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College Station, Texas Page 3 Texas To Seek Anti-Pollution Manpower Aid Texas may become one of sev eral states this year to receive funds through the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration to relieve a manpower shortage, a spokesman declared here Monday. Frank Coverington, director of manpower and training, said, “Texas may very well be one of the initial stages,” to receive part of a $1,032,000 program for training personnel in water pollu tion control. Coverington, assistant to Fed eral Commissioner Joe G. Moore Jr. who was unable to attend the 51st Texas Water Utilities Asso ciation’s Short School, added that the funds will be provided to local communities for the training. “We will not do the training ourselves,” he said. He told the group, estimated at over 300 delegates for the open ing session, “I’m not talking about pie in the sky,” pointing out the program will be immediate. He noted trainees must complete their training within an 18-month period. COVERINGTON SAID he felt over 800 trainees will be enrolled in the special crash program to relieve the manpower shortage now felt in water pollution pro grams. Discussing overall needs, he said the funds are only “a drop in the bucket,” to what’s needed, but that it is a start. In addition to money, Covering- ton said, “Clear water needs peo ple,” with fresh ideas and operat ing skills. He pointed out the entire pro gram is dependent on people, but admitted there are major obsta cles in obtaining them. He listed some of these reasons as: • Low salaries. • Lack of motivation. • Lack of certification of op erators and technicians. • Failure to be accepted with in the community, or lack of prestige. ENGINEERING DEAN Fred J. Benson welcomed the group, warning “there is no question but that water base problems will in crease.” Citing the proposed $10 billion Texas Water Plan, Benson added, "If it comes to pass, it will be come a tremendous challenge to you. You can’t rest on your 1 lau rels; there is much to be done.” One of this year’s highlights will be the dramatic reading Tues day evening of the new play, “Well of the World,” dramatizing the importance of pure water. The performance at 8:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center is open to the public, without charge. Pledges Named Phi Delta Sigma, off-campus social fraternity, has announced 13 new pledges, according to Rod Johnson, member of the social committee. These new pledges include: Donald Anz, Bob Boss, Bill Cocks, Max Cormier, Gary Cottingham, Rick Frazier, Tommy Hart, Rob ert Hicks, Steve Lindomood, Fred Mohrhuson, Larry Oakley, Sam Parigi, Mark Provel, Donald Ray mond, Gordon Strole, Mike War ren, Robert White, Robert Wil liams and J. D. Woodward. Tonight On KBTX 6:30 Here Come the Brides 7:30 Good Guys 8:00 Beverly Hillbillies 8:30 Green Acres 9:00 Hawaii Five-O 10:00 News, Weather & Sports 10:30 Wednesday Night Movie— ‘The Family Jewels” Bernadette Hubacek is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hubacek of Bryan. She received a diplo ma form Ste phen F. Austin High School be fore enrolling for the Account ing Course at McKinzie - Bald win Business College. She is now employed in the Oceanogra phy Dept, at A&M Univer sity. Cynthia Gloss is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph O. Gloss, Rt. 1, Calvert, Texas. After graduating from Calvert High she registered for the Secre tarial Course at McKinzie - Bald win Business College and re ceived a Secre tarial diploma from this School. She is Secretary and Asst, book keeper at Iva Starnes Men’s Wear, Bryan. THE BATTALION Wednesday, March 5, 1969 Feds Cut Money For Student Group AND THE RAINS CAME A workman battles flood waters in the main street of Corona, Calif. Rains isolated the town southeast of Los Angeles for a time, putting it in a state of emergency. (AP Wire- photo) Singing Cadets Plan Tour Through South Texas Cities The Singing Cadets will range from Houston, Wharton and Sin- ton to San Antonio, Belton and Fort Hood for 15 concerts dur ing the next seven weeks. The popular all-male glee club recently returned from a success ful Central and Northeast Texas tour, but will remain busy through mid-May. “It’s been a busy year, and it’s not over yet,” commented Direc tor Robert L. (Bob) Boone. He said the 15 engagements do not include three other requests to be acted on by the choral group. Accompanied by pianist Mrs. June Biering, the Singing Cadets opened the heavy schedule Tues day with two concerts at Fort Hood. The 40-voice group sang for the Officers Wives Club at 1 p.m. and perform for Fort Hood troops in a base theatre at 7 p.m. THEIR NEXT appearance, March 10 before the Federation of A&M Mothers Clubs, will be at home. Successive following engage ments are March 21, Brownwood, A&M Mothers Club; March 24, Veterinary Medical Education Symposium, on campus; March 25, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton; April 11, Fort Sam Houston, Of- ciers Wives Club; April 11, Sin- ton A&M Mothers Club. Student Co-op Engineering Program Receives Sharp Rise In Participants A sharp increase in the num ber of students participating in cooperative