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You consider throwing away two years of Economics. She actually calls you. Your line is busy. Call Waiting FOR DETAILS CALL 1-800-843-2120 EXT. 3141. SmartCall. Services available in most areas. Save $8.00 on the connection fee. GnB THE POWER IS ON Page 6 The Battalion Tuesday, September 4,1995 Williams holds lead in most polls AUSTIN (AP) — The traditional start of the political season began La bor Day with candidates in the fea tured governor’s race crisscrossing the state after a summer of negative campaigning. Republican gubernatorial nomi nee Clayton Williams holds roughly a 10-point lead in most polls over Democrat Ann Richards in the Nov. 6 general election. But Richards, the state treasurer, says she is buoyed by the fact that there has been little movement in the polls despite a television adver tising blitz by the Midland rancher and oilman. “My feeling was that il we could hold our own against all of his wealth and his millions into tele vision through Labor Day, then we’re going to be competitive,” Rich ards said at a dove hunt Saturday. Meanwhile, Williams displayed the confidence of a front-runner drawing from an almost bottomless pit of campaign money as he stumped this weekend in west Texas with other Republican candidates. “I’m not going to declare victory, but you know the part of the leader is to define your objectives and de fine your goals,” Williams said. “And my goal is for these men and women to win in a landslide.” On Monday, Williams rode a horse in the Jaycee Jubilee Parade in Garland and then went on a cam paign trip to South Padre Island. Richards started the day at a labor group breakfast in Houston and then attended state Sen. Carl Par ker’s annual Labor Day picnic in Beaumont before jumping to west Texas. Last spring, Williams was dam aged by a series of gaffes while Riel,, ai ds has yet to form a coherent mes sage for voters, according to man, political analysts. Williams compared being raped to bad weather, saying “if it’ s im V] . table, just relax and enjoy it,” and admitted to being “serviced" b, prostitutes as a young man. The Williams campaign has tried to paint Richards as a liberal, linkim her to gays and lesbians and Holl, wood actress Jane Fonda. The Ric( ards campaign responded with tele vision ads questioning Williams business ethics. Despite a state budget crisis ontlii horizon when the Legislature meet in January — estimates run from; $3 billion to $5 billion budget short fall — both Williams and Richard, have said new taxes are not needed, Williams took the tax question; step further, saying that if elected governor, he would veto any tax in crease. At the top of the ballot, state Sen Hugh Parmer, D-Fort Worth, face an uphill struggle against U.S. Sen Phil Gramm, a Republican. Although, the governor’s race hat grabbed center stage, the outcomt of other statewide races will meat new people in powerful positionsol government. State Comptroller Bob Bullock,; Democrat, faces Republican Rol Mosbacher Jr. for lieutenant govet nor. Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby is not seek ing re-election. Democrat Dan Morales, a staif representative from San Antonio faces Republican J.E. “Buster Brown, a state senator from Lali Jackson, for state attorney general. Your money Is our money Company retrieves bonds, charges fee DALLAS (AP) — A company here has earned thousands of dollars since April by finding forgotten money posted as bonds in now- closed criminal cases and retrieving it for a fee. Some people don’t like giving a 50 percent kickback for money that’s al ready theirs. The county is trying to curtail such financial opportunities, how ever legal, at the county jail. Renetta Wilson of Dallas said she received a postcard from the com- any, called UCM. It offered to help er recover money it said was hers. When she contacted UCM, employ ees urged her to sign a contract with out disclosing where the potential windfall might be coming from, she said. After several calls, UCM officials told her the money was a $200 cash bond she had posted to get a relative out of jail on a March 1988 drunken- driving charge that later was dis missed, she said. I he catch: UCM wanted half of the money as a finder’s fee, she said. Unlike many UCM clients, Wilson refused to pay and reclaimed the bond herself. “I had no idea I could get that money back,” Wilson told the Dallas Morning News. “A lot of people who post bonds can’t afford to give up a chunk of their money as a finder’s fee.” The company continues to make money while the debate swells ovt its operations, the newspaper said. “I would estimate we’ve claimt about $ 100,000 for about 500 clien since April,” when the company In gan operating, said founder Richai Eason, 48, of Hurst. He said hem ploys 10 workers in the Dallas office Eason said his commission vane averaging about $82, or 41 percen on a typical $200 misdemeaw county court-at-law bond. The cob “A lot of people who post bonds can’t afford to give up a chunk of their money as a finder’s fee.” — Renetta Wilson pany primarily works in Dalla County and has limited operation elsewhere in Texas, he said. “I discovered through my re search that there is a large body o unclaimed money in public funds, he said. Eason said, and county official confirmed, that the information oi unclaimed bonds, while public, isn available in one place. Finding thi data requires research in varioc public files and computer record kept by the sheriff, the county clerl and district clerk. Fuel prices may hinder contract negotiations DALLAS (AP) — Negotiators for American Airlines and the Allied Pi lots Association will talk again Wednesday about a contract, nearly a year on the bargaining table, which is now in question because of fuel prices. T he Persian Gulf crisis has pushed up already-rising fuel costs, creating one more pressure on air line managements to bargain tough in hopes of controlling costs. But the pilots, who agreed in 1983 to concessions that helped pay for American’s successful seven-year ex pansion, say it s catch-up time and they point at Delta Air Lines. Mediators for Delta and the pilots union reached an agreement one day before Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait last month. The APA has said Delta has consistently led the in dustry in pilots pay while maintain ing a strong financial performance. “We do not believe that substan dard pilot compensation is the key to corporate success,” the APA’s new bargaining committee argued in its opening remarks to American early last month in Boston. American contends that it needs a favorable labor cost structure to con tinue its rapid growth. Management «oT2^. lring ,? ircraft and routes f or a #21 billion, five-year growth plan. In 1990, the Fort Worth-based earner reported a net loss of $19.3 million in the first quarter, its first quarterly loss since 1987. In the set ond quarter, earnings were off 27 percent from a year earlier, a» American recently advised analys 1 to cut their earnings estimates fo the rest of the fiscal year. Fuel costs, which made up abo« 15 percent of 1989 operating es penses, are up 23 percent over 198- 1 he national economy is slow® down and airlines are among tN first industries hurt by recession. “In retrospect, they (American 8,600 pilots) would have been bettt off coming to an agreement priori' the Kuwait invasion,” analyst Mat' E. Daugherty of Dean Witter Rf' nolds Inc. said. “Now, higher fuel prices and N creased risk of recession have rt duced American’s as well as the ® dustry’s profit opportunist significantly for the next six to 1 months,” Daugherty said. “A lot® airlines are studying whether the should cut back on growth in capa ( American’s pilots say they cantal ford to link their bargaining to te cent financial events. They say th American had seven st rong yearsh fore the current downturn. Exe ( utives saw their compensation r 1! sharply, as revenues doubled a® operating income nearly tripled. “We’re going in with the hope a" intention of continuing” negot 1 ' tions, Scott Petersen, APA direct® said. Tues< GRAI TAM! DEP/ AMEI METh COLL NARC TAM l BAPTI AGGIE A.P. B 0MEG I i AGGIE I I FELLO i i STUDE ( i FIELD t TAMU! 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