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College Station, Texas
Thursday, February 3, 1972
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Mud, this time in front of Sbisa Dining Hall and due to
onstruction. For a time table of when the work will be
linished see accompanying article. (Photo by Hayden
pitsett)
instruction slows travel,
rains hamper work’s end
The road in front of the Ex-
jhange store should be cleared
lor traffic by April, according
to Charles Brunt, assistant man
ager of construction.
The concrete utility tunnels
rill extend all the way down
lilitary Walk to the new con
traction center. The new tun-
el system will be completed next
rinter.
One section of the utility tun-
lels will extend from the All
f aith’s Chapel to Military Walk.
!he construction of this section
currently shutting off traffic
n Houston St. in front of the
r MCA. Brunt believes that this
oad will be opened again in a
nonth.
The demolition of Bagley and
litchell Halls will begin in April,
iitchell Hall will be replaced by
ie new health center which
hould be completed in about
ivo years. A classroom annex
will be built where Bagley Hall
now stands.
In May construction begins on
two parking lots in front of the
Systems Building. The lots will
accommodate users of the new
Oceanography and Meteorology
Building which will be opened
for the next spring semester.
The size of the lots has not yet
been determined.
Eventually a pedestrian walk
will extend from the south side
of the fish pond down the entire
length of Military Walk. “Work
on this walk will not begin until
the utilities tunnels has been
completed,” Brunt said.
Construction work on campus
is hampered by inclement weath
er.
“Over the holidays long peri
ods of rain prevented us from do
ing all that we wanted to do,”
Brunt said.
WASHINGTON UP) — By rare
coincidence, March 6 drew No.
1 in Wednesday’s draft lottery
and the following day, March 7,
No. 2, putting men bom those
days in 1953 first in line for next
year’s callup.
In the safest spot with the
highest numbers were those horn
July 23 with No. 365 and Sept.
9 with No. 364. But draft offi
cials expected draftable numbers
Walser selected
to head up
MSC Council
Sam Walser of Chillicothe will
head the Memorial Student Center
Council and Directorate at Texas
A&M during the 1972-73 school
year.
Walser, a junior history ma
jor, was selected for the MSC
Council presidency by the pres
ent council. It also named four
directorate chairmen and has
other 1972-73 MSC student lead-i
ers under consideration.
Philip Goodwin, senior civil
engineering major of Midland,
was named Town Hall committee
chairman. President’s Scholar
Michael Lindsey of Houston will
chair Political Forum and T. C.
Cone, journalism junior of Win
nie, has Great Issues. David
Pfannstiel, junior education ma
jor of College Station, will have
responsibility for students’ week
end entertainment as Basement
Coffeehouse committee chairman.
Walser will be responsible for
coordination of all council and
directorate activities. Vice pres
ident for operations on the coun
cil this year, he has worked on
several MSC committees.
Walser will
Dacus.
succeed John C.
to fall far below the 125 of last
year.
Draft Director Curtis W. Tarr
started the drawing by saying:
“We do not as yet know what
the draft call will be in 1973.”
“Nor,” he said, “do we know
as yet what the call will be for
the remainder of 1972, but do
expect to be lower than they
have been in recent years.”
Secretary of Defense Melvin
R. Laird has said there will be
no calls at least until April.
In contrast to the first three
draft lotteries, there were no pro
testers outside the Commerce
Department auditorium where
the lottery was held.
Inside the atmosphere was
more relaxed than in past years,
apparently because this could be
the last year for a lottery that
counts.
The administration hopes to
have an all-volunteer army by
June 30, 1973, when the current
draft authority expires.
There are plans to hold a
standby lottery next year for
those turning 19 in 1973.
One drum contained red cap
sules with birth dates and the
Other had the blue capsules con
taining the numbers.
One capsule was pulled from
each drum simultaneously and
handed to two announcers who
called off the date with the num
ber of call.
Four young men and two wom
en — three whites and three
blacks — drew the capsules out.
They are mernbers of state Se
lective Service Youth Advisory
Commissions in Maryland, Vir
ginia and Pennsylvania.
The drums were rotated after
each 20 draws, when the Pluck-t
ers were changed^
There was the usual suspense
waiting for No. 1 to be pulled,
and it didn’t come until the lot
tery was almost over.
Stephen R. Hartley of Cum
berland, Md., picked March 6
and Robert E. McDonald of Har
risburg, Pa., No. 1. That was
shortly after No. 2 was matched
with March 7 on the 271st draw
and No. 4 with April 21 on the
273rd draw. No. 3 went to Aug.
3 on the 100th draw.
The lottery Wednesday affects
only men turning 19 this year.
Those in previous lotteries will
keep their numbers until they
are no longer eligible to be
drafted.
Tarr told newsmen the Penta
gon hasn’t told him what the
draft needs will be because de
fense officials may not know
themselves since so much de
pends on the economy.
