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Cadets has its ups and downs. Fish Conn. Lucas gave Bordic junior
Brian Bordic, a computer science privileges at dinner for his
major from Kingwood, does a few exhibition of “good bull.” Bordic’s
push-ups for Ted Lucas, a junior fishhood is almost over, though.
Electronic devices head
list of graduation gifts
United Press International
[Many parents these days buy
advanttffvideo tape recorders, home
technifi computers and electronic
;cades, p! typewriters as graduation gifts
Is have::' for their children, said Frank
report McCann.
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l’ 1 ' [other electronic devices, but
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ru* McCann, vice president for pub-
!S l ! lie affairs for RCA’s consumer
l ia ' e 1 lelectronics division.
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cost. Parents are the primary
purchasers of graduation gifts.
“Our market research people
keep pretty good track of these
things,” McCann said.
Size is important to young
people because they’re living in
small quarters, he said, “A nine-
inch color television is a very
popular size for kids going off to
college or graduating from col-
lege.”
Even smaller units are in de
mand. Black-and-white portable
TV-clock-radios with screens of
five-inch diagonal or less
account for 17 percent of all
black and white TV sets sold, a
total of 5.8 million industrywide
in 1981, he said.
“Typewriters are always
popular, and new small compu
ters,” he said.
McCann said word processors
are still an office product, be
cause their prices usually run
over $1,000 or more, but home
computers are becoming more
affordable, some in the $99 to
$199 price range.
Because video cassette recor
ders are getting smaller, he said,
“They’re more ideal for young
people to use.”
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‘Maquilas’ benefit workers
on both sides of border
United Press International
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mex
ico — Mario Gonzalez looks out
over the barren stretch of desert
north of Chihuahua City and
points to the mesquite and sage
brush with an air of certainty.
“This desert will be filled with
factories within three years,” he
said. “Already there are plans on
the drawing boards to build 22
new plants here within a year, in
spite of the economic crisis.”
Gonzalez’ optimism is shared
by his associates in Complejo In
dustrial Chihuahua, a new in
dustrial park under construc
tion outside of Chihuahua City,
capital of Mexico’s largest state.
And there’s a Ford plant
planned that’s already serving as
a harbinger for additional heavy
and light industry.
The Complejo offices are vi
sited regularly by American in
dustrialists, some looking for a
good location to invest in a so-
called twin-plant or “maquila”
assembly operation.
With the “maquila” or twin-
plant concept, American com
panies own 100 percent of the
companies established in Mex
ico. All raw material used in ma
quila plants must be imported.
The material is not taxed until
the product is finished. Tax is
charged on that portion of the
product improved in Mexico,
and the finished product must
be exported.
All along the border, from Ti
juana to Matamoros, American
plants are helping prop up Mex
ico’s sagging economy with ma
quilas. A companion facility is
usually constructed in an Amer
ican border city, creating jobs
not only in Mexico but in the
United States as well.
The greatest selling point of
many American industrialists is
the need in Mexico to create new
jobs. In Chihuahua City the
minimum wage is 365 pesos per
day. That’s $2.43 in U.S. money
at the exchange rate of 150
pesos per $l.
Twin plants must use the ex
change rate of 105 pesos per
dollar and employers are re
quired to provide another 30
percent in fringe benefits.
Ten workers hurt
in plant explosion
United Press International
OTTAWA, Ill. — An explo
sion and fire at the BorgWarner
chemical plant just before mid
night injured 10 people, five cri
tically, authorities said
Thursday.
A tank containing cumen
hydroperoxide, a plastic resin,
exploded and started a fire on
the third floor of the 16-year-old
plant while up to 85 employees
were working, officials said.
Plant manager W.J. Reagan
said the cause of the explosion
was not determined, and an in
vestigation was conducted by an
internal team. He did not know
when results would be released.
Five of the victims were taken
to hospital burn units in Rock
ford and Springfield. They were
listed in critical condition.
Two others were admitted to
Ottawa Community Hospital for
smoke inhalation. Three other
employees were treated at the
same hospital for smoke inhala
tion and released.
Damage was “not extensive
but significant,” said Reagan. It
was the first explosion and fire
since the plant was built.
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