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Thursday, January 8, 1970
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Senators May OK
[Electoral Reforms
By John Chadwick
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON UP)—A new at
tempt will be made after Con
gress reconvenes Jan. 19 to shake
loose from the Senate Judiciary
Committee a constitutional
amendment providing for the
election of the president by di
rect, popular vote.
The proposed amendment, en
dorsed by President Nixon after
its approval Sept. 18 by a sur
prisingly one-sided 339-70 House
vote, has been stalled in the Sen
ate by a combination of events
and stout opposition.
It was put at the top of the
Judiciary Committee’s agenda
last August but then was shunt
ed aside during the battle over
the Supreme Court nomination of
Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr.
Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., the
amendment’s chief sponsor in the
Senate, blamed what he termed
“the obstructionist tactics of op
ponents of direct election.” This
was after Sen. Strom Thurmond,
R-S.C., objected to the committee
sitting while the Senate was de
bating the big tax reform bill.
However, the committee did
agree to take up the amendment
for discussion, but not necessarily
to vote on it, at a meeting this
month. No date for the meeting
has been set by Chairman James
O. Eastland, D-Miss.
Eastland, like Thurmond, is op
posed to the direct election plan
and favors a rival amendment
under which presidential electors
would be chosen by districts cor
responding to congressional dis
tricts, except that each state
would elect two at-large.
Sen. Hugh Scott of Pennsyl
vania, the Senate Republican
leader and a member of the Ju
diciary Committee, also favors
Diebel: Pay Old Bills,
Then Fees for Spring
| A&M students with delinquent
university bills will not be allowed
to complete spring semester reg
istration, university officials an
nounced Wednesday:
A&M Controller Clark Diebel
said his office has tabulated
more than 2,000 outstanding stu
dent bills totaling approximately
$31,000, with some dating back
two years.
Diebel noted the debts include
library fines, bad checks and
charges for library books, physi
cal education equipment and lab
oratory supplies and equipment.
(VISTA Recruiters
Here Next Week
. The Volunteers in Service to
America, (VISTA) will conduct
a recruiting drive next week on
the A&M campus, according to
Cathy Cummins, VISTA public
affairs coordinator.
A VISTA booth will be set up
in the post office area of the
Memorial Student Center, Mrs.
Cummins said, with VISTA rep
resentative Martha Donez and a
VISTA volunteer on hand from
8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily to handle
recruiting and answer questions.
I Two films dealing with pov
erty in the United States will be
shown from 4-9 p.m. Jan. 16 in
the room 3-C of the MSC, Mrs.
Cummins said.
One film, titled “Goodby and
Good Luck,” concerns itself with
black power, while “Remedy for
a Riot” is about racial and eco
nomic problems that lead to riot
ing, the VISTA coordinator said.
Sponsored by local agencies,
both public and private, over
7,000 volunteers serve in forty-
nine states, Puerto Rico, Ameri
ca Samoa, the Virgin Islands,
ami Guam.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
VISTA seeks candidates over
twenty years old who will be
available for service within one
year. Selection is based upon
skills, experience, maturity, and
initiative. Although most VISTA
volunteers are still selected with
general skills, present program
needs call for those skilled in
law, architecture, city planning,
health, and business.
Volunteers ai-e ususally assign
ed to work in teams led by full
time supervisor. These teams oft
en include local indigenous vol
unteers who are already famil
iar with the needs and problems
of the community.
Once needs are established',
volunteers work with local resi
dents to determine ways in which
the community can begin to solve
its own problems. VISTAs pro
vide some of the knowledge and
skills neecssary to the achieve
ment of community goals, wheth
er they be in the area of home
improvement, nutrition and health
care, employment, or education.
Each volunteer receives six
weeks of intensive training prior
to his assignment, including field
experience in the area where he
will serve. VISTAs receive no
salary—only a minimum month
ly living allowance and stipend.
“We sent bills to the students
shortly after each debt was in
curred, followed up with notices
and then with letters,” the con
troller explained. “Too often, the
correspondence was ignored.”
