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Page 6AThe Battalion/Friday, February 3, 1984 / 'Cancer victim gets birthday wish United Press International FORT WORTH — A sur prise party has been planned for Lisa Newton’s fourth birthday next week, but the biggest surprise already has been sprung. Lisa and hef family will spend the day at her grandparents home in Ohio. Lisa, who has been under treatment for cancer for almost two years, had only one wish for her next birthday: to spend it with her grandpa rents in Brunswick, Ohio. Someone at the Moncrief Radiation Center in Fort Wofth, where Lisa received her chemotherapy, relayed the dream to A Wish With Wings Inc., a non-profit orga nization in suburban Arling ton which in six months has fulfilled the wishes of five other seriously ill children. Pat Skaggs, a co-founder of the organization, said she matched Lisa’s desires with a Dallas pre-school PTA’s in terest to help someone. “It seemed a natural since Lisa’s a pre-schooler, loo,” Skaggs said. With tickets purchased by the PTA, Lisa and her pa rents, Ann and Sam Grief of Fort Worth, leave Saturday for a week’s visit with Mrs. Griefs parents, Jim and Joan Brantner. “She is estatic,” said Mrs. Grief, director of a hospital emergency department. “The last time we were there was December 1982. But she remembers it. She had a nephew to play with and she remembers opening presents for Christmas. She’s wanted to go back ever since.” Lisa ended 18 months of chemotherapy treatments re cently. She will undergo X- rays in another month to de termine the success of the treatment. “Her hair is starting to grow back and she’s excited about that. Her chances (of being cured) are about 50-50 now, which we feel is very good. It’s going to be a happy homecoming,” Mrs. Grief said. Aid proposed for small fish United Press International DELTA UPSILON a non-secret, non-hazing fraternity Last Chance for Spring Rush! Friday, February 3 - Blue Hawaiian Party (Dress Hawaiian and come enjoy Blue Hawaiians) 8 pm — Whiterock Hall, across from the main gate of TAMU for more information, call Higel 693-6515 or Chip 693-6365 UNDERGROUND DELI AND STORE THE DIET PLACE OPEN BREAKFAST LUNCH 7:30am - 10:30am 10:30am - 3:30pm Mon— Friday QUALITY FIRST’ WASHINGTON —The gov ernment, fearing pollution and collectors are destroying the Ozark cavefish, is proposing federal protection for the liny fish found only in portions of Missouri, Arkansas and Okla homa. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to officially make the 2-inch fish a threatened spe cies and has given opponents until March 16 to request a pub lic hearing and until April 2 to comment on the proposal. “This cavefish is presently known from only 13 caves in six counties of the Springfield Plateau of southwest Missouri, northwest Arkansas and north east Oklahoma,” said a Federal Register notice written by biologist James Stewart. “This cavefish has apprenttly disappeared from over 40 per cent of its historic locations. The causes of the decline app>ear to be habitat alteration and collec tors,” he said. Nearly devoid of pigment, the fish has an elongated, flattened head and a projecting lower jaw. The dorsal and anal fins are lo cated far back on the body, the Juniors, Seniors Grad, Vet, Med students Get your picture taken mmm on-campus at the Aggieland photo makeups 8:30 a.m.-12 noon, 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. For more information call 693-6756 or 845-2681 caudal fin is rounded; pelvic fins are absent. “It is found only in aval Stewart told UPI. “Ifilwajj daylight, it would probablvj because of sunburn. Inuj caves, we’ve found them knee-deep or less water." The fish historically haste i : found in at least nine conn with unconfirmed reporis; 1 five more — all in a range highly soluble limestomesk!T; eycombed by subsurface dre age in the Boone and Buriijp! ton formations. However,: cent surveys turned up onli few cavefish in 13 caves in; counties. Most of the caver? on private propety. Biologists say the fish ue dangered because developme of the Greene County, Mo,m has resulted in highly hazani:. water contamination fronm things as landfills, dumpi charges, toxic chemicals. "The low reproductive alt ties, confined habitat andinaS ity to elude captors makeii | Ozark cavefish very vulneiai y to overutilization,” Stewaita “Offers to purchase cavetn ■ have appeared in various cations.” Stewart said another may be the decline of the dangered gray bat as the 1 cavefish populations on where the most bats are sii their bat guano is theprimr energy source for the caves “It could have a treme impact,” Stewart said, could lose the bats andlosti : entire population.” “Ag attr Col org sup pai| put Disi geti saic Cat mei is t tior the saic fro a b ria ho| as i IV ft f< Under threatened speciess tus, it would be againstthete: export, sell or move thecaveis without permission and eminent would monitottl growth or declines of [ lions of the liny vertebrate. Police roundup suspects United Press Intemationil to M Irvir GLARKSBURG, W.Vt Federal authorities Thursi S L anc i continued their roundup of! I |“ e ^ people indicted on drug-relt- v charges and moved to seis coal mine and other proper “r allegedly bought with ptofi I C from the alleged illegal ope | ^ lion. If Those indicted includedo T former West Virginia Univeif I v, football stars, a WVU pro®', who is the father of a basket G player, a 10-year veteranoffe Clarksburg police depart™ ^ and a former Harrison Cotf y ea r- assistant prosecutor. ‘ rom At least 23 of those charff ment were arrested Wednesday c P^nt Thursday, U.S. Attorney'!*; Bonf Ham Kolibash said. A shot« Ni fired by an officer during^ ^ey apprehension of one man 15 J- e hr no one was injured. Those named in the net' er d: 500-page indictment handoi' madt by a federal grand jury in fib were mostly West Virginiani- ! included residents of Pennsylvania, Florida, Cali nia, Hawaii, Ohio and'f land. The indictment charged group with being involvedir ; distribution of cocais 1 methamphetamine, quaal LSD and marijuana begi in 1979 and continuing W 1982, primarily in northed West Virginia. “We’re talking aboutapd subslanial operation," Koi said. “It (the arrests) sltf'- tighen up the supply (of drugs), make it morediffit^ get these types of things Seventeen of those cha| face maximum penalties i' : ‘j least 100 years in jail and aC' imum fine of at least The suspected “kingpn 1 the operation, Carl L. Caw I of Reynoldsville near 04 sburg, was jailed in lieu0" million bond on a varie 1 , charges, including racket# 1 and extortion. If found guilty on all 4 counts, Gallo could be sent# 1 1 to life in prison plus 1, and fined nearly $3.2 Kolibash said he filed c* documents Thursday it attempt to seize Gallo's 1* and a 92-acre strip mineo* by the defendant. He said properly was bought wiih] fits from the drug operatic; Federal authorities also^ ned to seize apartments, a : and a taxi company owned Gallo and several other snid* pieces of personal proper!^ vehicles owned by otherdf^ dants, Kolibash said.