Call Now For
an Appointment!
ROUTINE $ OQOO
CLEANING,
X-RAYS and
EXAM
(Reg. $59 less
$20 pretreatment
cash discount)
CarePIus^fft
Dental Centers
Bryan
Jim Arents, DDS
Karen Arents, DDS|
1103 E. Villa Maria
268-1407
College Station
Dan Lawson, DDS
1712 S. W Parkway
696-9578
Lunch Buffet
W/ FREE ICED TEA
(11-2 Daily Reg. 4.25)
w/coupon
Dinner Buffet
(5-8 Daily, Reg. 4.95)
Deluxe Lunch Buffet
(11 -2 Daily, Reg. 4.95)
Offer Expires June 21,1990.
Pacific Garden Restaurant
Between Chimney Mill Bowling & The Hilton
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE
BRITISH MARSHALL
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM LEADING TO
THE AWARD OF A BRITISH
UNIVERSITY DEGREE
COMPETITION NOW OPEN!!
INFORMATIONAL MEETING:
THURSDAY, June 14 10:00-11:00 a.m.
251 WEST BIZZELL HALL
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE, 161 WEST BIZZELL HALL 845-0544
TIMBER RIDGE
Sand Volleyball!
$250 00 Total Move In
*9 Month lease or longer
• Gameroom
• Affordable Rates
• 24 Hour Maintenance
> 2 Blocks from Campus
• 2 Bedroom,
• Convenient Laundry
• Friendly Management
• 2 Blocks from Night Life on
University Drive
• Preleasing Available
2/1 Two Story Studios
with Deposit
Hurry Only A Few Left!
503 Cherry* College Station
846-2173
$800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800
lira ASTHMA STUDY $iw
Iftnn ,nclivic| uals (12 and older) who have mild to moderate
conn ast hma to participate in a research study. $800 incentive
$800 f° r those who enro11 ancl complete study. $800
$800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800
$100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
Insomnia
Individuals (21-55 years old) who occasionally have trou
ble sleeping due to short term stress to participate in a 1
week insomnia research study. $100 incentive for those
chosen to participate.
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100
$100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100
$100
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME STUDY
Symptomatic patients with recent physician diagnosed, ir
ritable bowel syndrome to participate in a short research
study. $100 incentive for those chosen to participate.
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$400
$400
$400
$400
$400
$400
$400
$400
$400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE STUDY
Individuals with high blood pressure, either on or off blood pressure
medication daily to participate in a high blood pressure research
study. $300 incentive. PLUS $100 RAPID ENROLLMENT BONUS
for enrolling and completing study.
$400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400
$400
$400
$400
$400
$400
$400
$400
$400
CALL PAULL RESEARCH
INTERNATIONAL®
776-0400
Page 4
The Battalion
Tuesday, June 12,199(rheBa
Workers discover abandoned newborn
TuesQ
on doorstep of clinic after telephone tip'"
ft
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A juve
nile court judge says it won’t be diffi
cult to find a loving home for a new
born boy found abandoned outside
a minor emergency clinic.
“We will make a diligent search
for the mother or father,” state Dis
trict Judge Tom Rickhoff said. “If
we are unable to find them, we have
about 500 couples waiting for a
baby.”
About 50 couples would be ready
immediately to adopt the infant, said
Rickhoff, whose court handles juve
nile cases in Bexar County.
The newborn boy was found out
side a minor emergency clinic Sun
day afternoon in 90-degree weather
wrapped in a white towel bearing the
ones looking at that and wanting to
adopt him.”
“Parenting an abandoned baby
and said the baby was there.
The apparently healthy infant was
taken to Medical Center Hospital
tt
We will make a diligent search for the mother or
father. If we are unable to find them, we have about 500
couples waiting for a baby.”
—Tom Rickhoff,
state district judge
pulls on the strongest of human
emotions,” Rickhoff said. “If we
didn’t have six kids, I’d be one of the
initial “S.” Clinic workers discovered
the infant after a woman telephoned
and was in good condition, officials
said. Rickhoff said the baby will be
placed in a temporary foster home
after his hospital stay.
The baby was believed to be about
2-hours-old when he was found.
X-ray technician Shawn Elli
said he answered the telephone <:
the Texas Medical Clinic about’*
p.m. Sunday when the unidemifietil§
woman called.
“There was a young woman otl
the line, and all she said was, Then J |£rus
is a baby outside your door,’ ” Ellio!!c|jaj^n r
told the San Antonio Express-Ne»i»j on( j a y
“I thought she was kidding, thati:L en ts in
was a joke, but when I checked j2(
the back door, there he was.” j n p re ,
oledeed
Elliott said the building’s awnir.;T ish se
shaded the baby from thesunaiti;
that the baby s temperature wasoit • r u
about 96 decrees but should ^Ijht-win
a time oi
been about 99 degrees.
