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0 Cbe Battalion Still fair. y 0 l. 67 No. 42 College Station, Texas warmer Wednesday, November 10, 1971 Thursday — Clear to partly cloudy. Southerly winds 5-10 mph. High 76°, low 54°. Friday — Partly cloudy. South erly winds 10-12 mph. High 78°, low 58°. 845-2226 Hassle erupts over voter registration e Best t and praise SMU ge of- SMU IDS 119 228 0-16-1 8-35.9 6 2 of S for 35 27 19 A&M students may be able to vote in the December 14 City Council election despite previous statements by Raymond B. Buch anan, Brazos County tax assessor- collector, that students would not be able to vote. Buchanan had said that he wouldn’t let students vote because he did not have “the supplies or the personnel” to process the reg istrations in time. Despite having reiterated his statement to the Editor of The Battalion at 10:45 this morning, Buchanan had changed his mind, Classical guitarist plays tonight in Artist Showcase ABURNED SIGN LIES ON THE SIDEWALK outside of Duncan Dining - Hall. The sign ras destroyed because it supported a coed in the freshmen elections. Others of male candi- lates were left alone. For letters on the subject and editorial comment, see page two. Photo by Joe Matthews) Classical guitarist Robert Guthrie returns to A&M under Artist Showcase billing for a performance tonight. The Aggie-ex who grew up in Bryan and College Station will play an 8 p.m. concert in the Memorial Student Center Ball- hr Ben Barnes State employes help campaign AUSTIN tT) — Eight state- laid employes are producing idiomatic typewriter tapes of 99,000 names and addresses which u aide said would be used to Mme extent in Lt. Gov. Ben Sanies’ campaign for governor. Robert Spellings, Barnes’ top lido, said the tapes are being (reduced at state expense but 'oold later be computerized with Ms from the lieutenant gov- tmor’s campaign chest. “All politicians do it—you don’t fed anybody who holds elective ®ce that doesn’t have a card ® e i" Spellings said. Spellings said the employes— all women, working in the Sen ate enrolling and engrossing room in the Capitol basement — were transcribing Barnes’ “green card” file of names and addresses. Some of the green cards bore “Christmas card” notations. He was asked about the work after a woman supervisor told newsmen the girls at the auto matic typewriters were perform ing “confidential” duties. “There is nothing at all confi dential about it,” Spellings said. Later, when newsmen returned to the room, the door was locked. Spellings also said “no great expenditure of money was in volved” in the state-financed part of the operation. “The machines belong to the Senate. They would just be sit ting there idle. The girls are regular E-and-E Enrolling and Engrossing room employes, and two are my employes who are MTST automatic typewriter oper ators,” he said. At first, Spellings said the computerized address list was not intended for Barnes’ campaign. But later, when asked if it would be correct to say the com puterized list would have a dual state and political function, Spel lings said: Ihirty - eight A&M students isted in 1972 ‘Who’s who’ Thirty-eight A&M students will k listed in the 1972 edition of Who's Who Among Students in •hnerican Universities and Col- ( 8£s,” announced Dean of Stu- Ms James P. Hannigan. Editors of the annual directory •Jftified all A&M nominees on e basis of academic achieve- community service, leader- !| P in extracurricular activities ‘"d future potential, Hannigan noted. These students have been to be among the nation’s j landing campus leaders,” the ton added. Who’s Who” listing is limited graduating seniors who have * east a 2.5 grade point ratio 11 a four-point system and grad- ” a e st udents who have a mini- Mn 3.5 GPR. ean Hannigan noted the A&M "Ments join an elite group se lected from more than 1,000 insti tutions in the United States and several other countries in North and South America. The A&M nominees were se lected by a committee headed by Dr. W. David Maxwell, dean of liberal arts. The committee in cluded faculty, staff and students. Students selected for the 1972 “Who’s Who” are: Raymond H. Kopecky Jr. of Pasadena; Kenny Ray Hensley of O’Donnell; Thom as M. Stanley of Mt. Pleasant; Melvin C. Hamilton of Lamesa; Charles H. Herder of Weimar; Scotty G. Griffin of Seymour; Steward K. Hawkins of San An gelo; Russell B. McGowen of Pe cos; Roberto J. Lozano of Guadal ajara, Mexico; Sayeed Hasan of Pabna, East Pakistan; Marilyn A. Melcher of College Station and Wayne C. Jordan of Art. Also John David Clader of Mid land; James Wilson Rundell of Delhi, Louisiana; Ronald N. Tom as of La Marque; Terrell W. Rowan of Killeen; Michael J. Weynand of Hondo; Roger Paul Miller of Hamilton; Joseph A. Aston III of Farmersville; Mi chael Allen Langston of Gran- bury; William W. Webster of En nis; Albert E. Kinkead of El