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Such is the case for Missy Silk- wood, a senior wildlife major from Boston, who had planned on Hying home today on Eastern Airlines. “I called Eastern Sunday when I found out that they were on strike, and they said that they wouldn’t know if my flight was cancelled until Thursday,” Silk- wood said. “So 1 was just sup posed to wait to find out whether I was going to be able to go home or not. It was aggravating.” Silkwood didn’t just wait. She immediately called other airlines to try to get on another flight. “I was lucky because the first airline I called was American Air lines, and they said that they would honor Eastern’s tickets at the same price but on a standby basis,” she said. “American has been great, but I’m sure that other airlines are doing the same. Now all I have to do is take a bus to Houston, go to Intercontinental airport and wait until there’s a seat for me. Fun.” Ricki Holliman, a travel agent at The Travel Company in Col lege Station, said that people could avoid this sort of problem by having some back-up plans. “We’ve issued tickets on other carriers as a backup,” Holliman said. “And they are returnable for a refund if not used. Most air lines are honoring Eastern’s tick ets if they fly the particular mar ket of the ticket, but it is my understanding that Eastern is also giving full ref unds.” Professor applauds growth Chronicle: Clements of music courses at A&M gave state contracts to campaign backers By Sherri Roberts STAFF WRITER Werner Rose, an A&M professor of philosophy and humanities, hopes that a performing arts center, along with an expansion of the music courses and faculty at A&M will become a reality within the next Five years. Since Rose joined A&M’s faculty in Fall 1988 as a coordinator of music, the number of music clashes at A&M has increased from two to the five. Two additio nal music classes will be added in Fall 1989. The music classes, which are offered by the philoso phy and humanities department, will include courses such as Music 285, Ensemhle/Orchestra: Stringed In struments; Music 489, Chamber Music; and Music 285, Ensemhle/Orchestra: Piano Studies. While 200 and 300 level music courses fill up quickly during registration, fewer students are attracted to the 400 level courses. Rose said. Many of the 400 level classes have no prerequisites. Rose said he would like to develop the academic mu sic program within the College of Liberal Arts rather than create a professional music program that is geared for those w'ho want to perform professionally. “We have no design to become a school of music,” he said. “We want to provide the opportunity for students at A&M to learn and become better acquainted with music as an art — its rich history and meaning in life.” The creation of a music department at A&M will de pend on the how quickly faculty can be added to teach music courses and the availability of facilities, Rose said. These facilities would include rehearsal halls, record li braries and practice rooms with pianos. HOUSTON (AP) — Lucrative state contracts have gone to several Republican lawyers and consultants with strong ties to Gov. Bill Clem ents’ successful 1986 election cam paign, the Houston Chronicle re ported Thursday. In a copyright story, the Chroni cle said the award of most of the con tracts was done under the state bid ding process, but also coincided with Clements’ takeover of several state boards and agencies through the ap pointments process. Senate confirms nominees for horse racing commission Slow-speed pursuit ends when vehicle hits truck AUST IN (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed six members of the Texas Racing Commission, after a vote had been held up for a week while Sen. Carl Parker checked va rious allegations against the commis sion. Parker, D-Port Arthur, joined col leagues T hursday in confirming the nominees, 28-0. “I had some serious problems with the speed at which racing has been brought to Texas,” Parker told the Senate. “I also had reason to look into the execution of some contracts that appeared to not have been strictly enforced with the letter of the law.” He said there also had been alle gations that the commission had vio lated open meetings and open re cords laws, and he had some questions about “what we meant when we refer to racing facilities of the first class.” “I was concerned that in an effort to have high-quality racing at all lev els that it would be mistaken for an elitist move where only jockey-club- type facilities for the ultrarich would be created,” he said. Parker said after spending consid erable time looking into the matter, “I am persuaded at this point that if errors were made with state con tracts, they w'ere not intentional, de liberate violations of the law” but were merely technical violations in good faith. He said he was also persuaded that the commission would move “with deliberate speed” in getting racing started. “lam assured that we will have at least Class 2 racing in Texas by this summer.” Class 2 tracks are restricted to 44 days of pari-mutuel horse racing a year. If Texas is going to have racing, we ought to start reaping benefits from it for the state,” Parker said. “And I’m assured that that will begin to happen this summer and money will start to