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THE BATTALION Raqe 13 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1978 newcomers, aid she has rect ,n residents ofi ant to set up si i local culture rever inferior il own, there was diet ho wrote asltinj ,'ourses: “Hes Ire a good »ii| exas without nove there.” ■ % p* m. Battalion photo by Paige Beasley ‘This ivorit hurt a bit’ [Melissa Stewart, a third year veterinary [medicine student, gives this poodle a physical ^examination at the Texas A&M University Small Animal Clinic. Third year students work in the clinic tor preliminary training in various areas on both large and small animals. ►9 Clock still ticks, but old man died United Press International WICHITA, Kan. — Time continues to tick slowly into history on a jthree-foot diameter clock on Amos McDade’s front porch, and his [widow said she will keep it going. “You just wind it every 30 days and it goes,” she said. McDade, a former watch and clock repairman, kept the giant clock [wound tight and a few minutes ahead so that people driving by would [not be late to work. He died Monday, just 11 days after his 107th [birthday. 1 Mrs. McDade, holding her dog on a porch chair under the clock, [said her husband had talked her into having a party to celebrate his tbirthday even though her arthritis is “bothersome.” Thirty-six ■neighborhood guests appeared to eat cake and wish McDade wfell. ■ Mrs. McDade said the memory of that happy time lessens the blow of [his death. J “It helps take the tears away that I did it,” she said. ■ McDade was born in a log cabin in Washington County, Texas, and [traveled to Wichita in 1937. At age 74 he married a woman 33 years [younger. [ “It’s best to wait until you find someone you have confidence in,” McDade had said, before he died. 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The surveys were commissioned by the Texas Advisory Council to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and were released at a news confer ence by El Paso Catholic Bishop Pat rick Flores at the opening of a three-day conference on immigra tion and naturalization. “It appears that depressed economic conditions in the United States do not deter undocumented aliens from entering this country,” concluded one of the studies pre pared by Drs. Roy Flores and Gil bert Cardenas. “McAllen has consistently experi enced unemployment rates in excess of 10 percent, yet many unskilled aliens find their way to McAllen. The push’ from Mexico appears to be a stronger determinant than the ‘pull’ Required classes for DWI ur United Press International AUSTIN, — A Select Committee on Drugs and Alcohol Abuse and Control Tuesday recommended the Legislature establish mandatory driving while intoxicated education programs as a condition of probation for all first and second offenders. The committee, chaired by Rep. Bob Maloney, R-Dallas, also prop osed that felony DWI offenders he required to enroll in treatment prog rams for a specific period of time. Ben F. McDonald, director of the Texas Department of Community Affairs that oversees the Drug Abuse Prevention Division, said a drug abuse education program should be included with the DWI education program. “Drug abusers are also responsi ble for highway accidents, he said. “Alcohol abusers sometimes are also drug abusers. I think we need to have both programs togther.” A committee report also recom mended the 66th Legislature, which convenes in January, consolidate the Drug Abuse Prevention Division with the Texas Commission on Al coholism. The rqport said the consolidation would avoid duplication of adminis trative operations associated with the two agencies. A single agency could more effectively and efficiently^ implement alcohol and drug abuse programs, the report said. The committee also recom mended that the state appropriate more funds for drug and alcohol MANOR EAST 3 THEATRES FOUL PLAY 7:15-9:35 * HOOPER 7:25-9:45 sfc UP IN SMOKE 7:35-9:50 * ri viTTm" WEST IF I EVER SEE YOU AGAIN PLUS THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY EAST PIRANHA PLUS RABID ‘Campus HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. -I abuse services in order for Texas to receive its share of federal revenue. The report said the state lost $500,000 in federal matching funds last year. Donald said the Legislature would have to appropriate $365,000 next year to continue the present services and for the state to receive its full share in federal funds. Last year the state allocated $110,000 for alcohol and drug abuse programs. The committee proposed mandat ory blood alcohol content tests for all accidental deaths and homicides to determine accurate statistical data on alcohol abuse. “There is presently no means of establishing reliable statistics on the mortality rate of alcohol related deaths,” the report said. The creation of a study panel on alcohol and drug abuse, which would be appointed by the governor, also was recommended by the commit tee. The panel would be made up of professionals and laymen represent ing both fields and would be respon sible for developing alcohol and drug abuse services by state agencies. The panel also would make recommenda tions to the Legislature concerning apative action for the alcohol and drug abuse programs. from the United States. “The solution to the un documented alien question, if in deed a solution is possible, rests with improving the economy of Mexico. As long as the wretched economic conditions exist in Mexico, many Mexican citizens will immigrate to the United States, legally or other wise.” The two researchers based their conclusions on responses to ques tionnaires filled out on 3,400 aliens detained by the Border Patrol and Immigration and Naturalization Ser vice along the Texas border. Another survey, by Avante Sys tems, Inc. and Cultural Research As sociates, was based on a previous surveys by the Mexican government and others and anonymous inter views with Mexican aliens at El Paso and the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The study said 90 percent of aliens interviewed by Professor Julian Zamora were sorely under- educated, having completed less than the six primary grades of Mexico. It found that 98 percent of those entered from Mexico, while 1 per cent each came from Guatemala and Belize and Nicaragua, that most worked as menial laborers in agricul ture or unskilled city jobs and earned a mean $2.75 an hour. The second study concluded U.S. citizens’ concern that the job mar ketplace would be flooded with aliens was unjustified. “Our findings show little basis for this fear,” the report said. “Un documented persons hold jobs which require only a Mexican sixth grade education and no U.S. educa tion, generally require neither speaking nor understanding En glish, pay less than the minimum wage, offer no fringe benefits and are valued more for security than for po tential for advancement. According to responses from the aliens, the report said, reports are unfounded that the aliens constitute a drain on U.S. social services. Sun Theatres 846-9808 333 University 846 The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Week Open 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Mon.-Sat. 12 Noon - 12 Midnight Sun No one under 18 Escorted Ladies Free BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS ^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiinDiiiirimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimimiTnniiii^ 1 MAMA'S PIZZA I A DELIVERS 11 846-3380 A.M.-11 P.M. 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