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The Battalion
Friday, June 7,1991
Official supports free trade
MISSION (AP) — A free trade agreement between
the United States and Mexico will bolster job oppor
tunities on both sides of the border, a former U.S.
Department of Commerce official said Thursday.
William Cavitt, who once headed the Commerce
Department in Mexico, told a group gathered at the
South Texas Economic Development Conference
that every $1 billion of U.S. exports supports more
than 22,000 U.S. jobs.
"Based on past experience, more jobs will be cre
ated than will be lost," Cavitt said.
Critics of a free trade agreement with Mexico have
said they're concerned that U.S. jobs will be lost to a
cheaper labor market in Mexico. Cavitt said he
wants to dispel those myths.
Cavitt added that U.S. exports to Mexico doubled
from $14 billion in 1987 to $28 billion in 1990, mean
ing that U.S. jobs dependent on exports to Mexico
also doubled from 300,000 to 600,000.
A study by the McAllen Economic Development
Center showed that 20,700 maquila jobs in Reynosa
in 1989 supported 23,400 jobs in Hidalgo County,
Cavitt said.
Cavitt said he believes a free trade agreement with
Mexico could produce the same successful results
that have resulted from a similar arrangement be
tween the United States and Canada.
"This is an exciting time to be involved in the
Western Hemisphere," Cavitt said.
Roland Arriola, associate director of the Univer
sity of Texas-Pan American's Center for
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, said
the two-day conference is one of the most important
South Texas events this year.
"This conference is unique in that it focuses not
only on the potential impact of free trade on South
Texas but also on a variety of issues, including tech
nology training in our high schools, public
entrepreneurship for cities and counties and other
areas that will have a significant impact on the local
economy in the years to come," Arriola said.
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Waco lawyer
seeks higher
damage claim
in libel suit
WACO (AP) — A Waco lawyer
is seeking to increase his damage
claims from Belo Broadcasting Co.
and former WFAA reporter
Charles Duncan in the wake of a
$58 million libel verdict awarded
to a former area prosecutor.
George Shaffer, in motions filed
this week, is asking the 19th State
District Court to increase his dam
age claims from $3 million to $12
million. Shaffer has also asked
District Judge James Meyers of
Austin to grant a summary
judgment, forgoing a trial in his li
bel suit.
Shaffer's trial is scheduled to be
gin Nov. 12.
McLennan County jurors
awarded former McLennan
County District Attorney Vic Fea-
zell the landmark libel verdict in
April. Meyers, who also presided
over that case, has not ruled
. whether to uphold the jury award,
reduce it or dismiss it.
A judgment from Meyers is ex
pected to be issued this week.
Shaffer claims Duncan and Belo,
the station's owner, libeled him in
a series of broadcasts aired in 1985.
The series said the FBI was in
vestigating Feazell and several
other Waco defense attorneys con
cerning accusations Feazell took
bribes to dismiss cases.
Shaffer contends in his
amended petition that Duncan li
beled him in seven of the 11 broad
casts by lumping him with other
attorneys included in the federal
probe.
However, Shaffer's name was
not included in FBI or state reports
as being under investigation in the
bribery investigation.
Shaffer said his recent request
was prompted by both Feazell's
verdict and a closer examination of
the whole series.
An attorney for Belo did not re
turn telephone calls from The As
sociated Press seeking comment.
Groups try
for sound
relations
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national office and A&M's Interf
raternity Council. But he said
there would be additional conse
quences if there were further prob
lems with the fraternity.
Southerland said A&M has a
better chance to influence change
through probation than to abolish
the chapter.
Koldus said many people do not
realize that fraternities and sorori
ties are not required to be recog
nized by major institutions.
"We wanted to have a good ad
ministrative relationship with
them," he said.
The organizations can still exist
off-campus, but by recognizing
them, the University is able to
keep a positive relationship with
them, Koldus said.
Norman E. Allen, director of
chapter services for the fraternity,
and Phi Delta Theta representa
tives declined to comment.
