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Thursday, May 1, 1986AThe Battalion/Page 7 es let uviets’ ned u-ir intiraJ lie Soviets I s of havJ l If said t'| e weapon,] >n’t have, ve a huge^ estroy sattj Thomas s or it a sps| ild trust b't te of therjp ieprive strict Ainl said his pi lie case iiwB former ai ; :' ;an illegalkH n an airporp ice issued 4 nt lor hiss had deddc] e. adina, Assd •y Ted Sit) attorney ■ experieMl e decided tf dina said, li behind-. ur office isf se until wed ionship will siC! n treet [pine oerson zeA What’s up Thursday GARLAND AGGIE MOMS: will hold a benefit dance Tor the ■ e Swtmiey Memorial Scholarship Fund. The beueTit will Saturday in Richardson at the St. Joseph’s Parish Center and will start at 8:30 p.m. For more mToi niation call Tracv Totnac, 696-7004. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS COMMITTEE: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 501 Rudder. TAMU MACINTOSH USERS’ GROUP: wUi meet at 7:30 p.m. in 101 Soil and Crop Sciences. SNEAD TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR/DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING: will present Elliot Schrier. president of Manalytks 1 nc., discussing maritime transpor tation at 2 p.m. in 503 Blocker. CEPHEID VARIABLE: will show “Dr. Strangelove” at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. in 70J Rudder. Admission is $1,50. ATARI USER GROUP: will meet to discuss a newsletter at 7:3G p.m. in 102 1 eague. GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL: will meet at 5 p.m: in 139 MSC. Friday KAPPA ALPHA THETA: will sponsor a 5K foot-race for c haritv on Sunday at 5 p.m. Registration will be from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Entry forms are available now at the aer obics track, intramural office and the Kappa Alpha Theta house. For more information call 693-5289. STUDENT BOOK EXCHANGE: will be Friday through May 15. Go by 221 Pavilion and register the books you want to sell from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A list of all books Will be made available free of charge. For more information call 845- 3051. MSC RECREATION: will sponsor the Ed Bloese Hillards Tourney at 6 p.m. in the MSC bowling and games area. En try fee is $3. GRADUATE STUDENT CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will meet for prayei and Bible stud) at 8 a.m. in die Meditation Room of the All Faiths Chapel. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: will hold a peanut butter fellowship at 11:30 a.m. at Rudder Fountain and a Bible study at 6:15 p.m. at the A&M Presbyterian Church, Items for What ’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion* 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three days prior to de sired publication date. Big Mac statue retrieved from ‘ham-burglars’ IRVING (AP) — Big Mac is back, none the worse after he was attacked several months ago and stolen from his pedestal near the drive-through window at a local McDonald’s restau rant, police said Wednesday. But the return of the stolen statue hasn’t completely solved the mystery of the purloined patties — police are still looking for the ham-burglars who kept Big Mac hidden for several months. Big Mac, still dressed in his blue police uniform, was found Monday night in an area home’s back yard. He was in good condition after his ordeal with only a few scratches on his sesame seed buns. Police wouldn’t say exactly where they found the statue, although they said no charges have been filed in the case. McDonald’s owner Lawrence In gram was glad to see the $ 1,300 bur- german returned after the February theft, but he noted that it wasn’t the first time McDonaldland has been invaded. “The Ronald (McDonald statue) was taken from our Esters Road res taurant a year ago, and we just got it back two weeks ago,” he said. Ronald — worth $2,100 — was found in a warehouse near the Dal- las-Fort Worth International Air port by Irving police investigator John Vardiman. The 1-year-old Big Mac was taken in the early hours of the morning from his pedestal near the McDon ald’s drive-thru window. Ingram said he didn’t expect the return of this Big Mac carry out. Core curriculum proposal gets Student Senate support By Rodney Rather Stalf U iitei The Texas A&M Student Senate Wednesday passed a resolution sup porting the core curriculum propo sal passed by the Faculty Senate. I he senate also chose new offi cers, passed a resolution recom- njending a longer Q-drop period, and heard a brief explanation from an athletic department official con cerning the increase in ticket prices for Aggie football games with the University of Texas and Louisiana State University. Academic Affairs Chairman Jerry Dingmore said the purpose of the core curriculum resolution was to recognize and applaud the efforts of the Faculty Senate on the issue. The measure passed with the support of 37 of the 48 senators present. Dingmore also said the depart ments already meet most of the re quirements of the core curriculum in their programs and only three to six hours will he added in most cases. In addition, the senate chose its 1986-87 officers. Thev are Miles Bradshaw, speaker of the senate; Mason Hogan, speaker pro tem pore; and Clay Baker, rules and reg ulations chairman. Regarding the football ticket prices, Wally Groff, associate athletic director for finance, said the in creases for the UT and LSU games are necessary to compensate for a S55(),0()() loss experienced by the Athletic Department as a result of two actions taken by the Legislature last J une. Those actions include cancellation of interstate tuition exemption for collegiate athletes and