As a last resort, the university
will put a “hold” on spring se
mester registration forms of stu
dents who have not settled their
accounts, Diebel said.
University regulations state
that students who fail to pay fees
and other debts are subject to
disenrollment.
“We certainly have no desire
to prohibit a student from regis
tering for classes next semester,”
Diebel emphasized, “but these
bills must be paid.”
He said the bills should be paid
at the Fiscal Office in the Coke
Building.
the district plan.
Further contributing to a divi
sion within the committee are
other members who advocate a
plan under which each state’s
electoral votes would be divided
among the presidential candidates
in proportion to the popular vote
they received.
Under the present winner-take-
all system, a state’s entire elec
toral vote is allotted to the can
didate that wins a majority of the
popular vote. A candidate has to
obtain a majority of the national
electoral vote to be elected.
Bayh looks for a close vote in
the Judiciary Committee but
maintains the direct election plan
can win—if it can be brought to
a vote. However, it could run in
to more delays, just as it did in
the last session of Congress.
Once again the committee could
get bogged down in dispute over
a Supreme Court nomination,
which Nixon is expected to sub
mit shortly after Congress re
convenes. And hanging over the
committee is a directive from the
Senate that it act by March 1 on
controvei-sial voting rights legis
lation.
Even if the direct election
amendment should finally win
committee approval, it could have
an ever harder time in the Senate
itself where a two-thirds major
ity will be required for adoption.
A filibuster, against it is a possi
bility.
To become effective, the amend
ment also would have to be rati
fied by the legislatures of three-
fourths of the states. The House
stipulated that the ratification
process must be completed by
Jan. 21, 1971, for the amendment
to take effect for the next presi
dential election in 1972.
Finals Schedule
Final exams for the fall semester, 1969, will be held Jan. 16-24
according to the following schedule:
Date
Hour
Series
Jan. 16, Friday
8-11 a.m.
MWF8
Jan 16, Friday
1-4 p.m.
MWF12
Jan 19, Monday
8-1 1 a.m.
TThSFl
Jan. 19, Monday
1-4 p.m.
MWTh2
Jan. 20, Tuesday
8-11 a.m.
MWF9
Jan. 20, Tuesday
1-4 p.m.
M3TThl0
Jan. 21, Wednesday
8-11 a.m.
TF2 or TWF3 or TThF3
Jan. 21, Wednesday
1-4 p.m.
MWF10
Jan. 22, Thursday
8-11 a.m.
TThl2
Jan. 22, Thursday
1-4 p.m.
M4TThl 1
Jan. 23, Friday
8-11 a.m.
MWThl
Jan. 23, Friday
1-4 p.m.
TTh9F2
Jan. 24, Saturday
8-11 a.m.
MWF11
Jan. 24, Saturday
1-4 p.m.
TF1
NOTE: Final examinations in courses with only one theory hour per
week as shown in the catalogue will be given, at the discretion of the
department head concerned, at the last meeting of either the theory or
practice period before the close of the semester.
COOL HIKE
Texas A&M Semper Fidelis Society members picked a cold day Wednesday for a hike,
but they made the evening jaunt out to the West By-pass a quick one, double-timing
most of the way. The Semper Fidelis Society is primarily composed of students par
ticipating in the Marine Corps’ Platoon Leaders Class (PLC) program for commission
ing following graduation.
Not a Pair of Comedians
It ‘Takes a Thief 9 to Do It
SAN ANTONIO <A>) — If an
armed robbery can be funny, San
Antonio had a funny robbery,
police related Wednesday.
Two gunmen held up the Gate
way Hotel in the downtown area
Tuesday night. One of them fired
a warning shot, frightening the
other gunman, who fled.
The remaining bandit ordered
the night manager, Ralph Jor
dan, 56, to open the safe. Jordan
said that only the owner, Wil
liam Hogan, 48, could open it.
The gunman ordered Jordan
to call Hogan. Hogan came to
the hotel, and was robbed of his
wallet and watch.
