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Understanding of taxes may force Nixon out, says Mills VYING FOR ATTENTION with nude runners are these clothed boosters of the nation’s newest college fad. • David Spencer) (Photo by i Being [<5HT£5: :elins; ICE INC ales ami [Services set [for stabbed [‘blind’ student ■ Funeral services for Tommy A. ISmith, TAMU student who was found dead near a Central Texas (highway Saturday, will be held I Wednesday in San Antonio. Services will be at 8:15 a.m. at he chapel of the Porter-Loring Funeral Home. Interment will |e at the national cemetery, Fort am Houston. Smith’s body was found Satur day morning near Interstate Highway 35, seven miles south of Jelton. He was the apparent lictim of a knife attack. Weather Partly cloudy with cool winds Wed nesday. Slightly warmer Thursday. High today 73°; high Thursday 78°. Cbe Battalion WASHINGTON (AP)-Rep. Wilbur Mills con tended Tuesday that congressional findings on President Nixon’s taxes will do more to force his resignation than Watergate “simply because people understand taxes.” Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said, “I have no idea” if tax fraud might be involved. “I said specifically I was not accusing the President.” At a news conference last Friday in Little Rock, Ark., Mills said he expects Nixon to resign, primarily because of a report being prepared by the House-Senate Internal Revenue Taxation Com mittee, of which he is vice chairman. Mills told newsmen Tuesday he does not know if the President had personal detailed knowl edge of controversial deductions such as the $482,000 deduction for his vice presidential papers. The Arkansas Democrat refused to comment on White House statements that he is taking cheap shots at the President and that if he has any evidence for his allegations he should “put up or shut up.” Mills repeated that the committee report, to be issued in 30 to 40 days, will do more to force the President’s resignation than Watergate. Mills said later in an interview: “What I said was that the tax issue could hurt the President more than Watergate—simply because people understand taxes.” “If the figures that have been talked about— $250,000 or $300,000 owed—are correct, people certainly will be asking questions,” Mills said. Asked again about the possibility of tax fraud findings, he said as far as he is concerned the House-Senate report will draw no conclusions at all. “We will simply lay out the facts and let people draw their own conclusions,” he said. Mills suggested that much of what will be in the report already has been publicly disclosed. “You fellows have already written about this . . . ,” he said. “What developed in California about the residence and the accountant not being able to see him. But everything has not been printed.” He said the memorandum surfacing Monday reporting that Nixon wanted to see past presi dents’ tax returns to look at their deductions is not one of the new disclosures that he believes will hurt the President. Vol. 67 No. 362 College Station, Texas Wednesday, March 13, 1974 V le MCE tion is rcent" Ive, linguez S ega '74' A Bell County Sheriff’s Office is Investigating' the case with no ievelopments as yet. The partially-sighted student lad visited his father Friday ight at Scott and White Hospital i Temple. Smith reportedly old his father, Hugh A. Smith of arrell in Williamson County, he vas hitch-hiking on home. Investigating authorities esti mated the 23-year-old ex-Marine had been stabbed 19 times. An lutopsy was ordered to determine he cause of death. There was indication he carried a large sum of money in a military type duffel hag. Smith was a freshman in physics at Texas A&M. He re sided at 4110 College Main, Apt. 12. A university spokesman said that because he was legally blind, lie student was under Veterans Administration Vocational Re habilitation assistance. He is survived by his parents, I a sister, Mrs. Cleo Atha of Pleas- lanton, a brother, Wayne Smith of Waco, and a grandmother. TAMU turns off at break Energy consumption drops to a low Thursday through Sunday here. Except for security lights and power to continuous operating re search experiments, TAMU will be shut down for the spring recess and faculty-staff holidays. The student holiday began Fri day. It ends at 8 a.m. Monday. F a cu 11 y - staff members have Thursday and Friday holidays, in addition to the weekend. The recess formerly coincided with Easter. It was changed to more evenly divide the TAMU spring semester. Students will have eight more weeks of classes and final exam week when classes resume Mon day. Due to the one-week, energy crisis delay in the start of TAMU’s spring semester, com mencement and commissioning will be on May 11. Energy committee suggests car pools, walking to conserve Student arrested A $40,000 STEER loses its head Wednesday as workers at the meat lab butcher it. The steer, grand champion at the Houston Fat Stock Show, was donated to A&M. An eight-ounce