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: ' \T.| evaluj. I WithiJ v '’'I wherl 't CAT. be Battalion Cool and Cloudy yol. 67 No. 52 'Pendent OW cost, b y mail College Station, Texas Thursday, December 2, 1971 Friday — Cloudy, intermittent light rain. Winds northeasterly 5-8 mph. High 53°, low 42°. Saturday — Cloudy. Winds northerly 5-8 mph. High 56°, low 45°. 845-2226 ivf: on ballot vie for seat City Council The name of Bruce Clay, who u not initially allowed to reg- iter as a candidate in the Dec. I College Station City Council Itction, has now been placed on t ballot by College Station of- dals. Clay, a senior in the Corps, id filed a suit in Federal Dis- dct Court in Houston asking lit his name be placed on the illot. He had not been allowed to id in the election because of a use in the College Station charter requiring that all candi dates have real property. Clay had been running as a write-in candidate until this decision. College Station Mayor J. B. Hervey, Mrs. Florence Neeley, city finance officer, and the City Council had been issued sum mons Tuesday to appear in the District Court in answer to the suit. A compromise was reached Wednesday morning between Clay’s attorney, J. Craig Cow- gill, Tom Giesenschla, assistant OCEN TAMP 8 itudents at Prairie View wait voter registration The final decision on which lairie View A&M students will ! allowed to register to vote in aller County will rest with the ainty tax assessor-collector’s of- ie, 'oter registration applications il be passed out on the almost telly black campus by students id then brought to the tax wssor’s office. “The completed applications il be brought to my office and will decide on an individual uis which students are qualified vote in the county,” L. R. FDim, the tax-assessor-collector “If the student qualifies, he will ! sent a voter registration cer- licate. If the student does not a % he will be given an ex- World E planation as to why he does not qualify,” he added. The announcement comes after much controversy between stu dents and the tax assessor-collec tor over interpretation of Texas laws regarding residency require ments in relation to voter quali fications. An applicant must be a U. S. citizen, 18 years or older within 30 days of applying for registra tion and have lived in Texas for one year, the county six months and the city six months. The tax assessor-collector has received a letter from the Texas Secretary of State saying that the students are only required to state verbally what their resi dency intentions are. ‘'My office, however, interprets the law differently,” Symm said. city attorney, and Ran Boswell, city manager. The agreement states that Clay’s name will be placed on the ballot if he agrees not to contest the outcome of the elec tion and not delay the election. The suit, however, is still go ing to be prosecuted, Clay said. “We’re going to prove them un constitutional,” he added. “Legally the only way my name can be placed on the bal lot is by injunction or by a ref erendum,” he said, “but the com promise we have now still gets the job done.” Clay’s name will appear sec ond on the ballot. The other candidates are Robert Knapp, Homer Adams and Mrs. Clara Sandstedt. Clay also agreed to accept four absentee ballots that had been cast before his name had been placed. The decision was reached by College Station officials because they felt that a court injunction would probably be a result of the suit. The city also placed his name on the ballot in order to avoid a costly delay in the special election. The election is for only one spot on the council and that term only until next April. The posi tion came open because James Dozier, A&M finance professor, had resigned. Dozier was forced to resign because of a court rul ing stating that state-paid em ployes could not hold public of fice. CATCH IT QUICK, is the instinct of Theresa Walston, age 6, as she tries to stop a motorized cigarette lighter, of all things, at the Host and Fashion $5 And Under gift display Wednesday night in the Memorial Student Center. Alice Forbes, a member of Host and Fashion keeps a watchful— and somewhat amused—eye on Theresa. (Photo by Joe Matthews) On campus Pedestrians drive out vehicles monetary problem noves nearer to solution HOME (A?) .— Finance minis- * ^ rom the Group of Ten end- a three-day meeting Wednes- re Porting progress toward ''ing the international mone- ^ crisis. They agreed to meet I® Dec. 17-18 in Washington, inference sources said Treas- T Secretary John B. Connally Jed a bombshell at the Wed- s ay session by asking what •world’s other rich trading na- 1118 would do if the United es devalued the dollar by 10 J cent. Sa ^ Question prb- a shocked silence and the u ! ng broke up for more than ° u rs, for private consulta- Jlthough the sources said Con- question was not a serious a l. West Germany’s fi nance minister, Karl Schiller, said “one country” from which the Europeans expected a contribu-' tion had made an offer that “far exceeded all our expectations. It was a clear allution to the United States. Karl Klasen, president of West Germany’s Bundesbank, said “nonsense” to rumors that the United States was talking of a 10 per cent devaluation. “This is much too high,” he added. Ten per cent