k e |Get out and vote in the run-offs —you have until 7:30 p. m. .312, Larry Reinarz .250, s, .328, first 152 or Sandy iase; Jimmy ase; and the ars Cbe Battalion Vol. 66 No. 119 College Station, Texas Tuesday Clear and warm May 4, 1971 WEDNESDAY—Cloudy, after noon rainshowers. Winds south erly at 15 to 20 m.p.h. High 86, low 68. THURSDAY — Partly cloudy. Winds westerly 15 to 20 m.p.h. High 88, low 57. 845-2226 e eighth in- ame to back pitching jot Elmendorf | r ith a single had three i double and io picked np t a loss, al- first three allowed witt and Jackie in the last A&M’s sea- 1 ruined any t have had k.A playofi # 11 tomi Own One protest passes; runoffs held today Only one protest out of four entered was considered applicable to the April 28 general elections at an Election Commission meet ing Friday night. In approving the protest the commission agreed to rehold the senior yell leader election on the request of Daryl Barrett. Barrett had filed to run for senior yell leader but was not approved by the yell leader candidate selection commitee. He was later allowed to run but time kept his name from going on the ballot. Randy Ross, winner of the wel fare chairman of the Student Sen ate race, protested because he had his name removed from an other race without submitting a written withdrawal. Ross had told one of the commissioners, Dale Foster, that he was thinking about dropping from the race. Foster, without the required writ ten consent of Ross, removed his name from the ballot. “Ross had one of the more valid complaints,” said Tom Hender son, who attended the meeting as a proxy, “it’s just that Ross would have ended up holding two positions on the Senate, so we didn’t consider it any more.” Bill Hartsfield, defeated candi date for the Senate Vice presi dent, protested because the voting was done on a fee slip basis and some people who had more than one fee slip had voted twice. The last protest was filed by Sam Drugan, Barb Sears, Chet Edwards, David Wagner, and Paul Turner. Henderson said the reason the others had not been considered reasons for holding the elections over again is because they did not request so in the protests. “They have to request an action before we can do anything,” Hen derson said. There will be changes made in the elections as a result of the protests, he added. Though not yet worked out, the commission is thinking of a type of voter registration and a means of “streamlining” the elections. Most of the people at the meet ing Friday night were proxy rep resentatives. Runoff elections are being held today at the Sbisa newstand, the guard room and the Memorial Student Center until 7:30 p.m. Positions being runoff for Class of ’72 are: yell leaders; president, Jerry McGowen and Bill Scherle; vice president, Ronny Gafford and Rob Ivey; concessions chairman, Wofford (Bill) Camp and Rene Ffrench; and MSC representative, Andy Beck and Gary Singletary. Runoff elections for Class of ’73 will be: vice president, Gerald Betty and Paul Workman; secre tary-treasurer, Larry McConathy and Ricky Zick; and MSC repre sentative, Jimmy Craig and Julie McCall. Runoffs in the Class Of '74 are: president, Larry Hoelscher and Randy Maness; vice president, Barry Bogart and Don Webb; secretary-treasurer, Colleen Bour- land and John Rosenbaum; and MSC representative, Mike Harris and John Pledger. One runoff will be held in the College of Agriculture between sophomores Mike Fields and Chuck Friesenhaha. Sen. Moore says Taxpayers will pay state needs GRIMACING WITH PAIN, not only in his leg but in his mind, Curtis Mills limps off the field after going lame in the 220 Saturday night. It made the difference between A&M winning the meet and losing it to Rice. Helping him is (left) Winston Frost, student trainer and Billy Pickard, team trainer. See story, page 4. (Photo by Mike Rice) Individual taxpayers will wind up paying increased revenue needs of the $7.1 billion tax bill being hammered out in the Leg islature, State Sen. William T. (Bill) Moore of Bryan said Fri day. Moore told a Political Forum audience the individual would pay the increase, whether the tax hike is levied against corporate 'Vor IY ;as !o. 7,000 arrested in Washington WASHINGTON N It’s time to be careful about joking to a friend you just "bombed a test” — someone else may take it literally. The someone may be Morris Maddox, assistant chief of Uni versity Police. A record break ing four bomb scares were re ported Friday and they kept Maddox, profs and students jumping. The large number is nothing to be surprised about, Maddox said. "Quizzes are behind the whole thing,” he added. It is rather obvious when you consider that major exams were scheduled in each of the four buildings threats were phoned in to. But it’s not going to work any more. People around the univer sity, including the president, were getting tired of the whole mess. University National Bank "On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. And anyway, the tests dodged Friday rise from the dead during “dead week.” Friday, a new policy was an nounced by President Jack K. Williams saying that buildings will no longer be officially evacu ated because of threats. “Our new policy — which is already in effect at practically all other major universities — was made in response to numerous inquiries concerning the in creased number of prankish bomb threats,” Dr. Williams said. “We will not take such calls lightly,” he emphasized, “but we cannot allow prankish activities to shut down the educational process.” Dr. Williams said university personnel will continue to report any such incidents to appropriate authorities. “Every effort,” he added, “is