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r~ 'COUPON 1 SAVE $32 On Routine Cleaning, X-Rays and Exam (Regularly $71, With Coupon $39) Payment must be made at time of service BRYAN Jim Arents, DDS Karen Arents, DDS 1103 Villa Maria 268-1407 COLLEGE STATION Dan Lawson, DDS Paul Haines, DDS 1712 Southwest Pkwy 696-9578 I CarePlus ■ DENTAL CENTERS L. — — EXP. 5-31-92 — J _M S C. ^ApGIE Q\NENL\ P R E 5 E N T S~ TIME CHANGE Friday April 17 th 8pm, 10pm Midnight Rudder Theatre Tickets are $2 JPGj FROM CINEMA 5 0:847-8478 LIFE IS SHORT. PLAY HARD. Rccbok JUMP THE WALL. CAMPUS T^^lmenca lour^ Rudder Mall Fountain Area April 15th & 16th TM & it51 ’>92 Morve! Enteilainment Group, Inc. All rights reserved Scuba lessoNS 1/2 PRICE BUDDY SPECIAL CSten up and set your Buddy in at t /2 Price! Classes begin: April 20fb fcali for schedules! May 4th May 18fh Oceanic Dive Computer Console ooiy $399, Zeasle Integrated BC Systems Ondl Wet Suits Water Ski/Scuba 1 Trip; Cozumel- June 24fh - June 29th only $695.00 IR/T Air. Hotel. 4-davs Boat OivindJ f 15 College Main. College Station fOn NortheateJ 409-846-9396 HOLY WEEK SERVICES Maundy Thursday April 16 7:00 PM Service of Remembrance and Holy Communion Good Friday Easter Vigil April 17 April 18 7:00 PM 9:00 PM April 19 8:30 AM Contemplation and Celebration of the Cross Vigil Service of Light-University Lutheran and Our Saviour's Festival Service with Holy Communion Between Services-Breakfast by Lutheran League 10:45 AM Festival Service with Holy Communion ® OUR SAVIOUR'S LUTHERAN CHURCH Civfav fafyuf/ 2 Blocks N. of University at corner of Cross & Tauber k* 3 Spring Allergy Study Individuals 18 and older with spring allergy symptoms to participate in a two-week long research study (4 visits) with a medication in nasal spray form. $100 incentive for those who complete the study. I Impetigo Study Individuals of any age with symptoms of impetigo (bacterial infection of the skin) to participate in an investigational drug research study using a cream with drug in it. $150 for those chosen and completing the study. $ Tension Headache? Individuals with moderate to severeTensbn Headaches wanted to participate in a 4-hour headache relief research study with an investigational medication in tablet form. Flexible hours. $75 incentive for individuals who are chosen and complete the study. Daily, till 6:30 776-0400. \ 7% % % Asthma Study WANTED: Individuals, age 12-65, with mild to moderate asthma to participate in a clinical research study for 6 weeks with an investigational medication in inhaler form. Individuals must be using inhaled steroids and bronchodilators daily to qualify. $400 incentive paid to those completing the study. 3 3 £ Skin Infection Study Individuals age 13 and older wanted to participate in a research study for bacterial skin infections such as: infected wounds,infected burns, boils, infected hair follicles, impetigo, infected ingrown toenails and others. Investigational oral antibiotic in capsule form. $100 incentive for those chosen who complete the study. X % % % 3 k For more information call: BIOPHARMA, INC. 7"76-0400 4 % Page 4 The Battalion Wednesday, Apritt; yVedne Mayor fires official over deluge CHICAGO (AP) - Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday fired an official he said failed to heed a warning that probably could have prevented the flooding that has paralyzed much of Chicago's busi ness district. "This morning I have request ed and received the resignation of acting Transportation Commis sioner John LaPlante," Daley said at a news conference at city hall. LaPlante denied any wrongdo ing. Daley said he ignored a memo April 2 warning him to im mediately repair a crack in a tun nel under the Chicago River. "The memo said the wall should be immediately repaired. Commissioner failed to heed memo urging tunnel repair citing the danger of flooding the entire freight tunnel system," Da ley said. On Monday, the tunnel burst, sending water through the tunnel network and flooding basements under the city's Loop district with millions of gallons of water. Elec tricity had to be turned off in the area. Much of the Loop remained closed Tuesday, as city workers struggled to plug the leak and drain the water that stood more than 40-feet deep in the bowels of some highrises. The mayor for the first time gave an indication of what may nave caused the leak, saying new pilings installed last summer to protect a bridge on the river could have "added pressure on the wall of the tunnel and ultimately led to the collapse." Daley said cable television company workers discovered a 20-foot by 6-foot cracked, the tunnel in January,;] subsequent inspections? city's chief bridge enginee Koncza, to write a memo,, LaPlante that the wallslJ replaced immediately. ] Daley said that attertlfj came in. La Plante's depi] began getting cost estii a couple of construction nies. They decided they high and were weighing action when the collapse Referring to LaPlante,.! "The problem was brougk attention, but he failedtoi suiting in a major problfv could have been avoided." > Street corner entrepreneurs rent guns to teei HOUSTON (AP) — Need some temporary fire power? Street corner entrepreneurs are renting guns by the hour, day or weekend to Houston teen-agers, police say. Houston Police Lt. Greg Neely says the trend began in New York and Los Angeles and has spread to Houston. A 15-year-old boy who calls himself "Shad ow" told The Houston Post he rents guns to younger kids who usually take the weapons to school to impress