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Monday, January 19, 1987AThe Battalion/Page 5 What’s up )rr: Monday CLASS OF ’87 : will sponsor a “Howdy Dance” from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Texas Hall of Fame. TAMU WOMEN’S CHORUS: will hold auditions through Friday. Arrange an audition time in the Vocal Music Of fice, 003 MSC. Auditions also are being held for a bass gui tarist and a drummer. ALPHA PHI ALPHA: will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday at 7:30 p.m. in 701 Rudder. TUESDAY TAMU SAILING CLUB: will hold a membership drive from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Rudder Fountain. AGGIE PARTNERS FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS: will hold an executive board meeting at 7 p.m. followed by a general meeting in 274 Read. BUSINESS CAREER FAIR HOSPITALITY COMMMIT- TEE: Career Fair company hosts will meet at 7:45 p.m. in 150 Blocker. DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 150 Blocker. MSC LITERARY ARTS: is now accepting submissions for Litmus. Call 845-1515 for more information. PARENTS WEEKEND COMMITTEE: applications for nominating 1987-88 Parents of the Year are available in the Commons, Sterling C. Evans Library, the Memorial Student Center and the Pavilion. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working days prior to desired publication date. Authorities report rise in drug traffic along Rio Grande McALLEN (AP) — The Rio Grande Valley may have replaced Florida as the No. 1 entry point into the United States for illegal drugs, local officials say, and the isolated terrain along the southeastern-most stretch of the Texas-Mexico border is only one reason. “We are becoming, if we’re not al ready, the major route of travel that drug smugglers are using,” said Jerry Hicks, deputy chief of the McAllen sector of the U.S. Border Patrol. “Drug smugglers are continually changing their areas and methods of operation,” he said. ‘‘It’s always in flux, always changing. Right now they are trying to come through he re.” Other sections of the Texas bor der are more isolated, but Hicks said drug-smuggling organizations also use this area for their operations. A spokesman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Washington says the valley is a sig nificant entry point. “But to say it’s No. 1 may be stretching it,” said Cornelius Doug herty of the DEA. “In terms of stuff icBush says ethics prove EReagan acted properly ■ DALLAS (AP) — Vice President ■torge Bush said Sunday that fun- Himental ethics involved in the Iran arms sale show President Reagan ■ted properly. ■ “People can differ on the presi dent’s policy on Iran,” he said. “But ■e fundamental ethics involved can ■si be summarized by what the president did once he was told about tie diversion of funds. The alleged diversion of f unds. I might add.” ■ Speaking to about 5,000 delegates at die annual convention of the Na tional Association of Home Builders, Bush said Reagan took “personal re sponsibility for the consequences of the policy” from the start. ■ “He has taken numerous steps to get all the facts out,” Bush said. “fVnd secondly, when all the facts are known, the president is determined to make whatever changes are nec essary to ensure the integrity of our policies and process.” The Amercian people will make their judgments based on facts and not hearsay, Bush said. “I’d add judgment should be made on the facts, not on the charges and the countercharges,” he said. “Not on the one-upsmanship of politics, on the facts themselves.” Bush called for America’s school children to receive an education in ethics. Recent scandals of insider tra ding on Wall Street and other in stances of corporate wrongdoing in dicate the country may be facing an ethical crisis, he said. “There are times we must remind ourselves of what we represent,” he said. “We are going through such a period, we need to restate some of our basic beliefs as a people. We need to ask ourselves if we are upholding the ethics necessary for the education of our children.” Bush said that public officials and the Reagan administration could do more to promote respect for ethical conduct. “I don’t think those of us in gov ernment have spoken up frequently or emphatically enough on the spe cial obligations of public service,” he said. Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kansas, and U.S. Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., ad dressed the convention Saturday. Both expressed strong support for the president’s handling of the arms affair. coming in from Mexico, it may well be the No. I entry point.” Dougherty says the valley is not the top spot for cocaine and heroin, although its use is growing among smugglers. Recently, the Rio Grande Valley was the scene of violence in the war against drugs. On Dec. 31, a federal drug agent was shot and killed while trying to arrest a drug suspect in a grocery store parking lot in the little town of Pharr. The suspect, Felipe Molina-Uribe of McAllen, was arrested and charged with killing a federal agent. Ken Miley, chief of the DEA’s McAllen District, said violence will continue as long as huge profits are reaped by drug dealers. “They’re going to protect their liberty and their profits,” he said. Capt. Donald Cohn, supervisor of the narcotics division for the Depart ment of Public Safety’s District 7, said being just 100 yards from the source of supply is one reason the Valley is favored by smugglers. “You’re 100 yards, 200 yards away from the source country, so why not?” Cohn said. “There is such a de mand (in the United States), and having a source country so close is one reason it’s so popular. We’re right here at it.” Cohn, whose district extends two counties into Texas along the border from Brownsville to Del Rio, said he believes the area is the hottest for the DPS narcotics division. The quantity of marijuana seized by DPS officers from September through November in 1986 almost doubled that seized for the same pe riod in 1985, he said. Cocaine seized, however, had fallen off by about half, Cohn said. Cohn believes part of the reason is that federal agents have saturated South Florida enough to slow the smugglers, but attention is just now being paid to the valley. Increases in manpower and equip ment may be partly responsible for the increase in drug seizures and ar rests, Cohn said. Charles Conroy, spokesman for the U.S. Customs Service, said the valley is one of the most active areas for illicit drugs. Coming Soon: BUSINESS CAREER FAIR 1987 February 1 -4 Blocker Building MOM’S DINER 54 Years of Aggie Tradition and Student Boarders MENU Mondays-Chicken fried steak or meat loaf Tuesdays-Fried chicken or meat loaf Wednesdays-Enchiladas Thursdays-Pork chops Fridays-Chicken fried steak Saturdays-Enchiladas All meals are $5.00 and include five vegtables, salad and tea. 779-8600 1207 E. 25th in Bryan OPENrl 1-1:30 4:30-8:00 Mon-Sat gt jisianij stated | : scaiicj nt protj te M a fe»i led ,ra;T persatj :y had rejects J lin fl«j ledinj e 1W Snow snarls traffic, postpones classes in West Texas ■ ABILENE (AP) — Snow blan keted much of West T exas on Sun- dav as sub-freezing temperatures created an icy glaze that coated high ways and airport runways, snarled ait traffic, halted bus and mail deliv ery and postponed the spring semes ter. H Traffic accidents resulting from hazardous roadways were blamed for at least five deaths, the Depart- trunt of Public Safety reported, ■ravel advisories remained in effect Sunday as snow continued to fall in the Panhandle and parts of the Sputh Plains. ■ Interstate 20, which runs just north oi Abilene, was glazed with ice Sunday from El Paso to Fort Worth, authorities said. Vehicles were lined up for miles as hills forced trucks to slow to a crawl. Some tractor-trailer rigs over turned while others sat jackknifed on the shoulder. Wreckers were busy clearing the road but the activity only served to back up the traffic further. “Traffic is moving very, very slowly,” said Alton Payne, a spokes man with the Texas Highways and Public Transportation in Abilene. “We’re plowing snow off the bridges and structures and sanding all the bridges.” There were no plans to close the interstate but Payne advised against traveling. After checking into a local hotel, one trucker said, “I’ve got a load of new cars going to Phoenix. “I’m just not going to take a chance of losing my rig.” Staff at the hotel was called in to work overtime shifts. “I’ve been here since breakfast and I’ll be here again in the morn ing,” said the restaurant cashier working the supper shift. Officials at Texas Tech University in Lubbock delayed today’s sched uled opening of spring semester classes until Tuesday because of haz ardous driving conditions on the highways. Traffic at the Abilene Municipal Airport returned to normal Sunday after icy runways caused an inter ruption of service Saturday. Amarillo reported eight inches of snow on the ground, while four inches were noted at Lubbock. At least three inches had fallen at El Paso, while two inches of snowfall blanketed Wichita Falls, Dalhart, Abilene and San Angelo, the Na tional Weather Service reported. Mail delivery was halted in Mid land and Odessa Saturday. Stan Sartain, manager of cus tomer relations for the U.S. Post Of fice in Midland, said it was the first break in service in at least eight years. 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