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NCi N nog Cbe Battalion 1, 67 No. 281 College Station, Texas Thursday, September 13, 1973 Weather THURSDAY—Partly cloudy & hot today with a high of 93° expected. Widely scattered showers today & tonight clear ing tomorrow and on through the weekend. Winds southeast. The low tomorrow around 73°. Four Things Come Not Back: The Spoken Word, The sped Arrow, time past, The Neglected Opportunity. pean H. L. Heaton \ mad at Age 67 Senate Nixes Edwards n L. Heaton, A&M dean eme- of admissions and records, Wednesday in a local hospi- lollowing a long illness. ineral services for the 67- •old native of Panola County be held at 3 p. m. Friday at 'irst Baptist Church in Bryan, al will be in College Station •tery under the direction of iway-Jones Funeral Home. ton’s career at TAMU span- 38 years, 1934 to 1972. Dur- this period he signed more 50,000 diplomas—over three- ters of the total conferred ng the institution’s 97-year- nry. Baton came to A&M in 1933 graduate student after eam- a B.S. degree at Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College in 1929. At the time Heaton entered TAMU, he was one of only 92 students seeking advanced de grees. The former TAMU administra tor was named assistant registrar in 1934. He completed his grad uate studies on a one-course-at- a-time basis and received his mas ter’s degree in 1936. Heaton was appointed registrar in 1941, and his title was changed to director of admissions and reg istrar in 1956. He became TA- MU’s first dean of admissions and records when the position was created in 1969. Dean Heaton was a member and former officer of the Amer ican Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Offi cers and member and past presi dent of the Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admis sions Officers. Heaton is survived by his daughter. Miss Kathleen Heaton, a teacher in the Bryan Public School System, and one son, Dr. Charles L. Heaton, a professor on the medical staff at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania College of Medicine and Philadelphia Gen eral Hospital. He was married to the former Miss Bessie Blanton, who died three years ago. The TAMU As sociation of Former Students es tablished the H. Lloyd and Bessie Heaton Memorial Scholarship shortly after the death of Mrs. Heaton. By VICKIE ASHWILL The Student Senate denied Chet Edwards an appointment as chairman of the judicial board in its first fall meeting Wednesday night. Edwards was defeated in a roll call vote of 46-27, three short of the required two-thirds majority. During the discussion, Edwards reassured senators that he would not become politically involved with campus election if he was given the position. Edwards also said his other activities had never before and would not interfere with his job as judicial board chairman. The economics and philosophy major carries a 3.7 GPR and is presently executive vice presi dent for the Memorial Student Center. He is a member of many University Committees and was chairman of SCONA XVIII. The senate did approve three other appointments for the judi cial board. These positions were filled by Chris Kling, graduate economics major; Russell Ham- ley, sophomore building construc tion major and Doug Hegi, soph omore bio-chemistry major. In other action, senators ap proved a petition urging College Station to hold a special election concerning the method for select ing city council members. The two systems of concern are the at-large system presently in use and the use of a ward system previously used in the area. Ron Miori, who introduced the bill, pointed out that the ward system would give better repre sentation to the various factions of the city. “At this time, five of the seven city council members live within a few blocks of each other,” said ixon Veto Sustained U Five Vote Margin ^49 79 I 59 ' ! jl9 E ER 1 OUCY ttnipinrilf f fw» i. TkiiW im it lk< i ihof [A.SHINGTON (^—President on scored a tight five-vote ory in a showdown Wednes- in the House on a vetoed ical services bill. It left on unbeaten by Congress this r in five veto fights, he vote was 273 favoring a override to put the bill into over Nixon’s objections, 144 wrting the President’s rejec- of the bill, and one member ng “present.” This was five s short of the required two- ds majority. fhile the Senate had voted 77 16 last month to override, or more than the necessary two- ds, the action by the House ms the legislation is dead, resident Nixon expressed his isure at the House action. A ite House statement said the sident feels those who voted sustain the veto “deserve the nks of all Americans for their ons” and for joining in his - ibrary Book oan Time ow Shortened l&M students found a new cir- ition policy in effect at the iversity Library with the start fall semester classes, he general loan or circulation iod became two weeks instead one month, effective Sept. 1. rculation Librarian Mel Dodd d the new policy makes books materials most in demand liable to more students, he change was adopted by the ary after study by a subcom- tee of the University Library | Sncil of several aspects of li- ry services. TAMU students 1 faculty constitute the coun- hrollment growth and other tors were cited for the Uni- sity Library’s rapid increases naterials circulated. Book cir- ition in 1971-72 was about ,000, with TAMU enrollment 14,775. The library circulated ,785 books in 1968-69, the first ir of occupancy of the Univer- Library building. Fall en- ment that year was 13,081. efforts of fighting inflation. Six Democrats joined 138 Re publicans in support of the Presi dent, while 227 Democrats and 46 Republicans voted to override the veto. The bill would have authorized $185 million for new federal aid programs designed to develop emergency medical service sys tems aimed at preventing need less deaths of heart attack and accident victims. Nixon vetoed it Aug. 1, saying it was too costly and infringed on the role of state and local governments. Rep. Harley O. Staggers, D.