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jProf offered federal position
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By TAMARA BELL
Staff Writer
■ Although a position as assistant
director for the National Science
Foundation would result in a pay
cut, Texas A&M’s Dr. William
Merrell says he likes the responsi-
blity the position would offer.
I “I will supervise a staff of a
couple hundred people,” says
Merrell, associate dean of geosci
ences at A&M. “I will supervise
the dispensing of half a billion
dollars to universities in the form
of grants and contracts. I’ll work
will) the U.S. Congress in devel
oping budgets and programs for
the agency.
■ “It’s a tough job that’s not all
that great, but it’s a responsible
lb.”
I Merrell was nominated for the
position Sept. 13, although he
nad been speaking with White
House officials about the position
since May, he says,
■ “I’m not sure who nominated
me,” he says. “My name came
f rom the of fice of science, proba
bly from friends. The White
House contacted me in May. We
agreed on things. But when the
FBI started its investigation of
me, I knew they were serious
about the nomination.
“To fill this post, the govern
ment wants a scientist and man
ager,” he says. “There are defi
nite management aspects and I
guess I qualified.
“This isn’t my first encounter
with the NSF. I was program offi
cer the first time I worked with
the agency, and I was an exec
utive officer of the International
Decade of Ocean Exploration.”
The U.S. Senate must first ap
prove the nomination before
Merrell can take over his new
post. Merrell says he should re
ceive confirmation in about two
weeks.
“After a Senate confirmation.
I’ll be sworn in by either an offi
cial at the White House or the
head of the NSF,” he said. “I’m
taking this one step at a time,
though. It’s always a possibility
thai I can be turned down.”
The NSF is an agency of the
U.S. government that is charged
with providing funds for basic re
search in science and engi
neering. The agency is divided
into three principals. He will be
the assistant director of the Foun
dation for Astronomical, Atmo
spheric, Earth and Ocean sci
ences, he says.
Although he has visited Wash^
ington, D.C. since the nomi
nation, Merrell has yet to meet
President Ronald Reagan.
“I’ve never talked to the presi
dent, although I’ve talked to peo
ple in various offices of the presi
dent,” Merrell says. “I’ll probably
get to see him when I’m at a meet
ing at the White House. But it’s
! not high on my priorities.”
CIA spy
identified
as UT grad
Associated Press
AUSTIN — The former CIA ~
agent accused last week of being a
double agent has been identified as
as University of Texas graduate Ed
ward Howard.
According to government
sources, Howard, 33, was fired by
the CIA in 1983 after he refused as
signment to Moscow and was impli
cated by a polygraph test in petty
theft of money and in illegal drug
use.
In an FBI document made public
Oct. 4, FBI agents said Howard met
with KGB officials in Austria and
sold them U.S. intelligence secrets.
Howard disappeared last month
after abruptly resigning from his job !
at the New Mexico Legislature’s fi
nance committee Sept. 20.
“The odds are high there will be
spies in other agencies as well,” said
Bob Inman, a former director of the
National Security Agency and a for
mer deputy director of the CIA.
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Polish enter U.S. illegally via Mexico
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■feb PASO — The apprehension of
^11 125 illegal Polish immigrants along
the border may have plugged the so-
Hed “Polish Pipeline” from Mex
ico, federal authorities say.
HrWe hope we’ve put a dent in it,”
said Joseph L. O’Bryant, a supervi-
ntoraii::. sor\ special agent with the U.S. Bor-
we will der Patrol’s anti-smuggling unit in
innine rcfc A *l en - __ . , t ,
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caught 125 Poles who entered the
Id bell U;S. illegally from Mexico. In addi-
Jtn adri-don, there have been several recent
j. 1 Hmvictions of those accused of
smuggling.
Hrne Polish Pipeline, authorities
ou tlial say, shows that illegal immigration is
i 0 f a not just a Hispanic problem.
MSMany of the world’s poor and
destitute are seeking refuge in the
is end u,jj te d States,” John Belluardo, a
and a spokesman for the Immigration and
miplficjNatrualization Service in Los An-
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geles, said. “ Literally, it’s an eco
nomic invasion by the rest of the
world.”
Last year, the Border Patrol in El
Paso seized 2,121 citizens from 78
The 'Polish Pipeline’
stretches from Warsaw to
Havana to Mexico City to
the streets of Chicago and
New York
— Joseph L. O’Bryant,
U.S. Border Patrol special
agent.
nations other than Mexico.
But that number still represents
only about 1 percent of the more
than 212,000 illegal immigrants ar
rested last year.
Nationwide, only 5.8 percent of 4
the record 1.2 million people appre
hended in fiscal 1984 were non-
Mexicans, government figures show.
Still, border agents are becoming
more adept at spotting fair-skinned
Anglos who don’t quite fit in at the
Mexican border.
“Our agents are pretty savvy,” Sil-
vestre Reyes, Border Patrol chief in
McAllen, said.
“You can tell through nervous
ness, the way they dress, they don’t
make eye contact,” he said.
An agent irpMarfa adds:
— “Someone’s going to get suspi
cious if you see six or seven Anglos
who don’t speak English sitting out
under a tree near the border.”
The 125 Poles INS officials have
detained this year compares with 91
stopped at the border in 1984; 35
Yugoslav arrests compare to one Yu
goslav in 1984.
Agents said they have uncovered
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