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E. 260-9185 NOW 3 LOCATIONS Redmond Terrace Northgate Southgate Page 6 The Battalion Wednesday, December 7,1988 next to Acad my across from Post Office on Jersey Street ulf) ffiLOUPOT'SV CASH FOR B00KS-EVERYDAY r* Reveille’s XMAS CASH Two $250°° cash drawings December 9 & December 12 Merry Christmas from Reveille’s 300 Jersey Come by to sign up next to the new Loupot’s no purchase necessar Take a break before finals and Yv\ ^ enjoy our last movie this year! \” C ~IE^ S //flNEMA/ Wednesday, December 7 7:30 p.m. Rudder Theatre Tickets $2.00 w/TAMU ID rm ftRKKN BERETS Co-directed by and Starring ★ ★ John Wayne ★ ★ Coming attractions Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ]an. 20/21 James Bond Film Festival Feb. 3/4 We Buy Books Eveiyday at Texas A&M Bookstore Hours: 7:45-6:00 Weekdays 9:00-5:00 Saturdays Warped by Scott McCult I'LL BET THE PXIUKS Ihl THI5 TLACE COME- WITH LITTLE. UMBRELLAS, K\GHT? no, THU mi LITTLE Mlltm A//P VJHEN YOU UN5NAP W Waldo by Kevin Thom; Busey crash calls attention to helmet issue AUSTIN (AP) — Saying the crash of actor Gary Busey has helped call attention to the issue, a Texas group Tuesday said it will urge the 1989 Legislature to require motorcyclists to wear helmets. Dean Desoto, chairman of the Governor’s Motorcycle Operator Training and Safety Advisory Com mittee, said the crash, in which Bu sey, an actor, suffered severe head injuries, has raised awareness of the danger of riding without a helmet. DeSoto said the accident also may change the attitudes of some law makers who have rejected changing the state’s helmet law in the past. “I think there’s a better chance such legislation will pass,” DeSoto said. “It (the Busey crash) might very well have helped.” Busey, 44, was in serious condi tion Tuesday in a California hospital after surgery for head injuries suf fered when he was thrown from his motorcycle and hit headfirst, with out a helmet, into a curb. DeSoto noted that lawmakers in recent years have passed a number of automotive safety laws, including requirements for wearing safety belts and for use of safety seats for infants and young children. The motorcycle committee issued legislative recommendations at a news conference. It called for: • Changing the current law that requires helmets for riders under age 18 to include all riders, regard less of age. • Designating motorcycle park ing areas. • Allocating money for motorcy cle training and education, with a $1 per year surcharge on the motorcy cle license fees. “Yes, helmet laws are important,” DeSoto said. ’’But so are training and other factors.” DeSoto said that in 1987, there were 8,382 motorcycle accidents re ported in Texas, with 9,039 people injured and 297 killed. Of those killed, 81 percent weren’t wearing helmets, and 63 percent of those injured were hel metless. He noted that there was a 69 per cent increase in fatalities in 1977-78, the first year the law allowed riders over 18 to ride without helmets. Texas has the fifth-largest num ber of motorcycles registered in the United States, with 226,008 regis tered last year. Currently, 678,081 Texans are licensed to operate the machines. Scrambled Eggs if irt> not too much Ttfoum, I'P LIKE TO &£ LOCATtV IN A NON-SMOKINO AREA. Ship channel wideninj could help create jobs HOUSTON (AP) — About 47,000 area jobs during the next 30 years could depend on whether the Houston Ship Channel is widened and deepened, a Rice Center study indicates. Port Commission Chairman Ned Holmes said the study shows the- channel is at its capacity. “ If we’re going to continue to grow and be competitive, we’ve got to improve the channel,” he said. The project would cost about $350 million and take about six years to complete. Holmes said the work must be done in an environmentally sensitive manner, but that the potential envi ronmental impact of not widening and deepening the channel must be considered. There has been considerable op position to the proposal to deepen the channel to 50 feet and widen it to 600 feet. It is now 40 feet deep by 400 feet wide. Environmental concerns focus on salt water intrusion into the bay and disposal of dredged material.) salt water in the larger channelcml red nee oyster yields by as much ul percent and affect shrimp andH ish catches, the U.S. Fish and if life Service has predicted. The two-month, $19,500 commissioned by the Portofftl ton Authority looked at cumulitf effects of various scenarios bet«f now and the year 2020. Itcompi four possibilities to a “baselinetfl The baseline case assumed: channel improvements made and total Galveston Ba\ j nage would be restricted to peak levels. The “worst-case” scenario: sumed no improvements woi made, Galveston Bay ports become less competitive and i| tonnage would fall to the 1983iol A “most achievable” case assrt channel improvements are cos pleted by 2000 and that Gate! 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