Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1972)
Why buy an unknown when you can buy Firestone tires at these prices! TYrestone the people tire people GUARANTEED from Coast-to-Coast Firestone Champion tires Plus $1.81 Fed. Ex. tax and tire off your car. Whitewall add $4 Fits many Falcons. Pintos. Opals, Mavericks. Toyotas, Vegas, etc. Full 4-Ply Size Blackwalls Whitewalls Fed. Ex. t 6.50-13 *13.50 *16.50 *1.75 5.60-1 5 17.95 20.95 1.73 7.35-14 17.65 20.65 2.00 7.75-14 18.65 21.65 2.12 7.75-1 5 19.40 22.40 2.13 8.25-14 20.75 23.75 2.29 8.15-15 21.50 24.50 2.32 8.55-14 22.75 25.75 2.41 8.45-15 23.50 26.50 2.51 All prices PLUS taxes and tire off your car. DRIVE IN TODAY! Priced as shown at Firestone Stores. Competitively priced at Firestone Dealers and at all service stations displaying the Firestone sign. Front End Alignment If your front wheels are out of alignment, your car won't ride and handle properly, and your tires will wear out rapidly. Our expert mechanics will align your wheels properly on Our precision equipment at this low price. Attention owners of PICKUPS, VANS, CAMPERS Tfcrettone TRANSPORT* Heavy-duty 6-ply " rated tires e.oori e Black tube-type Plus $2.36 Fed. Ex. tax and tire off your vehicle. \ iM. FREE Tire Air Pretsure Check! OFFICI AL STATK INSPECTION STATION NUMBER 8 INSPECTION STICKERS EXPIRE AUGUST 31, 1972 WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR TRUCK AND TRACTOR SERVICE WE SPECIALIZE IN TWIN I BEAM ALIGNMENT & ON THE CAR & TRUCK WHEEL BALANCE WE HONOR TSTA MEMBERSHIP T r ir*$fott* TEXAS AVE. & POST OFFICE STREET 822-0139 OPEN DAILY 8 A.M. TO 6 P.M. SATURDAY 8 A.M. TO 5 P.M. Page 8 College Station, Texas Tuesday, August 29, 1972 THE BATTM Unit Additions Increase ROTC Enrollment U Organization of A&M's Corps of Cadets for 1927-73 hit full stride Saturday. Four new units were added to the military organization which expects 2,800 cadets this fall, a substantial increase over last year. Two Naval ROTC companies assigned to the First Brigade and two new Air Force ROTC squad rons will increase the size of the corps to 40 units, up from 36 last fall, according to Col. Thomas R. Parsons. The commandant said the new alignment will include 20 Army ROTC companies, 16 Air Force ROTC squadrons, two Naval com panies and the Maroon and White Bands. New Naval units will be Com pany N-l, commanded by Cadet Maj. Ernest Threadgill of Hous ton, and Company H-l, led by Cadet Maj. John Macdiarmid of San Antonio. New A F R O T C squadrons formed by splitting two over-size units will be Squadron 15, pre professional majors outfit com manded by Cadet Maj. Fred Mitchell, and Squadron 16, agri culture outfit commanded by Ca det Maj. Karl Koch. Col. Parsons said the corps will include “at least 900 freshmen. I believe our overall strength will be over 2,800.” Exact figures will have to await tabulation of Mon day reports. The number in cludes 19 football players, with six freshmen among them. The corps will occupy all but Dorms 10 and 12 in the 12-dorm east area. The corps’ first official forma tion was for the Monday evening meal. Col. Parsons said the most immediate goal will be prepara tion for the march-in at the Tex- Nixon Vows Again To End Draft President Nixon announced Monday he will end the military draft, a three-decade-old relic of the World War II era, by July 1, 1973, and replace it with an all volunteer armed force. The announcement redeeming Nixon’s 1968 campaign pledge came as Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laid said the President would disclose within 48 hours his decision on Vietnam troop levels. Laird also told newsmen on the sunny lawn of the Western White House that U.S. bombing and mining of North Vietnam would end if the North Vietnamese re turned north of the demilitarized zone and quit using the DMZ to infiltrate troops and supplies. as A&M-Army football | Sept. 29. The first homtj march-in will include repw tion fro m the U. S. ]|1 Academy. W e e k e n d activities in® uniform issuance, whichtkil added two sets of wash-asii coveralls for lab and worili Allowing for adjustments ^ ^ sons expects the Cadet &ih s ^ ra i 5 be fully uniformed by ghs lag an. < dcs, sha i wimmi 1 ade oF His statement seemed what softer than conditioii| iously outlined by Nixonfj ing the bombing and minii^ White House press ssts Ronald L. Ziegler said tlm been "m> change in poliH Nixon's end-the-draftm merit came in a statement! by the White House afu conferred with Laird andru what he called ‘‘an encoia report detailing the .«uM : progress we have made ill ing dependence on the dni meet military manpoweri The present authority toil men into the armed fonH next July 1 and Nixon a would not ask Congre»ll extension of induction nij « 1 FRESHMAN ORIENTATION was ‘no time like the present’ for new corps fisi| learn how to ‘hump it.’ And there was no better teacher than senior yell leader Paine (foreground) who led the fish units in yells as they entered G. Rollie ffl| Coliseum. (Photo by Mike Rice) I I Bush Burns In Protest A 21-year-old Houston woman who said she was burned up over federal money for welfare was charged Monday night with burn ing the shrubbery outside the federal building here in protest. Ellen Janice Watkins was charged with willful destruction of property in the burning of about 20 wax leaf Lagustrums Sunday. She told reporters it was the only way she knew to protest the government use of her tax dollars. “I don’t think what I work hard for should be given to those on welfare,” said Miss Watkins, who is presently unemployed. Sunday night, she told report ers, she was drinking and decided it was time to act. She said she took a gallon of gasoline to the federal building, doused the bush es and set them afire with her cigarette lighter. A federal of ficer saw her leave and took down the license number of her car, arson investigators said. FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED Jrxmxa Imm ■ HOME OF AMERICA’S FAVORITE PIZZA WELCOME TO THE LAND OF THE GIANT mm u “VICTORS” We specialize in boot and shoe repair Manufactors are the highest quality in senior boots. Our boots stand up and don’t sag down. We sell Western English Tackle. L MB V* ‘ L L d We invite our old friends to visit our new store. 201 College Main JACOB BEAL Insurance & Realty Agency “Insuring AH Auto Risk^ 2511 Texas Avenue BRYAN, TEXAS Phones: 823-5469 • 822-2121