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Texas A&M’s senior class
president says Texas A&M
may have the largest ring
dance, but Virginia Polytech-
nical Institute claims that the
Aggie dance is only the second
largest in the nation.
Although it may come in
second in dance attendance,
Balfour (the company that
supplies senior rings) says
Texas A&M has the largest
number of ring sales in the
nation.
Wayland Hundley, VPI’s
Class of ’84 president, claims
Virginia Poly-Tech has the
largest ring dance.
Joe Meyer, Texas A&M
Class of’83 president, said this
might not be true.
“If we have a good turnout
this year, we would have the
largest ring dance,” he said.
To determine who had the
largest ring dance, the junior
class officers at Virginia
Polytech talked with over 20
major universities in the na
tion. They based their claim
not only on the amount of
people who attend but also on
the money spent, Hundley
said.
Both Meyer and Hundley
said they expect about 1,500
couples to attend their ring
dances.
The Texas A&M dance will
be April 30. An orche.stra will
play in the second floor
Memorial Student Center bal
lroom, and the Debonaires
will play in the Rudder Tower
exhibit hall.
There will be a bash Friday
night at the Hall of Fame and
a banquet at the Aggieland
Inn Saturday before the
dance.
The total cost of the
weekend will come to about
$12,000. The funds were
raised through various sales
and dances by the Class of’83,
which sponsors the dance.
Virginia Polytech is spend
ing $30,000 on the weekend
activities. “This year, we’re
going all out,” Hundley said.
“We’re trying to make it the
ultimate in a formal event.”
Meyer said some of the
money for VPI’s dance comes
from class dues students must
pay each semester.
“VPI’s dance is a statewide
event,” Meyer said. “They in
vite legislators and well-
known Virginians to the
dance, and we’ve decided to
do that also.”
According to Balfour,
Texas A&M sells more senior
class rings than any other uni
versity.
Willard Clark, an Aggie
and regional manager for Bal
four, said no other school
comes close to matching the
number of rings ordered by
Texas A&M.
“The percentage of sales
for students graduating is
without question probably the
best in the United States,” he
said.
Clark also said that in re
cent years, very few women’s
rings are sold at other schools.
This is not true at Texas
A&M. The percentage of
women’s rings sold here also is
the highest in the nation.
The only other universities
that might come close would
be the military institutions,
Clark said.
The ring is more meaning
ful when certain require
ments must be met before it
can be bought, he said.
80 indicted for drugs
after Texarkana raids
drug
United Press International
TEXARKANA, Ark. — Law
enforcement officials in Arkan
sas and Texas worked through
the night to round up more than
80 people indicted on
charges, authorities said.
A Bowie County grand jury
Wednesday issued 38 sealed in
dictments charging 32 people
with the sale of controlled subst
ances. More than 80 felony war
rants were issued against some
50 people in Arkansas.
Approximately 30 people
had been arrested in Arkansas
since a series of raids began at 5
p.m. Wednesday, authorities
said. At least 21 others had been
arrested in Texas, including a
professional football player and
a former athlete.
Trooper Bob Roten of the
Arkansas State Police said more
than 80 arrests were expected in
the raids which contim/ed
throughout the night.
“We’re not going to be able to
get everyone,” Roten said.
“Some of the people will be
alerted and skip town. We’ll
serve the warrants whenever we
can after this. It may take
months to bring everybody in.”
Clarence Harmon, a running
back for the Washington Red
skins, and Ike Forte, a former
running back for the New Eng
land Patriots, were arrested ab
out 9 p.m. Wednesday when
Texas police raided an apart
ment in Texarkana, Texas.
Authorities said neither
athlete was named in the drug
indictments but just happened
to be present when police raided
the Woodbridge Apartments
where they and three others
allegedly were using cocaine.
Both were charged with pos
session of cocaine and were
jailed in lieu of $20,000 bonds.
Forte is a Texarkana, Texas na
tive and played college football
at Arkansas.
Arkansas State Police said the
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JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexican
ustoms officials confiscated
onsof groceries in a crackdown
in Americans violating regula-
ions forbidding exportation of
asiefood items from the finan-
troubled country.
The most strict enforcement
)f the regulations to date had
mtomobiles backed up for
docks Wednesday at the bridges
eading into El Paso. Shoppers
Fom El Paso who had purch-
sed their weekly grocery sup-
ies in the border city were told
hey could not take their food
out of Mexico and were relieved
of their packages.
With the recent devaluations
of the peso, American shoppers
lave found bargains in Mexican
supermarkets, with quality T-
bone steaks selling for less than
ill a pound, whole wheat bread
:or 35 cents a loaf and other
lasic items at such reduced
uices that Mexican consumers
lave complained they are being
cheated by Americans who leave
grocery store shelves bare.
Adolfo Paredes, comman
dant of the Mexican customs in
J uarez, said his agents have been
passing out fliers for the past
several months, warning tourists
not to take groceries out of.the
country, but the notices Have
generally been ignored as shop
pers exchange dollars at the rate
of 150 pesos to $ 1.
Paredes said an estimated 10
tons of groceries were confis
cated Wednesday when the new
enforcement policy became
effective. He said the govern
ment intends to continue the
campaign in order to prevent
shortage of basic food items in
Juarez.
He said Javier Garduno
Perez, director general of cus
toms in Mexico City, said the
crackdown will be in effect in all
border cities from Tijuana to
Matamoros.
Souvenirs, clothing and arts
and crafts items are not included
on the government’s list of pro
hibited articles.
The prohibited food items in
clude such things as meats, fresh
fruit and vegetables, dairy pro
ducts and staples.
Customs officials in border
cities such as Brownsville, McAl-
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raid culminated a 12-month in
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“The majority of the charges
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trolled substances,” Roten said.
“I haven’t looked at all the war
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Miller County Sheriff Ken
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tigation, said the raid had been
scheduled for Friday night but
was moved up to Wednesday be
cause word of the impending
roundup had leaked out.
Law enforcement officials
from the Arkansas State Police,
Miller County Sheriffs Depart
ment, the Texarkana, Ark.,
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