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ROD SPEER
Writer
^ZBlhe Student Senate Election Commission decided Tuesday night
at the Junior Yell Leader election was valid despite a complaint that a
1 E N jaw vote was taken in the Corps area prior to the election.
lObile [ Bill King, a runner-up in the election, protested the vote and called
II ftorps straw vote “an unfair limiting of the ballot.” He felt results
ihe straw vote were more or less binding on the candidates involved,
lERVICEfidiscouraged the losers from running in the general election. This
. ftd give Corps of Cadets a block vote,
s suggested that all participants be disqualified from the
luipmer:. gchon.
as Ave, f' Raady Madison, a commission member, admitted that the vote had
002 V ta ^ en b ut t ^ iat was i ust an 0 pi n i° n P°B. It was therefote not
ling on the people involved, he declared. “They could have filed for
^general election anytime they wanted to,” he stressed.
—I Mark Blakemore, the only dissenter to the commission’s decision,
It that King was justified in his protest. “The straw vote is somewhat
■ting, although not binding,” he said. Blakemore favored having a
lection.
■ Of the 30 that participated in me. straw vote poll, only two ran on
■general election ballot, King said.
| One commisson member asked if limits should be placed on
ion polls. David Moore, chairman, said that this matter should be
tup to the next student government.
Many of us won’t be here next year and it would be unfair for us
pun
flu
to say,” he said.
Later in the meeting, Blakemore reported that a John Lester had
admitted to Blakemore that he was the only person involved in making
the controversial lists of Corps and civilian candidates. Blakemore said
both he and Lester felt that the names of Jerry Arterburn and Terry
Brown were unnecessarily smeared by publicity in the Battalion
connecting them with the lists.
“They had nothing to do with it,” Blakemore said..
In another vote the election commission decided to have a
re-election for student senator from Keathley-Hughes. Confusion had
resulted from the Keathley-Hughes lounge running out of ballots an
hour before the polls closed.
The commission had decided previously that a re-election was
unnecessary but new evidence became available that required the
matter to be reconsidered, Moore said. The commission learned that
there were at least two examples of people having to request the
missing ballot, he continued. It was thought that the election official at
the poll site had informed each voter of the missing ballot and to mark
their vote on the general election ballot.
Madison felt that the safe thing to do would be to hold a
re-election, especially since the vote was so close. Bill Kemp had won
with 91 votes, Tom Locke received 88 and Chet Edwards had 87.
Only residents of Keathley and Hughes will be able to vote in
Keathley-Hughes lounge in Thursday’s runoff elections. Others will vote
at the Sbisa newsstand, the library, Memorial Student Center and the
Dorm 2 guardroom.
Coast Guard approves ‘Clipper’
I. S. Coast Guard officials
a?(> refuted allegations made
||it the Texas Maritime Acad-
tny training ship at Galveston
pwo professors previously noti-
| they were not being re-
ppointed to faculty positions.
A&M President Jack K. Wil-
|s announced the Coast Guard
|ings Tuesday after receiving
copy of a six-page letter writ-
en by Capt. J. F. Mundy Jr. of
lew Orleans, chief of the Mer-
Correction
Ci
■he Battalion erroneously re-
brted Monday that fee slips and
cards would be required of
[lents voting in Thursday’s
off elections. Fee slips and
Ivity cards are required.
chant Marine Safety Division for
the Eighth Coast Guard District.
Dr. Williams said the Coast
Guard is the official agency
charged with the responsibility
for inspecting vessels licensed in
the United States.
“The vessel (the “Texas Clip
per”) is considered seaworthy,”
Captain Mundy emphasized in the
concluding sentence of the de
tailed letter to Dr. William H.
Clayton.
Clayton, dean of TAMU’s Col
lege of Marine Sciences and Mari
time Resources and acting TMA
superintendent, formally request
ed a Coast Guard inspection of
the 15,000-ton vessel following
allegations by Paul Dempsey and
J. G. San Martin.
A document prepared by the
two faculty members questioned
the stability of the “Texas Clip
per,” in addition to alleging san
itation provisions and improper
preparation of food.
