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Battalion Partly cloudy, warmer THURSDAY — Partly cloudy to cloudy. Afternoon thunder showers. High temperature 89. low 72. FRIDAY — Partly cloudy to cloudy. Afternoon thunder showers. High temperature 89, low 72. Wednesday, September 29, 1971 845-2226 Draft extension signed into law for two years ROBOT FIREMAN, powered by tank-like tracks and chemicals or MACE for crowd control. A passing fireman note control, has been designed to get up close to fires called out, “Does that damn thing have a union card?” lere men cannot go. It can be loaded with fire fighting (AP Wirephoto) V SCOPE 3icycJ.es, Bonfire being studied icycles and bonfires set the e for the range of environ- ital issues to be undertaken SCOPE, A&M’s student coun- on pollution and environment, semester at the organiza- ’s first meeting Tuesday it. Deals concerning environmen- problems can get so big and npleted sometimes that you al- it get lost trying to figure out at needs to be done first and to convince to do it,” said eve Esmond, president of OPE. COPE began outlining proj- i planned for this semester, nmittees have been formed to idle such areas as: local water lution problems, legislative blems encountered in ecology, iThe Student Senate has helped ckoff the Campus Chest drive : donating $500 to the fund. pie Alpha Phi Omega frater- |y, a service organization, will pet the drive. APO will place Irrels at the gates of Kyle Field Wes Scholar pplications now pen to students Applications for Rhodes Scho- Iship are now available from r. Richard Ballinger in room k-C of the Academic building. •Applications are due by Oct. 11. [To be eligible the candidate mst be single, between the ages 18 and 24, male, and a junior tademically. |The scholarship is for two years • the University of Oxford in ngland. |Thirty-two scholarships are as- S?ned annually to the United jates. A&M candidates will go through I initial screening with Dr. Bal- llger who will then recommend [candidate to the Academic vice- fesident. [The state selection committee fill then meet to select the nomi- ee from Texas. From there the minee will go to one of eight strict selection committees who 11 select the final four to be hodes Scholars. inking is a pleasure at First ank & Trust. the bonfire issue, solid waste problems, the overpopulation is sue, and the bicycle problems here on campus. Currently, SCOPE is planning to study the Hensel Park oil pits, which have lately become a prob lem. Old oil, in the past, has been dumped out of the barrels into the nearby creek, polluting it. Most problems up to date have been caused by improper use of the facility. SCOPE plans to study ways to improve the oil pits where they can be operated without detriment to the environ ment. A legislative committee is be ing formed by students interested in studying local city ordinances and state laws dealing with many environmental issues. They will to collect donations during the Cincinnati game. The fraternity plans to have dorm campaigns and the ugliest senior and Miss Campus Chest contests to help raise funds. The Campus Chest is called “an association of Aggies for Aggies” by Jimmy Griffith, the Welfare Chairman of the Student Senate. It is designed to help A&M stu dents who have suffered a finan cial calamity. Requests made by LOS ANGELES bP) — The de fense and prosecution rested their cases Tuesday in the trial of Charles “Tex” Watson, the last defendant charged in the Sharon Tate murders. Superior Court Judge Adolph Alexander said the trial will re sume Thursday with closing arg uments in the nine-week-long trial. Watson, 25, has pleaded inno cent and innocent by reason of insanity to charges that he took part in the murders of Miss Tate and six others in August 1969. Much of the trial has centered on psychiatric testimony from de fense and prosecution witnesses concerning the defendant’s abili ty to premeditate murder. Witnesses for the state said that Watson had faked mental illness last year when extradited to California from Texas. He was judged a human -vegetable” last fall and committed to Atascadera State Hospital until capable of standing trial. be studied to determine if and to what extent they are being vio lated. Open burning of trash, various means of handling solid waste disposal, and the question of recycling many reusable ma terials will be investigated. The question of the annual bon fire will also be covered by SCOPE this year. A study of the history of the bonfire and its con tributions to A&M will be added to the survey of the problems caused by the excess cutting of so many trees in the B-CS area. A survey will be made of the old cutting areas of past bonfires to determine damage, if any, that has been done. Students will con sider the effects of the past bon fires on current land use, soil erosion, vegetation, remaining students are not limited to any particular problems. Milton Nielsen, president of Alpha Phi Omega, thanked Sharp for getting the service organiza tion drive underway. Last year the Campus Chest paid fees for the rest of a semes ter for a foreign student who had his money stolen. Some students received flowers for funerals while others were aided by paying medical bills. Taking the stand Tuesday for the second time in the trial, Wat son said the reason for hijs strange behavior in jail before being committed was because he “felt like a monkey.” He said he was mistreated in Los Angeles County Jail. “I just flipped out in my cell and felt like a monkey, and they tied me to a bed,” he said. Manson and three female co defendants have been convicted and sentenced to death in the Tate-LaBianca murders. During their trial, the prosecution said Manson engineered the murders and Watson was his lieutenant who carried them out. Miss Tate and four others were slain at her Benedict Canyon home Aug. 7. Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, wealthy market owners, were killed the following night. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. logs, and general ecology of the area affected by the bonfire. “Bicycles have become a very important part of the campus traffic,” Esmond said, “and we think it is necessary to consider them in future campus planning.” A special committee has been set up by SCOPE this year to conduct a study of bicycles on the A&M campus. A survey will be conducted concerning the approx imate number of persons who own bicycles and use the bicycle racks located around buildings on cam pus. Recommendations will be made for future additional racks. Another study will include plans for future bicycle ramps and lanes that are needed to minimize hazards to both cyclist and pe destrians. Plans will be coordi nated with landscape architects. Even new bicycle rack designs will be considered. SCOPE is handling any en vironmental problem that stu dents are interested in solving. Students interested in joining SCOPE or working on any par ticular committee can attend the next club meeting, Oct. 12, in Room 3D, of the Memorial Stu dent Center at 7:30. WASHINGTON (A>) — Presi dent Nixon signed Tuesday the bill extending the military draft until June 30, 1973. But he froze until Nov. 13 a $2.4-billion mili tary pay raise included in the measure. The act, passed Sept. 21 by Congress after a five-month bat tle, contains the largest military pay raise in history and authority for Nixon to order an end to de ferments for college undergrad uates, effective with this year’s entering freshmen. The president had said he will use the authority to end under graduate deferments. The $2.4 billion pay raise in the bill, was to have taken effect Oct. 1. The measure also includes a statement calling on President Nixon to terminate U. S. oper ations in Indochina “at the earl iest practicable date”—the diluted version of iSenate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield’s Senate- passed amendment for total U. S. withdrawal in nine month if American prisoners are freed. Other main provisions of the draft extension measure include: —A ceiling on draftees of 130,- 000 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and 140,000 in the year ending June 30, 1973.—An aut horization for armed forces man power of 2,553,409 men in the current fiscal year.—Two years’ alternative service for conscien tious objectors, under direct juris diction of the Selective Service System’s national headquarters. —A limit of 20 years on service on a local draft board with boards required to reflect racial and religious breakdowns of their communities. In a statement issued in con nection with the signing, Nixon said the new legislation is “a significant step toward an all volunteer armed force as it remedies the long-standing in- Changes in the procedure of Midnight Yell Practice have been announced by Jimmy Ferguson, head yell leader. The changes deal with the route of march of the band, the people allowed on the track, and the use of a sound truck. The increased number of peo ple attending yell practice, con struction on campus, and acts of vandalism were given as reasons for the changes. The route of the band in get ting to Kyle Field has been changed to a straight march down Joe Routt Blvd. to Kyle Field. This change was made be cause construction on campus had partially blocked several of the old lines of march. The yell leaders and mascot equities in military pay for the lower grades.” While the President made the military pay raises subject to the present freeze, the White House said they would take effect on Nov. 13. But press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said this should not be considered as a precedent for what will happen in the second phase of the President’s economic stabilization effort. handlers, as well as some student guards, will be the only persons allowed on the track and field. The band will take its place in the Kyle Field stands. A sound truck will also be on hand to help the yell leaders be heard and to bring more organi zation to yell practice. The main gates of Kyle Field will now be open at 10:30 p.m. the night of the yell practice. The changes came from the Yell Leader and Bonfire Commit tee. Those on the committee are Ferguson, Bill Shaw of the Civi lian Student Council, Jack Carey of the Corps, Marvin Tate from the Athletic department, Sanders Letbetter of the Memorial Stu dent Center, and Malon Suther land of the Commandant’s office. Defense, prosecution rest case of last Tate murder defendant Schreiber says women have new role in society “More and more women are do ing their own thing” said Dean Schreiber at last night’s meeting of University Women. The Dean of women attributed the changing attitudes to “a gen eral enlightenment in contempo rary society which is currently taking a new look at the status of women.” How does this directly pertain to the University coed at A&M? The dean encouraged the mem bers to take a positive outlook rather than over emphasizing the inequities that still exist on cam pus. “Inequities will always exist in society. It is up to the women to accept the responsibilities of their changing role and seize the op portunities now open to them.” Dean Schreiber, quoting from “Quest for Identity” said “we must develop a coherent sense of self.” She added “personal iden tity must be created by the indi vidual. Do you know where you are and where you’re going? In establishing this meaningful iden- tity, when faced with decisions you will know which direction to choose.” The seasaw theory which holds that women must lower them selves to raise the status of men was cited by the dean as a pre valent attitude which was ex tremely detrimental to the posi tion of women. “This is not the case. Men and women are rather side by side in a row boat, pulling together to reach the other side,” said the (See Schreiber, page 5) mm THE TOWN OF LOOKINGGLASS, Ore., Pop. 40, has of- officially dedicated two new manhole covers donated by a Eugene, Ore., mining company and the mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, plus a fire plug in the foreground donated by a San Jose, Calif, fire department. None of the covers or the fire hydrant have anything to be connected to. The town’s sole parking meter is at the bottom right. (AP Wirephoto) ]ampus Chest kicked off \y $500 Senate donation Committee revises events for midnight yell practices