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Page 4 The Battalion Wednesday, February 1,1989 The telecas t witt highlight Ihe contributions by Black-Americans in Ihe following areas: PoBlics, Business, Economics, Art, Education, and Sports. Telecast will be shown on Feb. 1st in 701 Rudder at 3,5, and 7pm. Tickets are $2. If it makes noise tonight come see us in the morning! ATLAS TRANSMISSION t 15*7 Teus Bnr*e 779-0555 Clip and Save' University Tire & Service Center 3818 S. College Ave. 846-1738 (5 blocks North of Skaggs) [Present Coupons Thru Oct. 8,1988j FRONT OR REAR BRAKE JOB EACH New brake pads surface rotors, repack wheel bearings, inspect master cylinder & brake hoses, bleed system, add new fluid, road test (American cars single piston system. Extra $12.00 for semi-metallic pads). FRONT END ALIGNMENT Adjust caster, camber, steering, and toe settings as needed. Small trucks and vans slightly higher. COMPUTER BALANCE 4 regular wheels, Custom wheels extra ENGINE TUNE UP For Electronic Ignition Others $10 More Includes: Replace Spark Plugs, check Rotor, Dist. Cap. &Adj. Garb. & Timing When Possible. (Most Cars and Light Trucks). Clip and Save $28. 00 $34. 00 $39.°° IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME STUDY f]™ $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 Wanted: Symptomatic patients with physician diagnosed $100 Irritable Bowel Syndrome to participate in a short study. $100 $100 incentive for those chosen to participate. $100 $100 incentive for those chosen to participate. 5100 $100 K K $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 IZ ASTHMA STUDY $200 Individuals who have regular asthma to participate in $200 $200 an asthma study. $200 incentive for those chosen to $200 Participate. $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 SORE THROAT/STREP THROAT STUDY For individuals 12 years and older with sore throat willing to participate in a study to treat strep throat. Diagnosed strep throat welcome. $100 incentive for those chosen to participate. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 CEDAR/WINTER ALLERGY STUDY Looking for mountain cedar allergic individuals to partici pate in a short allergy study. $100-$200 incentive for those chosen to participate. Free skin testing available to determine eligibility. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 SI 00 $100 $100 ACUTE BRONCHITIS/PNEUMONIA Do you have any of the following'? 1 Productive cough 2. Fever 3. Rattle in chest Call for information about a three week antibiotic reseach study with close MD supervision. $100 incentive for those who qualify. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 PAIN STUDY Do you take at least one over-the-counter pain reliever per month for any reason? If so, you may be eligable to participate in an at-home analgesic study. Monetary incentive for those cho sen to participate. CALL PAULL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 776-0400 House Speaker polls members on pay raise WASHING ION (AP)— 1 exits congressmen are finding lea hags and scalhing leiiers in dieir mail as ihev answer House Speaker Jim W right s poll on whether, m then heart of hearts. the\ realh want to vote on a S-4f>.3<)0 pav raise. I mil i uesdav, Wright and other House Democratic leaders had indicated there would he no House vote on the 50 perceni pa\ raise before Feb. <S. meaning it would take ef fect automatic alls and boost their salaries from S<S9.300 to S i 33.000. But now W t ight is seeking the ;id\ ic e of House members, asking them to " I ell me how vou realh feel, ' and promising to he tailh- ful to their wishes while keeping the answers confidential. “Sure heN feeling the pressure, sure he's feeling the heat, Rep. Ralph Hall, a Rockwall Democrat who has signed on to seven bills against the pay raise, said. "He’s a speaker, he’s a Texas speaker, and lie’s been a friend of mine for over 50 years, t don’t think he ought to fade all the heat. He might as w'ell give us a vote and that would take the heat off of him.” “It’s no time for a pay raise,” said Hall, whose mail is running nine to one against the raise. “This has put everybody in a bad situation — they’re either greedy or incompetent (fot not voting),” Hall said. A Democratic staffer who spoke on condition of anonymity said Wright’s