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>e ter. 'd I warn ' told -ep dost her froit fl did ngi [)uld be I to trial J t'other, 1 ' childrttj le enoujl misset :ause sk 'sville eady liai a menia t« plan mder ad d rule ia Wednesday September 4,1985AThe Battalion/Page 9 Crime jumps 8 percent across Texas Associated Press AUSTIN —While crime jumped 8 percent throughout Texas for the first half of 1985, the Dallas-Fort Worth area recorded particularly larger increases, the Department of Public Safety reported Tuesday. According to DPS statistics, Hous ton posted a 1.1 percent decrease in all crime for the six months, while Lubbock led the list of cities with de creased crime with a 7.2 percent de crease. Col. Jim Adams, DPS director, said that major crimes — murder, rape, aggravated assault and rob bery — were up 10 percent statewide. All of the four major crime cat egories showed increases. Aggra vated assault was up 9.6 percent, murder increased 8.7 percent, rob bery jumped 3.1 percent and rape was up 13.8 percent, Adams said. “Compared to the first six month of 1984, the crime rate for the first half of 1985 was up eight percent to 3,111.7 crimes per 100,000 popula tion,"Adams reported. Leading the cities with increased crime reports was Arlington with 42.2 percent, followed by Garland with 33 percent and Irving with 32.5 percent. Dallas had a 15.5 percent increase and Fort Worth was up 12.8 percent, according to reports from police departments. Border check leads to capture, $5 million cocaine bust charge Associated Press DEL. RIO, Texas —A bond hear ing is scheduled Thursday for a 39- year-old Electra man charged with smuggling more than $5 million of cocaine across the U.S.-Mexico bor der in a butane tanker in the bed of a picktip. Charles Garrett was arrested by U.S. Customs agents at the Del Rio port of entry at 5:15 a.m. Sunday af ter he had entered the country from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, said port di rector Jack Alsup. Garrett was stopped for a routine border check that “revealed that things weren’t normal,” Alsup said. Alsup said that when agents in- specteci the tanker in the bed of the pickup Garrett w f as driving, they dis covered 85 pounds of cocaine hid den inside. “This tanker had been altered. An access hole had been cut in it through the bottom through which the cocaine was loaded,” Alsup said. “It was a very professional job. T he resealingjob was done very well.” Art Rodriguez, an agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administra tion in nearby Eagle Pass, said the cocaine was estimated to lie worth more than $5 million and possibly as much as $10 million, making the bust the largest in this border area. Garrett was charged Tuesday af ternoon with importing a controlled substance and with possession of co caine with intent to distribute. U.S. Magistrate Durwood Ed wards appointed Del Rio attorney Victor Roberto Garcia to represent him and set Thursday’s bond hear ing. The judge also ordered a pre liminary hearing he held Sept. 10. FREE ALLERGY SCREENING for Children 6-12 years willing to participate in a two-week antihistamine trial. $100 monetary incentive for children chosen to participate. Known allergic children welcome. If you would like to know more call 776-0411 Allergy Associates Lone Star State offers High Hope, Paradise and the Veribest Choice of Happy names Associated Press If you’re Aiken to reach your Acme, and you’re Uncertain your place is Veribest, Welcome to Texas, the stale with a Bonanza of town names that is practically Peerless. Jot Em Down to help make a Choice. Hundreds of these itty bitty burgs Dot the Lone Star State map from Rising Star to Sundown, from Petty to Sublime and from Sour Lake to Chocolate Bayou. Paradise is hundreds of miles from Eden, and Fred isn’t within dancing distance of Ginger. But China, China Grove and China Spring are all within Hailing range. This state is full of Pep — it’s Happy and Jolly and has High Hope, Fort Spunky, Grit and Im pact. For the Cooke, there’s Noodle, Coffeeville, Coke and Crisp. Sand is Dryer than Rains but not as Wet as Leakey. If you’re Allred from being in the Noonday Sun (what a Novice...), Re treat the Comfort of Elysian Fields or maybe Easeville. For the Western aficionados, there’s Cut and Shoot, Gun Barrell City, Bangs, Cunsight, Barwise, Roundup, Spur and Hunt. Coy City isn’t the place to Bug Tussle with your Bebe over a Beau- kiss, but if she doesn’t get her Hooks in, you can Scurry Direct to Sample to find your Type. 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