Page SA'he Battalion/Friday, September 27, 1985 Slouch By Jim Earle “Do you think if we forgave SMU for their illegal recruiting, the rest of us would be left alone?" Let (Is Cater your next Party! 1-5,000 people Bar-B-Que Beef & Sausage, Potato Salad, Beans, Bread, Pickles, Peppers, Sauce, Onions, Ice Tea, Plates, Cups, Silverware Packets 100 or more $3.75 per person Call for more details 779-6417 810 S. Main ^FARMERS IMARKET RESTAURANT & CATERING McCaw will test quality of Channel 3 By JILL BUMBY Reporter To test the picture quality of cable Channel 3, McCaw Cablevision will carry KBTX-TV, College Station’s local CBS affiliate, on both cable Channel 3 and cable Channel 5 from Sept. 30 to Oct. 14. If the test proves that cable Chan nel 3 is better than cable Channel 5, then permanent positioning of KBTX on Channel 3 will be effective Oct. 15. J.A. DiBacco, vice president and regional manager of McCaw Cable- vision, said, “Before we make this move, which is important to the community of Bryan-College Sta tion, KBTX and McCaw Cablevi sion, we want to make sure that cable subscribers have the opportunity to participate in the evaluation pro cess.” Harry Gillam, vice president and general manager of KBTX, said, “If everyone receives KBTX on Chan nel 3, we will be able to improve service to our viewers and our adver tisers who will have better recall of our channel designation and our program scheduling information.” The move is designed to eliminate confusion and to provide consistent, quality service, DiBacco and Gillam said. KBTX is received in its service territory on television Channel 3 but is received on cable Channel 5 by subscribers to McCaw Cablevision who are the majority of KBTX view ers in Bryan-College Station. During the 15-day test period, McCaw Cablevision and KBTX will conduct a public information cam paign designed to solicit cable sub scriber response to the test and to in form cable subscribers of temporary channel changes. 'fhe changes include m, EPG/The Learning Channel^ tional Access from cabldClumi where it will lemporaril)' ^ KPRC-TV, Channel 2 in V an NBC affiliate. KTVV-TV, Channel36iiij also an NBC affiliate, is cani cable Channel 11, Results of a coincidental phone survey of B-CS calilt scribers conducted in June!* Nielsen Company shows \j prefer the Austin NBCaffiliaa KPRC. Mexican scribes report booming business in wake of earthquakes Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A small group of tradesmen who prac tice a dying craft in this border city has found business booming in the wake of Mexico’s devastating earth quakes as people try to get word to relatives in the capital and other hard-hit areas. Work as an “escribano” or scribe, who squats outside a telegraph or post office and writes a message or letter for illiterates, generally is a de cent living. But last week’s earth quakes have made the pace hectic. Jose Gonzalez, a post office em ployee who starts work at noon, has been a scribe for two years, replacing a man who plied the trade for a gen eration before he died. In his free mornings, Gonzalez sets envelopes, stationery and pens on the post office steps and writes letters for “usually about 10 people a day” for about 50 cents each. Since two earthquakes rocked Mexico Sept. 19 and 20, Gonzalez said he has been writing about six extra letters each day. “They all say the same thing: ‘Please write, we are worried,”’ Gon zalez said. “It’s a formula. I could close my eyes and write it without asking what they want.” Around the corner from Gonza lez, telegram scribes have had even more business in the past week. One scribe sitting with a pad of blank telegrams said he is tipped the equiv alent of 6 to 12 U.S. cents for each telegram he writes. Thirty good tips would equal Mexico’s minimum wage, about $3.75 a day, and the scribes usually write 50 telegrams daily. Since the earthquakes, they have been writing at least 100. At the post office, Gonzalez said he usually gets more than the mini mum wage in four hours of letter writing. Since last week, he has been pocketing the equivalent of an addi tional salary, about $9 a day, he said. Banker says wife’s killer shouldn't di Associated Pros SAN ANTONIO —Say* bears so much sorrow [hails; no anger, a bank jiiesidenU; wife was slam in anextonkj savs he doesn’t want bis f : killer executed for the fra Authorities Wednesday rested two San Antonio me c harged them with rapid $ der in the slaying. They* jailed without bond “Life in prison widmotb for parole would be adey ; punishment in toy vtew,"P?|| said Wednesday. “1 arofilltdi so much sorrow that i arar- a0