poll has created a firestorm for members who had been outspoken in favor of the raise. “They can’t pul the phones down,” the staffer said. “It has created a tumult.” Staff in some offices are “going banshee.” Several Texas Democrats, in cluding Reps. Martin Frost and John Bryant of Dallas and Chat lie Stenholm of Stamford, said they were pleased to see the speaker’s poll. All agree the 50 percent increase is excessive. “I think he wants to know what people’s true feelings are and I think he’s getting mixed signals from the membership,” Bryant said. “His role in this has been one of attempting to do what’s right for the institution. He’s been getting so much conflicting advice he wants an honest statement from each member.” Frost said Wright has been tak ing “all the criticism” but with the poll “he’ll be able to find out for certain what a majority wants.” Frost says he’s getting “a lair amount” of mail and the senti ments are intense and strongly expressed. Warped UM... DO you WAVE A PAIR OF THESE IN ci-TC a p HERE WE ARE, WE HAVE IT IH SIZES' A/VP 7 AMD II. by Scott McCu|A& Vi 6EE, Dt> YOU HAVE IT II AWV OTHER SIZES”'" P0/TT FIT ME? R UNIVEI Mikhail ( \ viser is a sur ! delegation <, jday throng Institute foi I sium on arn Dr. Oleg j Soviet am principal ac control sine meeting sp A&M Univt has been s| leader at at ing the Res and joins a eludes a toj lin’s princip fairs. ‘The u: Grinevsky t of major si the Soviets as an impo staking out while the B Local food bank provides Brazos needy with meals By Ashley A. Bailey STAFF WRITER It’s doubtful that many, it any, Texas A&M students know what real hunger is. It’s not that feeling you get at the end of the month when you're out ol money and have only bologna and green beans until Mom sends more money. And it isn’t that feeling you get when you can’t go out to eat with friends because of a lack of f unds. It’s the feeling one has when there is no money, no bologna, no green beans, no money coming from Mom — nothing. And that feeling is well- known for about 500 families in Bra zos County, Barbara Reillev, a mem ber of the Brazos Food Bank's board of directors, said. “Requests for emergency food as sistance are not rare in Brazos Coun ty," Reilley said. “Every week, about 500 families turn to local churches and social service agencies, asking for food.” Some of the needy are poor, some are ill or elderly and some are simply victims of a temporary crisis. But all of them need food. In April 1985 a group of Bryan- College Station residents, aware ol the communities’ needs, decided to work toward creating a Bryan-Col- lege Station food bank, Reillev said. “When they organized, they onl\ had a little warehouse where tliev stored food,” she said. “Thev col lected loot! and distributed it to church pantries, and then it was given to the needs It was a vet \ small operation then. Inn it has grown and grown. “We (the food bank) now have a large storage warehouse on FM 2818 that’s equipped with several large freezers, and we now work in coop eration with the American Red Cross, the A&M Church ol Christ, the Brazos Girl’s Club, the Central Church of Christ and others. These charitable organizations determine who receives what tooth” Volunteers and cooperating gro cery stores are die heart ol the food bank, Reillev said. "Initially, everyone working for the food bank was a volunteer, but in 198(1 a part-time paid staff member was hired to manage the storage warehouse,” she said. Reilley said volunteers pick up food, weigh it and take inventory, take care of warehouse grounds and maintenance, help edit a tiuarterlv newsletter, publicize loot! bank forts and make polity and planm decisions. But getting the foodisij ol theii higher priorities. "Volunteers regularly cpllectfo from participating grocery store she said. “T his surplus food res from mislabeling, cosmetii imp lections, approaching pull dai marketing changes and superik damage t<> pac kaging." Bread, dahv products andm ate delivered to the warehouse) divided toi distribution 10 panm Sometimes loot! is delivered dim to pant 1 ies, she said. Reillev said the food bank rra heav ily on local grocers to dow food, but food collection barrelsal are an important food source. “Local stores, including Kuv Safeway, 7-11, Pal's Supermaii; and the Shenandoah