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8 NOW-3 LOCATIONS Redmond Terrace ^ Northgate Southgate next to Acadmy across from Post Office on Jersey Street d that sin ln g ps| p s Gy ’NTOftl OTLOUPOT'SH CASH FOR BOOKS-EVERYDAY Thursday, December 8,1988 The Battalion Page 7 Singer Roy Orbison dies from heart attack t0 a vJ t on y :r d' y, a I drivui sanll ION; ' n whatol s asevtrtl ON: mg at k\ * footbiil dhanalcjl mother im| n alcohi k. UCT: to a rep Hart Hill t two sin. I T :he he I ast. 5rted till s car nii| anted tlJ on herof anted tlm| windshitl anted al scratd| man. open tk| s Mateniil 3TC3 WJsl tunned iipl f a smoltl mted tliil :ne skaitl eoscieiicei-l ntyard. :l t sevenll :yand wml hole in tl Coke mil SMETANA GROCERY “1/2 mile East of The Riverside Campus Entrance on Hwy 21 ” Segram’s $099 Smetana $089 Coolers 4 pk ^ Sausage ^ lb 1 “made here at Smetana” Hwy 21-2 1/2 miles west of 2818 775-9337 Now Open Saturday till 3 p.m. Williams Don’t Worry when an accident or sudden illness occurs CarePlus is open when you need them 7 days a week with affordable medical care. Faculty, Staff and Students receive a 10% discount CarePlus^ fit NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rock n’ roll pioneer Roy Orbison, whose surging falsetto mourned the misery of fading romance, suffered a heart attack and died. He was 52, and was enjoying a comeback with a new generation of fans. The Grammy Award-winning Or- bisoh, famed for hits like “Oh, Pretty Woman,” “Only the Lonely” and “Cryin ,” died shortly before mid night Tuesday at Hendersonville Hospital, where he had been taken by ambulanpe, Melanie Lamb, a spokesman for the suburban Nash ville hospital, said. “He was and always will be one of the greats of rock n’ roll,” former Reatle Paul McCartney said. “We toured with Roy in the early days and he was a really good guy.” A singer, guitarist and songwriter who was instantly recognizable by his ever-present sunglasses and dark at tire set off by an ebony pompadour, Orbison had 27 straight records on the charts during his heyday in the early 1960s. But his biggest success came with “Oh, Pretty Woman,” about a flirta tious episode, which sold more than 7 million copies in 1964. A cover ver sion later was a hit for the heavy metal band Van Halen. In 1977, Elvis Presley, one year Orbison’s senior, introduced him as “the greatest singer in the world.” Bruce Springsteen saluted him in his song “Thunder Road. ” Last year, he re-recorded his 1963 hit “In Dreams” after the song had been revived in the movie “Blue Vel vet.” But it was Orbison’s recent re cordings as one of The Traveling Wilburvs — alone with ex-Beatle George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Jeff Lynne — that brought him a new generation of fans. The group’s “Handle With Care” is No. 45 on the charts, and their swift-selling album “The Trav eling Wilburys” is No. 8. The upturn in his career sur prised him, Orbison said last week as he was leaving London’s Heathrow Airport for home. “I’ve been rediscovered by young kids who had never heard of me be fore the Wilburys,” he said. “They are getting into my original songs and apparently the old stuff is sell ing at the rate of 20,000 copies a day.” “It’s very nice to be wanted again, but I still can’t quite believe it.” Orbison was upbeat a few weeks ago when he met with record pro ducer Fred Foster, who had worked with the singer since the early days. “He seemed in good health,” Fos ter said Wednesday. “He was exer cising and all that. He was the most talented man I ever worked with.” Orbison got his early recording experience in the 1950s with Sun Records of Memphis, the label that launched the careers of Elvis Pres ley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Le wis. His career peaked in the first half of the ’60s but tailed off in the af termath of two family tragedies: His wife died in a motorcycle accident in 1966, and in 1968, two of his three sons, ages 10 and 6, died in a fire that destroyed his lakeside home; His third son is in his 20s, and he had two teen-age sons from his sec ond marriage. His wife and three sons survive him. The family lived in Nashville. Lawman awaits credit based on skill, not race Harris, lie abs in W rom .2 in meet* 10 ,aeske E:i LU now be® iglish tal® an Part) Bryan ys Democrat I ic county® isider bis j tion, Z lfS 41 :an Part)' ssful atteny m 1 rty . ild go ill 15 erican lismiss ZaS i zealot of im higbly 1 ]y concept (/j country ^ -J and la# inguage >4 ^ ine to N - 10 )0 1712 Southwest Parkway Open until 8 p.m. FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER College Station. Texas 77840 (409) 696-0683 7 days a week Anderson Bus DALLAS (AP) — The first black lawman to become a Texas Ranger says he is happy to he a role model, but looks forward to the day when publicity will come not because of his race, but because of his accomplish ments solving a case. Lee Roy Young Jr., after roughly three months on the job, is taking special training and investigating cases from murder to kidnapping. SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE Contact Lenses Only Quality Name Brands (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Barnes-Hinds-Hydrocurve) </> $59°° O O 8 pr. *-STD. DAILY WEAR SOFT LENSES $79 o ° O O 8 pr. *-STD. EXTENDED WEAR SOFT LENSES 0 0 o> <7> Vi £ O O pr. *-STD. TINTED SOFT LENSES DAILY WEAR OR EXTENDED WEAR SAME DAY DELIVERY ON MOST LENSES SALE ENDS DEC. 22, 1988 Call 696-3754 For Appointment ^ CHARLES C. SCHROEPPEL, O.D., P.C. DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY * Eye exam & care kit not included 0) 707 South Texas Ave., Suite 101D College Station, Texas 77840 1 block South of Texas & University !v.3^/l in > r- m in > r - m in > r- m in > j— m in > r - m co > i - m co > r* m co > r~ m SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE “I find the work to be very I challenging. You’re trying to find or to obtain some thing unknown . . . it’s that challenge in itself that I find most exciting. ” —Lee Roy Young Jr., Texas Ranger The 15-year veteran of the Texas Department of Public Safety said he wants to be viewed as another per son working for the Texas Rangers. “The only time I’d be brought out in the limelight is when I’m working on something that’s a large investiga tion or something, where there’s a lot of people involved,” he said.