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LESLEA NAN LORENZ MELANIE YOUNG JANEL BARTLETT CAROLYN CORPSTEIN Fish To Select Sweetheart At Saturday Ball By JANIE WALLACE Battalion Staff Writer The selection of a Fish Sweet heart highlights the activities of the upcoming Fish Weekend which include an informal dance, barbecue and the Fish Ball, ac cording to Kirby Brown, fresh man class president. Chosen from twelve finalists, the sweetheart will be one of these: Janel Bartlett, a Ridgewood High School senior, has brown eyes and brown hair. She is from Ridgewood, N. J., and her escort is Keith Kincannon. A GRADUATE of McAllen Business College, Carolyn Corp- stein, is from Mission. She has reddish brown hair and brown eyes. Her escort is John Compton. Brown-eyed Laura Dennis at tends Texas University as a fresh man interior design major. She is a brunette from San Antonio. Her escort is Justin Jones. Mary Sue Edwards, a blue eyed blonde, is a senior at West chester High School in Houston. Her escort is John Allen. A freshman majoring in French at Stephens College, Leslea Nan Lorenz, is from Arlington, Va. She has brown eyes and brown hair. Her escort is David Johnson. A blue-eyed blonde, Becky Jo Neyland, is a Liberty High School senior. She is from Liberty and her escort is Charles McGuire. A TEXAS Woman’s University freshman majoring in nursing, Joann Lynn Parke is from Tulsa, Okla. She has brown eyes and blonde hair. Her escort is Ben Chappell. Patricia Ann Price, a brown eyed blonde, is a Galena Park High School sophomore. She is from Houston and her escort is Clyde Randall Hilton. Blue - eyed Patricia Warren, junior at Alamo Heights High School, has auburn hair. She is from San Antonio and her escort is Stephen Pogue. A junior at Robert E. Lee High School, Charlotte Ann Willis is from Houston. She is a brown- eyes brunette and her escort is Robinson Neblett. Melanie Young, a hazel-eyed blonde, attends Bellaire High School in Houston. She is a senior and her escort is Don Mauro. THE SWEETHEART selection committee consists of Gary New som, vice president; Joe Schriever, social secretary; Joe Anderson, secretary - treasurer; Annella Wright, Aggie Sweetheart; Phillip Morley, William Hartsfield and Dwain King, all freshman repre sentatives to the Student Senate; Robert Boone, adviser to the freshman class and director of Singing Cadets and Brown. Week-end action starts Friday night wtih a “groad” dance from 9 to 12 in DeWare Field House. “This dance is very informal, and positively no shoes are al lowed on the floor,” Brown said. (See Fish Ball, Page 3) BECKY JO NEYLAND f f* ' / / MARY SUE EDWARDS JOANN LYNN PAPKE CHARLOTTE ANN WILLIS PATRICIA ANN PRICE Che Battalion VOLUME 64 Number 72 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1969 Telephone 845-2226 Gov. Smith Recommends Record Budget, Tax Hike By GARTH JONES Associated Press Writer AUSTIN <A»> — Gov. Preston Smith recommended a record breaking 1970-71 budget today that he said could be financed by $148 million in new taxes includ ing additional levies on cigarettes, liquor and personal services. Other revenue raising propos als recommended to the legisla ture in an address to the joint session included a $10 penalty on each conviction of a moving traf fic violation. This would add $38.5 million to the state’s gen eral fund, he said — if the legis lature approves. Smith made no move to in crease the present 3 per cent state sales tax or to change the pres ent exemptions for food and medicine. “OUR long-sought goal, I be lieve. lies in the short-term fu ture,” the governor said. “That goal is to meet rising costs of governmental services from growth in our economy without future increases in tax rates.” Smith’s 1970-71 budget, which is $318 million more than the record $1.1 billion recommended earlier by the Legislative Budget Board, includes across-the-board salary increases for public school teachers — a $220 million item itself. He asked for funds for new medical schools in Houston and Lubbock and a new dental school at San Antonio. SMITH made no specific rec ommendations about a new state senior college in North Texas, a controversial issue between Uni versity of Texas regents and the College Coordinating Board. He noted that numerous bills already have been introduced concerning location of new colleges. “If, and when, any of those bills are enacted into law I then will make additional recommen dations on the planning and con struction of physical facilities,” he said. He also recommended a 3.4 per cent across-the-board pay raise for state employes. The