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Friday, July 18, 1986/The Battalion/Page 3 . v-. Space Center move unsure 1,900 future jobs at risk SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) — Up to 1,900 potential jobs could be lost at the Johnson Space Center if the complete space station pro gram is moved to Washington as an nounced earlier, the center’s direc tor said Thursday. But Director Jesse Moore said NASA Administrator James Fletcher is going to “rethink” the proposal to move the program from Houston to Washington. Fletcher announced last month that the space station management center would be moved from Hous ton to NASA headquarters in Wash ington. “He has agreed to come to the Johnson Space Center,” Moore said of Fletcher. “He has not agreed to change anything. 1 did not get any kind of new commitments out of Dr. Fletcher, hut I do think Dr. Fletcher is giving some additional thought to this structure.” Moore said Fletcher is expected to meet with JSC officials July 25. Moore explained during a news conference that the estimated total of 1,900 jobs is based on an assump tion of how many people could be hired as the space station program progresses. Fie said the $1.4 billion program is in its infancy and doesn’t expect a deployment until 1992 or 1993. Fletcher has said that only about 100 jobs would be transferred to Washington and not necessarily from Houston. The 1,900 potential jobs involve the systems engineering, analysts function and systems integration function departments. Integration function is the combining of all the elements of the different space sta tion sectors. Moore said he expressed concern to Fletcher on Wednesday that a well-structured space station pro gram might be better kept in Hous ton. “We really wanted to make sure our center expertise here at Johnson was fully utilized in the development part and operational part of the space station program,” Moore said. He said the decisions handed down by Fletcher “didn’t have a lot of details associated with them. There still is a fair amount of detail that needs to be worked out.” The director said he also ex pressed concern to Fletcher about the manned system and habitability area, flight operations, and the dis tributed sub-systems area. Explosion hits college in Beaumont BEAUMONT (AP) — A major explosion Thursday blew out walls and windows of the administrative building of Lamar University, injur ing one person slightly but heavily damaging the one-story building, a Beaumont fire department official said. “The only reason there were no serious injuries or deaths is because there wasn’t anybody there,” fire Capt. David Hooks said. The explosion erupted just before 4:30 p.m., Thursday, after gas leaked from a line in the boiler room, Hooks said. Officials were able to plug the two-inch leak and contain spot fires within an hour after the explosion was reported, Hooks said. He said one person suffered mi nor injuries but he did not know the identity of the person. The explosion apparently also blew lines in the university’s tele phone system as he said he could not reach university police by phone about the fire. Brazos Valley SPCA sponsors weekly dog dip By TRACEY BABER Reporter The Brazos Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is having a dog dip Sunday from noon until 5 p.m. in the Manor East Mall parking lot. A flea dip costs $3, and a bath and a dip costs $6. The BVSPCA has sponsored dog dips every summer since the chap ter's organization four years ago. Angela McCoy, BVSPCA vice president, said the dog dips average $1,500-1,800 and are the organiza tion’s sole fund raiser. The organization bathes and dips about 50 dogs each Sunday and rar- _elv turns a pet owner away. “If the dog is very aggressive to the handlers or other dogs we will refuse to dip or bathe the dog,” Mc Coy said. Also, puppies under six months old and dogs over eight years old only will be bathed. Owners are asked to bring a leash to control their dogs. Money raised at this event is used to fund the BVSPCA’s Spay-Neuter Subsidy Program. The BVSPCA will send a $5 re bate to anyone who has their cat or dog spayed or neutered, a senior cit izen is eligible for a $10 rebate, Mc Coy said. The owner is required to send a copy of the veterinarian’s bill to the BVSPCA within 30 days. Regents to consider revision of A&M investment policy In three days of meetings begin- ceeds from the sale of bonds and re- ning Sunday, the Texas A&M Board lated bond issue accounts to be of Regents will consider revising the placed in a common account that investment policy for the University would permit daily investment and system. withdrawal. The revisions would allow pro- The board also will consider es- * I Waldo ISIS tablishing a system office at the Texas Medical Center in Houston. 