Paso; Chris William Shaw of Gar wood; Thomas E. McCullough of Corsicana; John Carridan Dacus of Commerce; Larry Mark Bragg of Talpa; Pearre C. Chase Jr. of Amarillo and Richard H. Rau of Arlington. James Michael Heit- mann, A1 Lawton Bradley Jr., Fernando L. Giannetti and James McLeroy all of Houston; Tommy Wayne Mayes and William J. Shaw III of Fort Worth; David Lee Moore and Charles Lee Hall of Dallas and Michael M. Ess- myer and Stanley Friedli of San Antonio. “I think that is a good inter pretation.” Spellings said the computer ized address list would benefit the State. “It is in keeping with his (Barnes’) office and duties as lieutenant governor. The flow of correspondence is staggering. It is nothing but a simple tool to help us handle the flow of mail into this office,” he said. He said Barnes used his “green card” list—so-called because each name and address, as well as some other data, are recorded on green cards—to determine support dur ing the 1971 gasoline tax increase. The legislature passed the in crease but repealed it when Gov. Preston Smith threatened to veto it. “You don’t think that benefit ed the state—to have that kind of information from people we corresponded with in the past, mayors and county officials?” Spellings asked. If the list is of value to the state and the taxpayers, can oth er officials use it? “No, sir, it’s Barnes,’ Spellings replied. Hewlett-Packard Co. donates machine Hewlett-Packard Co. of Hous ton has presented a Sanbom 500 Viso-Cardiette Electrocardiograph to A&M’s Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Department. Dr. J. D. McCrady, department head, said the $850 machine will be used for instructional and re search purposes in the College of Veterinary Medicine. <1 f WK Admission is by Town Hall season ticket or TAMU student activity card at no extra charge, or separate ticket available in the MSC Student Program Of fice, announced Town Hall chair man Kirk Hawkins. “A completely unanticipated, delightful surprise . . .” was Eagle music critic Thyra Plass’ evaluation of Guthrie’s perform ance here last spring. He has “the kind of style that comes with solid musicianship” Plass credited the artist and El Centro College instructor. Guthrie began playing the guitar at age 12. He was self- taught for several years. The son of A&M mechanical engineer ing professor William S. Guthrie studied with Jesus Silva at the North Carolina School of the Arts from which he holds a de gree, with Alirio Diaz and Cele- donio Romero. In 1966, Guthrie performed in Segovia’s master class. A critic in Caracas, Venezuela, referred to him as “the complete guitarist, with a gift of serenity, with absolute control and the ability to preserve the artistic naturalness of the instrument.” Guthrie, his wife who is the daughter of Bryan banker Pat Newton, and young daughter re side in Denton. whether under duress or not is unknown, by 11:30. Sources have indicated that Buchanan had changed his mind under pressure from College Sta tion Mayor J. B. Hervey, members of the City Council and others. Buchanan had been informed earlier that his stand on not al lowing the students to vote might result in a court suit against him. Students who wish to vote in the election, which is for the seat vacated by James Dozier, have until 5 p.m. Friday after- non to do so, Buchanan said. Reg istration will take place in Buch anan’s office. Students must have proof that they have lived in Brazos County for six months. But even Buchanan’s change of mind does not meet with the ap proval of certain A&M students. Gregory W. Holman, who was instrumental in bringing the con flict to the attention of the local government and others, has term ed it “worse than ever.” “How can he expect students to get to the office to register?” he said. Even if the student registra tions are taken to Buchanan’s of fice before Friday they will not be processed. Registrations from deputy registrars, as are the ones from most A&M students, are good only for the 1972 elections, Buchanan has said. According to Paul Wehrle, As sistant Director of Elections for Texas, the applications can be mailed in under separate cover and Buchanan must accept them. Whether Buchanan will accept them remains to be seen. A meeting was held at 2 p.m. today between John Sharp, Stu dent Senate president, and Bu chanan to see if the problem could be better resolved. The meeting occurred too late for it to appear in this issue. Terry Wofford of Baylor named Miss Campus Chest Terry Sue Wofford, Baylor University freshman, has been named the 1971-72 Campus Chest Sweetheart. The 19-year-old education ma jor was selected from five final ists and presented at the Campus Chest Dance following the A&M- SMU football game. Sponored by Walton Hall, Miss Wofford is a 5-4 blonde with blue eyes. She is interested in work ing with the mentally retarded and is active