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V ■' . f.y ■. ji c Reds Threatened With Renewed War WASHINGTON UP) — North ietnam risks renewed war with le United States unless it lives p to the Vietnam cease-fire and ithdraws its forces from Cam- odia and Laos, President Nixon Bid Thursday. He also indicated the chances of improved U. S. relations with the Soviet Union and China are threatened by what he said was continued North Vietnamese ag gressions. This fourth and strongest warning over claimed Communist violations of the Jan. 27 settle ment came in Nixon’s annual State of the World message to Congress. He indicated American toler ance has been tested to the break ing point and Hanoi now has two choices. “The first is to exploit the A Loving Heart Is The Truest Wisdom “Give me three good reasons hy I shouldn’t kill myself,” says e girl on the phone. Later, a teenager calls, asking here he can go to get a V.D. st. “I’m stuck in the mud at the ke. Can you help me?” asks third caller. It’s all part of the unroutine ay of Crisis Helpline, a 24-hour ranseling service which began tre in January. Since that time le Helpline has handled over 10 calls, ranging from lonely iople to potential suicides to nweone with kittens to give way. "Although we get all sorts of tilers, most of our calls, about per cent, are about social- notional problems,” says Paul core, director of Crisis Kelp ie, Crisis Helpline operates from small room upstairs from the nswer, its parent organization, le Answer is a nondenomina- onal Christian organization, but e Helpline functions separately 26 Graduates Won’t iet Degrees Here atlalion Vol 67 No. 258 College Station, Texas Friday, May 4, 1973 Vietnam agreement and press its objectives in Indochina. In this case it would continue to infil trate men and material into South Vietnam, keep its forces in Laos and Cambodia and through pressure or outright attack re new its aggression against our friends.” By picking this path, Nixon stated, Hanoi “would endanger the hard won gains for peace in Indochina. It would risk revived confrontation with us.” This was the plainest language Nixon has used in dealing with North Vietnam since the war was supposed to have ended more than three months ago. “The second course is for North Vietnam to pursue its objectives peacefully,” he said. This would mean total observance of the Vietnam settlement, including full accounting of missing American servicemen and a removal of all North Vietnamese troops from Laos and Cambodia. “If North Vietnam chooses the peaceful option, the United States remains committed to better re lations,” Nixon said. This in cludes the U. S. economic aid he said is essential to a lasting peace. Vietnam was only one of the sections covered specifically in Nixon’s 232-page report. Henry A. Kissinger in briefing news men pleaded that they give the other sections attention: • Efforts to improve relations with mainland China should con tinue, even though he realizes there will be continuing frictions over ideology and views of history. • The United States and the Soviet Union have taken the “essential first step in freeing” themselves from Cold War con frontation. This means, Nixon explained, that the obstacles are cleared for long - term, substantive agree ments on limitation of offensive nuclear weapons, trade, troop cuts in Europe and in efforts to solve the Middle East conflict. • Western Europe has to real ize its otherwise welcome drive for economic regionalism cannot be at the expense of the American trade position. While Nixon pledged the United States would “never compromise the security of Europe or the interests of our allies,” it is time for the Atlantic Alliance mem bers to stop debate and get on with new programs. • The inevitable recovery of Japan and its immense new eco nomic strength means a new Washington-Tokyo relationship. • The President personally will “underscore our deep interest in Latin-America—I plan to make at least one visit to Latin America this year,” Nixon said. • “America’s objective in the Middle East is still to help move the Arab-Israeli dispute from confrontation to negotiation and then toward conditions of peace.” Moore Shucks Blame For Killing Student Bill The Unroutine Is Status Quo For Christrian Counseling Service from the Answer’s evangelical efforts. “Although our primary inter est is in sharing Christ with who ever calls in, we meet their im mediate need first,” says Moore. “The Helpline staff is set up to take fast action when necessary.” “We have a followup program, but it depends upon the person’s needs and whether or not they want it.” “We felt like the need for a counseling service was there; hopefully, we’re meeting some of that need,” said Moore. “We get all kinds of calls, but from housewives more than any thing else. About half of our calls are from students, with high school students