College Station, Texas
Battalion
Wednesday, April 8, 1970
Telephone 845-2226
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Cast in City Election
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Fish Seek 3rd Straight
National Drill Trophy
Texas A&M’s Freshman Drill
Team will seek its third straight
national championship Friday in
Washington D. C.
The team commanded by Bev
erly S. Kennedy of Austin will
march in the annual National
Intercollegiate ROTC Drill Cham
pionships competing with 28 other
teams for a trophy shaped like
the Washington monument and
marked with a “1.”
The drill unit has similar prizes
dated 1968 and 1969 in its trophy
case.
“I’m sure A&M will be justly
proud of the team’s performance
in defending its championships”
said J. Malon Southerland, team
sponsor, of the commandant’s
office.
“In their minds, it will be three
in a row,” he said. “I believe they
have an outstanding opportunity
to accomplish this.”
The FDT will march at 1:40
p.m. in the day-long competition,
which will be conducted in a Na
tional Guard Armory hall near
John F. Kennedy Stadium.
The team will also compete
with other units in the noon
Cherry Blossom Festival Parade
of Princesses Saturday.
The three-time A&M Invita
tional Meet winners will depart
Easterwood Airport Thursday
morning accompanied by Col. Jim
H. McCoy, corps commandant.
The 31-member team will quarter
at Ft. McNair.
White House and Capitol tours
Friday will precede preparation
for competition. Competition it
self will be followed by an A&M
Club party for the team.
After the Saturday parade, the
A&M freshmen will visit the
Smithsonian Institution museums
and take bus tours of the capital.
By Bob Robinson
Battalion Staff Writer
Dr. Cecil B. Ryan was elected Tuesday to the fourth
position of the College Station City Council by a more than
three to two margin.
For the only contested seat, Ryan accumulated 589
votes in the three wards, to opponent Mrs. Mary Bryan’s 366.
Both were seeking the seat vacated by Councilman O. M.
Holt, who didn’t run for re-election.
An unofficial figure of 955 people voted in yesterday’s
election. Totals won’t be official until the City Council
canvasses the election tonight in a special meeting.
For the uncontested seats, Mayor D. A. (Andy)
Anderson received 821 votes, Councilman James H. Dozier
805, and Councilman C. H. Ransdell 817.
Ryan thanked the people who supported him in his
victory.
“I also appreciate the fact that people turned out to
vote,” he said. “It’s one of the great American privileges. I
intend to do the best job I am capable of doing as a
councilman in the City of College Station.
“This is my home for 24 years. I’ve seen tremendous
progress made and I expect to see tremendous progress in the
future.
“As councilman I plan to serve all citizens in the city
and am grateful for the opportunity to be of service to my
city.”
Mrs. Bryan also thanked the people who worked for and
helped her. She expressed the desire for stimulated interest in
city affairs.
“I hope that the campaign stimulated interest in city
programs,” she said, “and will result in greater citizen
participation in city government.”
She added that she plans to remain active in city affairs
and programs.
Dozier had no statement on the election other than to
congratulate Ryan on his victory.
Dr. Ransdell said the people should get together and
work for the city’s further development.
“I appreciate the confidence of the people of College
Station and trust all of us can put our shoulders to the wheel
and work for the development of our city,” he said. “We
have a lot of work to do. It will take the best of everyone.”
Mayor Anderson said he expected the Council this year
to work harmoniously in finding solutions to the many
problems of the city.
“I am honored by being re-elected to a two-year term of
Mayor of College Station,” he said. “I realize the office of
mayor is the highest its citizens can bestow on any person
and I accept it with deepest humility and with a desire to be
of service to all citizens.
“Needless to say I am most appreciative of the
confidence of the people as expressed in the election. The
problems of our city are many and varied but I know that the
city council will work harmoniously together toward finding
solutions to them, including those of a priority nature,
keeping in mind fiscal responsibility.
“I pledge to all citizens that I will work for the
advancement of our city in all areas, for the benefit of all
people.”
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Urged by Embassy Official
Thursday — Cloudy, rain early
in morning, ending by noon.
Northerly winds 10-15 mph. High
74 degrees, low 58 degrees.
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Discussion of a proposed state
ment of student rights and re
sponsibilities is scheduled to cap
a full Student Senate agenda this
week.
The senate is scheduled to con
vene at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the
Library Conference Room.
The 10-page statement, intro
duced to the senate last month
by Jim Stephenson (sr-LA) spells
out guidelines and procedures
which would define the limits of
student freedom both in the class
room and off-campus.
The statement also encompass
es such areas as access to student
records, participation in student
affairs, and means and procedures
of student discipline.