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rape victim
settle suit
HOUSTON (AP) — The Motel 6
chain has offered a Houston
woman a $10 million settlement in
her lawsuit blaming her rape on
the motel's insufficient security
and a lack of concern for its guests.
The agreement between the 27-
year-old Houston woman and Mo
tel 6 came Wednesday during the
third day of testimony in her law
suit alleging negligence.
The woman was traveling alone
as a photographer for United
Church Directories in 1988 when
she stopped at a Motel 6 in Fort
Worth, testimony showed.
"She asked the management if
they had security guards," said
her lawyer, G. Robert Friedman.
"They told her they did."
The woman first noticed two
men in a vending machine area
and mistook them for Motel 6 em
ployees, Friedman said.
Nerd House
by Tom A. Madison
Richards still undecided
on fate of final ethics bill
AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Ann
Richards on Thursday defended
the ethics bill passed by the Legis
lature, refused to say whether she
would sign it into law, and added
that she would allow lawmakers to
work on the measure some more
only after they finish writing a
state budget.
"This is a much stronger bill
than it is being given credit for,"
Richards said about the ethics leg
islation.
The bill passed — although it
was not in written form — over
whelmingly by the Legislature
about five minutes before the reg
ular session adjourned at mid
night May 27.
Since copies of the bill were pro
duced about two days later, it has
picked up a steady stream of de
tractors, including some lawmak
ers andpublic advocacy groups.
On Thursday, Texas Media, a
coalition of seven statewide news
organizations, wrote Richards,
asking her to either veto the bill or
allow lawmakers to work on it
again during the special session,
which Richards has said will be
called July 8.
"A bad ethics bill in many ways
is worse than no ethics bill at all,"
Nick Voinis, chairman of Texas
Media, said in the letter.
The group's major complaint is
that under the bill, the ethics com
mission, which would administer
the proposed law, would operate
mostly in secret.
Other groups have criticized the
bill because it would require six of
eight members of the commission
to agree before initiating any kind
of investigative action. The com
mission would be composed of
four Democrats and four Republi
cans.
Senate members of a conference
committee that worked on the bill
have also asked Richards to open
the special session, saying that
agreements they reached with
their House counterparts some
how never made it into the mea
sure.
Richards said the Legislature
could tackle the issue again after it
completes work on the state bud
get.
The governor controls the
agenda of special sessions.
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Thursday
ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: General discussion at 6 p.m. Call COPE at 845-0280
for more information.
GAY AND LESBIAN STUDENT SERVICES: General meeting in 507AB Rudder. Call 847-0321
for more information.
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: First summer meeting! Everyone welcome at 7:30 p.m.
at Rumors. Call Pat Roach for more information.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: General discussion at noon. Call CDPE at 845-0280 for more
information.
Friday
STUDENTS OVER TRADITIONAL AGE: Supper Club meeting at 6 p.m. at Fuddruckers.
Call 845-1741 for more information.
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC.: Parties in Rooms 224 and 225 MSC.
Sunday
LUTHERAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: Bible Study at 7:30 p.m. at the Lutheran Student Cen
ter. Call Elaine at 846-5645 for more information.
Monday
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS: Humana Hospital-Brazos Valley Texas Music Festival Cham
ber Music Concerts. Pro Arte String Quartet and Lawrence Wheeler, Viola. 7:30
p.m. in Rudder Theater. Call Rebecca Binder at 845-3355.
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Texas and receive three hours of
graduate credit for their partici
pation in the program.
"They (the teachers) leave with
specific knowledge and materials
that make it easier for them to
teach this subject matter," Cooper
said. "This is material that teach
ers can share with other teachers
— a sort of chain-reaction effect."
Cooper added that the teachers
who participate in this program
will each teach about 200 students
a year.
The program is presently
funded by corporate groups, foun
dations and individuals who are
interested in the program. The
money covers the cost of teachers'
tuition, room and board.
"We would like to expand and
be able to separate the elementary
and secondary teachers into differ
ent groups," Burke said. "But we
would need additional funding
since the program covers a major
ity of the teachers' expenses."
The Center for International
Business Studies is sponsoring the
program for the second year.