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I heard a RUMOR Page 4 The Battalion Monday, February 11,195] Monday, I Gramm: Free trade benefits all s P ade In n BROZ SPORT SHOP• 712 Villa Maria I f -' ■(i 822-2374 Bryan, Texas ■1*15 %OFF *5,'-’ ON ANY BASEBALL I ii CARDS & SUPPLIES \vi(h this coupon Limit 1 coupon per customer. Not valid on sale items or complete sets. Expires 2-28-91 HKOZ has BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, and HOCKEY CARDS, as well as Wax Boxes, Rack Paks, Cellos ScLs, Plastic Sheets, Storage Boxes, Ball Holders, Binders and all other supplies needed for the INVESTOR-COLLECTOR e o r* m B I <>..■ ()■ 'Ii 1 n.1 II i) I t; WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Phil Gramm says a free trade agreement with Mexico will turn im poverished border communities into prospering, bustling hubs of com merce. But Sen. Dennis DeConcini says he’s afraid an increase in trade could bring more people and pollution to a region where raw sewage is dumped into precious water supplies and res idents cope with diseases more com mon in the Third World than the United States. “We just cannot afford to do any thing that would magnify the bad environment that’s on the border al ready,” says DeConcini, D-Ariz. “I don’t believe you could get an agreement without the environment playing a major role.” But Mexico’s commerce secretary, Jaime Serra Puche, said last week that environmental issues would not be on the table when Mexico and the United States negotiate an agreement to eliminate tariffs and other trade restraints. He and U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills said environmental questions can be addressed outside the free trade ne gotiations. While border states like Texas and Arizona are the gateways to eco nomic opportunities south of the border, their border cities will feel the effects of the increase in trade in a number of conflicting ways, with the net effect ambiguous, according to the International Trade Commis- Gramm, R-Texas, said he believes that the prosperity that comes with in trade an increase le will provide the u - : = ' = C: 0 ' SpOrt Sh<>p U | A Veteran medic returns to serve in Gulf War at the College Station Hilton Charlie Browns Tribute to the rjjie Coaster^ FAX TUESDAY February 12 8:00 PM $6.00 $5.00 With Student ED Enjoy a Carnival atmosphere throughout the hotel with Cajun Buffet, Creole Specials, Clowns, Jugglers, Magicians, and Street Vendors. 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The retired Army medic, physi cian assistant, counselor of veterans and one-time politician is back in the military, ready to save wounded sol diers in the battlefields of the Per sian Gulf War. “I volunteered for it,” Rocco said. “I feel very strongly that they need experienced people. They need peo ple who have been in combat before. “Believe it or not, there are a lot of retirees that want to go.” After hearing on television that the military was calling up former physician assistants, 52-year-old Rocco volunteered. Last month he headed to San Antonio and Fort Sam Houston to start getting recerti fied. “I had never even given thought (to) coming back to the service,” the chief warrant officer said. “I guess it’s destiny.” After 22 years in the Army, Rocco left in 1978 but remained involved with veterans by heading counseling programs and becoming director of New Mexico’s Veterans Affairs De partment. He later ran for lieutenant gover nor of New Mexico but lost in the Democratic primary in June 1990. “I wasn’t well-versed in politics, and as a result I was soundly de feated,” Rocco said with a laugh. While clearing up campaign debts and trying to figure out what to do next, Rocco heard about the mili tary’s need for physician assistants. Now he’s doing laboratory work and auditing classes. He’ll find out in the coming months whether he’ll be sent to the Middle East. In the meantime, Rocco is trying to help young people in the many Army medicine classes at Fort Sam Houston by telling them about his war experiences. “The medics carry a heavy load,” he said. “They’re not doctors, but they’re expected to perform like ide ~ doctors under fire.” Rocco did two tours of duty in Vietnam in the mid- and late-1960s and won the Medal of Honor for saving five lives as a medic during the conflict. He later became a physi cian’s assistant, a position requiring more education and training. Rocco said the you&g people training to be physician assistants and medics are “wide-eyed” when he speaks to them. “It sort of brings the message home of why they’re there,” he said. He tells them about the harsh rea lities of war. “There will be a lot of confusion, a lot of noise ... there will be a lot of people screaming,” he said. One of the toughest jobs, Rocco said, is stay ing calm and deciding which pa tients to care for first. “It’s a little different than reading it from the books,” he said. “You will be scared. There’s no question you will have a lot of fear.” And, he said, he warns students that some fears may not emerge un til years later, in tne form of post- traumatic stress disorder. Rocco said he expects a big differ ence between Vietnam and the Per sian Gulf War to be the threat in the Middle East of chemical or biological warfare. “It can develop into a nightmare because there will be an enormous amount of casualties,” he said. Another difference, Rocco said, is the possibility more wounds will come from rocket and artillery fire, rather than from smaller weapons common in Vietnam. Aside from enjoying his return to medical studies, Rocco said, he likes getting back into the familiar mili tary life. “It’s been a ball,” he said, explain ing that he has met up with several old friends from his Vietnam days. “It’s like old home week.” As for his family and close friends, his three grown children and his girlfriend are adjusting to Rocco’s rejoining the military. “They’re proud that I’m in,” he said. PRE-LAW SOCIETY Meeting Wed. Jan. 13 7:00 p.m. 226 MSC South Texas College of Law revenue to address pollution prob lems. “The thing that’s causing pollut- The reason the Rio ion is poverty. “One of the big advantages! free trade agreement will lie thaitl Mexico grows and prospers, iM will have the capacity to instil®! ^ 6 The thing that's causing pollution is poverty, The reason the Rio Grande is the most pollutii river in North America is because the Mexicans are dumping raw sewage into it. ... Free trait will help the environment, not hurt Grande is the most polluted river in North America is because the Mexi cans are dumping raw sewage into it,” Gramm said. clean air and clean water provision Free trade will help the envirot ment, not hurt it.” American Airlines, pilot! reach contract agreement FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines pilots would receive annual 4 percent raises under a three-year contract ex pected to be ratified this week, a union spokesman said Sunday. A tentative accord reached Sat urday between the airline and the Allied Pilots Association would provide annual increases each Aug. 31, union spokesman Wally Pitts told The Associated Press Sunday. In addition, each of the nearly 9,000 pilots covered by the pact would receive a lump-sum retro active raise of 8 percent dating to Jan. 1, 1990, Pitts said. That 8 percent would also apply to the pilots’ pensions, he said. After the first increase, Ameri can MD-80 captains would earn more than their counterparts at Delta Air Lines, Pitts said. All American pilots would make more than their Delta colleagues by the end of the contract, he said. Pitts said the contract also would eliminate retirement and vacation disparities between se nior pilots and those hired after November, 1983. All pilots would reach top pay range after 6 years, he added. Union directors are expected to approve the agreement this week, said Allied Pilots spokes man Tom Hunt. “I think this is something that American and the pilots can all live with,” he said. The contract replaces one thai expired more than a year ago and ends 16 months of talks. TheNa tional Mediation Board has been moderating the pilots’ contract negotiations at a Washington ho tel since Jan. 7. T alks broke down Jan. 30 when the union rejected an offer that would have increased Ameri can’s cockpit costs by more than $1 billion over four years. The breakdown raised the prospect of a 30-day cooling period that, un der the bargaining terms, would be reejmred before a strike. Mediator Harry Bickford pushed the two sides back to the table Monday and kept them there virtually around-the-c.od Thursday and Friday. In statements announcing the agreement, the sides called Bick ford’s efforts “extraordinary." However, Bickford said he never doubted an agreemem would be reached. The two sides left a handful of issues, including pilot contribu tions to American’s health plan and retiree medical coverage, to be decided by an arbitrator. 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