Conference Delegates Make An Impression, Critique Affair
By MIKE RICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A&M
delegates to the second annual
National Student Lobby Confer
ence here last week left with mix
ed emotions and thoughts about
the congressmen with whom they
lobbied while visiting with them
on Capitol Hill.
They didn’t leave, though,
without succeeding in efforts to
get Barb Sears, A&M’s External
Affairs Committee Chairman,
elected to the NSL Board of Di
rectors.
Sears, a third-year student in
botany from Columbia, Mo., will
represent a 12-state area along
with Keith LaQua a political sci
ence major at the University of
North Dakota.
Sears criticized the conference
for its lack of organization which
she felt was due to a lack of ex
perience on the part of those
running the three-day affair. She
also said she would like to see
A&M’s region broken down into
two regions.
Sears represented A&M at the
conference with Student Govern
ment President Layne Kruse, Bat
talion Editor Mike Rice, and Stu
dent Senator Rochelle Lindsey.
The delegates said they felt
they grasped a better understand
ing of bills and legislators while
gaining definite impression of leg
islators feelings and deciding
which men would work more with
students.
“I think the lobby needs to do
more than just present its views
or lobby,” said Lindsey, “the NSL
needs to present facts and figures
to congressmen. Our Texas Stu
dent Lobby does this for state
legislators.”
While lobbying Friday the Ag
gie delegates were able to discuss
NSL-backed issues with Sen.
Lloyd Bentsen (D-Tex) who is
chairman of the Public Works
Committee and subcommittee
chairman of the Transportation
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Committee, which is currently
studying the mass transit situa
tion for the nation.
A current proposal before the
subcommittee would allow money
in the nation’s Highway Trust
Fund to be used for mass transit
projects and bicycle paths. Bent-
sen said that he wants to let the
committee keep studying the issue
but that he would like to see the
funds be used only for mass tran
sit bus projects in addition to
highway uses. He said he wouldn’t
want the funds to be used for rail
and bike paths.
Congs. W. R. Poage (D-Waco)
and Bill Archer (D-Houston) told
the four that they supported the
air fare discount bill in Congress
but differed on higher education
proposals. Poage said he would
support an increased college stu
dent loan program but had his
doubts about increasing Basic Op
portunity Grant funding.
Archer said he would like to
see the burden taken off middle
Americans as far as giving money
through taxes to the poor is con
cerned. He elaborated saying he
would like to see more financial
aid for eduucation of middle
Americans.
The current proposal to raise
the minimum wage to $2 except
for persons under 21 (called dis
crimination of wage payment)
was supported by Poage as it was
by Archer. The bill being discuss
ed would leave a lower wage
($1.60) for persons under 21 and
the NSL would like to see equality
for persons of all ages.
Barron Schacklette, a legisla
tive aide to the hospitalized Cong.
Wright Patman of Texas, said he
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Election To Be April 3
Students File For City Council
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SAM MCGINTY, an A&M student, filed for a place on the College Station City Coun
cil Friday. Here, he is giving City Secretary Mrs. Florence Neelley his application for the
post as Ron Bento looks on. Another A&M student, Lynn Reed, also filed for the post
against incumbent Don R. Dale.
State Senators Filibuster
{gainst Youths’ Rights Bill
AUSTIN—Three state sena
tors, including Bill Moore, D.-
Bryan, are conducting a filibuster
against a bill giving 18-year-olds
full legal rights.
After only a half hour of talk
ing Monday by Sen. Tom Creigh
ton, D.-Mineral Wells, against
the bill, the Senate voted 15-13 to
quit until Tuesday, when Creigh
ton will have the floor again.
“This is just one of our amend
ments,” Creighton said of his
protests, peeking from behind a
tall stack of law books on his
desk. “I believe at last count we
have a total of 32 amendments
against this thing . . . We’ve all
got books to read and amend
ments to offer.”
Similar tali stacks of law books
were on the desks of Moore and
Don Adams, D.-Jasper. All three
originally protested the bill when
it was first offered last Thurs
day.
Three A&M students Curt
Marsh, Steve Eberhard and Mike
Ehrlich, went to Austin today to
lobby in support of the bill.