their friends. "Most or them ain't going to do nothing with a gun but show it," he said. "They're just kids. They carry it around. they show it, they get themself a name." Shadow made a deal with one customer re cently, who told the entrepreneur, "I need a lit tle noise for the weekend." But when Shadow fished out a .25-caliber pistol from his jacket pocket, the young boy turned up his nose. "Man, I don't want no pop gun. I need me a big noise." The two haggle over the price on a 9mm semiautomatic until the younger boy forks over $30 in five- and one-dollar hills to keep it over the weekend. Most of Shadow's customers pay $5 to $10 to borrow a gun for the day. Shadow, who says he "finds" thed his small arsenal, is not concernedabc. the kids do with the guns after theypd because it "ain't nothing to me." "What's scary about it is thatthrosa (Shadow), everybody in the neighbors have a gun now," said Neely, a homioa cer. Kids are willing to pay forateiti weapon, Neely said, because theva young to buy one and paying someoi| uer than Shadow is easier and saf trying ta Stubborn apartment dweller dies Famous New York 'holdout 7 surrender NEW YORK (AP) - Jean Her man, the stubborn apartment dweller who turned down a $750,000 buyout offer and forced a skyscraper to be built around her two-room flat, finally surrendered her lease last month. She died. That, Herman promised, was the only way she would ever lose her home of three decades. And on the day of her funeral, the land lord changed the locks. But Herman has her monu ment: 134 E. 60th St., a four-story brownstone built in 1865 that juts from the base of a 31-story glass, granite and steel office tower built in 1988. "She was the ultimate hold out," said Seymour Durst, the de veloper who wrote "Holdouts," a book about such personalities. Herman's death at age 69 re turned to her landlord the rent-controlled, fourth-floor walkup for which she paid $200 a month in a neighborhood where rents can easily reach four times that amount. But she left unan swered why she had not taken the money and moved. "I honestly do not know," said her brother, Harold Herman. "She liked the publicity;shelu-B neighborhood. Did shethB could get more (money)™ developer?" Her lawyer, Joseph.®: added two more motives* had a principled oppose overdevelopment. And sill eccentric." Whatever her reasons,® made Herman famous. Owner calls club 'eclectic' Continued from Page 1 money because of the condition of the economy. Ganter said although the club will have a Southwestern-style decor, it will not be another Dixie Chicken, referring to another Northgate establishment he owns just down the street. He said the "Opry House" will feature live bands, including rhythm and blues and jazz acts. "We're not going to be stuck in the mud," Ganter said, using the term "eclectic" to describe the new business. Ganter said that although the parking lot in back of the theater contains more than twice the parking spaces the city requires in order to open the new establish ment, it will not be adequate. He said he may have to buy addition al property for customer parking. Electronic deposit changes upset facult Continued from Page 1 they will not have‘a direct de posit account. Many people just don't want to sign, she said. "There are a lot of people who do not agree with it," Wil son said. If University employees send the form back unsigned, payroll will simply place it in a file for auditing purposes and their pay- checks will not be deposited di rectly into their account, Wilson said. Wilson said the old direct de posit system will remain in effect until the transfer to the new sys- If people have quesfeoTif the rules concerningtiwloinwl and system, they can call Thomas Taylor, controller of thl fiscal department, Wilsonsaid. [ Taylor was in Galvestono:j Tuesday and unavailable comment. Kidnapping attempts worry polk Continued from Page 1 year-old boys. "Based on what we've got, it could easily be the same person," said Walling. "It's uncommon to have these reports within such a short period of time in the same area." A third report in the same neighborhood was re ceived Monday afternoon and is presently being in vestigated, he said. "It's probably a fair assumption that both were le gitimate attempts at kidnapping," Walling said. "Parents are concerned, but they should always be." Walling said police are always concerned with ed ucating both children and parents about the dangers of kidnapping. Fortunately, he said, the children did what they were supposed to. "At every age, you can be a victim of somete < Walling said. "You need to prepare yourself to*' die the risks." Walling described the area,as "afairiynice borhood." He said parents in all residential should be cautious. "It happens enough nationwide thatyouslij tell your kids and caution them," he said. "It's) ly occurrence." The Bryan Police Department uses MacGmf | Crime Dog to warn young children about stiar. and abductions. Walling said that Bryansk | teachers employ MacGruff puppets in theclassn I "Apparently, the messages are working,but! I A ents are still alarmed," he said. Two Hours of Great Comedy JustForYou! Thursday, April 16 —i Take a Break Laugh a Little Come to Garfield's Thursday Nile Live and with this coupon you can have the best two hours of comedy with Charlie Shannon and Terry McGrath for only |With this coupon expires 4-16-92 Tickets are $4 at the door 92* DRINKS 1503 S. Texas * Culpepper Plaza * 693-1736 Aggie Wranglers Tryouts! 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