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THE BATTALION Pag-e 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 8, 1967 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Sound Off Amendment Five To Provide Parks This Saturday is an important day for Texas residents. Many a turkey and deer will fall when hunters enter the field loaded for action as the first day of the hunting season begins. And many men of all ages will receive the heartfelt thanks of relatives and friends, if only by the unfurling of thousands of flags, as this country celebrates Veteran’s Day. But Saturday is also an important day because Texas will either vote thumbs up or thumbs down on six widely varying proposed amendments to the state constitution. In yesterday’s Battalion editorial we briefly outlined the six amendments which voters will decide. Today we explore one of those proposals. It is amend ment number five, which authorizes the Parks and Wildlife Department to issue and sell general obligation bonds of $75 million to finance the acquisition and development of lands for state parks and recreational areas. We strongly support this amendment which would aid the state in expanding its park and recreational facilities to meet the needs of a growing population. Although Texas now has many parks, they will not be enough to support a growing and creation seeking public of the next 20 years. Texas is unique in that the topogra phy of the land varies more widely than any other state in the union. It has all manner of wildlife, weather, and terrain. A strong park program would preserve land which now seems plentiful, but which may one day be crowded. Because of the many demands made upon it, funds from the state’s general revenue to finance park develop ment are limited. Charging an admission fee for park use would raise money eventually, but this method is neither so direct nor immediate as a bond issue. The revenue which is received from admission fees should be sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds, according to the Parks and Wildlife Department. The only valid argument against such a bond issue is that the state should utilize the Land and Water Conserva tion Fund Act of 1965, which provides federal funds on a matching basis for such land use and acquisition. If the state did appropriate funds, which were matched by the Federal government, bonds might not be necessary. Either way, the state needs a solid program of park development to meet the asthetic and tension-relieving recreational need. Bonds with interest and principal paid for by a small admission charge at such parks is probably the better choice. Editor, The Battalion, Tonight, at about 11:00 or 11:10 p.m., I was a witness to a tragic and horrible result of the increasing carelessness of those who drive cars on the campus of A&M. The way people drive at times around here, it’s not sur prising that someone, some pe destrian, finally got it. But what happened tonight was worse, To night, there was a hit and run incident on our campus. Three or four people in a new, yellow American-made sports car hit a pedestrian crossing the street by the hospital on Houston St. They drove off without stopping. A witness driving behind him tried to apprehend them, but only got their license number. The Police will have them sooner or later, but that doesn’t help the victim very much, does it. He is in pret ty bad shape, with a cut up face, broken teeth, and no telling what else. Tonight was the final insult to the traditional courage and in tegrity of all Texas Aggies, and I think we all share in this bur den. Everyone in that car we hope will be thrown out of school and brought to trial in time. (But it’s too bad they won’t be run over and left thei'e as well.) Pete Burch Picture Exhibit Planned For MSC An exhibit of early U. S. pho tographs, many of which were made more than 100 years ago, will be displayed at Texas A&M University during the next week. “Mr. Slouch, there’s a rumor going around among th’ fresh men that mid-semester grades are sent home! Of course this is a ridiculous rumor, isn’t it?” Bulletin Board TODAY The Hillel Foundation will hear Ted Freedman, former regional director of ADL, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hillel House. He will talk on “Civil Disobedience vs. Respect for Law.” The Aggie Wives Bridge Club will meet in the Memorial Stu dent Center at 7:30 p.m. town Club will meet in the Read ing Room of the YMCA at 7:30 p.m. A M.E. Senior Seminar will have a program on the laser and holograms at 10 a.m. in Room 303 of Fermier Hall. D. Mike Batey of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company will be the speaker. “A Tribute to Mathew B. Bra dy” will be exhibited in the Arch itecture Building lobby by the Memorial Student Center Camera Committee, announced Frank Til ley of Jacksonville, president. The Brady exhibit of 24 prints includes portraits of Lincoln, Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, Presi dent UJysses S. Grant and Gen. George A. Custer. Kinley, the 24th, except William Henry Harrison. His combat photography dur ing the Civil War cost Brady more than $100,000, for which the U. S. government eventually ap propriated him $25,000. Presi dent John Garfield estimated the collection worth over $150,000. Exposures of all Brady photos were from 10 to 40 seconds, on plates manufactured by the pho tographer as needed through the wet collodion process. DOUBLE FEATURE 2 Academy Award Sensations “DEAR JOHN” & Julie Christie In “DARLING” 4 AG A PALACE Br.nn 2-f$V NOW SHOWING Lee Marvin & Angie Dickerso In “POINT BLANK .qh a u»«m•; ti IRfl HELD OVER BY DEMAND) James Bond’s “YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE” Plus “INSIDE DAISY CLOVER” Brady was famous for his New York and Washington photo graphic studios and collections of noted personages he photo graphed. The project included pictures of every U. S. president from John Quincy Adams, the sixth president, to William Me- BUSIER AGENCY REAL ESTATE • INSURANCE F.H.A.—Veterans and Conventional Loans ARM & HOME SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Home Office: Nevada, Mo. 3523 Texaa Ave. (in Ridgecrest) 846-3708 FBI Fears Attempt On Life Of Greek Actress Mercouri NEW YORK <2P>—Actress Mel ina Mercouri has been informed by the FBI that there may be an attempt on her life, presum ably because of her activities against the ruling Greek junta, a spokesman said Thursday. The spokesman said as a re sult of the fears of a plot to kill the Greek-born actress, she has been put under police protection. Miss Mercouri is now stalling on Broadway in “Ulya Darling,” a musical adaptation of “Never on Sunday,” the movie w h i c h made her famous. The actress so angered the mili tary dictatorship of Greece by her outspoken criticism and re fusal to submit to a ban on per formance of certain Greek songs and plays, including the works of Aristophanes, that the junta re voked her citizenship and confis cated her property in Greece. THURSDAY Cooke County Hometown Club will meet in Room 109 of the Ag riculture Engineering Building! at 7:30 p.m. DeWitt-Lavaca Hometown Club will meet in Room 203 of the Aca demic Building at 7:30 p.m. Fashion Group of A&M Wom en’s Social Club will meet at Chapman’s Paint and Wallpaper at 7:30 p.m. El Paso Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3C of the MSC. The Aerospace Engineering Wives Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Bank of A&M. The Waco - McLennan Home- “looks like a winner’** with this special offer from Lonpot. . . . $21.95 BLAZER 9.00 SLACKS 3.50 TIE 5.98 DRESS SHIRT 4.50 BELT 1.50 SOCKS LOU’S price, $42.95 Loupots “the little store with the big savings North Gate s What the interviewers won’t tell you about General Electric. THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported non profit, self-suppot'ting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. 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 herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. 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Address: , YMCA Building, College Station, Texas Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association EDITOR Managing Editor .... News Editor Sports Editor Copy Editor Editorial Columnist Photographer CHARLES ROWTON John Fuller Jerry GTisham Gary Sherer Bob Palmer Robert Solovey Mike Wright They won’t tell you about all the job opportunities we have for college graduates — engineers, science, business and liberal arts majors. Not that they wouldn’t like to. It’s just that there are too many jobs and too little time. In a half-hour interview our man would barely have time to outline the scope and diversity of the opportunities we offer. That’s why we published a brochure called “Start ing Points at General Electric.” In plain language it will tell you exactly how and where a person with your qualifications can start a career with General Electric. 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