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Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, September 13, 1973 AJLIfIII!II* ASHsMWM .
CADET SLOUCH
* jin. E,ri. ]\ixoii: Fe w Fr iends, But Many Enemiei
"Can you grasp how far we have come? The deprecia
tion on these cars alone is more than $3 per day or 13^
per hour. You’ve seen $1,000 evaporate while we’ve been
standing here!”
From Washington Watch
The President acts like a ba
nana dictator who knows his days
of power are numbered. At times,
he is like a trapped animal, spit
ting and snarling at Congress
and his “enemies.” (“Let others
spend their time dealing with the
murky, small, unimportant, vi
cious little things . . . Let others
wallow in Watergate. We are
going to do our job.”)
Or, he escapes into the extra
ordinary pomp of the Nixon
White House. Jack Anderson
calls it “the panoply of neo-
Kaiserism down to the comic
opera uniforms with white jack
ets and pointed plastic bats” and
“battalions of courtier syco
phants loyal only to the presi
dency.’ ” For, he hides behind
the mask of Commander-in-Chief
“unanswerable” to the Court or
Congress as his argument.
Nixon has lost the support of
major groups which might back
him in a wild grab for power,
and White House councils are
hopelessly divided. The moder
ates, Melvin Laird and Bryce
Harlow, former Congressmen,
are being overruled by Nixon
personally. Business is dismayed
by Nixon’s inability to run the
economy.
A large segment of the mili
tary feels humiliated by the dirty
tasks assigned to it by the White
House, as the secret bombing of
Cambodia and falsification of re
ports, and spying on Americans
in West Germany supporting the
McGovern candidacy. This re-
Shuttle Buses Need Help ($$)
With the Shuttle Bus Committee and the Student Senate
having kicked off their new years Wednesday, it would seem
most appropriate for the two groups to begin thinking to
gether to find a solution to the financial crisis the bus sys
tem is about to face.
As stated in the stopr on the front page today, the
bus program is in trouble simply because there aren’t enough
people riding the buses, apparently as a result of the Senate-
approved plan to make only riders pay for the system.
The problem is readily seen: not everyone believes
they should be made to pay for the system, therefore some
decide to avoid it without giving a second thought to the
time and gas money they could be saving.
The trend here is one occurring throughout the country
for all bus systems. Bus systems simply cannot make it
without some form of government subsidization. This is
why large metropolitan areas such as Washington, D. C.,
are converting to a city-operated organization.
The hint, we believe, should be taken here.
As stated last year in this column, we don’t want the
entire student body to come up with all the funds to float
the system. A better idea would be to have all students
partially subsidize the shuttle buses with those riding reg
ularly paying another part of the cost.
The money isn’t too readily available from services
fees, since not much is left in reserves. Re-allocating funds
from non-active programs such as the student lawyer or
the literary magazine would seem to be the best way to
come up with the funds quickly.
No matter what is done, though, students riding the
bus should keep in mind that the buses are contracted to
run on an hourly basis. This leaves open the possibility
of cutting service in the evenings or cutting the number of
buses running during the day, neither of which we want to
see happen.
A bus system for off-campus students and faculty (and
hopefully, an inner campus shuttle system in the near
future) is a good thing for an already too mechanically-
populated campus. Let’s do everything possible to keep it
there.
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EDITOR MIKE RICE
Managing 1 Editor Rod Speer
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sentment was indicated by two
high ranking generals. General
Earle G. Wheeler, retired chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
told the Armed Services Com
mittee that the secrecy on the
bombing was by direct orders
from Nixon. Lieutenant General
Vernon A. Walters, deputy CIA
director, expressed his distaste
at White House attempts to un
load Watergate on that agency.
Before Congress recessed, Re
publicans were voting against
Nixon and denouncing him. The
Christian Science Monitor re
ported (July 24), “Key Republi
cans in Congress are angry with
the President again and just
about ready to go on the war
path.” The GOP nominee for
Governor of Virginia, Mills Good
win, “doubts that he wants the
President to come to Virginia and
aid his campaign,” says the
Washington Post.
Congress comes back this week
in a new mood of belligerence, a
reflection of the grass roots. A
friend reports to us on a staunch
ly Republican, well-to-do farming
county of southern Wisconsin:
“The people feel betrayed. They
think Nixon made a fool of them.”
