egretti Reveals
Campaign Tricks:
WASHINGTON <A>) _ Donald
H. S e g r e 11 i Wednesday cata
logued his inventory of tricks
against 1972 Democratic presi
dential candidates, apologized and
said they have no place in elec
tion campaigns.
“I don’t call any of the things
I did at that time pranks,” Se-
gretti told the Senate Watergate
committee. “I don’t think there
should be pranks or dirty tricks
or whatever you call it in the
political system.”
Segretti, a 32-year-old lawyer
from Los Angeles, said he was
recruited for his activities by
Dwight L. Chapin, then Presi
dent Nixon’s appointments sec
retary. Segretti said also he kept
in frequent contact with Chapin.
He said he had agents in a half
dozen states and personally em
ployed diverse tactics like phony
letters containing faked charges,
planting a stink bomb in cam
paign headquarters, inserting
classified advertisements under
ficticious names and distributing
signs, bumper stickers and
pamphlets under the names of
non-existent committees.
At one point he said he paid
11 persons and later agreed the
figure was 28. He said his peo
ple operated in Florida, New
Hampshire, California, Wiscon
sin, Pennsylvania and Washing
ton, D.C.
“Were you aware it is unlaw
ful to send salacious and libelous
letters ? ” asked Sen. Daniel K.
Inouye, D-Hawaii.
“I’m certainly aware of it
now,’ said Segretti, who earlier
this week pleaded guilty to three
misdemeanor counts stemming
from a false mailing.
Segretti said he told then-pres
idential counsel John W. Dean
III about his activities last Octo
ber when the Washington Post
was preparing to publish a num
ber of details. After the story
was published, the White House
dismissed comment on the allega
tions.
Segretti said the original fed
eral Watergate prosecutors asked
him no questions about how he
was paid when he appeared be
fore the grand jury, although they
had discussed it briefly before
hand. A juror brought up the
question, Segretti said.
He corroborated testimony that
he was paid $45,000 in salary and
expenses by Herbert W. Kalm-
bach, Nixon’s personal lawyer,
after being hired by Chapin and
Gordon Strachan, another White
House aide. He had been friends
with the two men while attend
ing the University of Southern
California.
Segretti was the second wit
ness in the “dirty tricks” phase
of the Watergate hearings. Com
mittee staffers said the next wit
nesses will be Robert M. Benz and
Douglas Kelly, two Segretti
agents in Florida.
CBS carried Wednesday’s hear
ings live after the other two
commercial networks dropped out
of rotating coverage. But CBS
said it did not plan to carry the
Thursday session.
Segretti said as far as he
knows President Nixon was ig
norant of his activities, even
though he kept appointments
secretary Chapin informed every
step of the way.
He agreed with the assessment
that his entire sabotage opera
tion — extensive as it was —
“had the weight of a feather” in
its effect on the election out
come.
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Che Battalion
No. 293
College Station, Texas
Thursday, October 4, 1973
Weather
THURSDAY—Mostly cloudy to
day & tonight with intermittent
thundershowers this afternoon
and into the evening. Moderate
to locally heavy rain with south
erly winds changing to the
northwest later tonight. High
today 87°. Gradual clearing to
morrow with a high of 82°
To Do Two Things At Once
Is To Do Neither.
Blakemore Gets Nod
--J
By VICKIE ASHWILL
The Student Senate approved
Mark Blakemore as chairman of
the judicial board in a special
gneeting Wednesday night.
■Blakemore was approved in a
hand count vote of 62 to three
with eight abstentions after 10
Minutes of discussion.
■The Senate took an hour and
half to reject the nomination of
Chet Edwards to the position on
Sept. 12.
Blakemore, a senior earth sci
ence major, carries a 2.86 GPR
compared to Edward’s 3.7. Blake
more is the head resident adviser
for Milner, carries 18 hours and
works for the Center of Marine
Resources.
Rules and Regulations Chair
man Curt Marsh said the newly
3 eople’s Festival
)ffers Exotic Foods
If Brazilian coffee, Scandinavian pastry, Cajun gumbo
||r Italian pasta is your dish, the Second Annual Brazos
i County People’s festival is the place to go.
Thirty-five ethnic groups will display their cultures,
jfances, and food in the Manor East Mall Oct. 12 and 13.
Merchants of the mall are contributing $1,000 to help
|finance the festival.
The festival will begin at 4 p. m. Oct. 12 until 10 p. m.
jind will continue with the opening of the mall Saturday
| morning until 10 p. m.
Live intertainment will include a fiddler’s contest,
I Kung-Fu demonstration, Indian tribal dances and Italian
folk dances.
A festival cookbook will be on sale contining recipes
(from the different groups.
“People who went last year said the atmosphere was
|Rrm, informal and friendly,” said a spokes person for the
I festival organizers.
“Our festival theme is one of world unity despite di-
y*rse peoples.” Festival buttons will be sold picturing many
colored hands blending together.
Admission to the festival is free.
created Credentials Committee
voted unanimously to approve
Blakemore for the position.
