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Eure Tire Changers for All Hi-Tech Wheels, Touchless Mounting • Lugs Torqued to Specifications • Fastest Service In Town • Best Warranties In the Nation BALANCING A&M STUDENTS AND FACULTY Some policies protect second house from fir Parents' insurance may apply to student By Jessica Brown Reporter faced with the t eal dilemma — to in- Student apartment dwellers who have tucked the worrisome question of Fire insurance into the farthest corner of their minds may have less to worry about than they think — they may already be covered through their parents’ insurance. “Most Texas standard homeown er’s policies include a built-in allow ance which covers a second family dwelling,” says Bobby Estes of All state Insurance Company. “But the actual value of coverage for the sec ond dwelling is only 10 percent of the amount assigned to the personal property of the basic policy.” While this figure may vary, it’s ap plicable to most students whose par ents carry a standard homeowner’s “B” policy, he says. “You need to alert your local agent that you are using this second dwelling coverage, as the agent may wish an inventory of contents,” Estes warns. However, students whose parents don’t have a homeowner’s policy are sure or not to insure. Although it may be tempting to play the odds of not insuring, a fire in Bryan’s Christopher Village Apartments (now Mockingbird Run Apartments) on March 8 sparked memories of the 13-unit conflagra tion last April of College Station’s Sausalito Apartments, which left about 50 A&M students homeless. Sausalito leasing agent Steve Mernelstein was instrumental in or ganizing aid programs and relocat ing the burned-out residents to other complexes after the Fire, but he says reimbursement for personal loss is questionable. “We have insurance to cover elec trical shortages and other prospec tive Fire starters,” explains A1 Pic- ariello, manager of Plantation Oaks Apartments. “However, we advise . . . our ten ants to take out renter’s insurance because they would be liable if the Fire started due to their negligence.” Apartment managers are quick to remind potential tenants that insur ance is the tenant’s responsibility. Sheryl Machen, assistacij o f Briai wood apartments,!! don’t provide fire insur,| their personal belongings ei’s insurance is availabl insurance companies arousl However, a call to inijii! the cost of a fire protect};-! may discourage potentialttj Estes says the availabiliq er’s insurance is limited! whose apartments containl $ 10,000 and $ 12,000 wont] erty. For those not eliminitt! minimum property valutl ment, Estes says, the annul urns can range from $79to|| pending on the construa apartment dwelling. Tbtj pensive premiums are; wood-frame apartments; expensive are for brickie plexes, he adds. Gary Voss, an agent will Insurance Co., says thaij limiting and costly theinsii; average deductible of compared to most other res surance. Students organize drug-free hangout in gym for peers AUSTIN (AP) — A group of high school students, betting teen-agers want to dance more than they want to take drugs or drink, Wednesday announced the opening of a chemi cal-free hangout. Operation Sober Alternatives for Every Texas Youth was formed to Find ways for teen-agers to socialize without facing pressures of drugs and alcohol, said Larry Laden, an Austin attorney supporting the group. “It’s simply a group of individuals donating their time, their energies, their money from here in Austin to help the high school students,” La den said. “It’s a group of students who want a chance to socialize without the pressures of drugs and alcohol on them or their peers,” he said. The Austin Independent School District donated a gymnasium on the Austin Community College campus for the group to use every Saturday during the program’s one-month trial period. One reason students turn to drugs and alcohol is that there is nothing else to do on a Saturday night, said Derek Castillo, a Travis High School junior. “It gets boring just cruising Sixth Street,” he said of the Austin street lined with bars and nightclubs. Stephanie Williams, a local tele vision broadcaster, said the group plans to get radio disc jockeys and lo cal bands to entertain the teen-agers. The students also plan to use their own bands or talents, she said. Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby called the pro ject a “superb example of what con cerned and involved citizens can do.” The organization is relying on contributions from local citizens rather than tax money. Laden said, including pay for police ofFicers who al will patrol the parking lot of the gym. Laden said the idea for the chemi cal-free hangout started with a group of professionals, including drug counselors, physicians and ministers. “They realized that one of the problems of one of the kids they were working with was the peer pressure,” Laden said. “Simply be cause of a lack of something else to do, they get together and start drinking and taking drugs.” The rate of youth arrests and crimes tends to peak on Saturdays, according to the Austin Police De partment. The police department took 596 teen-agers into custody in 1986, said police Lt. Alvin Shaw, who heads the youth services detail. “We’re picking up everybody in the whole