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Page 8 THE BATTALION MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1980 All stud for the these \a the act dures t in4p.rr REQU Refugee family flees twice; still together United Press International KHAO I DANG, Thailand — Khau Bun Siv considers himself lucky to be alive and luckier still to have escaped Cambodia with seven members of his family, including two tiny grandchildren. He did it twice. Khau, 57, was the import director at the Pepsi-Cola bottling plant in Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge forces took power in 1975 and in stituted a reign of spartan living that left an estimated 1 million people dead. “When the Vietnamese invaded Cambodia (in January, 1979) there was suddenly nothing at all to eat, ” Khau said. “We set out on foot for our old home in Battambang in mid- February and arrived in the city in mid-April.” Try our Great-Tastin' CHICKEN FRIED STEAK $' 1" special served with baked potato or french fries. Reg. $2.69. Good Mon.-Thurs. from 4:30 P.M.-10 P.M. Offer expires Thurs., April 17 m COUPON -msMssM CAREER OPPORTUNITY My Company is inter ested in interviewing Aggies that are responsi ble executive or sales- type individuals. We have a salary plus incen tive compensation plan. Position offers stable career with substantial income and managerial opportunity. Thorough training locally and at home,, office, schools. ‘1 , FOR PERSONAL INTERVIEW CALL OR WRITE: THOMAS ASSOCIATES P.O. DRAWER CQ COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77840 (713) 696-7714 ATTN: CHARLES THOMAS, CLU REPRESENTING JJI PROTECTIVE LIFE® W' ilMSURAlMCE COMPANY LIZJ HOME OFFICE - BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS MSC Town Hall will be accepting applications for members to the committee March 24-28 with interviews the following week. Information and applications available in room 216 Memorial Student Center. IMSCI But things in Battambang, once the center of Cambodia’s rice trade, were not much better. The ration established by the Vietnamese was only 200 grams of Soviet-supplied corn per person every 15 days. “Many, many people were dying of starvation, ” Khau said. “I decided to get my family out.” Khau’s hands trembled as he told the story, and the lines of worry deepened in his face. Once a fairly wealthy businessman, he was not ashamed of his torn clothes. He is proud of his ordeal because he man aged the impossible in war-ravaged Cambodia — he kept his family together. For days, the family cut its way through the jungle forests, skirting both Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge patrols. “We were lucky because we had a guide, my son-in-law’s nephew,” Khau said. “He really knew the jung le and the border region, but when he got us to the frontier he turned back — he didn’t want to leave his old mother alone in Battambang. The Khau family reached Thailand last May 18 and the first thing Khau did was write to his three brothers already living in San Jose, Calif., and New York City. “I told them we were alive, and 1 gave them as much news as I could of their own children and friends, Khau said. “They promised to help us come to America. Before the red tape of immigration procedure had even begun, disaster struck. "On June 9, the Thai authorities came to our camp at Nong Chan and loaded us all into buses. We thought we were going to a processing cen ter,” Khau said. Instead they were driven, along with 42,000 other Cambodian re fugees, to the remote northeastern border and forced to scramble down a mountainside back into Cambodia near the ancient temples of Preah Vihar. “In the first few days many people died by stepping on mines,” said Khau, who lost one son, a daughter- in-law and two grandchildren to dis ease, hunger and execution during the Khmer Rouge reign. “Then there were days of hunger, and then the Vietnamese found us. ” For several months the family wandered across Siem Reap pro vince, site of the magnificent tem ples of Angkor Wat, trading pieces of their clothing with villagers for food. “We decided to make another try,” said Khau’s son-in-law. Sun Sampheat, 39. "The Vietnamese were in full control, and we didn’t want to live under those people.” More weeks in the jungle, picking their way around mines and artillery fire of Vietnamese troops battling Khmer Rouge guerrillas, brought the Khau family "hungry but together” back into Thailand on Dec. 12. "Now we want nothing but to go to America,” Khau said. ALTERATIONS IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND ALTERATIONS "DON T GIVE UP — WELL MAKE IT FIT!" AT WELCH S CLEANERS WE NOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCELLENT DRY CLEANERS BUT WE SPE CIALIZE IN ALTERING HAF\p TO FIT EVENING DRESSES. TARRED SHIRTS. JEAN HEMS. WATCH POCKETS. ETC (WE RE JUST A FEW BLOCKS NORTH OF FED MART.) WELCH’S CLEANERS 3819 E. 29th (TOWN & COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER) Sun Theatres 333 University 846-1 The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Week 846-9808 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 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BIBLE STUDY: The Student Y sponsored group will meetat9p,in.it the Meditation Room of the All Faiths Chapel. COMMUNITY SINGERS: Will hold a rehearsal for the May3con«| at 7:30 p.m. at the Brazos Center. MSC CAMERA COMMITTEE: Will meet at 7:30 p.m Rudder. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Will be seli| tickets for the fashion and talent shows and the Food Fair at 1pm at the ISA booth in th MSC. SIGMA IOTA EPSILON: Will meet at7p.m. in 607 Rudder to ditD ^ a " d S f urd; ) y a field trip and officer elections. | e T e C ! c ^ Park ■ In the first gan MBA ASSOCIATION: Jesse Tutor from Arthur Anderson Co. j c speak on careers at 7:30 p.m. in 701 Rudder. though the T-STAR: Will meet at 2 p.m. at the McNew Laboratory for a ballot: only six hits for tl inspection if the weather permits. panaged only t CLASS OF ’80: Will be selling elephant shirts in the MSCforS4ar:l^ starting pit< •Sfi 50 jeshman from Sc “THE SEARCHERS”: The film which "made John Wayne a star'd L*t°^ en i^j r be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theater. By KATHLEI Spor Last weekend play softball — at A&M University team. The Ag McNeese State misiana in two < TUESDAY BIOCHEMISTRY SOCIETY: Dr. Ethel Tsuitsui will presentatse* nar on the "Current Rsearch in Cancer Biochemistry" at 7p.m.i 113 Heep Bldg. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS:IM have a barbecue banquet at 5:30 p.m. at the Brazos Center. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS: Robert Schnoe will speak at the meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 342 Zachry Engineeriii Center. PRE-MED“PRE-DENT SOCIETY: Will hold elections at730p in 301 Rudder. A representative from the Univeristy ofTen Health Science Center will speak on admission policies and pr«t| dures for the Univeristy of Texas Medical and Dental schools COLLEGIATION FFA: Ernie Davis will speak on the spring m: outlook at 7:30 p. m. in 105 Harrington. A FFA vest will be given door prize and Dr. Murray Milford will be featured in Profess: Spotlight. |e Ags, ranked ft fere catcher Rl ijrd baseman M; th went two-fo the Aggies’ lea |r career, was th of the weeke more hits in In the second tching staff prov :e as Texas A& :Donald came [annon Murray or CLASS OF ’80: Will be selling elephant shirts in the MSCfor$4ant $6.50. IS Russians may sock imports United Press International SAN FRANCISCO — Mary Green would like to sock it to the Russians in Afghanistan. The trim, energetic woman went to Afghanistan on her honeymoon four years ago. She returned with a bundle of intricately knit, colorful, kneelength Afghan socks that not only paid for the trip, but launched her on a lucrative import business and made her lifelong friends in the Soviet-occupied country. Now she’s waiting anxiously to see if a promised shipment of about 22,000 pairs of the high quality socks will find its way out of Afghanistan and into the hands of her sales staff of colorful, turbanned Sikhs from Afghanistan now living in the United States. “Theoretically, I’ll get my socks. It’s an interesting country to deal with. “I really love the people there,” she said. “And they love Americans. When they found out I was an Amer ican they’d do anything for me.” Her “hobby” of importing items to pay for her travels has mushroomed into a six-figure business. In addition By MIKE B Sports The Texas A& iam nt they would w |nce match over Stas for the first |y returned hon Ing received v led a “country 1 to a line of ethnic “socks 1 drubb world, she has branched into; crafted “belts around the wort| carved wooden “combs aroui world.” She has also published a "How To Be An Importer For Your World Travel,’ duces a bimonthly newsletter for importers. “I haven’t madeamillionydj plan to,” said Green, whoseM gure and blonde hair won’t easlj forgotten by the village do the weaving for her in the.)] Horns. Aggies ent an overall re< start a Texas / ever had. Ker istic going in feh, saying Agg ranked four Oklahoma Stal both in the en the Ags we really though :h,” Kent said s, we just got a We were a lit area of Paghnam, 20 miles] Kabul. lent said anothe Green said she wrote her i0 poorly was tl contacts and received an in®' reply assuring her there wotii 'no problem in supplying!® the socks. However, she sail letter indicated there were W _ _ stacles — destination of tire he pairings we ’ ment and, the main worry, th I Freeman to ] tical situation. gens, but he got ’robably, other ed, the loss Kent said, lineup quite The young importer says shf fad.” understand what the Russians* was speaki want with Afghanistan, a Of with few natural resources, n : terrain and tough individual who beat Free match, 6-1, 6-' at No. 2 for t GAY LINE 693-1630 Information & Referral Mon-Thurs 8-10 p.m. cept as a stepping stone to In lrto Jimenez 6-< lies defeated t Or, maybe, her socks? “There’s no gold, silver,* tz, who had jus shipping ports, so it's got tok ^[> 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. socks,” she mused. “Well,the have cold winters Aggie Max Ki: match 6-3, 2-6 ation Brian Jo n singles recor d the lone Agg yman, 7-6, 6-7, match. In the s h, Craig Kardi ry for the Horn ry over Boyd E Eddie Joe FOREIGN CAR PARTS Complete Selection of Most Parts for the B Popular Imports. 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