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ispanic standing studied
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MIAMI — Hispanics are
orer and less educated than
:gfeneral population, but they
eBtarting to wield clout as
nerica’s second largest minor-
a| private group specializing
Semographic studies con-
|d.
fhe estimated 14.6 million
inks in the country have
passed blacks in family in-
ae and are learning to man-
jte the American political
cess, according to a recent
rt by the Washington D.C.-
Population Reference
|geau. The bureau is a private,
|)rofit firm that specializes in
agraphic studies.
“Like other immigrant
groups before them, Hispanics
are beginning to change the face
of America,” the report said.
“But with their growing num
bers, they are also encountering
the hostility historically
accorded almost all newly arriv
ing ethnic groups.”
Friction is spurred in part by
the number of illegal aliens
among Hispanics, the report
said. U.S. Census figures from
1980 showed that 64 percent of
the two million illegal entrants
were Hispanics, which was the
second largest and most rapidly
growing minority.
According to the report, His
panics:
•Fare better than blacks but
worse than whites in family in
come. In 1981, the median fami
ly income for Hispanics was
$16,401, compared to $23,517
for whites and $13,266 for
blacks.
•Trail both blacks and whites
in education. In 1981, only 83
percent of Hispanic 16- and 17-
year-olds were enrolled in
schools, compared to 91 percent
for whites and blacks.
•Work primarily at low-
paying blue-collar and semiskil
led jobs in industries such as
manufacturing and construc
tion.
•Are unemployed on the av
erage, 40 to 50 percent more
than the population as a whole.
But blacks have a higher jobless
rate.
The i eport said Hispanics are
overcoming difficulities in ad
justing to American life, particu
larly in government and politics.
Hispanics hold nine seats in
Congress, one governor’s post
and are mayors in several major
cities including Miami, Denver
and San Antonio.
Nationwide, voter registra
tion drives designed to get His
panics to the polls are taking
place. Businessmen are begin
ning to take the Latin market
more seriously, as evidenced by
new products such as the Hispa
nic Barbie doll.
round town
Pet show Saturday at Manor East
The Bryan Recreation Division and Animal World are
aonsoring a childrens’ pet show Saturday in Manor East
lall for children ages 6 to 14. All participating youngsters
lould bring their favorite pet, on a leash or in a cage, to the
mall between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. There will be a separate
judging category for all pets.
Brass quintet in concert Saturday
The Las Vegas Brt ss Quintet will perform a free concert
Bryan’s Sadie Thomas Park Saturday at 6:30 p.m. The
program will feature music from the Renaissance to the
present and will mix a variety of solo works with ensemble
performances. The public is encouraged to bring picnic
aaskets and lawn chairs to the park which is located on Old
Reliance Road.
rSwim meet Saturday at Adamson
Pool
prods s
The second annual Masters of Brazos Long Course Swim
Si Meet will be Saturday and Sunday at Adamson Pool in Bee
Jreek Park. The meet begins at 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.
'unday.
Peac Action Committee to show films
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Thursday
The Brazos Valley Peace Action Committee will show two
Ifilms Thursday night at 7:30 in Room 104 of the College
|Station Community Center. “The War Game” depicts a
[simulation of a nuclear bomb attack on England. “Time Has
[Come” is a documentary about a march to Washington D.C.
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BRIGHTON, Colo. — It
wasn’t her prose but the pose
that prompted the suspension of
the head of the English Depart
ment at Highland High School.
Adams County school offi
cials said Thursday they sus
pended Diane Vickrey, 35, after
they discovered her photograph
in the May issue of Gallery
magazine in a “girl next door”
section.
The full-page photo is
labeled “Diane V., real estate,
Aurora, Colorado.” Miss Vick
rey is shown wearing only jewel
ry in a pose taken outdoors.
Mike Smith, attorney for the
district, said Miss Vickrey was
suspended with pay “pending
investigation of her alleged con
duct in conjunction with a recent
publication.”
The students at the school
were divided in their opinion of
the incident. Some said they be
lieved the district should not in
terfere with Miss Vickrey’s per
sonal life.
Jury deliberating
income tax evasion
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SAN ANTONIO — Federal
jurors in the trial of Eugene
Tafoya prepared for a second
day of deliberations Wednesday
to decide whether the former
Green Beret convicted of shoot
ing a dissident Libyan student
evaded income taxes.
The jury retired Tuesday af
ter deliberating three hours ab
out the government’s case
against Tafoya and his wife, Bet
ty Jo, of El Paso. They are
charged with failing to report
$90,000 in “soldier of fortune”
income to the Internal Revenue
Service in 1980 and 1981.
Tafoya was convicted of mis
demeanor assault in the 1980
attack on Faisal Zagallai. The
shooting in Fort Collins, Colo.,
left Zagallai partially blinded.
Tafoya claimed at his assault
trial that he thought he was on a
merits and dressings.
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WASHINGTON — Texas
Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Hightower says he will
lead a Democratic committee
in developing an alternative to
the Reagan administration’s
farm policies, which he called
a “flim-flam.”
“Farmers can usually
weather natural disasters like
floods or droughts, but they
cannot survive the un-natural
disaster of a farm program
s farm policies
by Hightower
that is based on farmers re
ceiving the lowest possible
price for commodities,” he
said Tuesday.
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ference the Democratic Na
tional Committee’s Agricultu
ral Council will develop a poli
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price high enough to keep
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Appearing with DNC
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mission for the CIA. Govern
ment prosecutors contend
Tafoya worked for former CIA
agent Edwin Wilson — con
victed of selling weapons to the
Libyan government — and was
paid $90,000 by Wilson, includ
ing $6,000 for the shooting of
Zagallai.
Before beginning their de
liberations, the jurors were ex
horted by prosecutor Daniel
Fromstein to consider the shift
in Tafoya’s service to his
country.
“This is a man who served his
country honorably until 1976,”
Fromstein said of Tafoya. “He
has dishonorably served his
country.”
Defense attorney John Bar
rett did not deny that Tafoya
worked for Wilson and the Li
byans, but he contended the
money Tafoya recieved was not
income but expenses.
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