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The Battalion Wednesday, July 3,1991
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aging
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teith Sartin
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Officials
offer tips
for safe use
of fireworks
By Jeff M. Brown
The Battalion
You can have a blast during
the July 4th holiday while not
getting burned if you take a few
simple precautions and follow
your common sense, local offi
cials say.
George Spain, College Sta
tion's nre inspector, said fire
works can cause more than just
physical damage.
According to College Station
ordinances, the transportation or
firing of fireworks within the city
limits is prohibited.
Spain said anyone pulled over
carrying fireworks will be fined
from $10 to $1,000 and the fire
works will be confiscated.
Spain said the fines are so high
because of the potential for de
struction by fires started by fire
works.
Spain said he encouraged peo
ple to attend local fireworks
shows instead of endangering
themselves with a home fire
works show.
Post Oak Mall will blast off the
holiday with a fireworks display
at 9 p.m. Wednesday. College
Station and Texas A&M, along
with several other sponsors, will
shoot off their own fireworks
show Thursday at Olsen Field.
Spain said the only other loca
tion to shoot fireworks is outside
city limits.
He suggested going to a
friend's house but warned
against shooting fireworks on a
roadway because it is illegal.
Rockets’ red glare
Betty Curti^ works at Discount Fireworks off of Highway 60 on the way to Summerville. Firework sales will continue until midnight on Thursday.
Lt. Bert Kretzschmar with
UPD's Crime Prevention Unit
said that under University regu
lations, the unauthorized use,
possession or storage of any
weapon, fireworks or explosive
on University premises or at a
University-sponsored activity is
prohibited.
Approximately 12,400 people
were treated for fireworks-re-
lated injuries in 1990, according
to a release by Consumer Prod
uct Safety Commission (CPSC)
and the National Council on
Fireworks Safety (NCFS).
In Brazos County, however,
that trend seems to be decreas
ing, said Millie Patterson, head
nurse at Humana Hospital.
"After looking back at our re
cords, we have noticed a de
crease of incidents at our emer
gency room," Patterson said.
"We just don't see as many tra
gic injuries like we use to."
The CPSC and the NCFS have
developed the following safety
tips for shooting fireworks:
□ Always read and follow la
bel directions.
H Have water readily avail
able.
I~1 Buy from reliable fireworks
sellers.
□ Never experiment or at
tempt to make your own fire
works.
□ Light one at a time.
□ Never reignite malfunction
ing fireworks.
n Never throw fireworks at
another person.
H Never shoot them in metal
or glass containers.
□ Ignite the fireworks out
doors.
H Store in a cool, dry place.
rlcs
[~1 Dispose of fireworks prop-
erly.
□ Never carry fireworks in
your pocket.
Austin works to own
closing air force base
Suspects sought in burglary
AUSTIN (AP) — City officials have begun working to gain out
right ownership of Bergstrom Air Force Base, which a presidential
commission has recommended for closure.
Austin Mayor Bruce Todd met with U.S. Rep. J.J. "Jake" Pickle,
D-Texas, on Monday to discuss ways of speeding the govern
ment's transfer of the base to the city when it closes.
"That's the first issue we have to resolve and, hopefully, it can
be done quickly because the ownership will determine to a great
extent who's in charge of the decision-making process," Todd said.
The city contends it can establish ownership if challenged le
gally because it purchased the land for the base in 1942 for
$600,000.
Todd said the city would apply immediately for up to $100,000
available from the Defense Department's Office of Economic Ad
justment to study converting Bergstrom to other uses.
One possible use for the soon-to-be-abandoned airbase is as a
new city airport.
Sometime during the night of
June 2, thieves pried open the
door to the vehicle maintenance
shop of Young Brothers Con
struction Co. on Highway 21,
west of Bryan.
Once inside, the thieves
searched through the shop and
then loaded up several mechan
ics' tool boxes, power tools and a
hydraulic jack into the bed of a
Young Brothers pickup truck
that was parked in the shop.
The thieves opened the ga
rage, cut open the front gate and
drove off in the truck. The value
of the items stolen was assessed
at more than $12,000.
The pickup was recovered
three days later under the Little
Brazos River Bridge on Highway
21, where evidence indicated
that another vehicle was used to
haul the stolen tools away.
The mechanics report that
most of the stolen tool sets were
MAC and SNAP-ON brands. In
vestigators believe that the sus
pects might be from the sur
rounding area and that they will
attempt to sell or trade these
goods.
this burglary.
If you have informa
tion that could be helpful, call
Crime Stoppers at 775-TIPS.
When you call. Crime Stoppers
will assign you a special coded
number that will protect your
identity.
If your call leads to an arrest
and grand jury indictment,
Crime Stoppers will pay you up
to $1,000 in cash.
This week the Brazos County
Sheriff's Department and Crime
Stoppers need your help in iden
tifying the people responsible for
Crime Stoppers also pays for
information on any felony crime
or the location of a wanted fugi
tive.
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Dallas police 'give the boot' to motorists with unpaid tickets
DALLAS (AP) — Motorists with delin-
2 uent parking tickets are getting the boot in
>allas.
City Transportation Department officials
this week began placing a lock on the
wheels of cars whose owners have three or
more overdue parking tickets.
Officials hope that by hobbling cars, they
can claim most of the $6 million in overdue
parking fines owed by the owners of 28,000
cars.
The $350 device, called the "Denver
boot," locks onto a car's wheel, rendering
the vehicle undrivable.
City officials say the boot is cheaper and
safer than towing, and they hope its visi
bility on streets will persuade people with
overdue tickets to come forward voluntarily
to pay what they owe.
The device is named for the city where it
was invented in the 1950s.
Stickers on the car windows direct drivers
to the Parking Violations Office at Dallas
City Hall.
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