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A ■» AM/PM Clinics • Minor Emergencies clinics • General Medical Care • Weight Reduction Program 10% Student Discount with I.D. Card (Except for Weight Program) 846-4756 693-0202 779-4756 3820 Texas 2305 Texas Ave S. 401 S. Texas (next to Randy Sims) (next to U Rent M) College Station (29th & Texas) ‘When You Needed It Yesterday! Professional Word Processing And Laser Printing * Reports * Resumes * Letters * Flyers * Thesis * Dissertations * Northgate •113 College Main (behind Loupots) Other Services Include: Copying * Binding * Laminating * Passport Photos * Fax Service Now Available Brazos House Apartments 2401 Welsh • College Station Pool, Laundry, New FF Refrigerators. Just Remodeled! 693-9957 Longmire House Apartments 2300 Longmire • College Station Pool, Laundry, New FF Refrigerators. Just Carpeted! 693-7741 MONTHLY DRAWING FOR CASH! TOWNHOMES • DUPLEXES FOURPLEXES • HOMES AND APARTMENT HOMES HOURS: MON.-FRI. 9:30-4:00 SATURDAY 9:00-4:00 Yellow House Apartments Welsh & SW Pkway • College Station Pool, Laundry, New FF Refrigerators. Just Carpeted! 693-9957 D. R. Cain PROPERTIES Duplexes & Fourplexes Navarro & Howletree On the Shuttle route in Southwood Valley in College Station Office • 693-9957 Bryan Properties Townhomes • Duplexes • Fourplexes Apartment Homes Some on the Shuttle route • All located in good neighborhoods NOW LEASING FOR SUMMER AND FALL > Locally owned properties > Caring, on-site management »Monthly tenant newsletter > 24 hour maintenance service »Get-acquainted BBQ Social in Fall »Convenient to shopping, shuttle route and Texas A&M 3002 S. TEXAS AVE. COLLEGE STATION (409) 693-8850 * 1 TgGIE SPECIAL 12" medium original style pizza with 1 item $5.49 I I I L. • o =5< Expires 4/30/90 Tax not included in price. One coupon per pizza. ® Limited delivery areas ensure safe driving. 260-9020 4407 S. Texas 693-2335 1504 Holleman 822-7373 Townshire Shopping Center r«n ^ • o 5< I5IU» IT’S TIME FOR DOMINO’S PIZZA? RING DANCE SPECIAL! BASIC BLACK TUXEDO $ 25.95 BASIC BLACK TAILS $ 39.95 Choose from a complete selection of fine tuxedos, shoes, and accessories, starting as low as $25.95, from After Six, Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, Lord West, and others. WA\b FORMAL WEAR COLLEGE STATION 1100 Harvey Rd. • Next to Post Oak Mall • 693-0947 Page 6 The Battalion Monday, April 16,19Si Doctor: Plant may cause birth defects PAMPA (AP) — A doctor thinks the Hoechst Celanese Corp. chemi cal plant in this small Panhandle community is causing Down’s syn drome, a genetic birth defect, in an unusually high number of the area’s children. Six Down’s syndrome children were born in Pampa from 1980 to 1985, a number the Texas Depart ment of Health and the federal Cen ters for Disease Control have said is “significantly more than expected” in a population of 25,000. The agen cies’ investigators couldn’t find a cause. More than 250 people from Pampa and nearby Kingsmill have oined a lawsuit against Celanese, al- eging negligence in three deaths and numerous injuries from a 1987 explosion at its chemical plant there. Last week, a doctor’s affidavit sub mitted in the lawsuit being heard in a Houston district court said chemi cal exposure from the plant proba bly is related to the number of Down’s syndrome births. On Friday, Dr. John Denko. an Amarillo pathologist, submitted a re port to the 125th District Court which said “in all medical probabil ity,” the number of Down’s cases “is related to the environmental pollut ants from the Celanese site.” Another doctor told the court in a letter obtained by the Pampa News that in 1985 he noted “something most unusual” in the number of Down’s cases in Pampa. Dr. Gerald H. Holman of the Growth and Genetics Program for Infants, Children and Adolescents in Amarillo said he is very concerned about “alarming” levels of environ mental pollution and related health problems. Celanese officials repeatedly have denied the allegations. Vernon Hartline, an attorney for Celanese in Dallas, said the company has conducted its own tests which show environmental factors have nothing to do with the Down’s cases. On Friday, Celanese offered find ings by three doctors in Philadel phia, Houston and Virginia. In Advance Awareness program discusses campus racism The Racial Awareness Pro gram will discuss racism on cam pus and view the film “Racism 101” tonight at 7:15 in 145 MSC. For more information call Penny Pennington-Said at the Depart ment of Multicultural Services at 845-4551. Poet, satirist gives recitation of his works Ishmael Reed, a poet and