“There is absolutely no cause
for concern about the Texas Clip
per’s stability,” the Coast Guard
officer stated.
The Coast Guard investigation
also determined there was no
basis for the two men’s charges
about lighting, ventilation, sani
tation, food preparation or any
other major allegations.
“I would be glad to furnish any
interested person a full text of
the Coast Guard letter,” Dr. Wil
liams said, “and I hope the letter
will put to rest the unfounded
allegations made by these two
disgruntled persons.”
IT’S A BRICK, and the object of a fast and furious hunt in three feet of mud and water.
There was nothing- special about the brick; it was just part of a contest conducted as
part of Civilian Week. Kendra Ward, with the brick, won third place. (Photo by Robert
Williams)
Martin issues opinion
Legislators can’t hire others’ relatives
toard moves ahead on plans
or marine agriculture center
sJ
The A&M System Board of Di-
rtors moved ahead Tuesday
h plans to establish the state’s
rst agricultural research and ex-
msion center with marine
hphasis. The facility will be
lea ted at Corpus Christi.
A $17,000 appropriation was
(proved for detailed design of
e new center, supplementing a
evious appropriation of $14,-
o.
University officials noted the
:ility represents an expansion
TAMU’s highly successful con
cept of building agricultural re
search and extension centers at
key locations throughout the
state, specializing in programs
unique to each particular area.
The Corpus Christi facility will
be jointly operated by the exper
iment stations and extension serv
ices of the Colleges of Agriculture
and Engineering.
Programs planned for the cen
ter include agricultural studies,
along with research in maricul-
ture and aquatic foods and engi
neering activities related to coast
al problems.
AUSTIN UP) — Atty. Gen.
Crawford Martin issued a legal
opinion saying Texas’ nepotism
laws prohibit a member of one
house of the Legislature from
hiring a relative of a member of
the other chamber.
Martin’s opinion went to
Speaker Rayford Price, whose
wife at one time served as a
secretary to former Sen. Jim
Wade of Dallas in 1967.
For years, the chief clerk of
the House and the secretary of
the Senate have interpreted the
nepotism law as allowing law
makers’ relatives to hold legisla
tive jobs so long as they were not
in the same chamber as their kin.
The Houston Chronicle ran a
survwy last week that showed at
lease 75 relatives of 45 present
lawmakers have been on legis
lative payrolls at intervals since
1967.
“The statute clearly prohibits
a member of one house of the
Legislature from hiring a rela
tive ... of a member of either
house of the Legislature when
such employe is to be paid from
public funds,” Martin’s opinion
said.
Martin also said the Speaker
could not appoint a senator’s
relative as an employe of the
House itself, such as a clerk, page
or assistant sergeant-at-arms.
Shortly after Martin’s opinion
was released, Lt. Gov. Ben
Barnes, the presiding officer of
the Senate, said he had ordered
each Senate employe to sign a
statement indicating any kinship
At Adult Library
with legislators.
“If any employe is related, he
will be immediately dropped from
the Senate payroll in order to
comply with the attorney general
opinion,” Senate secretary Charles
Schnabel said.
Sen. David Ratliff of Stam
ford denied Tuesday that he in
tentionally committed any mis
deed in putting relatives on his
legislative payroll and said he
would resign if he thought the
Senate would “be adversely af
fected.”
It was Ratliff’s first comment
on newspaper stories that he had
five relatives on his own Senate
payroll and several more in the
employ of other legislators.
Barnes said in Abilene Monday
that Ratliff should resign from
the Senate.
“I do not feel under the cir
cumstances that I have, with any
criminal intent, committed any
wrongful act. However, under
the present circumstances, I am
considering the matter and will
determine in the shortest time
possible what action to take,” said
Ratliff, a tall, silent West Texan
who seldom does more than vote
on bills before the Senate.
“If I determine that the Texas
Senate, a body in which I have
served for 17 years, will be ad
versely affected, I will resign. If,
in retrospect, I find that I have
committed illegal acts, I will take
the proper steps to correct these
wrongs. This will occur in the
next few days.”
Ratliff, who will be 60 on
Thursday, was paired with an
other senator by redistricting in
1971 and is unopposed for elec
tion to the House this year. He
gives his occupation as public re
lations counselor.
