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Page 4 The Battalion Friday, August 4,1989 VI Battalion Classifieds Former inmate, filmaker settle ‘Thin Blue Line’ suit WHAT’S UP || A S8K "" ■iii'wmi HELP WANTED Immediate Openings We need 20 cooks & 50 drivers. Apply in person at any Bryan- /College Station Pizza Hut. BATTALION CIRCULATION The Battalion has immediate part time openings in the circu lation department. Students in terested in applying should call 845-2697 and leave their names and telephone num bers. HOUSTON CHRONICLE is currently taking applica tions for carrier positions for the fall semester. Early morning hours. Good pay and transportation allow ance. $500-$700/mo. If interested call Julian, 693-2323 or Andy, 693-7815. 183t08/10 THE GRAPEVINE RESTAURANT is looking for part-time help. Please call 696-3411 for an appoint- i - (am <h mem. Ask for Patsy. MALE DANCERS needed. Must be dependable. Own phone, transportation required. Good pay. 693-3004. 180t09/01 LIFEGUARD FOR subdivision swimming pool. $4.15/hr. Need 20 hrs/wk. Call 764-0773 between 4-8 p.m. 18U08/04 INTERVIEWERS, RESEARCHERS, record peoples opinions, couponing, demonstrations, mystery shop pers, state-wide. Home Economics Social & Market Re-' search, 228 Summit Ave., Lyndhurst, NJ 07071. Call 201/933-7129, 7days, 9am-l 1pm. 18D08/09 SALES CLERKS with smiling personalities! Apply in person. 700 University Drive East, University Bookstore. ISlttfn BABYSITTER WANTED, mornings, $3.25/hr. In my home. 693-0738. SERVICES SKIN INFECTION STUDY G & S Studies, Inc. is participating in a study on acute skin infection. If you have one of the following conditions call G & S Studies. Eligible volunteers will be compensated. * infected blisters * infected cuts * infected boils * infected scrapes * infected insect bites (“road rash”) G & S Studies, Inc. (close to campus) 846-5933 76 PATELLAR TENDONITIS (JUMPER S KNEE) Patients needed with patellar ten donitis (pain at base of knee cap) to participate in a research study to evaluate a new topical (rub on) anti-inflammatory gel. Previous diagnoses welcome. Eligible volunteers will be com pensated. G & S Studies, Inc. (close to campus) 846-5933 i fiottfn ON THE DOUBLE Professional V^ord Processing, laser jet printing. Papers, resume, mdrge letters. Rush services. 846-3755. i 181tfn Experienced librarian will do library research for you. Call 272-3348 166t09/01 SAT/ACT/GRE Instructors needed. The #1 test prep linn is looking for qualified math 8c verbal instructors. If you have a degree, had a good score on the GRE, are enthusiastic, have strong communication skills and are loi Bari looking for a well paid, part-time teaching position call Barbara at 696-3196. 1 78ttfn TYPING- WORD PROCESSING- Personal Attention- Excellent Service- Professional Results- 764-293 1 170t08/]() • FOR RENT Cotton Village Apts. Snook, TX. 1 Bdrm. $200., 2 Bdrm. $248 Rental assistance available! Call 846-8878 or 774-0773 afterJjjDm. 147ttfn apart ments from $225/mo. APARTMENT LIVING CEN TER, 3914 Old College Road, 846-9196, open 10-6. 180«fn CASA BLANCA APARTMENTS: 2 bdrm, furn. & un- furn. units, SPECIAL PRIVATE BEDROOM DORM PLAN. 4110 College Main. 846-1413, 846-9196. ISOttfn Creekwood IB/IB eff. apt, unique floor plan, w/d ttle conn, fenced patio, pool, on shuttle. Wyndham Mgmt. ' 77ttfn VASSAR COURT luxury fourplex, on shuttle, low uti lities, w/d, 2 blocks from campus. Wyndham Mgmt. 846-4384. ISlttfn SI I UTI LE OR WALK TO CAMPUS. 6 DD F. 4 PLANS TO CHOOSE FROM. POOL. LAU NDRY FA CILITY. 24 HR. ON SITE MALM. MANAGE MENT. STARTING AT S250. SIGN NOW AND RE- CEIVE SUM). OFF SEP 1. RENT. 693-2108. l79t()‘M)l • ROOMMATE WANTED Wanted: 1 or 2 girl roommates to share a 2 Bdrm/2 Bath apt. Call Karen after 6:00 p.m. 512-682-8643. 177t08/16 • NOTICE WE BUY-sell good used furniture. Across from Chicken Oil. 846-2429. Bargain Place. 181108/31 FOR SALE GMAT Instructors needed for a well paid, part-time teaching position. Re quirements: 650 or better on the GMAT. Some teaching or tutorial experience helpful. Call Barbara at 696-3196. ‘88 I londa Scooter Aqua. $475, negotiable. illect (915)597-1698 179t08/16 MULTI-FAMILY garage sale. Saturday 8am-noon. Married students apartments across from Skaggs. 