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Texas Rangers Adapt To Ever Changing Times, Says Speir
By DEBBIE HOLZEM
The Texas Rangers have grown
and changed with the times, said
Col. Wilson Speir in a Political
Forum noon presentation Wednes
day.
“The news media, public and
movie industry look on the
Rangers as a tradition and a
relic of the past,” said the director
of the Texas Department of Pub
lic Safety.
The Rangers, a division of the
DPS, were originally organized
in 1835 to protect Texas settle
ments from Indian incursion.
Since then, the Ranger’s role in
law enforcement has changed.
“The Rangers of today,” said
Speir, “are a highly mobile and
skilled group of 82 men who in
vestigate crimes involving crim
inal laws in cooperation with local
law enforcement officers.” He
said the Rangers work with local
officers in solving about 400
crimes per month.
Speir put down those advocat
ing abolishment of the Rangers,
a subject of much controversy.
“We are not outmoded,” he ex
plained. “Most people who would
have the Rangers done away with
aren’t familiar with the Rangers
and don’t know what they do.
They condemn the Rangers of the
1970’s because of their image in
the past.”
Requirements of Rangers have
been upgraded. Speir cited qualifi
cations, which include eight years
of experience with a law enforce
ment agency, special training and
a written examination. Rangers
must be between the age of 30
and 50.
The Rangers, the oldest law
enforcement agency of statewide
jurisdiction in America, serve
local law enforcement agencies
where criminals move from one
juridiction to another. With the
increased mobility of criminals
and the small jurisdiction of local
officers, it is important to have
a group like the Rangers who can
intervene, said Speir.
The veteran DPS official named
several cases where the Rangers
have been called to help. The
Ranger officers intervened in the
recent murder case in Hearne, the
murder case of two Texas coeds
in Austin and in the farm workers
strike in the Rio Grande Valley
in 1966.
In the case involving the farm
workers, Speir said there has been
considerable exaggeration about
the role the Rangers actually
played.
The Rangers, he said, are
neither pro labor nor pro manage
ment. “We are pro-law enforce
ment. We tried to work something
out between the leadership of
labor and management in the
Valley.”
He said the Rangers’ brand of
“strike-breakers” couldn’t stand
to a test of truthfulness. “People
ought to substantiate allegations
like that with facts. We don’t
go into labor disputes unless re
quested.”
The speaker also cited areas
of the DPS other than the
Rangers where progress has been
made. He said the agency is pro
gressing in communications and
uses computers for much of its
work.
There are now over 20,000 peace
officers in the state. A statute
(See Texas Rangers, page 2)
Che Battalion
Col. Wilson Speir
Vol. 67 No. 160
College Station, Texas Thursday, October 5, 1972
845-2226
Glflb Examine Day Care Constitution Also
Senate To Reconsider Joining Lobby
HCKIE ASHWILL
■he National Student Lobby
dll highlight the A&M Student
Bate meeting at 7:30 tonight in
lo(|m 102 of the Zachry Engineer-
Vfl ig Building.
[The NSL issues was tabled at
week’s Senate meeting which
Bally kills the issue,” said Barb
^Brs, chairman of the external
nUffnirs committee. But 10 per
the student senators re
in riting that the NSL
e-placed on the agenda.”
NSL is the only student lobby
on a national level, continued
Sears, who is presenting the NSL
issue to the body. Besides sup
porting issues such as the 18-
year-old vote, the Hatfield
Amendment and Child Develop
ment and Day Care Center Pro
grams, NSL also supported the
higher education bill which in
creased federal assistance and
loans to students and federal aid
to colleges with high percentages
of veteran students.
Also on the agenda is a pro
posal concerning the purchase of
a hand radar unit which would
help enforce university traffic
regulations, said Randy Ross,
vice-president of the A&M Stu
dent Government.
A request for the $900 unit will
be sent to the administration if
the Senate approves the purchase.
Layne Kruse, Student Govern
ment president, will present the
names of four students to fill
vacant positions to the Senate.
ac Davis, Reddy To Perform
There are two off-campus, one
undergraduate off-campus and
one position from the College of
Geosciences to be filled.
Students were interviewed this
week for the positions, said Kruse.
To be approved, they must re
ceive two-thirds Senate confirma
tion tonight.
The Day Care Center Constitu
tion and By-laws will be presented
to the senate by Virginia Leahey,
chairman for the day care center
committee. A two-week period
will lapse before the Senate votes
on the approval of the constitu
tion.
