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Border Patrol agents tes< (
anti-smuggling vehicle
PORT ISABEL (AP) — U.S. Bor
der Patrol agents are testing a
rugged military vehicle for possible
use in the battle against smugglers
who use the rough terrain in remote
areas, officials said Wednesday.
“We’re going to have something
we can use to combat the drug smug
glers and the alien smugglers,”
Larry Jackson, assistant chief for the
Border Patrol’s McAllen Sector,
said.
“If they go into rough terrain,
we’ll be able to follow them there.”
along the coast, particularly in the
tal
He said the “High-Mobility-Multi-
Purpose Wheeled Vehicle,” nick
named “The Hummer,” could be
what agents need as they expand
their surveillance of the Gulf Coast
from the Rio Grande to Corpus
Christi.
Border Patrol agents know of fre
quent alien and drug smuggling
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, but
have not had the equipment or per
sonnel to fight the illegal activity
along the coastal barrier islands, he
said.
“If it proves effective, it could be
considered another weapon in the
war on drugs here in the Valley,”
Jackson said.
The Border Patrol has purchased
four of the vehicles from the U.S.
Army, and has been testing it on dif
ferent types of terrain, Jackson said.
Produced by AM General, the
5,600-pound Hummer costing
$33,000 features a low center of
gravity, making it less likely to over
turn than some other all-terrain ve
hicles; four-wheel suspension; and is
7-feet, 1-inch wide.
It also enables the driver to raise
or lower tire inflation pressure at the
flip of a switch.
Of particular value to the I
Patrol, Jackson said, is the
mer’s ability to travel over extra
rugged terrain at a high speed*
providing a smooth ride.
The Border Patrol also willv..,
new station at Port Isabel withjrB
next three months, said Ernie K;
tillo, patrol agent in charge ofW
new station he said eventualli W
have 20 agents.
It will complement theBortic
trol station that recently opentJfS
Corpus Christi, Cktstillo said.
“We’re also going to get boat
work closely with the Coast Gua
make our presence felt,”headdej
Up to three Border Patroll
will he stationed at Port Isabel, ‘
Corpus Christi will haveoneoil
vessels.
“With these two stations, hj
we’ll be more effective here or f
island,” Jackson said.
Airline to make Puerto
hub for travel connections
FORT WORTH (AP) — American Airlines is planning
to turn San Juan, Puerto Rico, into a major connecting
hub as the airline expands into Latin America.
American Chairman Robert Crandall unveiled plans
Tuesday to more than double the size of the airline’s
hub at San Juan, the smallest of its five hubs.
Crandall and Puerto Rican Gov. Rafael Hernandez-
Colon made the annoucement at a news conference in
SanJuan.
The expansion announcement pushed the price of
AMR Corp., the parent company of American, up 1
and five-eighths to 44 and seven-eighths on the New
York Stock Exchange Tuesday.
American plans to spend up to $100 million to turn
San Juan into a major connecting hub for travel be
tween Latin America and Europe, Crandall said.
Nearly all travel between Europe and Latin America
currently flows through other airlines’ hubs in Miami or
New York.
The San Juan hub will also serve as a major connect
ing point for travel between the United States and Latin
America.
Most such travel now flows through Miami, except
for trips between the United States and Mexico.
There had been speculation earlier that American is
interested in buying the Latin American divisions of
Pan American World Airways or Eastern Airlines
There is also widespread conjecture that AmentJ
San Juan hub is designed to take advantage of tro'J!
Eastern’s weakened condition.
Crandall said American plans to add 10 gates-I
of them large enough to handle widebody airplane,
to the 10 gates it built in 1986 at San Juan’s Luis
Marin International Airport.
American’s plan would triple the size of its facfel
San Juan and make it possible to more than doalif
daily departures.
The airline also expects the expansion tocrea::
tween 500 and 1,000 jobs at the hub. American
rently employs about 900 people there
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“We left the time frame intentionally vague.'feft|
McGregor, a spokesman for the airline in rorthf
said.
“All we said was that it would lx* done within;®
years,” he said.
