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©wtfKij Firemen’s school helps local merchants, hotels Wednesday, August 3, 1983/The BattaIion/Page 3 by Tim Widdison Battalion Reporter | Bright red has replaced ma roon as the predominant color in College Station, at least tem porarily. I Several local merchants have painted the town red to welcome industrial firefighters who are in town this week for classroom and field training through the Texas A&M Fire Protection School. I The Fire Protection Training Division at Texas A&M sponsors three firefighting programs: municipal firefighting last week, industrial firefighting this week and a program for Spanish speaking firefighters next week. When not in class or out I training, the firefighters often are out driving around or shop ping for souvenirs. Several retail stores cater to their needs. For instance, a large banner hanging in the window of Uni versity Bookstore reads “Wel come firemen.” Red and white shirts piled in stacks cover long wooden shelves previously reserved for sale books. Red patches and caps lie next to bumper stickers with slogans relating to firemen’s work. A large box contains black, pink and green underwear with firetruck silhouettes stitched across them. Martha Camp, owner of Uni versity Bookstores, Inc., said the stores prepare for the firemen every year. They bring a lot of business each summer, she said. The firefighting school is one of several events bringing money into the community through tourism. Figures provided by the Un ited States Travel Data Center in Washington, D.C., show an in crease in the total economic im pact of tourism on Brazos Coun ty of 15.36 percent over $45.2 million in 1980. Anne Bell, manager of the College Station Branch of the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce, said the amount of hotel/motel room taxes col lected each year is an indicator of the total economic impact. More than $318,000 in room taxes were collected in College Station in 1982. Presnal calls Mid east solution 'economic' by Gwyneth M. Vaughn Battalion Reporter ■ The solution to the situation in Israel will be economic, State l e P- Bill Presnal—D, who just | J returned from a fact-finding J f trip there, said here Tuesday. ^ 1 The 10- day trip was spon sored by the American Legisla tive Exchange Council and the nee confers | World Zionist Organization. ffifine state legislators from diffe- vhile northrHfnt states participated. e l )asec l Presnal said in a press confer- round the e h ce that Israel is making good viet Union Tise of land and water resources, about thep He said that Israel is developing southern all of the area it occupies, includ- which t * ie disputed West Bank area, and the countries around . ■ , I Israel will come to depend on it S 1 daim n [because of this, iclaves ol u*| an exarn pl e , he said, Jor dan is buying electricity from an NATO also Britain, whii| as the Gibri Israeli power plant north of the Dead Sea even though there are still hostilities between Jordan and Israel. Presnal pointed out that the Jordanians would be unlikely to attack a plant upon which they depend. Presnal said one of the high lights of the trip was a 40-minute meeting with Prime Minister Menechem Begin. He said it appeared that Begin would like to step aside, but that there would be a problem with transi tion. The group met with several military and political dignitaries. Presnal said the group met with more members of the opposi tion party of Israel than with members of the ruling party. However, he said he still came away feeling pro-Israel. He said, “Begin is not in- rial date set for Texan, others on smuggling counts tation in the; orts to make ernment ist persuasive ai remain in Ml member B United Press International ' T. MUSKOGEE, Okla. —Feder al prosecutors say six cocaine . . 11 smuggling suspects — including and less p • one f rom Texas — indicted by a tor careero! federal grand jury are sche- ngage in plot! duled to go to trial Sept. 6. ed from NAlf The men, arrested after fed- of dictator ft'eral authorities confiscated joined thealB lore than 500 pounds of j q Secretar'W ca ' ne at a Talihina airport, ibed as“agre were to ^ aligned in U.S. Dis- Prjtrict Court in Muskogee lianceandf Tuesday L Jailed were Roger David Ari ls seen as am |' za 24, and Eduardo Sanabria, welcome intoi 44, both of Miami, Fla., charged locracies. ,with conspiracy to travel inter- hdrawal fro® state to promote unlawful acti- a political st v i>y; and Mitchell Skiff En- e, but forSp ’gflhart, 26, also of Miami, charged with importing cocaine. B I Also arrested were William ■ Andrew Sebolt Jr., 26, of Miami If 1 ! accused of engaging in a con- 1 * " ^ tinuing criminal enterprise; Charles Leroy Timberlake, of ■range, Texas, and Cecil Debbs credit cart), Ford, 42, of Idabel, Okla., both t Americard. charged with conspiracy to pos- t from all thmfpss cocaine with intent to distri- ice squad?” bute. said. “We’ll si nit three Iasi horsewhip $ lain in a o thanks. H Another suspect, Luis Anthony Rivera, 27, of Miami, has been charged with conspira cy to import cocaine but was not found when the other suspects were arrested. HAVE IT ALL at !■ 1 Bdrm. 1 Bath $290.00/month 2 Bdrm 2 Bath $375.00/month FREE CABLE and HBO On shuttle bus route Pool Party/Club Room Parties and Contests See Us Now For A FREE Woodstone Nautilus Membership 1001 Harvey Rd. College Station 693-4242 Metro Properties Management, Inc. aving as< 4 y<cr minstrels, musicians, mimes \na m&afa'dJTS. Come tlrou j'ortlt & become part oj' the- tfiircl Annual AfeC /VfADRIGAL T>JhW€KS We are recruiting singers, jugglers, magicians, mimes, jesters and the players of brass, wind and string instruments. For more information, go by room 003 in the MSC basement or call 845-5974. Be a part of making Madrigal Dinners a Christmas tradition at Texas A&M. Gig ’em, Ags terested in seeing more young Israeli men and women killed.” The group traveled to various places in Israel including the Dead Sea region and the Golan Heights area, which is now con trolled by the United Nations. “We were able to understand why Israel had to move into the area,” he said. Presnal said many the Arab groups he spoke with feel the United States could straighten out the situation if it wanted to. However, Presnal said he dis agrees. Presnal compared the 34-year old Israeli nation to the United States at the same age, when James Madison was president. Israel today is facing the same problems that the young United States faced, he said, except that Israel also has a religion problem. Maura Phelan, a junior Animal Science major from Houston, and her three helpers admire their contribution to a sand sculpture contest sponsored by a Houston radio station Saturday at Surfside Beach near Freeport. The sculpture, which took the girls about ZVz hours to build, did not win the $500 prize. Correction An article in Thursday’s Bat talion incorrectly reported the prices charged by the Data Pro cessing Center. All rates are per second of usage. The current rate for zero priority usage is 5.5 cents per second. The new rate for zero priority non-University usage is 4.5 cents per second. The Battalion regrets the error. Now you know United Press International Average life expectancy in the African nation of Gabon is 44 years. AGGIE KAR KARE Let us care for your car. 100% customer satisfaction. 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