education here has ed Assistant Engineering Dean been reported. Cooperative education, explain- J. G. McGuire, is a year-round program in which students split their time between campus stud ies and industry, with short va cations sandwiched in. McGuire said A&M now has 230 students enrolled in the “co-op” program, approximately twice as many as participating three years ago. He noted 100 of the students are currently on the job and 100 are participating in the classroom phase, with the remainder having finished the program but still in school. While students sometimes ex tend their schooling, the cooper ative education program can be completed in four years with careful planning, Dean McGuire pointed out. Normally, students are assign ed to participating firms during their sophomore and junior years, with the freshman and senior terms devoted strictly to class room work. The students normal ly spend an equal amount of time on campus and on the job during their two middle years. Students are paid salaries com mensurate with their educational level and experience during their work periods, McGuire noted. He said a typical starting salary is $475 per month. OVER 250 SPORT COATS IN STOCK. Sizes 38-44 Long 36-46 Regular ALL COLORS & STYLES. Take A Minute To Stop By and Look At This Selection. X oup 9 ot A Traditional Clothing- At Student Prices Also, April 12-13, San Antonio at the new Hall of the Perform ing Arts, A&M Mothers Club; April 18, Houston at the Music Hall, A&M Mothers Club; April 19, Wharton, A&M Mothers Club; April 21, Aggie Muster, campus; May 9, local community concert, Brazos County A&M Mothers Club, and May 17, Houston Na tional Secretaries Association convention. Additionally, the Singing Ca dets will present their “Sermon in Song” in San Antonio and Col lege Station churches and have their annual awards banquet and dance May 10. BOONE SAID calls for book ings next January and February have already been received and the group will probably partici pate again next fall in the Miss Teenage America pageant. “The All-America Singing Ca dets,” as one sponsoring club of ficial referred to the group, drew a spontaneous standing ovation during a concert at Paris High School on the between-semester tour. Equal praise was accorded by W. T. (Bill) Murphy, Paris Rotary Club president. WASHINGTON <A>> — The Na tional Student Association, which broke its secret money ties with the CIA in a major uproar two years ago, now is losing its rich support by the war on poverty. The antipoverty program has pumped more than half a million dollars into the student organiza tion as its fattest federal finan cier since the Central Intelligence Agency’s undercover payments were exposed. The Office of Economic Op portunity is shutting down one student experiment, which it brands a failure, and OEO offi cials say they may ask for re payment of as much as $50,000. ANOTHER NS A program, con sidered a success, is expected to be halted by the antipoverty agency this year because there are more pressing needs for the money elsewhere. The two poverty projects, to taling $218,351 for this fiscal year, add up to about one-fourth of the entire NSA budget. But Bob Powell, president of the student group, said NSA won’t be facing any money crisis. Both projects, he said, were spe cial additions, separate from the organization’s main operations. THE NSA is a loose alliance of campus governments at 384 colleges with 1.7 million students. It pushes for more student power, opposes the war in Vietnam, and lobbies with Congress on such issues as keeping student dis counts on airline fares. NSA still winces with the wounds left by the 1967 dis closure that the CIA, Uncle Sam’s cloak-and-dagger corps, had slip ped the organization $3 million under the table over a decade or more. The cash went to pay for U.S. representation in world or ganizations. Since NSA lost its secret sub sidy, the role of rich uncle has been filled by the antipoverty program. THE OEO WANTS a refund on all the leftover money in its $150,996 grant to the NSA to encourage students on 20 Penn sylvania campuses to volunteer to work with local antipoverty programs. William H. Bozman, deputy di rector of OEO’s community ac tion program, called the project “one of our failures.” Pending an audit, Bozman es timated the NSA has $50,000 left from the grant, and said OEO wants that money back. No. 1 In College Sales Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company 303 College Main 846-8228 Call 822-1441 Allow 20 Minutes Carry Out or Eat-In THE PIZZA HUT 2610 Texas Ave. • 80115 3 552107? "a 921076? £?3lr 21807 836721?92 What’s your number, student? If you’re tired of being one of 10,000, better think twice about who you take a job with. Take a look at a different kind of company — where you’ll be more than a number. We’ll give you a job situation, and you’ll make your own position. We’re interviewing soon on campus. See your school or placement office today. [CO mOUST/Rt^S ■ * KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI An Equal Opportunity Employer where there’s room to move around ... and up as seen by Former Assistant to Lyndon B. 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