- W.Va., chairman of the House Commerce Committee and chief author of the vetoed bill, said the legislation was aimed at saving thousands of lives by providing personnel. fast emergency care by trained Pianist Performs Tuesday Evening James Fields, concert pianist, will perform at the University Center Theater, Tuesday at 8 p.m. The concert will bepresented by the Town Hall Young Artist Series in conjunction with the Leventritt Foundation. Fields made his orchestral de but with the Los Angeles Phil harmonic at the age of 10. Since then, he has been asked back to play several times including a performance at the Hollywood Bowl in 1963, and a return en gagement during the 1965 season performing under the baton of Milton Katins. In 1965, Fields was recipient of the National Young Musicians Foundations Debut Award and has since performed several times with their Debut Orchestra. He has played numerous re citals throughout the United States and Europe and made a trip behind the Iron Curtain in 1968 to perform the closing con cert of the Dubrovnik Festival in Y ugoslavia. Currently, Fields is teaching at Occidental College in Los Angeles and studies at the Curtis Insti tute in Philadelphia. He is a student of Rudolph Serkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski. Fields previously studied with Madamse Ethel Leginska, Victor Aller and composition under Mario Castel- nuevo-Tedesco. Kathlyn Russell of the Daily Times - Advocate of Escondido, Calif., says of Fields, “He can be more casual in his interpre tation of the composer’s markings and still put his eloquent point across.” “His technique is both dazzling and apparently flawless,” she continues. “He uses the pedals frequently and fearlessly, and creates amazing contrasts be tween exquisitely delineated soft passages and crashing crescendos, while his fingers make every note in every run ring clear.” TAMU students will be ad mitted to Town Hall Young Artist Series concerts upon presenta tion of valid activity card and ID at the door. Students can purchase one date ticket for $1. Orders for 1973-74 Town Hall Series season reserved seat tickets are now being accepted, either by mail or personal delivery, at the University Center Box Office. All sales are final with no re funds. There will be approxi mately 1,000 seats available for sale as soon as season reserved seats for Town Hall Series. Sea son reserved ticket prices are: $4.50, $8, and $12.50. Mail orders should be ad dressed to: University Center Box Office, P. O. Box 5718, Col lege Station, Texas 77844, and a self addressed, stamped envelope enclosed for return of the tickets. Checks should be made payable to Texas A&M University. If you wish to have reserved seats with friends, please enclose all orders in one envelope. On the day of the performance, tickets will be placed on sale at the box office at the place of the performance one hour prior to curtain time. Miori. “Students should also be given a chance for better repre sentation since they, too, contrib ute to city sales tax.” Barb Sears presented and re ceived approval for a petition asking the city to move the pre cinct and city polling places on campus to the University Center. Located in G. Rollie White Col iseum and the Cushing Library, respectively, these polling places have not had the patronage they should have, according to Sears. Sears also said it would be better to have both polling places in one location. Curt Marsh introduced a by- Randy Ross When the going gets tough, Aggies have long been known for helping each other out. With the beginning of football season Saturday, the Campus Chest drive, another Alpha Phi Omega-Student Government proj ect, will get underway. Fifty-five gallon drums paint ed blue and gold will be at each of the gates of Kyle Field before and after the game, hopefully to be filled by the coins of gen erous Aggies. “The money which is collected is placed in an account and is available to students in emer gencies when substantial sums of money are needed immediately,” said David White, Student Gov ernment treasurer. “Sometimes the money is granted to students and at other times, it is lent to them.” laws revision to the senate to be approved at the next meeting. The bill officially puts into words the established tradition in the senate preventing a vote on a bill until the second reading. This by-law could be surpassed by the approval of the executive committee or by a majority vote of the senate present and voting. Marsh also presented three constitutional amendments to the body which “will provide more legislative remedy so the senate will have more power to repri mand members of its body.” The amendments, to be voted on at the next meeting, would give the senate the power to re move senators from office who are placed on conduct or scholas tic probation. The third amend ment will provide for the pun ishment of senators for disorder ly behavior. Sears briefed the senators on the costs and reasons behind re joining the National Student Lob by, the Texas Intercollegiate Stu dent Association and the Texas Student Lobby. Sears, a member of the NSL Board of Directors from region II, said it would cost $275 to join to receive assistance, a student must apply in the Student Gov ernment office and final approval will be given by White. Sports Special Slated Friday A special inside sports section will appear in The Battalion Fri day. Complete rosters, pictures, pre dictions and features will help get you acquainted with the 1973 edi tion of the Texas Aggie football team. Watch for it. the lobby, the only student lobby organized on a national basis. She also said that this year in dividual students could join NSL for six dollars per person. NSL has and is supporting is sues such as funding for educa tion, airline youth fare and sub minimum wage. TISA would cost $160 to join and would also allow member schools to join TSL for five dol lars. These organizations have Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby attacked the “ineffectiveness” of state gov ernment