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Page 8 College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 8, 1971
THE BATTALION
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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.
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The Honorable Charles Goodell
ATTENTION
The Honorable Birch Bayh
Pres. Jack Williams
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Mr. H. Ross Perot
Cong. Olin Teague
Mr. John Lindsey
General Organizational
Meeting: Thursday
Sept. 9, 1971
8:00 p.m.—Assembly Room, MSC
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SCONA
FEB. 16-FEB. 19, 1972
The Honorable Stanley B. Thomas, Jr.