"Not one of the five hundred
off people I saw defended him,
and only one said, well, everyone
does it. Nixon’s failure to pro
duce the tapes was the last straw.
One of the most respected lead
ers, who six weeks ago was say
ing, let’s give Nixon a chance to
clear himself, now asks, ‘Don’t
you think he might have to go?”
Across the country, the num
ber one complaint against the
Administration is food prices.
Betty Garrett writes in Colum
bus, Ohio, “It is around the meat
and egg counter that the Bastille
mumblings of discontent are
growing daily.” (August 8) After
the lid was lifted, the price of a
meal rose sixty-eight percent in
one day, noted the Post (July
26). This is more troublesome
because of charges by the Gen
eral Accounting Office that grain
sales to Russia “are in large part
responsible for the steep upward
drive of American food prices.”
An editorial in the Christian
Science Monitor (July 11) noted:
“When a country diverts a quar
ter of its grain crop to a single
new source, the result will be a
greater demand for remaining
supplies and higher prices for
meat and other products that de
pend on grain. The diversion of
transportation resources to the
Soviet similarly adds still higher
cost pressure in the domestic
food industry.” The editorial
suggests this is the price Nixon
paid for Soviet pressure on
Hanoi.
A Denver Post cartoon shows
two Russians eating, and one
says, “True, we have bml|
the table, Katrina, but i
the poor American peasant! J
had to pay for it.”
The second most rankling J
is the funds spent on Nixonil
vate estates. The New
Times (July 18) saysthati
put out “by all Federal i
for all facilities for the:
of the President ... may d
tually add up to $10
more.” Funds were used alsj
property owned by Bebe ]
and rented to Julie Nixon E
hower and the Bahama i
Robert H. Abplanalp.
This disclosure comes at J
time for Nixon, while he ij|
ting back drastically on i
research, education, and
affairs. The chief of the!
dent’s “war on cancer” cond
that cuts “will not allow tiil
follow research leads thatj
save thousands of livea,"
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Listen Up—
Campus Liquor Rule Revision Askei
Editor:
As many TAMU students will
testify, weekends at this college
usually include either leaving
or drinking. In past and at
present those who wish any kind
of alcoholic beverage must in
dulge themselves off campus.
This refusal for liquor on cam
pus was understandable before
Texas established eighteen as the
legal age.
Now, possession of liquor
should be legalized on TAMU’s
campus. For, no longer need the
university fear that alcohol will
fall into a minor’s hands since
most college freshmen are eight
een. Nor should it delude itself
into thinking that liquor is safer
off-campus since a dorm room
never swerves out of control as
a car does drunkenly driven. Nei
ther does the administration have
to worry about the college being
state supported since other state
supported schools (among them
the University of Texas) have
accomplished this policy change.
At present, A&M’s off-campus
liquor policy needs to be drasti
cally updated. One attempt to
secure this end would be a demo
cratic vote. After all, even
though we are students, we are
still eighteen or over and there
fore have the right to make this
decision ourselves.
Jo Ann Line
fiantly degrading and absolutely
unjustified. The primary purpose
of a university system should be
the full education of the student,
rather than simply providing a
means of obtaining a degree. An
institution which willfully with
holds knowledge from its students
is quite obviously doing itself and
students an injustice.
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Editor:
The attacks on Dr. Jack Wil
liams’ plans to initiate a fine arts
department at TAMU was de-
While specializing in a particu
lar field will contribute to the
overall perception of a subject
and aid in future employment, it
also creates a vast void in the
students’ role as people. How
many science students can discern
the difference between a Rem
brandt and Van Gogh, for in
stance?
I am on leave of absence from
a fine arts department from an-
PUBLIC NOTICE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
for the construction of
sea walls and breakwaters
upon a vote of the resi
dent property tax
payers.”
