THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1979
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Six Flags beaver
clears island trees
ARLINGTON — They call him
“Buford, ” He’s never been seen, but
he’s known for his work.
Buford is a beaver and his current
project is chewing down trees on a
small island in the middle of the Cad
do Indian Canoe ride at Six Flags
Over Texas.
Last week he gnawed his way
through the trunk of a 30-foot-tall
cottonwood. On its way to the
ground the tree smashed the decora
tions near a teepee on the island.
But, Six Flags officials aren’t the
least bit upset. As a matter of fact,
they’re hoping that Buford will sink
his teeth into a towering oak tree a
few feet away.
What Buford doesn’t know is that
he’s systematically clearing the way
for an elaborate fireworks show
which will be featured by the theme
park next season.
Long before Buford began
gnashing away, Six Flags planners _
had decided that the whole island
had to come out of the lake sometime
after the park ends the 1979 season
Nov. 25.
But, with the park still open on
weekends, they didn’t feel they
could start cutting trees to make way
for the bulldozers which will remove
the island.
General Manager Ray Williams
said, “The way Buford cuts trees, it
looks just like a beaver has cut them
down. What could be more natural?
We’ve been known to spend a lot of
money to make a tree trunk look like
it had been chewed on by a beaver. ”
Buford only works at night and try
as they may, the park’s security
guards have never gotten a glimpse
of him. They know he’s big because
his teeth marks begin about 18 in
ches off the ground.
They also know where he lives.
Buford has built his version of a dam
on the shore of an adjoining island.
It’s called “Rock Island” because,
during the summer months, it’s the
home of the park’s disco.
“That leads us to believe Buford
may also be deaf,” Williams
chuckled.
With only two more weekends of
fall operation left. Williams is hoping
Buford will speed up his island
clearing project. “If he doesn’t do it
for us, we’re going to have to get in
there and do our own tree chop
ping.”
After the park closes Buford will
have to relocate. The canoe lake will
be drained for the winter and beav
ers don’t take to high, dry homes
teads.
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President Carter’s second major move in the Iranian crisis — freez
ing the Middle East nation’s U.S. assets — solidified his support at
home, particularly in financial circles.
The stock market, which was slumping from an earlier announce
ment that Iran would withdraw $12 billion in reserves from the United
States, rallied Wednesday with the news of Carter s declaration of a
national emergency to freeze the assets.
“This rally reminds me of the Kennedy-Khrushchev missile crisis in
1962,” said Robert Stovall, vice president of the Dean Witter Reynolds
brokerage firm in New York. “Kennedy came out looking well and the
stock market went up in a big way.
“The market today is saying it is proud of Carter’s Iranian face
down.”
The action also produced a moderate rally for the dollar on Euro
pean exchanges, where it had been fluctuating wildly after Iran’s
announcement.
Treasury Secretary G. William Miller said the U.S. position has
solid support abroad, especially among Iran’s neighbors who belong to
IVS interview let
ranians air views
the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Saudi Arabia’s state-run Riyadh Radio quoted OPEC Chairman
Maneh Said Otaiba as saying: “OPEC is ready to spare no effort
capable of helping to solve the problem of the American Embassy in
Tehran if there were any role the organization could play.”
Immigration officials, meanwhile, interviewed thousands of Iranian
students across the nation to determine if they are violating their visas
— an offense that can lead to their deportation.
Apparently fearing such a possibility, a group of 25 Iranian students
in El Paso, Texas, crossed the International Bridge into Mexico to
apply for enrollment at a university in Juarez. When they tried to
return, U.S. customs personnel detained them for several hours.
Other Iranian students, angered at the plight of their countrymen,
vowed to demonstrate on the U.S. side of the bridge until the de
tainees were allowed to return. Late Wednesday, immigration officials
allowed the 25 students back into the country, giving no explanation
for their detention.
“We re not going to rock the boat with respect to the Iranian
students who are here legally in school,” the district immigration
director in Boston, Sam I. Feldman, said.
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and Naturalization Service office
were resigned to what they consi
dered a certainty.
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documentation — passports, trans
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of the line, behind the closed doors,
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our brothers. These people who
have been executed were tried for
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dearly saw a U.S.-shah conspiracy.
“Carter should return the shah as
agift to our revolution, ” said Tabrizi.
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One final Iranian student seeking
to make one final point.
“They killed my brother.”
Mehdi Gerami spoke in a whisper.
“I can’t go back over there. I need
refuge in the United States. My
family is not comfortable there. They
are getting ready to leave. We are
not Moslem. I need refuge.
“Over there everybody has to
obey the ayatollah but I hate
Khomeini. My brother was killed
three months ago because he didn’t
obey Khomeini. I’m very worried
about my family. I can’t make a call,
it is always busy. I’ve had no news for
a month and a half. ”
The other students may have been
scared but each masked his fear with
defiant bravado. Gerami was quiv
ering.
“Everybody has to be a Moslem or
obey Khomeini. I’m not safe over
there. I believe in Jesus.”
With a glance over his shoulder,
he pulled a silver chain from his shirt
and displayed a tiny silver cross.
“I haven’t told anybody (other stu
dents) because they are very sensi
tive about their religion. I’m afraid to
tell them. I’m afraid there would be a
fight. There is only my cousin, he
knows. We’re alone, always.
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