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N°* 67 College Station, Texas Wednesday, January 27 1971
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Guadalajara gives
$1,000 for SCONA
International involvement in
the 16th Student Conference on
National Affairs is spreading in
Mexico.
Corporations, companies and
individuals in Mexico City and
Monterrey have regularly assist
ed in SCONA several years.
Support is now coming in from
Guadalajara with more expected
in the future, according to Ro
berto J. Lozano, junior architec
ture major from Guadalajar.
Lozano, Larry Gallego of San
Antonio and Brian Polk of De-
vine sought SCONA financial as
sistance in the Mexican city dur
ing mid-January. In two days
of their between-semesters vaca
tion, the trio obtained nearly $1,-
000 backing for the $22,000-
budget SCONA XVI.
Students from the U.S., Mexi
co and Canada will take an in-
depth look at “Student Responsi
bilities in the ’70s” at the Feb.
17-20 event.
Lozano said Guadalajar busi
nessmen are “very receptive to
the idea of SCONA and will prob
ably help in the future.”
“We’ve had some financial
problems this year due to the
tight money situation and the
loss of some of our regular sup
port,” Lozano explained. Other
benefits including international
good will may be enhanced by the
increased Mexican participation.
In addition to support from
Kodak, which has a new plant
and its main Latin American of
fices in Guadalajara; Anderson
Clayton Co. where Roberto’s fa
ther works, and a carton manu
facturing firm, the three Aggies
obtained a pledge for the ex
penses of three Mexican dele
gates from the president of a
firm that deals with ITESO Uni
versity in Guadalajara.
Lozano noted that 13 Mexican
delegates to SCONA XV last year
were all from Mexico City. He
pointed out that his home city is
the Latin country’s second larg
est in population, has a rapidly
expanding industrial outlook and
seems likely to aid SCONA in
the future.
Four former students have bus
inesses and work in Guadalajar,
Lozano noted.
“We had a list of 30 people to
see,” he added, “but didn’t have
time to get to all of them.”
The two days work by the stu
dents totalled nearly two weeks
of solicitations for SCONA XVI
by Aggies in Mexico. Lozano and
three other students spent 10 days
in Mexico City and Monterrey
last summer.
Anyone can drive
New York 12-year-old has own car for a week
NEW YORK Can a 12-
year-old schoolboy find happiness
wheeling a hot car around town
for a week—despite having to sit
on a pillow to see over the steer
ing wheel?
Apparently so, according to
police, who picked up the young
ster in question on Monday.
The kiddie caper came to light
after the boy let four acquain
tances in on his secret and they
later told their parents who told
police. Detectives gave this ac
count:
The boy, whom they called Joey,
spotted the big, shiny 1970 Olds-
mobile on his way home from
P.S. 6 eight days ago. The doors
were unlocked and keys in the
ignition so he slid into the seat
and took off.
Keeping the car to himself he
drove around Central Park by
day and parked around the cor
ner from his Upper East Side
apartment at night. By Sunday
Joey could no longer keep his
secret.
He met four younger boys out
side a movie theater and invited
them for a spin. The “spin” last
ed 8V2 hours and included stops
at Kennedy and LaGuardia air
ports to see the planes take off
and land.
By the boys’ account, they of-
Sea Grant calls
for state action
A report recommending a pro
gram for state action in, the coast
al zone has been presented to
Gov. Preston Smith by his Ad
visory Committee on Marine Re
sources.
The report prepared by the Sea
Grant Program Office here, calls
for a new state authority to pro
vide a focus for coordinating re
search and planning activities in
the state’s coastal and marine en
vironment.
Gov. Smith emphasized the im
portance of coastal resources to
the state and acknowledged the
University National Bank
"On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
need for a continued focus on the
problems and opportunities pro
vided by the state’s 1,000 mile
coastline.
The 20-member Marine Re
sources Committee, chaired by
Dan S. Petty, director of the Di
vision of Planning Coordination
in the Office of the Governor,
transmitted its report to the gov
ernor after carrying out a state
wide conference on “Goals for
Texas in the Coastal Zone and
the Sea,” held in September. The
report is published by Texas
A&M’s Sea Grant Program, co
sponsors of the conference. Con
ference findings and recommen
dations for state action are pre
sented in the report.
ten drove at 60 miles an hour
despite the fact that it was snow
ing and the roads were icy.
At one point they pulled into
an East Side garage and bought
$2 worth of gas with no ques
tions of their 4-foot-tall driver.
At LaGuardia they inadvert
ently got into a taxi lane and
one cabbie asked Joey how old
he was. “Sixteen,” he replied.
The the cabbie asked where
Joey came from and he said he
was from Florida. “Oh, that’s
why you look so young,” said
the cabbie.
At Kennedy'airport, a parking
lot attendant asked to see Joey’s
license and registration but he
kept his cool and simply drove
out of the lot. About 1 a.m. he
Students can
sign up for vote
until Feb. 1
The Issues Committee of the
Student Senate is conducting a
voter registration drive through
Jan. 31, member Sam Drugan
(Jr-Sci) said Tuesday.
Drugan said registration forms
are available at the main desk of
the Memorial Student Center,
under the bell in the Academic
Building and at the main desk of
the University Library.