“We were evaluating only one
person during our meeting with
Blakemore,” Marsh said.
Marsh continued to say that
Blakemore had been involved with
the writing of the constitution
which he will be in charge of.
“Blakemore has done a lot of
thinking over the summer and has
plans for the committee,” Marsh
said.
Ron Miori asked Marsh how his
committee could unanimously ap
prove a candidate when the
previous candidate presented in
the Sept. 12 meeting held a higher
GPR and whose qualities are as
good as Blakemore’s.
Nevertheless, the senators did
not question Blakemore about his
campus politics, what his plans
were for the board nor how much
time he could spend working for
the board as they had asked
Edwards.
Student Government President
Randy Ross did say Blakemore
worked for the Center for Marine
Resources in his spare time and
his other committee work would
not interfere with the judicial
board position.
Blakemore was a sophomore
senator of Geosciences and has
worked with the constitutional
revision committee and election
by-laws and election committees.
The senate took another 10
minutes to approve Larry McRob-
erts as Campus Projects chair
man. The position was recently
vacated by Jim Cunningham due
to his heavy academic and chair
manship load.
McRoberts carries a 2.6 GPR
and is a senior history major who
transferred from the University
of Texas at Arlington.
Ross said he was limited in
choice of appointments as far as
experience with the senate was
concerned but felt that McRoberts
would do a good job.
“The Credential Committee was
impressed with his desire to work
and we felt McRoberts was will
ing to spend the time and trouble
to do the job,” said Marsh.
McRoberts, in a strictly admin
istrative spot within the senate,
was approved 61 to 0 with one
abstention in a hand count vote.
TRUCKERS HAVE BEEN busy lately filling TAMU’s two new one-million-gallon fuel
oil storage tanks on Pinfeather Road. The tanks represent almost a month’s supply of
fuel for campus power system and will be used to hedge against another episode of the
energy crisis. (See story page 5)
Enrollment Up 14 Per Cent
A&M Shows Largest Increase
Agnew Searches for Leaks
BALTIMORE <A>) — Spiro T.
I Sinew’s lawyers held unprece-
i tented subpoena power today to
warch for news leaks in the fed-
|n»l grand jury investigation of
he vice president.
ill. S. District Court Judge
I Halter E. Hoffman Wednesday
Ranted the Agnew lawyers broad
(luthority to question anyone in
! United States “they deem
appropriate and necessary,” pro
viding they give the Justice De
partment at least 48 hours'
i notice.
“Such depositions . . . shall be
llealed and not be made part of
I any public file,” Hoffman ruled.
He also ordered the lawyers and
I the government to keep secret
the names of those subpoenaed
or those who testify.
Among those likely to be called
for sworn statements are news
men, lawyers. Justice Depart
ment officials and former and
present friends of Agnew who
may already have been ques
tioned by the prosecutors.
At a news conference Wed
nesday President Nixon spoke
out strongly for Agnew's right
“not to be tried and convicted in
the press and on television by
leaks and innuendos and the
rest.” Nixon said the charges
“are serious and not frivolous.”
Agnew has denounced the
leaks, blaming them primarily
on some Justice Department offi
cials who were “severely stung”
by inept handling of the Water
gate prosecutions.
Nixon, however, defended Ag-
new’s main target, Henry E. Pe
tersen, chief of the department’s
criminal investigation division.
“If I did not support Mr. Pe
tersen’s handling of the investi
gation he would have been re
moved at this time,” Nixon said.
The investigation of Agnew
centers on allegations of bribery,
extortion, conspiracy and tax vio
lations while he was Baltimore
County executive and governor
of Maryland in the 1960s.
Published accusations alleged
Agnew accepted kickbacks from
contractors who did business with
the state. Agnew has denied the
allegations.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A&M’s efforts to recruit wom
en to the formerly all-male
school gave it the largest increase
of any four-year institution in
the state — 14 per cent. A&M
has 1,278 more girls on campus
this fall for a total of nearly 4,-
000 women.
Texas colleges and universities
generally increased enrollments
this fall — bucking the national
trend toward smaller student
bodies.
This was found in an Associ
ated Press survey of typical
schools which also discovered
sometimes spectacular growths in
junior colleges.
One of the newest two-year
institutions, El Paso Community
College, almost doubled its en
rollment to 5,038.
Dr. Alfredo de los Santos Jr.,
president of the three-year-old El
Paso institution, said the school
is “providing a service that has
been needed for a long time.”
El Paso Community actively re
cruited veterans and 40 per cent
of the student body is ex-service
men.
One of the oldest two-year in
stitutions, Paris Junior College,
had a 24 pei* cent increase. Pres
ident Louis B. Williams attrib
utes this to “hard work” and
“the response ... to our career
programs.”
Slightly more than half of the
students are in vocational-techni
cal programs.
For four-year institutions, 1973
has been good, too. Several show
more growth than last year and
some that had a decline last year
have grown this fall. The largest
gains are in schools with attrac
tive new programs, attractive
prices or special recruiting cam
paigns.