Wednesday night at the Brazos County A&M Club meet ing at the Zarape Restaurant. Hobby attributed this ineffi ciency to the lack of a powerful executive branch in Texas. “This is a five billion dollar a year business without an executive branch. A new constitution will give the governor the power to execute the responsibility of chief officer of the state.” Hobby then cited the Texas welfare system as a target for explaining his point. “A person is selected by a three-man board, you don’t elect him to allocate your money for welfare recipients. The governor should be held re sponsible for this system. He said that if Texas developed a strong executive branch, the state would be more responsive to the people. “In a recent poll, Texas ranks with Alabama in having one of the weakest systems.” Hobby also introduced the con cept of program budgeting. “We allocate to 180 state agencies and there are many duplications of these. We have no way of know ing which programs are cost pro ductive.” He stressed the most important new project of government called the Zero Base Budget. Pioneered by Texas Instruments of Dallas, Texas received this plan from worked on reforming marijuana laws, 18-year-old majority rights, tuition equalization, students on University Boards of Directors and abortion law reform. Randy Stephens and Steve Gray were approved by the sen ators for position on the Student Government Radio Board of Di rectors. Both are knowledgeable in the radio field and have been working with the board all sum mer. Governor Jimmy Carter of Geor gia. The Zero Budget idea saved the state $55 million. “We’re going to save a bunch of money,” Hobby stressed. The Zero Budget plan was de veloped in part by Harry Led better of the Lt. Governor’s office and initially presented to Hobby by John Sharp, a former student body president of A&M (’71). The purpose of this new budget is to better allocate money within state agencies and show how each program functions. It will meas ure output and serve as a man agement tool for every project. “This will also give elected offi cials an opportunity to give input to the state agency, for the first time.” A catalogue of every program will be kept and ranged in pri ority according to effectiveness. “We’re going to earn the $4,800 a year you taxpayers pay,” he concluded. Herb Gersbach presented Hob by with a pipe holder and a cer tificate of appreciation to Jose Montemayor, owner of the Za rape. Montemayor donated the revenues of the meeting back into the scholarship fund. Ed Cooper, A&M dean of ad missions, announced the recipient of the 1973 Hobby Opportunity Scholarship. Greg Beeley, a first year vet student, was presented with the award. Complaints Considered Campus Fund Seeks Student Donations 6 Ineffectiveness 9 Charged by Hobby Bus Changes Expected The Texas A&M chapter of APO has been working with the campaign since its founding in 1962. “Campus Chest is at least that old and has helped many trou bled Aggies since its beginning,” said Walter Davis, APO. Last year, a married student fell from a pole during bonfire construction and severely hurt his back requiring extensive surgery. Since the accident occurred a few hours before insurance covered student workers, he was not eli gible for benefits. “The Campus Chest account helped him meet the medical ex penses he incurred,” recalled Da vis. According to White, the account currently contains $450. In order Shuttle Bus riders should ex pect a few changes in their service. The Shuttle Bus Committee met Wednesday in an effort to correct bus problems ranging from routing, noise, and pollution to financing. Currently, 2,026 shuttle bus passes have been issued, leaving the program approximately $16,000 short of the funding fig ure, according to Dean of Men Charles Powell, committee chair man. Powell also said that are con tracted to run 80 hours a day but they would need to run 15 hours less each day in order to meet the present financial situation. “A reserve (of hours) is pres ently being built due to a short age in drivers,” said Powell. “The buses have only been running about 60 hours each day.” In order to determine the most efficient way to run the buses without going in the red, the com mittee will conduct a survey Tuesday and Wednesday to de termine how many students are riding the buses and at what hours. “This is the first time A&M has had more students off- campus than on,” said Powell. “Everyone is going to have to support the service in order for it to survive.” “I think students would be happier to ride the bus than to spend 30 minutes looking for a parking place,” said Roger Miller, committee member. In reference to the difficulties encountered at the University of Texas, the problem of the noise level was introduced. It was pointed out that the decibel level of the buses was 88 and federal standards are 90. Bob McMinn, a Transportation Enterprises, Inc. representative, sair his company has talked with the manufacturer about this and is trying to solve the problem as economically as possible. “We try to keep the drivers as happy and as healthy as posible,” said McMinn. McMinn added that the new maroon and white buses would also have a sound problem. The meeting brought about the development of a panel to hear complaints from unsatisfied stu dents. The panel, to be chaired by Randy Richards, will also make decisions on refunds. Several bus routes were re routed in order not to leave out any students yet to provide a quicker route. Students having problems with buses or drivers should record the bus number, the time and the location of the inci dent before they make a com plaint. The committee has asked that students enter the front of the bus and leave from the rear so that passes can be checked. Night route maps are available to stu dents in Dean Powell's office and in the security office. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv. STUDENTS WAITED up to 13 hours Wednesday for priority numbers from the Hous ing 1 Office for today's room sign-ups. ( Photo by Steve Ueckert)