Texas veteran after the vet
eran has filed with the
Board an application and
lie
SPECIAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 6, 1973
NUMBER ONE
ON THE BALLOT
(S.J.R. 8)
NUMBER SIX
ON THE BALLOT
(S.J.R. 26)
NUMBER THREE
ON THE BALLOT
(S.J.R. 13)
Article III, Sections 5 24
and 49a and Article VIII,
Section 6 of the Texas Con
stitution are amended to:
Provide for regular
annual sessions of the Leg
islature. The regular session
in each odd-numbered year
would be for a period not to
exceed 180 days. The reg
ular session in each even
numbered year would be for
a period not to exceed 60
days and would be limited
to consideration of fiscal
matters and any emergency
matters submitted by the
Governor. The 60 day ses
sion could be extended by
the Governor for a period
not to exceed 30 days;
Provide an annual salary
for members of the Legisla
ture not exceeding $15,000
per year and a per diem not
exceeding $18 per day for
each day of each regular
session or special session;
Provide that no appro
priation of money shall be
made for a longer term than
one year and direct the
Comptroller to make annual
estimates of anticipated rev
enue rather than biennial
estimates.
The wording of the pro
posed amendment as it will
appear on the ballot is as
follows:
“The constitutional
amendment to provide
for annual regular ses
sions of the legislature;
and to provide an annual
salary of $15,000 and
per diem for the mem
bers of the legislature,
effective in January,
1975.”
Article VIII, Sections 1-a
and 1-b of the Texas Con
stitution are amended to:
Extend the $3,000 ad
valorem tax exemption to
the residential homesteads
of unmarried adults.
The wording of the pro
posed amendment as it will
appear on the ballot is as
follows:
“The constitutional
amendment to extend
the $3,000 ad valorem
tax exemption to the
homesteads of unmarried
adults.”
NUMBER FOUR
ON THE BALLOT
(S.J.R. 1)
Article V, Section 8 of
the Texas Constitution is
amended by adding a new
paragraph which:
Provides that the district
court, concurrently with the
county court, shall have the
general jurisdiction of a pro
bate court and in a probate
proceeding shall also have
the jurisdiction otherwise
conferred on it by law. It
also provides that the legis
lature may increase, dimin
ish, or eliminate the jurisdic
tion of the district court or
county court in probate
matters, may adopt rules
governing the filing, distri
bution, or transfer of cases
and proceedings as between
the courts having jurisdic
tion of probate matters, and
contract of safe to purchase
through the Board the tract
selected by him or her and
before the purchase has
been completed, then the
surviving spouse may com
plete the transaction.
The wording of the pro
posed amendment as it will
appear on the ballot is as
follows:
“The constitutional
amendment to provide
for an additional $100
million in bonds or obli
gations of the State of
Texas for the Veterans’
Land Fund.”
may provide that all appeals
tters shall be
Article XVI, Section 59,
of the Texas Constitution is
NUMBER TWO
ON THE BALLOT
(H.J.R. 7)
Article XVI, Sections 50
and 51 of the Texas Consti
tution are amended to:
Include within the scope
of homestead protection the
real property of a single
adult person which meets
the other requirements of
homestead property, and to
provide that a family home
stead may not be aban
doned except with the con
sent of both spouses.
Presently a single adult
person is not entitled to
claim a homestead exemp
tion and a married man can
abandon a family home
stead without the consent
of his wife.
The wording of the pro
posed amendment as it will
appear on the ballot is as
follows:
“The constitutional
amendment to include
within the scopie of
homestead protection
the real property of a
single adult person which
meets the other require
ments of homestead
amended by adding a new
Subsection (e) which:
Provides that no law
creating a conservation and
reclamation district shall be
passed unless a copy of the
proposed law is delivered to
the commissioners court of
each county and to the gov
erning body of each incor
porated city or town in
whose jurisdiction said dis
trict or any part thereof is
or will be located. Each
such commissioners court
and governing body may file
its written consent or oppo
sition to the proposed law
with the Governor, Lieuten
ant Governor and Speaker
of the House of Representa
tives. Each special law cre
ating such a district must
comply with general laws
then in effect relating to
consent by political subdivi
sions to the creation of such
districts.
The wording of the pro
posed amendment as it will
appear on the ballot is as
follows:
“The constitutional
amendment establishing
certain requirements rela
tive to the enactment of
laws creating certain con
servation and reclama
tion districts.”
in probate matters
to the courts of civil ap
peals.