flow in the state till at that time.” Parker also said if the _ should reject the nominees, would only further delay racing Texas.” Senate “that in FOR E WORTH (AP) — A chase that never exceeded 20 mph ended in death for a 25-year-old Kilgore man when his car collided head-on with an 18-wheeler early Thursday morning, police said. The victim, Eddie Lynn Spencer, was being pursued through South west Tarrant County by police at tempting to stop him for a traffic vi olation when his car slammed into a semi-trailer truck at 2:52 a.m. “Radar clocked him at 18 mph,” said a police spokesman who de clined to identify himself. Forest Hill police officer Clint Turner began following Spencer’s vehicle after he noticed it moving er ratically in an eastbound lane of In terstate 20 near the Anglin Drive exit, police said. Turner told investigators he watched the vehicle stop at an exit, then continue on 1-20. While following the car, Turner saw it stop two more times. It never exceeded 20 mph, the officer said. The officer then attempted to pull over the car, but it kept going and began weaving across other lanes, This Spring Break, go Greyhound instead. For just $25 each way, you and your friends can afford to pile on Greyhound. Whether it’s the beach, the slopes or your hometown, going Greyhound won’t cramp your style. each way based on round-trip purchase. GREYHOUND leave the driving to us! 114 E. Walton Drive • 696-0209 Must present valid college 1 .D. card upon purchase. No other discounts apply. Tickets are nontransferable and good only for travel on Greyhound and other participating carriers. Fare is valid for destinations up to 600 miles from point of origin. Offer limited. Greyhound also offers low Money Saver fares. Some restrictions apply. Spring Break fare available 2/15/89 through 5/15/89 and is subject to change without notice. ©1989 Greyhound Lines, Inc. according to a statement by Forest Hills Police Chief Les Irvin. The police report states Spencer began traveling slowly down the road again, going as slow as 10 mph at times but sometimes approaching 20 mph. When the suspect pulled over near the Mansfield exit and stopped again, Turner began to approach the car. But the car bolted away and after traveling about 200 yards made a U- turn to go west in an eastbound lane of 1-20. Spencer drove about 800 yards before the colliding with the truck in the 6400 block of East Interstate 820 South, police reported. The truck driver, who was not held, was uninjured, police said. The suspect was declared dead at the scene. Police said an autopsy is being conducted by the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office to see if alcohol might have been a con tributing factor in the crash. Investigators would not indicate whether any alcohol or drugs were discovered at the scene. But Reggie Bashur, Clements’ press secretary, said there was no fa voritism or bias in the contracts in question and that the governor had no personal involvement. The Houston accounting firm of Deloitte Haskins & Sells, which had no state business during Democratic Gov. Mark White’s last fiscal year in office, has received $686,201 in state business since Clements took office, according to records obtained from the Texas comptroller’s office. Of that, $186,996 came directly from the governor’s office or agen cies under the control of Clements’ appointees, the Chronicle said. A senior partner in the account ing firm is Robert J. Cruikshank, who contributed $43,605 to Clem ents’ 1986 campaign and hosted a Houston fund-raiser that netted $2.4 million toward retiring Clem ents’ campaign debt. In addition, Clements recently named Cruikshank to the University of Texas board of regents. During the past two years, the Dallas-based law' firm of Johnson & Swanson has received $284,380 from the Texas Department of Cor rections and the governor’s office. The law firm’s Dan Matheson — who worked as finance director on Clements’ 1986 campaign and was named to serve on the Texas State University board of regents last month by Clements — negotiated the contracts. Matheson said his connection to Clements played no role in his firm winning the contract. He also noted that all legal consulting contracts have to he approved by Attorney General Jim Mattox, a Democrat. Correction Debe Schafer, a lecturer in the health and physical education de partment, was incorrectly identi fied as Dr. Schafer and as a pro le-sot m an article Thursday, / he Battalion regrets the error. POST OAK THREE 1500 Harvey RtmcJ THE BURBS (PG) CINEMA THREE 315 Collette Avc 7:00 9:15 g LEAN ON ME (PG) HER ALIBI (PG) 7:10 9:20 KINJITE (R) 7:10 9 9:10 BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (PG) 7:20 9:30 Torch Song Trilogy 2:00 4:10 7:10 | 6 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINa " -M e WORKING GIRL (R) 7:0u >' • We Deliver • 846-5273 • We Deliver • 846-5273 • fi&M Steakhouse 108 College Main (across from Klnko's) Announces A Dinner Special Fri.-Sat.-Sun. Only Cheeseburger Platter JLCJJ Dine ln ■ Only $3 1/2 lb cheeseburger 3+ oz. Cheddar cheese lettuce, pickle, onions, mayo, mustard toasted bun 8-10 oz. natural skin-on wedge fries free iced tea • best cheeseburger in town! Call about delivery! We Deliver • 846-5273 • We Deliver • 846-5273 • Let's have a ball And look good doing it!