A virtual rewrite of student
life regulations, the statement
severely limits the university’s
off-campus control of students
and calls for the placement of
students on the Library Commit-
S. \V. Veterinarian
Now Available
The winter edition of The
Southwestern Veterinarian is now
available for pre-veterinary med
icine students to pick up, editor
John Allen announced Tuesday.
Allen said students can obtain
copies by going by Room 217
Informational Services Building.
tee, Board of Publications, Ad
missions Committee and other
administrative panels.
In other agenda items senators
will also hear proposals to allow
the University Women to name
its own representative to the sen
ate after the April 23 elections.
According to vice president
Kent Caperton, the senate is also
scheduled to hear a proposal to
abolish all ex-officio offices from
senate membership. Incorporated
in the plan, Caperton said, would
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Elected at Council Meeting
President-elect of the Graduate
Student Council is agricultural
economics student Sam Furrh,
elected by the GSC Tuesday.
In the only other election de
cided by the council, Mike Raphael,
mechanical engineering student,
won the GSC vice presidency.
Furrh defeated Mickey Land,
an education major, by a council
vote of 6-4. He will succeed out
going council president Tony
Benedetto when new officers are
installed May 19.
Raphael also defeated Land,
winning by a 6-5 margin when a
tie forced Benedetto to cast the
deciding vote.
Furrh has been on the GSC two
years, serving as treasurer last
year. Raphael, currently GSC
secretary, is in his first year on
the council.
GSC Vice President Bob Fried
reported that only three people
had applied thus far to be elected
by the Council as candidates for
council representative positions
on April 23. Filing ends Thurs
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“I’m afraid that if more aren’t
nominated,” Fried said, “this
whole thing will be a flop.”
The council also agreed to
appropriate funds of up to $51
to pay registration fees of as
many as three delegates to the
annual spring leadership trip to
Houston, sponsored by the Lead
ership Committee of the Memorial
Student Center.
Councilman Jay Hubert, in his
report on the A&M Library, told
the GSC that he had found that
the library does not fine faculty
members for overdue books.
Hubert added that if a faculty
member arbitrarily decides to
keep a book the rest of a semes
ter, there is little a graduate stu
dent can do to get it.
Civilians Challenged to Give
Their Share in Blood Drive
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Matthew R. Carroll, Cadet
Corps Commander, issued a chal
lenge Tuesday to the civilian
student body to donate its share
of the blood for the Alpha Phi
Omego sponsored and Student
Senate administered blood drive.
The blood drive is being held
today and Thursday from 8-5 p.m.
in the basement of the Memorial
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Student Center. The blood col
lected will be used for research
in heart and blood diseases by the
Wadley Foundation of Molecular
Medicine in Dallas.
“The civilian student body,
which composes 81.1 percent of
the student population, is chal
lenged to donate at least 81.1 per
cent of the blood in the APO-
Student Senate blood drive,” Car-
roll said.
“I am confident that the corps
will contribute far more than 18.9
percent of the blood,” Carroll
added.
The challenge was accepted by
Mark Olson, Civilian Student
Council president. Olson assured
Student Senate president Gerry
Geistweidt that the civilian stu
dent body would beat the corps
not only in the number of pints,
but also on a percentage basis.
“It must be remembered that
this blood drive is planned to help
A&M and its students, and is
dedicated to President Earl Rud
der,” Geistweidt said.
be a provision to create an ex
ecutive branch of the senate.
A request that the student
body “Miss a Meal” to raise funds
for Vietnam civilians on May 1
is also scheduled to be on the
agenda, Caperton said.
Caperton added that he would
be introducing a plan to revise
the methods of approving speak
ers for university audiences. He
said he was going to propose the
establishment of a standing com
mittee of students and adminis
trators formed for the specific
purpose of reviewing speakers.
“This plan would allow a com
mittee to meet more frequently
than the (faculty-staff) Execu
tive Committee, which currently
reviews speakers but only has
meetings on Monday,” Caperton
said.
He said that another advantage
to his proposal would allow stu
dents who submitted speakers
lists to appear before the panel,
a practice which the Executive
Committee has not allowed.
CSC to Open
‘Week’ with
Auto Show
An auto show sponsored by the
Civilian Student Council will open
Civilian Week, Monday, April 20.
Several local car dealers will
participate in the show.
About 40 cars of the sport and
high performance class will be on
display from noon to 6 p.m. in
the quad between Walton Hall
and hospital, Raleigh Lane, CSC
public relations chairman, said.
Representatives from each deal
er will be present to describe their
autos, answer questions, and hand
out literature, Lane said.
