The Battalion
Wednesday, April 18,1990
Page 5
Police Beat
The tollowing incidents were reported to
the Texas A&M University Police Department
between April 7 and April 11.
WARRANT ARREST/FAILURE TO
IDENTIFY:
• A man was arrested for attempting to
hide his identity by giving investigating offi
cers several false names and addresses. He
wasjailed in the Brazos County Jail.
FIRE:
• An officer responded to a report of a
small trash fire at the Grove. Investigation re
vealed that someone deposited in a trash con
tainer several pieces of charcoal that had not
been extinguished.
VIOLATION OF UNIVERSITY
REGULATIONS:
• During security checks of campus prop
erty, an officer observed an individual on the
top level of the Southside Parking Garage. In
vestigating officers located and identified the
subject. He was escorted from the area and
advised that exploration of the construction
site is prohibited.
PLACES WEAPONS PROHIBITED-
/PROHIBITED WEAPONS:
• During security patrol of the Southside
residence hall area, an officer reported the
detonation of an explosive device. The officer
located the remnants of the device on the side
walk between Eppright and Wells halls. The
device was constructed so that, when deto
nated, pennies taped to the outside of the
charge would act as shrapnel.
POSSIBLE BURGLARY OF A COIN-
OPERATED MACHINE:
• While performing a security check of the
Zachry Engineering Center, an officer located
a USA Today newspaper dispensing machine
on the west side oF^the building that might
have been burglarized.
The newspaper machine was on its side
with the front door open. All newspapers and
money had been removed from the machine.
The department is awaiting additional infor
mation from the Brazos News Service con
cerning the investigation.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF:
• A left back door of a 1984 Honda was
kicked while the vehicle was in Parking Area
40. The owner of the vehicle said he believed
the damage was a result of a parking space
dispute that occurred the same day.
• A right rear taillight of a car was dam
aged while the vehicle was parked in Parking
Area 9.
• A large quantity of paper clips was scat
tered in the third floor hallway of the Bell
Building. The clips were removed from a stor
age room on the third floor.
• A man reported that someone used a
sharp object to make a 12-inch scratch on the
hood of his 1989 Pontiac parked in Parking
HARASSMENT:
• Three students reported receiving ha
rassing telephone calls.
MISDEMEANOR THEFT:
• Two 50-cent coins and a box of Fig New
tons were removed from a desk in a room in
Dunn Hall.
• A left front tire and rim were removed
from a 1989 Ford Mustang parked in Parking
Area 61.
• A gold ladies Timex watch left on a
hanger inside a Krueger Hall bathroom was
stolen.
• A right rear tire and rim were stolen
from a 1989 Honda parked in Avenue B in
the Married Student Housing.
• A validation sticker was removed from
the rear license plate of a 1978 Chevrolet
truck while the vehicle was parked in Parking
Area 61.
• A left rear tire was stolen from a 1979
Honda Accord while parked in the U-V row
of Married Student Housing.
• A General Electric Leak Detector which
belongs to Carrier Air Conditioning Service
was stolen from the Power Plant.
• A Sony portable compact disc player and
a “Top Gun” soundtrack disc were removed
from a room in Aston Hall.
• A textbook was stolen from a room in the
Butler Building. The book, on loan from the
Sterling C. Evans Library, will have to be re
placed by the student reporting the theft, at a
cost of $100.
• A tailgate from a 1989 Chevrolet Silver
ado truck was removed while the truck was
parked in Parking Area 71.
The detective working on the case was in
formed later by the owner that his friends had
played a prank on him and had taken the tail
gate as ajoke.
• Two bicycles were stolen.
• A wallet was stolen from the MSG game
room.
RECOVERED PROPERTY:
• While on foot patrol of campus property,
officers observed an unsecured maroon 10-
speed men’s Schwinn bicycle on the northwest
side of Mosher Hall. Investigation revealed
the bicycle was stolen from Lechner Hall be
tween Feb. 23 and Feb. 26. The owner was no
tified of the recovery.
Globetrotting
Zimbabwe celebrates Independence Day
Today is Independence Day in
Zimbabwe.
Facts about Zimbabwe:
• Area: 391,090 sq. mi.
(slightly larger than Montana)
• Population: 730,000
• Capital: Harare
• Languages: English, Shona,
SiNdebele
• Religions: Syncretic (part
Christian, part traditional), Chris
tian, traditional, Hindu, Muslim
• Literacy: 55 percent
• Currency: 1 Zimbabwe dol
lar equals 60 U.S. cents
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Women’s issues symposium begins today
MSC Great Issues will present
a two-day women’s issues sympo
sium beginning today. The
schedule for today’s events is:
• “Women in the Workplace
— How to Handle Discrimina
tion” with Zana Stepenek of the
Houston Police Department at
noon in 228 MSC.
