The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 20, 1984, Image 8

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AUSTIN — A four-alarm
blaze that destroyed the Ander
son High School building, the
city’s oldest high school build
ing, was set deliberately, fire of
ficials said Thursday.
The wood and brick struc
ture, built in 1913, had been
used as a warehouse by the Aus
tin Independent School District
since it was vacated last May.
Firefighters took nearly 12
hours to douse the blaze.
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“We found multiple points of
origin inside the building,” as
sistant fire Marshal Pat McNi-
cholas said. “We believe either
juveniles or transients set the
fire, and we are leaning toward
juveniles.”
Reagan
President pledges to hove better ties with Peking
United Press International
TACOMA — President Rea
gan began an 11,000-mile trip
He said investigators found
evidence that a flammable liq
uid was used to start the fire.
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to China Thursday — his first
visit to a communist nation —by
proclaiming “a real American
comeback” and pledging to
pursue better economic ties
with Peking.
The first stop in Reagan’s
journey was in the Pacific
Northwest where he toured a
log-shipping facility to see firs
thand the financial benefits be
ing reaped from the normaliza
tion of relations with the
Peoples Republic, a move he
had opposed.
The president hailed the ex
plosion in trade over the past
dozen years that has made
China and its 1 billion-plus citi
zens a major market for Ameri
can goods, ranging from wheat
and wood to computers and bi
otechnology.
During a tour of a Weyer
haeuser Co. log export dock at
Tacoma, Wash., Reagan
watched liner board, pulp and
lumber being loaded on a ship
bound for China.
In remarks prepared for a
group of business leaders in
volved in export trade, Reagan
said his administration is work
ing to overcome “growing
relations
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with China.
“Occasionally the interests of
diplomacy and the interests of
American industry sometimes
seem to collide,” he said. “I see
it as our job to reconcile the two,
and to make it easier for Ameri
can businessmen to open up
new markets on a fair footing.”
Reagan claimed “major pro
gress” in eliminating impedi
ments to trade with Japan, the
biggest overseas market for
U.S. goods, and precficted fur
ther progress in the near fu
ture.
“I want you to understand
that this administration is on
your side and sensitive to your
concerns,” he said.
ronmental Protection Agemi
who accompanied Reagan i
the visit. The company isonti
several West Coast firms thaw
gether export S300 millio
year in forest products
China.
The visit to Tacoma wasii
opening event in a twowti
journey, the president’s fa
overseas trip of the electa
year, seven clays of which will
devoted to getting to Peking
Reagan will spend the ra
two days relaxing at his Cali
nia ranch. His next reststopi
Hawaii, where he willarriveja
in time to attend Easter Sid!
church services. After two da
in Hawaii, the president
Mrs. Reagan will stop ovenii|i
in Guam before arriving Pekt
next Thursday.
They plan to leave Chia
May 1, and will stop
Fairbanks, Alaska, to meet
Pope John Paul II before it]
turning to Washington. Sent,
tary of State George ’
leading the delegation ac®
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Reagan contended the lead
ing factor in fostering greater
foreign trade has not been dip
lomatic efforts abroad, but
“economic revival here in the
States.”
“That’s the backdrop — a
real American comeback story,”
he said. “And I think it’s just be
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Weyerhaeuser is the former
corporate home of William
Ruckelshaus. head of the Envi-
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expect no breakthroughsonil jj
journey, Reagan’s visit toCb |
will underline trade, which In I
fueled the development of ich Un
tions since President Nixon a tf P/
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the export of computers J jh em
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