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Published report says DEA
built laboratory for dealer DP
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. The disclosure comes in the wake Because of the national anti-drug street by “dropping tb
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S.
Drug Enforcement Administration
gave suspected drug dealers the re
quired chemicals and even built a
drug laboratory for one target,
according to a published report
Monday.
Houston attorney Philip Greene
told the Houston Post that DEA
agents watched a suspected dealer in
Dallas make and deliver metham-
phetamines and Quaaludes but did
not intercept the drugs. The dealer,
however, was arrested, according to
Greene.
“If the point of the DEA is to get
drugs off the street, they violated
policy,” said Greene, who specializes
in drug cases.
“I’m saying our basic goal is to in
filtrate drug dealers,” Marion Ham-
brick, the DEA chief in Houston,
said. “We can’t expose what we do
undercover.”
The disclosure comes in the wake
of a weekend report in the Houston
Chronicle that the DEA has directed
local law enforcement agencies
throughout the country to stage
phony drug seizures and generate
false news reports to help agents
gain the confidence of drug lords.
At least two large cocaine seizures
in Houston actually were staged by
DEA officials working in concert
with local police agencies, the news
paper reported.
In August 1984 and again in Sep
tember this year, newspapers and
broadcasters reported authorities
had made large drug seizures in the
Houston area. Unknown to report
ers, however, the events were staged,
according to the Chronicle.
“They certainly go over the ethical
line and come close to the line of le
gality,” Houston attorney Dick De-
Guerin said. “What I see is a trend.
Care providers
need state office
AUSTIN (AP) — A special task
force studying rural health care
problems has suggested in a draft re
port that the Legislature should cre
ate a state office to act as an advocate
for financially struggling rural
health care providers.
Such an office would be a central
point for information and technical
assistance and a liaison for rural
health interests with state and na
tional government agencies, Sam
Gorena, executive director of the
Special Task Force on Rural Health
Care Delivery, said.
“The task force found a fragile
system of health care in rural
Texas,” the preliminary report said.
A final report is to be issued before
the Legislature cpnvenes in January.
Texas leads the nation in hospital
closings over the past five years.
Most of those have been in rural
areas.
Forty-eight of the state’s 254
counties have no hospitals, accord
ing to the task force.
The dwindling availability of care
is a problem that affects everyorie
that travels an interstate (highway),
Gorena said.
Gorena said the office being rec
ommended would be limited to pos
sibly one person. The preliminary
report doesn’t estimate how much it
would cost to operate, but it lists
state appropriations, gifts, grants
and fees for services as sources of
funding.
The task force, made up of law
makers, health care professionals
and other citizens, was established by
the Legislature to report on medical
availability in rural areas.
The task force, which conducted a
dozen hearings statewide and re
ceived testimony from 250 people,
examined shortages of rural medical
personnel, regulatory restrictions on
rural hospitals, the availability of
emergency services and trauma care,
financing and liability insurance for
rural medical personnel.
In the draft report, the task force
calls for rural communities to form
health care networks for purchasing
and planning advantages.
It also proposes adjustments to
state Medicaid and federal Medicare
reimbursement formulas.
Texas ranks 2nd
on Forbes 400
DALLAS (AP) — Texas ranks sec
ond among all 50 states in the num
ber of headquarters of the Forbes
Magazine 400 largest private compa
nies, the magazine is reporting in an
upcoming issue.
Forty companies on the 1988
Forbes list are based in Texas. Dallas
has 23, the most in the state.
The magazine also ranked indi
vidual cities.
New York City led the list, fol
lowed by Chicago in second place
and Dallas in third.
Houston has six, while three are
based in San Antonio and two are
headquartered in Fort Worth.
Houston, the other Texas city in
the top 10, shared sixth place with
Detroit and Minneapolis.
Austin, Coppell, Lubbock, Sul
phur Springs, Temple and Tyler
each are the headquarters for one of
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top-400 private companies, the
magazine said.
Forbes listed the rankings in its
Dec. 12 issue.
Texas ranked behind New York
state, which has 68 company head
quarters.
California placed third, with 34 of
the firms’ headquarters.
Texas-based companies making
the Forbes list this year that were not
on it in 1987 are Tracer in Austin;
Southland, Cullum Co., Epic
Healthcare Group, MorningS tar
Foods, Placid Oil, Dr Pepper-Seven
Up and Hallmark Electronics in Dal
las; White Swan and AFG Industries
in Fort Worth and Safeway Texas
Division in Houston.
