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THE BATTALION
Thursday, February 15, 1973
College Station, Texas
Page 3
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1907 TEXAS AVE. - 823-0023
BRYAN. TEXAS 77801
The questions of corruption
and fraud in government are
paramount concerns today, yet at
the local government level, coun
ty and district clerks are free of
this blemish, Dr. John B. Neibel
said here Wednesday.
Neibel, dean of the University
of Houston Law School, said, “the
integrity of this group of local
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government officials is beyond
reproach.” He added that he had
heard many praises for the dedi
cated work they are performing.
Neibel, the keynoter for the
first conference of County and
District Clerks at A&M, told the
300 participants from across the
state that “like many profession
al groups, you are here to learn
how you can best use new tech
niques and management practices
to do a more effective job.”
“Today’s elected officials have
a tremendous challenge ahead to
understand fully many of the
newer issues, such as land use
and zoning,” said Dr. John E.
Hutchison, director of the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service.
Davis Grant, general counsel
for the State Bar of Texas, led
a discussion on what constitutes
the practice of law.
“Basically, the constitution,
statutes and common laws all
must be understood and dealt
with, and sometimes there are
gray areas which require addi
tional study,” he said.
In another meeting on Tues
day, Congressman Bob Poage of
Waco, chairman of the House
Agricultural Committee, used
such terms as “low blow” and
“fraud” to describe the Nixon
administration’s recent budget
cuts and termination of some
long-established farm programs.
He said the President’s “bull
dozer has been tearing down
some fences” and demonstrating
the administration’s “apparent
disregard for rural areas.” The
action, he pointed out, has dis
turbed many Republicans as well
as the Democrats.
The Tuesday meeting was the
21st annual Farm and Ranch
Credit School for Commercial
Bankers with discussions center
ing on the theme “New Dimen
sions in Agriculture Finance.”
Poage spoke to about 200 per
sons saying the Bureau of the
Budget behaves as though it has
“no compromise of rural affairs.”
“The administration is taking
too much upon itself in making
the decisions to make the cuts.
These decisions should be left to
the Congress,” Poage said.
Poage sharply denounced the
President’s termination of the
Rural Environment Assistance
Program (REAP), a descendent
of the old Agricultural Conserva
tion Program (ACP) that dates
back to the 1930s. He said the
plan has helped in pond construc
tion, terracing, reforestation and
all-round soil conservation.
Then he discussed the ending
of the Emergency Disaster Loan
Program, a system providing low
cost loans. The congressman de
scribed its demise as a “low
blow.”
There are no more two per
cent REA loans. Poage said the
service has been shifted to the
Farmers Home Administration
and the interest boosted to five
per cent.
The congressman was espe
cially critical of the administra
tion’s revenue sharing program,
which he called a fraud.
Money taken from farm pro
grams is going to non-farm ac
tivities “which decreases produc
tive ability of the nation’s agri
culture and this is a dangerous
thing,” said the representative.
“The destiny of this world will
depend upon the welfare of the
American farmer,” Poage said.
Poage emphasized the word
American.
Student Aid Pawnbroker Celebrates 2nd Anniversary
(Continued from page 1)
Selective Service System on June
30, stopping foreign aid to mili
tary and colonial governments, re
stricting the influence of multi
national corporations on U.S. for
eign policy, and converting the
U.S. economy from defense indus
try-based to domestic priorities
industries such as pollution con
trol, health, mass transit and edu
cation.
Students will also lobby Con
gressmen to open the highway
trust fund for mass transit and
bicycle paths and allow voter reg
istration by mail.
Information on attending the
conference is available from NSL,
413 E. Capitol St. SE, Washing
ton, D.C. 20003, (202)547-5501.
NSL is supported mainly by
dues from its 220 member schools
and is staffed by both student
interns and professionals.
By TED BORISKIE
A pawn shop is called every
thing from legal thievery to a
public service.
“Most people come in here say
ing they've never been in a
pawn shop and are wondering
what one looked like,” said A. V.
Pinson, operator of Texas State
Credit Co. and pawn shop. “I
had never been in one until I
opened this place up.”
Texas State Credit, Bryan-Col-
lege Station’s first pawn shop, is
celebrating its second anniver
sary in the pawnbroking business.
“It’s hard to keep a place like
this open at first,” said Pinson.
“For the first year, you don’t
make any money at all. You
spend the first few months do
ing nothing but buying, just so
you’ll have something on the
shelves to sell.”
In order to obtain a license, a
pawn shop must have $25,000 in
ready cash and must maintain bigger cities.
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that amount or be subject to
losing its license.
To handle firearms, a pawn
shop must obtain a federal fire
arms license. The pawnbroker
must undergo a credit and char
acter investigation and submit to
an inspection by the Treasury
Department once a month.
The sales records must be open
to all branches of law enforce
ment, state and federal.
Pinson’s shop differs greatly
from the pawn shops in the big
cities where the pawnbrokers are
generally located in the seedier
part of town. It is not uncom
mon to find a shop with the door
locked and steel bars in the win
dows. To enter, one must gain
the attention of the pawnbroker
who then pushes a buzzer un
locking the door. He is some
times found sitting in a cage
like office and all transactions
are handled through a small win
dow.
“Since we have no crime prob
lem here, we’re able to maintain
a friendlier atmosphere,” said
Pinson. “People like to come in
here. They know the best place
in the world to find a bargain is
in a pawn shop.
“It sure is hard to start a pawn
shop if you don’t know anything
about running one. You have to
familiarize yourself with the
price ranges of all sorts of items
and all the brand names. For
the first year I did practically
nothing but read catalogues.
“You've also got to be able to
tell a real diamond from a fake.
You learn that from experience
and that I learned the hard way.”
His most popular items, both
in buying and selling, are fire
arms, jewelry, tools and sound
equipment. Musical instruments
do not sell as well here as in the
“People seem to think I should
be doing good business off the
students,” he said. “The stu
dents here won’t sell much. They
tend to buy more than they sell.”
People pawn their possessions
for a number of reasons, but
whatever the reason, they usually
need cash in a hurry.
“I remember reading a story
about a little old lady in New
York who had her purse
snatched,” said Pinson. “She lived
across town and was really des
perate to find a way to get home.
She pawned her watch for enough
money to get home and came
back the next day and got it
back.”
Bu lletin Board
TONIGHT
Bryan Community Band will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Stephen
F. Austin Band Room. Anyone
who can play a musical instrument
is invited to join.
San Angelo-West Texas Home
town Club will have its picture
for the Aggieland taken at 7:30
p.m. in Lounge F.
A&M Collegiate Horseman’s
Association will hear Dr. William
McMullan speak on first aid for
horseowners at 7:30 p.m. in the
Lecture Hall, Animal Industries
Building.
MSC Radio Committee will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial
Student Center.
Junior Class will meet at 7:30
p.m. in Room 304 of the Physics
Building to discuss plans for the
class ball. Anyone interested is
invited to attend.
Bryan Community Band will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in the band
room, Stephen F. Austin High
School. Anyone who can play a
musical instrument is invited.
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Thursday, Holy Eucharist and Breakfast, 6:30 a. m.
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