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education major from Houston, has Wharton, the two showed the rest of
a cool idea for boiling hot days on Texas A&M how not to lose their
the Quad. Along with Jeanie Hundl, cool Sunday.
United Press International
LAS VEGAS — Hundreds of
strippers and exotic dancers dis
cussed everything from A to G-
strings, including the proper use
of makeup to hide cellulite de
posits at the first-ever exotic
dancer convention.
Those attending the Strip-
Tease Artist Roundup, called
STAR ’83, were also captured
on film for an upcoming movie
called “Stripper,” a documen
tary to be released next year.
“It has been a lot more suc
cessful than I ever dreamed,”
said Joanne Hatch, 28, a native
Canadian who has been taking
her clothes off in front of audi
ences for a, dozen years. “We’re
going to be back again next year.
We now know how to put on a
convention.” *
The dancers gathered at the
Riviera Hotel-Casino on the Las
Vegas strip from Thursday
through Saturday to compare
notes, see the latest in skimpy
fashions and hear tips from ex
perts.
The seminar on "Bumping
and Grinding” was heavily
attended, as was a makeup ses
sion on how to hide blemishes
and, the undisputed scourge of
the industry, those fatty deposits
referred to as cellulite. There
was help in the form of a discus
sion on how, as a stripper, to put
your best foot forward, and the
latest offerings in sexy attire, in
cluding pasties, feather boas and
G-strings. In this era of X-rated
video tapes and adult cable tele
vision, there is still a demand for
the fantasy provided by strip
pers.
“A guy’s going for a beer,
right? And there’s two bars. One
has strippers, and one doesn’t.
Which one ishegoinj
Anne Gordon, 28,o
er, British Columbia
Gordon, who helptdl
the Vancouver Exotic
Association to upgradt
age of strippers, said :• BT*
works to raise moneyfe^L-/
in the Canadian city.
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United Press International
SAN FRANCISCO — Severe
rain and early spring runoff that
devastated many areas of the
West this year have had yet
another dreaded effect — the
bubonic plague.
Dr. Thomas Quan of the
Centers for Disease Control’s
Plague Center in Fort Collins,
Colo., said this year his facility
has been bombarded with din un
usual number of human plague
cases.
“The plague itself is not un
usual in the Western rodent
populations, but we are having a
bumper crop of human cases
this year,” Quan said. “The cold,
wet spring may be a contributing
factor, but we just don’t know
what is causing the outbreak.”
However, Dr. Jonathan
Mann, a New Mexico state
epidemiologist, said he was con
vinced that the long, cool, wet
spring had a lot to do with the
outbreak because of that weath
er’s effect on the lifestyle of the
flea — the transmitter of the dis-
more likely to be near the bur
row entrance or outside, which
makes it more likely they’ll be
carried away by the animal and
come in contact with humans.”
Quan said there had been at
least six cases confirmed by the
CDC so far this year and another
nine that he was pretty sure were
the plague. Four cases have been
fatal.
ease.
“When it’s hot, fleas stay deep
in the animal’s burrow,” Mann
said. “But when its cool, they are
“The cases usually are not fat
al,” Quan said. “However, what
happens in some cases is that the
symptoms are misdiagnosed
and are not treated properly.”
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WASHINGTON — The Un
ited States could benefit from a
variety of overseas research pro
jects aimed at determining farm
improvement techniques in dry
climates, a congressional study
says.
A report released last week by
the Office of Technology
Assessment said cooperation be
tween nations could improve the
quality of research into new
methods of maintaining land
productivity in areas with low
rainfall.
The report cited other stu
dies that indicate 20 percent of
all the land around the world
with potential for farming is in
arid and semiarid areas, whith 3
percent of that land in the Un
ited States.
Arid and semiarid lands
make up about one-third of the
total land area in the United
States, excluding Alaska, the re
port said.
“The maintenance of some
land productivity in these fragile
environments is a particular
concern for the countries that
have a major portion of their
population engaged in farming
or livestock production,” the re
port said.
five research projects involving
farm uses of arid land.
Among those is an agreement
with Australia for research into
the development of guayule, a
shrub common in the Southwest
and in Australia, as a source of
natural rubber.
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“It is also of concern to coun
tries with more diversified eco
nomies, such as the United
States and the Soviet Union,
since populations and econo
mies may also depend on the
productivity of such lands,” it
added.
The Agriculture Department
already is involved in several
, Guayule has been used for
rubber periodically, most not
ably during World War II, after
Japan invaded Malaya — now
known as Malaysia — and vir
tually cut off the supply to the
Allies.
gated land. Australia ■ r 1 t A es ’
amined the possibilit' : ™ c 0
ing guayule without 1
the report said. TheoJ
theorized that the wot
eventually aid the
security interests of b
tries by giving them a
stable source of natuta
hundred international coopera-
■ ENGINEERING/SCIENCES
A 1978 law provided for new
efforts to develop the guayule
industry in the United States,
and the Agriculture Depart
ment and other federal and state
agencies have since begun what
the report describes as a modest
program of guayule research.
U.S. projects have focused or
production of guayule on irri-
The report also
cooperative research p
improve production
beans. The workismul
Michigan State Univeil
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African nations.
The program, estai
1980 with funds from!
Agency for InternatP
velopment, was part oft
to fight hunger and 1#
tion. It is partly financttil
vate and public ii
the United States.
CONSIDER
THE ADVANTAGES OF
WORKING FOR YOUR
UNCLE.
The Army is looking for 1983 graduates in
Engineering and Science disciplines to serve as
commissioned officers. For those who qualify, this
program could be an important step toward a
rewarding career — in or out of the Army.
You’ve worked long and hard to earn your
Bachelor of Science degree. A commission in the
Army is a good way to use your technical exper
tise while gaining valuable supervisory
experience. And the opportunity is available now!
CPT West will be on campus 22, 23 June between
SAM and 4PM in the University Placement Office
(10th Floor Rudder Tower). Stop by, no appoint-
me necessary. If you can't make it on the 22nd or
23rd, call 775-2199 and arrange an appointment.
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