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At The Movies b Y Mike puce By MIKE FLAKE “If He Hollers, Let Him Go!” is a Forward Films production. It is one of probably a new wave of projects, perhaps associated with Headstart or something else in which the good guy is a Negro, and the Good Guy wins. Raymond St. Jacques stars as James Lake, the Good Guy. Dana Wynter and Kevin McCarthy also star as the Good Woman and the Bad Guy, respectively. It gets hard to differentiate from here. It seems that every body, his daughter and his neigh bor in the pseudo-South repre sented in this film, the pseudo cops especially, are hypocritical bigots who hate Black Men. So you could say they were all bad euys. There is Kevin McCarthy, alias Mr. Whitlock, or instance. A nice enough man, all he wants is his rich wife dead, because he thinks she’s unfaithful, about to divorce him, and he doesn’t take kindly to the idea of having to depart the gravy train. TO TOP it all off, there is that good old lecherous bartender, Frank Blair, father of a beautiful, pregnant belle around whom the plot takes one of its many un convincing twists. The situation: Lake has been framed,* sentenced to life, and has lived the past five years in a South State prison penthouse. He escapes, bent on finding the guy who killed Sally Blair and framed him for the crime. But not only is Lake the hero. He also is an auto mechanic, a lover and collector of Beethoven and Bach, and an artist to boot. Lake is picked up as a hitch hiker by Mr. Whitlock. The plot thickens: Whitlock wants Lake to kill his wife. So he pulls out a pistol and convinces Lake to do the job. He offers him $10,000 and a flight to Mexico as further en ticement. But Lake is too good a guy. HE GOES to Mrs. Whitlock, played by Dana Wynter, and tells her the plan of her husband. She doesn’t believe him. He smothers her under a pillow. If there is a moment worth re calling in this farce, it is after Lake leaves the “dead” Mrs. Whitlock. To make the scene look convincing, Mr. Whitlock ties and gags himself on the living room couch, and awaits the arrival of someone to discover the bad, bad deed. He gets a quick shock when Mrs. Whitlock walks down the stairs to confront him. She had only fainted, and wasn’t dead. Interesting ? That’s only the beginning. The movie proceeds laboriously with love scenes between Lake and Lili, played by newcomer Barbara McNair, between McCar thy and Wynter, and between that dirty old Blair and a junior miss. JUST TO KEEP the audiences interested, there are about a bil lion flashbacks to the days of Lake’s prison life, when he gets kicked and stomped daily by the dead Sally’s southern Sir Gala- had. Further into the film, again, apparently to keep the plot mov ing, are a little incest, and many insults. In fact, there are so many insults that the film turns into one. The only thing this flick does well is to take a trio of fine actors and actress—St. Jacques, McCarthy, and Wynter, and make them look sick. It is unconvincing, poorly made, poorly edited, with a lousy screen play. It’s a bad situation when the film industry has heretofore lim ited fine Negro actors to parts such as ex-slaves and servants and other two-bit roles. Now, it seems, the film makers are com ing out of it, with such stars as Sidney Poitier and Jim Brown. That’s a bad situation, all right. But it’s not helped at all by giving St. Jacques a lead role in a two-bit flick. It does justice to no one. What's Happening At The MSC I know that every “good” Ag gie, after spending New Year’s Eve making out his “Resolutions for 1969” ( ?), is anxious to carry them out. The MSC, anticipating that most of you will resolve to CADET SLOUCH become better citizens by partici pating in campus events, is pre pared to accommodate you. First of all, for those whose nights are filled with studies or “other” activities, the Political by Jim Earle Forum will begin a new noon series. State Senator Bill Moore will be the first speaker in the series beginning Wednesday at 12 p.m. in rooms 2-A and 2-B of the MSC. Senator Moore, who sponsored and passed Governor Connally’s No. 1 legislative goal —creation of the Coordinating Board for State Colleges and Uni versities—will speak on “The Se cret of Passing a Bill.” Sand wiches and drinks will be avail able for those desiring to pur chase them. For those free 8 p.m. Wednes day, Great Issues will present Captain Edward Warner in the MSC Ballroom speaking on “So viet Military Policy: Present Trends—Future Prospects.” Cap tain Warner, an expert on Soviet military capacity, is an instructor at the Air Force Academy. For the weekend starting 8 p.m. Friday the MSC Directorate Film Series will bring you “The Ipcress File”—an exciting spy movie star ring Michael Caine. And as usua 1 “The Basement” will be open. Marine Recruiters To Visit Campus A Marine Corps officer selec tion team from Austin will visit here this week to explain com missioning programs to students. Maj. C. G. Pool said Marine Corps personnel will establish a booth in the Memorial Student Center today and Wednesday. Testing materials and informa tion on the Corps’ various officer programs will be available, Maj Pool noted. “Do you remember whether or not I have an 8 o’clock class on Mondays?” THE BATTALION Opinions; expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited arid operated by students as a university and community newspaper. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. David Bowers, College of Liberal Arts; F. S. White, College of Engineering: Dr. Donald R. Clark, College of Veterinary Medicine ; and Hal Taylor, Col lege of Agriculture. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M is published in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school year; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 3% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building. College Station, Texas 77843. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all new 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. EDITOR JOHN W. FULLER Managing Editor Dave Mayes Sports Editor John Platzer City Editor Mike Wright News Editor Bob Palmer Staff Columnists John McCarroll, Mike Plake, Monty Stanley, Jan Moulden Staff Writers Tom Curl, Dale Foster, Tim Searson, Janie Wallace, Tony Huddleston, David Middlebrooke Assistant Sports Editor Richard Campbell Photographer W. R. Wright The Chicken House at North Gate Free Dorm Delivery Call 846-4111 ME N U 3 PC. CHICKEN 1.00 7 PC. CHICKEN 2.00 Served with hot rolls & french fries ONION RINGS & FRENCH FRIES 30 FRIED PIES 19 State Capital Roundup By VERN SANFORD Texas Press Association AUSTIN — Another legislative session is just around the corner. Lawmakers are due back in town Jan. 14 for their 61st bi ennial meeting, and most observ ers predict it will be a lively session. Senators and representatives soon will be bickering mightily over the following, and probably hundreds of other less spectacular matters: • Spending and taxation. Nearly everybody is convinced there will be a big tax bill. But one of those who isn’t is none other than Gov.- elect Preston Smith. He is hope ful that he won’t have to be con cerned with a tax program this year. However, there are demands for appropriations increases and school teachers want a $200 mil lion pay raise. • Recommendations of the Gov ernor’s Committee on Public School Education, particularly those of district consolidation and tax burden equalization. • Liquor-by-the-drink legisla tion. What again? This time, ap parently, proponents will try the constitutional amendment (let- everybody-vote-on-it) route. • Minimum wage legislation. • Constitutional revision. • Increasing workmen’s com pensation from $35 to $49 a week maximum and broadening cover age to public employees. • Air and water pollution con trol measures. • Implementing the statewide water plan. • Raising the public welfare spending ceiling. Incoming governor has indi cated he will attach personal priority tags to these major pro gram areas; education (with em phasis on vocational and techni cal training), law enforcement, finance, pollution measures and water resources. NEW BUDGET plan drawn— Legislative Budget Board has Bulletin Board WEDNESDAY Aggie Wives Bridge Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Memorial Student Center. Aggie Christian Fellowship will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the All- Faiths Chapel. Linda Rich, folk- singer, will appear. Hillel Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Hillel Building. Friday night services will be held at 8 p.m. Semper Fidelis Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 145 of the Physics Building. Officer in charge of Marine Officer Selec tion will be here and a film will be shown. Tau Beta Phi will meet at 5 p.m. in room 146 of the Physics Building. THURSDAY Corpus Christi Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the lob by of the Memorial Student Cen ter. Club picture will be taken. recommended $1.1 billion in gen eral revenue spending for 1970-71 —about $77 million more than the bare bones minimum level estimated by Gov. John Connally. LBB calculated its own modest version of appropriations needs would leave $60.7 million in un earmarked revenue, but that takes into account no new major pro grams such as implementation of the governor’s public school study or teacher pay boosts. Board decided to order a stop to salary supplements for major college officials from private funds and to recommend the state pay whatever is needed to get top men. This would cost about $308,500 a year. UNDER LLB proposals the governor would get a pay raise, too, from $40,000 to $55,000 a year. That would keep him ahead of lesser appointed officials, some of whom actually have been paid more than the chief executive considering their incomes from private sources. Budget proposal also includes $8.2 million in state office build ing (to cut down on $1.5 million annual rentals paid by the state to house agencies in Austin) and an $850,000 state records storage center. APPOINTMENTS—Hawthorne Phillips, formerly of Harlingen, has been named executive assist ant attorney general. He succeeds A. J. Carubbi Jr. who joined a Houston law firm. Atty.Gen. Crawford C. Martin also named Pat Cain of Austin to serve as his administrative assistant, replacing W. E. Wells who will take a Houston finance job. Martin said Odessa District Judge George Kelton will join his staff as co-chairman of the opinions division. Robert Owen, former Crockett County Attorney, will head the attorney general’s insurance, banking and securities division. Governor Connally appointed Paris attorney Henry Braswell judge of the Sixth Judicial Dis trict (Lamar and Fannin Coun ties). Connally, moving fast to catch up on a backlog of appointments, also announced these selections: • William B. Blakemore II of Midland to Public Safety Com mission replacing J. C. Looney of Edinburg. • James L. Luther of Burnet to the Texas Aeronautics Commis sion. • George Dillman of Dallas, Ed Hunter of Houston, Gene Leh mann of Kerrville and Don Rus sell of San Marcos to the Texas Tourist Development Agency. Re appointed to the same agency was John McCarty of Dallas. • Judge Peter M. Curry of San Antonio and Judge Raleigh Brown of Abilene, reappointed as pre siding judges of the Fourth and Seventh Administrative Judicial Districts. • Paul Fulks of Wolfe City, re appointed to the Texas Aeronau tics Commission. L. P. 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