Meanwhile, the House advanced
two bills changing urban renewal
procedures. One would allow con
struction of public housing on
urban renewal tracts and the
other would permit local voters
to approve each urban renewal
project individually, instead of
giving blanket authority to local
urban renewal agencies.
An anti-hobo bill sought by
railroad companies also advanced
on voice vote in the House. The
measure would prohibit persons
from boarding non-passenger
railroad cars without permission.
The House also tentatively
approved a bill allowing legisla
tors to rent or lease their own
hometown office space without
Blood Needed For Operation
On Teen With Rare Disease
The first teenager to ever have
Rabdymyosarcoma cancer will un
dergo surgery Thursday at John
Sealy’s Hospital in Galveston in
hopes it will save her life.
Doctors diagnosed the rare ab
dominal cancer in Yvonne Casey,
16-year-old Bryan resident, early
in November 1972, following
symptoms such as abdominal pain
and swelling.
Rabdymyosarcoma usually af
fects children three to four years
old or women after menopause.
According to Yvonne, she has the
cancer because two cells did not
develop, yet doctors cannot figure
out why the cancer appeared so
early in her life.
The Casey family was told Nov.
19 there was no hope for Yvonne’s
recovery. Treatment for the dis
ease was started immediately up
on diagnosis and, as a result, doc
tors informed Yvonne in Jan
uary that she had responded so
well to treatment that they could
do surgery.
Yvonne has been living with her
father in League City and receiv
ing treatments as an out-patient.
The treatments include applica
tion of radiation and chemo-ther-
apy, a type of blood treatment.
Yvonne spends most of her time
in bed, yet occasionally gets out
for a movie, church services and
the hospital visits. She has been
unable to continue her studies.
“Doctors let her come home to
Bryan last Saturday for the first
time since November,” said Rose
mary Lyscomb, a friend of the
family. “She looked pretty good
even though she had lost 45
pounds during her illness.
“I found out about Yvonne’s
surgery when her mother called
and asked if my husband and I
could donate blood.”
Thirty units of blood are need
ed for the surgery which entails
a complete hysterectomy and re
moval of the bladder and rectum.
Blood donations are being taken
in Yvonne’s name at St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Bryan.
When asked what she would
most like to do when she gets
well, Yvonne said she just wanted
to start life where she left off.
The Stephen F. Austin High
School sophomore wants to at
tend A&M when she graduates.
“She said she hopes some of
the Aggies will donate some of
their ‘smart’ blood to her so
she’ll be smart when she gets
there,” said Lyscomb.
Since the discovery of Yvonne’s
cancer, two other teenage girls
have been found to have Rabdy
myosarcoma. Presently, both of
these girls are being treated in
Houston.
going through the State Board
of Control, as required now.
Creighton told the Senate he
opposed the bill giving full legal
rights to 18-year-olds because
“the people of this state don’t
have adequate knowledge of
what’s in this bill . . . These people
don’t have the experience or good
judgment to participate in our
system as it exists today. A lot
of parents will be called on to
pick up the tab and when they
do, they will say ‘My God, when
did this bill become law?’ ”
“I have not heard anyone who
was for this bill except those
who want to profit from it,” said
Moore. “One man called from the
university and said he wanted to
open a bar for 18-year-olds.”
“This would liberalize the sale
of drugs to those under 21,” said
Adams, “because it would not
penalize sellers to those below 21.”
The bill, as presented by Sen.
Bob Gammage, D.-Houston, would
“extend all the rights, privileges
and obligations of majority to all
persons who are at least 18 years
of age . . . not withstanding any
statutory or decisional law, or
any rule, regulation, or ordinance
of this state or of any political
subdivision or incorporated city
or town.”
Gammage said passage of the
bill would change at least 61 cur
rent Texas laws.
By KARL JACKSON
Staff Writer
A&M students Sam A. McGinty
and Lynn Reed are seeking elec
tion to the College Station City
Council.
The election will be held April 3.
A polling place will be in the
Cushing Library for student use
with other polls at A&M Consoli
dated School and the old City
Hall.
McGinty, 21-year-old economics
major from San Antonio, filed Fri
day and is now a candidate for
place three on the Council against
incumbent Don R. Dale.
Reed is running against incum
bent Fred R. Brison for place one
and Dr. R. D. Radeleff is running
unopposed for place five.