outnumber ing A&M students.” Fourteen people answer the phone at Crisis Helpline, Moore said. They range between 19 and 2G years old. Moore is 23. “The staff will change some when ,A&M lets out, but as far as I know the Helpline will con tinue,” said Moore. Everyone who answers the Helpline has to go through a program of lectures, readings and on-the-job training, Moore said. In addition, he said, they must be “a born-again Christian, and well-grounded in the Bible.” The Crisis Helpline staff must work a minimum of four hours a week, but much of that time can be spent studying or listen ing to tapes, he said. “It’s very erratic—we may have 12 calls Saturday night and no calls the following Saturday. Sometimes we’ll have four calls in two hours and sometimes a call will last five hours,” Moore said. Although calls are not record ed or traced, the Helpline staff does keep a log of all calls, he said. The logbook enables the staff to discover trends and serves as a check on their per formance, Moore said. The Helpline also functions as a referral service. The Brazos County Community Council has given them a list of organiza tions which provide social serv ices, and the Helpline staff can generally find someone to help a caller, he said. “This is what it’s all about,” said Moore. The Crisis Helpline number is 846-7727. TEXARKANA — For the first me in its history, A&M will toard degrees at a location other lan the main campus at College tation. TAMU will confer master’s egrees upon 26 students com- leting the two-year curriculum Maintainability Engineering at le U. S. Army Material Com- nand’s Intern Training Center Texarkana Tuesday. The ceremony will conclude the ormal education of the seventh lass of graduate engineers to be rained in the TAMU-U. S. Army Material Command’s Intern raining Center cooperative pro ram. The Intern Training Cen- «r is at the Red River Army >epot in Texarkana. As of May 8, TAMU will have warded master’s degrees to 31 Maintainability Engineering raduates since the initiation of his program at Red River Army >epot in 1967. The university recently grant- d resident credit for work taken iy students at the Intern Train- Bg Center, denoting the quality tif the total educational facility iperated by AMC and TAMU faculty and staff. TAMU has aaintained a full-time graduate faculty at Red River Army De pot, under the local direction of Dr. R. L. Street, since June, 1969. Highlighting the 10 a.m. grad uation exercise will be remarks by President Dr. Jack K. Wil liams and an address by Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr., vice president for academic affairs. Brigadier Gen eral Robert L. Kirwan, director of personnel, Training and Force Development for the Army Ma terial Command will be the key note speaker. Others in attendance at the graduation ceremony will include Dean George W. Kunze of the Graduate College; Dean Fred J. Benson of the College of Engi neering; Dr. Paul H. Newell Jr., head of the Industrial Engineer ing Department; W. R. Fabian, administrative assistant, depart ment of industrial engineering; Captain Patrick M. Hay, Acting Deputy Commandant, U.S. Army Logistics Management Center; Colonel William E. Eicher, com mander of Red River Army De pot, and the directors of the vari ous depot activities. Other graduate engineering curricula are conducted in the areas of product/production en gineering, safety engineering and maintenance engineering. A to tal of 254 master’s degrees have been awarded in all programs since the beginning of this edu cational activity at Red River Army Depot in 1967. By GREG MOSES Sen. William T. Moore (D- Bryan) disclaimed, responsibility for killing a Texas Senate bill which would have required that students serve on college boards of directors. The bill, introduced by Sen. Bob Gammage of Houston, was stop ped in the Senate State Affairs Committee which Moore heads by a 4-4 vote last Thursday. Moore voted against the bill. The A&M Student Senate promptly passed a resolution con demning Moore as “responsible for action that was tantamount to the rejection of this idea in clear opposition to the wishes of his constituency.” Representatives from the A&M seante planned to present Moore with the resolution at the dedi cation of the Reed McDonald Building which Moore was ex pected to attend. Moore could not make the dedication ceremony due to his crowded scehdule work ing in this legislative session. The Battalion called him Thurs day to get his reaction to the resolution. When asked if he had heard of the resolution, he said, Last Batt With this issue of The Bat talion, we will begin publishing only once a week on Wednesday. We will publish only one paper during exam week and summer editor Bill Henry will take over for the May 17 edition. Good luck to all this summer. “I take care of my business here and let them take care of their business