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A i Segretti Pleads Guilty to Federal Election Law WASHINGTON </P> — Political laboteur Donald H. Segretti (leaded guilty Monday to violati ng federal election laws during ast year’s Democratic presi- lential primary in Florida. In Senate testimony, Segretti vas identified as receiving be- ,ween $30,000 and $40,000 from a fund raiser for President Nix- Segretti’s guilty plea was to three charges, including conspir acy and distributing political literature which did not identify the persons responsible for dis tributing it. A letter outlining the coopera tion Segretti agreed to give prosecutors in exchange for im munity from further grand jury prosecution was sealed by the court at the request of Segretti’s attorney and federal prosecutors. No reason was given for keeping the letter secret. Segretti had been indicted by a federal grand jury in Tampa, Fla., on four counts, but prose cutors agreed to drop one of them. Among items SegTetti was ac cused of distributing was a letter on Sen. Edmund S. Muskie’s campaign stationery accusing two other Democratic candidates, Sens. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota and Henry Jackson of Washington, of sexual miscon duct. Segretti 32, a Los Angeles at torney, entered his plea before U.S. District Court Judge Ger hard A. Gesell who deferred sentencing on the three misde meanor charges. Each carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. Segretti will appear before the Senate Watergate committee Wednesday, chairman Sam J. Ervin, D. N.C., announced Mon day. Ervin said the committee can- Weather TUESDAY — Mostly cloudy to* day through noon to partly cloudy later this afternoon & evening. Very widly scattered showers, mostly along extreme eastern Texas - Louisiana bord er. Morning fog expected again tomorrow, with warm tempera tures in the mid-80’s and a partly cloudy afternoon. Cbe Battalion Vol. 67 No. 291 College Station, Texas Tuesdoy, October, 2, 1973 on’s campaign. Abuses celed its planned Tuesday hearing because attorneys for two other scheduled witnesses, former presi dential appointments secretary Dwight L. Chapin and private investigator John Buckley, told the panel their clients would invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to testify. A Good Example Is The Best Sermon. CS Shopping Mall Among Zoning Plans By GREG MOSES A 700-unit apartment and townhouse development with a large shopping center mall may be in the offing for College Station. The College Station Planning and Zoning Commission approved a request by Medina Enterprises to rezone a portion of land on highway 30 opposite Plantation Oaks. The acreage, formerly desig nated as residential was rezoned MORE THAN 5,000 high school and junior college students and their parents and achers descended on A&M Saturday for the annual High School Career Day. (Photo 'j Ben Downs) Courts, Executive Head List Goals Set by Women’s League y KATHY MORGAN A study of courts, the judicial id executive systems in Brazos aunty, is the 1973-74 project >al for the Brazos County sague of Women Voters. “We will study the courts as ey apply to juvenile rights in ■der to be better informed,” id Doris Watson, league presi- mt. Other programs included in e League’s study are campaign aancing on a national level and ud use, voting rights and elec- m procedures on state levels. “Our main purpose is to in- rm citizens on political matters id to encourage citizens to par- lipate in government,” Watson mmented. Endorsing candidates is only le aspect of the nonpartisan lague. They supply informa- )n to the public on voting issues id act as lobbyists to pursuade fluential persons to “set it our ["Our most successful effort last year when we lobbied to ep food stamps locally. I can’t ,y it was a direct result of lat we did but we know we did ntribute,” she said. They also had a voter regis- ation drive “to promote parti- aation and citizen awareness.” The League, she continued, rives to make its positions town in most political issues by rst doing an in-depth study of e situation. At the first meet- g each year, the executive com- ittee sets goals and does re arch by reading, hearing ex its, observing and organizing ograms pertaining to the is-, e. The Brazos League holds onthly meetings at three dif- rent times to give members a ance to attend at least one of e sessions and understand lague projects. A fact sheet is prepared for e members, the subject is dis- ssed and questions asked by e membership. The League acts liology Talk d Wednesday Dr. Johannes Van Overbeck 11 teach “Biological Aspects of dal Problems” each Wednes- y night from 8 to 9:30 p.m. ie Free University program 11 be presented in Room 146 of 8 Physics Building. The lecture Wednesday will be :ond of the series and will in- ide