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ATLANTA (AP) — The South
east’s major school accrediting
agency withdrew its accreditation
Tuesday of three small black col
leges in Texas and Tennessee, in
cluding the financially troubled
Bishop College of Dallas.
The Southern Association of Col
leges and Schools also revoked the
accreditation of Knoxville College,
Knoxville, Tenn., and Morristown
College, Morristown, Tenn.
If the three appeal and lose, it
would be the first time since the
1940s that the 11,000-member orga
nization has removed a college or
university from membership.
All were dropped for failure to
meet requirements of financial sta
bility, although their accreditation
would remain intact throughout any
appeals process.
Loss of accreditation means stu
dents may have trouble transferring
credits to accredited schools and
could have a harder time getting
federal financial assistance.
Also Tuesday, the Southern Asso
ciation placed Texas Chiropractic
College of Houston on probation.
Restoration estimated at $6 million
Battleship Texas in need of repair
I LA PORT E (AP) — An estimated 200,000 visi
tors to the Battleship Texas each year peer
through portholes and squeeze through the nar-
jow hallways once used by sailors in both World
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I They pause to touch the guns poised on the
ship’s deck and gaze at the Houston Ship Chan
nel and the San Jacinto Monument, which looms
learby.
I But what most of those visiting the ship might
not nodce are the tell-tale signs of age and severe
neglect.
Dark, rusted rooms remain closed, and some
have not been opened for decades. And even
me areas open to visitors need sprucing up.
“It’s a shame,” battleship curator Margarita
arders says, “to see these compartments and
ink they let them go like this.”
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as praised as the most powerful weapon in the
Jorld.
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troop landings, including D-Day in Normandy.
Now, the last of the dreadnought vessels sits in
mud. Since returning to Texas in 1948, the ship
has sprung several leaks and it is not known
whether it can float.
Drydocking and restoring the battleship would
cost an estimated $6 million, with $4 million
more needed to finish repairs and build a mu
seum for artifacts from the vessel, said Doug Wil
liams, president of a Houston firm hired to orga
nize fund-raising efforts for restoration.
About $500,000 had been raised by Septem
ber, Williams said, but the renovation project got
a much-needed shot in the arm earlier this
month when Congress passed a $285 billion
continuing military appropriations bill that in
cludes $5 million for the battleship.
“We’ve got about 1 Va years before (the battle
ship) is beyond the point of no repair,” Williams
says. “It’s in serious danger.”
Money-raising efforts have been hampered by
the ailing economy and this year’s Texas sesqui-
centennial events, but other projects are planned
to raise money, Williams says.
While one look at corrosion-plagued areas of
the ship raises questions as to whether it’s worth
saving, Marders is adamant that the money
would be well-spent.
She says the battleship is part of world history
because of its role in past wars.
U.S. Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Beaumont, who
helped get the $5 million in the bill, calls the ship
a “national treasure that provides inspiration to
American servicemen and women, as well as to
thousands of young people who visit each year.”
Dan Harrison, superintendent of the battle
ship, says the money “is very good news” for the
ailing ship.
A Navy architectural firm is inspecting the
ship to see if it is seaworthy enough to make the
40-mile trip to Galveston to be drydocked, Harri
son says.
If it cannot make the trip, work will done at its
berth in the ship channel, he says.
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The following were reported
|to the University Police Depart
ment through Monday:
MISDEMEANOR THEFT:
• A student reported that
Someone stole $ 100 from her wal
let, which was left in the DeWare
Field House women’s dressing
room.
ASSAULT:
• A student reported that
vhile checking a disturbance out
side his dorm room, he was hit in
the mouth by another dorm resi
dent.
TERRORISTIC THREAT:
• A woman reported that
someone left a threatening note
an her books, which she had left
unattended on a table on the sec
ond floor of the Sterling C. Evans
Library. The report said the in
vestigation is continuing.
