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COLLEGE STATION (AP) —
The 1988 drought is still bearing
down hard on much of Texas ag
riculture, and last week’s rains
helped only the northeast sector
of the state.
And according to a long-range
outlook by the National Weather
Service, the dry conditions are
not likely to improve. The agen
cy’s December-through-February
forecast calls for a 55 to 60 per
cent chance of below-normal
rainfall for the Southwest and
Deep South.
Dr. Zerle L. Carpenter, direc
tor of the Texas Agricultural Ex
tension Service, said the cold
front during the past week
dropped scattered rains in north
central counties, heavy rains in
the state’s northeastern corner
and up to 4 inches in northern
counties of deep East Texas.
The front brought no signifi
cant precipitation to any other
areas, he said.
Following the front were frosts
that reached as far south as the
Winter Garden district southwest
of San Antonio and east to the
Houston area. The cold snap and
dry soil brought growth of
ranges, pastures and wheat to a
quick halt in the Panhandle, the
plains country and the north cen
tral region.
Carpenter said the Extension
Service is reminding livestock
producers of the danger of prus
sic acid (cyanide) poisoning fol
lowing frosts in Johnsongrass and
other sorghum family members.
He said it’s a good idea to wait
five or six days after a frost be
fore turning animals in on any
type of sorghum f orage, and then
watch them closely.
Carpenter said sorghum har
vesting is nearly finished in the
Panhandle and the cotton harvest
is about 25 percent along. Recent
cold weather has increased main
tenance feeding of cattle, al
though ranges and pastures are
still in fairly good condition.
In West Gentral Texas, mainte
nance feeding of livestock is wide
spread because of short, parched
pasturage. Sorghum harvesting is
winding down and cotton is 75
percent out of the fields.
Carpenter said the Coastal
Bend remains as one of the state’s
driest districts, where only two of
10 or more counties have at least
some soil moisture. Stockmen are
actively culling herds, and main
tenance feeding is underway in
almost all counties. Pastures are
fair to very poor.
Pastures are still in fairly good
shape in deep South Texas and
livestock are doing well, Car
penter said. High yields of good
quality sugarcane are being har
vested, and the outlook for citrus
and early oranges is promising.
Watermelons are still being har
vested.
The following specific crop
and livestock conditions for the
past week were reported by Ex
tension district directors:
NORTH CENTRAL: Soil
moisture varies from adequate to
short. All small grains and pas
tures could use more rain. Wheat
is good to fair and pastures are
good to poor. Ryegrass pastures
are looking good. Fair yields are
coming from a peanut crop that is
almost complete. Stock tanks are
at higher levels and cattle are in
fair to good shape. A good pecan
crop is up to 60 percent har
vested.
NORTHEAST: Big rains have
put adequate moisture into the
soil. Wheat, oats and other winter
forages are growing well and pro
viding good grazing. Vegetable
crop activity is at a near standstill.
High pecan yields are reported.
WEST CENTRAL: The
drought is firmly entrenched,
and all ranges, pastures and small
grains are stressing. Maintenance
feeding is active. Sorghum har
vesting is approaching comple
tion and cotton is 75 percent har
vested. Peanut harvesting is
tapering off, with irrigated fields
getting fair to good yields. Pecan
yields are fair to good.
CENTRAL: Ranges are de
clining because of heavy frosts.
Showers have helped wheat
growth but greenbug infestations
are high. The peanut and pecan
harvests are 75 percent and 50
percent complete, respectively.
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Alcohol awareness continues
with ‘Green Bean Campaign’
By Denise Thompson
Staff Writer
Shades of green have overtaken
residence hall bulletin boards.
Attempting to promote student
alcohol awareness in dorms, the
“Green Bean Campaign” was spon
sored by the Center for Drug Pre
vention and Education.
Unusual flyers were posted
around campus to encourage stu
dents to consider their drinking pat
terns and those of their friends.
Debra Doyle, a graduate assistant
at the Center, said the Green Bean
Campaign was a follow-up activity to
the National Collegiate Alcohol
Awareness Week.
“The campaign started right at
the beginning of November,” she
said. “What we wanted to do is have
some follow-up activities to exem
plify what our message was during
Alcohol Awareness Week. And that
message was that people should be
aware of alcohol and the choices that
they are going to encounter.”
The campaign involved placing a
different green flyer on bulletin
boards during each week of the
month.
The first poster showed a picture
of a large green bean with the words
“Green Bean” printed on it. The
next poster was a picture of six cans
of green beans with the message,
“How many 6-packs of green beans
do you need to make your weekend
fun?”