The day care center is to pro
vide care for the pre-school chil
dren of TAMU students with a
low income that are not being
cared for by other Bryan-College
Station day care centers.
After a Nov. 22 presentation
of a board of directors, the Day
Care Center will apply for a state
license, said Leahey. The pro
posed center is a result of two
years of investigation by the stu
dent senate.
“The Senate will also vote on
the procedure rules for the elec
tion of the Memoral Student/ Cen
ter Representatives and class of
ficers,” said Kruse.
These rules were accidently left
out of the fall rules and regula
tions book, continued Kruse, and
this measure will assure their
printing in the spring book.
DEBBIE HOLZEM
Mac Davis doesn’t write songs
-be “paints” them. Mac Davis
htl Helen Reddy will appear in
I. Rollre White Coliseum at 8
...p .m. on Oct. 13 for a Town Hall
Ilf, erformance.
GIVE| CCOf?niti ° n aS a son Kwrite r
B been slow in coming due to
is practical use of aliases. He
■ just now writing under his
vvn name. Davis has written
Bder the names of Scott Davis
his son) and Mac Scott Davis,
j «rr put now,” he says, “I want to
HL/ ft known by my own name.”
I GIVE t He has made eight appearances
• n the “Tonight Show” and five
0, / ppearances on the “David Frost
tfjpl iKow,” all within a period of six
f|mths. Davis’ performing tal-
“'"•'•Xynts have earned him two guest-
r Bps on the “Glen Campbell
Wli low,” two on the “Smothers
/Pn/F lf 0 ^ ers Show,” two on the
UlVw Everly Brothers Show,” plus a
'•Red Skelton Show, “Don Knotts
!how” and “Johnny Cash Show.”
BDavis has a strong feel for
mintry-flavored music, which can
)e traced back to his boyhood
lays in Lubbock and on his uncle’s
give Banking is a pleasure
"lank & Trust.
at First
—Adv.
West Texas ranch. He refers to
it as “just growin’ up wtih cer
tain roots.” Like many of to
day’s vocalists, his first training
came while singing in a church
choir.
One of the factors contributing
to his success is the inherent
subtlety of his songs. Instead of
bitter rhetoric or strong protest,
the Mac Davis lyrics are “eye-
openers,” as he calls them, ex
emplified by “In the Ghetto.”
Helen Reddy was a Catholic
priest before she was a singer
from Australia. Before that she
was a gypsy.
This time she was born into
a show-business family (third
generation) and admits, unwill
ingly, to most of the attendant
romantic cliches—born in a truck,
lived out of a suitcase, was heard
to gurgle something that sounded
like “the show must go on” at
about eighteen months, and has
been performing professionally
since she was a little bitty four-
year moppet.
She had her own show on the
Australian Broadcasting Commis
sion called “Helen Reddy Sings,”
for fifteen minutes twice a week
with a 22-piece orchesra. When
she gives up singing, when she
is about forty, she would like to
do research in parapsychology.
She hopes to be a doctor by then.
She wants also to help women in
special problems that are related
to them by virtue of their sex.
Reddy’s first single on Capitol
was “I Don’t Know How to Love
Him” from “Jesus Christ Super-
star.” As the whole world knows,
it was that wonder of wonders—
a smash. And the first Helen
Reddy album—called after the
single, T Don’t Know How to
Love Him”—more than lived up
to expectations.
The second single from the
album, “Crazy Love,” followed its
predecessor up the charts, and
she was hailed from shore to
shore, in print and picture and
air. Sought by writers and TV
hosts, her rare combination of
talent, beauty and the ability to
articulate a strong viewpoint
made her an ideal guest.
Students will be able to attend
the concert on the same basis as
the one given by the Nitty Gritty
Band. A&M students will be
admitted in the general admis
sion area with an I.D. card, while
dates will be admitted for a ticket
cst of $2.50. All other tickets
cost $3.
Krueger-Dunn Dorm Complex
Dedication Ceremony Planned
Texas A&M’s new residence
halls will be formally dedicated
Saturday, Oct. 14, in honor of
two of the institution’s “Distin
guished Alumni,” J. Harold Dunn
of Amarillo and C. C. (Polly)
Krueger of San Antonio.
Krueger and Dunn have long
and “remarkably similar” his
tories of service to their alma
mater, noted TAMU Admissions
and Records Doan Edwin H.
Cooper, chairman of the commit
tee planning the dedication.
