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■ WASHINGTON — President
Reagan, at his First diplomatic cere
mony since cancer surgery, lent a
guiding arm Tuesday to the frail
Hhihese President Li Xiannian and
tild him the United States will sign a
Bng-stalled nuclear cooperation
■greement between the two coun-
tiies.
■ The nuclear pact would clear the
Hay for the sale of American reac
tors and other technology that China
Hants for its ambitious nuclear
| power electricity program. The
[ accord is subject to congressional re-
Niew but it is considered highly un-
I likely Congress will block it.
Young to run
for Hobby’s
job next year
Associated Press
| AUSTIN — David Young, who
lost previous bids for governor and
U.S. Senate, Tuesday said he will
seek the Democratic nomination for
lieutenant governor next year.
K Young, 41, said he believes in-
Humbent Democrat Bill Hobby, lieu-
||enant governor since 1973, has held
i' the office long enough, noting that
Hobby has served for seven regular
| legislative sessions.
■ “That’s at least two more (regular
f Sessions) than anyone else in Texas
I history,” Young said.
1 Young also said he opposes the
Hipling of state college tuition that
Hobby helped push through the
ijlegislature this year as presiding of-
jficer of the Texas Senate.
Si “Sure, the big money people de-
perve their voice in government. But
I the not-so-rich and not-so-powerful
Heserve a voice too,” Young said.
| “There’s a time to bfe angry and
Hhere’s a time not to be angry,” he
isaid. “When I look at a 500 percent
Bncrease in state university tuition
piver a 5-year period, it makes me an-
Igry. In my view, that’s a very short-
Highted piece of legislation,” he said.
Young finished fourth in a six-
Itoay race for the 1982 Democratic
gubernatorial nomination. He also
Finished fourth of six Democratic
Senate candidates last year.
Reagan, walking somewhat stiffly
but appearing otherwise fit, held
hands with his wife Nancy and ac
knowledged cheers from hundreds
of spectators as he emerged for the
event on the sun-drenched South
Lawn.
The 74-year-old Reagan, who
walked unaided to a small podium
for the ceremony, put his arm
around the 76-year-old Li to gently
guide him to his seat at the start of
the 15-minute ceremony.
The two leaders stood during
their national anthems and when
they delivered their own brief re
marks. Each took a seat- when the
other man spoke.
Reagan declared the two nations
had built a “foundation of good will”
that included a joint stand against
aggression.
In his remarks, Li told Reagan:
“I’m very happy to see you are re
covering so fast and I’m deeply
touched by your participation in this
welcoming ceremony.” Li spoke in
Chinese and his remarks were trans
lated into English.
At a photo session in the White
House Green Room, Reagan was
asked how he was feeling and re
plied, “Fine.” He said “no” when
asked if he had any complaints.
The president grinned, and
chatted with Li through an inter
preter. Reagan offered brief an
swers to several reporters’ questions
without difficulty, but his cheeks
were not their normal ruddy red
and he walked slowly and stiffly
from the room behind his Chinese
guest.
Normally the two leaders would
have met in the Oval Office, but due
to his recovery from major abdomi
nal surgery Reagan hasn’t yet re
sumed normal business in the West
Wing of the executive mansion.
White House spokesman Larry
Speakes said Reagan told Li during
their 30-minute meeting with top
aides that the United States planned
to go ahead with the pact.
He’s No Chef Tell... Photo by Anthony S. Casper
State Fire Marshal Manager Charles Killingsworth creates a fiery scene while demonstrating
what can happen when an electrical bulb comes into contact with a flammable liquid. The pre
sentation, which was demonstrated on the second floor of the Memorial Student Center, was
presented to visiting firefighters during the Fire Prevention segment of their training.
El Paso plays key role in smuggling
Drug bust spans Mexico,
six states
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Associated Press
1 EL PASO — An indication of the
|key role this border city plays in in-
|(ernational drug trafficking was
|given Tuesday with the arrests in six
Ijtates of more than 120 people be-
| lieved to be connected with a major
I Pexican drug smuggling organiza
tion, officials said.
I “We’re not dealing with small
Quantities. We’re dealing with multi
kilo distributions. We’re dealing with
the godfathers of organized crime in
Mexico who use the Juarez-El Paso
^rea to smuggle their narcotics into
the United States,” said Phillip E.
Jordan, special agent in charge of
! the Drug Enforcement Administra
tion’s Dallas field division.