governor recommended an University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M. —Adv. added $1.8 million to help the Texas Water Development Board meet the time schedule for im plementation of the Texas water plan. BRIEFLY the recommendations to raise $148 million in new tax money call for: • Increase the state cigarette tax from 11 to 14 cents a pack for $45 million and increase the tobacco tax by $6 million. • Include personal services “such as laundry, dry cleaning and dying plants, repairs, park ing and cable television services” under the general sales tax for a yield of $48.8 million. • A selective sales tax on rental or lease equipment at 3 per cent to raise $9 million. • Place all alcoholic Ibeverages under the general sales tax, in addition to their present special taxes, for a total yield of $40 million. ’68 Batt Editor Questions Publications Board Ruling *•> •jjj By TOM CURL Battalion Staff Writer Charles H. Rowton, editor of The Battalion last year, appeared before the Student Publications Board Wednesday to question a ruling concerning succession of an editor of a student publica tion. The board instructed Chairman Jim Lindsey to study the rule and, if necessary, revise it for approval at the next meeting in March. The ruling was made last May 27 after the application of John Fuller, present editor, had been Grad Orientation Turnout Poor; Plummer Notes GSC Progress Only 50 of the expected 200 graduate students attended the orientation for new graduate stu dents Wednesday afternoon, ac cording to Dr. George W. Kunze, dean of the Graduate College. The size of the group was “a sharp contrast” to that of last fall, Kunze noted, when attend ance exceeded expectations with more than 400 students attending. Mitty Plummer, Graduate Stu dent Council president, noted some of the Council’s achievements for the past semester at the meeting Wednesday. One, he said, was an increase in graduate student rep resentation from one to five on the Student Senate. Another was a reduction, in some cases, of the foreign language requirement for a Ph.D. Recently elected to the Council were Leon Devlin, representing the incoming students of 1968, and Gary F. Fairchild, represent ing the College of Business Ad ministration. Plummer announced that the Council would sponsor a spring dance and hold an election later this semester. Dr. Kunze outlined and dis cussed major steps required by the Graduate College which must be accomplished between admis sion and graduation. The next Graduate Record Ex amination, he noted, is scheduled for April 25, and should be ap plied for by March 26. Other members of the council are Sam Furrh, secretary, agri cultural economics; Harry Bate man, vice-president, industrial en gineering; B. R. Koeler, treasur er, interdisciplinary engineering. Also, Kary Mathis, agricultural economics; Jim Harrison, physics; John Harris, oceanography; Er nest Knowles, oceanography; Wallace Migura, animal science; Bob Fried, chemistry, and Tony Benedetto, health physics. approved by A&M President Earl Rudder. It says that “no top editor shall succeed himself in the same position and having once served as editor, he shall no longer be eligible for any top position on that publication.” The board is made up of Lindsey, director of University Information and Publications; Dr. David R. Bowers, of the College of Liberal Arts; Dr. Donald R. Clark, Veterinary Medicine, and F. S. White, Engineering. A rep resentative of the College of Agriculture was not present be cause the place held by Hal Tay lor, former head of Agricultural Information, has not yet been filled. ROWTON claims he had an agreement with Fuller, who was managing editor last year. “I reapplied for the editorship (of The Battalion) and Mr. Fuller told me that he thought I was stabbing him in the back. He asked me if I would withdraw my application if he would make me managing editor this year,” Rowton told the board. Rowton said he was not told of the ruling until August when he came back to the campus. “My gripe is not that Mr. Lindsey or Mr. Fuller didn’t tell me about this ruling at the time it was made so much as the fact that there was not a period of adjustment,” Rowton continued. HE SAID the decision was an “ex post facto” ruling and that if he had known the rule would be made, he would not have ac cepted the editorship as a junior. “I feel I had a definite contri bution to make to The Battalion this year. Both Mr. Fuller and myself would have been experi enced enough to complement each other and improve the situation,” Rowton said. Dr. Bowers reminded Rowton