“I’d like to see a government
more responsive and sensitive to
the relationship between the stu
dents and the local merchants,”
McGinty said.
McGinty said he would like to
see more representation for the
students and a study of tax allo
cations.
“I feel that not having a stu
dent on the council with the tax
ation like it is, is like ‘taxation
without representation.’ ”
“Sales tax,” McGinty remark
ed, “is a major source of revenue
for College Station. Because the
majority of the residents of this
city are students or faculty and
staff, the greater part of these
taxes is collected through univer
sity food services, the Exchange
Store and locel businesses. Stu
dents living off-campus pay prop
erty taxes indirectly through
rent.”
McGinty added, “The council
controls the allocation of these
tax funds and should, therefore,
include a student representative.
This would also allow for the city
to be more responsive in areas
directly involving the university.”
One of the programs that Mc
Ginty wants to look into is the
possibility of city aid for the
shuttle-bus. “I want to investi
gate the possibilities of the city
dispersing some of the costs of
the university transportation sys
tem.
“We need street improvements
on the right streets,” McGinty
said, “the streets that are used
the most.” Studies, he said, would
be the best way to determine
this. “I would like to get the best
value for every dollar that is in
there.”
Another issue is city “spot zon
ing,” the random placement of
businesses in residential areas.
“They don’t follow the current
over-all city zoning plan,” Mc
Ginty said.
“I want to make sure that I am
participating in community af
fairs instead of, as a student, in
fringing upon community affairs.”
McGinty added, “A majority of
the people here either work at
the university or go to school
here and I think that we should
have adequate representation.”
Reed could not be reached for
comment.
CDO Abolished At Final
Meeting Of MSC Council
Filing Deadline
Is Extended
For Elections
The two-year-old Community
Development Organization, which
was under the Memorial Student
Council and Directorate, ended its
tenure under the Council and Di
rectorate Monday at the last meet
ing of the 19th MSC Council for
1972-73.
According to the resolution
passed by the Council, the pro
gramming interests of the CDO
did not coincide within the con
fines of the directorate policies
and members of both groups felt
that CDO’s interests would be
better served if the group became
a recognized university organiza
tion.
The Council nearly decided to
dissolve the Association of Mexi
can American Students due to in
sufficient interest and leadership
for the upcoming year and not
having served the programming
functions for which it was formed.
Committee Chairman Estaban
Salinas persuaded the Council to
postpone action until May 1 to
allow his group to put on two
scheduled programs later in
March.
Phillip Steven Kosub, a junior
political science major from San
Antonio was selected chairman of
next year’s SCONA 19.
Kosub, a member of the Aggie
Band and Ross Volunteers, was
planning chairman for this
spring's conference and special
committee vice chairman of Town
Hall. He has also worked with
A&M’s newly-formed Opera and
Performing Arts Society and
SCONA 16 and 17.
The filing deadline for student
offices has been extended to 5
p.m. Wednesday.
“Several positions in Student
Government, Graduate Student
Council and Class Officers have
still not been filed for,” said
Layne Kruse, Student Govern
ment President.
In other Student Government
news, students are reminded that
refrigerators can be rented for
the remainder of the semester.
The rental fee has been cut $5
to $15 dollars for the rest of the
semester.
Students interested in renting
refrigerators may call the Refrig
erator Office at 845-6342 on Tues
days, Wednesdays and Thursdays
between 3:30 and 5 p.m. or leave
their name with the Student Gov
ernment Office (845-1515).
Customs Commissioner
To Discuss Drug Traffic
Cleburn Maier, U.S. regional commissioner of customs, will discuss
“Drug Traffic Through Texas” in a Wednesday night Great Issues
presentation at 8 in Room 102 of the Zachry Engineering Center.
Maier will explain how the U.S. Customs Service made more than
18,000 drug seizures in 1972, a 69 per cent increase over the previous
year.
From his headquarters in Houston, Maier directs U.S. Customs
operations in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado and
southwestern Louisiana.
Maier was born in Sherman, Texas and educated at Midwestern
University. He joined the Customs Service as a clerk in 1942. Since then
he has advanced through the Customs Service ranks and is now
Regional Comissioner of Customs for Region VI in 1966.
During his government career he served on several national
committees appointed to evaluate the U.S. Customs Service.