More than 200gather peacefully in Dallas
Animal rights supporters,
opponents meet at rally
Police search for thieves “T
in Fermier Hall burglary
DALLAS (AP) — Demonstrators
on both sides of the animal research
debate stood only a few feet from
each other at a weekend rally, but
their views on the use of animals in
studies were worlds apart.
More than 200 people gathered
for the peaceful demonstrations in
downtown Dallas on Sunday, which
coincided with the nationwide
“March for Animals.”
In Dallas, a demonstration spon
sored by the Society for Texas Ani
mal Rights, attracted about 150 peo
ple. A similar demonstration in
Washington, D.C., attracted an esti
mated 24,000 people.
The Dallas crowd carried signs
reading, “No veal this meal” and
“End laboratory Slavery.” After the
march, several speakers called for an
end to the inhumane use of animals
in research.
“The reason for this (demonstra
tion) is to demand animal rights,”
said Nelly Rocha-Shirer, one of the
coordinators. “Animals have not
been treated as anything but as
products, and we want that to
change.”
But the half-dozen speakers were
almost drowned out several times by
chants of “Animal research saves
lives” from about 60 counter-dem
onstrators across the street.
Howard Crawford, 25, a co
founder of Citizens for Legal and
Ethical Animal Research, said his
group was formed within the past
three weeks to blunt the effective
ness of Sunday’s animal rights dem
onstration.
“We feel that in the past decade,
there has been a lot of myth and mis
conception about animal research,”
said Crawford.
Brazos County Crime Stoppers is
seeking information about a January
3 computer equipment burglary in
Fermier Hall at Texas A&M.
A&M investigators report thieves
probably gained entry through an
exterior window of the Engineering
Technology Department in Fermier
Hall to steal the following equip
ment, valued at $8,500:
• AT&T Mini-Computer, Model
3B2/310, serial #00014220C
• Hard Disk Drive 72 Mega Byte,
serial #0409682
• Cartridge Tape Package TM60,
serial #8951554.
he
is a she
clay. Its
are not
ability t
identifying the person(s) responsib;a caH n
for this huralarv. ^
for this burglary.
If you have information tli^nd 3 S
could he helpful, call Crime StoJsrael.”
pers at 775-TIPS. When you oil
esider
ainst I
of
Bank am
775-TIPS Thev
lawmake
I|ed bril
Investigators believe the thieves
knew the layout and operation of the
office and wanted either to access in
formation stored in the computer or
to hinder departmental operations.
This week the Texas A&M Uni
versity Police Department and
Crime Stoppers need your help in
Crime Stoppers will assign yoiiiLa .
coded number to protect youridetH r ~
tity. iHPr i 3rt'
If your call leads to an arrestanf
grand jury indictment, Crime Stop
pers will pay you up to $1/
cash. Crime Stoppers also payscasij
for information on any felony crii«
or the location of a wanted fugitive
ace.
Shami
>CU
Republican candidate leads in polls
ie<
Richards awaits early media blitz;
Williams’ campaign remains quiet
La
) jfBDUI
nferer
Bould
time
aches 1
| More
|ts, ae
AUSTIN (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial
candidate Ann Richards says she is bracing for an
early blast of television commercials from Repub
lican opponent Clayton Williams, who was close-
mouthed Monday about possible TV plans.
Richards said she expects Williams to hit the
airwaves this week, altnough the Republican’s
campaign wouldn’t confirm or deny it.
“There’s two sides to Clayton going up (on
TV) early,” Richards said during the state Demo
cratic convention over the weekend. “The good
side is that they must feel like they need to. The
bad side is I know how much TV can drive (poll)
numbers.”
One recent opinion poll showed Williams seve
ral percentage points ahead. Richards said she
suspects Williams hopes TV commercials will in
fluence any other polling that may be taking
place.
“I don’t know whether they’re playing to a spe
cific poll that’s in the field or going to get into the
field ... That’s kind of my guess — that they’re
trying to drive those numbers up,” she said.
Williams wasn’t available for comment, his
campaign office said. A spokesman, press secre
tary Gordon Hensley, had little to say about tele
vision plans.
dia interviewf.
“The only way Clayton Williams can win this
election is if they can keep him away from (new
“We’re neither going to confirm nor deny
what we’re going to do in regard to television,”
he said. “But we hope Ann Richards spends her
Friday night in front of the TV set watching.”
Hensley declined to answer further questions.
Jeonsts
•irope,
an met
i for r
>n.
it
Richards said she has neither the money nor
the inclination to launch her own wave of TV ad
vertising.
Fhere’s two sides to Clayton
going up (on TV) early. The good
side is that they must feel like they
need to. The bad side is I know how
much TV can drive (po))) numbers."
