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JEER AND BILL Hobby were the main subjects of in- with Monty Hengst and Bobby O’Neal during a break of
erest at a rally held Thursday at Ralph’s Pizza. While his question and answer sessions. (Photo by Mike Rice)
mjoying the free pizza and beer, Hobby, left, talks politics
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gov. candidate holds local rally-
evening with pizza, beer and Hobby
ty LARRY MARSHALL
Itaff Writer
"I would like to see a new state
onstitution written, starting
rom the ground up, and done
long the lines of the federal con-
titution,” Bill Hobby, candidate
or lieutenant governor, said
icre.
Hobby, addressing a packed
house at Ralph’s Pizza Thursday
evening, stressed the- need for
reform and the need to start the
new political year with a clean
slate.
“We have the highest percent
age of working poor in the
nation, we are number one in the
nation in school dropouts, and
we still spend only two per cent
News Summary |
WASHINGTON <A>)—The ar-
angements committee of the
tepublican National Committee
ecommended unanimously Thurs-
lay that the 1972 Republican con-
'ention be switched from San
)iego, Calif., to Miami Beach,
? la.
The arrangement group’s reso
lution will go Friday to a special
neeting of the GOP national
ommittee, where the switch in
:onvention sites is expected to be
ormalized.
The Miami Beach bid, formally
iresented Thursday, offers the
Republicans rent-free use of the
icnvention center for the three-
lay meeting August 21 to 23. The
Jemocratic National Convention
vill be at the same place starting
luly 10.
aimed at stopping the North
Vietnamese offensive.
Pentagon spokesman J. W.
Friedheim announced Thursday
that some additional land based
U. S. warplanes would be sent
to the war zone.
While Friedheim gave no de
tails, other defense sources said
four squadrons of F4s would
leave Holloman Air Force Base,
Almagordo, N. M., for Thailand.
DALLAS (•#*>—A Detroit re
search team said Thursday it has
liscovered the probable biological
fause of schizophrenia, the per
sonality-splitting disorder that
remains one of the most severe,
difficult to treat mental illnesses
known.
The finding, reported to the
American Psychiatric Associa
tion, opens a long-closed door on
an effective treatment and pos
sible cure for schizophrenia,
'vhich afflicts an estimated 2
million Americans.
The disease, often striking the
young and almost invariably re
quiring hospitalization, has baf
fled psychiatrists for years. It
severely disturbs thought proc
esses and interaction with others
and its victims often acquire
Peculiar beliefs, delusions and
hallucinations.
MEXICO CITY (A*)—The death
toll rose to 20 Thursday and 15
persons are missing as the result
of a cloudburst and flash flood
ing that struck the southern part
of this city, the Red Cross re
ported.
About 1,600 poorly constructed
homes were destroyed and thou
sands were left homeless by the
45-minute hail and thunderstorm,
which Mayor Octavio Senties de
scribed as the “worst to hit the
Mexico City area in 50 years.”
President Luis Echeverria flew
over the area in a three-hour
helicopter flight Thursday morn
ing as rescue workers searched
the rubble for more victims.
Rock and mud slides cut off the
Mexico City-Cuernavaca main
highway which left motorists
stranded in their vehicles.
of each education dollar on teach
ing our people to read,” Hobby
noted.
Hobby strongly supported the
upcoming amendment vote con
cerning the legislature sitting as
a constitutional convention.
“On the November ballot, Prop
osition No. 4 will be to have the
legislature sit and write a new
constitution, and I’m all for it,”
he said.
“I can understand people being
opposed to this because the legis
lature is the same bunch that
bi-ought us Sharpstown. But, the
new legislature will bring new
people. Almost one half of the
total legislature will be new,”
Hobby continued.
“And these people will be
elected under the first democratic
election we have ever held. Now
those people who could fight, can
vote. And now with the residence
requirement change, more people
can vote,” he went on.
“This legislature will be elected
by people who have had their
trust in the legislature betrayed.
It is the beginning of a new era
in politics; the old era ended
about a month ago in Abilene,”
Hobby said.
“I am not against having the
constitutional convention dele
gates elected, but now we have
this ideal chance to do something.
We have the bird in the hand,”
he noted.
In the race for lieutenant gov
ernor, Hobby wouldn’t mention a
preference. “There has been a his
tory of bad blood between the
governor and his lieutenant gov
ernor. I want to end this tradition
and will work with whoever is
elected. I just hope it isn’t Pres
ton Smith,” he said.
Marijuana laws are a popular
issue right now, and Hobby fa
vors a change. He would call for
the reduction of possession
charges for first offenders to a
misdemeanor.
