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- - - ■ ■■'•+ • > j’ 1 f • -••••• Page 8 College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 8, 1971 THE BATTALION Mi « A SMALL CAR TRAVELING at 60 miles an hour and controlled by radio hits tubs of t sand, escaping - serious damage in a test by engineers for the California Division of R Highways. The engineers are using the tubs of sand plus water-filled tubes and empty steel barrels to prevent cars from slamming into such fixed objects as bridge railings and signposts along freeways. (AP Wirephoto) I Controversial new draft bill returns to battle in Senate WASHINGTON OP)—The bat tered draft-extension bill re turned to the Senate Monday be set by a new filibuster threat and a new question: What effect will the presidential wage freeze have on its military payboost provision ? President Nixon pleaded in vain for Congress to pass the bill so he could sign it before the beginning of the month-long congressional vacation, now end ing. The most controversial point in the long-embattled bill re mains an antiwar amendment added by the Senate and modi fied by a House-Senate confer ence. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana has said that while he cannot accept that modified conference amendment urging the President merely to negotiate a deadline from U.S. military withdrawal from Indo china, he will not himself ob struct Senate action on the total bill. But other senators, notably Sen. Mike Gravel, D-Alaska, have said nothing short of the original Senate-passed Mansfield amend ment is acceptable and that they will once again filibuster the bill which would extend the draft for two years. Developments of the past month in Saigon, which saw President Nguyen Van Thieu emerge as the sole candidate in next month’s South Vietnamese presidential elections, may give fresh ammunition to opponents of the draft extension. The Mansfield amendment would declare as U.S. policy a nine-month withdrawal date for U.S. troops, provided all U.S. prisoners are freed, with Con gress setting the date. The com promise leaves that to the Presi dent’s discretion. Gravel and some others also object to the extension of the draft at all and seek the crea tion of an all-volunteer armed force. The entire bill, including the raises and the compromise Viet nam measure, has already passed the House 297 to 108. The old Selective Service Act expired at the end of June, and, although a draft lottery has been held for men who turn 19 next year, the nation legally has had no power to call up new regis trants since that time. Selective Service officials have said that if a new draft law isn’t passed soon, they may have to use residual authority to draft some men previously granted de ferments. Stanton receives NSF grant for California fossil study Dr. Robert J. Stanton Jr. of A&M’s Geology Department has received a $27,400 National Sci ence Foundation grant to study marine fossils along the Cali fornia coast. Collaborating on the research is Dr. J. Robert Dodd, geology professor at Indiana University. The two-year study is effective Sept. 15. Dr. Stanton said the purpose of the research is to gain an understanding of the ecology along the Pacific Coast five to 10 million years ago. He is interested in the rela tionship between environmental factors and the grouping of ma rine shells. His studies will prob ably include parts of Baja Cali fornia and Oregon, he said. Some of the relationships, Dr. Stanton noted, include shell chemistry, temperature, salinity and the geographical setting that brought shell groups together. TEXAS A6lM UNIVERSITY TOWN HALL SERIES OPENS THE 1971-72 SEASON With JOHN DENVER G. ROLLIE WHITE COLISEUM FRIDAY, SEPT. 10, 1971 8:00 PM TICKETS ON SALE AT MSC STUDENT PROGRAM OFFICE AND AT THE DOOR. HELEN REDDY iMmmkJim Hit Songs in Top 100 “CRAZY LOVE” Call 845-4671 For Information Has No. 1 Song Of Top 100 “Take Me Home Country Road” TICKET PRICES: RESERVED SEATS A&M Student & Date $2.25 & $2.50 ea. All Others $4.50 & $5.00 ea. Town Hall 1971-72 Season Tickets Honored General Admission A&M Student Date $2.00 Other Student $2.50 All Others $3.50 A&M Student Activity Card Holders Admitted Free Upon Presentation of Activity Card & I.D. at the Door. I is# I § b The Honorable Charles Goodell ATTENTION The Honorable Birch Bayh Pres. Jack Williams / *' R . Mr. H. Ross Perot Cong. Olin Teague Mr. John Lindsey General Organizational Meeting: Thursday Sept. 9, 1971 8:00 p.m.—Assembly Room, MSC Program ■■ Proceedings SCONA FEB. 16-FEB. 19, 1972 The Honorable Stanley B. Thomas, Jr.