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Thursday
TAMU TAE KWON DO CLUB: will have a karate demon
stration in 266 G. Rollie White at 7 p.m.
EIT REVIEW/HELP SESSIONS: Dr. R. D. Chenoweth will
hold a session entitled “A general introduction to the EIT”
in 102 Zachry at 6:30 p.m.
TAMU PISTOL TEAM: will hold team tryouts at the shoot
ing range in the basement of the Military Sciences Building
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
GYMNASTICS CLUB: will work out in 307 Read at 6:30
p.m.
PANAMANIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet and
have elections in 502 Rudder Tower at 7 p.m.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT: Applications are available for
the Big Event committee, Public Relations committee and
other University committees in 221 Pavilion.
DELTA SIGMA PI: will have a rush informational meeting in
the Kyle Field press box (9th floor) at 7 p.m.
EUROPEAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet in 401
Rudder Tower at 7 p.m.
Friday
TAMU BADMINTON CLUB: will practice in 351 G. Rollie
White at 7 p.m.
NAVIGATORS: will have a banana-split party in the Corps
lounge B at 7 p.m.
SINGING CADETS: will have an open rehearsal in the MSC
flag room at 5 p.m.
TAMU SELF-DEFENSE CLUB: will hold a tae kwon do and
hapkido demonstration in 255 G. Rollie White at 5:30 p.m.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: will have a peanut-butter
fellowship at Rudder fountain at 11:30 a.m., a Bible study
at A&M Presbyterian church at 6 p.m. and a Cajun party at
the Wesley Foundation at 9 p.m.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT: Applications are available for
Public Relations committee, Big Event committee and
other University committees in 221 Pavilion.
TAMU PISTOL TEAM: will hold team tryouts at the shoot
ing range in the basement of the Military Sciences Building
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday
DEER PARK HOMETOWN CLUB: will have a pregame pic
nic at 2611 Westwood at 2 p.m.
Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion,
216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working days be
fore desired publication date.
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Group Corp. received a warm re
sponse to its overture to buy the 467-
store Chief Auto Parts chain from
Dallas-based Southland Corp., a
Dart spokesman said Wednesday.
Dart, based in handover, Md., is
one of “dozens and dozens” of par
ties interested in six operations be
ing sold by Southland to finance a
* .6 billion leveraged buyout by the
controlling Thompson family, said
Markeeta McNatt, a Southland
spokesman.
The Haft family of Washington,
D.C., which owns Dart and its 224
Trak Auto stores, made an unsoli
cited bid for Chief before the lever
aged buyout was announced in July,
Dart spokesman Stanley Rubenstein
said. The request was shelved during
the buyout and Dart made the over-
^ture again after the buyout an-
;j|nouncement, he said.
■ Southland refused to comment
■about any possible buyer.
m The Wall Street Journal on
1 Wednesday quoted unidentified
S sources as saying Chief could fetch
about $120 million.
An acquisition would more than
triple the size of Trak Auto. It also
’would be Dart’s first purchase since
the Haft family launched a contro-
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buy at least one major retailer.
Fred Wintzer, an analyst with
Alex Brown Co. in Baltimore, said
Dart and Chief “run very similar
types of stores.”
“Whomever gets (Chief) who’s in
that business should be able improve
productivity . . . and fold in their
current structure,” he said. “Dart is
in an excellent position to do that.”
Southland is preparing sales
memorandums for Dart and other
interested parties, both spokesmen
said. The documents contain de
tailed information on the compa
nies, including Chief and Southland
Dairy Group.
The divestment would leave the
Thompson family with 7,672 7-
Eleven convenience stores, five re
gional distribution centers and half
interest in Citgo Petroleum Corp.
Dart operates most of its auto
parts stores in Los Angeles, Wash
ington, D.C., and Chicago.
Rubenstein said Dart would consider
adopting I rak’s discount format for
some Chief stores while leaving oth
ers, such as those in the Los Angeles
area, under the Chief name.
As of Jan. 1, Chief had 238 stores
in California and 167 in Texas.
County official keeps
campaign promise
to eliminate his office
AUSTIN (AP) — Glen Maxey
promised Travis County voters last
year that he would do so little in of
fice that the position would be abo
lished.
He has delivered on that promise.
“I have absolutely nothing to do,”
Maxey, the Travis County inspector
of hides and animals, said a day after
a new law abolishing his job went
into effect.
Maxey, a former legislative aide,
ran for the job last year after discov
ering it still existed even though the
position had been vacant since 1896.
He swept to unopposed victory on
his abolish-my-job platform.
“In actual campaign contributions
we collected $6.92, and we spent
about $9.59,” he said. “I had to buy a
campaign T-shirt to make up for the
deficit. I figured that someone
would pick up the tab as soon as I
needed to inspect some cattle.”
But, alas, as in the years when the
job was vacant, there were no cattle
to inspect. That was just as well for
Maxey, a Baytown native. “I have a
lot of experience with cattle,” Maxey
said. “But I never wanted to have a
career with them.”
Maxey never even took the oath
of office because that would have re
quired the county to post an office
holders’ bond for him. He has
drawn no salary.
He had planned to use a petition
drive to force a county election on
doing away with the job. Such an
election can only be held if someone
holds the office. The petition drive
became unneccesary this year when
the Texas Legislature approved a
bill abolishing the post. Although
the law took effect Tuesday, the job
remains on the book until the end of
Maxey’s term in 1990.
On Wednesday, he promised to
continue doing nothing until the ter
mination of his office. Maxey said
there’s no reason to do anything
else.
“The inspector only went out and
inspected for ownership of cattle be
ing driven to market to make sure
weren’t beins stolen,” he said.
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