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The BattaiioiT^E^
Tuesday, June 4,1991
Police seek leads
in truckstop holdup
During the night of April 18,
Bryan Police Department officers
responded to the report of a rob
bery at the Circle K Truxtop near
the intersection of Highway 6
and Highway 21.
Witnesses reported that a man
drove up to the store and filled
up with gas. He then entered the
store and picked up a 12-pack of
beer.
At the counter, the clerk asked
if there would be anything else
when the suspect put his left
hand in his jacket pocket and
pointed to something the clerk
believed to be a handgun.
The suspect then demanded
all the money in the store. Once
the suspect obtained some cash,
he grabbed the beer, ran to his
car and drove south on Highway
6.
The suspect is a black man
from 27 to 32 years old. He is 5
feet 11 inches tall and weighs
about 170 pounds.
The suspect's vehicle was de-
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with a small dent in the left rear
quarter panel.
This week the Bryan Police
Department and Crime Stoppers
need your help in identifying the
man responsible for this rob
bery. If you have information
that could be helpful, call Crime
Stoppers at 775-TIPS.
When you call. Crime Stop
pers will assign you a special
coded number to protect your
identity.
If your call leads to the sus
pect's arrest and grand jury in
dictment, Crime Stoppers will
pay you up to $1,000. Crime
Stoppers also pays cash for infor
mation on any felony crime or
the location of any wanted fugi
tive.
Correction
In Wednesday's edition of The
Battalion, Dr. Larry Hickman
was incorrectly named as the fac
ulty adviser for A&M's Gay and
Lesbian Student Services.
Dr. James Mazzullo presently
is the student organization's ad
viser. The Battalion regrets the
error.
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STUDENT COUNSELING SERVICE
GROUP PROGRAM
SUMMER 1991
The following groups will be offered at the Student Counseling Service
this summer. If you are a currently enrolled student who has paid
his/her student service fee, you are eligible to be screened for
participation in these groups. There is no additional charge for any of
these offerings.
Mon.
9- 10
10- 11:30
1-3
3-4:30
3 -5
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Hispanic Woman’s Group
Career interest Clinic
Open Group
Black Men’s Group
Tues.
1:30-3
Graduate Group
3-4:30
Academic Workshops
5-6:30
Undergraduate Group
6:30-8
Adult Children of Alcoholics Group
Wed.
8:30-10
Biofeedback
1:30-3
Biofeedback
1:30-3
Survivers of Abuse Group
3-4:30
Eating Disorder Group
3-4:30
Women's Group
Thur.
1-3
Career Interest Clinic
1:30-3
Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
3:30-5
Black Women's Group
Fri.
1-2
Where There's A Will...There's An A
3-4:30
International Student Group
Career Exploration groups will also be offered Tuesday through Friday
afternoons. If you are interested in being screened for any of these
groups, please come to the Student Counseling Service at 300 YMCA
Building or call 845-4427 for a screening appointment. Further
information and other handouts are also available from the SCS, a
department in the Division of Student Services.
DARRIN HILL/The Battalion
Polly want a cracker?
Graduate student Jennifer Sofjan cuddles a six-week-old Quaker par
akeet Sunday at the Brazos Valley Cage Bird Club Exotic Animal Trade Day
held at the Brazos Valley Rodeo Pavilion.
Family Aid
Lawmakers hope
bill will end abuse
AUSTIN (AP) — Three con
gressmen on Monday unveiled
an $11 billion plan to help strug
gling families and protect chil
dren from abuse, which has
doubled since 1980.
The bill's author, Tom
Downey, D-New York, said the
five-year cost would probably re
quire new revenues, but would
save money in the long run by
reducing crime and violence that
arise from child abuse.
The plan, he said, is needed to
make up for the what he called
the "decade of neglect" during
former President Reagan's ad
ministration.
"George Bush would be hard
pressed to veto a bill that would
De kinder and gentler to chil
dren," he said.
With Downey were Mike An
drews of Houston and Jim Mc
Dermott of Washington. The
three Democrats are members of
a House Ways and Means sub
committee, chaired by Downey,
on welfare and unemployment.
Downey's Family Preservation
Act of 1991 would send billions
of dollars in additional revenue
to states to increase child abuse
investigations, and improve fos
ter care and other family serv
ices.
He said the emphasis would
be on keeping families together
whenever possible and helping
them "at the crisis point."
"America is only as strong as
the American family," he said.
He said one in five children in
the United States is born into
poverty; 2.6 million children are
neglected and abused; 500,000
are in foster care, juvenile deten
tion or mental health facilities.
Of the 250,000 pregnant
women who need help with al
cohol or drug abuse, only 30,000
received it, he said.
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Indian-run casinos?
Proposal could change
state gambling laws
AUSTIN (AP) — A Galveston
state lawmaker's proposal to al
low gambling aboard cruise
ships in state waters could allow
Indian-run casinos on Texas res
ervations, a Texas newspaper re
ported Monday.
Under federal law, if a state al
lows casino gambling anywhere
within its jurisdiction. Native
American tribes may operate ca
sinos on their land within the
state. The law recently opened
the door for Indian-operated ca
sinos in Connecticut.
The Austin American-States-
man reported that the U.S. In
dian Gaming Regulatory Act
may come into play if Rep. James
Hury, D-Galveston, succeeds in
changing state law governing
gambling on cruise ships operat
ing out of Texas ports.
State law now allows gam
bling on the ships only when
they reach international waters,
12 miles out to sea.
But U.S. Attorney General
Richard Thornburgh, citing fed
eral statutes, has threatened to
scuttle the floating casinos un
less they dock in a foreign port
or spend at least 24 hours at sea.
Tnomburgh's legal opinion
would put out of business a Gal
veston-based casino operation
that now takes passengers on
eight-hour gambling cruises into
the Gulf of Mexico.
Hury's bill would allow gam
bling on cruise ships three miles
or more off the Texas coast, in
state waters.
The bill failed during the regu
lar legislative session. Hury said
he plans to file it again for the
special session that Gov. Ann
Richards says she will convene
on July 8, where lawmakers are
to write a 1992-93 state budget.
If the bill were to pass, Indian
tribes in Texas say they might
consider opening their own
gambling casinos.
State comptroller suggests
ways state can save money
AUSTIN (AP) — Giving cash
rewards to state employees who
save money could help cut
spending in the long run, state
Comptroller John Sharp said
Monday.
The idea is one Sharp said will
likely be among the 450 or so rec
ommendations he will present to
state leaders at the end of the
month.
A team of some 100 auditors
have spent 42,000 hours so far
on the Texas Performance Re
view, Sharp said.
Gov. Ann Richards and legis
lative leaders in February or
dered the comptroller's office to
scour state agencies for sugges
tions on saving money and in
creasing efficiency without cut
ting services. The state is facing a
projected budget shortfall of $4.7
billion.
Sharp announced last week
that the auditors so far had un
covered at least $1.6 billion in
savings. So far, he has been re
luctant to provide details of pos
sible recommendations, saying
that agencies already are scurry
ing to protect their interests.
"Every one of them (the ideas)
is going to make sense, but every
one of them is going to have a
rice tag — a political price tag,"
harp said.
What’s lip
Tuesday
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: General discussion at noon. Call Center for Drug Prevention
for more information at 845-0280.
Wednesday
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: General discussion at noon. Call Center for Drug Prevention
at 845-0280 for more information.
LUTHERAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: Evening prayer at 6:30 p.m. at the University Lutheran
Chapel. Call Richard Manus at 846-6687 for more information.
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