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Page 6 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1980 State /National Forty cattle dead blood loss Mosquitoes threat near coast United Press International Mosquitoes are as much a part of the Texas coast summer as Little League and picnics. Bred in the pud dles from the generally frequent rains, they spend the vacation season seeking uncovered, unsprayed arms and legs. But 1980 presented unusual weather for all of Texas. The fre quent rains did not fall and the mos quito eggs waited in the fields of the coastal plains, dependent upon wa ter to hatch. With Hurricane Allen came high MUSIC % BOX -0 WORLD is at Happy Cottage Gift Shoppe Give a music box for any occasion| | — we have dozens to choose from. tides, and the marshes of Brazoria County, south of Houston, were flooded. With the floods came the mosquitoes, enough of them to kill cattle. “I’ve never seen anything like it— I can’t remember when the mosquito population got quite this bad,’’ said J.C. McNeil IV, director of the Bra zoria County mosquito control office. His crews put in overtime spraying marshes from the air and ditches and roadways from trucks. But before the infestation could be checked, ranch owner Stephen Per ry Jr. had lost nearly 40 cattle. Although Perry could not be reached 809 E. 29th Bryan (3 Blocks East of City Nat'l Bank) 822-9393 WANTED • OLD MINE CUT DIAMONDS • OLD EUROPEAN CUT DIAMONDS • CHIPPED OR BROKEN DIAMONDS • ANY GEMSTONES OVER ONE CARAT • ESTATE JEWELRY COLLECTIONS Immediate Cash Paid!! Call today or ship your stones via registered-insured mail for an im mediate offer. Mail to: diamond brokers international, inc. Box 903 College Station 713-693-1647 for comment, experts said the likely cause of death was loss of blood from mosquito attacks. Dr. Bruce Abbitt of the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory at Texas A&M Universi ty was involved in autopsies of three of the animals. “The interesting point (of the auto psy) was the cattle were anemic, ’’ he said. “They had very little blood left in them. There are general explana tions... but after we ruled those out, we were left with the probability that the two adult cows and the calf we looked at had died as a result of losing blood to the mosquitoes.” Abbitt said the three animals apparently had been well fed. Other factors could have contributed to the deaths, he said, but the mosquitoes appeared to be the major contribut ing factor. / - ^ Storage Space FOR RENT Secure • Well Lighted Various Sizes • Behind U-RENT-M In College Station The Storage Station 693-0551 CALL JOYCE SEIVER - G93-SM7 e INSTANT CASSETTE COPIES • will duplicate your cassette one copy or 100 copies OVERNIGHT. C-00 $1.50 ea. 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The case was dismis sed and an alleged thief was returned to the streets. It’s time for a change. Jeff Brown promises to: • Responsibly prosecute cases in both the County Court at haw and the Justic e of the Peac e Courts. • Actively and vigorously prose- c uto those misdemeanors where prosecution is warranted. • Prosecute those who continually pass hot c hecks. • Prosecute those who habitually drive' while* intoxicated. • Organize* the* County Attorney’s office* so work con he* done'cjuie k- ly and e'ffic ie*ntly. • Make himself available* to the people of Brazos Countv. ELECT JEFF BROWN COUNTY ATTORNEY - .... S.V, “This is not a common occurr ence,” Abbitt said. “The only other recorded account of cattle dying from mosquito bites was in 1933 near Miami.” As for the mosquito problem, McNeil said his department had it under control. “That was one big dose of mos quitoes,” he said, “but we’ve got it under control except for one ranch. ” That one ranch is the Stephen Per ry Jr. place. “Those folks won t let us on their land,” McNeil said. “They say they don’t believe in insecticide. There’s nothing you can do then. People think a mosquito will go away or die in three or four days. But the average lifespan is 13 weeks. Unless you spray, they’ll be around for a while.” Slow bird might be ‘gobbled’ United Press International CUERO, Texas — There’s no glory in second place in Cuero, espe cially in a turkey race. Ruby Begonia may find himself stuffed and on a silver platter this Thanksgiving after losing the eighth running of the Great Gobbler Gallop Sunday. Ruby ran a swift second heat but could not overcome the 30-second edge held