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10 Thursday, July 18, 2002 The Battalion Classified Advertising • Easy • Affordable • Effective For information, call 345-0569 Qu izno's subs NORTHGATE 110 College Main 846-7000 BRYAN 3203 Freedom Blvd. (across from WaUMart) 774-6689 P*eG*uuuu4> (2e*t£&id> # 9 9 OF BRAZOS VALLEY HOW WOULD A PREGNANCY AFFECT YOUR FUTURE? Free Pregnancy Test • Complete Confidentiality Peer Counseling Service 1 6 Years of Personal and Confidential Care Open Mon-Fri 9-5 & some evenings & Saturdays Call for an appointment 695-9193 846-1097 205 Brentwood 3620 E. 29th St. College Station Bryan Hey Ags! Join the tradition! Get your FREE « f: % A 4 1 and save money all over town. Available FREE at all locations of L.0tJF»0~r*St 1 I3003C STORE I r ojhers mnomEs NEWS IN BRIEF Firefighters defeat plan to defer raises DALLAS (AP) — Dallas firefight ers have decided not to defer a promised 5 percent pay hike, a proposal that some hoped would save civilian jobs. The measure to delay the rais es, which failed by a 52-35 vote Tuesday night, would have gone into effect if the city agreed not to cut civilian jobs or pay. The measure might have saved the city an estimated $6 million in the next fiscal year's budget. But because of a pro jected $81 million shortfall, city officials said it would have been unlikely they could balance the budget without trimming civilian jobs and pay. Three more counties declared disasters AUSTIN (AP) - President Bush has declared another three counties, Duval, Jim Wells and McMullen, major disasters because of severe storms and flooding, Gov. Rick Perry said. Perry also has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to add five more coun ties to the federal disaster list: Callahan, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio and Zavala. Twenty- seven counties have been declared disaster areas because of the flooding. Former Nacona nurse charged in 4 deaths MONTAGUE, Texas (AP) - Montague County District Attorney Tim Cole said Wednesday he hasn't decided whether he will seek the death penalty in the case of a former nurse who is charged with killing four patients and a suspect in the deaths of at least 16 more. Vickie Dawn Carson Jackson, 36, was arrested Tuesday after the grand jury indicted her on two counts of capital murder in the deaths at Nocona General Hospital. Each count covers the deaths of two patients. THE BATTJ Sr I Need for speed dume By Cl T Incoming .obert Gate; f $300,OCX) Jig to his en fexas A&M ly Chance 1U I Current l IT Bowen v* Senior computer engineering major Philip Wooten (right) teaches sophomore Mike Jaquez (left) how to ride motorcycles in the RANDAL FORD • THE BATTALIC parking lot next to Reed Arena. Wooten currently a member of the Texas Ail Motorcycle Club. Mexicans welcome Bush’s nei nominee for U.S. ambassado MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican analysts largely welcomed President George W. Bush's decision to nominate Texas state official Tony Garza for the ambassadorship in Mexico. But on Wednesday, some warned against expecting too much over the mere fact that Garza — a member of the Texas Railroad Commission — is the grandson of Mexican immigrants. “One would hope that his Latino roots would help foment a closer relationship between the two countries,” wrote columnist Adrian Trejo in the newspaper El Economista. “But experience has shown us that sometimes American Latinos can be harder on fellow Latinos than any other group. Let’s hope that doesn't hap pen with the new ambassador.” There is little doubt that Garza will be doing some damage control in the often bumpy relations between the two countries. “Mexico’s policy with the U.S. has tended to bypass the Paseo de la Reforma (the avenue which the U.S. embassy is located), that will become the first line of content! said Antonio Ocarranza, a political analyst* had been a spokesman for former Presit Ernesto Zedillo. Bush submitted Garza’s nomination to - Senate, which must confirm the appointment Tuesday. Garza speaks fluent Spanish — few recent U.S. ambassadors have been boast of — and is a longtime politic: il allyofBu'j “He not only has a great knowledge of thebori and Mexico, but he has close contact witl said Ocarranza. “That means he will become. translator for Mexico in the U.S. establishm Two earlier ambassadors of Mexicandesot/tI Julian Nava and John Gavin, often bad straweiij relations with Mexico’s political establish though they served at a time of more dtoVRvi lions between the two countries. * smsmmmiE COME FIND OUT WHERE EVERYONE ATE THE FIRST HALF OF SUMMER COME SEE WHAT A REAL NEW YORK STYLE SUB TASTES LIKE Ro Profes Buckn the 31 D Now accepting all major credit cards, Aggiebucks and ATM Cards Open till 2:00 a.nt. Friday & Saturday nights! 301-A COLLEGE MAIN BETWEEN CAMPUS AND NORTHGATE PARKING GARAGE 979-846-8593
