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AFS—“There were nude bodies
f a large throw rug and into
leir clothes.”
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raphic movie ? No—the police
Jeport of a raid on a methaqua-
us (Sott|I)ne party, America’s aphrodisiac
00 8 niIt 'nnig kick that is spreading fast.
Called “The Love Drug” by
isers because of its reported
osening of inhibitions, police
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methaqualone abuse about six
months ago.
“We began finding those little
white tablets,” s<aid one narcotics
agent, “along with the regular
assortment of pot and pills. It
sent us running for our copy of
the ‘Physicians’ Desk Reference’
(a book containing data and pic
tures of all prescription medi
cines) to find out what everybody
was using.”
Made under the trade name
Parest, SOPOR and Quaalude,
methaqualone is a nonbarbitute
sedative given to patients who
have trouble sleeping. Unlike
most other “downs,” methaqua
lone is not physically addictive,
but it can cause psychological de
pendency.
Illegal users of the drug claim
it causes drunkenness, slurring of
words and loss of muscle control.
But perhaps the best-liked effect
and definitely the reason most
give for its growing popularity
is its enhancement of the sex
drive.
Orgies among users are not
uncommon and the racy drug is
in great demand with the “swing
er” groups of young, married cou
ples. One Atlanta doctor prescrib
ed methaqualone for coed pa
tients, visiting them after office
hours when he knew their libido
would be at its height. And many
arrested recently for sex crimes
A $66,500 National Science
oundation grant has been award-
li Dr. Sayed Z. El-Sayed of
t&M for marine ecosystem stud-
s in the Antarctic.
The TAMU oceanographer’s re-
earch on primary producers was
.pproved scientifically for a
hree-year period at about $228,-
100 NSF funding.
The first-year grant, through
he Texas A&M Research Foun-
lation, became effective Oct. 1.
Studies will be made in the
South Africa sector of the South-
fest Indian Ocean, with a 1973
JcpOrt i P r ' n £ cr uise track extending to
"he pack ice zone. The cruise in-
olving four graduate students
mder El-Sayed will have Dr. Guy
L Franceschini, TAMU ocean-
igraphy and meteorology profes-
or as chief scientist.
An objective of the project is
. relate ecosystem findings to
ant Sciew ssessmen t 0 f Antarctic marine
sources, such as krill and squid.
an assessment is the sub-
ect of current international stud-
es. El-Sayed chairs the Commit-
ee on Antarctic Marine Re-
of the Scientific Com-
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Dr. El-Sayed Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
hnittee on Antarctic Research
(SCAR).
His work is one of 10 integrat
ed biological studies and the fo
cus of other Eltanin integrated
cruises for investigation of the
marine ecosystem.
It will closely coordinate with
investigations by Franceschini,
Dr. William M. Sackett and Dr.
Nestor Bottino of TAMU, among
others.
El-Sayed’s work builds on re
search he began in the South At
lantic a decade ago. His investi-
Jgations have moved westward
around Antarctica and will con
tinue a circumpolar survey of
Antarctic waters with 1974-75
cruises included in the three-year
project.
Graduate students participating
in the March 22 to May 22, 1973,
cruise to originate from Mozam
bique will be Jefferson Turner of
Tampa, Fla.; Ken Fucik, Hous
ton; Abdel Reheim, College Sta
tion, and Tom Eurell, New Bruns
wick, N. J.
The El-Sayed studies involve
cruise measurements of primary
organic productivity, estimates of
the standing phytoplankton crop,
a quantitative study of phyto
plankton species, relative signifi
cance of net and nannoplankton,
study of the distribution and con
centration of nutrient elements,
study of particulate and dissolved
organic carbon and hydrographic
conditions of stations occupied.
His work ties in with other in
vestigations into areas such as
solar radiation, pathway of car
bon, biochemical activity and the
chemical composition of plankton,
marine fungi and zooplankton.
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What do you do if you are
12,000 miles from home attending
a foreign university?
If you are S. Shariq Yosufzai,
you get involved.
Yosufzai, from Dacca, Bang
ladesh, is president pro-tem of the
Student Senate.
A member of Squadron 13 and
a Distinguished Student, he is
listed in the National Student
Register.
Yosufzai is also the founding
chairman of Texas A&M Scholas
tic Service, corresponding secre
tary of Tau Beta Pi and a mem
ber of Ometa Chi Epsilon.
He has been secretary of Phi
Eta Sigma, a delegate to SCONA
XVI and XVII and a fall leader-
Barnes Backs
Amendment. 4
AUSTIN, Tex. WPl—Lt. Gov.
Ben Barnes and the president of
the Texas Municipal League
urged Tuesday that voters ap
prove a proposal to empower the
Legislature to write a new Tex
as Constitution in 1974.