I “This shows the importance El
Paso plays in the Mexican connec
tion,” Jordan said, referring to
Tuesday’s arrests that culminated a
two-year investigation by the DEA
and the FBI of the activities of the
Herrera family of Durango, Mexico.
U.S. Attorney Anton R. Valukas
in Chicago said more than 400 law
enforcement of ficials launched raids
in Illinois, Texas, Florida, Califor
nia, Colorado and Indiana and ar
rested residents of those states and
of Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Valukas said 134 people had been
indicted on various charges that in
cluded conspiracy to violate drug
trafficking laws, use of interstate
communication facilities to violate
drug trafficking laws and interstate
travel between Chicago, El Paso and
Mexico for the purpose of acquiring
illegal drugs.
Eight of those arrested live in El
Paso, said Ron Hoverson, special
agent in charge of the El Pasd FBI
bureau.
Jordan said officials believe the
Herrera organization has used El
Paso and neighboring Ciudad Jua
rez, Mexico, for several years to im
port drugs into the United States.
El Paso is separated from Juarez
by the Rio Grande.
“The Herrera organization has
been targeted by DEA and other
agencies for a long time,” Jordan
said. “When you talk about the Her
rera organization of Durango, Mex
ico, you can compare it with some of
the best organized crime out of Mex
ico and in the United States.”
Jordan said the operation is con
sidered to be a multimillion-dollar
drug network.
Agents say that at times the Her
reras have had such control over
heroin sales that they were able to set
the price, quality and availability of
the drug.
In addition to Tuesday’s arrests,
authorities in Chicago said they
seized $197,000 in cash amd large
amounts of marijuana, cocaine and
heroin.
Hoverson said nothing was seized
in El Paso.
Hoverson said the eight men ar
rested in El Paso appeared Tuesday
afternoon before U.S. Magistrate
Philip Cole, who denied bond for all.
The spokesman said the United
States was satisfied with China’s as
surances that U.S. nuclear materials
will not be used for anything other
than peaceful purposes.
The pact was first initialed during
Reagan’s visit to China 15 months
ago, but was shelved because of in
telligence information that China
may have assisted Pakistan in its ef
forts to develop a nuclear weapons
capability. Both countries denied it.
Speakes said the pact was to be
signed within the next “day or so” if
not at a signing ceremony Tuesday
afternoon for other accords on edu
cation, cultural affairs and fishing
that will make it possible for the
Chinese to fish in American waters.
Li’s visit is the first to the United
States by a president of China’s com
munist government. Even though
his post is largely ceremonial, Li is
one of the last survivors of Mao’s
“Long March” in the 1930s and is a
member of the powerful six-mem
ber standing committee of the Com
munist Party’s Politburo.
A State Department official, who
spoke on condition that he not be
identified, told reporters after the
session that besides the nuclear pact,
the talks focused on relations with
the Soviet Union, Taiwan, and trade
and economic issues.
Toyota to begin
producing cars
in U.S. by 1988
Associated Press
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp.,
Japan’s largest car maker and leader
in Japanese car sales in the United
States, announced today it will begin
producing passenger cars in the
United States and Canada in 1988.
About 200,000 cars a year will be
built at a U.S. plant in a location yet
to be decided, said an official an
nouncement released by Toyota’s
board of directors after a meeting.
Recent Japanese news reports said
the company is focusing on sites in
Tennessee, Georgia or South Caro
lina in addition to Midwestern states,
but Toyota officials said a location
has not been decided.
The announcement said the U.S.
plant will produce medium-size, 2-
liter cars. Kyodo News Service said
the plant was expected to produce
the Camry series car, but Toyota of
ficials would not confirm the report.
Takaharu Kurasaki of Toyota
said, “The Camry will be one of the
candidates, but we are not sure
which car will be most popular or
convenient to produce in 1988.”
Toyota also plans to produce
about 50,000 1.6-liter passenger cars
a year in Canada, at a location yet to
be decided, and expand production
at a California joint venture with
General Motors to include Toyota
models, the company announce
ment said.
Toyota currently makes cars in
Fremont, California, in a joint ven
ture with GM begun last year.
UAW welcomes move
Associated Press
DETROIT — Toyota Motor
Corp.’s plan to build cars in the
United States under its own name is
a multimilliort-dollar bet that quotas
on imported Japanese cars are here
to stay, analysts said Tuesday.
The move, while welcomed by the
United Auto Workers as proof that
quotas are working, may pressure
the union to give Toyota’s U.S. rivals
a break on wages and benefits, ana
lysts said.