Hogan said only clerk Luis
Jimenez could open the safe.
Jimenez was called, and he lost
his cash when he showed up. He
also opened the safe.
Unsuspectingly, S. Sgt. Clay
ton Counts, 32, of Lackland Air
Force Base entered the hotel to
make a telephone call.
The gunman robbed the serg
eant.
Then the robber ordered Jor
dan, Hogan, Jimenez and Counts
into Hogan’s car. He told Hogan
to drive around San Antonio in
a search for the other gunman
and the getaway car.
After about 20 miles, the gun
man stopped the car to make a
telephone call from a pay phone
booth.
Hogan jumped from the car
and fled.
But he fell on an icy spot,
breaking his arm. Fortunately,
he fell in front of a cruising po
lice car.
Patrolman Neal Mitchell said
he saw Hogan running toward
his cruiser and thought Hogan
was drunk when Hogan fell.
But the other hostages began
yelling, and Mitchell hurried to
their aid. The bandit fled into
some nearby brush.
Mitchell radioed for help and
Mike the police dog arrived and
sniffed out a man who had
$3,000 on him—the approximate
amount taken from the men and
hotel.
Charges of robbery by assault
with firearms were filed several
hours later against Anthony C.
Young, 22, of San Antonio.
Valor Award, Feedback on Senate Agenda
CHUMMY CHEETAHS
In Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday drivers often ride over to the often stroll over and look at the people and admire their
nearby game reserve to look at the animals, who, in turn, cars. (AP Wirephoto)
A report on Operation Feed
back and a commendation for va
lor will be part of the agenda
for tonight’s meeting of the Stu
dent Senate.
The first item under old busi
ness at 7:30 p.m. in the Univer
sity Library conference room will
be a report on the findings of
Aggie-Exes
Give $100 To
Steinmark
AUSTIN OP) — Texas safety
Freddie Steinmark, who helped
beat Texas A&M on the football
field, has received $100 from a
group of Aggies for the trust
fund started for Steinmark after
his leg was amputated because
of cancer.
The University of Texas Ex-
Students’ Association said the
$100 was donated by the A&M
Club of Tyler-Smith County.
“We feel that Fred’s personal
and athletic character is a credit
to the entire Southwest Confer
ence, and our club joins you in
the hopes and prayers for his re
covery,” wrote James Milstead
of Tyler, president of the Aggie
club.
Steinmark, who played all the
10 regular season games for the
national champion Longhorns, is
an outpatient at M.D. Anderson
Hospital and Tumor Institute in
Houston.
WEATHER
Friday — Partly cloudy. Wind
North 10 to 15 m.p.h. High 39,
low 26.
Saturday—Cloudy. Wind East
10 to 15 m.p.h. High 41, low
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FIRST BANK & TRUST—Home
of the Super C D - 5% interest
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the grievance committee set up
under Operation Feedback.
Craig Bradley, sophomore bus
iness administration senator and
member of the committee, wrote
an analysis of these findings, in
cluding some new ideas, some of
the old problems and their pos
sible solutions, Kirby Brown, sen
ate recording secretary, said.
Also under old business will be
a report by Mark Powell, public
relations chairman, on the possi
bility of reopening the museum
that used to be on campus, he
said.
Kent Caperton, senate vice
president, said that one of the
new items will be a resolution
commending Jim Blackley, a part
time student and campus security
officer, for valor.
Blackley saved, the lives of
Mrs. David Harrigan and her
five-week-old son when their
Bryan apartment caught fire dur
ing the Christmas holidays.
Caperton also said that there
will be a formation of a senate
committee to look into proce
dures for procuring campus
speakers.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association. Your Sav
ing Center, since 1919.
BB&L.
-Adv.
WOMAN TRUCK DRIVER
Patricia Kelly, 28, of Chambersburg, Pa., puts her best leg
downward as she steps out of the cab of a tractor-trailer
after completing a 5-week, 600-mile course qualifying her
to drive truck rigs. (AP Wirephoto)