Forbes reported that total reve
nues of the 400 largest private com
panies in the nation increased about
17 percent, from $449 billion to
$523 billion in the past year.
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Because of the national anti-drug
hysteria, the end has come to justify
the means.”
Hambrick said no record was kept
of how many times the ruse was
used, but insisted it was not a com
mon occurrence.
“It’s a rare technique,” he said. “It
is not the practice of the DEA to lie
to the press. Nor is it asking other
agencies to lie on its behalf.”
Harris County Sheriff Johnny
Klevenhagen, however, said that the
success of the program has
prompted its use across the country.
He praised the scam bogus seizures
as “productive in taking illicit drugs
off the street.”
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street by “dropping the lo
bogus seizure.
Newspaper clippings gi
by the tactic are used to
cover stories for agents, w
explain the loss of the cocaine
drug lords.
Jim Harrington, legal direo
the 1 exas American Civil Lite Itial agreemei
Union, said the DEA tacticdi L and pump
the credibility of the entire a L
justice system
FIENNA, Au:
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ense discussu
“The system only works bea; j[
is credible,” Harrington said
cannot have a jury looking aii
son and wondering if he want IThe accord, w
According to the Chronicle, the
staging of bogus seizures apparently
began several years ago to resolve a
dilemma for undercover agents pos
ing as cocaine importers for Colom
bian drug lords.
Once the cocaine is smuggled into
the country, it must be disposed of
before reaching the street and with
out jeopardizing the ongoing under
cover operation, federal sources told
the newspaper.
Often the DEA operatives deliver
the drugs according to instructions
from Colombian exporters and keep
the shipment under surveillance in
hopes of intercepting it before it hits
the streets. But the DEA sometimes
ensures that drugs never reach the
to achieve some greater goal
Harrington acknowledged
abandoning the tactic maymeai
lice are less effective.
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people without warrants,” lie
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deception of the news mediaarj unced, future
public.
Newspapers and broadcas;
tions do not have the resound
verify ail information releaset|
law enforcement officials ai
take it at face value, Paul F
news director of KPRC-TVinH
ton, said.
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Cat instinct can fcww
hard habit to fix ligb
The Brazos Animal Shelter,
the Student Chapter of the
American Veterinary Medical As
sociation and The Battalion are
combining their efforts to pro
mote responsible pet ownership.
The goal is to promote knowl
edgeable pet care, kindness, pub
lic health and civic responsibilities
by publishing weekly articles.
The following article was writ
ten by Professor Bonnie V. Bea
ver of A&M’s Department of
Small Animal Medicine and Sur
gery in the College of Veterinary
Medicine.
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cat has recently arrived in tl: I e a half perce
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teach by keeping tables and couth I ce mid-1985
ters bare of food that the cata:l s y ear -
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One of the hardest things to do
is to convince a cat that certain
spaces are off limits and that cer
tain behaviors are not appropri
ate. The problem behavior often
is one which is normal for a cat
but unappreciated by their own
ers. The variety is endless and will
range from jumping on tables
and counters to climbing the
owner’s leg as if it were a tree.
Throwing a shoe or yelling
“No” works occasionally to con
trol the behavior, but the unde
sired behavior may occur when
the owner is gone. Punishment
also tends to make the cat learn to
avoid the owner, and most people
really want a well-behaved but
friendly cat, not one that runs
when it sees them.
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would encourage the behavior: ^ es 0I ' a variet
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softness encourage theuseofit l ime . rate lncrf
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well for many problem cats. ln>
daily, owners may want to am
the sprayer with them through
out the house so that whentheoi
climbs their leg or attacks them,
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that will be associated with the be
havior, not with the owner. In
other words, the environment
should punish the cat. It is also
important to understand that
normal behaviors will continue to
occur, so they must be appropri
ately directed.
Cats like high places and will
tend to jump onto shelves, sofas,
counters and tables. The owner
should choose those which are
The owner also can hide am
wait for the cat to jump on an
stricted piece of furniture«
scratch something behind
scratching post. When the [
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threefold. First, normal behavior lid Zuhdi Lai
will occur, but can be modifiedprver for the
Second, the lesson is mosteffa
tive if the environment is nq
rather than the pet/owner
action. Third, a punishme®
should occur as soon as the
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