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HELP WANTED
SKIN INFECTION STUDY
G&S Studies Inc. is participating in a study
on acute skin infection. If you have one of
the folowing conditions call G&S Studies. El
igible volunteers will be compensated.
‘infected blisters
‘infected boils
‘infected insect bites
‘infected cuts
‘infected scrapes
‘infected earlobes
G&S Studies, Inc.
(close to campus)
846-5933
SERVICES
ALTERATIONS
The Needle
Ladies & Men's clothing
Off Southwest Parkway
• 300 Amherst
764-9608
WORD PROCESSING. PROtfSSlONAL, PRECISE,
SPEEDY - LASAR/LETTER QUALITY LISA 846-
8130. 85t5/40
SEAT BELT
SURVEYORS NEEDED
Students needed from the follow
ing cities to observe seat belt use
for the Texas Transportation Insti
tute May 29 - June 8: Abilene, Fort
Worth, Houston, Laredo, Lub
bock, Midland, San Antonio, Tyler,
Waco, and Witchita Falls. 3 days
work, $100. plus gas -allowance.
Call 845-2736, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. for
interview. Ask for Terri or Laurie.
142105/04
Students - need a
summer job?
Earn $600 to $800 per month as a
route carrier for the Houston
Chronicle. Job requires working
early morning hours and a gas al
lowance is provided. If interested
call James at 693-7815 or Julian
at 693-2323 for an appointment.
Central Valley Chemical Inc.
is looking for drivers part-time, M-F
and Saturday, 7 a.m. -12.
Requirements: 1) 21 years of age. 2)
Excellent driving record. 3)No D.W.I.’s.
4) No felonies. 5) Class C Drivers Li-,
cense. Rate of pay is $5./hour. Work
description: Delivery of Agriculture
Chemicals to dealers and growers.
Please contact Richard Lure or Barrett
Blackwell at 272-8470. -142105/04
Carquest has immediate opening
for the following position:
Parts Counter Trainee
Apply in person
402 East University Dr.
Equal Opportunity Employer
All Applicants will be drug tested
BAKER
All Shifts
The Deluxe Burger Bar/Cafe
Eccell Will Train
apply at:
104 B Church Street
14015/9
Child Care Center in Houston needs
qualified (W.S.I. or Senior Red Cross
Life Saving) swim instructors. Reply
(713)777-7854 or Fun -N- Care Child
Care Center 9450 W. Bellfort Houston,
Texas 77031, Attention Suzanne.
11214/27
2 part-time Optometric assistants
needed year round. No experi
ence necessary. Typing required.
Hours 8:45 to 1:00pm and 1:00 to
5:00pm; M-F. A&M student only.
696-3754. 14114/30
EARN EXTRA $$CASH$$
Giving plasma is safe, easy to do and
very rewarding. You can donate be
tween classes or make donating a fund
raiser for your student organization.
WESTGATE PLASMA CENTER
Call 846-8855 12214/30
Half a day work, General office and house cleaning.
776-0946. 143ttfn
Summer help needed. Packers and loaders. Local mov
ing company. 779-6333. 143t5/4
Part-time experienced pet shop clerk needed evenings
Sc weekends. Call 822-9315 for Appointment. 140t5/4
Wanted part-time A8cM student in fabrication shop call
after 6:00pm 778-3646. 140t5/2
Wanted - part-time babysitter for four children in my
home, evenings. Education major preferred. 822-9225.
14115/3
Healthy males wanted as semen donors. Help infertile
couples. Confidentiality ensured. Ethnic diversity de-
sirsable. Ages 18 to 35. excellent compensation. Con
tact Fairfax Cryobank 1121 Briarcrest Suite 101 776-
4453. 72t5/4
Liberal Arts student familiar with library needed for
research. $5. per hour. Call Ed Schulze (409) 295-5571.
142t05/04
ATTENTION: EASY WORK, EXCELLENT PAY!
Assemble products at home. Details, (1 )-602-838-8885
Ext. W 4009. 56l 11/23
Child care in mu home for summer. 7:45 til 5:15 M-F.
Must have car. 776-0765. 141t5/3
ATTENTION: POSTAL JOBSI Start $11.41/hourI
For application info call (1) 602-838-8885, Ext. M-
4009.6am - 10pm. 7 days. 132ttfn
Schlotzsky’s is now accepting applications for part time
evening and weekend shifts. Apply in person only, be
tween 2-5 pm. 138t5/7
Computer training- word processing spreadsheet,
DOF. Reasonable rates. Guaranteed, 846-3535. 138t5/7
SERVICES
Typing Services -
fast, accurate and inexpensive.
Call Notes-n-Quotes
at 846-2255.