From San Juan. American already serves one'l
American city, Caracas, Venezuela, on a routethtipl
line began last spring. But the Venezuelan govern:!®]
turned down a plan American had to increase iiifl
quency on that route from one round tripadaytot*
12 Texans chosen as
Democratic co-chairs
AUSTIN (AP) — Twelve Texans
— from conservative Democrats to
more liberal party stalwarts — an
nounced Wednesday they will serve
as state co-chairs for the Dukakis
presidential campaign.
“I’m one of those Reagan Demo
crats who is coming home to my
party,” John Mobley of Austin, a
member of the Texas A&M Board
of Regents, said. “Somebody has got
to put this nation’s house in order,
and I happen to think that Mike Du
kakis and Lloyd Bentsen can do that
job, and do it well.”
Mobley ran the first U.S. Senate
campaign for Bentsen, a senator
from Texas and Democratic vice
presidential candidate.
Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan
told a news conference the campaign
should turn on issues and predicted
Dukakis-Bentsen would beat the
GOP ticket of George Bush and Dan
Quayle in Texas.
Democrats have criticized Repub
licans for making an issue of patriot
ism, after Dukakis as Massachusetts
governor vetoed a bill on constitu
tional grounds that would have re
quired the Pledge of Allegiance in
schools.
says, is about the future, and I be
lieve him,” she said.
Also announced as co-chairmen-
were Sen. Carlos Truan of Corpus
Christi; Sen. John Montford of Lub
bock; Lyndon Olson Jr., former
chairman of the State Board of In
surance; Dallas attorney Kathryn
Cain; U.S. Rep. Mickey Leland of
Houston; Maria Berriozabel, a mem
ber of the San Antonio City Council;
Ben Love of Houston, chairman of
Texas Commerce Bank Shares; Rep.
Ernestine Glossbrenner of Alice;
Austin attorney Joe Kilgore; and Hi
dalgo County Clerk Billy Leo.
The 12 will serve as steering com
mittee for the campaign, with Rail
road Commissioner John Sharp as
its chairman.
“This campaign must not turn on
photo opportunities and non-issues
about who can wave more red, white
and blue flags and drop more bal
loons than anybody else,” Jordan, a
co-chairman, said. “This campaign
cannot turn on who is the biggest or
highest or strongest patriot.”
“This campaign, Michael Dukakis
Cain said the Democratic ticket
would attract women because of sup
port for issues like day care and pay
equity.
“While Bush and his running
mate, Dan Quayle, have been conde
scending at best to women, Mike Du
kakis and Lloyd Bentsen have been
providing some real leadership on
issues of importance to women,” she
said. “Mike Dukakis and Lloyd Bent
sen can give women, too, an equal
shot at the American dream.”
Montford, who noted that he rep
resents a conservative area of the
state, said he agonized over the deci
sion to support Dukakis. In dis
cussing it, he said, “I’m tired of
going-out-of-business sales. I’m tired
of stacked rigs . . . I’m tired of farm
auctions. I’m tired of the biggest
event in town being an FDIC auc
tion.”
County heads=
replace boarf
for MHMRA
HOUSTON (AP) — Hjrl
County commissioners, reaoJ
to a wide-ranging investigate 1
the district attorney, are rep^i
ing the chairman and two0(1)9
members of the troubled couri
Mental Health and MentalRfiij
dation Authority.
County Judge Jon Lindsavsl
he expects the new board. 4
pointed Tuesday, tofireornfLi
date the resignation of EugfJ
Williams, the authority’s esfl
utive director. Williams wasirl
der fire amid claims his thrsa
year contract was renewed Itl
month at a $104,000 annuals. , i
ary.
Newly appointed memfrl
now make up a majority of'f
MHMRA, with four of thesevt*
member board having been;!
pointed since July, whentheif!
trict attorney began investigat'l
three land deals in which |;
agency paid a total of at leastil
million more than appraised'®
lues.
“The existing members;}
hasn’t done a bad job, but it’stj
for some changes," ^
whose of fice serves as comm
sioners’ liaison to the authoi_
said.
Assistant District Attorney 1
Taylor said his office’s probeirl
the authority’s activities lika
would last at least another moil
or two.
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