“I’m not going to go up this early,’’ she said.
“One reason is it costs too much money, and the
public’s memory is short. They’ll (Williams) have
the money to do anything they want.”
—Ann Richards,
gubernatorial candidate
The Democrat also suggested that Williams
hopes to divert public attention from recent
gaffes — including a joke that likened bad
weather to rape and his admission of using pros
titutes as a youth — which came during news me-
reporters), keep him from being in the publK
eye,” Richards said.
“If they can take him only to places that areven
staged, where he is not given access to the
press.”
The 1
ntly c
ding
19, to
nivers
the m
The c
the h
ace ,
larietta
encies
Many
nferer
g it ha
‘tting a
e pro
iOO hill
‘‘Man;
ho ma
polio p
reme
Truck driver sues Coca-Cola over accident!
w;
pro
^ahfor
The i
m of tl
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — The
truck driver in the state’s worst
school bus accident is suing his em
ployer, saying he was “hung out to
dry” after the accident that killed 21
children last fall.
Ruben Perez, 25, drove the Valley
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. truck that
collided with a school bus at an inter
section last Sept. 21. The impact
forced the bus into a water-filled pit
near Alton in South Texas. Sixty ju
nior and senior high school students
weie hurt.
Perez had said that the brakes on
his truck failed.
His lawsuit, filed Friday in 93rd
District Court in Edinburg, accuses
Valley Coca-Cola and other Coca-
Cola companies of willfully operat
ing trucks with bad brakes and fail
ing to maintain them properly.
The lawsuit also accuses the com
panies, their lawyers and an insur
ance company of withholding infor
mation that could have prevented
Perez’s indictment on 21 involuntary
manslaughter charges.
“Valley Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola
Enterprises followed a conscious and
intentional policy of damage control
that forced Ruben Perez to be the
scapegoat of this tragedy,” the suit
states.
“These defendants believed that if
they could convince the public and
the authorities that the sole cause of
the collision was a negligent driver,
the damage to the image and the
pocketbook of The Coca-Cola Co.
and its subsidiaries ... would be far
less than if the real truth were
known: (the companies) consciously
and willfully operated trucks with
bad brakes in order to maximize cor
porate profits at the expense of pub
lic safety ...”
With his litigation, Perez joins
families of the dead and injured, as
well as a group of rescue workers
and bystanders, in suing Valley
Coca-Cola over the accident.
The company so far has settled
with families of 17 of the dead for a
total of $73.5 million. Impending
settlements with some of the injured
also have been reported, but not
confirmed.
Inc.
Also named in the suit are?
tional Union Fire Insurance 1
Houston lawyers Dana Kirk
Steve Carrigan and their law
Kirk & Carrigan.
|e NA:
|nt bad
pars. T!
lanet a
arth.
The suit alleges that Valley!
Cola failed to provide adeqn:
safety training and rushed its drive!
out of the gates every morningv
out allowing them a chance to mat
safety checks.
purely
per in
I Scieni
ssibilii
i base
‘ furtl
Perez is suing Valley Coca-Cola,
its owner, Austin Coca-Cola Bottling
Co., Great Western Coca-Cola Bot
tling Co. and Coca-Cola Enterprises
The company, which was allow!
to perform its own annual state vetL
cle inspections as an official stateef
spection station, omitted entiresfij
tions of the required bralj
inspection procedures, the lawsl
alleges.
Fever puzzles
investigators
AUSTIN (AP) — Medical in
vestigators for the Texas Depart
ment of Health are checking re
ports of two possible Travis
County cases of the mysterious
disease called Palestine fever.
So far, Palestine fever has med
ical investigators confused. Some
symptoms echo several other con
ditions, such as rheumatic fever.
Officials don’t know if the cause is
a bacterium or a virus, whether it
is infectious or spread by animals
or insect bites.
One is a 5-year-old girl and the
other, a 46-year-old man, officials
said.
WaRKD
T* ^
I'M 601M0
TO GO LOOK
AROUVD
Ids IDE THE
SHIP.
J06T BECAUSE MALIEN
SHIP LANDS ON YOOR
PROPERTY, WMT rAAKBS
YOU THINK IT'S SAFE
ro eo insiPE?
CAUSE X NATCH
A LOT OF m
TE.LEVIS/OA/P
WASI
v ery si:
turn of t
by Scott McCullar ©i?# Caiih
Bed shif
1 s un Belt
EVER SEE THE ,
Mov/E. "ALIE.H?
day.
“Calif
Calif
I toillion <
- fpeated
2000, sa
| pierce D
tiornic A
That
•tun jobs
“Flori
tp have i
“°n jobs
Bullion i
said.
. Natio
ties are <