129t04/30
Professional Word Processing
Laser printing for Resumes
Reports, Letters and Envelopes
Rush service available
ON THE DOUBLE
113 COLLEGE MAIN 846-3755
Experienced librarian will do library research for you.
Call 272-3348. 91t3/30
TYPINGAVORD PROCESSING. Excellent service.
Professional results. Students welcomed. 764-2931.
121t5/2
Word Processing, Desktop Publishing, (newsletters,
etc.), Lasar Printing, Journalism Degree, 846-4489.
113t4/30
TYPING 7 DAYSAVEEK. WORD PROCESSOR, FAS
T/ACCURATE. 776-4013/846-3273. 92t5/4
WHY LOSE YOUR DEPOSIT? MOVING, SPRING
CLEANING, FREE ESTIMATES. SUPPLIES FUR
NISHED. REASONABLE 764-8626. 137t5/9
WANTED
This Week:
Buying better childrens clothing.
Nearly New Resale Shop
3811 E 29th, Bryan
846-2543
141t4/30
Want to buy: Senior boots, larger men’s sizes, used but
still good, $350 pair 505-989-8419. 140t5/23
PERSONALS
ADOPTION: married, caring couple want to adopt in-
~ • 1; will i
fant; lots of love and laughter; confidential; will pay
medical and legal; CALL ANYTIME- COLLECT'. 412-
855-4193. 127ttfn
ADOPT - Picnics, Bar-B-Ques, Brother to hug, small
New England Community. Call collect (802)235-2312.
Andy and Carolyn. 142t05/02
FOR SALE
TYPING: Accurate, prompt, professional, 15 years ex
perience. Near campus. 696-5401. 143t5/4
Palm Harbor Repo’s. Several to choose from. MUST
SELL THIS MONTH 1-800-880-HOME. 126t5/3
Palm Harbor Buyers. SAVE $$$ THOUSANDS. Buy
at the Palm Harbor Factory Model Center 1-800-880-
HOME. 126t5/3
For sale couch and cover $75 also coffee table $25, call
Sherry. 693-4577. 14U5/3
87 Honda spree with helmet, low miles, good condi
tion. $350 696-6101. 14115/2
ARC RED MALE CHOW, 10 MOS. 846-6499. 14U5/1
PLEASE HELP! Must sell my waterbed! Shelved head-
board, lining, heater, and mattress. Call Chris, 696-
2773. 142t05/04
OLDS CUTLASS SUPREME, 1985, V-8, extras, excel
lent condition, 61,000 miles, $4,250. Jim, day 361-
4330; evening 696-6600. 140t5/2
Can you buy Jeeps, Cars, 4 by 4’s seized in drug raids
for under $100.00? Call for facts today. 805-641-9533.
Dept. 222. 102t2/26
SALE couch love seat, beige pattern, $300. Dining
wicker set $40 774-7689 140t5/2
ATTENTION - GOVERNMENT SEIZED VEHI
CLES from $100. Fords, Mercedes, Corvettes, Chevys.
Surplus Buyers Guide. 1-602-838-8885 Ext. A 4009.’
7 Ittfn
1988 Yamaha Razz. Excellent condition! New battery.
$395, Call 696-8840. 139t5/l
1980 CHEVY MONZA. RUNS. NEEDS ENGINE
WORK. $500. 847-1519 Mark. 139t5/l
Dark room equipment. Beseller enlarger, light, timer,
dryer. 150. 846-0558. 135t5/16
Office space, receptionist, copier, fax, near Brazos
County Industrial Park on FM 2818 822-2211 or 776-
5215. 124t5/l
700 sq ft office 1/2 bath, AC & heat. Shop and 2 acres
available . r ’ ~
5 minutes from TAMU East College Station
area 822-2211 or 776-5215. 124t5/l
14x40 Morgan Building, insulated, wired, paneling, 2
years old, divider wall and counter, 1/2 bath $6500
822-2211 or 776-5215. 124t5/l
ROOMMATE WANTED
Female roommate needed for Fall/Spring 1990-1991,
2B-2B, $125/mo. Including utilities, share room, on
shuttle. Plantation Oaks 693-7710. 139t5/l
Roommate wanted, walking distance. Summer and/or
fall. Non-smoker, $150 mo + dep. Large house 764-
2112,845-1510. 139t5/l
FEMALE ROOMMATE NEEDED. 2B/2B 4-plex, WD,
$ 187.50/mo. Debra, 823-4665, 845-1824. 142t05/04
Summer Roommate needed. 2B/2B Polo Club. Cheap
rent, low utilities! Call John 696-4389. 142t05/04
FEMALE ROOMMA FE NEEDED. 2B/2B 4-plex, WD,
$187.50/mo. Debra, 823-4665, 845-1824.
