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Battalion/Page 13 October 27, 1982 DOUGLAS JEWELRY 15% STUDENT DISCOUNT est Texas town survives en we’ll have deft ockout blow iotlieij i once and for all.’ Raleigh trip rai two Reagan will os ;ek as a prelude lo 00 weekend lamp on commercial!. 1 > visit Wyoming,Xtt ■w Mexico and No \orth Carolina, pi so of the hugefman id Helms'Congressin Republicans thinkra win five seats nooM nu>crats. Helmsandl ilso hope to helpSa endon light offatoa tion challenge, igan praised in tej for all II GOP cad singling Mutchalbd t Intyre and Ed Johia i lit ated, principledca Ives," and former n d war Red McDaniel • American hero." ?ze blic choices whktij s in a new direction WITH CURRENT A&tM ID (REPAIRS ROT IRCLUDED) United Press International ■ MINERAL WELLS — When ;the Army suddenly decided to dose the world’s largest primary (helicopter training facility, this [town was jolted by losses of $1 million from its annual economy ■and one-third of its population. I But Fort Wolters is bustling pwith activity again — as an in- 1 dustrial park — in a testimonial to this town’s ability to survive. I “We’ve gone from a resort dpwn to a military town to an 'industrial town,” said Paul ;Schneider, president of Mineral ■ Wells Savings and Loan, and in Kharge of the town’s industrial ; foundation. I The servicemen’s bowling calley is now a meat company, ■he base library is home to a tool Brin and a building that was un- ■istakably once a military bar- Bcks now contains modern ex ecutive suites. ■ The sprawling former milit ary base, which was home to as many as 40,000 men at a time during the Vietnam War, today also houses a school for dis turbed children and an agency that finds day jobs for the hand icapped. But most of the scores of military-abandoned buildings contain businesses. There are 38 industries rang ing from electronic components to clay product manufacturing, 69 oil and gas-related firms and dozens of businesses housed at the facility on the east edge of Mineral Wells — which fell from a population of more than 20,000 in 1970 to 14,300 after the fort was closed. Today the population is 16,700. The shutdown announced in 1973 would have been devastat ing to any town and some feared it would be the deathknell for Mineral Wells. “At the end of the Vietnam War, they moved the helicopter training to Fort Rucker in Ala bama,” said Frances Marquess, a longtime Mineral Wells resident who worked with the fort’s pub lic information office. “They said it was more economical, but I think it was political.” The folks who live among the mesas on the edge of West Texas had survived the end of the re sort business that grew up around the mineral waters once thought to cure everythine\ And they fought back from the closure of 7,500-acre Fort Wolters, which the Army once said would become a permanent military institution, by turning to industry. The town’s Industrial Found ation commissioned a $6,000 appraisal and learned the main area of the fort was worth an estimated $2.5 million. But the U.S. Corps of Engineers, which Soviet dogs killed llUlke 1 111' llUtS I for more than a * clerics are "skeptic v policy of deien >t to die point wki iplv dismiss its iu| rl that if deterrences prevent the useofS i pons, “then proposal Hid this objectivetoi • war fightingcapabiN ■ resisted. We mustd say ‘no’ to the idn United Press International I WASHINGTON — Mistreat ment of dogs is widespread in the Soviet LInion with the need for warm clothing making canine hats a hot item on the black market, a research group savs. | The Advanced International Studies Institute, a Washington- based think tank associated with the University of Miami, said iiere has been a spate of anti- I dog mail appearing in Soviet journals. One reader called fora b Secree to destroy all dogs,” the j institute said. | Citing articles in govern- jnent-controlled Soviet news- jpapers and journals, the insti tute reported increasing mis treatment of man’s best friend. It cited one case where stray flogs were used for “target prac- ecided to go onu«M ce ' , . , , , 0 __ it ntlier than ■ Dogskins can be sold for 3.75 .is parents offertdl rubles to the government as raw should I take i " 1;iteria , 1 - the institute said. But a ■ | hat made from a canine hide can / else in the dant felch 200 rubles about $260 the running to theirfc | stlt . ute quoted a Sovietskaia g their parents’m* I 0 !? 3 r .^°\ l as . sa >. 1, 'S- Ballet and the dan ily guarantees 36« a year. an said when he mi] affordable prices and insuffi cient amounts” and because “dogskin hats are a real hit among young people of both sexes,” Sovietskaia Rossiia re ported. Hats made from “Irish setters and collies, simulating red fox fur; German shepherds, simu lating wolf fur and Pomera nians, simulating polar fox fur,” are particularly popular, the article said. It said skins from larger dogs like St. Bernards are sometimes used for coats. The article cited by the insti tute said even pets are shot by ambitious hunters, “sometimes shooting them in full view of their helpless owners,” the insti tute said. make it clear. Tft 1 pany was laid off. ly is collecting u# t,” he said two as seen on the.® t line. ow you :now The illegal sale of dog pelts, often by retirees trying to stretch their incomes and youngsters trying to make “easy money,” is a “booming business,” the insti tute quoted the newspaper as saying. I The popularity of hats and Boats made from dogs is increas ing because of the “unavailabil ity of real or synthetic fur hats at 'd Press I nternalionil I man Moore, an l| of Bucknell Uninf flited with orig ■ stripe that sepa^ lighways. sm [OS p.ni' RUSSIAN CLUB Invites you on a 14 Day KISSIAY WINTER HOLIDAY DEC. 27, 1982 — JAN. 9, 1983 visiting MOSCOW, LENINGRAD, KIEV, RIGA, PUSHKIN, ZAGORSK & HELSINKI From New York PRICE OF THE TOUR INCLUDES: • Trans-Atlantic Airfare from New York (round trip) • All transportation in the Soviet Union • Accommodations in first-class INTOURIST hotels with bath • 3 meals a day in the Soviet Union, breakfast in Helsinki • Theater performances as specified in the itinerary • All sightseeing and admission charges to museums For more informat ion contact: Dr. NUCHAL BARSZAP (713) 693-3754 was given jurisdiction of the property, wanted $6 million. “As it turned out, they leased it to the city, which turned the lease over to the Industrial Foundation and we’d lease it to industry,” Schneider said. This went on for about two years until the U.S. government began selling building sites to the industries and selling off surplus buildings. The govern ment also gave parcels of land to several entities, including the city. “The buildings were so cheap when the government started selling off the buildings, indus try found you could move into Mineral Wells at a very reason able price,” Schneider said. “All the main industrial property now has been taken at the main fort.” However, the Industrial Foundation owns a nearby in dustrial park with several acres of undeveloped land and the town actively is seeking more in dustry. “Mineral Wells desperately needs to broaden its tax base,” said Tom E. Roy, head of the Ghamber of Commerce. Roy, Schneider and utility ex ecutive Jim Hutto, who also is active in trying to attract new in dustry, say Mineral Wells offers a labor pool with a good attitude about work, a good geographic location 42 miles west of the Dal- las-Fort Worth area and suffi cient water and sewage capaci ties. “We are seeking whatever in dustries would be compatible to the community,” Hutto said. Meanwhile, Fort Wolters is flourishing in its latest capacity. The facility was closed and reopened several times by both the Army and Air Force in sev eral capacities since it first began in 1921 as a Texas National Guard camp. During World War II, the camp became the site for the nation’s largest Infantry Replacement Center. Keepsake Registered Diamond Rings PULSAR SEIKO, , BULOVA & CROTON WATCHES AGGIE JEWELRY USE YOUR STUDENT DISCOUNT TO PURCHASE A DIAMOND FOR YOUR CLASS RING (ANE LET US SET IT FOR YOU) AND 212 ri. 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