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Page 6/The Battalion/Monday, November 9, 1987
Official calls
for Hispanics
to fight policy
Warped
by Scott McCullc j
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CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — State
Rep. Eddie Cavazos says Hispanics
should work together to fight fur
ther U.S. aid to the Nicaraguan re
bels.
“I am really concerned that our
federal government on the one hand
wants to give the Contras millions of
dollars, and on the other hand, they
want to cut social programs,” the
Corpus Christi Democrat said.
“If you believe that our job is not
to throw more arms into this pro
gram, then it is your job to throw
your support behind the peace plan
and convince our congressmen not
to send funds there,” he said.
Cavazos spoke at a ‘Just Say No to
Contra Aid’’ rally in Corpus Christi
designed to show support of the
Arias peace plan. It was sponsored
by the Central American Informa
tion Center, Pax Christi of South
Texas, Nueces County Democratic
Club and Causa de Paz.
The Central American peace
plan, drafted by Costa Rican Presi
dent Oscar Arias, calls for cease
fires, amnesties and democratic re
forms in Nicaragua, El Salvador and
Guatemala.
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“The last thing we need is a com
munist neighbor to the South,” Cav
azos said. “We have neglected our
neighbors to the South and abused
them long enough. It is time that we,
as Hispanic Americans, support our
brothers and sisters and if they want
democracy, help them to attain
that.”
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rector of the Southwest Voter Regis
tration Education Project, said polls
have shown the majority of Ameri
cans opposing continued aid to the
Nicaraguan rebels.
“The important point is that by
two-to-one, Hispanics are against the
U.S. policy in Central America,” Ve
lasquez said.
A&M professor offers weather advice
Job gives climatologist opportunity to answer questions
By Tony Poncio
Reporter
When lawyers need information
on the weather conditions involved
in one of their cases, they often call
Sltsite Climatologist John F. Griffiths.
Griffiths, a professor of meteorol
ogy, has taught at A&M since 1962
and has served as Texas state clima
tologist since his appointment in
1973 by former Texas Gov. Dolph
Briscoe Jr.
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Griffiths says the office is
cerned with averages, extremes
overall patterns of climate.
As state climatologist, Griffiths t
responsible for several publicath
including series publications and
gle-sheet information.
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keeps a repository of data so he can
answer questions.
Griffiths says his job duties in
clude providing assistance to state
agencies and the people of Texas
when they have a climatological
questions.
Recent publications from his
fice include “The Climates of Tei
Counties” and “100 Years of Tei
Weather.”
Financial support for the offt
comes from A&M, not as specifu
allocated funds from the state, Gr
fiths says.
He also provides information for
lawyers.
“Weather is very much in the
forefront of litigation in some acci
dent cases,” Grimths says.
He says that many of the claims
are weather-related and lawyers
need information concerning the
day in question.
They want to know if roads were
really wet or if it was possible for the
sun to temporarily have blinded the
drivers.
“I get paid for my position ai
professor for the meteorology l
partment,” he says.
He performs his duties as statti
matologist in addition to his teachi
responsibilities.
Griffiths says the office do«i
suffer from the lack of .direct s!«
funding or its location on the A&!
campus.
Photo by Sam B. Myers
John F. Griffiths, professor of meteorology and state climatologist
Griffiths, aided by graduate assis
tants Janine Bryan and Mary Avery,
also helps researchers in many fields
and most agricultural interests.
The state climatologist’s office
does not give out forecasts in re- _
sponse to inquiries, but is more con
cerned with the weather’s total pic
ture.
“It doesn’t really matter wltf
you are since most of the work
done by phone,” he says.
Griffiths teaches both undergrJ
uate and graduate courses in a#
cultural climatology and architect
ral meteorology.
Griffiths adds administrative at
research duties to his teaching at
state responsibilities.
He says the state work becomei
priority only when the weather
atypical because that is when rat
information is requested.
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