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April 12-13
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that the club will be open for this special event.
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apartment home.
Bill Boyett, whose family
owns several Northgate proper
ties, said the building was com
pleted in 1928 and was the
city’s first apartment complex.
Boyett said the building,
nicknamed the “Alamo,” housed
12 units and was supervised by
a housemother.
Don Ganter, owner of the
Dixie Chicken, said bottle cap
alley developed from a trouble
some mud hole. Ganter said the
building’s owners would not al
low him to put gravel in the al
ley, so he poured each day’s bot
tle caps there to remedy the
problem.
It took about two years for
the alley to be completely cov
ered with bottle caps, and he
continues to pour caps on the
ground every day.
He said a popular bookstore
once occupied what is now part
of the Dixie Chicken.
“The rattlesnakes (caged
near some of the bar’s pool ta
bles) now occupy the entrance
to the old Loupot’s bookstore,”
he said.
The portion of the Dixie
Chicken that Loupot’s once oc
cupied, he said, was a rock-n-
roll bar called Miranda’s be
fore it was annexed
by the Dixie Chick
en in 1979.
Ganter said Ste
vie Ray Vaughn once
played at Miranda’s.
The building that
Loupot’s now occu
pies was once a
pharmacy, and the
second floor was a
pool hall that later
included adult ar
cades and video ma
chines.
Luke Patranella
and Charlie Opersteny once
owned a popular grocery store
called Luke and Charlie’s where
the Texas Aggie Book Store is
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The Disc Go Round was originally a photo
store.
now located.
Once Patranella died, the
grocery store was simply known
as Charlie’s.
We now carry an A&M Poster
phone 764-4444 Post Oak Mall
POLICE BEAT
Felony Theft
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• Parking Area 44 - The victim's 1984
Oldsmobile Delta 88 was stolen.
were stolen. In addition, 30 sandwiches
were discarded because the cooler was un
plugged.
eral annoying messages.
Burglary of Building
Criminal Mischief
Misdemeanor Theft
• Richardson Building - A gray Schwinn 10-
speed bicycle was stolen from the bicycle
rack.
• Wehner Building - A Hewlett-Packard
Model 10B calculator was stolen from a first-
floor room.
• Front Street and Avenue A - The stop sign
at the intersection was stolen.
• Ocean Drilling Program Building - A per
sonal check and a$100 bill were stolen from
a box on a desk in a second-floor room.
• Hobby Hall - A red 21-speed Cannondale
M300 was stolen from a bicycle rack.
• College Avenue Apartments - Two chrome
wire spoked wheel covers were stolen from a
1991 Oldsmobile Cierra.
• Duncan Hall - A green Sterling 15-speed
bicycle was stolen from the bicycle rack.
• Aston Hall - A blue Huffy 15-speed bicycle
was stolen from the first floor stairwell.
• Mosher Lane - A sharp instrument was
used to scratch the length of the driver's side
of the vehicle.
• College Avenue Apartments - Eighteen ve
hicles parked on 309 Ball St. had their radio
antennas bent.
• Parking Area 61 - A sharp instrument was
used to cut the tire cover on the victim's
1986 Ford Bronco.
Assault / Criminal Mischief
• Memorial Student Center - A moneybag
containing $100 in cash was stolen froma
second-floor room.
• Connally Building - An Intel Classic 486
personal computer with keyboard, mouse
and mouse pad were stolen from a second
floor room.
• Common Denominator - A cash shortage
of $150.00 over a two-day period was re
ported.
• Connally Building - A computer processing
chip and eight megabytes of memory were
stolen from a computer located in a third-
floor room.
• Cain Hall - A verbal altercation between
two individuals resulted in physical contact
between a male and female and the in
volvement of a roommate who was injured
while separating the combatants. Several
items of property were damaged during the
confrontation, the victim wished to file
criminal charges for replacement of the
property.
Criminal Trespass
• Commons Lobby - A male subject entered
a women's restroom and peered under the
stall at a victim.
Misdemeanor Theft / Criminal Mischief Harassment
• Blocker Building - A refrigerated cooler
was moved approximately 60 feet from the
snack area, and 10 16 oz. bottles of juice
• Mosher Flail - The victim has received a
series of hang up telephone calls.
• Blocker Building - The victim received sev-
Fire
• Walton Hall - An unattended candle burnt
through a Styrofoam howl and lighted the
victim's stereo. The victim returned to the
room in time to extinguish the fire. College
Station Fire personnel were called to make
sure the situation was under control and to
clear smoke from the room.
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