spectrum; rich kids, poor kids, black kids and white kids,” Shaw said. Students at Travis, Anderson and McCallum high schools are advertis ing the dance hall through their stu dent councils and say so far their peers are interested. Williams said schools in San Antonio and Houston have called and are interested in forming similar groups. Texas SenlP^ BRAZ< approvesl ^ alimony bir^" AUSTIN (AP) — Tht approved a bill Wednd; sored by Kent Capmtl Bryan, that will allow” join the other 49 statHiii vide for some type of divorce cases. The limited alimony :A| was sent to the House;:* vot r e , .. T gjSNEAi Caperton said Texas™ t | u , ] women senators — Eddie:#'; <■ Johnson <>l I Ltll.iv Judie T ai rini of I^iredo and Cvndil % s Vi 11 \ i in mu > — nor M A N A of his alimony bill. Under the measure, maintenance" could be only in cases in which ibt had Ixeen married at lo years and in which ont could not support himself self without obtaining« skills I lie alimony couldbea- for up to three years,anc be limited to a maxim S 1,500 per month. “It’s so limited andsoi that it should cause fear hearts of no one — as woman — and it doesap ther spouse," Caperton porters. He said if the i stayed home to raise brou Bloc ITUDI semi West ATTI dent Dext ter j A&IV :arib p.m. :oloi p.m. NTER 7 p.n tend the house, then hew CHESS eligible for support. Caperton said themost^ tant reason for passing; was that it would give if court some discretioninc volving traditional mail where a spouse stays at ho:; does not develop empl skills. STUDE reqm RAN5 selor the P 1TUDE form throi Carrier wins 21-year-old for intrastate delivery servio Items h 2161 fore» AUSTIN (AP) — A state appeals court Wednesday upheld a Railroad Commission order authorizing United Parcel Service to operate a small-package pickup and delivery service between all points in Texas. The ruling by tne 3rd Court of Appeals came after Beaver Express Service Inc., and other motor car riers, appealed an Austin district court’s ruling affirming the Jan. 21, 1985, Railroad Commission order. “The Legislature intended the Motor Carriers Act to be an exclu sive statute only permitting such commercial carrier traffic as ex pressly authorized by its provisions,” he added. Wednesday’s ruling was the latest action in a long battle over UPS ship ments within Texas. rejected the UPS ap conducted another hearing courts sent the case back h commission examiner t testimony from 600 witness hearings produced a recoij tion in favor of the s L The appeals court, in an opinion by Justice John Powers, rejected ar guments that the commission lacked authority to grant a common-carrier certificate authorizing the manner of statewide pickup and delivery op erations proposed by UPS. State law on the Railroad Com mission’s authority “is a power to ‘li cense’ the . . . transportation of goods,” Powers’ opinion said. “Shall we then interpret the Su preme Court’s (earlier) opinion to mean that the commission may per haps ‘hear and consider’ the UPS ap plication, but that it may not autho rize the manner of operation proposed therein?” he asked. UPS began its Fight for permission to make deliveries from one point in Texas to another in March 1966. The Railroad Commission initially P an y- M UPS got the final g°f|AUSTIN year, and on Feb. 24, l^LX e vote( First delivery from Texas ^ SOn anc j ■ symbolically handling a m stpr j so then-Railroad Commissit |[ et y ^ ^ man Buddy Temple sentwi^p jyj a J. Pproved in ■more H gthat won [pte law against Speedy Trial Acl|^ « Court overturns argumef Justice Jim Brady’s dissenting opinion said the commission’s action had, in effect, created a “new class of carriers” by authorizing UPS to de liver freight over irregular routes and schedules. “While the commission may have had jurisdiction to consider the (UPS) application, it does not nec essarily follow that it had the power to grant all portions of it,” Brady ar gued. AUSTIN (AP) — The 3rd Court of Appeals Wednesday rejected the state’s argument that the Speedy Trial Act is unconstitutional. The ruling came in a Caldwell County case in which the appeals court reversed a Driving While In toxicated conviction of Stanley Orn. Orn’s DWI conviction, his second offense, had landed him a sentence of up to 180 days in jail and a $500 Fine. He appealed on the grounds that the trial court erred in overruling his motion that he had been denied rights under the Speedy Trial Act. Orn was arrested for the First DWI offense Dec. 5, 1985, and on March 24, 1986, he was charged with a misdemeanor charge of DWI, second offense. j|tm peop Orn contended thatbOTppt most than 90 days elapsed bet'' fi T? ain g sta te rest and the filing of officer was denied a speedy trial. Rhe law r Justice Marilyn Aboil#*! ered the court’s opinion,;/ tne act# 1 : Ir ce only in itnoritv giv 'tiles, D-I enough, ion coul I Texas f state argued that tutional because it violates 1 ration of powers doctrine** the Texas Constitution W ting the Legislature to (1 L ui'^>n the duties of theji/ ns a bout t< cc oncerned.” gcorrectia Criminal defendants ! ii ||| t:o do is anteed a speedy public ( r iot) t Sixth Amendment to thosi States Constitution andb) t0 b Texas Constitution,” the they court opinion said. Trial Act merely defines "f,, e Hous be considered reasonable df^’^o’s an av e made tl