a slide program on soy- ins. The importance of algae for >d and oxygen production and i possibilities of eating bac- ia will also be discussed. upon the concensus of its mem bers,” Watson said. Presently, the League is spon soring a monthly television show on KAMU. Francis “Sissy” Far- enthold is scheduled for the pro gram to discuss the National Health Plan of Senator Ted Ken nedy. “Last year we talked with our local senator Bill Moore, and have had programs on TV about the Bryan City Charter. We keep the show on general things the public needs to know about,” she added. Watson predicts programs con cerning the constitutional revi sions as they are brought up and discussed. “The people need to know what is happening.” During election time, the League publishes a paper. The Voter’s Guide, to present the pros and cons of each candidate and endorse one of them. They also sponsor a Speaker's Bureau that will, upon request, give talks concerning political matters to interested groups and school organizations. Watson says the group acts basically as a lobby and are reg istered as such. They often ap pear before committee hearings Special Senate Meeting Called Wednesday by Ross A special Student Government Senate meeting called by Randy Ross will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. in Room 301 of the Memorial Student Center Tower. Vacancies for positions of campus projects chairman on the executive branch and judicial board chairman of the SG must be approved for those recommended by Ross. The vacancy of judicial board chairman has been car ried over from last semester. The vacancy of campus projects chairman was created when Jim Cunningham resigned of his own accord due to academic and committee workload pressure. Campus pro jects chairman is head of the SG Radio Board, plans Aggie Muster and Parents Day and works with other programs such as Aggie Mother of the Year and refrigerator distri bution. to make their positions known and try to influence committee members. “The League is looked upon as a lobby with no personal gain. We lobby for the people and are considered as a citizen participa tion group.” She also stressed that there is no motive of power structure in the League’s actions. Watson said that there should be more participation on a local level from the citizens. “There is just not a good turn out of voters but maybe if the elections were consolidated more people would vote. We had six elections in the past eight months and that’s too many. It discour ages people and they turn around and go home,” she said. The League is open to all wom en of voting age with dues of $10 per year. Additional infor mation on the program can be obtained from Lou Ellen Rusnik, membership chairman. into commercial, apartment and townhouse-rowhouse areas. Jim Smith, owner of the prop erty, made the formal request for the rezoning. This is in keeping with city policy that requests for zoning changes be made by the owner of the land. Jim Gardner, from the Envi ronmental Action Council, then raised a question about a half acre lot in the west corner of the land. Medina had requested the lot be rezoned General Com mercial. Gardner pointed out that this would be in violation of the city policy not to spot or strip zone against spot zoning since the lot was not adjacent to other com mercial zones. A spokesman for Medina En terprises pointed out the conveni ence of having a small commercial concern available to the residents of the proposed development. Chris Mathewson, a commis sioner, suggested the lot be re zoned as neighborhood commer cial. This would restrict the type of business to one which would serve the neighborhood. Dr. Callihan, commissioner, felt that the neighborhood commercial zoning would be beneficial be cause it would keep late night operations out of the residential area. With the small lot designated as neighborhood commercial the commissioners unanimously ap proved the rezoning package. Mathewson asked if there would be enough electricity to power the new development. City Council man Don R. Dale said there would be enough from the Bryan power pool where College Station gets its electricity. He then said sev eral gas companies were willing to supply College Station with its own power utility. Garner questioned the necessity of having a 33 acre commercial district. A spokesman for the company explained that the plans called for a 30 acre minimum. “You haven’t seen anything like it around here,” he said. Plans call for a shopping mall, office building and a motel. Tom Chaney, commissioner, estimated that the maximum capacity of the land would allow 226-250 townhouse units and 460 apartments. The rezoning proposal will go before City Council at its next meeting for final approval. Service Station Shutdown Flops HOUSTON (A 5 ) — A predicted 