was a higher fig ure than the others expected or wanted, the conference sources said, but Connally’s question dur ing what Schiller termed “hypo thetical discussions” demonstrated that Washington was prepared to consider a wide range of possi bilities. West German sources said the European countries had proposed a 5 per cent devaluation of the dollar combined with a 6 per cent upward revaluation of the Ger man mark, 3 per cent for the Bel gian franc and Dutch guilder and no change for the French franc, British pound and Italian lira. Connally, speaking as chair man of the meeting, told news men Wednesday night: “I think some progress was made today. We did not reach a decision. We did not solve the problem.” By ROD SPEER Staff Writer Within the next 10 years A&M will move closer and closer to a pedestrian oriented campus. This movement will create new parking problems, start a new era for bicycling and involve landscape changes. Enrollment at A&M is esti mated to increase to 20,000 by 1980. As many as 15,000 new parking spaces will be needed to meet the requirements of staff, faculty, administration, and stu dents. The first attempt to deal with future mass parking problems was the construction of the 1,000 car lot across from the new en gineering building. According to Ron Perry, physical planning analyst, two more lots could be built in that area which would add 1,700 more spaces. “A major parking complex is being considered across the railroad tracks from Kyle Field,” he said. The possibility of having park ing structures by the new Con ference Center and the Chemis try Building is being studied, ac cording to Perry. The argument against structured parking, he feels, is the price. Structured lots cost about $2,000 per park ing space while surface level lots cost $300 to $400 per space. Rev enue for the building and main tenance of lots is acquired solely from car registration fees and the money paid from campus traffic violations. Enough parking spaces pres ently exist for every dormitory student registered with a car,” Perry said. “Even at the peak parking time of the day,” he added, “there are adequate spac es available for day students, even though the spaces may be far away.” There are, however, 25 per cent more cars assigned to facul ty lots than spaces. After a re cent car count made by Univer sity Police it was determined that, so long as there is no il legal parking, an empty space can always be found in the facul ty lots. “It may not be where you want it, but there is always a parking space available,” Per ry emphasized. In a few years bicycles as well as cars will be excluded from the interior of the campus. An in ter campus bicycle loop will ex ist. Bicycle stands will be placed around the center of campus in stead of in it. Some bicycle paths will run in the streets, some on present sidewalks and new ones will be made, according to Rob ert Rucker, landscape architect for A&M. The final bicycle plan will be finished over the holi days, he added. Plans for the future include enclosing the entire perimeter of the A&M campus with oak trees. This will require 375 new trees, of which 250 have already been planted. “A&M was a treeless plain at first,” according to Rucker. Rucker thanks H. W. Hensel, A&M’s first landscape artist, for giving the campus its greatest assets, its oak trees. Sound and sight baffles are being constructed to isolate the golf course from passing motor ists. The baffles are mounds of earth which are covered with grass and trees. “We are trying to make the most pleasant academic environ ment for the students,” Rucker said. Only eight first-class trees, five oaks and three pecans, are having to be torn down due to the large amount of construction taking place. “We’d rather trim or trans plant a tree before losing it,” Rucker said. “We don’t give one up easily,” he added. “We want to put in more and more better trees but they’re ex pensive,” Rucker said. Last Christmas 13 trees were transplanted at a cost of $5,100. Three of them died. “A 10-inch circumference weep ing-willow is worth about $4,- 000,” he mentioned. Draft halted in Los Angeles area until district court plugs a loophole WASHINGTON 0P>—Supreme Court Justice William O. Doug las halted Wednesday the draft ing of men in the Los Angeles area until a federal district court Senate approves Wage, price control extended tadent tutors now available m* certain semester finals ■AV S ^ c ^°^ as ^ c Service now jointly sponsored ' e Student Senate, is provid- a limited number of student r s for semester finals. J e tut <>ring service is a special M of Phi Eta Sigma’s class iiu Tutors are selected landing and 10G; Engineering 101; and limited number of physics a courses. academic on achieve- Sefj ° P 2 ^° of Eta Sigma, a tional Freshman Academic r Society, will be available freshman student needing ln P re Paring for this semes- ■^mb' 11318 ’ began lJf 0rS be available for ft,* 01 ’ 10 2, 103, 104, 209, 210, J 121, 122, and 130; Chem- 2 iOl, 102, 103, and 104; En- : h iOS and 104; History 105 16 side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. Students wishing to register for tutoring should call one of the following: Lewis Zingery at 845- 5378 for the Corps and Ron John son at 845-5596 for day