The forms may be used to regis
ter in any county of the state,
Drugan said. They must be
mailed to the tax assessor-collec
tor in a student’s home county,
he said, and not to the Brazos
County assessor-collector.
dropped off his passengers and
parked the car.
When police were notified by
the parents of the smaller boys
they picked up Joey and booked
him as a juvenile delinquent. He
will appear Thursday in Family
Court. His last name was not
given because of his age.
New dollar
to honor Ike
PHILADELPHIA UP) — The
U.S. Mint staged a “trial strike”
Monday of the Eisp.nhower dollar,
the first silver dollar to be coined
in 35 years.
A large coin press exerted 130
tons of pressure on a bank metal
disc to produce the coin, which
was a likeness of the late Presi
dent Dwight D. Eisenhower on
one side and a design honoring
hte Apollo 11 astronauts on the
other.
The side of the coin honoring
the nation’s first moon landing
bears a version of the moon ex
plorers’ insignia, a bald eagle
clutching an olive branch descend
ing on the lunar surface. The
eagle flies past the traditional
“E Pluribus Unum.”
The coin is to contain 40 per
cent silver when it is distributed
in proof and uncirculated editions
after July 1.
General distribution of 200 mil
lion coins will omit the silver
content, replacing it with the
“cupra-nickel” alloy used in the
25-cent coin.
The Eisenhower dollar will be
the first coin of its denomination
to contain neither silver nor gold.
PANTSUITS AND JEANS are “in”, and the reason A&M
girls give is comfort. Here an A&M coed relaxes on the
Academic Building lawn wearing a casual style. See page
3 for a story and more pictures. (Photoby Lee Dunkelberg)
Civilians can move
within dorms now
Civilian student room changes were scheduled to be
made today within halls and Monday and Tuesday between
halls, housing manager Allan M. Madeley announced.
To change rooms within a hall, students wishing to
make switches should have reported to the head resident or
head resident advisor today.
“Students who wish to change halls will report to the
Housing Office at regular office hours Monday or Tuesday.
Vacancies will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis,”
Madeley added.
Students receiving new assignments will be issued room
change slips to be processed through the resident advisor and
counselor concerned. Moves must be completed within 24
hours after the new assignment is made.
The housing manager indicated fee receipts should be
brought to the housing office so the type of fee paid can be
verified.
“Students are reminded that anyone living alone for the
spring semester will be required to pay one and one-third
room rent unless consolidation with another student is
impossible,” Madeley said. “This may effect decisions on
room changes at this time.”
Senate to fill
2 vacant posts,
fee committee
Student Senate business Thurs
day includes filling two vacant
posts, forming a student service
fee allocation committee and be
ginning constitutional revision,
Student Body President Kent
Caperton said Tuesday.
The Senate will meet at 7:30
p.m. in the conference room on
the second floor of the library,
and the items to be considered are
in addition to the usual commit
tee and officer reports, Caperton
said.
He said he will nominate stu
dents to fill a vacant sophomore
position in the College of Edu
cation and one in the College of
Engineering. These appointments
are subject to approval by two-
thirds of the Senate, he said.
Caperton urged any interested
student with a 2.25 grade point
ratio or better to contact him
before the meeting.
Caperton said he also will ap
point members to the student
service fee allocation committee
established by the Senate last
semester. The committee will re
view present fee allocations and
make recommendations to uni
versity officials.
Caperton said the Senate will
begin considering revisions to its
constitution, a matter he called
“vital” as far as the Senate and
the student body are concerned.
CSC to outline
plans for week
Thursday’s meeting of the
Civilian Student Council will re
veal most of the plans for Civilian
Week and Week-End to be held
April 19-24.
The meeting will be held at 7
p.m. in room 3D of the Memorial
Student Center.
Among the activities to be dis
cussed are the Presentation Dance
on Saturday, the second annual
Texas A&M go-cart race, Aca
demic Excellence Day and the
Faculty Awards Luncheon.
Mark Olson, CSC president,
will announce all committee ap
pointments for the week-weekend
activities, and Leon Drozd will
give brief plans for the week,
including the annual CSC awards
banquet to be held on April 29.
Other business will include the
announcement of members to a
committee which will develop a
new point system for the evalua
tion of the best civilian residence
hall of the year, and the discus
sion of a retreat for members of
the council to discuss campus
problems.
A retreat was set to be held in
Galveston aboard the A&M re
search vessel Alaminos, Olson
said, but was canceled when it
was discovered that the female
members of the council would not
be permitted to go.
The inquiring Battman
What resolutions have you made for the new year?
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Johnny R. Fogle
senior
“To try some new experience,
hke having fun at Texas A&M.”
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Richard Green
graduate
“No. All my habits are good
ones.”
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James Howard
senior
“To drink less and study more.’
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John H. Stephens
sophomore
“I’m going to try and pass this
year.”
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Richard C. Allen
junior
“To be tougher on the fish so
they can have something to be
proud of at the end of the year
.... if they make it.”
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Joel S. Koehler Bob Stump
senior senior
“I’m going to get out of here.” “Life is good to me. What’s to
resolve?” (Photos by Patrick
Fontana)