down there.” Then he explained that a busy 18-hour working day was keeping him occupied with Capitol affairs. “I am sorry they disagree with me,” said Moore. “There were not enough votes for it in the Legislature and the public is not yet ready for it.” “Students are not mature enough to serve on the board of directors.” When asked if he would favor students on the board in a non voting capacity, he replied, “It would serve no useful purpose. The boards do consider student views. “Students have no business running the institutions where they attend school,” said Moore. “I don’t think this is one of the more important issues facing this Legislature,” added Moore. “The financing of these state in stitutions is more important.” Char White, an environmental lobbyest in Austin, has charged Moore with primary responsibility for blocking environmental legis lation. “There are lobbyists and there are lobbyists,” said Moore. “I don’t know Char White, I have never met her, and I don’t know what caused her to make such an irresponsible statement.” Moore said he might favor a marijuana reform law, “but I would have to see the law first.” “I don’t favor legalization. I might favor a reduced penalty for first offense possession of a small amount,” said Moore, and then added, “but I would also give death to a pusher.” Moore thinks reporters should be required by law to reveal the sources of their incomes. “If ev eryone else has to report their sources of income, reporters should too. Reporters are people and should be subject to the laws.” Moore opposes the newsmen’s shield law. “There are incompe tent reporters who should be un der the law. Reporters are not above the law. I’m not going to give people a license to slander and libel.” Arab Movie To Be Shown Friday Night “Revolution Until Victory,” a documentary film on the Pales tinian Arabs, will be shown Fri day at 8 p.m. in the New Me morial Student Center, Rooms 230 and 231. A panel discussion will follow. The movie deals with the dis possession of Palestinian Arabs by the creation of Israel. It in cluded a history of Zionism and a sequence recalling the fate of the Jews under Hitler. The film also explores the im plications of Israel’s close ties with the United States and the role of oil in Mideast politics. SG Comes To Rescue ?r-L. Water Bill Causes Dilemma LOOKING PAST THE OLD to the new, one can get the feeling of better things to come, such as the opening of the Continuing Education Tower and a new football sea son. The dome of the Academic Building is in the fore ground. (Photo by Gary Baldasari) By VICKIE ASHWILL What does one do when he re ceives a $67.75 water bill and he doesn’t even have a swimming pool ? In the case of Lalit Misra, A&M student, he contacted the Student Government (SG) Fair Housing Commission to see what advice it could give him concerning his predicament. After several days of confusion, it was finally agreed that Dr. B. H. Nelson, apartment owner, would pay for $40 of the bill. The Campus Chest, an SG emergency fund, has agreed to pay the bal ance between a normal water bill and Nelson’s $40. Misra received his $67.75 March water bill at the first of April and was informed that the ex cessive amount of the bill was due to a leak somewhere in his apartment at 402 Boyett. Accord ing to Misra, the city clerk then advised him not to pay the bill. Misra paid for the rest of his utilities at that time. Later he received a notification warning him that if his balance was not paid in full all of his utilities would be disconnected and would not be reconnected until he paid. The notification also added an additional $5 late charge to his bill and said if his facilities were disconnected there would be a re- Dean Of Admissions W ill Never Tell An Applicant Just ‘No’ Martha Claims White House Started Phony ‘Rumors Galore’ NEW YORK <A>> _ Martha Mitchell, wife of one of Presi dent Nixon’s closest associates, told lawyers Thursday that the White House leaked false stories last year that she was in an insane asylum. "I have been at the mercy of the White House for four years, they have treated me abominably, half-crucified me, have sent lies out through the press . . . have started rumors galore about me,” she said under oath in a pretrial statement, sources said. Her deposition, taken in con nection with a series of Civil suits growing out of the Water gate affair, was to be made public in a few days after she had a chance to read and sign it. Asked who at the White House put out stories about her, Mrs. Mitchell is reported to have said: “Well, the top echelon, I presume, but that is what they did.” She reportedly said that once “Mrs. Nixon had a press confer ence and said she understood Mrs. Mitchell was very, very ill.” From The Houston Post Edwin H. “Ed” Cooper might go down in the annals of Texas universities as the man who took the tears out of