The wording of the pro
posed constitutional amend
ment as it will appear on the
ballot is as follows:
“The constitutional
amendment stating that
the district court con
currently with the
county court shall have
the general jurisdiction
of a probate court, and
providing the jurisdiction
thereof, and further pro
viding that in any pro
bate proceeding the dis
trict court shall also have
jurisdiction otherwise
conferred upon it by law,
and further providing
that the legislature may
increase, diminish or
eliminate the jurisdiction
of the district court or
county court in probate
matters, and further pro
viding that the legislature
shall have power to
adopt rules governing the
filing distribution and
transfer of all such cases
and proceedings as be
tween district courts,
county courtSj and other
NUMBER EIGHT
ON THE BALLOT
(S.J.R. 29)
Article XI, of the Texas
Constitution is amended by
adding a new Section 5(a)
which:
Authorizes and requires
incorporated cities, towns,
and villages, regardless of
population and notwith
standing the constitutional
limitations on total tax
rates, to levy such annual ad
valorem taxes on the tax
able property in the city,
town or village as are neces-
we
sary to pay the principal of
Kna
and interest on, when due,
the general obligations here
inafter issued by the city,
town, or village. The legis
lature is empowered to limit
by general or special law the
total principal amount of
d obligal
courts having jurisdiction
thereof, apd further pro-
viding that the legislature
may provide that all ap
peals in such matters
shall be to the courts of
(civil) appeals.”
general obligations which
may be issued, but unless
and until the legislature acts
to do so, the limitations
established by statute with
respect to the total principal
amount of bonds which
may be issued by independ
ent school districts shall
apply as the rate limitation
on cities, towns, and vil
lages.
The wording of the pro
posed constitutional amend
ment as it appears on the
ballot is as follows:
“The constitutional
amendment to authorize
cities, towns, and villages
to levy such ad valorem
taxes as are sufficient to
pay the principal of and
interest on their general
obligations hereafter
issued subject to the re
strictions provided by
law.”
NUMBER FIVE
ON THE BALLOT
(S.J.R. 12)
NUMBER SEVEN
ON THE BALLOT
(H.J.R. 6)
property, and to provide
iat a rai
that a family homestead
may not be abandoned
except with the consent
of both spouses.”
Article XI, Section 7 of
the Texas Constitution is
amended to:
Provide that all counties
and cities bordering on the
coast of the Gulf of Mexico
are authorized to levy a tax
to pay for bonds issued for
the construction of sea walls
and breakwaters upon a
majority vote of the resi
dent property tax-payers.
Counties and cities are pres
ently authorized to levy
such taxes and this amend
ment only changes the re
quired vote from a two-
thirds majority to a simple
majority.
The wording of the pro
posed amendment as it will
appear on the ballot is as
follows:
“The constitutional
amendment authorizing
counties and cities bor
dering on the Gulf of
Mexico to issue bonds
Article III, Section 49-b
of the Texas Constitution is
amended to:
Provide for an additional
$100 million in bonds or
obligations of the State of
Texas for the Veterans’
Land Fund. This artiend-
ment increases the present
$400 million authorization
to $500 million;
Remove the present pro
vision which permits buying
of land only by those vet
erans who served between
September 16, 1940 and the
date of formal withdrawal
of United States troops
from the armed conflict in
Viet Nam. This amendment
would allow all veterans
who serve after September
NUMBER NINE
ON THE BALLOT
(S.J.R. 25)
Article VIII of the Texas
Constitution is amended by
adding a new Section 2C
which:
Allows the Legislature,
by general law, to exempt
all real and personal prop-
nrofit
16, 1940 to buy land from
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the Veterans’ Land Fund,
provided they are otherwise
qualified;
Provide that, in the event
of the death of an eligible
erty used by non-prof
water supply corporations
or cooperatives from all
property taxes. The exemp
tion would apply only to
such property as is reason
ably necessary to conduct
the business of a non-profit
water supply corporation or
cooperative.
The wording of the pro
posed constitutional amend
ment as it will appear on the
ballot is as follows:
“The constitutional
amendment authorizing
the legislature to exempt
from property taxes cer
tain property used by a
non-profit water supply
corporation or a non
profit water supply co
operative.”
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Editor:
Re: Cindy Walters, Sept]
eating problems.
Miss Walters has madeij
point about the overcrov
the Commons’ cafeteria
The solution would be foil
Commons’ cafeteria to closoi
on Sunday and have the
Dunn residents eat in
After all, there is no
line and more than enougki
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