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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1979 Page 9 Clements, Portillo discuss order problems, energy United Press International AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Bill lements, back from his two-day ip to Mexico City to confer with esident Jose Lopez Portillo, says he and the Mexican chief executive had productive discussions on aliens, drug trafficking, border af- irs and energy. leir moiy ets tO ItyJ se to j ve beenasl ( ! llr parents; h* This j. 1 We caul coupsLg- -- i . j *' tandstill | P ro P er wor d 1S accord, ‘ Clements said shortly after his re- n( , turn Wednesday. “I found that in a ’'r ^Conceptual sense, without getting e ’ saK ! into details, that President Lopez P j n g to :tp 0 rtill ( ) an d i were in accord on all ^ elco jet: four issues.” yetollali«‘ j am convinced there can he a ' x P ectK meeting of minds between the 1 th . e a “ f[ ®nited States and Mexico cncerning ~. orce(ins their energy reserves whereby the <)tl ‘ 1 & U S. can buy from Mexico at a fair e thereprice their oil and gas,” he ader is rr, sa jd. t said. SsB Clements said he hopes President so oneci; Carter can work out details of such (transactions during his visit to [ over ni^ Mexico next month, nearby HThe governor said he and Lopez but m agreed to work on reviving the d snd * “Lacero” program, which allows r P°rt, haliens temporary U.S. work per mits. Clements said he will contact ■—^governors of New Mexico, Arizona and California and the Mexican bor der states to discuss the program and other issues. ■“Our starting point will he similar tothebracero program, and that’s a good starting point,” he said. “Pres- r Vl/y'kl en *: Lopez Portillo is in accord llUJjwith this.” ■ Clements called his energy dis- red anothfcussions with Lopez Portillo and pparentlv Jorge Diaz Serrano, director general r perhaps of the Mexican national petroleum ler — cnHmpany, very productive. At the > line whiBjquest of the city of San Antonio, In this palGlements suggested an electricity- e was cc for-gas swap to Portillo, rease theW“I can say that President Lopez ing persitwas taken with the idea and felt it le it easiei should be explored in greater de tail,” Clements said. “He felt this was exactly the kind of mutual interest project that Mexico would like to work out, not only with neighboring states but other coun tries.” Clements said documented Mexi can aliens working in the United States under any type of bracero program should be paid a fair wage, but declined to speculate what that wage should be. He said that was not discussed in his meetings with the Mexican president. “The president of Mexico was much surprised when I told him that in our judgment we have ap proximately 3 million of these people (illegal aliens) in Texas at the present time,” Clements said. “He had no idea of the magnitude.” Sickness dangerous as bullets in Rhodesia United Press International SALISBURY, Rhodesia — The collapse of security combined with the assassination of doctors and veterinarians has created mounting fears that disease could become as lethal as bullets in this nation’s war-torn countryside. Measles, once kept at bay by innoculations, has started to claim a rising number of children’s lives in the tribal trust land. Rabies and malaria cases also are on the increase, as well as the number of deaths from ailments and injuries that would not have been fatal with prompt medical treatment. Even harder hit has been the tribesmen’s economically and socially important cattle herds. Within the past year alone more than 350,(XX) cattle have died from tick-borne fevers formerly controlled by dip ping. Others have been infected with the dread sleeping sickness by tse-tse flies that have crossed the border in the absence of spraying. Agriculture and medical officials blame the crisis on a deliberate guerrilla policy to erase white presence in the trust lands by killing missionaries, doctors and veterinarians. "This is another way of disrupting the government by promoting the social and economic disintegration of the country,” said Dr. Andy Norval, the nation’s top tick expert. “It is pure biological war and far more effective than if Moscow had actually provided the terrorists with laboratory-bred bugs to throw around. ” He described the destruction of the tick eradication dipping tanks as one of the most damaging aspects of the war. This is particularly true of the subsistence black herdsmen, many of whom have seen disease reduce their small, life-sustaining herds by half since the vets deserted the trust lands. As a result of guerrilla attacks on private hospitals, the number of doctors in the countryside has slumped from 70 to 17, leaving 104 empty mission stations that used to provide medical care. *1 to be picl ionics Inf :■ group,! nterfereiK con versa' ippen J, by aa! y, which ice. is involvi; with TVp can also ! ny cases filters. Tf ms Com in cl book i identify at rice. lio-TV It: ; $1.50 fc nation Cf 09. tly began ■quency» las asked: and the; ent’s role: > problem reau, whi: ; subjectl< tic interff radio the spectr (ommon and mien md as mot includint puters : man said«I ^reed tbei- ■ ensures tk | tibility ol I an said«I leeting tl the thresi ition and: beside th he 1980s ; Billboanl ?•> Washil your com r • e cannot; Applications for the Following MSC Leadership Positions Now Being Accepted. MSC President - deadline January 26 MSC Council officers - deadline February 7 MSC Committee Chairmen - deadline February 21 Applications are available in Room 216 of the Memorial Student Center. Out! <<& Lite Lunch ^ pieces of chicken, a fresh baked toU and co\e slaw 705 N Present. Coupon .Texas A.ve. I llfkd iflo, 'Clip Coupon Crewcuts the style here / United Press International DETROIT — Sgt. Russ’ Barber Shop is a place you go to get your hair cut — not styled — and the shop’s paraphernalia and decor don’t disguise the fact. The doormat urges all those who enter to “Get Wildroot Cream Oil.” Inside, a 1913 calendar bannered with a pinup of “Sweet Sue” is perched alongside an aging photograph of the late heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano. The walls are covered with memorabilia: Army medals and commendations, pictures of fishermen with prize-winning catches, a campaign poster from an old local Teamsters election. The house specialties are $3 crewcuts — 50 cents cheaper for retirees — and $2 shaves from an old-fashioned brush cup. There are no hair dryers or curling irons on the premises. The owner, Russell M. Van- derport, 60, is a retired Army sergeant whose 23 years in the service included combat duty as an infantryman in World War II and as a medic in Korea. His regular customers call him “Sarge.” “Russ gets the kind of people who haven’t flipped out,” said Harry Kushnir, a lifelong cus tomer who runs a nearby service station. Among Vanderport’s steady customers are a former Detroit Tigers’ batboy and a retired CIA colonel. “You look 20 years younger,” Vanderport tells customers as they leave barber chairs. The chairs came with the store when it first opened 59 years-ago. “It doesn’t make sense for me to get into styling,” Vanderport said. “That’s not what my clien tele is looking for. “A lot of these places are ripoffs. 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