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Page 10 The Battalion Thursday, April 6,1985
State investigates fake cruise offer
Company sold memberships for bogus floating gambling club
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND (AP)
— The Texas attorney general’s of
fice is investigating a company that
sold at least 26 people memberships
costing more than $1,000 each for a
cruise ship club that owns no ships
for the gambling and nightlife it of
fered, an official said.
“They were actually selling mem
berships in a club that does not ex
ist,” Adolfo Alvarez, assistant attor
ney general in charge of the
Consumer Protection Division’s
McAllen office, said Wednesday.
“They were making representations
that the ships did exist.”
Alvarez said the central figure in
the investigation is Efren Cenoz, a
Brownsville man arrested last week
end on charges including opening a
nightclub without a liquor license.
Cenoz opened the nightclub at
South Padre Island to promote his
Texas Star Cruise Club, Alvarez
added.
Cenoz’ sales force since December
in the United States and Mexico has
been promoting the club and telling
people that the Texas Star Cruise
Line has a total of three ships to op
erate out of Port Isabel and
Brownsville, Alvarez said.
The itinerary was to be similar to
the cruise ship Le Mistral, which has
no connection with the company un
der investigation. Le Mistral, based
at Port Isabel near the Mexican bor
der, offers the state’s only legal gam
bling casino because it fulfills a state
law requiring it to call on a foreign
port.
Alvarez said he would file suit
Thursday in state district court in
Brownsville against Cenoz’ opera
tion, first seeking a temporary re
straining order to prevent any more
membership sales to Texas Star
Cruise Club.
The assistant attorney general
said he also will seek an injunction
against the club operator, requiring
him to stop selling and advertising
the club and claiming the company is
bonded.
“It is not bonded,” Alvarez said,
but added that one of the company’s
fliers reads: ‘“Your investment is
safe. We are bonded.’”
He said he also will seek restitu
tion for those who have bought
memberships at $ 1,075 each.
A sales force extends as far as
Mexico City, Alvarez said, but at
least seven sales representatives are
cooperating with the investigation,
“Even as of yesterday, people
(customers) from Mexico were cal'
ing and asking where to send the
money,” he added.
One of the three ships was pro
moted as having a 1950s theme, one
would have a 1920s theme and tie
other was to be a modern party ship,
Alvarez said.
Charges against Cenoz are in con
nection with a nightclub at Soutk
Padre Island that operated oi
March 23-24, with “The World Flat
ters” rock group booked to protnott
the 1950s theme cruise ship.
Cenoz remained in the Cameron
County Jail in Brownsville Wednes
day.
Commission
grants two
racing licenses
AUSTIN (AP) — Members of
the Texas Racing Commission,
who’ve granted their first pari
mutuel horse racing licenses this
week, say conflicting opinions
from legal advisers have hams
trung their power to deny the
permits.
The commission approved li
censes for Bandera Downs near
San Antonio and for G. Rollie
White Downs at Brady, about 150
miles northwest of Austin.
Hearings on additional appli
cations for tracks in the Dallas-
Fort Worth area continued
Wednesday, and more are sched
uled for May 1.
The Bandera application was
smooth compared with the Brady
hearing, in which the president of
the group seeking the license, Da
vid Mitchell, was ordered to drop
his affiliation with the track.
Commission members first
sought to deny the license to
Heart of Texas Racing after hear
ing testimony that Mitchell had
been charged several years ago
with felony counts of selling
drugs to horse trainers and horse
owners. He pleaded no contest to
a lesser charge, was fined and had ~
the charge expunged from his re
cord.
Peace Corps
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with liberal arts degrees sometimes are accepted.
“We don’t have a grade-point requirement for people
in our top recruiting majors such as math and science,”
she said. “English majors and liberal arts majors must
have a 2.5 to teach, but they don’t have to have a certifi
cate. People from these majors usually have to have
other qualifications such as tutoring experience, com
munity service, or experience on a farm or in construc
tion.”
Dupre said the Peace Corps recruits seniors and
graduate students more than underclassmen. For this
reason underclassmen should not quit school to join the
Peace Corps, she said.
“I would say about 90 percent of our volunteers have
degrees,” she said. “For that reason, people need to go
ahead and finish the degree before they apply.”
For those students who meet the qualifications and
are accepted by the Peace Corps, Dupre said the bene
fits are both unique and plentiful.
“It’s particularly beneficial to someone who would be
interested in a career in the international spectrum,”
she said. “It’s really tough to get an entry-level position
in something related to international work. The Peace
Corps is a good entry-level into this kind of work.
“It’s also good entry-level into government work such
as the Forestry Service or the USD A or even the De
partment of Agriculture. Peace Corps volunteers have
non-competitive eligibility for other government jobs,
so it basically cuts through some of the red tape when
they’re looking toward a government-based career.
“It gives people the opportunity to learn another lan
guage and gives them a chance to gain a perspective of
the world that will help them later in life.”
Dupre said practical experience in the job field
doesn’t constitute all of the benefits gained through the
Peace Corps. Corps volunteers gain maturity anil
hands-on experience that provide “huge pay-offs,"sht
said.
“They learn about other cultures and gain skills thai
working in a classroom and taking tests simply doiit
provide,” she added.
Sixty-five countries receive help from the Peace
Corps, with more than 50 percent of the current volun
teers serving in Africa, she said. Although countries like
Latin America are popular, Dupre said, students
should not request a particular country.
“Some students want to go to Spain because they
speak Spanish,” she said. "But our goal is to send stu
dents where they’re most needed, and we want students
to keep that in mind — that they should go where
they’re most needed.”
Although the visiting recruiters will leave campus to
day, recruiter Estella Mays said students can submit ap
plications through the mail.
“Applications should be submitted six months to a
year before l
she said.
The minimum amount of time that should be allo
cated for the application process is three months.
After the application is analyzed to identify the per
son’s skills, the interview process begins. If the appli
cant is qualified, he must go through eight to 14 weeks
of training.
“Cross-cultural information is given to help the per
son learn the ‘do’s and don’ts’ of the country. This is so
the person doesn’t offend anyone and so he learns whai
practices are acceptable in that country.
"They also receive technical training to assist them in
whatever area they’ll be working. This is additional pre-
f iaration beside what they’re degree or experience of-
ers.”
Seniors or graduate students interested in applying
for the late summer or fall can send applications to the
Peace Corps now. J uniors should apply late in the fall of
their senior year.
Applications are available by calling 1-800-442-7249.
the student is ready to leave for training,
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