Wednesday, March 12, 1986AThe Battalion Page 3
State and Local
Silver Taps
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By CRAIG RENFRO
Staff Writer
In a four-day span, five Texas
T&M students have been killed
md two critically injured in two
eparate automobile accidents in
an-College Station.
Silver Taps ceremonies will be
ild for the students April 1.
Dn Sunday, Bryan police said
J 18-wheeler struck an Oldsmo-
ile 98 driven by David R. Hede-
Td as he was attempting a U-
kturn on Highway 21 near FM
'2818.
JHedegard and passengers Ar-
ESMLr j. Strom and John L. Thorn-
A ton were pronounced dead at the
scene. Mitchell Smithwick was
taken to St. Joseph Hospital in
Hyan where he died of injuries.
||Richard N. Walker of Bryan
[has not regained consciousness
and remains in critical condition
Hth a crushed pelvis and seven
[broken ribs, a hospital spokesman
i said.
jClenn M. Butterly, a freshman
[from Ft. Worth, is in stable condi-
lltion after recovering from sur
gery performed Monday night to
lepair a ruptured diaphragm.
Butterly also suffered a broken
pielvis and ribs, the spokesman
said.
Funeral services for the four
students killed in the accident will
be held today.
In a separate accident Thurs
day afternoon an A&rM student
died of multiple injuries in a
ouston hospital after an auto-
obile accident involving a high-
eed police chase
Scott A. Woodward, a senior
from College Station, lost control
T his vehicle at the intersection
FM 2154 and Highway 6. He
as thrown from the car as it hit a
itch.
He was taken to St. Joseph
Hospital and listed in critical con
dition before being transported
to Hermann Hospital by Life
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South Padre businesses
ready for spring break
By KAREN WATSON
Reporter
While spring break at South
Padre Island means suntans and
time away from the books for thou
sands of college students, it also
means overtime and increased reve
nues for island businesses.
“If you don’t make spring break,
you don’t make your year,” says
Herman Gross, manager of a South
Padre Island liquor store.
Mark Hamner, rooms division
manager for the South Padre Hilton
Resort, says during spring break the
Hilton expects a 10 percent to 15
percent increase over last year’s rev
enue. The total could reach more
than $500,000 over the roughly 10-
day period.
Half the money the Hilton usually
makes during spring break is from
food and beverages, Hamner says.
Hamner, who also says the South
Padre Hilton has been booked for
the past two weeks for the period be
tween March 22 and April 5, says
rooms go fast this time of year.
Hilton employee Karen Linn says
during spring break the whole island
grows from a population of about
1,000 to a wall-to-wall population of
200,000.
Linn says they are expecting this
year to be even wilder because Flor
ida raised the drinking age to 21, but
Florida law has excepted those who
turned 19 beforejuly 1, 1985. Thus
some 19-year-old students still will
be allowed to drink.
Sgt. John Stetar of the South
“If you don't make spring
break, you don’t make
your year. ”
Herman Gross, manager
of a South Padre Island li
quor store.
Padre Police Department says the
department is putting together a re
serve police force of 10 volunteer of
ficers for the period.
The Sheriffs Department and the
Department of Public Safety, which
will patrol the island with three units
during the week and eight units on
weekends, also will be shifting their
efforts toward the island for spring
break, Stetar says.
Most of the problems that occur
are small ones such as traffic viola
tions, small fights and public intoxi
cation, he says.
Samuel Zuniga, assistant district
supervisor for the Alcoholic Bever
age Commission, says this year the
commission is estimating there will
be 200,000 people on the island for
spring break.
Zuniga says the island is more or
ganized this year than in the past be
cause local businesses, such as beer
distributors, have planned events to
keep young people busy and out of
trouble.
Douglass Podd, a beer firm’s pub
lic relations representative in Dallas,
says his company has tried to plan
responsible activities for spring
break' These actions, Podd says, are
a result of the firm’s concern with
excessive drinking and an attempt to
encourage people to use its products
in moderation.
Podd also says firm representa
tives will be passing out literature on
how to determine blood alcohol lev
els and promoting a “buddie pro
gram,” which urges a designated
driver not to drink.
Jim Shafrath, head of public rela
tions for the beer distributor, says
large quantities of beer — an esti
mated 800 cases — are sent to the is
land daily.
“We just send as many trucks as
we can down there,” Shafrath says.
Tom O’Connell, special events
manager for another beer firm, says
it also will sponsor events during
spring break.
That firm always increases reve
nues after it sponsors special events,
O’Connell says.
Gross says, “Whether for good or
for bad. Padre is one of the few
places that still has a 19-year-(old)
drinking age.”
Therefore, Gross says, Padre will
have so many Alcoholic Beverage
Commission agents on the island this
year that they’ll be “thick as fleas on
a dog’s back.”
Zachry Co. indicted in DFW case
Associated Press
DALLAS —The H.B. Zachry Co.,
whose banner hangs over the com
pany crane at a Texas A&M con
struction project, is facing indict
ment in Dallas.
The San Antonio-based construc
tion company was indicted after Dal
las County district attorneys deemed
it “criminally responsible” for the of
fenses of one of its employees, in
volving construction at the Dallas-
Fort Worth International Airport.
Zachry, one of the airport’s major
contractors, does a great deal of con
struction work at A&M.
Paul Hensen, 50, of Burleson, and
two former Dallas-Fort Worth Inter
national Airport managers, were re
leased from jail Tuesday after indict
ments earlier this month on third-
degree felony charges for tampering
with government documents.
Hansen, James C. Lancaster, 34,
of Southlake, and William Henry
Early Jr., 60, of Lake Dallas posted
from $2,500 to $15,000 bail, each.
Seven high-ranking airport offi
cials, including Executive Director
Ernest Dean, have resigned since the
irregularities were discovered in
July.
Lancaster and Early helped su
pervise $22.9 million in contracts for
construction work at American Air
lines terminals. The project eve-
nually cost $26.3 million and re
sulted in lawsuits involving the
contractor, the airline and the air
port board.
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March 13, 1986
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Rudder Tower
Rm 601
You are invited to learn about the following
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•Clinical Gerontology (Masters)
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•Health Information Management
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•Physical Therapy
•Physician's
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symptoms may not appear for days, weeks or even months. Early detection
of possible damage and appropriate care are essential in preventing serious
consequences. A chiropractor’s use of x-ray and other analytical procedures
detects even minute misalignments of the cervical vertebrae. With specific
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