• A self-defense clinic by Ste
ven Powell, a sixth-degree black
belt, at 8:30 p.m. in 410 Rudder.
Persons planning to attend
should dress comfortably for
demonstrations.
The schedule for Thursday’s
symposium events includes:
• “The Image of Women in
Pornography and Mass Media”
with Gayle Dines, professor of so
ciology and mass media at
Wheeler College in Boston, at
noon in 410 Rudder.
• “Health Issues” with Dr. Da
vid Doss, obstetrics and gyneco
logy, at 2 p.m. in 410 Rudder.
• “The State of Feminism and
Women’s Rights Today” with El
be Smeal, the former president of
the National Organization for
Women, at 7 p.m. in 201 MSC. A
reception will follow.
Students can dunk professors to fight cancer
The Texas A&M Cancer So-
cietyls giving students a chance to
get even with professors and help
the American Cancer Society in
its search for a cure for cancer.
The chapter, in its first year at
A&M, will have a dunking booth
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday
near the east side of the Aca
demic Building.
Demetria Chester, publicity co-
chairman, said professors and
student leaders will participate in
the dunking booth. The cost for
three throws will be $ 1.
The organization also will pass
out information on good health,
nutrition and skin cancer.
The festivities are part of the
American Cancer Society’s na
tionwide “Food Fight.” The one-
day program is meant to educate
Americans about good nutrition.
Proceeds from the event will go
to the Brazos Valley unit of the
American Cancer Society.
Senator tries to push
lottery onto agenda
AUSTIN (AP) — A proposed
Texas lottery — declared dead by
House Speaker Gib Lewis on Mon
day— showed signs of life Tuesday.
State Sen. John Montford, chair
man of the State Affairs Committee,
said he wants to push a lottery bill
out of his committee with the recom
mendation that it be approved by
the full Senate.
Montford, D-Lubbock, said Gov.
Bill Clements’ inflexible no-new-
taxes stand makes a lottery necessary
to help balance the state budget,
which he said will be running a $4
billion to $6 billion deficit by Sep
tember 1991.
“I am horrified at the deficit we’re
looking at for the next biennium,”
Montford said. “I think we’d belter
pull it together and do some things
now to obviate what I consider a po
tential situation that is almost unte
nable.”
Sen. Hector Uribe, D-Brownsville,
has several proposed constitutional
amendments to implement a lottery.
One of those would dedicate lottery
profits, estimated at $600 million an
nually, to public schools.
But on Monday, Lewis, D-Fort
Worth, ruled out a Texas lottery as
an option to help fund education.
He said there aren’t the necessary
100 votes in the 150-member House
to place a proposed constitutional
amendment before voters.
Despite Lewis’ pronouncement on
the lottery, Uribe said, “Like Laz
arus, it is resurrected from the
dead.”
Uribe said the House has two
choices, a lottery or a tax increase to
rake in the money a lottery would
have generated.
Owner sues McDonald’s
for Texas hamburglary
ANGLETON (AP) — It could be
called a case of Texas hamburglary.
But to Lake Jackson restauran-
teur Richard Cox, the flap over Mc
Donald’s “Texas Homestyle Burger”
is no laughing matter.
“We have been using the Texas
burger concept for 17 years,” said
Cox, owner of the Red Top restau
rant chain that features “Texas Style
Burgers.”
“They copied everything we did,”
Cox, 45, said Monday. “They
thought it was a good idea and went
ahead and used it, and they didn’t
think anyone would challenge
them.”
If that is true, McDonald’s was
wrong.
Cox, who owns six Red Top res
taurants in Brazoria County and one
in Houston, has sued McDonald’s
for allegedly violating the Deceptive
Trade Practices Act, Consumer Pro
tection Act, and the Texas Trade
mark Act.
Cox said the McDonald’s advertis
ing campaign for their burger is al
most identical to his Texas Style
Burger.
After seeing the ads, state District
Judge John Rainey agreed and is
sued a March 5 injunction against
four McDonald’s restaurants in
south Brazoria County from contin
uing the ads until the case is decided
in court. A June 4 trial is set.
Cox said he limited his petition to
the county because widening the
lawsuit to include the Houston mar
ket would have required the posting
of a bond in the millions of dollars.
Cox posted a $95,000 bond to en
force the injunction in Brazoria
County.
McDonald’s now advertises its
“Texas Quarter Pounder” in Brazo
ria County, but the “homestyle” pro
motion continues elsewhere in the
state.
In a petition, McDonald’s denied
using Cox’s concept, saying its pro
motion relies on generic logos that
don’t belong to Cox.
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