“If your friend went out and ate a
6-pack of green beans every night,
would you talk to him or her about
it?” was the message on the third
poster.
The fourth poster contained the
message, “You could talk to your
friend about his green bean prob
lem, but can you talk about a drink
ing problem?” The final poster was
accompanied hy a sheet that pro
vided an explanation of the cam
paign and the Center’s location and
telephone number.
“The main purpose of the posters
was to let students know that if
they’re aware of someone with a
drinking problem, there are ways of
dealing with it besides just closing
their eyes,” Doyle said.
Another focus of the campaign
was to make students aware of a
problem associated with drinking
called enabling, Doyle said.
“This is when people actually en
able the problem either by ignoring
it or by making fun of it,” she said.
“When people talk about having a
round of stories about how drunk
they got last night or when they try
to top other people’s drinking sto
ries, it just enables the whole behav
ior pattern of just going out and get
ting bombed.”
While resident directors in the
dorms said the campaign was suc
cessful, Doyle said it is important for
off-campus students to have the
same information and know where
they can get help if they need it.
“We have several support groups
such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Nar
cotics Anonymous and Adult Chil
dren of Alcoholics that can help any
one with a drinking problem,” she
said.
Although the responsibility of
confronting someone about a drink
ing problem is difficult, Doyle said it
can be a true test of friendship.
For more information concerning
alcohol or drug abuse, visit the Cen
ter on the second floor of the A.P.
Beutel Center or call 845-0280.
Economics professor debates
on ‘Morton Downey, Jr.’ show
By Richard Tijerina
Staff Writer
Appearing on the “Morton
Downey, Jr.” show was a lot of fun,
but the show tends to be geared
more toward hype and ratings than
content, A&M economics professor
Morgan Reynolds said.
Reynolds, who appeared on the
show Nov. 24, was picked to discuss
“Labor In America.”
Reynolds was chosen by Downey’s
staff to be a guest because he has
written several books on labor
unions in America.
Reynolds was one of a dozen
guests on the show, which featured
guests mostly from the Detroit area,
where the show was taped.
“It was a circus, a real three-ring
circus with all the guests they had
on,” Reynolds said. “They were ap
parently working for someone who
was anti-union, and I’ve written a
couple of books on labor unions. Up
in Detroit, you’re not going to find a
whole bunch of anti-union people.”
Reynolds said the majority of the
show was devoted to discussion of
unions in America, concentrating on
the steel and auto industries, foreign
competition and working conditions.
He said the rest of the show was
“interrupted by a lot of shouting
from the audience.”
Although he was on for the entire
show, he answered only one ques
tion.
Downey directed the first ques
tion, which concerned working con
ditions and monopolies, toward Rey
nolds.
He gave his answer in three parts:
monopolies are bad for working
people, unions are nothing more
than government-supported mo
nopolies, and labor unions impov
erish working people in the United
States.
Reynolds said that once he gave
his answer, the show deteriorated
into chaos, and he had to shout to
gain attention. He said he thought
the broadcast had even less content
than the average Downey show.
“There were a few good mo
ments, but there wasn’t much ratio
nal content on the show,” he said. “It
was mostly played Up for hype and
entertainment. There was a band
and a lot of shouting.”
Reynolds said he was not a fan of
the show, but appeared on it because
his 19-year-old son is a big supporter
of the talk show. He is glad he partic
ipated in the show, he said, but
would not do it again because he was
not able to express much of his view.
Although the show is supposed to
be a serious talk show that addresses
serious issues, it is geared only to
ward ratings and does not include
enough serious content, he said.
“You take shows like (ABC’s)
‘Nightline’ on one end and ‘Morton
Downey’ on the other end, and it just
doesn’t compare,” he said. “ ‘Night-
line’ is too slow, and ‘Morton
Downey’ is too hyped. I think some
thing like (CNN’s) ‘Crossfire’ is more
in-between — that’s better.”
Man gets 45 years for smuggling drugs
BROWNSVILLE (AP) — A
convicted drug smuggler has
been sentenced to 45 years for
operating a marijuana smuggling
operation and laundering mil
lions of dollars in drug profits
through a border peso exchange
business.
Antonio Franco was convicted
in October in connection with the
smuggling ring operating from
Mexico to Illinois and laundering
the profits through a McAllen
money exchange.
Franco and Oscar Alvarez,
owner of Oscar’s Money Ex
change in McAllen, .were named
in a 25-count indictment.
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