Dealers particpating in the
show are Brown-Alien Motor Co.,
Cade Motor Co., Corbusier Chev
rolet Co., Sellstrom Pontiac-Buick
Inc., A&M Imports, Twin City
Plymouth, Hickman Garrett Mot
ors, and Halsell Motor Co.
By Fran Haugen
Battalion Staff Writer
Differences in policy between
the United States and Czechoslo
vakia should not prevent the two
countries from expanding trade
between them, a Czech Embassy
secretary told a Great Issues au
dience Tuesday night.
Disagreements over such con
troversial issues as crises in
Vietnam, the Middle East and
Germany are slowing “economic
normalization” because America
wants political harmony before
effective trade, Dr. Zdnek Matej-
ka said in a panel discussion.
Appearing with Matejka in the
third segment of a four-part U.S.-
East European Relations Semi
nar, was Dr. Edward Tobarsky,
former personal aide to the Czech
oslovakian president and now pro
fessor of government at the Uni
versity of Texas at Austin.
“Although there is a deep feel
ing of friendliness among the
Czechs toward the United States,
we must distinguish between the
government and the people,” To
barsky said. “The government is
not a free agent. I am sure it
would be glad to deepen coop
eration with the United States,
but it doesn’t dare because some
one in Moscow is looking over
its shoulder.”
Matejka said that relations be
tween the United States and
Czechoslovakia began to cool in
1948, that then the Czech consul
ates in the United States and the
U. S. consulates in Czechoslova
kia closed, and that they have not
been reopened.
The problems between the Unit
ed States and Czechoslovakia are
economic ones with political re
verberations, Matejka said.
A commission made up of Brit
ain, France and the United
States, established after World
War II, has not yet returned 185
tons of gold which Czechoslovakia
rightfully claimed after the war
because the United States doesn’t
agree with this figure, he said.
“Non-existence of the most fa
vored nations clause is also an
obstacle to trade,” Matejka said.
“While we have to pay high cus
toms on goods from America,
trade is high between the United
States and Yugoslavia where the
clause is in effect.”
Matejka said that last year ex
port and imports between the
United States and Czechoslovakia
totaled $44 million, a decrease of
$21 million since 1960.
Czechoslovakia imports hides,
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soybeans, computers, paper, ma
chinery, tools and chemicals from
America.
“Eighty-five percent of these
imports are agricultural products
or raw materials,” Matejka said.
Tobarsky outlined the develop
ment of western orientation of
the Czech people.
“A real milestone occurred in
1918 as Czechoslovakia emerged
as an independent nation with a
great deal of help from the Unit
ed States,” he said. “The Wilso
nian slogan of self-determination
clinched it (independence) for the
Czech nation.”
In 1945, when Red Armies en
tered Czechoslovakia, the Czechs
realized that this was not merely
a liberation from fascism, but
something else, Tobarsky said.
“President (Edward) Benes (of
Czechoslovakia) sent a telegram
to Gen. (George) Patton’s army
saying in effect ‘come on over,
only faster,’ ” he went on. “But
Patton was ordered by the Soviets
(See U.S.-Czech, page 2)
Oceanography Head to Talk
On Coastal Area Problems
A discussion of problems aris
ing from man’s use of coastal
areas will be presented by Dr.
Richard A. Geyer, Oceanography
Department head, at 7:30 p. m.
Thursday in the Architecture Au
ditorium.
Entitled “The Multi-User Prob
lem in the Coastal Zone,” this is
the second talk in the Symposium
for Environmental Awareness’
lecture series.
Geyer was vice chairman of
former President Johnson’s Com
mission on Marine Science, Re
sources and Engineering. He is
also on the boards of directors of
the American Society for Ocean
ography and the National Oceano
graphy Association.
Among his many publications
is a 1965 paper, “The Use of
Geophysical Measurements on the
Lunar Surface.”
Interested persons are also in
vited to attend the regular meet
ing of the symposium at 7 p. m.
in Room 208 Architecture.
Campus Census
Will Begin Today
Census workers will begin a canvass of
A&M students this afternoon, Associate Dean
of Students Don Stafford announced
Tuesday.
Students living in university-owned
housing—either residence halls or married
student apartments—will be affected by the
survey. Day students will be tabulated during
the community survey.
Stafford said enumerators will give
census forms to residence hall advisers, unit
commanding officers and married student
apartment managers today.
The Individual Census Report forms will
then be distributed to each student by his
adviser or c.o. with the request the forms be
returned as soon as possible.
Enumerators will collect the forms in
two or three days for tabulation.
“Students are encouraged to cooperate,”
Stafford said, “so the study can be completed
without problems.”
The 1970 census is the first one where
college students are tabulated as being
dents of the college community.
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