142t05/04
Summer roommate needed for HOUSTON. Please
call Karen 696-5842. 139t5/l
FOR RENT
COTTON VILLAGE APTS Ltd.
Snook, TX
1 bdrm $200 2 Bdrm $248
Rental Assistance Available
Call 846-8878or 774-0773
after 5pm
Equal Opportunity Housing/Handicapped
Accessible 60ttfn
A 2 Bd/1 1/2 B Studio. W/D, yard, shutde. $250/350.
CATS MANAGEMENT 693-1723. 143t5/9
SUMMER ROOM FOR RENT. VERY CLOSE TO
CAMPUS 1BD/1B WITH KITCHENETTE $150/mo.
ALL BILLS PAID NEGOTIABLE CALL LISA 696-
3423. 143t5/4
Sublease Cripple Crek IB-IB Condo for summer or
longer. ALL the amenities for $366/mo. Call 696-8613.
143t5/9
Summer lease of 2 Br studio. Ceiling fan, balconies,
rqany trees. Aggieland shuttle bus, $320. Available
Ridgewood Village. 696-2998. 143t5/30
1&2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS FOR SUMMER
AND FALL RENTAL. PRE-LEASING AVAILABLE.
NEW CARPET. SUMMER RATES. CALL TODAY.
764-3024. 136t5/3
Sublease spacious one bedroom apt from May thru Au
gust with option to extend lease indefinitely phone:
764-6621 (Plai
764-6621 (Plantation Oaks).
Sublease Kent Condos, 2B - 1 1/2 B, shuttle, $400/mo
774-7689 1200sq ft. 140t5/2
Sublease Woodsioi k Condo I in stiintnei. 2 hedi oom. 1
12 hath, washer, dryer. S275 month. Partialis fur
nished or unfurnished. 693-1239. 134t4/19
WALK TO CLASS. 2 BDRM.. 1 BA 1 11 AP I .. SMALL
QL IET COMPLEX. $210 + BII I S. 696-7266.134t5/l
lb-lb best floor plan in town! Private fence patios, sky
light, pool, shuttle, low utilities, horseshoe design.
Wyndham. 846-4384. 142t06/31
Sublease. $200. savings, 1 BR, Arbor Square, shuttle,
summer 5/15/90, 8/15/90. 845-5598. 142t0o/04
Professional Word Processing. Resumes. Thesis. LA
SAR PRINTER 822-1430. 108t5/4
Large 2b-lb studio apartment, approximately 3'/i
blocks from A&M. Wooded, gas and electric. $350. +
FOR RENT
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Tuesday, May 1,1990
Tue
SUBLEASING LARGE 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT
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NASA repairs telescope
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT
CENTER, Md. (AP) — NASA engi
neers got the $1.5 billion Hubble
Space Telescope working again
Monday after freeing a movable an
tenna that had jammed after brush
ing against an electrical cable.
“We are still investigating it to un
derstand how did this really happen,
why did it happen, why didn’t we
catch it?” said Jean Olivier, one of
the top NASA officials on the pro
ject. “We’re not through with that in
vestigation.”
By Tuesday evening, the tele
scope should be in a condition where
calibration and other normal start
up work can begin, said Mike Har
rington, director of the trouble
shooting team.
The antenna jammed on Friday
when engineers were running it
through its paces. Sensing some
thing wrong and trying to prevent
damage, the telescope’s computer
shut down the whole system. The
telescope’s two high-gain antennas
are designed to transmit science data
to two orbiting relay satellites at very
high speeds — up to the equivalent
of a 30-volume encyclopedia in 42
minutes.
“For a while we were puzzled as to
the data we were receiving from the
spacecraft and therefore lacked a
clear understanding physically of
what the problem was with the high
gains,” Olivier said. “All that has sig
nificantly changed.”
Detective work by NASA and its
contractor teams led to an under
standing of the problem.
While studying pre-launch photo
graphs of the telescope nestled in
the cargo bay of space shuttle Dis
covery, an engineer noticed that an
inch-thick electrical cable on the
back of the antenna was slightly out
of position.
Olivier said the length of the cable
was determined by computer simu-
6t
We are still
investigating it to
understand how did this
really happen, why did it
happen, why didn’t we
catch it?”
-Jean Olivier,
NASA official
lations and turned out to be an inch
or so too long. The antenna
movement could not be tested on
Earth because the motors are not
powerful enough to move the an
tenna in the presence of gravity.
From the photographs, engineers
decided the too-long loop had
shifted over to one side. With that
clue, engineers looked over their te
lemetry data again and reasoned
that counterweights began to nj
against the cable when the antei
was turned into certain positions
One engineer went to a toy stop
bought a kit that included pla? (
sticks and joints and built a model
the antenna using the kit and a pies
of lamp cord.
