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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
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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
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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.
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On September 8th, a theft case
was dismissed because
the County Attorney did not
show up for trial...
On September 2, 1980, County Attorney John M. Barron, Jr.
was not ready for trial—no witnesses were present and
his case was not prepared. The presiding judge instructed
the County Attorney to prepare his case and present his
witnesses on September 8, 1980 at 9:00 a.m.
Your County Attorney, John M. Barron, Jr., did not show
up for that trial on September 8th. 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
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“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.
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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
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cruise with her husband, Rid roller coast
Steele, president and publisl Ambrosi
of the Worcester Telegranu ultimat
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sachusetts. Canada anc
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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
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50s. "We’ve been promis
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Cana 8 ree ' Earket condi
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felony offender. He has served# 1 ^ 0 " t ^ a [ r ®
years of the sentence. believed to b
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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.
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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.
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