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Fish Aide applications due Wednesday
Students interested in applying for the Student Government
> Freshman Aide program must do so before 5 p.m. Wednesday. The
Freshman Aide program gives students an opportunity to become
familiar with Texas A&M Student Government. Students chosen to
participate in the program will be required to work in the Student
Government Office several hours a week, serve on at least one com
mittee and page at Student Senate meetings. Applicadons are avail
able in the Student Government Office, 213 Pavilion,
Defensive driving class begins Monday
The Brazos Valley Safety Agency is sponsoring a defensive driv
ing course Monday and Tuesday from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Ramada
Inn, College Station. The course can be used to receive a 10 percent
reduction in automobile insurance rates or for the dismissal of a traf
fic fine. Registration is at 5 p.m. Monday at the Ramada Inn. The fee
is $20.
College Station offering Flog Football
The College Stadon Parks and Recreation Department is offer
ing an Adult Flag Football program. Registration will continue
through Sept. 7, at the College Station Parks and Recreation office at
Central Park. Registradon fee is $! 80 per team.
Who’s Who applications available soon
Applications for Who’s Who Among Students »« American Uni
versities and Colleges will be available, beginning Sept. 10, in boxes
in the Commandant’s Office, MSC, Student Acdvities Office, Zac
hary Engineering Center, Sterling C. Evans Library, Kleberg Cen
ter, the Office of the Dean of Veterinary Medicine, and the Office of
the Vice President For Student Services. Completed applications
must be returned by 5 p.m. Sept. 28.
Students must meet requirements for grade points and com
pleted credit hours. From the qualified applicants, 55 students will
be selected to Who’s Who by a committee composed of faculty, staff
and students appointed by the Vice President of Student Services
and the Student Body President. Any questions should be directed to
Chris Carter in 110 YMCA.
Thefts involving
tractors rising
in Brazos Valley
By LAUREN FLOURNOY
Reporter
The common horse thief from the
turn of the century is no longer a
problem in the Brazos Valley. But
tractor thieves have taken their
place.
Over 860 tractors were reported
stolen in 1983, said Dr. J. Fred Cross
of Stephenville, community devel
opment specialist with the Texas Ag
ricultural Extension Service, Texas
A&M University system .
In the Brazos Valley, 426 tractors
were stolen in the first five months
of 1984. This is a 20% increase from
the same time last year. The average
value for the machines is $31,900.
Cross said this makes them a much
sought after item for thieves.
“Every thief must have the moti
vation to steal, a victim and an op
portunity,” Cross said. “A tractor
that is not locked up is a perfect tar
get for a thief. It is put into neutral
and rolled onto trailers. This is not
uncommon in rural areas.”
Cross said farmers can make it
more difficult for the thieves to take
the tractors. An identification num
ber noticeable to the thieves will dis
courage them, he said. The number
will also enable law enforcement of
ficers to notify the owner if the trac
tor is found.
“The proper number to use for
property identification in Texas is
the owners driver’s license number,”
Cross said. “This number is pre
ferred over other identifying num
bers because it can be readily traced
through the Texas Department of
Public Safety computer system.”
A heavy duty hardened chain and
good padlock used to chain the front
and rear wheels will also discourage
a thief. Cross said. Most thieves will
not take something that they have to
work for.
However, some farmers do not
use crime prevention. There was a
time when farmers did not have to
worry about locking doors or put
ting identification numbers on their
farm equipment because everyone
was a good neighbor. Cross ex
plained. Unfortunately, times have
changed.
If a farmer’s tractor is stolen,
there is not much that can be done,
Cross said. The farmer should have
insurance, but most of them do not.
Without a tractor a farmer will lose
crops.
The loss of large crops could have
a major affect on the consumer,
Cross said. Depending on the com
munity, prices could go up for cer
tain items.
‘Swap meet’ ends
in deadly rumble
United Press International
SYDNEY, Australia — Two rival
motorcycle gangs at a “swap meet” in
a crowded hotel parking lot sud
denly turned on each other with
guns and machetes Sunday in an
hour-long clash that killed seven
people and injured 20 others, police
said.
Some 300 people — many of them
parents with children — fled for
cover when the fighting began be
tween the bikers, who once belonged
to the same gang but recently split
into the Commancheros and Bandi-
tos, police and witnesses said.
“It was like a new dark age with
barbarians out to kill everyone,” said
one witness who identified himself
only as John. “Shots whistled past
me and I dived into the car’s front
seat to find my friend who jumped
in through the other door.
“Then I saw a girl standing amid
all the carnage. One second she was
there, the next second part of her
face and neck were just blown away,”
he said. “She was covered in blood
and tottered a second before slump
ing down. I knew she was dead and
we were helpless.”
No arrests were made and it was
not immediately known what
touched off the fighting, police said.
“We are investigating this battle
between the two bike groups, Com
mancheros and Banditos, and we
don’t yet know what it’s all about,”
police said.
Police said the victim was a 14-
year-old girl who was selling raffle
tickets at the “swap meet” — a type
of flea market — m the parking lot
of the Viking Inn hotel in a western
Sydney suburb when the fighting
broke out.
Six bikers also were killed in the
fighting and about 20 other people
were injured — four of them crit
ically, paramedics said. The injured,
which may have included some
bystanders, were treated for gunshot
and stab wounds, they said.
The clash between the bikers, who
exchanged gunfire and attacked
each other with machetes, knives
and baseball bats, lasted for nearly
an hour before ambulances and riot
police arrived at the scene, witnesses
said.
Paramedics rushed to treiit the in
jured as helmeted police clad in flak
jackets and with high-powered rifles
negotiated with the bikers to lay
down their weapons, witnesses said.
Paramedic Pat Kennedy said shots
were still being fired when the first
ambulance arrived. “But as the crew
jumped from the vehicle, both sides
put up their weapons and ceased fir
ing,” he said.
The wife of one biker victim, who
she identified only as Harry, said the
rival gangs had once been one group
but had recently split up. They were
at the swap meet to exchange motor
cycle parts.
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