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New mayor:
Dallas unbiased
toward women
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas’ first
elected female mayor says the city
has erased the prejudice that once
hindered women and minorities.
Annette Strauss defeated busi
nessman Fred Meyer by a margin of
55.9 percent to 44.1 percent in a
runoff election Saturday, and will
take office as head of the nation’s
seventh-largest city May 4.
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Wearing a hat with the slogan,
“Ms. Mayor. Lace Over Steel,”
Strauss said, “I think this proves one
thing: that in Dallas, Texas, one is
judged by one’s own energies, abili
ties and imagination, and that gen
der, or race or anything, nothing
else like that can stand as roadblocks
to one’s success.”
Strauss, 63, who had been the
mayor pro tern, now faces the formi
dable challenge of leading a city suf
fering from economic woes that
have hit oil-poor Texas.
“Dallas is ready for a woman
mayor and for those few who may
not be, ready or not, here 1 come,”
she proclaimed to a cheering crowd.
In Advance
Muster to honor A&M dead on Tuesday
By Staci Finch
Reporter
On Tuesday, Aggies all over
the world will gather in memory
of deceased former students to
observe Aggie Muster. The Mus
ter at Texas A&M will begin at 7
p.m. in G. Rollie White Col
iseum.
This event, which 8,000 people
are expected to attend, also will
be broadcast by satellite to other
Aggies throughout the United
States and Canada.
A&M Vice President for Devel
opment Robert L. Walker, Class
of’58, will deliver the address for
the A&M Muster.
Walker, who has delivered
Muster addresses throughout the
country, says being asked to de
liver the A&M Muster address is
one of his greatest honors.
“It is especially important be
cause the request came f rom the
students,” Walker says. “It is my
belief that one of the most unique
qualities of Texas A&M is the
people associated with it. Muster
exemplifies the best expression of
f gratitude to individuals who have
lad an impact on our lives.”
To express that gratitude, a list
of former students who have died
since the last Muster is read j
friend or relative answers liett'
and a candle is lit for each.
The name of the deceased.^.I
gie is called at the MusterdosaI
to where the Aggie lived.
The tradition of Musterdia
back to 1883, when former.^
students gathered to remit
their college days anddl'id
roll call for the absent." In
group of A&M students
University wasn’t doinsenoiid
to honor the Battle of Saul)
cinto, when Texas won itsii
pendence from Mexicobydtfe.
ing Gen. Santa Anna's amt®
April 21, 1836. Theydet
honor Texas’ independencer’l
Muster on April 21 everyvej£.
ter that.
In 1942 Aggies stationed*
the Philippine island fortressil
Corregidor observed Muster4-
spite heavy shelling by Japans
troops. The post fell to the ji[t|
nese 15 clays later, and al 4
men were either killed or impjs
oned.
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nized by Congress and the fob
ing year Aggie Muster beas;
formal program conduttti
worldwide.
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Genetic engineering produces
‘right’ kind of cow for breeders ia
By Beverly Click
Reporter
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In Aldous Huxley’s book, “Brave
New World,” the government used
genetic engineering to make the
“right” kind of person. Now, in the
beef and cattle industry, breeders
are using the same idea to produce
the “right” kind of cow.
Dr. Thomas Cartwright, a Texas
A&M professor of animal science,
says the cattle industry is working it
self into a specification age — an age
in which beef retailers want a spe
cific kind of meat.
The specifics that retailers want
are more marbling, or fat, in the
meat and less outside fat, he says.
“With a much more diet-conscious
consuming public, the retailers, or
supermarkets, are being much more
rigid in the specifications of the meat
they buy,” Cartwright says.
They’re looking for lean and ten
der meat, he says, but also palatable,
or tasty, meat.
Part of the problem is that, unlike
lean meat, beet fat is tasty, he says.
One solution is to place the out
side fat into the meat, which then t>e-
comes marbling, he says. This is
where genetic engineering comes
into action.
“How do you produce a carcass
that meets these specifications?”
Cartwright asks. “It depends on the
nutrition program and on genetic
potential as to w'hether the cattle
tend to grow fast, tend to deposit
marbling (desirable fat), or tend to
deposit outside fat (undesirable fat).
To breed cattle like this requires
some changes."
He says one of the biggest ad
vances in genetic engineering has
been artificial insemination (AI),
which was introduced in the cattle
industry after World W’ar 11. This al
lows a much more rigid selection of
sires, or fathers. A desirable sire can
be used to inseminate thousands of
cows, Cartwright says.
Embryo transfer (ET) was the
next major advancement to come
along, he says. It does the same thing
for the cow that AI didforikj
Cows can be selected morei:
for desirable characteristialttl
in
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In embryo transfer, a
treated with hormones,aiKii
super ovulate, or produce me;: letter
one ovum per estrousodeJi! enth
are then placed in surroga:fa
ers who are in the saraecydtsi
donor, Cartwright says. Tin
ent of the ova must beintlitiB
tor stage, he says.
An advancement still intliti
opment stage is a process fed
ting fertilized ova, he says.Am
is split once and both resufcl
are placed in recipient cowii
wrignt says. Thus they are ii
twins, or clones, madeafterfcrj
tion, he says.
Fertilized ova are commonlvl
twice, but researchers at Gn
Genetics Inc., which is bulk
the Texas A&M Research Pan j
verbally reported uptoSOi
ova, Cartwright says.
Texaco workers back company in bat
PORT ARTHUR (AP) — The 3,300 employees of
Texaco Inc. in Jefferson County are confident their
parent company will win its continuing legal battle with
oil rival Pennzoil Co.
Although Texaco’s headquarters are in White Plains,
N.Y., much of the company’s heart and a vast amount
of its muscle is in Port Arthur where The Texas Co. be
gan 85 years ago.
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Texaco filed under Chapter 11 of U.S. Bankruptcy
Code to protect itself from having to post an $ l l billion
bond to appeal a multibillion-dollar judgment it was or
dered to pay Pennzoil.
A jury ruled in 1985 that Texaco wrongfully inter-
ferred in a planned merger between Houston-based
Pennzoil and Getty Oil Co.
Texaco officials moved quickly to quiet fears about
what the bankruptcy meant for local workers.
Plant workers were given a two-page let
James W. Kinnear, Texaco’s chief executiveol
assuring them the bankruptcy filingwouldn’taffc
eration of the plants.
Kinnear’s letter asked workers to tell their ft
and relatives that “T exaco is strong ;mdp
that “Texaco is a g<x>d company to do business»iil
a good company to work for.” He also said Pee
forced Texaco into bankruptcy.
Workers strongly back Texaco in its legalbatti
expect their company to win in the end,saidf
Sparks, a local union official.
Local governmental officials also supportTetf
Texaco workers — especially many of the 3,W
aco retirees in the county — are stronglyafftf
one aspect of the bankruptcy. Dividends on thet
aco stock are frozen until the bankrupto issues
tied.
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