being made to apprehend the of fenders, whose pranks are, in the eyes of the law, serious felonies.” A. F. chief of staff speaker Saturday profits or the citizen. “I’ll tell you now, whether the tax is put on the business or in dividual, the individual will pay it,” Moore said, pointing out that business will simply add the in creased burden to prices paid by the consumer. The veteran Texas legislator said he personally believes that a one per cent tax “should be levied against both corporate income and personal income, to be hon est.” He said such legislation was introduced by Rep. Raul Lon goria of Edinburg this session. Had a corporate income tax passed, Moore felt personal in come tax would have become a reality at the next session. Moore’s noon Political Forum talk touched on welfare and reap pointment, among other prob lems faced by the 61st Legisla ture. “This is the hardest working legislature I’ve seen,” he com mented, “we are aware and con cerned.” Moore said the Senate, which normally has 300 bills in troduced per session, has had 900, due primarily to eager, ambitious new members. He also noted that the Senate’s 22-vote passage Thursday of the appropriations bill was the ear liest such approval since his Sen ate service began in 1947. “It’s staggering that the bill got approved this early,” he said. Moore indicated that welfare improvements are necessary and probably in sight. He voiced “serious doubts” that legislation exempting faculty members from the statue preventing state em ployes from holding elective of fice would be approved by the people of Texas. “This court finding on the Col lege Station suit has far-reaching effects,” he said. “I think it’s ridiculous and a quirk in the constitution that should be amended.” The way the constitution now reads, the court is probably right in its interpretation, Moore con tinued. The District 5 senator indi cated he has introduced legisla tion that could ease the state welfare burden. It would estab lish an agency for reporting local level welfare, not presently in cluded in state totals which the federal government matches on a two-for-one basis. Moore said the arrangement, if approved by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, could mean between $100 and $200 million in federal aid. He noted that the measure needs two more votes of the required 21 to get it out of the Senate. “I don’t know whether it will pass or not,” the senator added. “I do know we certainly need some changes, particularly in the way welfare is being adminis tered. Student editors named for ’71-’72 Hayden Whitsett of Wharton will be the 1971-72 editor of The Battalion, announced Student Publications Director Jim Lind sey. Lindsey, also Student Publica tions Board chairman, introduced Whitsett and other editors Fri day at the Student Publications Banquet. Other editors next year in clude Henry J. Ostermann Jr. of Windthorst, Aggieland; Gary C. Aven of Tyler, and Brant A. Den nis of Aurora, Colo., The Re view; Ed Dutch of Benbrook, Agriculturist; Charles L. Hall of Dallas, Engineer, and Buena C. Robison of Houston, the South western Veterinarian. David Middlebrooke, 1970-71 Battalion editor of Houston, will be summer editor of the Texas A&M newspaper. Whitsett, sophomore journal ism major, has worked on the Battalion two years and is now assistant editor. He also has been a staff writer, news editor and photographer. Ostermann, junior physical edu cation major, has been on the Aggieland staff three years and currently serves as military edi tor. A junior journalism major, Aven will head the Review staff for the 1971-72 fall semester. Dennis is managing editor now and will be 1971-72 spring semes ter editor. Dutch, a junior agricultural journalism major, has been Agri culturist managing editor and is now acting editor, taking over from the previous editor who graduated in December. A junior aerospace engineering major, Hall is assistant editor of the Engineer this year. He suc ceeds his brother, Harry L. Hall, as editor. The Air Force chief of staff, Gen. John D. Ryan, will be the May 8 commissioning speaker. The Saturday afternoon com missioning exercises will be at 1:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coli seum, announced Army Col. Jim H. McCoy, commandant of cadets. The U. S. military will receive 240 new officers from the cere mony. General Ryan, 55, has been head of the Air Force since Aug ust, 1969. The former Strategic Air Command (SAC) commander is a one-time instructor and com mander at several Texas bases, including Randolph Kelly and Midland fields during the early days of the Air Force. The four-star general whose home of residence is San Antonio commanded the 19th Air Division at Carswell AFB in the 1950s. He was appointed Pacific Air Force commander in 1967 and became vice chief of staff in 1968. Retirement of Gen. J. P. Mc Connell a year later led to Gen eral Ryan’s present assignment. The Distinguished Service Med al, Silver Star, Legion of Merit and Distinguished Flying Cross are among his numerous decora tions, service medals and awards. The Cherokee, Iowa, native’s wife is the former Jo Carolyn Guidera of San Antonio. His sons, John Dale Jr. and Michael Edward, are both Air Force Academy graduates and pilots. The Ryans also have a daughter, Patricia Jo. CHARGING OFF TO A FIRE doesn’t leave too much time to change clothes, as the bell- bottomed, rough-out booted fireman the one without the helmet) emphasizes. The Sun day fire was at the Southwestern Marine boat storage lockers on FM 60 a mile out of the College Station city limits. Seven boats were totally destroyed in the blaze. (Photo by Larry Martin)