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Thursday, April 11,1985/The Battalion/Page 13 5 Austin S^|iFLinky Winkerbean ror mlormaiio; ^ peaker asiness {latti®, t Business Suite speak on Imem s atlireisiequw bvlorn Batiuk tta e your parenlsaif left you striaiet L Sailing Qubi mi.gatii»u [j£ f anc i Third World trade isoon mbershipfort!* *! are <iue Dy5p,E an mformaud Bentsen: deficits increasing Florida citrus growers fear onset of flies Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Inspec tors have discovered two more Medi terranean fruit flies, signaling an in festation of the citrus menace in the Miami area, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Doyle Conner said Wednesday. A female medfly was discovered in North Miami Feb. 25, prompting an intense trapping program which Conner expanded with the latest find. “Unfortunately, this latest find signals that an infestation does exist in Miami,” Conner said. “We had hoped that female medfly found last February was a lone invader, but ap parently a population of this super pest is trying to get established.” Conner said efforts were already underway to determine how far the destructive flies have spread. “The crucial step is now to deter mine just where the core of the in festation is,” he said. “Medflies can fly two miles or more in search of protein or a mate. It is very impor tant to intensify trapping in this new area to see if other medflies are out there, and if they are, where ” The most recent flies were trapped in a calamondin tree, a min iature citrus variety, about two miles southeast of Opa-locka Airport near Miami. sndjobs Associated Press WASHINGTON — The United Kites is focusing so much on its trade deficit with industrialized na- s (ifteriDgibt[olB MS SUI '' ' |s h'pan, n is ignoiing an 20 9a.m-no<r 'i :Teas * n S*y lopsided balance of and SCUBA® tr ^ c * e w ‘ t * 1 ** ie I bird World — a U.S. re now beinfJtBbcil of $29.5 billion last year, U.S. ■r safety motiiiK Lloyd Bentsen said Wednesday. nitkeH upaiik 'Bentsen, chairman of the Senate For moreinlot- bt rnocratic Working Group on Tiade Policy and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, said the U*S. trade deficit with developing nations, increased $23.5 billion be tween 1981 and 1984, according to tables supplied by the Library of ill lx* held on Fti- Co ngress. ' a,, in Rudderb |This figure doesn’t include mi- iviH be selling v; wns that are members of OPEC. “ '**^^^|“The study demonstrates clearly II. sale that the U.S. market is far more open to the imports of developing nations than the markets of coun tries like Japan,” Bentsen said in a prepared statement. He said that in 1983, people in the United States bought $29 billion more from the developing nations than they bought from the United States. The same year, he said, Japan sold $13 billion more to the devel oping nations than it bought from them. He said Japan, which is about half the size of the United States, buys less than one-third of what the United States does from Brazil, about one-ninth of what the United States does from Mexico and about one-tenth of what the United States buys from Hong Kong. “Worse than that, though,” Bent sen said, “the larger developing countries seem to be following Ja pan’s example of managed trade rather than our example of free trade. More and more, these coun tries are blocking our exports into their markets while expanding their imports to our market.” The U.S. trade deficit with Japan was $36.8 billion last year. Vice President George Bush told a group of bankers on Tuesday that the trade deficit is, in part, a by product of U.S. prosperity. He said the United States’ share of world exports has remained almost constant, but its purchases of other nations’ goods have increased. re- or ces nily ut it was not w 'Orbachev says it’s time to ‘thaw 1 relations II the fingers on roken," she s| isk me what’s MtiJ hard to et it out.” her school's turned away, tell her about itij e-faced in there S little girl is I . “She sent met .ing I was pW i her.” itted that she ( ellingthe truth. >rt of like a hai “It was easier! the truth about * on start tell :an be real I part, Shawnaisf e she is now. Aik .s learned sontel lung 1 have W there is howto^ he said. "Insteail| problems, I stayii ind talk about! ut in the open# p me with them- 1 ] *one to talk s I know nowb lot have killedtW hakes slightly H eed to talk ab clear that shefl igh school stn! 1 ] circumstances ? upbringing, ing of the pres® 1 ] t than most u he giggles wheH yfriends at Gid ( reams of becoffl her she is releasW or the future^ | those of the girl' 11 ring the probW g in the areas of® estation, Shan# tanv girls-next# onfident that^ :er than her pa 51. Associated Press ■ MOSCOW — Mikhail S. Gorba chev spent nearly four hours with an American congressional delegation Wednesday, twice the usual time al- Itted, and said it was time U.S.-So- iet relations emerged from a dan- rous “ice age.” The time has come for talking, the viet leader said, and one of the Americans predicted he would be a “yery formidable adversary” in a summit with President Reagan. H t fir'd I I Members of the first U.S. dele tion to meet Gorbachev since the uneral of Konstantin U. Cher nenko, whom he replaced March 11, said they brought the new leader a letter from Reagan. T hey would not discuss its contents. The congressmen .said Gorbachev reaffirmed an interest in a summit, but did not say when it might be pos sible. On Sunday, Gorbachev said the Soviet Union was freezing deploy ment of medium-range nuclear mis siles in Europe until November. The White House said that was public re lations. Tass, the official news agency, quoted Gorbachev as telling the dele gation: “The time is such now that people shaping the policy of the two coun tries should by all means converse with one another. The world situa tion is disquieting . . . and a kind of ice age is being observed in relations between the U.S.S.R. and the United States. At least this was so until the most recent time.” House speaker Thomas P. O’Neill told a news conference the meeting covered arms control, human rights, trade, regional issues and cultural exchange. “From our talks, it is apparent that real opportunities for expanded trade and cultural contacts exist,” he said. Gorbachev received O’Neill, a Democrat from Massachussetts; House Republican leader Robert Texas A&M University Faculty, Students, Staff Computer Discount Plan from ComputerLand 38% Discount on IBM, AT&T, Compaq complete systems Also printers, modems, and software Pick up a price list and order form at our store. Ask for Cindy * Have you received $ the information * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * * * * * * * * * * * * concerning the $1101 Program? 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The four are the senior members of a 13-man House delegation visit ing the Soviet Union. State television broadcast a lengthy report on the meeting be tween Gorbachev, 54, and the con gressmen, including a videotape of the preliminaries. Asked about the nuclear-freeze statement, O’Neill said: “I like to be lieve (Gorbachev) was speaking his mind, his heart and his feeling for world peace. .. .” Student Exchange Study Abroad for One Year University of Stirling, Scotland Competition Now Open Deadline April 25 Applications & More Information: Study Abroad Office 101 Academic Bldg. 845-0544 miciiEirr smew riCIIDAVT aVIPRIIL il,7/::3l€ Rudder Auditorium Buy Variety Show and Casino tick ets together and get $1.00 off-oniy at Rudder Box office. Post Oak Village Hwy 30, College Station There’s only one number One. -MX ■ X *• -MX GOING SHOPPING? Check the ads in The Battalion for the best buys! I*—xvf yn<—zr—=xk= n