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Battalion Editorials Page 2 MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1952 Proposed Charter Can Boost Taxes rTHAT THE proposed College Station home rule charter will increase the tax rate us an argument which has been levied against the charter’s adoption. College Station has enjoyed tax rates well below the average for the state since the city incorporation in 1939. Presently the tax rate is set at $1 per $100 property evalua tion. This in itself is below the state average of $1.17. However, the method which the board of equalization uses to arrive at the evaluation figures is sometimes more significant than the rate. College Station assesses only 50 ' per cent of the assigned property value, whereas many cit ies assess as high as 75 per cent. In this manner taxes can be increased without increasing the tax rate. The limit for tax rates for a general law city such as College Station is $1.50 per $100 property evaluation. The lim it as set by the Texas constitutiion and laws for home rule cities is $2.50. The city can increase property taxes without increasing the tax rate; therefore, if it desires a general law city can increase property taxes well beyond the average for home rule cities, without changing the tax rate. This condition should not stand in the way of the char ter’s adoption. One of the most important advantages of the charter’s adoption in the case of College Station is the provision al lowing annexation of adjoining property by city ordinance. This is especially important due to College Station’s closeness to a city which has a home-rule charter. The home rule charter gives the city council power to pass ordinances to meet new situatiions which under a gen eral law charter issued by the state, it might call for state legislation changing the charter. The step from a general law city to a home rule city might be compared with the step from territorial govern ment to statehood. College Station’s home rule charter is patterned after a model prepared by the Texas League of Municipalities. It is a charter which will enable the city to more efficiently serve its citizens. College Station has always been a progressive commun ity, and the adoption of a home rule charter is a big step forward. The Battalion urges the charter’s adoption by 100 per cent of the 850 qualified voters in the city. Rift Develops Over Proposal # For Security Council Meeting, Paris, Jan. l—UP)—A split de- An influential Latin American the new plan, which would prob- veloped today between the United delegation was reported to have ably take the fonn of an amend. States and other prospective spon- told the United States such a limi- ment to that draft, sors on terms of a counter propo- tation is unnecessary since already The Western powers were also sal to last week’s Russian reso- the council alone has power to call trying to line up support of Asian lution for a high-level meeting of meetings. and Arab countries for their ver- the U.N. Security Council. jpg country’s view was said to s ‘ on °f hie call for a special council A special private meeting of be that, with its pro-Western ma- meeting, countries concerned was called (at jority, the council would not sum- 7 ' lc original resolution notes a 8:30 a.m. EST) to iron out differ- mon a special session until the report by the U.N. collective meas- ences. U.S., Britain and France think ores committee on steps which the Under the Soviet plan submitted the time is ripe. veto-free assembly might take to to the U.N. political committee According to this view, it thus a ££ rcsMon whenever it last week, the proposed council is unnecessary to include a limi- bl ^ a s t ,, , meeting would be attended by for- tation. ? ne °V hcfie st ®P s w 1 0U,(i be to eign ministers or chiefs of state T . cal1 011 fo j' cc * °J ff? 1181 and would take up the Korean ar- s ' ! ’. roi y s as ^ ^ (North Atlan- mistice as its first order of busi- There was a hint that Canada he fjeaty Oigamzation.) i iesSi also supports this view in a speech to the political committee today Wait for Success by Canadian delegate Stuart S. The United States wants the Garson. He said: Western counter-thrast to state “My delegation have, of course, specifically that the meeting no objection to the Security Coun- would not be called until the coun- cil meeting at any time to hold cil thinks such a high-level meeting periodic meetings to discuss any- would have good chance of sue- thing it likes but that is for the cess. Security Council, not for us, to Some other countries think such decide.” a limitation would give Russia the Gypsy Wedding Lasts Two Days City Name Change Gets Wide Interest Aroused Author of ‘I The Jury’ Students Burn Midnight Oil Spillane Preferred To Profs' By JERRY BENNETT Battalion Staff Writer geance Is Mine,” “One Lonely Night,” and “The Long Wait” guy just like Mike in every way. which as yet has not been reprint- The book has the same wooden, Lights, burned late last week in e( j j n y le quarter edition. All have hard-guy writing.” the college dormitories. 