Cooper pointed out both men
have been president of the Asso
ciation of Former Students, mem
bers of the board of directors and
recipients of the Distinguished
Alumni Award
Dunn, who earned a B.S. degree
in mechanical engineering at
A&M in 1925 and a master’s in
1938, also served as chairman of
the Century Council and is a life
member of the Research Founda
tion. The Century Council was a
blue-ribbon group which conduct
ed a study of the institution in
the early 1960’s and made recom
mendations to the board of direc
tors regarding the school’s role
for the future.
A native of Dallas County, he
entered business in Dallas after
graduation from TAMU but
joined Shamrock Oil and Gas
Corp. in 1938 and moved to
Amarillo. He was chairman of
the executive committee of Dia
mond-Shamrock Corp. when he
retired in 1969.
Krueger, recipient of a B.S.
degree in civil engineering in
1912, was the first president of
the San Antonio A&M Club and
co-organizer of the San Antonio
A&M Mothers’ Club. He donated
a large European masters art col
lection which is on display in the
university library.
A native of Twin Sisters, Tex.,
Krueger joined his father in
operation of San Antonio Machine
and Supply Co. in 1913. He was
elected president of the firm in
1923 and remained in that capac
ity until his retirement in 1961.
NICK BURNHAM rides a buckin’ bronc in the NIRA
Rodeo competition last April. He will be one of the partic
ipants in the All Aggie Rodeo which begins tonight.
Singing, Dancing Highlight
Saturday’s People Festival
Singing and dancing will be
the highlights of the Brazos
County People’s Festival Satur
day at Manor East Mall.
The festival, sponsored by
Bryan PTA, will run all day.
Scandinavian, Polish, Mexican,
German, Italian and Czechoslo
vakian groups will exhibit dis
plays of clothing, food, culture
and folklore. An Indian lore dis
play will be presented by the
Brazos County Archeological
Society.
In addition to ethnic groups,
organizations such as the VFW,
American Legion, Texas High
way Department, 4-H Clubs and
Home Demonstration Agency of
the county will present exhibits.
An Old Fiddlers’ Contest, open
Local Nixon-McGovern Campaigners Sound Off
gjlgDunkelberg Says McGovern Fed Up
Government Business Control
l|y DAN BRICE
l^lltaff Writer
Democratic presidential candi-
IlfJJ 1 |fate George McGovern is not a
M Eommunist nor a radical, but
IfIVu I 0 ™ 60116 who is concerned with
' the way this country is now, said
—- ,h Steve Dunkelberg, the Brazos
IWl/ipounty coordinator for the Mc-
^/^BEovern-Shriver campaign.
“We support McGovern because
Be is against the attitudes that
llljj We are fed up with in a govern-
/inic i nen *' w hich is for big business
III Yu £nd is governed by large eorpo-
'rations that have strong lobbies.”
q .gl He said the United States gov-
nTV/l'^ rnment should be for the people,
Hot big business.
* r * M, ^*l McGovern won the nomination
Biecause the people worked for
W gfum and supported him. “The av-
•trf 1 P erson in America sees it
f|ly}jf Ks a change from the high-handed
^Rfederal tactics which we’ve seen
— n .» Tin the last four years,” said Dun-
Jw/i kelberg.
Dunkelberg is optimistic in that
he feels the election is far from
being decided. He said McGovern
has good support on campus and
the state headquarters are behind
him in this, a very Democratic
area.
“I’ve found support from many
students and faculty members,”
he said. He wasn’t surprised when
he found support from the Corps
of Cadets.
“McGovern doesn’t want to
support a welfare state,” he add
ed. “He doesn’t want a second-
rate power, but he thinks this
country needs a defense superior
ity.”
“Nixon has not won Brazos
County, and neither has McGov
ern,” said Dunkelberg. “Right now
it is sort of a give-and-take sit
uation.”
How is this campaign going to
affect the students? Dunkelberg
said the federal government has
been spending 10 per cent on uni
versities and colleges since Nix
on’s administration began.
The unemployment rate has
risen six per cent in the last four
years and students getting out of
college now are finding out what
it feels like, said Dunkelberg. He
added the graduate feels as if
he has wasted his four years or
so in college.
Air pollution, water pollution,
oil shortage and starvation in the
United States could be helped by
these graduates, but can’t be
cause they are unemployed.
McGovern is finding out ways
to prevent all this now, Dunkel
berg said. The graduate’s job fu
ture could very well depend on
this upcoming election.
Dunkelberg thinks the biggest
issue of the campaign is credit-
ability. He said the country needs
a president it can trust.