BURGLARY OF A HABITA
TION:
• Police reported that some
one climbed into a dorm room
through an unlocked window and
Stole six textbooks from a stu
dent’s room.
• A student reported his com
ponent stereo system, bicycle,
television, electric razor, cable
Converter, two watches, leather
Tight jacket, three-piece suit and
three sweaters were stolen from
his dorm room. The student said
his window had been left slightly
open and the screen was popped
out. The investigation continues.
PUBLIC INTOXICATION:
• An officer stopped a woman
because her car’s license plates
had expired. The officer re
ported that the woman smelled of
alcohol. After the woman got out
of the car, the officer noticed she
was unsteady on her feet and
slurred her speech. The report
said the case was referred to stu
dent affairs.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF:
• All four fields of the Penber-
thy Complex were severely dam
aged after a car was driven on
them. The report said the vehicle
hit one of the bleachers, but that
damage was minimal.
HARASSMENT:
• A student reported that she
received a phone call from a man
identifying himself as a doctor,
who began questioning her about
the intimacies of her relationship
with her husband.
• A student said she has been
receiving phone calls between 2
a.m. and 3 a.m. The caller hangs
up when the phone is answered.
Trucking leaders plan
to fight deregulation
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas trucking
industry leaders said Tuesday they
expect to have a tough fight against
opponents who want the 1987 Legis
lature to deregulate their business.
“A few of the very largest shippers
want to disembowel a transportation
system that has served Texas well for
50 years,” said Robert Floyd, presi
dent of the Texas Motor Transpor
tation Association.
TMTA, which calls itself “the offi
cial voice of the Texas truck and bus
industry,” supports state regulation
of that industry as the best way to
guarantee continued service to
smaller shippers.
But opponents, who have formed
a group called TEX-AID, say the
current regulatory system is overly
protective of existing trucking com
panies.
Lame duck state Rep. Ed Emmett,
R-Kingwood and an unsuccessful
Railroad Commission candidate this
year, is executive director of TEX-
AID, a shippers’ group that is push
ing a major overhaul of the way the
commission regulates trucking.
“The state of Texas is the most
tightly regulated state in the nation
when it comes to trucking,” Emmett
said. “Unfortunately, it has all been
on the economics of trucking. None
of it has been directed at safety.
TEX-AID wants to do away with
the Railroad Commission procedure
in which applicants for trucking per
mits must show that trucking firms
already in business on a particular
route are doing an inadequate job.
“The Railroad Commission grants
monopolies to trucking firms,” Em
mett said.
But TMTA officials say the Rail
road Commission regulation
method guarantees dependable
service to small- and medium-sized
Texas communities.
Rondy Gray of Waco, chairman of
Texans for Fair Rates, a group of
2,645 smaller shippers, said, “The
consequence of deregulation would
be disastrous for the state’s economy
and stability of service, particularly
for the 94 percent of Texas busi
nesses which are small and employ
50 people or less.”
Floyd predicted deregulation
would mean higher shipping rates
and less service.
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For Appointment
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College Station, Texas 77840
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• Highrise Luxury Sheraton.
• Short and easy 25 minute drive
to Cotton Bowl.
• 12 minutes from Dallas/Ft.
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• In the center of exciting night
life.
• Next to Six Flags Over Texas
which is open through New
Years Eve ablaze with Holiday
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• Transportation to game >
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FALL PECAN
AND VEGETABLE
The Texas A&M Horticulture Club will hold a pecan and vegetable sale
Thursday, December 11th and 18th. Sale hours will be from 12:00 to
5:30.
We will sell “Desirable”, “Stuart” and “Choctaw” pecan varities. Prices
are as follows:
Desirable $1. 75 /lb.*
Choctaw $1, 7S /lb.*
Stuart $1 .“/lb.
* Supply is limited
We will also be happy to crack your pecans for an additional .300/lb.
Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, red
cabbage, shallots, mustard
greens, and various herbs will
also be sold as they are har- (
vested.
Sales will be held at the Adriance
fsee map below).
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College Station
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