18U08/04 HOUSTON (AP) — Former death row inmate Randall Dale Ad ams and “The Thin Blue Line” filmmaker Errol Morris settled a lawsuit in which Adams demanded the rights to his life story, attorneys said Thursday. Adams, whose conviction of kill ing a Dallas police officer was ques tioned in Morris’ film, will receive full rights to any commercial movies or books about his life, according to the settlement. Charges against Ad ams were later dismissed. Adams, now living in Ohio, sued Morris in Houston District Court June 22 for rights to the story, which depicted his account of his arrest and conviction for the murder of a Dallas officer Robert Wood. Both sides expressed relief over the settlement Thursday, and each blamed the other for what they termed an unnecessary legal action by Adams. “I’m pleased that we were able to settle this, but I’m not pleased with the way it had to come about. It never should have gone to liti- f ation,” Adams’ attorney, Randy chaffer said. “After being a prisoner of the jus- • CHILD CARE REGISTERED CHILDCARE in my home, any age, Mon-Fri, weekends 693-2190 ' 180t08/l I ♦ WANTED MGM LAWN CARE seeking sales representatives in new accounts department. Work your own hours. Bry an/College Station residential areas. Call Joel Petrazio, 693-8213. I83t08/11 WANTED: DRIVER to Galveston and back, Satur days, on a regular basis. Will pay all expenses. Call Car olyn M. 846-7934 or 845-8850. 18U08/09 Louisiana sells two airplanes for $1.2 million mm life# sms tiBB* JNYADS, BUT REAL HEAVYWEIGHTS WHEN RESULTS REALLY COUNT. l o matter what you've go to say or sell, our Classi fieds can help you do the big job. Battalion NO UTILITY DEPOSIT. 4-FLOOR PLANS TO CHOOSE FROM. CLUB HOUSE. POOL. TENNIS. LAUNDRY FACILITIES. SHUTTLE BUS. 24 HR. ON SHE MAIN E. STARTING AT $251. C ALI. NOW 693-6505. 1 79019 01 iClassified! 2 B/l >/2 b. Pecan Knoll 4-plexes, 5 min. from A&.-M. Options: fireplace, fenced, w/d conn., xtra storage. Now preleasing. Wyndham 846-4384. 174ttfn 1, 2 & 3 bdrm duplexes, walking distance to campus. Rent $160-$200 with a $200 deposit. Brazos Duplexes, 779-3003. 18U08/29 845-2611 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two airplanes that once provided transportation for Louisiana’s gover nor and were criticized as wasteful by Gov. Buddy Roemer during his campaign were sold Wednesday for nearly $1.2 million. Austin Jet of Texas bought one of the King Airs for $558,817, while Air Supply Service of Miami pur chased the other for $551,000, Com missioner of Administration Dennis Stine said. “They had been grounded for over a year at the insistence of Gov. Roemer,” Stine said. During his 1987 campaign, Roemer often criticized the number of state-owned airplanes as the “Louisiana Air Force,” and pointed to them as an example of govern ment waste. The sales leave the state with about 45 airplanes, Stine said. Ear lier this year, legislators criticized the Roemer administration for not elim inating state aircraft. But Stine said the remaining air planes are being used mostly by state police, wildlife officials and the state forestry service for such service functions as patrol duty. About 17 are owned by state universities which charge students for flight training, he said. tice system for 12 years Mr. Adams should not have been required to be a prisoner of Errol Morris for life,” Schaffer said. Morris’ attorneys released a statement from the Cambridge, Mass, filmmaker, in which he said he had agreed to return the book and commercial movie rights to Adams. As part of the agreement, Morris said, Adams dropped his demand that he be paid $60,000 for “The Thin Blue Line,” although Schaffer said Thursday that was never part of the lawsuit. “Nothing can erase the terrible tragedy of what happened to Ran dall Adams in Dallas in 1976 and in his subsequent 13 years of imprison ment,” Morris said. “It is my hope that both of us can now return to our lives and that we can put this lawsuit behind us.” The case was transferred to U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes’ court June 30, and settlement negotiations continued for about a month before all parties completed signing the agreement Wednesday, attorneys said. Adams was freed from state prison in March after an appeals court overturned Adams’ conviction earlier this year, and Dallas County prosecutors declined to retry him. The former inmate’s lawsuit asked for a judgment on who owned the rights to his life story. A written agreement between Ad ams and Morris said that Adams was owed $10 if Morris produced a doc umentary about Adams, or $60,000 and 2 percent of profits if a commer cial film was produced. Schaffer had contended that “The Thin Blue Line,” although pro duced in a documentary style, was actually a commercial film. The film was released in commercial theaters around the country. “I was unwilling to pay money to Adams for “The Thin Blue Line,” a documentary motion picture for which I received no profits and for which I am still approximately $100,000 in debt,” Morris said in his Thursday statement. “I am relieved that this lawsuit has been settled,” Morris said. “In my opinion, it was unnecessary and un called for. It has never been my in tention to deprive Randall Adams of the opportunity to make money from his life story.” Friday ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon. theC.D.P.E. at 845-0280. For more information contact Saturday HINDU SOCIETY: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Rooms 230 and 231 of the MSC.Foi more information contact Amiya