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TUESDAY October 13, 1992
Birth control vaccine created NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Scientists in India have created the world's first birth-control vaccine for women, effective for an entire year with a single injection, according to preliminary tests. The vaccine's inventors, who have conducted clinical tests for seven years, believe it is safe, effective and reversible. Butit will be several years before nationwide tests are completed and it can be sold in India. The vaccine does not prevent pregnancy, but stops the fertilized egg from sticking to the wall of the uterus. Pregnancy is naturally terminated within a week.
Drugstores file suit against Wal-Mart CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — The nation's largest retailer may get an opportunity to explain its pricing policy if a lawsuit filed by three Conway drugstores goes to trial. The lawsuit was to go on trial last week in Faulkner County Circuit Court, but it has been moved to Feb. 9. The drugstores say WalMart Stores Inc. has violated the state's Unfair Practices Act by advertising and selling items at a price lower than the item's original cost to Wal-Mart. The owners of the drugstores have filed sworn affidavits saying they have lost customers because of Wal-Mart's pricing practices. See World Wrap, page 5
A crowd of people filled Wantland Stadium Saturday to cheer on the University of Central Oklahoma Bronchos. UCO hosted Abilene Christian and lost the game 35-31. (Photo by Wes Hale)
Hut hit with photocopied coupons By Tami Watson Staff Writer
Tobey Simpson kicked a 25yard field goal and fed over 4,000 University of Central Oklahoma football fans free pizza. But the Pizza Hut promotion turned sour when UCO students hit the Hut with copied coupons. The promotion began a year ago. UCO game goers could enter their name in a drawing at home football games and whoever's name was called could attempt a 25-yard field goal. If the field goal was successful, every fan in the stadium would receive a coupon for a free medium pizza from Pizza Hut. Last year no one succeeded. This year someone did. During half-time at UCO's homecoming football game against East Texas State, Simpson, a senior public relations major at UCO and a former place kicker for
Westmoore High S000l, placed the pigskin between the poles and won the fans free pizza. "We hoped someone would actually get the kick and we're glad they finally did," said Regina Miljanich, Pizza Hut area manager. "The problem was in the distribution of the coupons." While each person was to receive one coupon, many students were coming in with 40 plus of the simple, black-andwhite, easy-to-copy coupons, said Miljanich. "When I made the coupons, I wasn't thinking about how easy they would be to copy," said Mike Kirk, UCO sports information director. "I just didn't think about it." Kirk said he made about 3,500 coupons and ushers handed one coupon to each fan exiting the stadium. After losing over $41,000 and 4,028 pizzas later, Pizza Hut employees caught on to the copying caper.
"We started comparing the coupons," said Steve, the manager of the store at 921 E. Danforth. "A lot of times it's hard to spot a fake, but we can tell." The stores are now taking down the names and I.D. numbers of coupon holders to spot duplicates. "If anyone's name shows up more than once, we call the UCO athletic department and give them the student's name," said Miljanich. "It's very disappointing that our students would abuse this privilege by making copies of the coupons," said Kirk. "It's really made some of our students look bad." Pizza Hut said they will continue the promotion at least for the rest of the season and possibly again next year, but some changes will have to occur. "The athletic department promised that if another kick is successful, they will make the
coupons in way that is impossible to copy," said Miljanich. Pizza Hut crew members will also take over the responsibility of handing out the coupons, said Miljanich. A rumor also surfaced that Simpson's friends stuffed the ballot box with his name knowing that, because of his background, he could make the kick. "I filled out my name one time and put it in the box," said Simpson. Kirk said he looked through the ballot box to see if it was stuffed. "Tobey's name was in there more than once, but not a significant number of times," he said. "There were many other names in there too." The positve aspects of the promotion definitely outweigh the bad, said Miljanich. "It was a great deal. It was just abused," she said.