'been successes, the quarter edi- Students who hadn’t cracked a tions having sold over a million book all year were seen gazing in- co pies each, tently at the printed pages that GAIN THE student body is questioning the correctness of Jay °P en before them. Some chain- Sets Record Ormond Beach, Fla., Jan. 7 (TP) —The 15-year-old Iglje was shy and tearful—afte^p, Canada is one of 11 sponsors ghe had never seen the grOom chance to accuse the West of stall- of he original anti-aggression res- before _ but ghe was faultless- mg Today’s meeting was devoted alution now bemg debated by the dregsed for the bi moment in to finding a formula for the new committee and therefore one of bei< proposal the countries expected to sponsor I( . w&s the royal gypgy wcd(ling of the son of Mike Davis, “King” of Romanian tribes in Florida, and hundreds of Sunday motorists had a ringside seat as the tribe turned on the music and wound up two days of celebration with the nup tials. After the brief ceremony, she re- Iirn , „ , , , „ tired to the semi-seclusion of a (Continued from Puge 1) 1 he college hus nude the town, trailer awning while the groom said Ernest “Red” Williams, soph- un,. senior agricultural economics maj- omo1 . p f avm . of ehamrintr ? 0m . ,° , ei beena8c s ab f J * a1 ' nr n,nn<rM thO fnum W rlnnn wn 1 , 1 , , Changing k(J b()x and a pp arne t y f 0r . or, thought the town had done well the name to Aggieland. D . nf . nKh ., t ^ ' enough being called College Sta- jvf rq iJ 3rfl i,] Rphmnnd owner mi ° U ^ • , 0 c , fa b 6 Ml s. rial old | Keamond, owner The marriage between John Da’- ’ . . . , . ol the Redmond Real Estate Com- v j S) yg ) and pretty, bespangled I think Aggieland is a silly pany, added the name Aggieland Katherine j ohnson of Baltimore, name to call a town, was the opm- meant a great deal to her because had been arranged by their fatb- 1011 of Jim Anderson, Houston busi- three of her family had graduated ers more tban ten ycars a<) - 0 ness major, however, Lewis Rig- from A&M. For this reason, she Gypsy custoni) said the brid6 . s gan, sophomore, thought the pro- was in favor of changing the father demallds that the bargalh posed name would be more suit- name. be carried out , able for the community. Gil Cox, freshman architecture The C0U pi e met for tbe f j rst “If they want to get College major, said everyone already knows time at the head of a feast table. Station out of the ‘station’ class, College Station by that name and ^ worils in dialect, a blessing they should just call it College,” not by Aggieland, while Ignatius followed by a burst of laughter and said Bill Sparks, owner of the Trauth, senior, said, “What else is the ceremony was over. Aggieland Pharmacy. Sparks add- at College Station but Aggieland.” «^ 0 cercn i 0 ny like it in Amcri- ed he was the first person to use Max White, senior industrial en- ca » ga j d a tribesman. “Just an In the first place, the hero is a the name Aggieland commercially, gineering major, said, “It doesn’t exp iosion of good words from ev- make any difference to me one ery body and they are mart'ied.” C C Should Advise Sounds Like Whistle Stop Uses Dubious Characters ,, ^ c,.. smoked while others drained ther ■the name College Station. One class is planning to spon- mns bottleg of coffee to No matter what the critics or kee P English professors say, “The Big £ ubioUS JP ute bt l “xattan’s Tom Taylor, owner of Taylor’s Variety Store, thought it was, a good idea but should be discussed Spillane, a 33 year old Brooklyn- thoroughly by the Chamber of born. Irishman, gets material for Commerce before any definite ac- Hammer’s exploits from cops, po- tion is taken, lice reporters, and characters of “There would be a lot of confu sion and expense to local busi ness men if the change is made.” way or the other.” sor the request for a change and the others are expected to awake. Kur has already set a re co,d in „ , „ .. . fall in behind. But the only thing the students can do IS to As the students toiled over page quarter book printing history. Last ancl P ul Ps before hitting the jack- Merchants would have to set up make the suggestion and hope the citizens of the community after page, concentrating intently month two and a half million cop- P ot Wlth hlfi s™ slmgin s detectlve,< ^ ''»*** will see fit to indorse the change 0n W ^ at W - e - re readmg ’. P ass " i es came the presses. No other Student opinion of the Spillane Bowery. He wrote for the comics Hore hitting gun slinging Every copy has been sold, said P™ in a decade, while others on what they were reading, pass ages such as this appear before p ap or back novel holds that dis mi J. ., ^ ,, c, their eyes: “I snapped the side tinction. The crux ot the argument is that the name College Sta- of tbe rod acrogs his jaw and laid tion does not carry with it enough distinction. The girls at the flesh open to the bone. He ^ 3 “7* 7*^ ca ii them nothing but trash, TSCW get their mail at a station as do the students of sev- Jf ln ' News Agency, bavidoff said his One student said, “This guy eral other colleges. So the name station is rather over worked, j pounded his J teeth bach into‘ his agcJ ^ a ! one distributed 1600 cop- But there is only one Aggieland. mouth with the end of the barrel - tbc going 01 ; the f allds ! 