“I also want adoption of the
federal policy of being able to
wipe a first-offense of this type
off the books so it will not perma
nently wreck a person’s career,”
Hobby said.
“In the area of environmental
controls, we need to get tougher
obviously. We have made some
real progress in the air, but not
in the water.
“I live in Houston, and as any
one who lives there can tell you,
we have been abusing our en
vironment too long,” Hobby said.
There has been much talk about
corporate income taxes. Hobby
favors not using them and mak
ing the franchise taxes and ex
emptions granted corporations
and businesses tougher.
His basis for this stand is that
a corporate income tax would
bring on a personal income tax,
which he is against. However, he
never clarified why he believed a
corporate t ax would do this.
Later he commented on the pay
of legislators. “I am in favor of
higher salaries for them, not to
reduce corruption, but $400 a
month is just not enough. We
have just seen a $42,000 a year
U. S. congressman convicted.”
Abortion laws are another area
that needs reform, Hobby said.
“I favor change in our outmoded
abortion laws, because the present
laws were made when abortion
was a very hazardous procedure.
But this is no longer so.”
After a question and answer
period, Hobby mingled with the
crowd and answered questions
while sipping a beer.
Student Senate votes
‘yes’ to both verses
of Aggie War Hymn
m
The Student Senate passed a
resolution Thursday night to sing
the first verse as well as the
second verse of the Aggie War
Hymn.
The resolution, presented by
Senior Yell Leader Hank Paine,
met with opposition from Rochelle
Lindsay, senator from the Uni
versity Apartments. She opposed
it on the grounds that the lyrics
are “very elementary.”
She proposed an amendment to
have a committee look into re
writing the first verse. However,
it failed. Paine’s resolution
passed 57-15.
Another resolution was passed,
sponsored by Fred Campbell that
would let some on-campus women
come in after hours. This would
be a change in the residence
policy.
Bill Shaw, graduate senator,
opposed the proposal saying the
senate action would involve fresh
man students who are not repre
sented at the meeting. But upon
voting, it passed.
The words to the first verse
are:
All Hail! to dear old Texas
A and M.
Rally around Maroon and White;
Good luck to the dear old Texas
Aggies,
They are the boys who show the
Fight.
That good old Aggie spirit thrills
us
And makes us yell and yell and
yell;
So let’s fight for dear old Texas
A and M.
We’re going to beat you all to .. .
Senior senator Nick Jiga’s pro
posal was passed to construct a
$500,000 land earth structure or
an intricate student area extend
ing from the Ag Building to the
Administration Building.
The plan was presented by
landscape architect Rodney Hill
and will be an area to be used
for such things as plays, bands,
recreation and study.
The structure is for the dedi
cation of the Oceanography
Building wtih funds coming from
the Sea-Grant Committee.
Layne Kruse, Student Senate
president, announced committee
appointments for next year early
in the meeting. These appoint
ments will come before the senate
for ratification in next fall’s first
meeting.
Judicial committee appointees
are Ty Griesenbeck, chairman;
Shannon McKinney, Bill Hath-
erill, Mark Fitte, Chet Edwards,
Michael Perrin, Keith Tyler, Dick
Zapata and Stanley Kosanke.
Appointments to other student
committees are Jerry Arterburn,
chairman of the services commit
tee; Steve Vincent, head of the
election board; and Jerry Camp
bell, as chairman of the Public
Relations Committee.
In other student government
meetings held Thursday, the
Graduate Student Council and
the Civilian Student Council both
selected several officers.
Election of a secretary and
treasurer were the main items of
business on the CSC agenda.
Mike Shay was chosen secretary
and Paul Boatwright will be the
treasurer. Both are electrical
engineering majors.
Richard Zepeda, president, said
the CSC will consider the Ph.D.
language requirement at its next
meeting.
At the CSC meeting an election
was held for the position of
parliamentarian and Donald
Hackler of Law Hall was chosen.
Plans for freshman orientation
in the fall were discussed as were
details of the Midwestern Asso
ciation of College and University
Residence Halls conference to be
held at the University of Hous
ton in August.
Dorm presidents were told of
land at Lake Somerville which
the university may be given a
permit to use. Plans must still
clear administrative channels but
there seems to be a favorable re
action to the proposal, said presi
dent Mark Blakemore.
Dates for next year’s meetings
were announced as the second
and fourth Thursday’s of each
month. Civilian Week-Weekend
has been set on April 9-15.