by Paycheck, sponsored by Worthington, Minn. In capturing its fifth win in the eight-year series, Paycheck gave his Worthington owners the right to the Turkey Capital title for the year and the Traveling Turkey Trophy of Tumultuous Triumph. The first heat was held in connec tion with the Worthington King Tur key Day celebration. Ruby Begonia bolted from the 500-yard city street track in the first race and lost valu able time perching on a traffic light. In Sunday’s meet at Cuero’s Tur- keyfest, Ruby Begonia covered the course five seconds ahead of Paycheck. The combined times for the two heats, though, gave Paycheck a 3:10.35 to 3:30.25 lead. Homer Berner, editor of the Cuero Daily Record which orga nized the event with the Worthing ton Daily Globe, said about 5,000 people attended. HAPPY COTTAGE GIFT SHOPPE ’‘‘Specializing in Music Boxes ^Selected Imported Jewelry ^German, Austrian & Swiss Gifts ^Decorative Accessories 809 E. 29th Bryan 3 Blks. E. of City NatT Bank 822-9393 Rescue recounted < United Press International VALDEZ, Alaska — In David Levin’s lifeboat, they braved 10 hours of frigid Gulf of Alaska wa ters — and fear — by singing “Row, row, row your boat.” In other boats, the frightened hid under blankets and threw up. Most of the lifeboats from the blazing luxury liner Prinsendam were overcrowded, the Coast Guard said, including one which had 100 people jammed aboard. But there were plenty of people thankful for the lifeboats. “When we began, we were singing, ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat. ’ The stars were shining and the sky was clear. But then it started splashing and we couldn’t see the tanker nor the Prinsen dam for a long time — until a helicopter came,” said Levin, 77, a resident of Los Angeles. A woman from Sydney, Austra lia, said it was “too cold” — and scary — for those in her lifeboat to sing. “Some of us got sick,” she said. Levin, wearing only his purple jogging suit with gold trim but no shoes, arrived with 358 other people in the small Alaskan pipe line town ofValdez Sunday night aboard the oil tanker Williams- burgh. Another 147 people from the ill-fated Dutch cruise ship arrived earlier in the day in Sitka, Alaska, in helicopters and a Coast Guard cutter. Cruise line officials, who met the passengers as they arrived in the two Alaska ports, said most would be flown Monday to Seat tle after spending the night in hotels, private homes and other facilities. The final 18 people were res cued early Sunday after efforts to pluck them out of a liferaft failed and they had to spend the night in choppy 30-foot seas. “It was cold, it was raining, the wind was tremendous. But I got to say the lifeboats were incredi ble,” said Richard Vanni of New York, an entertainer who was among those in the last boat res cued. “They ride everything — 30-foot waves and they just go right up and right down. Some passengers complained that a few frightened young crew- In sea men pushed aside elderly to scramble aboard the res helicopters, hut most praised successful rescue operation E CHICAC “We re all very thankful, mild-mann we’re also very lucky to be A versify of 11 said Mrs. Louise Steele, on! travels hun cruise with her husband, Rid roller coast Steele, president and publisl Ambrosi of the Worcester Telegranu ultimat Evening Gazette in centralil He has r sachusetts. Canada anc She said the crewmen* some a rec scrambled ahead of some pass F° r » nst£ gers were "terribly young® [World Rec was probably their first timew Scream at 5 from home. They don’t speak! hours, witl glish and they didn’t undent! the orders.” Betty Milburn of Tucit Ariz., and her aunt, BettyCit also of Tucson, went directl the Totem House Restann when they arrived in Valdez ordered double scotches. "It was pretty hairy out the f don’t reacli ness” that 1 He said riding coast jzinessor up I ting into th» with the m; said Milburn, who is in her 50s. "We’ve been promis ourselves a drink.” Clapp, who is in her 60s, “bring us two more doubles ‘When y physical ss pressure — flying,” An “You feel with the gr The 32-y Circle cam infrequentl Reagan not only candidates&] with ‘foot-in-mouth’diseast]],S United Press International WASHINGTON — In the minds of many campaign watchers, it is Ronald Reagan who qualifies as the sole winner of this year’s “foot-in-the-mouth” award for poli tical gaffes. But there is a lengthening record of misstatements, inaccuracies and exaggerations in the campaign