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Dillard's is pleased to
announce the formation
of the Fall '87 College
Advisory Board
The Dillard's College Advisory
Board is being formed with the
intention of developing a direct
communication link with the
Texas A&M University student
body. Our goal is to use this
feedback in a constructive man
ner to better serve the student
customer. Participants will
serve on a rotating basis, at
tending monthly luncheons,
working in the store on rotating
basis, (6-8 paid hours every two
weeks) and will be eligible for a
special discount.
Applications are available for
college men and women at
Customer Service and are due
Sept. 18. Contact Pam Johnsen
at 764-0014
Dillard’s
POST OAK MALL. HARVEY ROAD AT HIGHWAY 6 BYPASS, COLLEGE STATION
Smoke, weather hinde
firefighters’ work in We
Thick smoke and changing
weather hindered efforts Wednes
day to contain the last big forest fires
still burning in the West, where
more than 1,000 square miles are
charred and some fires were spread
ing again.
“It’s sad to see Mother Nature
doing this,” California National
Guardsman Dennis Berry lamented.
California fire information officer
Steve Smith said a layer of cool, hu
mid air that had been holding dense
smoke close to the ground and not
fanning the flames in northern Cali
fornia and southern Oregon ap
peared to be lifting, with tempera
tures climbing.
In Washington, steep terrain al
lowed burning logs to roll past fire
breaks on the Olympic Peninsula.
Art Wirtz at the Sacramento fire
command center said in California
that 76 firefighters have been in
jured, dozens suffering from smoke
inhalation. An additional 30 fire
fighters had been injured in Ore
gon. Three have died in vehicle acci
dents, two blamed on the dense
smoke.
Fire spokesman Ron DeHart said
smoke continued to prevent the use
of aircraft to drop water and fire re
tardant in Oregon. Fog grounded
water-dumping aircraft Wednesday
in Washington.
Art Wirtz of the Sacramento Fire
Command Information Center said
the smoke was so bad in some parts
of northern California that doctors
equated breathing to smoking more
than three packs of cigarettes a day.
George M. Leonard, associate
chief of the Forest Service, said the
force of nearly 22,000 firefighters
on duty is "the greatest mobilization
of firefighters that we have ever had
in this country."
Since lightning beganse - ^
dreds of fires on Aug. 28i
acres have burned in Calfe
1 12,500 acres have been In
in Oregon.
Idaho had 30,800 chans
and smaller fires in Was
South Dakota, Wyoming
and Montana contributeos;
of 682,5-40 acres, or l.Wi
miles.
Outside the region, ID
of grass and trees had
Volcano National Park
and firefighting crew
from California.
State fire information
Steve Smith said two di
blazes totaling 70,000 acre
Mendocino National For
miles north of San Frandsa
containment lines latelW
burned an additional 201
acres.
Census Bureau says numb,
of single people in 30s risin
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
percentage of Americans in their
early 30s who have never married
has more than doubled since 1970,
increasing the prospects that a grow
ing minority will stay single all their
lives, the Census Bureau reported
Wednesday.
Among men between the ages of
30 and 34, those who had never
married totaled 23.1 percent,
according to estimates made last
March.
That was up from 9.4 percent in a
1970 Census Bureau report.
Among women in the 30-34 age
group, 14.6 percent had never been
married, according to the 1987 re
port, compared with 6.2 percent in
1970.
In other age groups, 61 percent of
women aged 20 to 24 had not mar
ried in 1987, compared with 36 per
cent in 1970. For women aged 25 to
29, the figure was 29 percent in 1987
against 11 percent in 1970.
For men, 78 percent aged 20 to 24
had not married this year, compared
with 55 percent in 1970.
Among men in the 25-29 age
group, 42 percent were not married,
compared with 19 percent in 1970.
“The percentage that remains sin
gle throughout their lifetime is likely
to be higher than in the past in view
of the increases in never-marrieds
among today’s young adults,” the re
port said.“The vast majority, how
ever, eventually are likely to marry.”