SENATOR BILL SHAW presented his views Thursday
against tampering with the present university regulations
for A&M’s new co-ed dorm, Kreuger-Dunn. He failed in
his attempt to stop action as the Student Senate passed a
resolution asking for no female restrictions. ( Photo by Joe
Arredondo)
Commencement, commissioning held Saturday
Commencement exercises for a
record 1,643 students at Texas
A&M University will be held at
9 a. m. Saturday in G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
Some 210 of the students re
ceiving degrees will be commis
sioned into the Army, Air Force
or Marine Corps at 1:30 p. m.
ceremonies, also in the coliseum.
Dr. Michael E. De Bakey, Bay
lor College of Medicine president,
will be the commencement speak
er. The renowned Houston heart
specialist also will receive a cer
tificate designating him distin
guished professor of surgery.
The commissioning speaker will
be Lt. Gen. Oi-mond R. Simpson,
a 1936 TAMU graduate and cur
rently the Marine Corps’ director
of personnel and deputy chief of
staff for manpower.
Other Saturday activities in
clude the Corps of Cadets’ Final
Review at 3:15 p. m. on the main
drill field.
Commencement exercises will
be highlighted by presentation of
the $5,000 Brown Foundation —
Earl Rudder Memorial Outstand
ing Student Award to the top
graduating senior.
The program also will include
presentation of Distinguished
Alumni Awards to four TAMU
graduates, Edward Mueggee
(Buck) Schiwetz, Texana artist-
illustrator who resides in Hunt
and Houston; Hal N. Carr, chair
man of the board and chief ex
ecutive offficer, North Central
Airlines, Inc., with homes in Bry
an and Gull Lake, Minn., Harold
J. Haynes, president of Standard
Oil of California, of Kentffield,
Calif., and Dr. Durward B.
(Woody) Varner, chancellor of
the University of Nebraska Sys
tem, Lincoln, Neb.
A $3,000 award established by
the late W. T. Doherty in honor
of his parents will be presented
at Final Review to this years’s
outstanding member of the Corps
of Cadets.
WASHINGTON </P> — The
United States will soon fly an
other 72 F4 Phantom fighter
bombers to Southeast Asia, a
move that may foreshadow an
intensified bombing campaign
University National Bank
"On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. LP> —
Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace
headed for victory in the Ten
nessee Democratic primary
Thursday as he took a better
than 2-1 lead over 10 rivals in
the early vote counting.
Wallace, seeking his first pri
mary victory outside the Deep
South, was aided by a referen
dum on school busing which drew
voters to the polls.
Notice
The final spring semester
edition of The Battalion will be
published Wednesday. No oth
er issues are scheduled next
week.
Gubernatorial hopefuls reply on issues
The state primary elections will
be held Saturday. Voters will
choose party candidates for local,
state and national elections.
The League of Women Voters,
a non-partisan organization, has
obtained information from each
gubernatorial candidate concern
ing some major issues.
Registered voters may vote at
the following locations in each
voting precinct: 1—Millican, 2—
Wellborn, 8—South Knoll, 9-—
A&M Consolidated School, and
10—College Hills School.
Precinct conventions will be
held at 7 p. m. at each of the
polls. Those wanting to attend
should be inside the polls a little
before since the doors will be
locked at 7 p. m.
To aid in voting, the following
are selected responses of candi
dates for governor:
REPUBLICANS
Albert Bel Fay,
Houston
Age 59, Businessman.
List what in your opinion are
the most important features of a
good constitution for Texas.
1) Strengthen the Executive by
electing only the governor, Lt.
governor, attorney general and
comptroller and give the governor
a cabinet system of appointment
with the consent of the senate
and power of removal; 2) A non
partisan, elective appointive ju
diciary; 3) Give the legislature
adequate pay and staff and single
member districts; 4) Give county
and municipal governments power
to innovate and to cooperate to
meet the needs of their communi
ties, reducing the fragmentation
and dissipation of authority at
the local level; 5) Write it in the
form of a consitution, clearly stat
ing broad principles, precisely
outlining governmental structure,
carefully granting and limiting
the state’s authority.
Would you support or oppose
the following? Please explain.
1. Reducing the crime of posses
sion of marijuana to a misde
meanor.
Yes, provided the judge has dis
cretion to reduce the charge to a
misdemeanor if it appears the
defendant was not distributing
marijuana.
2. State income tax.
No, because it would inhibit the
migration to Texas of new (non
polluting) industries.
Henry C. (Hank) Grover Hous
ton. Age 44, Educator and State
Senator.
List what in your opinion are
the five most important features
of a good constitution for Texas.
There is no way that any person
truly knowledgeable about Texas
constitutional requirements can
confine an answer to five parts.
Would you support or oppose the
following? Please explain.
1. Reducing the crime of posses
sion of marijuana to a misde
meanor.
I oppose reducing marijuana pos
session to a misdemeanor, but
(See Gubernatorial, Page 3)