er 7,1993
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The Battalion
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A Keeping an eye on Texas
Top flag suppliers
P\ln 1992, Taiwan was the major foreign supplier of U.S. flags. The
total value of 123,127 imported flags was $101.000, or an average
of 82 cents per flag.
dren, be
nd mari-
o eighth-
ted using
iccording
icials say
juveniles
the prod-
U.S. flags by
country of manufacture, 1992
Country
Quantity
Value
Taiwan
83,103
$ 83,000
Guatemala
610
6,000
Canada
1,831
3,000
China
36,914
2,000
West Germany
51
2,000
Mexico
1
1,000
Japan
36
1,000
Italy
103
1,000
United Kingdom
400
1,000
France
88
1,000
Total
123,137
$101,000
SOURCES: U S. Commerce Department International Trade Commission
and John Sharp. Texas Comptroller of P.iblic Accounts
Teen killed, 1 injured
as party turns violent
The Associated Press
GRAND PRAIRIE — One teen-ager was shot to death and another
was wounded when a party turned violent, authorities say.
Nathaniel "Bud" Easterling Jr., 17, of Arlington, was shot to death
early Sunday.
A 15-year-old girl, whose name was not revealed, was in fair condi
tion late Sunday at Methodist Medical Center, according to Sgt. Bar
bara Dixon of the Grand Prairie Police Department.
Police were looking for an 18-year-old suspect, Sgt. Dixon said.
The party was to be a combination birthday party and an end of
summer celebration, authorities said.
Tim Wycoff, Easterling's stepfather, said he and his wife were at
tempting to cope with the senselessness of the shootings.
"You find yourself asking, 'When is it all going to end?"' Wycoff
said.
"The future just looks so bleak, as far as the control of our young
kids. It seems to me that everyone has a gun right now. This past week
has been one of the most violent 1 can remember," Wycoff said.
Grand Prairie police said the violence at the party began after more
young people than had been expected showed up at the party on Sat
urday night.
Witnesses said adult chaperones had been checking for guns and al
cohol at the party before it got too crowded.
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SLATON — America's teachers
ant parents to sing silly songs,
igtheir teen-agers and venture
side the school cafeteria once in
fhile.
Turn off the TV set, the teach-
I is plead, and make children read
home.
Educators repeated these
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wk"What America's Teachers
lish Parents Knew," a mostly
fbeat collection of 275 helpful
[its.
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led the material from the cozy
basement in their Slaton home in
Southeast Lubbock County.
Some of the wishes are practi
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dows, prolonged kisses at the
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'Flie Privctts say they wanted to
put together an easy-to-read
guidebook. The inspiration came
when Mrs. Privett, an accountant,
was taking classes to earn her
teaching certificate. She got
bogged down in heavy theory of
classroom management, she said.
"I knew you really had to be
there to know what's going on,"
Mrs. Privett said. "As a parent, I'd
like to know what teachers had to
say."
So the couple in January
mailed questionnaires to princi
pals at more than 6,000 schools in
all 50 states. The forms asked
teachers to complete the phrase,
"I wish that parents ... ."
Replies came back from 415
teachers, including 58 in Texas.
Annette Cootes, information
officer for the Texas State Teach
ers Association in Austin, liked
the book's premise.
"We say right on, and every
parent should be forced to read
it," Cootes said.
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