the forcing of self-supporting state programs to pay its employees instead of the state. The senate also passed a resolu tion recommending the Q-drop pe riod he extended to eight weeks in the semester instead of the present live-week limit. The resolution also requests no limits be placed on the number of drops a student could have and ex tend the limit of withdraws a student mav have to the last day of classes. Health agency cites deficiencies at hospital WICHITA FALLS (AP) — Wichita Falls General Hospital has until May 30 to correct deficiencies the Texas Department of Health cited during a recent in vestigation into why an organ donor’s blood type was misidentified, officials said. The investigation, completed April 10, began after a heart from a donor in the hospital was transplanted March 21 in St. Louis into a man with a different blood type. “We asked them (Health Department) to investigate those things that had bearing with the complaint,” said Wayne Lindsey, survey and certification specialist with the Dallas regional office of the health care financing administration. Wichita Falls General pathologist John Scott said on April 17 that a misinterpretation error, not laboratory procedure, caused the misidentified blood type. He said the hospital fired the laboratory technologist who made the mistake. Among the deficiencies in the hospital’s anesthesio logy department and laboratory found in the Health Department investigation were: • The exclusion of certain surgically removed tissues from pathologist review. • Omission of date, time and name of person collect ing samples on laboratory reports. • Incomplete and out-of-date microbiology and chemistry procedure manuals. • Some cultures not checked upon receipt, even for sterility. Dead candidate runs on reputation in El Paso election Judge orders limit on killing of dairy cattle LUBBOCK (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday ordered the Agriculture Department to limit the slaughter of dairy cattle in its efforts to cut milk production, saying the department must de vise regulations to protect the beef industry. U.S. District Judge Halbert O. Woodward, ruling in a suit brought by beef producers, is sued a preliminary injunction and said the government must prepare regulations that will limit the total dairy -cattle marked for slaughter to no more than 7 per cent of the national dairy herd per year. “The regulation shall further provide for feasible steps to mini mize the adverse effect of the marketing of the dairy cattle in the program on contracts on beef, pork, and poultry produc ers,” the judge said. The government on April 1 be gan the program to slaughter a million dairy cattle over an 18- month period. Woodward gave the Agriculture Department until June 1 to devise the regulations. Five Texas cattlemen, a Mon tana producer and three beef in dustry groups filed suit April 8 claiming that the program brought a $25 million loss in the value of beef cattle sold during the first week. EL PASO (AP) — A dead judge, a county attorney indicted on cocaine charges, a county commission candi date accused of theft and a county judge hopeful dragged to a psychiat ric ward are running for office in Saturday’s Democratic primaries. A humdrum political season has picked up considerably, providing a glimpse of Democratic politics, West Texas style. Peter S. Peca Jr. is faced with the task of campaigning against the late but still widely popular District Judge Edwin Berliner for the de ceased jurist’s post. Berliner died in March too late for his name to be re moved from the ballot. Harry Guildord, secretary of El Paso County’s Democratic Party, said, “Some people may not want to vote for a man who’s dead, but a lot of people think (Berliner) was a good man and that he should go through life and through death un defeated.” Other races have El Paso County Attorney Danny Anchondo and County Commission candidate Mi chael Webster both screaming politi cal foul. A grand jury Tuesday indicted Anchondo on a felony charge of co caine possession. Anchondo and his brother Robert Anchondo were ar rested April 16 after police searched their respective homes and found a pinch of cocaine in the county attor ney’s home. The county attorney im mediately posted $5,000 bond and resumed campaigning. Webster, released from jail Tues day, is claiming his arrest on a felony theft charge was “totally political.” Richard Hobbs, Webster’s former campaign manager, filed a police complaint charging that Webster was giving him the “runaround” about returning some household items. He said Webster punched him when Hobbs asked him to return a stove, washer, dryer, refrigerator and television set. Capping a hard day for political hopefuls Tuesday, county judge candidate Hoss Garvey told the judge at his competency hearing that he would prefer to spend the night at the county jail instead of the county hospital’s psychiatric ward. “At least there they know I’m an honorable man,” Garvey said. Garvey, whose mother is trying to have him committed after he alleg edly threw two bowling balls through a neighbor’s window, set up temporary campaign headquarters at the psychiatric wing. $ ftsoscseoes “My only job is making you happy’ --Larry Rose, Quality Service Director T.: COOLING SYSTEM SERVICE $28.95 Present coupon when delivering car for service. Includes pressure test and flush of cooling system, and installation of new anti-freeze. Expires May 31, 1986. LUBE, OIL AND FILTER CHANGE $16.50 Present coupon when delivering car for service. Includes up to five quarts of oil and filter. Expires May 31, 1986. 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