Wednesday, February 18, 1987/The Battalion/Page 5
In Advance
Anthropologist to discuss AIDS myths
An Arizona anthropologist will
discuss the rapid spread of AIDS
and other contagious diseases to
day in a program sponsored by
the Texas A&M anthropology de
partment.
Dr. Susan McCombie, a re
search scientist from the Pima
County Health Department in
Tucson, will speak at 4 p.m. in
301 Rudder. She has conducted
several studies on cultural and
historical influences on human
diseases.
McCombie also will discuss
many of the facts and myths sur
rounding acquired immune defi
ciency syndrome, which has be
gun to spread beyond high-risk
groups to the heterosexual pop
ulation. Admission to the pro
gram is free.
U.S. still awaits word
on 23 live rockets sold
to lumberyard owner
League suggests creation
of commerce department
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AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Re
search League recommended Tues
day the creation of a Texas Com
merce Department to implement the
state’s economic development policy.
The league said the recommenda
tion had been made to both Gov. Bill
Clements’ Task Force on Business
Development and to Speaker Gib
[Lewis’ Economic Advisory Group.
Legislation to create the depart-
ent is pending in the House.
In a statement Tuesday, the
league said, “Economic development
agencies, programs and activities are
spread over the structure of Texas
state government like ornaments on
a Christmas tree.”
The league recommended that re
sponsibility for the economic devel
opment program of the Community
Development Block Grant Program
be shifted from the Texas Depart
ment of Community Affairs to the
Commerce Department.
FORT BLISS (AP) — The United
States still is waiting for Mexican au
thorities to return 23 live rockets
mistakenly sold as scrap lumber to a
businessman, a Fort Bliss spokesman
said Tuesday.
Lt. Col. James Lawson said he
spoke with the U.S. Consulate Gen
eral’s office in next-door Ciudad
Juarez, across the Rio Grande from
El Paso.
“At that time, (the message) was,
‘Don’t hold your breath,’ ” he said.
The 23 rockets were inside
wooden crates sold to a Juarez lum
beryard owner Jan. 22. The man dis
covered the rockets and notified of
ficials at Fort Bliss, on the outskirts
of El Paso.
The Mexican army’s 26th Infan
try Battalion confiscated the weap
ons before they could be brought
back across the border, as had been
planned, Lawson said.
A Juarez newspaper reported
Sunday that Mexican President Mi
guel de la Madrid was to issue a deci
sion today on the return of the rock
ets.
Negotiations for the rockets’ re
turn are out of the hands of the U.S.
Army and are being handled
through diplomatic channels, Law-
son said.
“Certainly they’re (the army)
going to have to get the word from
Mexico City,” Lawson said.
A 24th rocket was found among
other wooden crates the Mexican
businessman left behind at Fort Bliss
to be picked up later, Lawson said.
Fort Bliss routinely auctions materi
als such as scrap lumber, he said.
The rockets would have exploded
only if they were in a fire or sub
jected to electrical currents, officials
said.
The Army is conducting an inves
tigation into the incident. According
to military authorities, the wooden
crates should have been certified as
being empty and ready for disposal.
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ilecturer, said A&M breeds its own
horses to offset the cost of teaching
sand research programs in the animal
[science department.
Webb said A&M stallions usually
are bred to about 25 to 100 privately
[owned mares each year for $500 to
|$850, but the horse industry is in a
down cycle.
“People are not breeding many
[horses,” he said, “so, the stallions are
Inot being bred to any outside
[mares.”
Dr. Gary Potter, professor and
equine director in the animal science
department, said the constant breed
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erating revenue that the University
does not provide for the horse cen
ter.
A&M has a brood-mare band, he
said, which consists of 40 mares that
are bred to four stallions.
“This is not as stressful as it
sounds because of the use of artifi
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mare.
Horses that don’t go into the
breeding herd are sold.
“The horses we keep are selected
on a quality basis,” Potter said. “We
keep the higher quality horses and
sell the lower quality ones.”
The breeding herd — both the 40
mares and the four stallions — con
sists mainly of American quarter
horses, Potter said.
A&M also owns other breeds such
as Arabians, thoroughbreds, appa-
loosas and paints. These mares are
not bred to the stallions, he said, but
are used only in classes and research
work.
Potter said the majority of A&M’s
horses are donated.
“The animal science department
can own 100 to 175 horses at any
given point in time,” he said. “The
herd typically will run at 150.”
Potter said most of the horses are
female. The remaining horses, with
the exception of the four stallions in
the breeding herd, are geldings
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All horses are kept at the horse
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The breeding herd is kept at the
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Monday, February 23, 1987
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Rudder Tower
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Interviews Scheduled
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