that the board was not a party to the agreement between Fuller and him. Lindsey said the purpose of the action was to insure a “bigger pool of applicants to the fill the top positions.” THE BOARD said the action was not taken specifically against Rowton, but rather to prevent any one person from holding the same position for several semesters. Another reason was to prevent cliques from developing on The Battalion staff that could control who gets the top positions. “I don’t think it is fair. Fuller has had top positions for parts of three years,” Rowton charged. “We’re only talking about the editors,” countered Lindsey. “I understood it to mean all the top positions; editor, managing editor, news editor, and sports editor,” said Dr. Bowers. “Right, it’s my understanding that the ruling was meant for Sherer (Gary Sherer, sports edi tor for three semesters),” said Lane Stephenson, assistant direc tor of University Information. LINDSEY reminded Rowton that the board had met in Sep- (See Board Ruling, Page 3) Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. BB&L —Adv. WEATHER Friday — Intermittent rain. Wind Southerly 10 to 20 mph. High 57, low 47. Saturday — Cloudy. Intermit tent rain. Wind Southerly 10 to 15 mph. High 62, low 51. Discuss Student Involvement Carter, Governor Meet In Austin PATRICIA WARREN Deadline Is Today For Combat 6 Cutie’ Today is the last day to turn in applications for the 1969 Combat Cutie, according to Ar thur Stites, member of the Mili tary Weekend Committee. “All Army cadets are urged to enter the names of their dates,” he said. Air Force seniors are remind ed that tickets at $1 are avail able in room 123 of dorm 2, but at the door tickets are $2. By DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE Battalion Staff Writer Student Senate President Bill Carter met with Texas Governor Preston Smith yesterday in Aus tin and talked about getting col lege students more involved in government and university ad ministration. Carter also arranged a meet ing next month with members of the State Legislature. “One of the things we talked about,” Carter commented, “was a proposal of Gov. Smith’s that would make students ex officio members of Boards of Directors at different universities. I agree with his idea. “WE ALSO discussed the in volvement of young people to day,” Carter continued. “Gov. Smith said that people under 21 were very limited in what they could do. He said the voting age should be lowered to at least 20, possibly 19.” The meeting with legislators, Carter said, will be a luncheon in Austin March 4. Members of the Legislature who are Aggie- Exes, and others who are inter ested, will attend. Carter said that he hoped to have David Wilks, Civilian Student Council president, and Hector Gutierrez, Corps commander, with him at the meeting. “THE PURPOSE of the meet ing,” Carter explained, “is two fold. We hope to relate to our former students in Austin the situation on campus and the problems we face. “This, we hope, will set a foundation for a close relation ship between the student gov ernment here and the people in the State Legislature.” While in Austin, Carter also took time to visit with Rostam Kavoussi, student body president at the University of Texas. “We discussed the problems that we each have to face,” Carter said. “For instance, Ros tam has to work with the SDS chapter on his campus, and try to prevent confrontations be tween them and the administra tion.” “IN CONTRAST,” Carter con tinued, “I have been able to work at getting the Senate organized. I feel now that our organization is coming up to par, and we will be able to deal more with issues this semester. I am sure that we will.” Carter said that Kavoussi had said that the local SDS was lis tening to him, and had finally become convinced that direct confrontation with the school administration would not result in any gain for the SDS. “This would give Rostam a chance to get his government ^organized more,” Carter com mented. “He’s been wanting to all year, but the SDS has kept him busy.” “I really feel that the trip will have some positive results,” he concluded. “I’m definitely look ing forward to the meeting in March with the legislators. I hope that from it we can estab lish a good relationship with the State government.” HOOTENANNY TONIGHT Student musicians like Bob Stump, a freshman industrial technology major from Bryan, will have a chance to try their talents in a hootenanny from 8 to 12 tonight in the basement of the Memorial Student Center. The MSC Cof fee House is sponsoring the event, according to Linda Nobles, chairman.