“We determined that there wai,
proper motion that we should
this antenna through to bring
carefully away, in the right direct:
so it wouldn’t upset the controlpE.
tem,” Olivier said. “We successM
did that and we are all relieved
know that our theories were to
rect.”
The antennas, shaped likeadis
are at the end of masts and thecal
is coiled along the length, termini
ing in the loop. One motor cans
them to look up and down, 90i
grees in each direction. The other-
the one that had problems — looi
left and right.
The antennas send their signal
one of two Tracking and Data Ret
Satellites orbiting Earth and sto;
their information on tape record:-
when they are not in communicate
with the satellites. Because of Ik
said Olivier, the slight limits on (f
antenna’s movement to avoid co-
tact with the cable will have onli
small impact.
The first test image from the
telescope had been expected by
Tuesday but now is delayed untiltl
weekend, Harrington said.
Official calls HUD
‘political machine’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Reagan administration’s Depart
ment of Housing and Urban De
velopment was a “domestic politi
cal machine” under Samuel R.
Pierce Jr., handing out grants to
the well connected, a former
HUD official later convicted of
bribery told a House subcommit
tee Monday.
Dubois L. Gilliam, a former
deputy assistant secretary under
Pierce, disputed the former hous
ing secretary’s assertion that he
didn’t decide who got federal
grants. Pierce himself ordered
federal grants in some cases, Gil
liam said.
former top HUD insider about
Pierce’s eight years as secretary.
Pierce’s lawyers, who attended
the hearing, dismissed Gilliam’s
testimony as lacking credibility.
Attorney Paul Perito called the
testimony “a sordid menu from
an admitted felon.” He said Gil
liam never accused Pierce of vio
lating the law, and that Gilliam
was testifying in an effort to win
early release from prison.
He linked the Reagan White
House to the HUD controversy in
at least one specific instance, say
ing the administration ordered
federal money for a New Mexico
project that had encountered
problems.
“We dealt strictly with politics,”
he told the panel that has spent
more than a year investigating al
legations of fraud, mismanage
ment, influence peddling and po
litical favoritism at HUD.
“During the period I was there
... the Department of Housing
and Urban Development was the
best domestic political machine I
have ever seen,” Gilliam said.
Pierce also acted to block
grants for those in his disfavor,
Gilliam said, citing a long-run
ning feud between Pierce and
Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez, D-
Texas.
Gilliam said that when Pierce
learned that Gonzalez wanted a
San Antonio project, the HUD
secretary rejected it.
Gilliam’s testimony was the
first the panel has heard from a
Pierce testified before the
panel last May, later invoking his
Fifth Amendment right against
self-incrimination to avoid fur
ther testimony. Three former top
aides also refused to testify.
Gilliam is serving an 18-month
prison sentence after pleading
guilty to accepting gratuities and
conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment for abuse of HUD pro
grams.
Testifying under a court-or
dered grant of immunity, he de
scribed receiving as much as
$100,000 in clothes, money,
travel and other gratuities from
developers and consultants.
Gilliam said he did not believe
Pierce ever took any illegal gra
tuities.
Subcommittee Chairman Tom
Lantos, D-Calif., called Gilliam
“the key missing piece in the jig
saw puzzle.”
Gilliam’s testimony about the
Urban Development Action
Grant program raised new allega
tions about a program under
which grants were to be based on
numerical formulas. He said
HUD under Pierce considered
who outside the agency sup
ported projects when deciding
which ones got money.
Report studies
health benefits
for retirees
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fe»
retirees have access to company
sponsored health insurance and
many of those who do are seeing
their benefits shrink as businesses
try to control skyrocketing costs,!
government report says.
“Although seen as a low-cosi
employee benefit decades ago, re
tiree health coverage has now
come a major concern for comp:
nies because retiree health cost!
have risen and are expected to
continue to increase dramaticall)
in the future,” the General At
counting Office reported.
More than 5 million retired
Americans are covered by suck
health plans, of whom 2 million
are under 65, the GAO said. Pri
vate health coverage is partic
ularly important for younger n
tirees because people do not
become eligible for Medican
health benefits until age 65.
The GAO study was conducted
at the request of Rep. Edward E
Roybal, D-Calif., who chairs tkf
House Select Committee on M
ing.
The mission was to find
what was happening to heal
coverage for retirees, said Gan
Christopherson, the committee:
director of health legislation
Now that the study has been com
pleted, it’s “not as clear that wt
know what we want to do,” he
said.
“At this point, Congress is noi
clear it’s going to move forward
on this,” he said. “They don’t see
a way to move without it costing!
lot of money.”
The GAO study said retiree
health plans are provided by
about 4 percent of companies in
the United States.
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