“Of course, I would much rather it (the publicity) just diminish and just fade away.” The lawman, 41, is stationed in the Dallas suburb of Garland. He re ceived his badge in early September. Young got a lot of attention when his promotion to Ranger was an nounced in July. The Texas Depart ment of Public Safety has been ac cused by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People of passing over black officers for promotion and discriminating against them in other ways. Young is the first black to become a Ranger in the 165-year history of the force, which now numbers 94 men. He said he hasn’t personally en countered discrimination, and he hasn’t seen others discriminated against. “I don’t see it,” he said. “Of course, I haven’t really been looking for it.” Although he at first found the publicity surrounding his promotion annoying, Young said he’s getting used to it and sees the benefit ctf be ing a role model. “There’s always that possibility, that someone will see me and say, ‘If he was successful in his chosen field, then I can go forth and do the same in mine,’ ” he said. “You set your sights on something, and you work toward obtaining that goal, and don’t let anything else get in your way.” Young dreamed of being a Ranger as a child in South Texas and said the reality has lived up to the dream. “I find the work to be very chal lenging,” he said. “You’re trying to find or to obtain something un known, or that’s not easily found or disclosed, so it’s that challenge in it self that I find most exciting. ” Young said that in the short time he has been a Ranger, he has been involved in cases including kidnap ping, murder, narcotics, forgery, missing persons and wanted fugi tives. Rangers are charged with four duties: protecting life and property by enforcing state criminal statutes, suppressing riots and insurrections, investigating major crimes and ap prehending fugitives. Familiar orange Gulf logo fades into motorist history 1301 Bartholow • 696-1848 $100 OFF First Month Rent 2-1 W/D Conn. Pool, Jacuzzi & Activities Lease Before December 15, 1988 Receive An Extra $50 The First Month PORT ARTHUR (AP) —The familar orange disc that shines brightly over thousands of service stations and oversees the pumping of millions of gallons of gasoline is going the way of the Packard, De- Soto and Studebaker — into the American motorists’ memory. The Gulf name and orange disc logo is being retired in favor of Chevron, the name of the company that merged with Gulf in 1984. “It’s something that marketing has done by studying the market place and determining that this is a more aggressive marketing pro gram,” said Art Spencer, spokesman for Chevron U.S.A. in Port Arthur, birthplace of Gulf Oil during the Spindletop boom years at the turn of the century. “What they’re going to do is change the colors, upgrade the sta tions and make them more conve nient for the customers’ usage,” Spencer said. By this time next year, the orange disc and Gulf name will be but a memory for thousands of motorists in the Southwest. Some stations and gasoline opera tors in the Northeast have licenses to use the Gulf logo until the turn of the century. “This will affect all Gulf stations in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and New Mexico,” Spencer said. “There vill be no change in the products or NOW 3 LOCATIONS Redmond Terrace Northgate Southgate next to Acadmy across from Post Office on Jersey Street ■mm ■ m m anfe TLouporsn? CASH FOR BOOKS-EVERYDAY the methods of operation, whether it’s a jobber operation, a company- owned station or an independent. ” “I think it’s a good idea,” said Roy Bruno, owner of Alamo Service Sta tion in Port Arthur, a Gulf station since the 1940s. “They are going to really make all the stations first class and I don’t think the customers can help but like it,” he said. While Bruno said he was in favor of the change, he couldn’t help but feel a little twinge of sadness to see the old orange disc go. “I started here in 1941 and I bought the station in 1944 and it’s al ways been Gulf,” he said. “Sure, I’ll be sad to see it go; it’s been a big part of my life.” The change is slated to begin early in 1989 in Houston, but will not be seen in the Golden Triangle area un til next summer. “They’ll start the procedure in Houston and Dallas in January,” Spencer said. “Hopefully it will be done by the end of 1989. They won’t get to the Golden Triangle until at least the third quarter. ” “We hate to see the Gulf name go away, but it was going to happen,” Joe Darby of Darby Oil Co., a dis tributor for Gulf-Chevron products in the Port Arthur area, said. “We have a new image coming out and it will be attractive, one I think the customers will like,” he said. 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