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Ben Davis, Jr.
Ben Davis, Jr., Customs Packer in the Command Center
Operations in Houston, is probably the most1 honored man in the Southwest Region.
Davis has a long and extensive history of excellent
performance in civic betterment and an equally outstand ing record as a major contributor to the welfare of area
citizens through his many activities in community affairs. Ben Davis is the proud recipient of no less than four
Special Achievement Awards, two Adopted Suggestion Awards and one Special Service Award. He has received
many commendations from civic and charitable organiza tions for providing outstanding services in community
assistance programs. He was, in a recent year, also chosen "Civil Servant of the Year" by the Houston Fed- - eral Business Association.
Informal Entries
NEW DISTRICT DIRECTOR IN BALTIMORE
A. Robert Beikirch has "been named District Director of Customs in Baltimore. He had
been acting District Director there, and "before that worked at Headquarters in
several offices including the Program Evaluation Division and the Management
Inspection Staff.
FISCAL 1983 A BUSY ONE
During Fiscal Year 1983, which ended on
Sept. 30, 1983, Customs enforcement per sonnel seized 19,000 pounds of cocaine,
593 pounds of heroin, 2,200 pounds of hashish and almost 3 million pounds of marijuana.
WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL PRAISES CUSTOMS
Speaking at the Customs awards ceremony held in Washington, D.C. last fall, Edwin
Meese, Counselor to the President, praised
Among his many honors are:
1) A Resolution signed by the Mayor of Houston and
the City Council honoring him for his work in organizing a volunteer group known as the "Girls in Gray." Mr. Davis founded the group to serve the needs of elderly patients of all racial backgrounds at the St. Thomas Convalescent Center in Houston.
2) A letter of Commendation from the President of the United States commending him for his work in helping establish the "Girls in Gray" and for his "outstanding humanitarian concern" in the local community.
Mr. Davis has also been commended for his efforts in organizing activities for the Community Center For The Poor, and for giving all types of assistance to relocated refugees in the Houston area.
He has a major hobby: helping other people.
—Charles W. Conroy,
Public Affairs Officer, Southwest Region.
Dorothy Colleta is a Staff Management Assistant in El Paso District; Charles W. Conroy is Public Affairs Officer, Southwest Region;
Clifton V. Stallings is Public Affairs Officer, North Central Region; 'Liz Orgeron is a Public Affairs Assistant in New Orleans; and Janet'
Rappaport is a Public Affairs Assistant in New York.
Customs Operation Exodus program, which is keeping U.S. technology out of unfriendly hands. "We know that our technology has given the West a vital edge in the balance
of military power, and we know that the Soviets cannot produce it themselves, and
that they will pay a high price to acquire it in the West", he said.
"The diligence of your efforts and your
counterparts throughout the country," he added, "will ensure that American tech nology continues to give the free world an edge that it very badly needs for the sur vival of all those who yearn for freedom."
NEW DIVISION DIRECTOR AT HEADQUARTERS
Edward B. Gable, Jr., has been named Director of the Carriers, Drawback and Bonds Division in the Office of Commercial
Operations in Washington, D.C. He had been chief of the Carrier Rulings Branch, the
Penalties Branch, and the Entry and Licens ing Branch.
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