in several student organizations at Baylor. The sweetheart was chosen by a committee composed of Toby Schreiber, Dean of Women; Nancy Evans, President of Uni versity Women; David Russell, Alpha Phi Omega vice-president of projects; and Milton Nielsen, Campus Chest chairman. The Campus Chest Fund, which Miss Wofford represents, is joint ly sponsored by the Student Sen ate and Alpha Phi Omega. Money from the dorm drive collections is still being taken and can be turned in at the APO office in the Memorial Student Center or Dorm 3, Room 105. Money donated to Campus Chest has been used to support two orphans, keep in school a foreign student who lost all his belongings in a fire, pay hospital expenses for Gary Beckom who was seriously injured while work ing on the Aggie Bonfire, and support a school for American Indians. Black legislator speaks at noon Political Forum One of the first black men elected to the Texas Legislature, Representative Curtis Graves of Houston, will speak "Thursday at A&M. “Liberalism in Texas Politics” will be the topic of Graves’ 12:20 p.m. Political Forum presenta tion. Forum chairman Paul Turner said the noon series talk will be in Rooms 2C and D of the Memo rial Student Center, with admit tance free to students, faculty- staff and interested citizens. Graves, 33, is in his third term in the House, where he has be come known for civil rights and education legislation. The New Orleans native serves on Juvenile Crime and Delinquency, Elec tions, Higher Education, Military Affairs and School Districts Committees. The outspoken lawmaker is state chairman of the New Demo cratic Coalition of Texas and serves on the Black Legislative Clearing House board. Other Graves activities include the Urb an Affairs Institute of California and Houston Metropolitan Min isters. Elected to the House in 1966, he returned by comfortable mar gins in 1968 and 1970. As a Houston mayor candidate in 1969, Graves polled second in a field of six. He attempted legislation low ering college tuition and had House Bill 470 passed, making adoption of hard-tb-place children less difficult. A lecturer at more than 60 colleges and universities in the last two years, Graves is a mem ber of Kappa Alpha Psi, the Catholic Interracial Committee and the Harris County Demo crats. The Xavier University student and Texas Southern graduate is married to the former Joanne Gordon and has three children. | Some industries ^ water pollution joy*) a may get controls JASHINGTON <2P> — Having to develop nationwide J. e *' n es for industrial water u tion, the Environmental Pro- ^ lon Agency says it may yet Possible to apply general per- j^u^H^ions throughout certain Administrator William D. p cl ^ e lshaus has told Sen. Clinton .Anderson, D.-N.M., EPA is ln g to bring as much uniform- t . , as Possible into the writing i l^ustrial discharge permits f i ce the agency’s 10 regional of- Ruckels- ftderson wrote to .?' JS ^ e Pt. 24 asking for an ex- Oation, after the EPA an- J unc ed that its year-long effort i% - e !°P general guidelines for —which says that “the advisabil ity of vesting in EPA regional administrators a great deal of latitude and discretion . . . has been discussed and considered in this agency at great length.” Ruckelshaus said a study orig inally intended to produce guide lines in about 20 industrial cate gories for the issuance of dis charge permits “did not produce the kind of results that we could rely on in promulgating formal guidelines.” One problem, although Ruck elshaus did not mention it, was that the EPA study contracts based the proposed guidelines on plant input of raw materials or output of finished products^ permits had failed, rson made public Tuesday e Ply from Ruckelshaus dated Ande Nov, 3—40 days after his inquiry University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M. —Adv. The Associated Press reported last July that input-output in formation was regarded as pro prietary information to be kept secret upon a company's request, leaving the public no way to de termine whether an industry’s permit in fact matched its guide lines. Ruckelshaus, in his letter to Anderson said, however, that “background reports . . . and ref erence guides” drawn from the guideline studies would be dis tributed in the near future. “In the meantime,” Ruckels haus continued, “our best tech nical experts in each of the various industrial categories are developing permit conditions which may be applicable to cer tain types of industries on a national basis and are working with regional staff to evaluate individual permit applications.” ONE WAY TO COLLECT A CROWD on the A&M campus is to dig a hole. Even though Aggies are used to it, the trench being dug in what was Military Walk was too much to pass up and some had to linger to look. The trench is part of the mall construction currently underway. (Photo by Joe Matthews)