rhetoric of President Carter, as well. Just last week, for example, a reporter asked him if there would be an announcement that day on the ship ment of radar detection planes to Saudi Arabia to help keep the Persian Gulf secure. “I don’t know,” the presi dent answered before ducking into an elevator. At the same time, however, the news of the plane transfer was being announced at the Pentagon. A month ago, campaigning before a black audience in Philadelphia, Carter described Assistant Attorney Gen eral Drew Days, a black, first as the chief law enforce ment officer of the United States and then as chief law enforcement officer in the Justice Department. Neither is correct. Days is in charge of enforcing only civil rights laws. In signing a higher education bill, Carter was listing the different kinds of learning institutions that would benefit, including black and Hispanic colleges. While | BEIRUT, suffered billii there are, in fact, many colleges that are historil black because of the vestiges of segregation, there a| known Hispanic colleges in America. ’L , . , .... There have been Carter gaffes involving the iiwr ra “ ,a s vv "*|' world, such as when he placed the Boston RedSoiml 05 * P r °ducti( National League in 1978, when he offered condi on the death of the mother of the Baltimore manager instead of the Pittsburgh Pirates mamjf the 1979 World Series and when he referred to Hi Oilers quarterback Ken Stabler as Ken “Statler Perhaps nothing was as embarrassing to himas»l Three-time offender gets retrial United Press International SAN ANTONIO — A prison in mate whose constitutional challenge of Texas habitual criminal law failed 1 yiiRBORNE to overturn his life sentence for steal ing $230 has won a new trial on grounds his lawyer did not represent him properly. (/THE DIFFICULT WE DO IM MEDIATELY, THE IMPOSSIBLE 1 TAKES A LITTLE LONGER" AGENT AERO AIR FREIGHT SERVICES WE DO MORE THAN DELIVER YOUR PACKAGE OVERNIGHT WE GUARANTEE IT! 150 CITIES $22.11 UP TO 2 LBS. ‘THE FREIGHT PROBLEM SOLVERS PH: 713-779-FAST t P.O. BOX 3862 BRYAN, TX. 77801 t t t t t t I i i t J ruled Friday that William J. Rum- mel, 38, did not receive effective representation from his court- appointed lawyer, William B. Che- nauit HI, during a 1973 prosecution on theft by false pretext. Suttle ordered Rummel, an in mate at Retrieve Unit in Angleton freed or retried within 90 days The Texas attorney general’s office was considering whether to appeal Sut tle s ruling. Rummel was convicted on the theft charge and, under Texas’ habi- tua criminal statute, given an auto matic life sentence as a three-time West. Damage t 1 undoubt eekly An-N Iraq migh military mac on the night of his greatest triumph to date this vwl| rai \’ w j^ ^ s , referred in his nomination acceptance speech to Hull P™!. 111 lmi Horatio "Homblower Humphrey — apparently- ^ e mP 01 ping into the derisive nickname White H° use sla ^ p ^ S'r w' were used to calling the late Minnesota senator , ' '. , ..) V1 When he was asked about the level of his campl 1 , R rhetoric, Carter explained last week: You know,*’ you make a long speech, often extemporaneously,^ ia J when you answer questions that you don’t know' J ran j an q j come, quite often because of brevity you use» * „ , ‘ words than you would if you had time to explain all- j nterv j ew w j | nuances.” JS untr w jjj j On that, at least, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy C ' Cana 8 ree ' Earket condi v, Saudi Aral Kuwait, Qata weekend in ai its gulf neigh 1 The total 1c felony offender. He has served# 1 ^ 0 " t ^ a [ r ® years of the sentence. believed to b The Houston lawyer who u»j Before the 1 hich went ii laily demand ... yiupuny. ling Hummel's case, Scott) '; IJ District Judge D.W. Suttle charged Chenault failed to dej the only possible defense w J The Saudis mel’s third prosecution had no criminal intent. barrels above - . nnjjpMditional inc Chenault said he ^ ,JErab Emirate the usual court-appointed , the { million defense and would handle w wjnter withoi the same way if it came up 28* sa j ( j Atlas, appointed by theot Circuit Court of Appeals to H sent Rummel, earlier took Ru® case to the Supreme u 0111 grounds the Texas habitual^ statute was unconstitutional its punishment was arbitraiT The Supreme Court re * overturn the law. I MSC Town Hall announces UTILE RIVER BAND and DIRT BAND in concert October 10 at 8 p.m. G. 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