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Wednesday • August 24, 1994 .i 1 3.gc / . ' - r .''■■"••'W;;:!-- < ^ ;?0- s^-: / . A..;-.-: .lobbery ontinued from Page 1 ■suspects remained at large. Highway 6, so search dogs ad mounted police could seek ie trail of the five suspects -ho left the car. Waller County Sheriff Randy mith said the manhunt began t3:30 p.m. in response to an all oints bulletin. "We .closed down the high way, put penitentiary dogs [here they (the suspects) were 1st seen,” Smith said. “That’s |hy traffic was shut down, so lie dogs' could work without eiting rhm over.” The police used dogs from a [cal penitentiary and mount- police to comb the area, pocking traffic, including ^xas A&M students heading i campus, as the dogs crossed he road searching for a trace, (elicopters searched the area, Smith and state troopers [waited lab specialists to ana- ize the abandoned car. J The robbery came after a Jpiled attempt occurred two paths earlier in the same knk. At 10:15 a.m. on June 9, inner Galveston police officer lilton Strickland was appre- fended after robbing the bank. Bullet Train Continued from Page 1 $170 million in equity financing for the $8.4 billion venture. Texas TGV had been struggling with financial problems since 1992, when the corporation en countered difficulty gathering private project investors. The proposed high-speed train route had been consistent ly opposed by Texas homeown ers along the route. Joe Dyer, an aide for State Sen. Jim Turner, said the deci sion to discontinue the bullet train project is good news for landowners. “The demise of the bullet train removes the uncertainty that has long been hanging over the heads of homeowners,” Dyer said. “Although many have seen the project dead for a long time due to lack of funds, as long as the route was on paper it was a threat to homeowners. The fu ture of their property is no longer uncertain.” But, Nancy Crouch, a Col lege Station City Council mem ber, said no College Station citi zens had approached the coun cil to oppose the bullet train route. “To my knowledge, no one was violently opposed to the bullet train,” Crouch said. “The route originally ran through some farm land and the farmers did not want their land divided, but that was taken care of.” Crouch said citizens have been apathetic about the high speed train or had not acquired any information about its con struction. Recycling bntinued from Page 1 Kubicek Continued from Page 1 be close to his alma mater. While the number of people at A&M has increased since 1967 from 10,000 to the more than 40,000 now, he said the area still reminds him of his college days. “It is nice to get back to my old stomping grounds,” Kubicek said. “I worked my way through A&M at the local Safeway, which is now known to College Station as one of the AppleTree stores. “It is funny that what put me through school a few years ago now puts food on my table,” he said. Kubicek, who graduated from A&M with an accounting degree in 1967, said he plans to use the six store chain as a foundation for future growth and expansion. He said he wants to purchase more grocery stores that will then carry the AppleTree name. “I’m proud to announce that AppleTree is once again a local ly-owned company,” he said. “We will be very aggressive in of fering the best quality available as well as the best service in town. “Texas A&M is a very person able place where everyone takes the time to be friendly,” Kubicek said. “I want the AppleTree stores to keep this friendly atti tude as a part of our customer service.” Richard Lopez, manager of the AppleTree store on Texas Avenue, said Tony Kubicek is a true aggie. ‘We think it’s great that he purchased the stores,” Lopez said. “He is from this area which is an added incentive.” Kubicek said there is a chance that AppleTree’s head quarters could move from its Houston location to College Sta tion. “We are still deciding whether to relocate the headquarters and are going over a few issues be fore making the decision,” he said. “I was born and raised in Snook, just west of Bryan-Col- lege Station, so the move would bring me closer to home.” Lopez said moving the office would be good for the company because of the number of stores in College Station. “This is where 50 percent of the AppleTree stores are, so the move would be positive,” Lopez said. “Also, the Huntsville store would be close by,” Kubicek has more than 30 years of experience in the gro cery business and has been a part of the AppleTree executive team since the company’s incep tion in 1989, most recently serv ing as president and chief execu tive officer. 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