Barnes took issue with the
proposition’s opponents, who
have charged the Legislature
should not be allowed to rewrite
the Constitution.
“Legislators are elected by and
responsible directly to the peo
ple,” Barnes said, adding that no
constitution written by the law
makers “can be adopted without
approval at the polls by the vot
ers.”
“Passage of this is perhaps
the most important single issue
which will face Texans as voters
in our lifetime,” the lieutenant
governor said.
The Municipal League presi
dent, Seguin Mayor Alfred H.
Koebig, called the amendment on
the Nov. 7 ballot a “mechanism
which will permit us to bring our
96-year-old document into line
with the current and future needs
of Texas.”
NOW BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE. YOU
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FULLY PREPARED AND TASTE TEMPTING
FOODS. EACH DAILY SPECIAL ONLY $1.09
PLUS TAX.
MONDAY EVENING
SPECIAL
BROILED BACON
WRAPPED
MOCK FILET STEAK
GERMAN STYLE
POTATOES
Choice of one
vegetable
Rolls & Butter
Tea or Coffee
TUESDAY EVENING
SPECIAL
FRESH CORN FED
CATFISH
FILET w/TARTAR
SAUCE
Cole Slaw
Grandma’s Cornbread
Choice of one
vegetable
Rolls & Butter
Tea or Coffee
WEDNESDAY EVENING
SPECIAL
CHICKEN FRIED BEEF
STEAK w/CREAM
GRAVY
Choice of two
vegetables
Rolls & Butter
Tea or Coffee
THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL
ITALIAN CANDLELIGHT DINNER — ITALIAN SPAGHETTI
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Choice of Salad Dressing - Hot Garlic Bread
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FRIDAY EVENING
SPECIAL
MEXICAN FIESTA
DINNER
TWO CHEESE AND
ONION ENCHILADAS
w/CHILI
Spanish Rice
Patio Style Beans
Rolls & Butter
Tea or Coffee
SATURDAY SPECIAL
NOON AND EVENING
OLD FASHIONED
YANKEE POT ROAST
Potato Pancake
Choice of one
vegetable
Rolls & Butter
Tea or Coffee
SUNDAY SPECIAL
NOON AND EVENING
ROAST TURKEY DINNER
Served with
Cranberry Sauce & Crabapple
Cornbread Dressing
Rolls - Butter - Coffee or Tea
Giblet Gravy
And your choice of any
One vegetable.
ship council member.
A Robert A. Welch fellow, he
is a senator from Schumacher-
Mclnnis, and president of Schu
macher.
Though most foreign students
don’t intend to get involved in uni
versity life, Yosufzai has found
that he is happier when busy.
Time doesn’t seem to be a hin
drance, either, since he usually
manages to post close to 4.0 GPR.
Being president pro-tem, Yosu
fzai is deeply immersed in major
campus issues. He feels that some
traditions are sacred and should
not be changed.
One of these is female yell
leaders. “I am completely and vio
lently opposed to female yell lead
ers” he said. “I don’t see why any
self-respecting female would do
it.”
Yosufzai also feels that the $3
bike registration could be reduc
ed. He thinks more research needs
to be done in this area.
Yosufzai had originally plan
ned to attend California Institute
of Technology. He changed his
mind at the last minute.
A&M has set up an agricul
tural university in Bangladesh
and, according to Yosufzai, ap
proximately 70 per cent of the
engineers in Bangladesh are Ag
gies.
have been found to be under the
influence of the drug.
“It makes you float right into
an affair,” said a dental assist
ant who uses no other drugs ex
cept marijuana. “I have to watch
who I take it with as it makes
you more susceptible.”
“You desire sex more,” a pret
ty, 21-year-old stewardess ex
plained. “But its not like these
old jokes about ‘Spanish Fly.’ You
don’t hop in bed with the first
person you see. If you are with
a guy that appeals to you, it is
more likely to happen, that’s all.”
It is methaqualone’s use as a
love potion that has officials wor
ried. “This drug is not a harmless
placebo to be used at every cam
pus mixer,” said Dr. David C.
Smith, a Florida physician spe
cializing in the treatment of drug
problems. “It is a powerful cen
tral nervous system depressant
that can cause internal bleeding
and other horrors in overdose
quantities. The fact that it has
reported aphrodisiac qualities
makes it all the more attractive
to drug abusers, hence more dan
gerous.”
Even such an unlikely crusader
as Jerry Rubin has taken up the
banner against methaqualone.
During the recent demonstrations
at Miami Beach’s political conven
tions, Rubin and his Yippies or
ganized an “Anti-Downers and
Anti-Quaalude March” to protest
against the increased use of these
dangerous drugs.