He is well known in the South as a speaker on Customs affairs,
international commerce and related affairs.
Recently selected as a biographee by Who’s Who, Maier has
received numerous awards, honors and letters of appreciation, including
a commendation from the President.
The council also allowed the
Great Issues Committee to invite
Cleburne Maier to speak Wednes
day on “The Drug Traffic Crisis.”
Maier is regional director of the
U.S. Bureau of Customs in Hous
ton.
Prairie View A&M President
A. I. Thomas will speak on March
27 on the “The Black Leader’s
Special Responsibilities.” Anthony
Burgess, author and visiting pro
fessor from the City College of
New York will speak on “Will
Our Society Become A ‘Clock
work Orange.’ ”
Council President-elect Don
Webb told the group that 48 cam
pus organizations had applied for
cubicle space in the new MSC
facilities and 22 had asked for
file drawers. The application
deadline for office space and
drawers is Friday.
Webb said the Student Pro
grams Committee will make rec
ommendations for the spaces since
more groups than spaces had been
applied for already. He said the
group would announce what
groups will get space on March
26.
The council also approved a
budget request of $9,000 for the
Town Hall Committee since it
was losing money on program
ming this spring, except for sev
eral programs which did make a
profit. The Student Programs Of
fice has sold tickets for about 25
events.
Webb said the Council runs a
$180,000 program on about $35,-
000 in appropriations.
“If people don’t attend the pro
grams in the fall, we can’t afford
the best groups in the spring,” he
said, referring to complaints
about groups like Freddie Hart
and the Heartbeats and “Flash
Cadillac.”
POW Welcomed By Conroe Ceremony
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
Only three adult women have
lived with this particular cancer
and then only after surgery.
CONROE — Life ambushes
people with difficult times, but
there is training that will carry
them through, Capt. James E.
Ray said here Sunday at a cere
mony welcoming him home from
North Vietnamese prisoner-of-
war camp.
About 7,000 flag-waving people
including A&M representatives
poured into Conroe High School
stadium to give the 1963 Aggie-ex
a vocal welcome.
Capt. Ray, escorted onto the
field by the Second Wing color
guard, Squadron 9, a contingent
of the Ross Volunteers and the
Fish Drill Team, said the train
ing of Christian leaders, Conroe
school activities and athletics
and at A&M helped him through
difficult times.
The Air Force officer whose
F105 was shot down more than
six years ago referred to the Fish
Drill Team performance, in which
one freshman’s rifle stock was
broken early in the sequence.
“The man wtih the broken rifle
stayed in there and performed in
an extraordinary manner,” Capt.
Ray observed. “This is the kind
of training that Aggies and Con
roe students get, that helps them
over situations not found in the
book.”
He said a sense of humor,
Scripture verses from the Bible
(“Available to us as prisoners on
limited occasions”) and poetry
such as “The Invictus” were “a
source of sustenance to us.” He
was presented a new Memorial
Student Center leadership watch
and Class of 1963 Aggie ring
during the ceremony.
A homecoming citation from
the Texas House of Representa
tives also was presented, by Rep.
Jimmie Edwards III of Conroe.
Edwards lost both legs to an
enemy hand grenade explosion in
Vietnam.
Capt. Ray paid homage to
“many American fighting men
who gave their all” in Vietnam.
He read a list of Conroe men who
died in Southeast Asia and sug
gested a re-emphasis in the U. S.
“I and the other POWs who
have returned home have become,
by some psychological transition
process, a symbol of unity that
Americans so feverishly cherish,”
he remarked.
“I would like to see us turn
the joy and enthusiasm of this
occasion to comfort and support
for the men who were injured
and families of those who gave
their all,” the 31-year-old officer
said.
Before Robert Haltom, a 1944
A&M graduate from Fort Worth,
and Willard Clark, 1942 ex of
Houston, presented Ray the watch
and ring, he said the originals
shouldn’t have been worn in com
bat “but at the time I thought
I was invincible and wouldn’t be
shot down.”
An uncle suggested the original
ring may turn up and explained
how in a phone call.
“He said that one day I’ll be
at an Aggie reunion and a North
Vietnamese will show up,” Ray
related. After a roar of laughter,
he went on, “That’s the worst
Aggie joke I’ve ever heard.”
Ray and Father Examine A&M Rings
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