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Dr. Uarry Gresham, an assistant professor of marketing at A&M and a co-presenter at the seminar, says only the best businesses will survive in today’s increasingly competitive retailing market. “The good retailers . . . will be OK regardless of the economic climate,” Gresham says. “It’s going to be the marginal businesses that are going to get knocked out.” Gresham and Dr. George Uucas, also an A&M assistant professor of marketing, will speak about trends in the retailing environment, im proving advertising and customer service, and salesmanship. Beverly Barron, director of com munity affairs for the Chamber of Commerce, says that the seminar, entitled “Planning a Succesful Retail Strategy,” is a timely one that should help all types of businesspeople in the area. She says that with the economy as it is, the chamber felt a succesful strategy seminar for retailing busi nesses would be a pertinent topic. The seminar will be held in the Brazos Center from 8:30 a.m. to noon. There is a $35.00 fee for chamber members and a $45.00 fee for non-members. Barron says the chamber sponsors several business-related seminars each year. In the fall they will be pre senting another symposium on “How to Do Business with the Uni versity.” Movie in the Park Swiss Family Robinson Friday, July 18-Admission Free Time: Dusk Location: College Station Central Park 1000 KrenekTap Road by the pond * Rated P.G. * Bring your own lawn chair * Concessions available Sponsored by: College Station Parks & Recreation Department pAflks & RECREATION Col I E<^e SiAiioN * db 9 Xantasus do corns, 'dJzuc « Largest selection and Lowest Prices g on Sexy Lingerie in the Brazos Valley Gift counseling for Men Larger Sizes Available “Unique Lingerie at an Affordable Price” corsets • gowns • teddies baby dolls • garter belts hose • gloves • play sets men’s items • body lotions novelties \dantasij J2inojS.zic e l 9 Hours Mon.-Fri. 10-6 Aggie owned & operated 1983 Near Campus 4325 Wellborn Rd. (Westgate Center) 846-4190 Li r >r’s i niefl ivritfT AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Su preme Court responded Thursday I to complaints about its child support I guidelines by rescinding its formula I for calculating the payments. I Critics said the guidelines unfairly I based the payments on gross salary, rather than net, and left too little dis- | action for judges faced with un usual situations. I “We just made a mistake, let’s face it,” said Justice William Kilgarlin. i “We want to rectify it. Sometimes it’s I better to say you were wrong and ; start over again.” The court will appoint a task force ! to make recommendations for re- | vised guidelines. The 1985 Legislature, concerned ■ with a wide variance in child support payments ordered across the state, instructed the Supreme Court to come up with first-ever statewide guidelines. The guidelines were ap proved May 19 and went into effect June 1. “I got hundreds of letters from all over Texas, from individuals and lawyers,” Kilgarlin said. “A majority of the lay people were certainly men.” Included in the guidelines was a formula for calculating the pay ments. For one child, it was 17 per cent of the gross income of the par ent ordered to make the payment. For two children, it was 25 percent. There also were percentages for cases involving more than two chil dren. Dallas lawyer Louise Raggio said the guidelines unfairly based the payments on gross income, rather than take-home pay. “When it’s based on gross for a union worker, after he gets through with taxes and dues he has to pay, he won’t have enough left for himself,” she said. Attorney General Jim Mattox said the guidelines were good, although they did have some problems. “ The court was faced with the po sition of whether to allow some ineq uities to take place while they tried to work out the problems or whether to rescind them and attempt to work out the problems,” he said. “I think 1 would have preferred them kept in place and worked out, rather than rescinded entirely.” Mattox said the guidelines did not adequately take into account the eco nomic situation of the parent with custody of the children. “Seventeen percent is fair some times and sometimes it’s not quite as fair,” he said. “The guidelines had provisions to adjust the support or der, but the judges felt those guidelines were so tight they had to make up reasons to justify it.” Mattox said statewide guidelines are needed. “There are some areas where the judges do an excellent job, and there are some areas where judges don’t do much of anything,” he said. 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