Dunkelberg encourages students
to register to vote. He added he
needed students to help with the
campaign to get McGovern elect
ed. He feels students should get
involved because their future de
pends on it. Booths will be set
up this week on campus for people
to gather information and talk
about the campaign.
Dunkelberg lives in Tangle-
wood Apartments, Room 164. His
telephone number is 846-8538.
Nixon Expected To Carry Brazos
County Vote In Upcoming Elections
By DON BRICE
Staff Writer
President Richard Nixon is ex
pected to win in Brazos County,
judging by the response of the
balloting of A&M students for
the upcoming presidential election,
says John Sharp.
Sharp, chairman of the coun
ty’s Young Voters for the Presi
dent and county coordinator for
Democrats for Nixon, says so far
on-campus students confronted by
these organizations are either
eight percent undecided or a little
over 80 per cent for Nixon. This
includes students on and off cam
pus.
Sharp said there are six pri
mary issues involving student con
cern:
—The President began a phase
out of the draft last year and
plans to institute an all-volunteer
army by July 1973. At present
there is a l-in-38 chance of be
ing drafted. Four years ago it
was 1 in 5. Draft calls have gone
down from 300,000 in 1968 to
50,000 this year.
—In Vietnam, more than 90
per cent of all U.S. troops, includ
ing all combat infantry units,
have been withdrawn. Total with-
drawal will be enacted four
months after the return of our
P.O.W.’s and an internationally
supervised ceasefire. He will not
desert those Americans that are
P.O.W.’s or leave their ultimate
fate to the North Vietnamese.
—Nixon opened the door to
peace with China. He negotiated
the first post-war arms control
agreement with the Soviet Union.
He entered the world upon an era
of negotiation, not confrontation.
—The President created the En
vironmental Protection Agency
and signed into law the Clean Air
Act. He increased anti-pollution
spending by 91 per cent. He halt
ed construction on the Cross-Flo
rida Barge Canal and terminated
35 federal oil and gas leases in
the Santa Barbara Channel. He
has increased funding for envi
ronmental improvement by over
500 per cent.
—Nixon has stated that “no
qualified student who wants to
go to college should be barred by
lack of money.” Therefore, he
has established the National
Foundation for Higher Education,
which, in its first year will dis
tribute more than $100 million in
grants to students, based solely
on need.
—President Nixon is replacing
a welfare system that isn’t work
ing, with one that will. He doesn’t
want to guarantee everybody a
certain sum of money, but he does
want to guarantee everybody an
equal opportunity. The President
favors “workfare” which means
that going on welfare will not
be more profitable than going to
work.
Young Voters for the President
and Democrats for Nixon are rep
resented by the following chair
men:
Off-campus: Hank Mills and
Art Saldana, Posada del Rey;
Marcia Yaws, Plantation Oaks;
Jimmy Ferguson, Tanglewood &
(See Nixon to Win, page 2)
Register By Saturday To Vote In Brazos County
to all citizens, will take place
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Singing events wil linclude the
children of St. Michael’s Acad
emy, Zion Jubilee Gospel Singers,
“Joe Kuciemba and the Moon
shiners” featuring Tony Yanow-
ski of Bremond, Texas, recording
artist and retired A&M professor
John Lomax, Professor Stan Car
penter and the “Brazos Valley
String Quartet” and the “San
Antonio River Bottom Coyotes.”
Shriner clowns will also be on
hand.
“Bill Ley and his Circle
Squares” is one of the many danc
ing groups participating. Polish
dancing will be presented by a
Houston group dressed in the tra
ditional garb. Other dances in
clude Italian square dancing, a
group of Mexican Mariachis and
Mexican dancers. The Alabama-
Coushatta Indians from Living
ston and Sir William Portis and
the “Elements of Sound” will
also be present.
Specialty items from different
countries, including food, will be
sold.
Student Leaders
In A&M System
To Meet Here
Student leaders at institutions
of the Texas A&M System will
meet here Friday and Saturday
for discussions of common inter
est.
Sessions will involve student
government officers of Prairie
View A&M, Tarleton State, the
Texas Maritime Academy and
TAMU. They will have a Friday
evening meeting with Dr. Jack
K. Williams, president of Texas
A&M and the TAMU System.
Senate President Layne Kruse
said participants will talk gener
ally about common interests, pro
cedures and problems. A deans of
men panel with Dr. Charles Pow
ell qf TAMU and Dean Mike Leese
of Tarleton is scheduled along
with the visit with Dr. Williams.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.