steak would cost $42.61—the steaks will be eaten at the Saddle and Sirloin Club annual dinner. Friday the carcass was graded USD A good. (Photo by Gary Baldasari) By MARY RUSSO Walk, pool rides or hitch were alternatives to individual car transport suggested by the Spe cial Energy Management Com mittee. The group conducted a study on possible ways to beat the pos sible energy crunch at the end of any given month. Primarily concerned with fac ulty and staff, the group recom mended car pooling as the most reasonable way to handle the situation. Use of the shuttle bus was found more expensive both in energy use and dollars. Some 1,000 gallons of gas would be spent if the faculty were to ride the bus from their homes to schools for the final two weeks of the month. If the same group were to drive to school only 800 gallons would be used. The favorite proposition was car pooling because of faculty concentrated housing. Reaching neighbors interested and setting up a telephone relay system for contacting other car poolers were suggested. The committee decided this was the most feasible because of the ease and relatively limited ex pense of such a plan. They also addressed the implications of the future in such a move. An ex pected l,500-to-2,000 deficiency in parking spaces was cited by Vergil Stover, Texas Transpor tation Institute. Special privi leges, through traffic regulations, were mentioned to make car pool ing more inviting. Student car pooling home on weekends was suggested. “Hitch ing Post,” a board on the landing in the Memorial Student Center between the first and second floors, is maintained for this purpose. The possibility of encouraging Mother’s Clubs and other Aggie parents to travel to A&M for up coming events in carpools was also suggested. The committee pointed out this could prevent people from being stranded in College Station should a complete gas “run-out” occur. The final alternative seen was bicycling. Two major disadvan tages are the lack of safety in curred at intersections and on- campus riding and the lack of safe places to park a bike. The City of Bryan’s proposal to set up bike paths was considered, but Howard Vestal, assistant vice- president for business affairs, noted that in the new master landscaping plan for the campus no provisions were made for bike paths. Paul Stephens, manager of systems technical services, says bike paths are in some plans and not in others. He emphasized that all the landscaping plans are in the preliminary stage and the bike path situation is still un certain. He did say, however, that no paths in the streets are yet being considered. Gen. A. R. Luedecke, executive vice-president of the A&M Sys tem, said the university intends to put bike paths in the campus interior wherever feasible; the paths must not disrupt pedestrian or emergency traffic. He said he hopes every place on campus will be accessible by bike, though. Another proposal, in the old Aggie tradition, was to establish certain street corners along major arteries as pickup places for people needirtg a ride to campus. “The group is working mainly to suggest ways of cutting down fuel consumption for everybody’s good. The first time people have to walk or not come to the campus, the next month they’ll be follow ing some sort of conservation suggestion,” Chairman Dr. Rich ard Wainerdi said. in robbery case ‘Soldiers’ try for talk A TAMU student has been arrested for aggravated w »?> a,fl ((T erse JS' in ,t> P A TAMU student has been arrested for aggravated robbery. Keith Keenright, 20, of Navasota, and Kay Berry, 19, were taken in a citizen’s arrest Thursday night near Wellborn, according to the Brazos County Sheriffs Office. Keenright is a sophomore majoring in animal science. The couple was arrested in connection with a series of armed robberies (aggravated robberies) in which a woman lured a victim into the countryside, followed by a male partner who robbed the “mark” at gunpoint. Keenright and Berry were approached when a prior victim, returning to the scene with friends to get his car, thought he saw the crime occurring again. The robbery partnership had been working from various bars in the area, according to the sheriffs office. Keenright is free on $5,000 property bond; Berry remains in jail with her bond also set at $5,000. The penalty for aggravated robbery, a first-class felony, is five years to life in prison. SAN FRANCISCO (^—Attor neys for two imprisoned Sym- bionese Liberation Army “sol diers” said Tuesday they will ask permission for the men to make a televised statement on their plan to win the release of Patricia Hearst. Attorneys James Jenner and William Gagen said they would make a motion Wednesday for the news conference before Superior Court Judge Sam Hall of Contra Costa County. The prisoners, Joseph Remiro and Russell Little, last week de manded a nationally televised news conference to discuss their ideas for winning the release of the 20-year-old coed. The SLA claims she is