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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, September 1, 1972
Comment—
CADET SLOUCH
by jim Earie Employes—Yes; Officials-No
THAMfC You
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By MIKE MCE
On November 7, an amendment
will be brought before the people
of Texas to permit state employes
to serve as non-paid elected of
ficials on any board in the state
without forfeiting their state
salaries.
Although no one political party
has any more to gain than an
other one, voters should look
closely at the situation out out of
political gain, but for the benefit
of all concerned.
In College Station, four mem
bers of the school board and city
council were forced to resign be
cause of their positions on the
staff at Texas A&M. The same
thing is happening all over the
state.
The real kicker to the situation
is that these employes could have
held their board positions if they
had been appointed and not elect
ed. These are only four of the
‘Morning After’ Birth Pill
May Become Future Reality
“I wouldn’t even be at A&M if he had not helped me
get admitted!”
Listen Up
Editor:
Last night was the first Silver
Taps of the year. I was rather
surprised and disappointed when
after it was all over, when walk
ing back to my apartment the
lights of the Academic building
came on and the civilians walking
back started talking. I guess this
is one of the traditions going to
pot. I was hoping if any of them
went it would not be this one.
Hopefully with the next Silver
Taps the above things can be
taken care of. I’m sure they could
if everyone pulled his head out
ind really came
for what it is and not just because
his buddy is going or it’s the thing
to do.
Leilani Sanders ’73
SAN ANTONIO—In an award
winning report, four researchers
say an experiment with rabbits
indicates a “morning after” birth
control pill may be a future
reality.
Staff members of the Univer
sity of Texas Medical School here,
the four concluded that an effec
tive contraceptive could be de
veloped.
Dr. Carl J. Pauerstein, director
of the project, explained that a
key factor is the timing of the
arrival of the ovum, or egg, in
the uterus.
“Timing is critical to success
ful implantation of the ovum in
the uterus—if it gets there too
soon, implantation is inefficient,”
Pauerstein said.
He said the UT experimenters
found the rate that the ovum
travels is controlled by both the
nerves and the muscles of the
fallopian tubes, which conduct the
egg from the ovary to the uterus.
The researchers further found
that by injecting rabbits with the
female hormone, progesterone,
and a chemical compound called
phenoxybenzamine, the fallopian
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Editor:
Just a word to congratulate the
administration on bringing Randy
Matson back to A&M. This man
Bulletin Board
The India Association will meet
Saturday to show tthe Hindu
movie “Andaz.” The meeting is
has done so much for all Aggies scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the
to Silver Taps
m .
through his efforts. There is just
no way to express how grateful
we should be to him and I, as well
as many others, are very proud
to have him back among us.
John Rapp ’73
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Zachary Engineering Center.
Alpha Zeta will meet on Sept.
4, in Room 112 and 113 of the
Plant Sciences Building. The pro
gram will be presented by Dean
L. S. Pope.
Batt News Summary
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HONOLULU —With a billion-
dollar trade package ready for
their ratification. President Nix
on and Japanese Prime Minister
Kakuei Tanaka joined in summit
talks Thursday ranging from eco
nomic competition to the balance
of power in the Pacific.
Nixon and Tanaka had before
them an agreement worked out
before the summit calling for
Japan to import on a crash basis
slightly more than $1 billion in
U.S. products such as enriched
uranium, airplanes and agricul
tural products.
on U.S. support of President
Nguyen Van Thieu of South Viet
nam.
Hanoi’s representatives called
it “the only obstacle now” to
peace.
inside the headquarters.
PARIS — North Vietnam and
the Viet Cong concentrated their
fire at the peace talks Thursday
MIAMI — Dade County State
Attorney Richard Gerstein said
Thursday he has turned up secert
film which indicates there may
have been more than one break-in
of the Democratic National Head
quarters at the Watergate Hotel
in Washington, D.C.
Gerstein said that a Miami
Commercial photographer has
testified he processed film show
ing what appeared to be Demo
cratic party documents one week
before police nabbed five men
WASHINGTON—The National
Transportation Safety Board pro
posed Thursday adoption of safe
ty standards for recreational ve-
vicles such as light trucks, camper
bodies for pickup trucks, travel
trailers, motor homes, dune bug
gies and snowmobiles.
WASHINGTON — Sen. George
McGovern is doing some political
stock-taking aimed at resolving
in-house complaints about his
campaign organization.
Discounting the early polls, the
Democratic presidential nominee
said Thursday his chances of win
ning the White House are better
than even.
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tube could be relaxed. This would
cause the ovum to speed through
to the uterus in less than 24 hours.
“Hastening passage of the
ovum, so that instead of staying
in the tube the usual five to seven
days in humans, it gets through
in one day,” said Pauerstein,
“would prevent implantation and
thus should make an effective
contraceptive.”
He added that it “could take
the form of a pill taken after
intercourse which would avert
pregnancy by harmlessly passing
the mature ovum through the
fallopian tubes too quickly for
it to implant properly.”
The report has been selected
as this year’s outstanding re
search contribution by the Cen
tral Association of Obstetricians
and Bynecologists. The research
ers will be honored by the group
at its annual meeting in St. Louis
on Sept. 22.
Co-authors of the paper are
Dr. Joseph Martin, an assistant
professor; Dr. Ben Fremming,
chairman of laboratory and ani
mal medicine; and Dr. Barrie
Hodgson, a physiologist and
pharmacology instructor. Pauer
stein is associate professor of
obstetrics and gynecology at the
medical school.
350,000 Texas disenfranchised by
an article in the State Constitu
tion.
There are many arguments for
the passage of this amendment,
the first of which being state em
ployes are entitled to the right
to enjoy the same privileges as
other citizens by being given the
right to serve in non-paying elec
tive offices.
The amendment would also al
low communities to utilize the
abilities of well-trained state em
ployes at no additional cost in
salaries.
Finally, in some cities, the state
employes make up a large per
centage of the population and this
amendment would allow these
people to serve in their commun
ities without giving up their
salaries.
The provision against holding
two state offices seems to come
from an old common law principle
that no person may do this be
cause of incompatibility. Looking
at the situation realistically, one
would have to say this idea is
outdated.
The new idea shouldn’t be
looked at in the perspective of
whether or not passage of the
amendment will help the other
party. Rather, it should be looked
at for the total effect it could
have on Texans in future years.
Refrigerators
For Corps
Refrigerators will be distribut
ed in the corps area in the same
manner Krueger-Dunn machines
were rented out—using a U-Haul
truck to move the machines, said
student distributor Steve Hill.
Dorms one through four will
get their refrigerators Monday;
dorms five through eight on Tues
day; and dorms nine through 12
on Wednesday.
Times for distribution will be
announced in the dorms over the
weekend, said Hill.
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