For the consumer, the addition of
200,000 Toyotas a year above the
quota will make it easier to find and
erhaps cheaper to buy the popular
rand, dealers said.
“I think the fact that they’re start
ing a plant on their own in the U.S.
rather than doing a joint venture is
significant,” said David Healy, auto
motive analyst with the New York
brokerage house Drexel Burnham
Lambert.
“It’s another indication that the
quotas will be in place for a long time
and that the Japanese companies are
making long-term bets that there are
going to be restraints on imports
from Japan pretty much forever.”
UAW President Owen Bieber said
his union expects to represent work
ers at the Toyota plant, although la
bor leaders have had no formal dis
cussions with Toyota officials
regarding the new facility.
He said the UAW’s work with
Toyota in establishing with General
Motors Corp. a joint manufacturing
venture in Fremont, Calif., provided
“the basis for a positive and produc
tive relationship in the best interests
of the workers, the employer and
the consumers.”
“Toyota . . . has taken a construc
tive approach to working with the
UAW,” Bieber said.
Bieber praised Congressional
pressure on the Japanese to locate
production and jobs in the United
States, which he said “is beginning to
pay dividends.” But analysts said the
move could backfire by increasing
pressure on the union to grant wage
and work-rule concessions to make
domestic automakers more compet
itive with Japanese automakers in
the United States.
“It’s sort of ironic that the Japa
nese can build cars more cheaply in
the U.S. than Detroit can,” Healy
said. “It puts pressure on the whole
employment cost structure in the
U.S. industry. Everybody is going to
want a deal.”
Vacations To Go aids travelers by offering discount rates
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Travelers wanting bar
gain prices are turning to a Houston-based
firm that buys unfilled space on airlines,
truises and hotels and then offers it to cli
ents at discount rates.
It’s called Vacations To Go and it’s the
[brainstorm of Robert J. Carney and Alan
Fox.
Fox, the firm’s vice president, says, “At a
roint and time when operators are able to
dentify specific departure dates that are
Hot going to fill up, they have one or two
options. They can let the space go empty
and take a total loss on it or they can mark
he price down drastically and reach people
ihrough our company.”
Airlines have agreed to sell their unfilled
seats only if the name of the airline is''not
used in any advertisement or promotion, he
said.
Fox and Carney decided to venture into
discount vacations after market research
showed a need for it. The Houston-based
firm opened its doors in May 1984 and
since has expanded into 25 other cities.
The research, Carney says, found the
market would be geared to young profes
sionals. But to their surprise, more than 50
percent of their clients are retired people.
“All the yuppies generally have the
money and inclination but work 60 to 70
hours a week,” Carney said. “The retired
people have the money and time.”
To take advantage of the discounts,
which can reach 50 percent, Vacations To
Go clients must purchase an annual $50
membership. The membership applies to
all family members living in the same
household plus one guest per trip, said Fox,
who served in the marketing departments
of Continental Airlines and Texas Air In
ternational.
Fox says Vacations To Go is geared for
“people who are flexible enough in their
daily itinerary that they can make plans and
leave on just a few weeks notice.”
The vacation outlets revolve around a
24-hour hotline number in each branch of
fice that is answered by a recording listing
the discount vacations available.
“They can make reservations then or dial
another number and get more information
or a brochure,” Fox says. “We do all the
ticketing and handle all the documents our
selves.”
Advanced notice of trips vary depending
on the destination. Members are usually
aware of cruises four to six months before
departure while notice of weekend trips to
Mexico and Las Vegas vary from a week to
10 days, he said.
A two-week Orient cruise retailing at
$2,445 was available to Vacation To Go
members for $1,665 during June. A four-
day Bahamas cruise was going for $465,
compared to retail $640.
“We put a lot of people on to those vaca
tions w ho could not have afforded them be
fore,” Fox says. “Now for the amount paid
to spend a week at Disney World you can
take one of our trips to London or Paris.”
Fox and Carney, the firm’s president, say
they decided to start the business after no
ticing all the changes the airline industry
was going through under deregulation.
Carney serves as director of Texas Air
and is president and director of Jet Capital
Corp., parent company of Continental and
New York Air.
“Realizing that when all was said and
done, more and more of the emphasis was
on price, this seemed like a very logical
place to get going,” Carney says about the
firm’s origin. The venture has nothing to
do, financially or operationally, with Texas
Air or Continental, he says.
Although Fox and Carney wouldn’t dis
close the size of their membership, both say
business is doing well.