“The press in Texas has
charged me in the newspapers
with wrongdoing in the discharge
of my office of state senator. My
family has suffered much from
these innuendos and accusations,”
Ratliff said in a written state
ment distributed by Schnabel.
Ratliff did not meet with news
men in person.
Senate records show that Rat
liff at various times employed his
daughter, son-in-law, father-in-
law, sister-in-law and grand
nephew.
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IITCHELL HALL BITES THE DUST, though quite a bit slower than expected. De-
nolition of the old dormitory started Tuesday and quite a bit more resistence was met
rith than was suspected. The building was well constructed and age had not weakened
nuch of it. The cleared site will be used to hold he new health center. (Photo by Mike
lice)
By LARRY MARSHALL
Staff Writer
Adult entertainment is readily
available to Aggies now with the
successful operation of the Adult
Library Club on University Dr.
at Northgate.
The private club, which shows
XXX-rated films daily, has been
in operation about two and a half
months. It now has about 1,400
members, the proprietor said. He
asked that his name not be used
in the story.
Membership is open to all
adults, 18 years old or older. The
age requirement is set by the
state law, and it is rigidly en
forced. The dues are $1 per year
to join and an entrance fee of
$3 is charged for each show.
“Right now we show double
features continuously from 3 p. m.
until 12 p. m. everyday. Each
feature runs about one hour in
length and is in color with sound,
and all are highly-rated XXX
movies,” he said.
Because the club is private and
enforces age restrictions, there
have been no problems with the
police, he declared.
“We haven’t had any problems
at all. Probably we will have the
police coming around in the fu
ture to check us out, but they
haven’t yet,” the proprietor
noted.
The patrons of the club are
well-behaved, he said. Everything
goes along very well and no one
causes any problems. Aggies are
well-behaved here, he added.
A wide section of society uses
the club. “Usually our business
is about 50 per cent community
and 50 per cent students. Our
busiest times are the weekends
when a lot of students come in.
Also, surprisingly, many women
come with their husbands and
dates,” the proprietor said.
“Also very popular, are the
Sunday and Monday night shows
when we let women in free with
an escort,” he noted.
At the present time, the club
does not handle any pictures or
printed material.
“We are getting ready to re
model the place so we can handle
other things. Right now we just
do not have the facilities to do
it,” he said.
The club hopes to expand its
services in the future. “Later
on we are going to try to get
some professors from universities
to come in and talk about por
nography,” the proprietor said.
The business is owned by a
corporation now, who the proprie
tor said would remain nameless.
All in all, business seems to be
going very well at the new club,
the proprietor said.
Barzun to give Rudder Memorial Lectures
A&M’s first Rudder Memorial
Lectures Thursday through Sat
urday will be a fitting tribute to
the late TAMU president, Dr.
Haskell Monroe, assistant vice
president for academic affairs
said.
The three-part presentation on
“American Illusions” will be de
livered by Dr. Jacques Barzun,
distinguished author and cultural
historian who holds the presti
gious position of University Pro
fessor at Columbia.
Dr. Monroe said the general
public is invited to the admission-
free presentations financed by the
Association of Former Students
and intended to provide an “added
dimension” to the university’s
academic and continuing educa
tion programs.
“We feel this series of lectures
will be a rewarding experience
for persons representing a broad
sector of the university, as well
as for people throughout the
community,” Monroe pointed out.
Dr. Barzun’s Thursday and Fri
day talks will be at 8 p. m. in
lecture hall 102 of the Zachry
Engineering Center. The Satur
day program has been changed
to 10 a. m. at the same location.
The opening talk by the emi
nent scholar will deal with the
illusion “That Casual Manners
Allow Greater Individual Free
dom.” He will continue the fol
lowing evening with a discussion
of the illusion “That the Modern
World Suffers from an Excess of
Reason and a Shortage of Feel
ing” and conclude with the obser
vations on the illusion “That the
Increasing Concern for the Arts
Will Make for a Better World.”
The lecture series honors the
memory of Gen. James Earl Rud
der, TAMU president from 1959
until his death in 1970.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.