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Friday, February 15, 1991
MIKE: C. MULVEYThe Battalion
Grass fire
Bryan firefighter Greg Pickard walks along the shoulder of FM 158 putting out remaining grass fires Thursday afternoon.
Dallas mayor decides against running for third term
DALLAS (AP) — Mayor Annette
Strauss announced Thursday she
will not seek a third term, leaving the
office open to at least a half-dozen
prospective candidates.
Strauss, 67, was the first woman
elected to lead Dallas. She took of
fice in May of 1987 and won re-
election in 1989.
“I have always viewed the oppor
tunity to lead this city as a very spe
cial gift, given to me in trust by the
citizens of Dallas,” Strauss said.
“Now the time has come to pass
along that gift.”
The mayor said she is not en
dorsing any of the prospective may-
oral candidates.
Leading the list of probable candi
dates is Congressman Steve Bartlett
of Dallas. The Republican has indi
cated he will run for mayor, but has
made no formal announcement.
Bartlett did not return calls to his
Washington office by the Associated
Press Thursday, but spokeswoman
Teresa Garland said the congress
man would have an announcement
on the matter by “early next week.”
Council member Jim Buerger and
Dallas lawyer Forrest Smith already
have declared their candidacies.
Also expected to run are Marvin
Crenshaw and Roy Williams, the two
plaintiffs in the voting rights lawsuit
that started the redistricting fight.
Wives say support
6 just feels beautiful’
By Karen Praslicka
The Battalion
Strong U.S. support for Desert
Storm troops and the families
they left behind is a big change
from what some military wives re
member of Vietnam.
Myrna Rosser, employed at the
Texas A&M College of Medicine,
says she felt “isolated” when her
husband left to serve in Vietnam.
There wasn’t any kind of sup-
rt group at all,” she says. “In
act, no one even knew where
Vietnam was.”
Rosser’s husband, Terry,
served eight months in Vietnam
during 1963, and returned in
1968 for a second tour. During
her husband’s second tour, Mrs.
Rosser moved back to Bryan and
discovered a group called the
“Waiting Wives.”
Group members met once a
month to talk about their situa
tion. More importantly, she says,
members were there for one an
other.
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Rosser says she is amazed at the
support Desert Storm troops are
getting.
“I am just thrilled,” she says.
“After 26 years in the service and
retirement now, my husband and
I feel it’s just beautiful to see the
support.”
She says support groups offer
members something their fami
lies cannot.
“There are times when you
need somebody besides that close
family member you can’t tell
some things,” she says.
The military wife says she
doesn’t believe any positive feel
ings existed during Vietnam.
“It was a mess,” she says.
Mrs. Rosser says she is pleased
to see the increase in support of
wives at home and troops over
seas.
“Hopefully, it is sincere,” she
says. “I want it to be really and
truly sincere.”
See Wives/Page 12
In Advance
War con ’9J will hold events this weekend
Warcon ’91, Texas’ oldest gaming convention, is being presented
this weekend by MSC NOVA in the Memorial Student Center.
The special guest this year is Greg Gordon, designer of the role-
playing game TORG, one of the hottest new games of the year.
Other events include a miniatures painting contest, plus games like
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Battletech, Champions and Car Wars.
For more information, call 845-1515.
Operation Desert Support will sponsor parade
Operation Desert Support is sponsoring a parade beginning at 10
a.m. Saturday in front of the Texas A&M Systems Building to show
support for U.S. troops in the Middle East.
The parade planned by the student organization will go through
campus and finish with a ceremony on the O.R. Simpson Drill Field. Ev
eryone is encouraged to attend and help send a message to Desert
Storm forces.
Any organization that wishes to participate should have a support
ive banner that does not express an opinion about the war.
For more information, call Deeann Collins at 764-6601 or Matt
Hedding at 764-6841.
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