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Battalion/Page 5 November 3, 1982 local / state emocratic representation till heavy in U.S. House United Press International There will be 21 old faces and lx new ones from Txas in the ,S. House of Representatives text January, but the delegation ill still be heavily Democratic. It wasn’t until just a couple of B tours before dawn this morning hat the final race was decided, ,vith Fort Worth Republican Jim tradshaw scraping together a ,500-vote victory over Demo- ratTom Vandergriffof Arling- on after having trailed most of he night. Nevertheless, the GOP’s bid ;o ransack a number of tradi- imal Democratic districts failed iramatically Tuesday, an appa- ent victim of a recession that as slow to arrive in Texas but id so in the months preceeding :he election. All 21 of the incumbents who sought re-election were success- fulTuesday — including House Majority Leader Jim Wright of Fort Worth and the dean of the Texas delegation, 30-year al Joursi) n inch ioli| ed. The sled the tt > 30 peraJ Free Enterprise taught to teachers in favor« e Big Eves ilunteersti led for F 1 will invofj its and rest ege Siaiiot enthusia i. there sident jii| rncil Med served tki essfuli 1 thought e : them alii ed said, House member Jack Brooks of Beaumont. “It’s a great night for demo cracy,” said Wright, who will be serving his 15th term in Washington. “We need a gov ernment that counts for all the people. The message here tonight is to get Americans off the umemployment rolls and back on the payrolls.” Democrats won two of the three seats in which current by Myra Retta Battalion Reporter The Center for Education and Research in Free Enter prise, that was established in 77, helps to educate public school teachers in basic econo mic ideas. It was founded by Dr. John |fv Allen, director of the center, who first designed the American RHAkii Economy Institute, which is now apart of the center, to fulfill the legislative requirement that schools add economic education to their curriculum. The center has conducted several programs designed to ir longWI assist school districts in com- oiYiote lit plying with the state economics education mandate, said Dr. (Lawrence C. Wolken, associate director of the center. “These programs prepare the teachers to bring economic (education into their clas srooms," he said. “The prog- rgnis have been well accepted throughout Texas and even in per parts of the country.” .Since economic education is a new addition to the public school curriculum, some teachers have received little or jt training in economics, Wol- ten said. Day students get their news from the Batt. Complete Hair & Hail Care IMTRODUCTORY SPECIAL • Solar Flails $ 35 00 • Manicures $ 8 00 696-3003 909 C HARVEY ROAD (Behind Monterrey House) College Station House members did not run again and they won two of the three of the districts added to the state as a result of the 1980 census. But because of drastically altered districts in South Texas, along the Gulf Coast and in the Dallas area, a few Democrats w'ere thought to be vulnerable. The GOP aimed at Abraham “Chick” Kazen of Laredo, Wil liam Patman of Ganado, Martin Frost of Dallas and Brooks — chairman of the House Opera tions Committee whose political career appeared on shaky ground two years ago when he barely survived a primary scare. But Kazen polled 55 pe ff 1 xercent of the vote against Jeff 5 Went worth and Patman, Frost and Brooks all did better than that. Brooks, who will start his fourth decade in Congress in January, apparently ended the political career of Joe Wyatt. Wyatt, a former House mem ber from the 14th District, res igned two years ago after a bout with alcohol and then tried to regain a seat in Congress after switching from a Democrat to a Republican. The COP did hold on to the Five House seats it already had — Bill Archer of Houston, Jack Fields of Humble, Tom Loeffler of Hunt and Ron Paul of Lake Jackson all winning re-election and Steve Bartlett winning the Republican 3rd District vacated by Jim Collins in his losing bid for the U.S. Senate. Two Democratic seats were vacated by Jim Mattox (who won his bid for state attorney gener al) and Richard White, who re tired, and they were both won by Democrats. John Bryant, who became one of the state’s most effective legislators during his stay in Austin, won the seat left vacant by Mattox in Dallas and Ronald Coleman of El Paso won White’s " ’ . Now you know United Press International NEW YORK — Champagne producers say this fall’s harvest has broken all previous records for size, and the grape quality is high. Pickers in the region’s 62,000 acres of vineyards gathered the equivalent of more than 250 mil lion bottles of bubbly during late September and early October. “They hesitate to discuss eco nomic topics in their clas srooms,” he said. “One of the center’s objectives is to help teachers learn basic economic concepts.” Once this has been achieved, he said, there still is the problem of integrating these basic econo mic concepts into different sub jects and grade levels. The cen ter provides specific techniques and materials the teacher can use to apply economics into the classroom, he said. It offers programs such as a four-week summer course, conferences and workshops conducted on teacher in-service days. The in-service programs which include a general work shop and special sessions, allow the center personnel to direct programs that meet the specific needs of a school district or edu cational service center, Wolken said. Besides publishing a bimon thly newsletter and submitting articles to scholarly journals, the center has a library of economic education material including hooks, magazines, games, film strips, films and videocassette programs. SHUT UR Or learn to say it right. The Toastmasters program will help you learn to communicate your ideas. The other members of your Toastmasters club are learning to do the same thing and ihey'll be glad to help you. The program was designed by professionals and there's no limit to how far it can take you in your self-development. Give communication and leadership a try. After 50 years of development, the Toastmas ters program has to be good. More than a million participants thought so. 1st Meeting Nov. 3 7 p.m. Room #165 A&A