“I don’t care what the effects
are, they are death,” said Rubin,
clad in a red bathing suit for an
outdoor press conference announc
ing the street action. And with
Miami Beach Mayor Chuck Hall
looking over his shoulder in ap
proval, complained that “The gov
ernment is shoving these Quaa-
ludes down our throats to keep
our minds sedated.”
Despite Rubin’s explanation,
methaqualone is spreading be
cause there is money to be made
selling the drug illegally and
people want to buy it. One dealer
on a southern campus picks up a
tax-free $500 a week making five
sales of 1,000 pills each. “I could
sell five times that amount if I
could get them,” she said, adding,
“that’s how much people want
them.”
The illegal pills and capsules
come from the factories of some
of the nation’s largest pharma
ceutical manufacturers. Unlike
barbituates, no increased security
precautions accompany the pro
duction of methaqualone, which is
made by six companies in varying
forms.
“Parest provides help for thou
sands of people without the dan
ger of taking a barbiturate,” said
a spokesman for Parke, Davis and
Company, which manufactures the
capsule sold in differing
strengths. “We realize some of
our drugs are finding their way
into illegal markets and we are
trying to do all we can to pre
vent it.”
As of now, an arrest for meth
aqualone abuse is classified as
“possession of a restricted drug
without a prescription,” a minor
charge in most areas. But Fed
eral Food and Drug Administra
tion officials are pressing Con
gress to pass firmer legislation
against the drug. Within a year,
narcotics agents hope to have
such new laws.
Let's Re-elect
STATE TREASURER
HIS PROVEN RECORD
MERITS YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT
LOOK AT THESE FACTS!
Jesse James has handled over 44 Billion Dollars of the peoples’
money with every dollar properly accounted for—as proven by
annual reports of the State Auditor.
Jesse James made for the people of Texas over $16,000,000.00
last year in interest earned on State Funds deposited in over
1,100 Texas Banks—more than any billion dollar bank in Texas
made net in 1970 or 1971.
Jesse James has financed a giant deficit in the General Revenue
Fund — which on April 26, 1972, reached a deficit peak of
$314,448,523.00 — without interest or discount cost to State
Employees and people who furnish goods and services to Texas,
such savings estimated to be over $50,000,000.00. If this $314,448,523.00 had been discounted by
3%, it would have cost the taxpayers over $9,420,000.00 for that period.
Jesse James has proven he knows how to handle your State Finances
efficiently.
LET’S VOTE FOR AND RE-ELECT JESSE JAMES STATE TREASURER
JESSE JAMES IS PROVEN
JESSE JAMES
STATE TREASURER
LET’S KEEP JESSE JAMES OUR STATE
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TREASURER
‘QUALITY FIRST”
Briscoe vs. Grover
These are the differences.
DRUG LAW REFORM
Briscoe
Favors the modernization
of the drug laws in Texas.
He emphasizes increased ef
forts toward drug abuse edu
cation, rehabilitation of drug
users, and the enactment of
a modern marijuana posses
sion law. He favors adoption
of the Uniform Controlled
Substances Act, an act which
will provide for more modern
criteria in the determination
of what actually constitutes
dangerous drugs and narcot-
Grover
Mr. Grover believes that
Texas’ archaic drug laws
should be maintained.
STUDENT RIGHTS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
Briscoe
Favors legislation that
would enable responsible stu
dents to be elected for one-
year terms, with full voting
rights, to Boards of Regents.
He also favors increased par
ticipation on the College Co
ordinating Board by students,
women, and members of mi
nority groups.
Has long been on record
as an advocate of the 18-
year-old vote.
Grover
He said students are “too
immature” to serve on Boards
of Regents. Speeches before
Texas Intercollegiate Stu
dent Association, Houston,
Texas, October, 1971; Lub
bock, Texas, September, 1972.
Voted against the 18-year-
old vote in 62nd Legislature
(1971).
VOTING RIGHTS
Briscoe
Voted for repeal of the
Poll Tax in 1949.
Grover
Voted against repeal of the
Poll Tax in 1971 (62nd Legis
lature).
STATUS OF WOMEN
Briscoe
Favors adoption of the
Constitutional Amendment
providing for Equal Status
of Women.
Favors elimination of all
tax inequities that affect
women.
Favors elimination of dis
crimination against women
in public and private employ
ment.
Grover
Voted against constitution
amendment providing women
with equal status (60th Legis
lature, 1967).
Voted against establishing
a committee on the Status of
Women (62nd Legislature,
1971).
elect
DOLPH
BRISCOE
governor
A man Texans can believe in.
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