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Wednesday, October 25, 1989 The Battalion Page 5 Drink your way around the world Austin makes list of final four cities considered for plant WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Memories Inc. narrowed the list of contenders for its big computer memory chip plant Tuesday to Aus tin, Colorado Springs, Phoenix and Middletown, N.Y., setting the stage for an intense lobbying effort over the $1 billion manufacturing com plex and its 3,000jobs. “What set the finalists apart was that they showed a very balanced ap proach to satisfying our needs,” said Sanford Kane, president and chief executive officer of U.S. Memories. U.S. Memories said the finalists, chosen from 57 locations in 15 states, including 19 cities in Texas, were picked on the basis of financial, business, and quality of life consider ations. Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, said he expects a tough fight among the finalists for the manufacturing com plex, which would employ 3,000 people when it begins operation in 1993, with anticipated sales of $1 bil lion by 1994. Austin, which nearly two years ago won the Sematech semiconduc tor research consortium, has offered incentives worth more than $100 million in an effort to lure U.S. Memories. Because the project is similar to Sematech and MCC, the Microelec tronics and Computer Technology Corp. — both major technology con sortia lured to Austin after intense national competitions — some local officials and outside handicappers gave Austin a better-than-even chance at making U.S. Memories’ first cut. Gramm and Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, said they would stress Texas’ other high-tech facilities, in cluding Sematech and the super col lider, as they make their pitch for the Austin site. “I think a decision by U.S. Mem ories to locate in Austin, in addition to previous success on Sematech, would make Austin the world’s cen ter in research in the electronics in dustry,” Gramm said. John Myers, vice president of eco nomic development for the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, said he was pleased the city made the short list. “We’re excited about the Austin proposal and believe it’s very com- etitive,” Myers said. He said the city asn’t fully analyzed the three com petitors’ proposals but “we’ll keep working.” The consortium of seven compa nies will produce 4-megabit DRAMs — Dynamic Random Access Mem ory — computer chips and hopes to capture the market from Japan, which now holds the edge in the “in creasingly critical technology.” DRAMs are a common memory chip found in electronic products that store memory, including micro- wave ovens, cars, VCRs, computers and supercomputers, and most de fense projects. In Advance OCA to plan weekend camping trip tonight Off Campus Aggies have planned a camping trip to Hunt sville State Park this weekend. Cost per student is $2, which does not include food. OCA is leaving 9 a.m. Saturday from the Off Campus Center and will return Sunday around 2 or 3 p.m. Any off campus student and one guest can attend. OCA will meet at 8:30 tonight at the Off Campus Center to dis cuss the details. For more infor mation call Peter Brown at 846- 0742. Ft. Polk chaplains hold service in C.S. today Chaplains from Fort Polk, La. will run from Huntsville to Col lege Station* today, ending the third day of a 4Q0-mile, five-day God and Country Run from Fort Polk to Fort Hood. The chaplains and their assis tants will have a patriotic memo rial service tonight at 7:30 at the First Baptist Church of College Station to honor those who died in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Grenada. Area veterans, family members of those who died and the public are welcome to attend. The service will include special music from Chaplain Dierdre LaNoue from the Sandstone Cen ter and a bugler from the Corps of Cadets. Col. Thomas Carroll, director of Fort Polk’s chaplain programs, said the run is for the chaplains to raise money for a retreat center at Fort Polk. The Fort Polk commu nity is sponsoring the runners by pledging donations based on the number of miles they complete. “The chaplaincy receives so much and this is our chance to give back to the post,” Carroll said. “At the same time, we will honor God, our country and spe cifically those individuals who made the supreme sacrifice for our country.” Police Beat The following incidents were reported to the University Police Department between October 16 and Friday. ASSAULT: • A student reported that a man touched her leg with an um brella during a class in the Aca demic Building, and she found this contact offensive. MISDEMEANOR THEFT: • Two witnesses saw students stealing a yield sign from the cor ner of Ross Street and Bizzell Street, and were able to get the li cense plate number. The owner of the vehicle admitted to being involved in a “Scavenger Hunt” earlier in the evening. © A backpack was stolen from an unlocked locker in the men’s room in G. Rollie White Col iseum. • An AM/FM cassette player was stolen from the Bio-Science Building West. • A license plate validation sticker was stolen from a student’s car in Parking Area 56. • A wallet was stolen from a student who turned her back in the Chemistry Building. • A student attempted to steal a man’s backpack from outside the racquetball courts at DeWare Field House, but the owner con fronted him. The suspect was re leased after a giving a vague ex use. • A wallet was stolen from the Langford Architecture Building, and was found in the men’s room later the same day, but without the cash. • A bicycle was stolen from the Heldenfels bike racks. PUBLIC INTOXICATION: • A student was arrested for public intoxication after he at tempted to direct traffic on East Main Drive during Midnight Yell practice. • A group of males and one female verbally harassed three people as they walked into a dorm. Police found one of the ha- rassers to be intoxicated and sub sequently arrested that person. BURGLARY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE: • Police located a stolen TAMU parking hang-tag in a car in Parking Area 51. The student who owned the vehicle said she found the permit in Parking Area 40. The incident was referred to student affairs. • A stereo system was re moved from a vehicle in Parking Area 62. • A graphic equalizer was sto len from a car in Parking Area 56. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: • A concrete trash receptacle was found in the lake at the Re search Park. • The paint was scratched on a student’s vehicle in Parking Area 89. ARSON: • Someone set fire to a paper towel in a trash can on the fifth floor of the Blocker Building. FALSE ALARM OR REPORT TO PEACE OFFICER: • Officer’s found that some one had deliberately set a book of matches on fire under a smoke detector on the second floor of the library. THEFT OF SERVICE: • A vehicle on Lubbock Street displayed a parking hang-tag which had been altered from red to brown. The owner of the vehi cle was not immediately identifia ble. Charges are pending the de cision of Parking, Traffic and Transit Department, as well as identification of the owner. HARRASSMENT: • A student in Hart Hall re ported receiving annoying phone calls every two minutes. A CRIME PREVENTION UNIT IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE REQUESTING IN FORMATION ON COMBAT ING CRIME. 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