Part of this depends on the job
situation, since unemployment in
civilian life would induce men to
enlist. Military pay was raised
twice last year, especially for
men in low ranks and another
increase is in the works for next
Jan. 1.
1973 draft lottery dates
By angry demonstrators
British Embassy
stormed in Dublin
DUBLIN, Ireland (A>) — Thou-
ands of furious republican dem-
nstrators stormed the British
Imbassy in Dublin Wednesday
hortly after the funerals in
Londonderry of the 13 victims of
Bloody Sunday.”
The mob estimated to number
5,000 overwhelmed a task force
f police ringing the embassy in
owntown Merrion Square.
Gasoline bombs crashed against
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
the walls of the embassy al
ready scarred from earlier as-i
saults by demonstrators protest
ing Sunday’s killings.
The embassy building was soon
a mass of flames.
Three youths with sledgeham
mers clambered on to balconies
and smashed windows.
Within minutes, an Irish tri
color was fluttering from the
embassy flag staff where it was
hoisted by another youth.
The demonstrators burned
three effigies of British Prime
Minister Edward Heath.
Molotov cocktails exploded
against the gray-stone walls of
the embassy at the rate of one
a minute.
A human chain was formed to
pass garbage cans slopping with
gasoline from the back of the
crowd to men making gasoline
bombs at the front.
Some demonstrators raided
garages and shops to keep up the
supply of bottles.
There was only a skeleton care
taking staff inside the embassy.
Ambassador Sir John Peck is
in London for consultations with
the British government and the
embassy staff was not at work.
A Foreign Office spokesman in
London said: “Nobody reported
for work because of damage al
ready done to the building.”
The demonstrators chanted
“British out” while a band played
a death march and two coffins
draped with black were placed at
the embassy portals.
The eruption of violence ended
a brief lull as the republic’s 89-
year-old president, Eamon de
Valera, led his country in mourn
ing the Londonderry dead.
WASHINGTON GP) — Here is
the 1973 draft lottery calendar
as drawn today for two million
men turning 19 this year:
January 1. 150, 2. 328, 3. 42, 4.
28. 5. 338, 6. 36, 7. Ill, 8. 206, 9.
197, 10. 37, 11. 174, 12. 126, 13.
298, 14. 341, 15. 221, 16. 309, 17.
231, 18. 72, 19. 303, 20. 161, 21.
99, 22. 259, 23. 258, 24. 62, 25.
243, 26. 311, 27. 110, 28. 304, 29.
283, 30. 114, 31. 240.
FEBRUARY: 1. 112, 2. 278, 3.
54, 4. 68, 5. 96, 6. 271, 7. 154, 8.
347, 9. 136, 10. 361, 11. 26, 12.
195, 13. 263, 14. 348, 15. 308, 16.
227, 17. 46, 18. 11, 19. 127, 20.
106, 21. 316, 22. 20, 23. 247, 24.
261, 25. 260, 26. 51, 27. 186, 28.
295.
MARCH: 1. 203, 2. 322, 3. 220,
4. 47, 5. 266, 6. 1, 7. 2, 8. 153, 9.
321, 10. 331, 11. 239, 12. 44, 13.
244, 14. 117, 15. 152, 16. 94, 17.
363, 18. 357, 19. 358, 20. 262, 21.
30, 22. 317, 23. 22, 24. 71, 25. 65,
26. 24, 27. 181, 28. 45, 29. 21, 30.
213, 31. 326.
APRIL: 1. 12, 2. 108, 3. 104, 4.
280, 5. 254, 6. 88, 7. 163, 8. 50, 9.
234, 10. 272, 11. 350, 12. 23, 13.
169, 14, 81, 15. 343, 16. 119, 17.
183, 18. 242, 19. 158, 20. 314, 21.
4, 22. 264, 23. 279, 24. 362, 25.
255, 26. 233, 27. 265, 28. 55, 29.
93, 30. 69.
MAY: 1. 58, 2. 275, 3. 166, 4.
172, 5. 292, 6. 337, 7. 145, 8. 201,
9. 276, 10. 100, 11. 307, 12. 115,
13. 49, 14. 224, 15. 165, 16. 101,
17. 273, 18. 98, 19. 148, 20. 274,
21. 310, 22. 333, 23. 216, 24. 246,
25. 122, 26. 118, 27. 293, 28. 18,
29. 133, 30. 48, 31. 67.
JUNE: 1. 15, 2. 360, 3. 245, 4.
207, 5. 23, 6. 87, 7. 251, 8. 282, 9.
83, 10. 178, 11. 64, 12. 190, 13.
318, 14. 95, 15. 16, 16. 32, 17. 91,
18. 238, 19. 52, 20. 77, 21. 315, 22.
146, 23. 212, 24. 61, 25. 143, 26.
345, 27. 330, 28. 53, 29. 75, 30. 142.
