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Zaeske earlier noted bilingual election ballots, and the coalition Thursday said it would support leg islation to repeal a law that requires the Texas Employment Commission to print forms in Spanish and En glish. Zaeske, who has announced for the state Senate next year, said, “We have confidence that within the next two or three weeks some ‘Official English’ legislation will be intro duced in the Texas Legislature and, of course, in the United States Con gress. “This Official English battle — war, or however you want to charac terize it — is going to be a long ong oing kind of thing with our ultimate goal being to see that we can com municate with one another in a com mon language, that our government reinforces that common language, Spends our tax monies to do that,” Zaeske told a news conference. Roy Ontiveros of Dallas, executive vice chairman of the American Eth nic Coalition, said the coalition has “discovered that we have the num bers” to pass legislation to make En glish the official language of Texas if it can get such a proposal out of committee to a floor vote. Texas lawmakers feel black Texan war hero merits Medal of Honor AUSTIN (AP) — The state House passed a resolution Thursday urging Congress to award a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor to a black war hero from Texas who gunned down Japanese aircraft dur ing the attack on Pearl Harbor. Seaman Doris “Dorrie” Miller, a Waco native, deserves the Medal of Honor, and the award would be a symbolic gesture to other blacks who fought valiantly for the United States, said Rep. Jerald Larry, D- Dallas. Larry and Rep. Ken Marchant, R- Carrollton, co-kuthored the resolu tion. The resolution “simply adds sup port to those in the Congress who would like to see Congress correct a longstanding injustice against Afri can-American servicemen who served in World War I and II,” Larry said. Miller has been described as one of the first American heroes of World War II for his actions during the Japanese sneak attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Miller had enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1939 and had been a mess steward on the battleship West Vir ginia. When the Japanese attacked, Miller moved his wounded skipper to safety and then manned a ma chine gun and shot down two Japa nese aircraft. Miller maintained his position until ordered to abandon the sinking ship. For his actions at Pearl Harbor, Miller received the Navy Cross. Miller was killed in a torpedo attack in 1943. In 1971, the Navy named a Knox-class frigate after him. “He has been recognized to some extent for his feats of heroism,” said Larry, but added the Medal of Honor “is the highest expression of recognition that our nation pays to its heroes.” “It is alarming that out of 529 Medals of Honor awarded during both world wars not one of the 1.5 million blacks, who fought to protect the liberty and freedom of America 20 years prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Bill of 1965, received the award,” Larry said. Last year, a bill by U.S. Rep. Mickey Leland, D-Texas, would have awarded the Medal of Honor to Miller, but the bill died in a con gressional subcommittee. Leland will file the bill again in the current session of Congress, accord ing to Saudi Stevens, deputy com- municatons director for Leland. Proposed fee for immigrants earns criticism EL PASO (AP) — Texans reacted with skepticism Thursday at a lobby ist group’s suggestion that every per son who enters the United States le gally he charged $2 to pay for improved fences and border patrols. “People can barely afford to pay that,” said Debbie Nathan of the El Paso-based League for Immigration and Border Rights Education. “That’s about the daily Mexican minimum wage — which is why they come to work here in the first place.” The proposal was in a report re leased Thursday by the conservative Federation for American Immigra tion Reform. “Where a fence exists at all, it of ten lies torn and tattered,” read the report, titled, “Ten Steps to Secur ing America’s Borders.” “Gaping holes invite illegal entry” and efforts to patch them are doomed to fail, the report said. FAIR assistant director Patrick Burns said the group advocates us ing $2 crossing fees to build better fences, hire more Border Patrol agents and install more electronic sensors along the border. Study: Fish in Trinity River contain high pollutant levels FORT WORTH (AP) —Stretches of the Trinity River are so polluted by toxic chemicals that many species of fish and wildlife that should live in the Texas watercourse simply aren’t there, a new federal study concludes. “If you are concerned about fish and wildlife, you should be con cerned about this,” said Roy Irwin, a federal wildlife biologist who con ducted the study. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv ice study, released on Wednesday, was based on field studies conducted in 1985 along a 250-mile section of the river. The report found severe impacts on fish in the river from Fort Worth’s Village Creek Sewage Treatment Plant to as far as south east Dallas County. The study, titled “Impacts of Toxic Chemicals on Trinity River Fish and Wildlife,” was started in July 1985 after a large fish kill down stream from Dallas. It reported that many pollution- tolerant species found downstream from Dallas contained levels of toxic chemicals high enough to cause con cern about such predators as bass and some birds. Lesser, but significant, shortages of fish species were detected in downtown Fort Worth and just east of the city. The study didn’t say whether contaminated fish or wild life pose a threat to people. Irwin said fish and wildlife sam ples were collected at 27 sites along the river. Contaminants found to be most consistently above concern levels downstream of Fort Worth and Dal las include PCBs (polychlorinated bi phenyls), PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), chlordane, chro mium, lead and mercury. Much of the damage was blamed on chlorinated and raw sewage, in dustrial and residential runoff, mu nicipal landfills and illegal dumping. “It’s all cumulative,” said Irwin. “A whole bunch of increments add up to a big impact.” Irwin’s 86-page study analyzed tis sue samples from up to 1 7 species of fish, turtles, clams and crayfish. It was released as many cities and the federal government confront the problems of urban runoff and wast ewater treated with chlorine. Sun-Wed 11-1:30 Thurs-Sat 11 -2:30 PIZZA 764-8620 76-GUMBY Whole Wheat & Orginal Crust Buy large pizza reg. price identical small expiration: 2-5-89 not valid with other discounts LUNCH SPECIAL 12” 1 item pizza 1 soda $4.25 expiration: 2-5-89 not valid with other discounts I AT TEXAS A&n PRESENTED BY OFF CAMPUS AOGIES FEBRUARY 2L ITO » FOR MORE INFORHATDDM -'•CALL. 845-<HA8>^ February 3, 4, and 5, 1989 proucCCy useCcomes the return of speciaC guest L^TULlf &OJVD, creator of HtATLPOON, the navaC usargame. Mr. Bond will be giving a presentation on modem Naval warfare at 12:30pm Febmary 4th in 601 Rudder, followed by a talk by Dr. Roger Beaumont on WWII Naval warfare at 5:00pm. Events at WARCON include an assortment of war- ^ames, board games, and Fantasy/roleplaying games such as: AD&D, Star Fleet Battles. Champions, Advanced (Squad Leader. Battletech, Dobotech DUG. Microarmor, Illuminati, Nuclear War, Nuclear Monopoly, and many other historical and tactical games and simulations as we can pack into three days of challenging excitement Warcon also offers Contests, Miniatures, Live Dole Playing, and our ever-pnesent fully-stocked Dealers Doom! Tickets are <S11 at the door. For more information call: (409) 845-1515 Business Career Fair Agenda Sunday, January 29th 2:00p.in.-6:00p.m. RETAILING SYMPOSIUM COLLEGE STATION HILTON “Characteristics of Successful Retailing Executives—What Separates the Best from the Rest” -Thomas J. Frank, President, Gonn Appliances, Inc. -Carl Sewell, President, Sewell Village Cadillac -Jeffrey Wells, Vice President, Human Resources, Toys “R” Us “From Resumes to References—What Are Recruiters Really Looking For?” -Gary Huddleston, Director, Human Resources, The Kroger Co. -Roy Chapman, College Relations Manager. J.C. Penny Co., Inc “Retailing Careers—There’s More There Than You Think!” -Marilyn Smith, Director of Training, Tom Thumb-Page Drug -Karen Samford, Corporate Marketing Manager, Herring Marathon Group Inc. -Tim White, Regional Personnel Manager, K-Mart Apparel -Ronni Rosen, Human Resource Manager, Pier 1 Imports -Don Hughes, National Manager of Market Planning, Hallmark Cards, Inc. -Ernesto Cuellar, Regional Personnel Manager, Mervyn’s “Why Students Should Consider a Retailing Internship” -Joey Jones, Govenment Programs Coordinator, Wal-Mart -Missy Magnuson Adams, Assistant Buyer, Neiman/Marcus 6:00PM-7:30PM Reception in the Hilton Ballroom Monday, January 30th WOMEN IN BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM 8:00AM-8:50AM “Secrets of Success-How to get Ahead' -Blocker 102 9:00AM-9:50AM “Opportunities in Business-Where does your major fit in”-Blocker 102 “Secrets of Success-How to get Ahead'’-Blocker 158 10:00AM-10:50AM "Conflicts in the Workplace”-Blocker 158 11:30AM-1:00PM “Women Today. ..All Options Open” Luncheon at the College Station Hilton Guest speaker: Kay Hutchison 2:00PM-2:50PM “Opportunities in Business-Where does your major fit in"-Bocker 165 “Secrets of Success-How to get Ahead”-Blocker 158 3:00PM-4:15PM “Conflicts in the Workplace”-Blocker 102 4:30PM-5:45PM “Opportunities in Business-Where does your major fit in’ -Blocker 102 Tuesday, January 31st 8:30 AM-4:00PM Booths in Blocker 6:OOPM-7:OOPM Minority Student Reception College Station Hilton (foyer of the ballroom) 7:OOPM-9:OOPM Business Career Fair Banquet Wednesday, February 1st 8:30 AM-4:00PM Booths in Blocker Thursday, February 2nd 9:30AM-4:30PM MBA Case Competition -Check with Masters Programs Office (331 Blocker) for schedule of events 2:00PM-3:15PM Placement Center Orientation “How to Use the Placement Center” Speaker: Mr. Lou Van Pelt, Director Room 307 Blocker