80 per cent shutdown by 1,900 Houston area service stations failed to materialize Monday. In most cases, motorists had no problem buying gasoline. The Greater Houston Service Station Association had endorsed the shutdown as part of a na tional protest against price con trols. Bill Newman, the association president, said the shutdown va ried in different parts of Houston and Harris County, ranging from 38 to 40 per cent in southwest Houston to 95 per cent in indus trial Pasadena. Random checks, however, show ed most stations in business, with a few reporting they were open for all services except gasoline sales. Newman agreed that indepen dent and company-owned stations remained open. The shutdown had been agreed upon Thursday night despite ac tion by the Cost of Living Council in authorizing retailers to pass on to consumers increases of up to 2% cents a gallon. Refiners earlier had been authorized to in crease prices based on higher Down-home Boy Leads Life of Tiring Success DOBIE GREY CHURNS out popular tunes at Friday night’s concern in G. Rollie White. Grey’s singing followed a brass performance by “The Trend.” (Photo by Gary Baldasari) By JULIA JONES One of the most exciting things a reporter can do is interview a “personage.” It is more glamor ous than a club meeting and more interesting than a fire. An in terview gives a reporter the chance to ask questions she would not otherwise, and to observe the personage firsthand. It is rather like being in the cage with an exotic animal, but knowing it is safe. It is possible to learn a great deal about other lifestyles; Dobie Grey for instance. He was nice, a big, warm, handsome guy. For a reporter who was expecting something more temperamental he was a pleasant surprise. Grey is a down-home boy from Brookshire, Tex. He gives the impression of a polite sweet person who grew up taking off his hat and calling women “mam.” When asked why he was in music he said he never liked to struggle or to labor and he thought music would be easier. Since, he has found out that “it is about the hardest thing you can do.” He also laid to rest the myth about the overnight suc cess. He had been working in music for 10 years before he had any kind of lasting recognition. “It takes luck, no matter how hard you work or how much tal ent you have,” his manager pointed out. When asked about success, Grey said he worried about staying that way, but all his life he “wanted to do some thing.” He wants to get into acting and thinks that music will “open doors” for him. He believes in women’s libera tion. He said he thought that lib eration was necessary in mar riage for both parties. Although admitting he had never been mar ried he sounded like an experi enced man. All in all Grey sounded like a pro doing the little things that (See Down-home, page 4) GREY JIVES with the press before curtain time in the coliseum Friday. The rock singer is pushing hard on the door of success. (Photo by Rodger Mallison) costs of foreign crude and prod ucts and higher prices for domes tic crude oil but retailers were unable to increase their pump prices. Members of the association re ferred to the council’s action as “tokenism,” with Newman con tending station owners have been losing $500 to $1,000 a month because of Phase IV price regula tions. The association drew criticism from some operators. “The members of that organi zation don’t represent the service stations in Houston,” said A. M. Van Fossen, a station operator on the southside. Pre-Law Day Set Saturday At Baylor A&M students interested in studying law are invited to at tend Baylor University’s Pre-Law Day Saturday, announced Dr. J. M. Nance, A&M professor of his tory and pre-law adviser. The annual event of the Baylor Law School in Waco is open to students interested in attending Baylor or gaining general infor mation about law school admis sion policies, Nance explained. The program begins at 9 a.m. and ends at noon. Those attend ing will be guests of Baylor Uni versity for lunch and for the Baylor-Florida State University football game Saturday night. Students planning to attend Baylor’s Pre-Law Day program should register immediately with Dr. Nance in Room 426 of the Academic Building at TAMU or at the History Department Of fice, Room 315 Academic Build ing. New Residents Must Register Now to Vote New residents of Brazos Coun ty, those who have just turned 18, or have not voted in an election for three years should register by Friday to vote in the Nov. 6 state and local elections. Residents may register at the Tax Assessor and Collector’s of fice at the Brazos County Court house. The office will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Texas law requires that you live in the county 30 days before you register to vote. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv.