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Page 6 The Battalion Wednesday, September27, AUTHORIZED HEWLETT-PACKARD DEALER 505 CHURCH STREET COLLEGE STATION,TEXAS 77840 m HEWLETT PACKARD LASERJET SERIES II $1,724.00 DESKJET PRINTER $540.00 7475A PLOTTER $1,288.00 DESKJET PLUS PRINTER $676.00 PAINTJET PRINTER $948.00 LASERJET SERIES II-D $2,748.00 ATTN: FULL TIME FACULTY AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF PLEASE CALL FOR EDUCATIONAL DISCOUNT PRICING WRED by Scott McCullar^ yes, JOE'S paul? nEmrr‘5 VEW'5 copy. HE GOES OH THE A IK l/y A/7 HOuKAm. By KEVIN im 0 MEANWHILE,WE FIND WW ASSISTING MR. MOBLEY IH OBTAINING A RESEARCH G#M' FOB, Adventures In Cartooning by Don Atkinson /n every great city there is one great specialty store OEjRsraevjo/flR: rnsQumt WHO LHC in m msc. TREES FINW.V DEOKD JD FI6HT BfiCK ASrtWST THE HEPPBV GONmXJ ION CHON TO PROTECT 7WR. N0N£3. THE 'XMMEIS VME UND&smNpmy curious fWJT THE v-rcRBu, ram m WERE ojummun £N£,.nm S PftDC Ph ILLlPb . Lv fid /foJ WELL STEP /?SIDE,SPADE Phillips. -HRCHDCTEcTivE .s hbre ... UoLYcarr/sHl WHAT is it S FADE? what *5 'wRorJOflS THAT . FftT LADV wiELOiWt bloody AKE ove THE carcass OE H65 X i*)new Dad voi/Lp ZE Hotel jflizERSizEZEi! gHETER TH4W -241^* OOREMAU PICKING HEI?rEEII \ St Future travel options in Texa may include high-speed train COLBERTS CULPLlTliR PLAZA 6%-iW90 89-90 Yearbook PICTURES -0- CLASS OF 1992 September 25-29 A-M October 2-6 N-Z CLASS OF 1991 October 16-20 A-M October 23-27 N-Z GRADS, VETS &MEDS November 6-10 Everyone Class of 1990 To Be Announced HOUSTON (AP) — A high-speed railroad being proposed between Dallas and Houston would carry thousands of riders daily at a cost lower than flying, say its developers, who include former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes. The $2.2 billion system will be the first proposed to the Texas High- Speed Rail Authority, a newly cre ated state agency that oversees f ran chise awards for routes. Barnes, an Idaho engineering firm and French railway plan to unveil the proposal Wednesday in both cities and Aus tin. A German consortium is expected to announce a similar plan in the next few weeks. Bob Lanier, chairman of the Houston Metropolitan Transit Au thority, said he met with officials from Boise-based Morrison Knud- sen Gorp., Train a Grande Vitesse and Barnes last week. Morrison Knudsen several construction the world s fastest bullet train, the Atlantique, a 186-mph train between Paris and Le Mans. Lanier said the group projects carrying 10,000 to 12,000 riders per day and would offer fares of about 70 percent those charged by airlines. “They reallv believe they can ef- £ C T hey really believe they can effectively compete with the airlines.” — Bob Lanier, HMTA chairman neering projects French TGV last in week already has and engi- Fexas. The introduced fectively compete with the airlines,” Lanier said. The train also would have subur ban and downtown stops in Houston and builders would consider con structing a joint station for light-rail connections, he said. Kent Hance, railroad commission chairman, said representatives of the French group have told himtlf cost of a one-way. Houston-!) trip is expected to be $33. Plan for the Dallas-Houston tonic followed eventually by SartAn: Dallas and then Sail Antonio-,h Dallas. The Houston to Dallas mini peeled to lie able to ttanspnii sengers between the two citie' hour, 20 minutes to I hour,fa utes. Jess Hawley, a Morrison Knit spokesman, confirmed thesef the project but declined login cise details. Most of the principals "ill 1 French consortium declined comment until Wednesday's™ ings. TGV is a subsidiary of" Nationale des Ghemins der Fff state-owned French national 1 road. It already operates an*■' old Paris-Lyons route that m 167 mph. Barnes, who was lieutenant, nor from 1968 until 1972,ish a consortium of Texas bnsinc" developing the project. SI Of AL OF W< IE OIJ PR NA STI TAI LA' AG ME EUI FLC AL( NAI UNI NAE INDI TAI C0F NEV CAT For' <0- Yearbook Associates is located at 707 Texas Ave S. Suite 120B (at AR Photography) Hours are 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday. 693-8183 “OFF CAMPUS AGGIES” GENERAL MEETING Everyone Welcome 7:00 p.m. 301 Rudder Tower Call battalion Classified 845-2611 Will be discussing: parking for off campus students! T-Shirts will be on sale Get a Head Stall Even though the next Ml isn’t until April 28, 1990,' can start preparing now. Tl) f are over 150 hours of mat® available in our Test-N-Tap 1 library. Register before 0 15 and save $50.00 Give Us a Call at 696-PrfF M. goes mg a toot his at At will t Eastl Pinec defer and i last f; He and 1 Bun dle si agers (trade raftin Pit alien, later; BigB g STANLEY HKAPti & lake Kaplan Or lake Your Cto® Number On* in Aggieland