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The Nation ys Best College Newspaper Weather Thursday High 40° Vol.72 Issue 56 Low 20° November 30,1989 Bowling Green, Ohio The BG News New billing BRIEFLY system tied Campus to high fees Choir performs: The BGSU Brass Choir will give a free concert at by Wynne Everett 8 this evening in Kobacker Hall. The staff writer choir will perform "God Bless the Child" by Holiday/Herzogand arranged by Christopher Buzzelli. Off-campus students may have been "Sonate et Canzoni, Libro sesto" by experiencing unexpectedly high mon- Giovanni Gabrielli and many others. thly electric bills due the city's new es- The choir will be under the direction timation billing program. of Kenley Inglefield. City Utilities Director Daryl Stock- burger said the new estimation billing, Special to be aired: A which began this fall on a trial basis, Christmas TV special, "No Kiddie has caused fluctuation from month to Without a Christmas," which month in some customers' bills. recounts the history of the Detroit Old "There has been no change in rates," Newboys Goodfellow Fund, will air Stockburger said. "We're using a new tonight at 10 on WBGU-TV 27. system similar to that used by gas and The show was produced by water companies, but a problem has WBGU-TV producer Shawn Brady. occurred — particularly we've noticed "I felt compelled to do something — in apartments." for the organization," said Brady, Under the new billing system, meters whose great-grandfather, James are read bi-monthly rather than mon- John Brady, founded the Goodfellows. thly. Bills sent out for the month when a "My initial reason (for producing customer's meter is not read are esti- the show) was my ties to the subject," mated, based on either the last month's bill or last year's bill for that month. Brady said. He said he felt both "This reduces the number of meters curiosity and pride in his family read by half, so we only have to read history. The Goodfellows is comprised of half the meters in the city every former Detroit News newsboys and month," Stockburger said. Wild jumps in bills occur when an es- girls who sell newspapers to raise timated month's bill is significantly money to buy Christmas presents for lower than a customer's actual usage. needy children in Detroit. The bill for the following month — BG News/John Grieshop when the customer's meter is read — STAR Search then reflects this difference. Nation Beverly Miner, on 11 year employee of the Office of Registration and Records, tabulates class section numbers for senior "If an estimation for one month was Mary Zetwick, as part of the University's new on-line phone registration system. Zetwick said she was very lucky, getting 14 of low, then the next month, we have to the 17 hours of classes she needs to graduate. compensate," Stockburger said. Suitcase explodes: in Los Angeles, a police bomb squad blew up O See Electric, page 4. a suitcase destined for a Colombian jetliner today after X-rays showed what appeared to be an explosive device, authorities said. Channel 13 Applications accepted "As tar as I can tell nothing went off. Now police will go in and do tests on what's left to see if it really was a broadcaster Alpha Delta Pi house now open for housing proposals bomb," said Lee Nichols, a spokesman at Los Angeles by Michelle Banks notification to confirm if they still have an interest in International Airport. staff writer the house, Arnholt said. The item was discovered about 1:30 sues for injury Director of Greek Life Wayne Colvin said no appli- a.m. in luggage that was to have been cations have been filed yet. loaded onto an Aviance jet bound for by Dennis Robaugh Although the former Alpha Delta Pi sorority house "(Because) no renovations are needed on the Colombia, where drug traffickers special assignment writer will not be filled until next fall, applications from or- house, as soon as we decide, they will be able to move have waged a campaign of bombings ganizations desiring the house are now being accep- into the house by fall semsester," Colvin said. and assassinations, authorities said. ted by the Greek Life office. Arnholt said if more than one organization pre- There were no reports of threats TIFFIN — WTVG-Channel 13 anchor Jeannine Joann Arnholt, assistant director of Greek Life and sents a proposal, the decision will be based solely on against the flight, police Officer Bill Lauber is suing Tiffin University for an injury she Residential Services, said groups on a waiting list for the best proposal. Pack said. received during a live broadcast from the campus a housing must submit a written proposal to Greek "We need to pick the group that will provide the On Monday an Avianca jet exploded year and a half ago. Life. best living conditions for its members," she said. near Bogota, Colombia, killing all 107 A wall fell on the Toledo television anchor at the "In the proposal, we want to know how many will The last time a Greek unit was allocated to an or- people aboard. Investigators raised conclusion of her May 3 show and debris from the be living in the house and the educational environ- Eition was during the fall semester of 1988 when doubts about claims that terrorists wall struck her. Lauber suffered a fractured heel and ment that the group will provide," Arnholt said. Kappa Alpha was given one of the units in the had to wear a cast for six weeks. All organizations on the waiting list have been sent >ck ofEasfReed Street. caused the blast. She is requesting $150,000 for compensatory dam- Tree smells: In Monroe, Conn., ages and $150,000 in punitive damages from the chopping down a Christmas tree from school. its town parks is a foul idea and town Richard Malone, Lauber's attorney, filed the suit officials plan to make sure everyone in Seneca County Common Pleas Court Wednesday. Defense to join drug war Malone requested a jury trial. agrees. All the evergreens in the Lauber's husband, Theodore Oren, is named as a Pointing to the important role California plays as a town's three parks are being sprayed by Richard vVhltmlre distribution center for drugs imported from Mexico with a foul-smelling mixture to co-plaintiff. He demanded $25,000 for "loss of com- panionship, society and consortium." USA Today-CIN and Southeast Asia, the conferees said the California dissuade people from robbing the Dealings with the school's insurance'carrier, National Guard should receive at least $10 million for parks for Christmas trees. anti-drug missions. "You can't smell it outdoors, but United Insurance, did not result in a resolution, Ma- WASHINGTON — The Defense Department now lone said in a telephone interview. has no choice but to join the drug war since Congress The Civil Air Patrol received $1 million for flying when you bring the tree inside and it drug interdiction missions. warms up, bang. You have a pungent, "She's been recovering for about a year," he said. set aside $930 million for the fight in next years de- "We waited to see how permanent the injury was go- fense budget. □$300 million for the joint anti-drug missions the stinky odor," said park ranger David Defense Department carries out with the Coast Solek. ing to be. This amount — the final spending level for the Pen- ''She'll always have a residual problem. She has tagon's role in the drug war — was set by the House- Guard. The Defense Department operates joint task Parks director Ron Walissa said forces in Key West, Fla., and Oakland, Calif. even trees too tall for use as some scarring... she has residual discomfort." Senate Defense Appropriations conference commit- A spokseman for Channel 13 said Lauber was ill tee, which released it Tuesday. Those missions are heavily staffed with Coast Christmas trees are vandalized when Guard officers and equipment, but the Coast Guard thieves cut off the tops. and not working and attempts to reach her at her The Appropriations conferees went beyond the Sylvania home were unsuccessful. spending levels of the House and Senate Armed Ser- lacked monev, said a staffer from the Senate Appro- Solek said anyone caught stealing a priations Defense Subcommittee. tree will be fined $25 to $30 per foot of Tiffin University President George Kidd Jr. said vices Committees, taking an extra $300 million from school officials have had no contact with Lauber the Pentagon's budget to fund joint interdiction pro- The Defense Department announced it was open- tree. ing a third joint task force, at Ft. Bliss in El Paso, "Taking one of these trees is a since the incident. grams with the Coast Guard. The Appropriations "We turned this over to the insurance company committees have the final word on the Defense De- Texas, to patrol the Mexican border.