Steve Rawlings of the Census Bu
reau said that historically all but 5
percent of Americans have been
married at least once by the time
they reach age 50. He said that fig
ure is likely to double to 10 percent,
based on the trends on delayed mar
riages observed over the past two de
cades.
“The percentage that re
mains single throughout
their lifetime is likely to be
higher than in the past in
view of the increases in
never-marrieds among to
day’s young adults. The
vast majority, however,
eventually are likely to
marry. ”
— Census Bureau report
In 1987, the median age for an
American bride was 23.6 years, com
pared with 20.3 years in 1950. The
median age means that half the
women have married by this age.
The 1987 figure was the nighest age
since recordkeeping btga
For men. the medim
first marriage climbed re
this vear, the highest s
since 1900, when it was2i
The median age at fi
had been declining for
century until the 196(1
si a i let 1 t<> i ise as the posf|
Boom generation cho*
educations and careers,
marriage and family
The statistics on
contained in the
study "Marital Status and
rangements: March 198" ,
Among other findings
P° rt :
• I here were 89.5 ewI
holds in Mao h 1987,ttfl
8 7 million suue 1980.
• Married-couple fasti
< hildi en under the agtfl
dined to 27.5 percent o:i|
holds in 1987, compartti
percent of all household: ’
I he report attributed tbfc ;
to }x>stponcment of mat
< hild-bearing and incK»1
vorce rates.
• The number of Areef"
ing alone accountedfor2:f
of American households *
1987, up f rom 17.1 petce
but the increase inihiso'>|;
slowed dramatically durfi
cade.
Ford recalls 4.3 million vehicles
to correct potential fire hazard
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ford Motor Co. on
Wednesday announced a voluntary recall of 4.3 million
1986-88 cars, trucks and vans to correct problems that
potentially could cause engine or fuel system fires.
The recall is the auto industry’s largest since 1981.
It covers 2.3 million cars and 1.8 million light trucks
with fuel-injected engines across Ford’s product line,
including the popular Mercury Sable and Ford Taurus
models as well as Aerostar vans, company officials said.
Another 200,000 Econoline vans were recalled in a
separate action so that a heat shield can be installed to
prevent the fuel tank from overheating, causing gaso
line to spurt out when opened.
The company said the recall follows 222 reports of
engine fires caused by a failure of couplings used to
connect fuel lines. The government said it also has re
ceived nearly 100 complaints, including 16 fires, stem
ming from the tank overheating problem in the Econ
oline vans.
“We’re glad Ford is recalling the cars,” said Clarence
Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto
Safety. “They’re definitely a hazard on the road.”
The Washington-based consumer group had raised
concern about engine fires in some of the vehicles. The
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began
a formal investigation into the fuel line coup
lem last May after receiving numerous tf
about fires f rom Ford and Mercury owners
One agency source, speaking on condition >
identified by name, said NH ISA officials ^
Ford privately to recall the cars although no-
call request had yet been sent.
According to Ford, the action involving®
couplers covers the 1986-88 Ford Escort,h-
tang, Thunderhird and LTD Crown Victors
cury Lynx, Sable, Capris, Cougar and Gra® ^
and the Lincoln Continental, Mark VIIand:
Other vehicles covered by the recall are® ;
and Ranger trucks, the Bronco and theBroo
the Aerostar and the Econoline vans.
Ford officials said the owners of these cars:
turn them to their dealers so that a plastic#
can be installed over the coupler for protef
the coupler separates.
John King, a Ford official, said, “There!®,
are designed to provide an extra latching
vent the couplings from separating evenifd| r
latched properly.” He said priority will beg
owners who have had service during which®
couplers were likely to have been disconnect
Pi Sigma Epsilon
professional business fraternity
open to all majors.
New Member Rush
Rush Party Thursday, Sept. 10, 7:00 p.m.
206 MSC
Casual Attire
Orientation Information Meeting
Monday, Sept. 14, 7:00 p.m.
212 MSC
Business Attire
For more information
contact Lori Finfer, 776-0577