Ghatak-Roy at 846-4519. Monday ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280. will meet at noon. For more information contad CATHOLIC STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: will meet at 8 p.m. at St. MarysSiu dent Center for Movie Night. Tuesday j J u ‘ th; fit $2 di’ TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT STAFF: will meet at noon in Room 231 of the MSC to listen to JoeM Burt, Director of Medical Services at Sam Houston State University, speak about AIDS. For more information contact Peggy Ritchey at 845-5311. BRAZOS VALLEY BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMANS CLUB:w meet at 6:30 p.m. at K-Bob's Restaurant. All those interested may attend Fw more information contact Beth at 846-6943 or Susan at 846-2038. Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald no later than three business days before the desired run date. We only publish the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What's Up is a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are w on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. In Advance Researcher will present AIDS facts at MSC The Texas A&M University System Association of Profes sional Support Staff will sponsor a factual presentation about AIDS that will include a short film and a question and answer session. The featured speaker is of Medical Services at Sam Houston State University, who has been in volved in AIDS research. Burt will speak Tuesday ai noon in 231 MSC. The public is encouraged to attend. For more information, please contact Pegg) Ritchey at 845-53 11. SAP nil b< he U. pe na Joe M. Burt, Director Faculty member to speak at Y.O.U. Program Dr. Alan Letton, assistant pro fessor in mechanical engineering, will speak at the final assembly of the Youth Opportunities Unlim ited (Y.O.U.) Program Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in Heldenfels 100. Schaffer said the lawsuit became necessary because Morris refused to yield rights to Adams despite at tempts at a friendly resolution. Adams has received numerous letters of inquiry from filmmakers and writers interested in his story, and those materials were packaged and mailed to him Thursday, Schaf fer said. “He has retained the William Morris agency to represent him in those matters,” Schaffer said. Y.O.U., designed to focus on high school students at risk of dropping out of school, is a pro gram that helps teenagers de velop career-onentated goals, D. H. Seastrunk, Y.O.U. headmas ter, said. The national program was cre ated in the 1970s and Texas has participated in it since 1984. Seas trunk said at least 3 other states still participate in the program. Seastrunk said 18 state univer sities take part in the program. The eight-week program brought 123 high school students from Houston and East Texas lo Texas A&M this year. These 1-l and 15-year old students, desig nated as potential high school dropouts, take English and math courses while earning minimum wage for jobs they have on cam pus. Each passing grade they re ceive gives them a half credit to- ward their high- school graduation. “These kids are getting credit toward graduation and accumu late some money while they're here at A&M, but the program also does much more,” Seastrunk said. Sheet-metal worker develops Vidtron, makes millions from drive-in video store CLEBURNE (AP) — Michael Grozier went to his local video store to rent the latest hot movie. What he got was an idea that turned the 28-year- old former sheet-metal worker into a millionaire. His Vidtron Inc. drive-in video rental stores in parking lots across the nation feed off the frus trations of customers who can’t find the current top hits at nearby, larger video stores. “What I wanted to try and create was that Golden Arches, the big V in the sky,” Grozier said. “My goal, I guess, is to do to video what Mc Donald’s did to hamburgers.” With only four stores open, Vidtron has a long way to go before becoming McDonald’s, but it’s growing rapidly. Grozier has sold franchise rights for 21 of 60 regions and got $800,000 this year for California alone. Stores are scheduled to open in several cities during the next few weeks, and franchise agreements already sold include promises to open about 400 stores, which would bring $1.2 million in fees. His goal is 500 stores by 1991. The idea behind Vidtron was hatched one eve ning over hamburgers. Grozier and his wife had just been disap pointed again, unable to rent a newly released vi deotape because all the copies were gone. “They were always out,” Grozier said. “It gets frustrating, you know. . . . My wife and I went to Dairy Queen, had a hamburger, and while I was sitting there I said, ‘You know, somebody ought to have a video store that just carries the top 40 movies, and it ought to be a drive-through be cause you wouldn’t need all that space like you have in a traditional walk-in