students. Aggie football team elects tri-captains Seniors David Hoot, Joe Mac King and Van Odom were elected tri-captains of the 1971 Texas A&M football team Tuesday. Hoot, from Houston Reagan, was a three-year starter at safe ty. King, from Mineola, was the quarterback who sparked the Ag gies’ four-game winning streak this year and Odom, from Corsi cana, was a three-year starter in the defensive line. WASHINGTON (A>)_The Sen ate passed the bill Wednesday ex tending until April 30, 1973, Presi dent Nixon’s power to control wages and prices, and also grant ing retroactively most of the raises halted by the pay freeze. The vote sent the legislation to the House where the Banking Committee is working on a sim ilar measure. The result of three days of Senate debate was a mixed bag for Nixon. The final Senate bill contain ed practically all of the author ity he asked to carry out Phase 2 of his economic controls pro gram. But it also included a pay ret roactivity provision originally opposed by the administration and finally accepted with some re luctance by the executive branch. The vote on final passage was 86 to 4. The votes against the bill were cast by Sens. J. W. Fulbright, D-Ark., Barry M. Goldwater, R- Ariz., Fred R. Harris, D-Okla., and William Proxmire, D-Wis. The key action of the bill will permit the President to control wages, prices and rents through April 30, 1973, and give him standby power over interest and dividends. Both Republicans and Demo crats said they were voting the continuance of sweeping new powers to the President with some reluctance. “I frankly am willing to grant this authority because the Presi dent will say we fouled him up if we do not give him what he needs to deal with inflation and the economy,” said Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, D-Minn. Sen. John G. Tower, R-Tex., said “what we are doing here is harsh. It is an application of government power I dislike. But we have a situation that we must deal with.” The President suffered one set back in the debate with the adop tion of an amendment to pay a 5.5 per cent wage increase to I. 5 million federal employes and 2.6 million military personnel Jan. 1 instead of six months later as he wanted. This will add more than $1 bil lion to his budget for the last half of the current fiscal year. Final Senate action on the measure was delayed by another lengthy battle over an amendment of Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., to exempt the press, broadcasters and book publishers from wage and price controls. It finally was adopted 50 to 36. Tuesday night a similar pro posal, which also covered motion pictures and theater enterprises, was defeated 44 to 42. Cranston deleted the entertain ment industries and brought his proposal back for another try Wednesday. Backers of the amendment said the exemption was required by the press-freedom clause of the Constitution. They said the pow ers in the bill could be used to reward the administration’s sup porters or to punish its critics. Opponents of the proposal, chiefly Republicans, said there was no reason to single out any group for special treatment, that such action could lead to cynicism about the entire stabilization ef fort. The retroactive pay provision in the bill would allow raises negotiated before the Aug. 15 freeze so long as these were not “unreasonably inconsistent” with the 5.5-per-cent guideline estab lished by the Pay Board for Phase 2, Sen. John Sparkman, D-Ala., floor manager of the bill said this was designed to make sure that the great bulk of the retro active raises were received. rules on an alleged loophole in the recently revised draft law. Shortly after Douglas issued his order, the Selective Service said it had already barred mili tary inductions at the Los An geles induction center and ad vised the Army not to induct men from Central and Southern California anywhere in the na tion, until further notice. The U.S. District Court in Los Angeles is scheduled to hear, next Jan. 6, the claim by law yers of the American Civil Lib erties Union ACLU, representing seven men. Their suits alleged that a draft law clause bars all inductions for 90 days after last Sept. 28, when the most recent revisions to the draft law took effect. Selective Service says the 90- day-delay clause applied only to the original 1948 law. Refrigerator rental project seeks university approval Compact refrigerators may be available to students in Dorms 14-22 this semester if the Sen ate’s project is approved by the administration and a Senate forum tonight. The Student Senate is cur rently negotiating with the Uni versity Products Corporation on a refrigerator rental agreement. If it does go through, the Senate will rent the compact refriger ators to students on a semester basis. The refrigerators will be com pact Norcold units, which will cost students $20 per semester. A deposit of $10 will be required, refundable when the refrigerator is returned clean and undamaged in the spring. If the project is approved, orders will be taken next week. The first 60 people to order re frigerators for next semester will receive theirs during the week of Dec. 8-12. Interested persons living in dorms 14-22 should contact their dorm president or the Senate Office.