admissions work. The dean of admissions and records at A&M since last Sep tember, Cooper is the man who ultimately decides who should be Aggies and who should not. Usually the formula is based on high school grades and credits and the applicant’s scores on the Standard Aptitude Test (SAT), the entrance examination used by A&M and many other Texas schools. This year, however, something new has been added. Cooper per sonally reviews every rejected application to be sure no mistake has been made and to determine if there is any way the applicant can come to A&M. He describes admissions work as a very emotional experience for applicants. Writing to tell them they have been accepted, he said, is part of the fun. It is telling a person of his rejection that sometimes require crying tissue. “It’s not because we don’t want a youngster here, it’s because based on his high school record and test scores we don’t think he can make it right then,” Cooper said. But an applicant is never told “No.” “Tell him ‘No’ and what will that do to him emotionally?” the 1953 A&M graduate and long time administrator asked. He cited the example of a Val ley resident, the son of a laborer, who finished in the third level of his high school class. The young man scored 540 on the SAT, well under the 800 minimum score and nearly half of the average score for entering A&M freshmen. To make matters worse, the applicant did not earn high school credits for plane geometry and algebra, both required to attend A&M. “If he did get to school he would not make it,” Cooper said based on the records. “But I’m not going to write him and tell him no. I’m going to write him and tell him if he wants to come take math up here this summer and he makes C’s we’ll let him in because he proved he can do it.” He picked up an application from the son of a North Texas millionaire. The piece of paper told Cooper several interesting facts. The applicant made straight C’s in a well-known high school. His SAT was low. He has dyslexia. But he is the son of a former Aggie Club president and staunch A&M alumnus. What do we do as admissions dean ? “I’m going to call the daddy, tell him I got his son’s applica tion and say I see he has got dys lexia and ask him what he thinks,” Cooper said. “And I’ll get his views. Find out what the boy is doing this summer. We can see what he can do in sum mer school.” This concern represents a far better approach to admissions than, as Cooper says, “a cold let ter of rejection.” Often the dean will send a let ter recommending junior college for a year or two. If the appli cant maintains a C average he will then be eligible for A&M. Cooper’s special attention has been responsible for the salvage of 44 of the 339 persons whose applications were initially re jected. “We don’t like to leave them dangling for a long time,” he said. “We are going to keep working on quicker response. We send each person a post card the day his application comes in say ing we’ve received his applica tion and that it hasn't been lost in the postmaster’s breakfast basket.” Ten years ago, A&M had an open admissions policy which didn’t work to the school’s ad vantage. Only 56 per cent of per sons making it as freshmen came back for their sophomore year. Now with higher admissions standards, Cooper said 76.4 per cent return for a second year. connection fee. In the meantime, Nelson had been notified of the leak. “I immediately called a plumber to do a thorough check of Misra’s plumbing system,” said Nelson. “The plumber charged me $10 to say nothing was leaking.” The city speculated that a com mode had been left running for an excessive period of time, but Misra said no one was away from the apartment long enough for such a large bill to accumulate. The April bill for Misra’s $60 apartment aipounted to $13.75. “What is odd,” said Fair Hous ing Commission Chairman Barb Scars, “is that the leak would fix itself during April. “Normally,” Sears continued, “it is the responsibility of the apartment owner to pay for the normal wear-and-tear of any fa cility. But there is a sticky situa tion involved when the tenant has contracted for all the utilities.” “I have the feeling everybody wants to do what is right,” said Foreign Student Advisor Charles Hornstein, “but everyone is at a loss to know what is right.” Misra pointed out that if all his facilities were disconnected, it would be impossible for him and his two roommates to study for finals. “The worst part of the whole mess,” said Misra, “is that I do not have the money to pay for even half of the bill at this time and I am being forced to pay for no fault of mine.” Weather FRIDAY — Partly cloudy. In creasing cloudiness & chance of light drizzle tonight. High 81, low 56. SATURDAY — Considerable cloudiness. Chances of light drizzle in early morning. High of 83. “On the side of Texas A&M.” University National Bank Adv. i A