being held as a “prisoner of war.” But Alameda County Sheriff Frank Madigan said Tuesday there was “no way” there would be a news conference in his jail, where the two are being held. He said the lawyers would have to secure a court order for the press conference. Meanwhile, Patricia Hearst’s fiance Steven Weed said he be lieved she was sincere in express ing doubts in a taped message last weekend about the efforts of her family to win her release. Weed, who was beaten severely when Miss Hearst was abducted Feb. 4 from her Berkeley apart ment, said: “I think she is start ing to wonder if we are doing everything we can. The rhetoric isn’t hers but she is very sincere about it.” In the brief meeting with news men outside the Hearst mansion in suburban Hillsborough, Weed repeated an earlier promise that he would not testify against the kidnapers if she is released un harmed. Remiro, 27, and Little, 24, are charged in the cyanide-bullet assassination of Oakland Schools Supt. Marcus Foster last Nov. 6, a crime for which the SLA has claimed responsibility. They also are charged in Contra Costa with attempted murder in a shootout with a policeman Jan. 10. The SLA said in a tape- recorded “communique” Saturday that all communication would be suspended until Remiro and Little are permitted to speak out on prison conditions. Today in the Batt Information center Mechanical mysteries Track meet Baseball Golf course opens east nine for play The east nine holes of the re novated A&M golf course will open for play Thursday, announc ed Luke Harrison, course man ager. Harrison noted the west nine holes were re-opened December. Play on the west nine has av eraged more than 100 golfers per day over the past several weeks, he said. Wallace Menn, golf course su- perintendeht, noted the additional nine holes will continue the theme of the course renovation project. “The front nine holes have sweeping, rolling fairways open ing into enlarged undulating greens guarded by many large sand traps as well as a meander ing creek that comes into play on five holes,” he said. Menn noted the greens, fair ways and tee boxes have been overseeded with rye grass and are in good condition. He added that rought spots due to contract work still exist, but will be “healed over” on a continuing basis. A halfway house with restrooms and a water fountain has been built to service the mid-point of each nine holes, Menn pointed out. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adr. New ‘face’ provides access Architectural obstacles being phased out By CLIFF LEWIS The Plant Sciences Building has a slightly different face since a wooden ramp was built like a rough tongue sticking out of its doorway. There are concrete ramps smoothy slipping out from most of the buildings on campus. Any building constructed with state or federal funds since January 1970 is required by law to have provisions for handicapped stu dents needing access to it. The Plant Sciences Building was built in the early 1960s. Yet since one handicapped student needed to get in the building this semester, the ramp was built. “TAMU has gone all the way helping us,” said Don Gardner, the university’s vocational coun selor for the Texas Rehabilitation Commission. Although his office is not directly connected with the University System, he is comfort able that “all administrative sides know what we want. TAMU com plies with and goes beyond the requirements of law in the re moval of architectural barriers.” A step, a narrow door, even a curb is an architectural barrier to a person in a wheelchair. Gard ner pointed to his many-colored map on the wall. Here was a curb ramp (by Krueger-Dunn), there was an electric wheelchair lift (in the new chemistry building). Ac cessible routes were marked across the campus, except to the Oceanography-Meteorology Build ing where a route is being plan ned. As long as the plans are made a year in advance, the university budget will comply with them, commented Gardner. “We’re pretty well on top of this,” said Gardner of the facili ties being modified for vocational use. A suite is set up in rooms for eight clients are aside in Krueger-Dunn, and more are planned for that dorm’s expan sion. “We still need to plan low er tables and such for classroom laboratory use, though.” Many of the ramps on campus were built before the law was passed. Some of the buildings were surveyed in 1967-68 as to their accessibility, resulting in ramps to the Academic Building, the library and others. “Some of the routes are a bit tricky,” Gardner admitted. “It’s rather hard to get to the lower floor of the MSC. But a lot of things have to be considered in building ramps and such. There’s THE NEW FACE of TAMU is a little rough, as this wooden ramp at the Plant Sciences a lot of planning going into them, Building illustrates. The new ramp is part of a continuing project aimed at making the and I have no complaints.” campus more liveable for handicapped students. (Photo by David Spencer)