JULY: 1. 39, 2. 297, 3. 109, 4.
92, 5. 139, 6. 132, 7. 285, 8. 355,
9. 179, 10. 89, 11. 202, 12. 340, 13.
306, 14. 305, 15. 359, 16. 74, 17.
199, 18. 121, 19. 332, 20. 33, 21. 5,
22. 286, 23. 365, 24. 324, 25. 35,
26. 204, 27. 60, 28. 185, 29. 222,
30. 200, 31. 253.
AUGUST: 1. 323, 2. 27, 3. 3, 4.
313, 5. 63, 6. 208, 7. 57, 8. 131, 9.
7, 10. 249, 11. 125, 12. 198, 13.
329, 14. 205, 15. 241, 16. 19, 17. 8,
18. 113, 19. 105, 20. 162, 21. 30,
22. 140, 23. 302, 24. 138, 25. 290,
26. 76, 27. 34, 28. 40, 29. 84, 30.
182, 31. 218.
SEPTEMBER: 1. 219, 2. 17, 3.
226, 4. 356, 6. 354, 6. 173, 7. 144,
8. 97, 9. 364, 10. 217, 11. 334, 12.
43, 13. 229, 14. 353, 15. 235, 16.
225, 17. 189, 18. 289, 19. 228, 20.
141, 21. 123, 22. 268, 23. 296, 24.
236, 25. 291, 26. 29, 27. 248, 28.
70, 29. 196, 30. 184.
OCTOBER: 1. 215, 2. 128, 3.
103, 4. 79, 5. 86, 6. 41, 7. 129, 8.
157, 9. 116, 10. 342, 11. 319, 12.
171, 13. 269, 14. 14, 15. 277, 16.
59, 17. 177, 18. 192, 19. 167, 20.
352, 21. 288, 22. 191, 23. 193, 24.
256, 25. 9, 26. 78, 27. 325, 28. 327,
29. 349, 30. 346, 31. 10.
NOVEMBER: 1. 107, 2. 214, 3.
232, 4. 339, 5. 223, 6. 211, 7. 299,
8. 312, 9. 151, 10. 257, 11. 159, 12.
66, 13. 124, 14. 237, 15. 176, 16.
209, 17. 284, 18. 160, 19. 270, 20.
301, 21. 287, 22. 102, 23. 320, 24.
180, 26. 26, 26. 344, 27. 135, 28.
130, 29. 147, 30. 134.
DECEMBER: 1. 170, 2. 90, 3.
56, 4. 250, 5. 31, 6. 336, 7. 267, 8.
210, 9. 120, 10. 73, 11. 82, 12. 85,
13. 335, 14. 38, 15. 137, 16. 187,
17. 294, 18. 13, 19. 168, 20. 149, 21.
80, 22. 188, 23. 252, 24. 155, 25. 6,
26. 351, 27. 194, 28. 156, 29. 175,
30. 281, 31. 164.
State can shoulder
party primary bill
DALLAS <AP)—A federal court
which threw out Texas’s system
of using filing fees to pay for
party primary elections Wednes
day amended its order to allow
the state to shoulder the ex-<
penses.
The three-judge panel granted
an amendment to its Jan. 20 rul
ing sought by Bob Bullock, Tex
as Secretary of State.
In its original order the court
ruled unconstitutional a state law
which allowed political parties to
levy filing fees on candidates for
office of up to four per cent of
the salary for the position
sought.
The money collected by the
parties was to be used to pay the
expense of conducting the pri
mary elections.
The federal action attacking
the filing fee system was brought
by Rick Johnston, a candidate
for justice of the peace in Dallas.
Johnston said he would have
been required to pay a filing fee
of $3,456, based on the $21,600
annual salary of the post.
Johnston said he also had
asked the court to give Bullock
control over the conduct of pri
maries.
Bullock said that if the court
granted him this power, he would
permit statewide and county-level
political powers to levy “reason
able” filing fees to finance the
primaries.
But, he added, such fees should
be uniform and not vary from
county to county.
In his motion to the court,
Bullock said he had found that
county political organizations
were not operating uniformly.
An aide of Bullock’s said that
in one county the Democratic
chairman was requiring written
statements from candidates who
filed for office without making
a “donation” to the party. He
said the chairman was publiciz
ing the names of those who eith
er refused to donate or contended
they could not afford to.
This, the aide said, defeated
the purpose of the court decision,
which the U. S. Supreme Court
refused last week to stay.
“If the court grants this mo
tion, I will ask the governor to
transfer funds to this office
which this office will use to make
up the difference between the
sum collected from reasonable
fees and the actual cost of the
elections. ... At present my
staff calculates that the state’s
cost should be about $1.3 mil
lion,” Bullock said in a state
ment Tuesday.
He said “an untimely special
session of the legislature prior
to the primaries” might be avoid
ed now that the court has granted
his motion.
not just a band, but sweating, straining faces