0 u C hcd g Th? onlv Reason T Sad ir,a 1 fnAlc mv nwn Hmo -ihAiit Dec - 8 - Thls 18 ra y largest sale toucbcd. me only reason l lean . . and 1 took my own time aboa » t... the stuff is in the hope that some new letter heads and make other changes,” said S. A. Lipscomb, stories is divided. Many feel they owner of Lipscomb’s Pharmacy, arc the hottest things to hit the Now citizens of College Station if you think back what kicking him in the face. He smash- of any one hc added - is the cause of the growth of the city? It was the college ed in , to tbe dool j and la F tbe y e 140 Copies Sold that gave birth to the city. It was a gradual movement of the an^he topped bubbh^gJ™ dSdm IIc also reported Nita’s News employees of the college who moved off campus and gave . ^ ,, r , stand a n d Confectionery received a Looked Good 140 copies of “The Big Kill” Sat- birtn to tne city. When they read further, they urday afternoon, Dec. 8. By Sunday TVmihW enmino- nut nf thn ehamrn wmilrl unf he rmnv :found tbis paragraph: “When she uight, none were left. Counting troubles coming out ot the change would not be many. turned around she had two glasSes the first four books, Davidoff esti- A group of students over the Christmas holidays sent out in her bands and she looked even mates he has sold nearly 7,000 postcards from all over the state. All were addressed to Ag- prettier coming toward me than Spillane novels. gieland, Texas. All of the cards came to College Station, so 8 ' 0 | ag away Spillane’s first five books con- Physics, chemistry military sci- cern a bard drinking, tough talk- ence, all were forgotten. ‘ The Big j n g, f a gj; shooting, chain smoking Kill,” Mickey Spillane’s new sex private eye named Mike Hammer filled, bullet splattered documen- w b 0 elijninates more undesirables tary had hit the news stands, and and i oves m ore women in 150 pages the Aggies were catching up on the t h a , n Sam Spade or Phillip Mar- latest literature. ] owe C o U i d j n a b fe time. Although More Copies Sold Hammer doesn’t appear in “The .. T , Long Wait,” the author’s latest Since “I the jury , Spillane s b ucke t 0 f blood, Time Magazine first novel, found its way into Col- « s illanc fang nced n0t be lege Station magazine racks three a } amed years ago, his books have sold 1 . the excuse the Post Office would get fouled up does not hold too true. Think it over, it would be a distinctive name. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" more copies than any other pocket novel. Taking advantage of his first The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Toupfl, is published by students five times a week during the regular school year. During the summer terms, The Battalion is published four times a week, and during success Spillane followed through examination and vacation periods, twice a week. Days of publication are Monday through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday through Friday during the summer terms, and Tuesday and Thursday during vacation and examination periods. Subscrip tion rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. with “My Gun Is Quick”, “Ven- imtered as second-class Patter at Post Office at College Staton, Texas, ttnder the Act of Con< tress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los An geles, and San Francisco. C.G. Gibson Speaks At 4-H Meet Tonite “What an Extension Director The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter Expects of the County Agricul- Iherein are also reserved. , , . , „ b , , tural Agent will be discussed to- Flu Leads County Morbidity Report Influenza was the leading disease in Brazos County for the week-end ing Dec. 29, according to the Mor bidity Report issued by the Brazos- County Health Unit. There were 78 cases of influ enza reported in College Station News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office, night bv C G Gibson director of alld ^* *1 Cases in Bryan making a Room 201, Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephono (4-5324) or at ,, rn ^ ‘ l Fvi . pTlt , im .. total of 239 cases in the two COlll- tha Student Activities Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. iexas AgllCUltUial -LXtension Service. The talk will be given at niunities. a meeting of the A&M Collegiate Eleven cases of diarrhea were 4-H Club in the MSC at 7:30. reported in Brazos County. Five Following Gibson’s talk, the trea- of these cases were in College surer of the club will present Gib- Station and six in Bryan. son with a check to be sent to the „ , , . r , T ,. , Bryan had six cases of spetic National 4-H Club Center in Wash- • i t~\ ri m, • ^ , •i, „ „ sore throat and College Station mgton, D. C. This money will rep- resent the club’s share of payments tA '° ca on the Center’s new buildings and Other cases which were reported land in Washington. by the health unit were chicken- Miss Mildred Harris, assistant pox one case, gonorrhea one case, state 4-H Club leader, will repre- measles two cases, pneumonio five sent the 4-H Club office at the cases, and wrooping cough one meeting tonight. case. JOHN WHITMORE ...Editor Joel Austin Associate Editor Bill Streich Managing Editor Bob Selleck Sports Editor Frank Davis City Editor Pat Morley Women’s Editor T. H. Baker, E. R. Briggs, Benny Holub, Bryan Spencer, Ide Trotter Edgar Watkins, Carl Posey, Gene Steed, Jerry Bennett, Bert Weller Staff Writers Bob Cullen, Jack Brandt Staff Cartoonist Frank Scott Quarterback Club Director Dick Zcek Staff Photographer Pat LeBlanc, Hugh Philippus, Gus Becker, Joe Blanchette Ed Holder Sports Staff Writers John Lancaster Chief Photo Engraver Russell Hagens Advertising Manager Robert Haynie ' Advertising Representative £&m Beck, •....• .Circulation Manager day a poor rundown thug will put a bullet right in Hammer’s gut.” tmnuSf gttnntrh ,1 SAFE T-WAY TAXI Phone 2-1400 Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST 303A East 26th (Across from Court House) Call 2-1662 for Appointment RADIOS & REPAIRING Call For ami Delivery STUDENT CO-OP TODAY & TUESDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:36 - 3:42 - 5:48 - 7:54 - 10:00 NEWS — CARTOON Phone 4-4114 MONDAY A PAJAMQOREE OF « LOVE, FUN AND SONGS! * M .SLUMPS POGO By Walt Kelly LI’L ABNER LI’L ABNER presents FEARLESS FOSDICK By A1 Capp WHILE. 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