Store, bavei lowed radio station KTAWtop food collection barrels near tta store exits to make ii easy fork residents to donate food,'' shesaid. The food bank is a non-prolii ganization and is supported chit! In L’nited Way, but it also recehi grants from the Department Housing and L’rban Developmtt Donations also help fund ilieorpt zation. reviewing Ron Hatch the Moshei U.S. arms r The Mos A&M is bt tors from a talks for a 1 ference, “ r Military Ba ett said. The rec headed by 1 E. Vandive Texas A&l Army Scier At the n and Soviet discuss in treaty, the chemical w tional milit; Formal DA backs retrial for convicted gunman DALLAS (AP) — Randall Dale Adams, con victed of being the gunman who shot a police of ficer at least five times during a routine traf fic stop, deserves a new trial, according to a prosecu tor who earlier maintained the conviction was just. District Attorney John Vance told a state ap peals court Monday that Adams deserves a new trial on a charge accusing him of murder in Rob ert Wood’s 1976 slaying. Vance’s office, in a legal brief filed with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, said it agrees that Adams did not receive a fair trial. But Vance said he still believes Adams is guilty of killing Wood. Perjured testimony may have caused the jury to unjustly convict Adams and sentence him to death, the prosecutor said. The death sentence was since commuted to life. Adams has spent the last 12 years in prison, maintaining his innocence the whole time. The 40-year-old Adams was convicted in the slaying of Wood, who was shot to death Nov. 28, 1976. Another man who has since testified against Adams confessed that he was the gun man. Evidence has surfaced that at least four other key witnesses at his trial lied, authorities said. Last fall, a documentary movie, “The Thin Blue Line,” examined Adams’ possible innocence. Adams’ lawyers sought for the past six months to win a new trial. In the brief filed with the ap peals court, Vance’s office said it “has no objec tion to . . . the finding that (Adams) is entitled to a new trial.” District Court Judge Larry Baraka also has recommended that Adams be giv en a new trial. Baraka, after hearing three days of testimony last November, concluded Adams was probably innocent, that key witnesses had committed per jury and that former Assistant District Attorney Doug Mulder, who prosecuted Adams, sup pressed crucial evidence that might have cleared him. Vance told the Dallas limes Herald he hast read the brief his office filed, he had instmcti assistant prosecutors to send it to the apj» court if they felt the evidence supported Aami claims. “I told them to do whatever was right onil thing. If that’s the way it was, that’s thew was,” said Vance. They “agreed withJudgeBi aka that there had been perjured testimonydii ing that trial and agreed that it might very warrant a new trial.” The prosecutor said that if Adams is granttil new trial, he will attempt to charge AdamsajJ with the killing. . Cri on 1 On N man att< a femal block ol lege Stai The house a screen ; room v the 23 room, threatei with thi saulting The free An neightx Anyc could 1 65-y Attorneys who observed the case said a» trial would be difficult because the key \vitne» against Adams have been discredited, liuidf lense lawyer Randy Schaffer praised the aflif by Vance’s office. “It’s obviously a radical shift in their position said Schaffer. \aggieW/^inema/ James THE _JS BOND A mnr©chf*ochf* ifilm festival February 2* 3, and 4 Thursday. February 2 Dr. No 8:00pm Friday. February 3 The Living Daylights 7:00pm The Man with the Golden Gun 9:30pm Thunderball Midnight Saturday. February 4 For Your Eyes Only Special $1 Matinee 3:00pm You Only Live Twice 7:00pm The Spy Who Loved Me 9:30pm Casino Royale Midnight Full Festival Pass ... 8 movies for $12 Single Evening Pass ... 3 movies for $5 Individual Movie Tickets ... $2 Full Festival Passes are on sale now at the Rudder Box Office. Single Evening Passes and Individual Movie Tickets go on sale 45 minutes before each feature. Open toTAMU students, faculty and staff, and guests of the University. HUGH never stuc horning ir He stri’ hobbies: si ing. The 65- favorite st sion about Until la visited the San Antoi Texas 1 sketched < Springs, the names Scrims! days, Irvi on whales popularity % (Wo