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lorrm because S« nake upilj nal studer for of the siiii opeancomt its. Thej 1 pardcipait. HOi eS Wtl! ihe points; event. Wic points. Set ■cl three p: i place tear. iajnish i pics orpr ased ' third ytai mpics," Rt rtional dills n Internal ) re paring r we will lx ve more par jay nt of anil coordinaie s whosedey nd classes iwing the percent ol ids to the ■d the res', head fund the state's sed by th irth Friday, Movember 8, 1985FThe Battalion/Page 7 Reagan blamed for layoffs White to help Waco workers Associated Press AUSTIN — Pledging the state’s help after 1,400 layoff's at General Tire’s plant in Waco, Gov. Mark White said Thursday he will visit the city Saturday to talk with workers who are losing their jobs. White put the blame for those lay offs and others occurring across pijMjSRt IH1PI Texas on the White House, charging President Reagan witfi failure to de velop a sound foreign trade policy. General l ire announced the lay offs Tuesday, saying its aging bias- belted tire plant has fallen victim to dwindling demand for non-radial tires and Tierce foreign competition. White said that while foreign gov ernments subsidize industries ex- : x - ■ NDATION: will hold Friday ever IATION: is hosting a party at ? m ty room. c xr r?*? * * r-n ‘ii ... _ „ Rudd STAFF A; past and th Staff, B. Apts, party t members of the OMEGA p.m. at Bryan ( . Z-V mk j a Variety Show at. 8 (fundraiser for B»«*. > lONAL SECRETARIES INTERNATIONAL: will »unty Rehab P Review: Harware at S:30 in 156 Blocker. L GRAINS PLUS: will meet at 7 p.m. U SPORTS CAR CLUB: will hold a Rr- oi. Drivers need to hrb try fee: $5 members, I . at Zac. calculator. . in MSC ING Field. son Drill Field. lTIONAL Imonitof). u intramural bike race, 10 fee: $5 and $200 in prizes. porting goods to the United States, the Reagan administration’s lack of a trade policy has helped those nations and crippled American industry. “We are seeing the heart cut out of this country’s industrial capacity and transplanted overseas piece by piece,” White said. “It has happened with,steel. It has happened in elec tronics, chemical industries and tex tiles. “And it’s happening with tire and rubber manufacturing, as evidenced by this shutdown in Waco. Foreign imports of tires dhubled their share of the U.S. tire market over the past five years.” White said he has sent a team from his economic development of fice to Waco to work with commu nity leaders and to recommend ways to assist those affected by the plant closing. He said emergency funds could be used to help re-train laid- off workers. “W’e also will be working with General Fire to hopefully see that there will be a phased-in displace ment as opposed to an abrupt termi nation,” he said. On a related subject, W'hite said Texas businesses are getting some good news — a reduction in taxes for the state’s Unemployment T rust Fund. because the fund has been bal anced this fall. White said Texas em ployers will be paying $440 million less in unemployment taxes next year. Yugoslavian gets 30 years in prison for Austin swindle Associated Press AUSTIN — A federal judge Thursday ordered a 30-year sen tence for a Yugoslavian man con victed of bilking an Austin business man out of $46,000 by promising to negotiate his son’s release from Viet nam. Bratislav Lilic, 34, stuck by his story, telling U.S. District Judge James Nowlin, “I am still the only one who can negotiate the release of his son.*’ Defense lawyer Joe Turner glanced at his client ana told Nowlin, “He’s sick.” Jurors in August convicted Lilic, a Chicago resident, of taking the money from Douglas Pierce and leading him on unsuccessful trips around the nation to gather infor mation on John Pierce. T he younger Pierce was 29 when he disappeared after the Glomar Java Sea drilling ship Sank in the South China Sea in 1983. Lilic said he has worked as an “in termediary” for the Soviets and other Eastern Bloc nations for seve ral years. He said he has seen John Pierce alive in a Vietnamese hospital. The elder Pierce said Lilic once told him he worked for the KGB. “I tried everything in my power to help Douglas Pierce, Lilic told Now lin. “Since the 1 1 months I have been in custody he has never had any other contacts. All of a sudden, the doors are closed on him.” Pierce said he was salisfied with the sentence, but added, “I would like to stake him on an ant hill.” He said his expensive search for his son continues. Pierce has said he has spent about $400,000 so far. “I leave for Paris tomorrow to fol low a lead. I will,find my son,” he said. Nowlin also ordered Lilic to repay the $46,000 he took from Pierce. But after Lilic had been taken from the courtroom the judge told Pierce, “I don’t expect you’ll ever receive a check for $46,000.” Lilac told Nowlin, “I never de frauded anyone in my life. I wouldn’t know how to defraud someone. 1 have legitimately worked with the Russian government.” State school security chief resigns in wake of beating Associated Press AUSTIN — The chief of security for the Travis State School was forced to resign last week after he protested what he said was lax pun ishment given an employee who beat a severely retarded resiuent, an Aus tin newpaper reported Thursday. The 30-year-old retarded man has a detached retina, although school officials Said doctors haven’t been able to link that injury with the incident, the AuStin-American Statesman reported. et Ira Harrison told the new he lost his $20,712-a-year job attei he complained that the worker who assaulted the retarded man Should have been charged with a third-de gree felony instead of being given a YO-day suspension without pay. Harrison, who witnessed the Oct. 8 incident, said an employee severely struck the man’s head three times. “His face was totally distorted ev ery time he was hit,” he said, “li was a horrible-looking Sight. The poor boy was so mentally retarded he didn’t know what was going on.” fissL GooD ABOUT YoURSelf GiVe BlP°D STUDY I Recent injury to wrist, knee or ankle? Severe enough pain to remain on study up to 10 days and 5 visits? STUDY III Recent injury with in flammation (swelling, pain, heat, tender ness)? Study of 5 day dura tion with only 2 visits required. 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