ■ Treasury Compare Our Bonds At: Price: 2.58 carat $9,000 in bonds $19,500 $8890 .83 pts $1,000 in bonds 2900 1650 .78 pts $1,000 in bonds 2900 1575 OVAL Treasury Compare Our Bonds At: Price: .71 pts $1,000 in bonds $2,700 $1,425 .71 pts : $1,000 in bonds 2,800 1,425 .63 pts 1,500 895 .45 875 425 .44 695 335 .42 650 315 .41 650 310 .38 600 285 .35 550 265 .32 495 240 .30 450 225 .28 450 210 .27 385 200 .25 390 195 .13 ’ 195 98 ■ MODIFIED RADIANT Treasury Compare Our Bonds At: Price: 1.91 carats $7,000 in bonds $16,500 $7450 1.47 carats $3,000 in bonds 7300 3195 1.03 carats $2,000 in bonds 4950 2495 1.04 carats $2,000 in bonds 4800 2350 .93 pts $2,000 in bonds 3700 1850 .42 pts 1595 795 .35 pts 1350 635 EMERALD Treasury Compare Our Bonds At: Price 3.14 carats 1.04 carats 1.03 carats 2.05 carats 1.99 carats 1.64 carats 1.27 carats .62 pts .54 pts .47 pts .39 pts .33 pts .33 pts .28 pts .23 pts $11,000 in bonds $2,000 in bonds $2,000 in bonds $22,500 6200 3800 PEAR Treasury Bonds $3,000 in bonds $6,000 in bonds $3,000 in bonds $2,000 in bonds $1,000 in bonds $1,000 in bonds $1,000 in bonds Compare At: $4,500 14,000 3,000 5,200 2,800 2,300 2,100 495 675 490 395 395 $10,700 2595 1820 Our 'Price: $2890 6780 2975 2570 1395 1195 1050 290 325 250 210 175 GOLD COIN JEWELRY Largest Stock of Gold Jewelry in the Area! 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College Station Store Hours Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 9-3 p.m. Next to Conare Dillon and Olsen emphasize that training for frogmen was extremely physical. “We had a high attrition rate and lost about 75 percent of the volun teers in training,” says Olsen. “There’s no mold to be a frogman. There were all sorts of personalities and the common thread is the broth erhood of what we went through.” For the first group that trained here, “a cadre of coal miners taught us how to use explosives,” recalls Dil lon. “We blew up everything in sight. Dynamite is unpredictable and mtro would get into our skin and give us headaches. We found out beer was the best antidote.” After several months of strenuous training, Dillon became one Ameri ca’s first combat swimmers. Most of his buddies went to England to pre pare for the Normandy invasion. Dillon was among two five-man teams detached to the South Pacific. 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