satir ist, will give a recitation of his work tonight at 7:30 in 120 Blocker. Reed is one of a series of artists being sponsored this semester by the departments of English and theatre arts at Texas A&M. He has written eight novels, two of which were nominated for national book awards, and is cur rently a lecturer in writing at the University of California at Berke ley. Globetrotting Today is the Birthday of the Queen in Denmark. Two Texas A&M students are from this country. Facts about Denmark: • Official name: Kingdom of Denmark • Area: 16,632 sq. mi. (slightly smaller than Vermont and New Hampshire combined) • Population: 5.13 million • Capital: Copenhagen • Languages: Danish, English, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Eskimo dialect), German • Religion: Evangelical Lu theran (about 97 percent) 1 UK.) • Literacy: 99 percent • Life Expectancy: 78 years • Currency: Kroner (One U.S. dollar equals 7.20 kroner) • Per Capita Income: $19,750 Planned communities help property values HOUSTON (AP) — Just outside the country’s largest city without zoning regulations, developers are finding planned communities are a booming form of private zoning to maintain property values. At least 11 and as many as 20 planned communities have sprung up around Houston. Developers de fine the areas as property developed under a master plan featuring mul tiple uses: residential, commercial, recreational and community func tions. The idea of the planned commu nities is to separate the various uses so that the value of residential prop erty is not adversely affected by nearby commercial property. In addition, there are architectu ral controls on building setbacks, signs, landscaping and other details. “The Houston Planning Commis sion sees a need for more land con trols,” said one of its members, Stan U. Creech, owner of Stan Creech Properties Inc. “People don’t like an undesirable commercial use nfti door to a nice home.” Houston has no zoning ordi nance, but land use is regulated bp fire code, a building code, deed It strictions and other controls. Zoniri, ordinances are enforced in seven! bedroom communities, however,in- eluding Memorial Villages, Bellait and West University Place. But many Houstonians opp® formal zoning, seeing it as a cosil burden on private development.I has been twice defeated by voters. Planned communities, however have surrounded Houston. Maitt communities include The Wood lands on the north; Kingwoodot the northeast; Clear Lake City am! South Shore Harbour on the solid east near the Johnson Space Center First Colony, New Territory as; Greatwood on the southwest; and Cinco Ranch, Copperfield andKel wood on the west. What’s Up Monday AGGIES AGAINST BONFIRE: will meet at 6 p.m. in front of the Academic Build ing for a membership drive and Earth Day talks. Call Bryan at 693-4408 for more information. A&M DEBATE SOCIETY: will have a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 135 Blocker. For more information call 847-2117. ALPHA ZETA: will meet in 101 Heap Building at 7:15 tonight. Call 693-1084 for information. POLITICAL FORUM INSIGHT: presents “Woman at Work” by Dr. Elizabeth Maret at 1 p.m. in the MSC Cafeteria Cashiers Room. Call Stephanie at 847-1509. HONORS STUDENT COUNCIL: will meet at 7:30 in 402 Rudder. LUTHERAN STUDENT MOVEMENT: will have a New Decade Bible study at 8:15 p.m. in the All Faiths Chapel Meditation Room. THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSO PHY AND HUMANITIES: will host the Western Arts Trio in the University Chamber Series Concert at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater. Call 845-3355 for more information. MINORITY ASSOCIATION OF PRE-HEALTH AGGIES: will have a general meeting with election of officers at 7 p.m. in 407 AB Rudder. Call 847- 0432 for more information. Tuesday TEXAS A&M POCKET BILLIARDS CLUB: will have a meeting from 7 to 8:15 p.m. in 507 A Rudder. Contact Jeff at 847-3696 for more information. MSC RECREATION COMMITTEE: will have a general meeting at 5 p.m. in 145 MSC. Call 693-3973 for more information. DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND HUMANITIES: will have Dr. Craig Rus sell speaking on “The Music of 18th Century Mexico” at 7:30 p.m. in 402 Academic. Call 845-3355 for more information. PSYCHOLOGY CLUB: will have officer elections at 7 p.m. in 338 Psychology. Call 847-8395 for more information. AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION: will have a speaker meeting at 7 p.m. in the Hilton Mockingbird Room. Contact Teri at 693-7028 for more information. UNIVERSITY ART COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS: will have opening night tours and reception at 7 p.m. in the Benz Gallery in Horticulture and Forest Science Building. Contact Cathy at 845-8501 for more information. SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB: will have a meeting and officer elections at 7 p.m. in 115 Kleberg. PRO-CHOICE AGGIES: will have officer elections at 8:30 p.m. in 510 MSC. Contact John at 847-0996 for more information. TAMU NUTRITION SOCIETY: will have Linda Kapusniak from HCA Greenleaf at 7:30 p.m. in 127 KLCT. Contact Karen at 847-7269 for more informa’ tion. AGGIE ROTARACT CLUB: will have a meeting at 7 p.m. in 350 MSC. Contact Jim at 847-4562 for more information. PRE-MED/PRE-DENT SOCIETY: will have a presentation on microcircula tion with Dr. Harris Granger at 7 p.m. in 410 Rudder. Contact Tammy at 846-1243 for more information. ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS: will have preregistration for “Real World 101: Life After Aggieland” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the MSC Flag- room. Contact Jean at 845-7514 for more information. SCUBA CLUB: will have cave dining at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder. MSC WILEY LECTURE SERIES AND POLITICAL FORUM: will haveadis cussion on The Siamese Giants — NATO and the Warsaw Pact” at 7 p.m. in 701 Rudder. Call 845-1514 for more information. SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: will have elections al7 p.m. Contact David at 846-9688 for more information. AGGIE PARTNERS: will have officer elections at 7 p.m. in 167 Reed. Contact Molly at 847-2271 for more information. COMMUNITY OF SINGLE ADULTS: will have dancing at the Hall of Fameatfl p.m. THE MEDICINE TRIBE: will have a discussion on rainforest logging at 5 p.m.in front of the Academic Building. Contact Irwin at 846-3225 for more infor mation. CHI ALPHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will have a meeting at 7 p m. in All Faiths Chapel. Call 846-3119 for more information. AGGIE TOASTERS: will have an area contest at 7:30 p.m. in the College Sta tion Community Center. Contact Robert at 268-1447 for more information WOMEN’S STUDIES SUPPORT GROUP: will show "The Autobiography ol Miss Jane Pittman” at 7:30 p.m. in 604 C. Evans Library. Contact Melissa at 846-4327 for more information. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have an information table from 10 a.m. to2p.m. in the main hallway of MSC. Call 845-0544 for more information. GAY AND LESBIAN STUDENT SERVICES: will have roommate referrals and make plans for next year at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder (check screen for room number). Call Gayline at 847-0321 for more information. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORAGNIZATION: will have a meeting at 7 p m in the Meditation Room of All Faiths Chapel. Call 846-6115 for more informa tion. 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 run on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. IIyou have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. The Bait W Monday Po Lil VATIC/ salute to m; Paul II said their goal c and com pit In other East Genua by their p gious leacie Lebanon at In the St cism was bt were allowi for the first The pon whether So would carr sanctions o dependenc “In the i men, we a: dear Lithu; aspirations compreher He spok noontime l cony overlc Cheers v fuls and to earlier cele er's Basilicc Air to r WASH If won’t be th year even i Monday do eral return will have to satisfy the t: If that Foundation be the lates record and 1989. The reas tisan resear day in an date: “Tax growth in ing 1990.” Tax Fret lion’s estim take an ave her state, f'e income we were all pai Free Re Cz PRAGU1 rounding \ to the presi the real wo the country In Janur over the en The play entourage ists introdu abroad. Th cow. Then do Czechs a smooth, sp should be t The mattet Govei nn April tot at how quick!' Political tion began first free vo Havel, re edged in a of elation a ^sc^uwisgg>| presents * WW'S' The Conclusion to the Women’s Issues Symposium with Ellie Smeal Former President of the National Organization for Women The State of Feminism and Women’s Rights Today Thurs., April 19.1990 7pm MSC 201 Reception following program Hear Ye! Hear Yc! Every day is a sale in THE BATTALION CLASSIFIEDS CaU 845-0569 i ■ —- . ' *■ ' ■- «■"» —<r. i Ch SAN F Chinatown tourists, h ciallv sine smashed o leading to streets and So wher gested the Freeway hi paired, vvi ground lev chants d' enough. Activist Chamber the fight tc way. 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