store . . .just drive in and get a video and drive on home.’” Grozier didn’t really intend to be that some body, but with his wife’s urging, he paid $250for a kiosk once used by a drive-in photo developer, spent $40 on signs, plunked down most ofhis $5,000 life savings for videotapes and opened Vidtron in April 1986. “I put it right across the street from that video store that was always out, with the idea that they’ll go in, can’t get what they want there and then they’ll see my sign across the street.” A few months later Grozier brought in $40(i on a Saturday night. It cost him about $80 adav to run the store. “I had a profit of a little over $300, which is more than I made all week doing sheet metal work,” he said. “So that convinced me that I’m going to give up the sheet metal work.” Lubbock sock manufacturer Buds popularity, success internationally LUBBOCK (AP) — In Japan, where the only famil iar words an American might hear are “Sony” and “Mit subishi,” there’s a new appellation: Oak Creek. Coined in Lubbock by Cal and Susan Brints, Oak Creek is the name for a Lubbock company that pro duces fashion and athletic socks for accounts ranging from Caesar’s Palace in Nevada to the Sony Corp. in Ja pan. Specialty fashion shops, J.C. Penney and a nation wide confederation of mercantile stores also appear on the firm’s 1,600-plus client roster. Athletes from the high school, university and profes sional levels are among the wearers of the sports foot wear and headbands produced by Oak Creek Products Inc. in its plant at 505 32nd St. They include baseball, basketball, football, soccer and rugby players. The company began full production early this year after a limited production start-up began on Dec. 1, 1988, according to the Brintses, who are eight-year vet erans of the textile manufacturing industry. “We had wanted to locate a plant in this area for some time,” Brints said. “We did some planning, then got in contact with the Chamber of Commerce.” He credits the chamber with providing the necessary information, services and some incentive funding for renovating a suitable building. “If it hadn’t been for them, we wouldn’t be in Lubbock,” he said. A major portion of the financing for the operation was handled through investors, according to the Brints. The Brintses earlier built Texas Knitting Inc., a fa cility near Crosbyton that still is in business. “We have manufacturer representatives that handle the contact with the individual stores,” Brints said. Oak Creek, which utilizes a network of sales rep resentatives to span the nation from coast to coast, also has won approved-vendor status to supply hosiery to Penney’s. The company builds the socks from design to the pressing of the finished product. But to supply growing orders, the firm also buys basic socks from large knit ting mills and brings them to Lubbock to be finished. Oak Creek is just one of the company’s labels. “We do private labeling also for the customers,” Susan Brints said. “Right now, we are shipping the Hobie label. We produce the socks for Caesar’s Palace, and all the Cae sar’s stores.” One of the company socks has a design patent. “We have the exclusive distribution of it,” Brints said. “It has a cotton foot and Orion top. It will sell for about $7.50 or $8 per pair retail.” Another sock designed this year by Susan Brints fea tures a fashionable bow on one side and has proven to be popular in both Japan and the United States. “Socks have become a fashion item now,” she said. “They are not purchased just for wear, they have be come a statement in themselves, especially with the youth.” Oak Creek uses cotton for a portion of its products. “There are a lot of requests for a dress sock which has a cotton foot,” Susan said. Report: College overtaxed citizeos by $5 million SAt vis doe bal taj weight Whi of whz admits and ga Dav the hi line a bulge. Mys last ye; jokes t( But joking games Pro Be Dav season “I jt Davis s things me.” Davi 315 po e xperi« year in Davi the f u AUSTIN (AP) — The Ameri-) can Educational Complex in Kill een cjvercharged more than S5 million in property taxes in the past 18 years, according to a Thursday report recommending i a financial overhaul of the col-1 lege. The taxes were collected for; bond payments but used for un-1 authorized expenses, such as j j short-term notes and loans | which were being used to shore ^ up unprofitable military con- j tracts,” according to a manage- j ment study by Terrell Blodgettat, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of j Public Affairs. The sinking fund levy will not 1 continue in the fall, because the bonds were retired in May after the matter was brought to the at- f | tention of Chancellor James R ; \ Anderson, said the study. The report calls for the chan-1 cellor to correct current financial | problems at the school. $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 Wa stn pat