University of Texas at Arling
ton officials say special pro
grams and an urban orientation
brought its seven per cent in
crease while some other North
Texas universities show a de
cline.
A new master’s degree pro
gram in architecture at Arling
ton swelled that department by
700 students, 21 per cent more
than last year.
‘Devil’s Disciple’
Re-sch edu led
The Aggie Players first produc
tion of 1973-79, “The Devil’s
Disciple,” has been postponed to
Nov. 6.
“The Devil’s Disciple” will run
Nov. 6-10 in the Forum of the
new auditorium complex of the
Rudder Center, announced C. K.
Esten, Aggie Players director.
It will be one of the first events
in the new facilities. Originally
scheduled in October, the Aggie
Players production was postponed
due to a change in the date of
availability of the 250 - seat
Forum.
“Devil’s Disciple” Director Bob
Wenck said rehearsals of the
Grease Racks Attract Pollution
—
9a, ^i n
CAR REPAIRS CONTINUE in Hensel Park despite signs indicating the facilities are
jiow closed. Oil spills and excessive garbage forced the closing. (Photo by Gary Balda-
Bari)
Some students are ignoring a
sign in the Hensel Park area
which reads “This facility is
closed because it pollutes a pub
lic stream.”
The sign marks where A&M
had a grease rack and a slab for
car repairs. The area was for
both on and off campus students
although it was used mostly by
those living in the Hensel Park
Apartments.
It was closed last fall since
it had become heavily polluted
with oil cans and utensils used
in car repairs. Much of the time
the facility was in operation the
University did not provide trash
barrels or oil drip pans. Contain
ers which did contain oil often
were not emptied and oil spilled
over into a nearby creek. The
ground has become so saturated
with oil that it will take years
to dry out even with the help of
chemicals.
Last fall a student environ-
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
mental group, SCOPE, suggested
to Tom Cherry, vice president for
business affairs, that the area be
closed. The facility was closed
and the sign posted. However,
students have ignored the sign
and continue to use and pollute
the area.
A plan for a minor car repair
center is being considered by the
Student Senate. This would pro
vide more complete facilities in
a different location.
Presently, however, one of the
places where students can change
their oil or make repairs is the
Shell service station on College
Avenue. It is open to students
on the weekend for only 50 cents.
Board Payment
Due Next Week
The second board installment
payment for the fall semester is
due Oct. 9.
The installment for seven-day
boarders is $109.50 and for five-
day $98. Payments must be made
at the Fiscal Office of the Coke
Building.
Shaw drama will continue on a
modified schedule and “are com
ing along very well.”
Tryouts for a December pro
duction of Moliere’s “The School
for Wives” will be held Monday.
The readings will start at 7:30
p.m. in Building “J.” The play
has a Dec. 3 opening at the
Forum.
The English Department’s
theater arts section chaired by
Esten will move its operation Oct.
22 to Bizzell Hall, across the
street from the theater complex.
Esten noted the section will leave
three-room quarters in Building
“J” for an 11-room office and
classroom arrangement in Bizzell.
The Aggie Players are sched
uled to move into the Forum Nov.
1, to start scenery construction
for “The Devil’s Disciple.” The
play will open on a Tuesday and
run through Saturday.
East Texas State University
President F. H. McDowell said
“concentrated efforts to develop
programs that fit students’
needs” and a strengthening of
graduate programs accounted for
an unexpected five per cent in
crease.
Almost all other state univer
sities and many private institu
tions showed increases ranging
from two to four per cent. The
University of Texas at El Paso,
which last year had a decrease
of six per cent, is up three per
cent this year in spite of a fee
increase that averages $50 a
semester and strong competition
from the community college.
West Texas State University,
down 10 per cent last year, grew
by four per cent this fall. Regis
trar Dr. Don Cates credits new
programs and improved economic
situation in the Panhandle.
Texas Christian University ir
Fort Worth and Southern Meth
odist in Dallas, private schools
whose costs average $1,000 mors
a year than state schools, showed
slight enrollment decreases.
Baylor University Presideni
Abner McCall said, however, thai
his school turned away 300 pros
pective freshmen. The Baptist
institution had a four per cent
increase on returning upperclass
men, which McCall attributes to
strong counseling and financial
aid programs.
The giant University of Texas
at Austin passed the 40,000 mark
but the increase was only about
two per cent. Texas Tech had a
fractional increase, and North
Texas State was down slightly.
Environmental Group Seeks
Youths for Advisory Board
The Environmental Protection
Agency is seeking people, 18-25,
to serve on its Youth Advisory
Board (YAB). In its third year,
the YAB obtains the youth’s per
spective on environmentatl issues.
Precently, the year-round activi
ties are divided into school year
and summer segments.
Summer activity consists of an
internship in which the person
is actively employed by the
Agency. This summer position
will compliment the board mem
ber’s academic and extra-curricu
lar interests as well as familiarize
the person with the functions and
the mechanics of the EPA’s role
in achieving a better environ
ment.
The school year’s activities
consist of acting as a liaison for
the EPA. This provides an agent
for a two-way flow of informa
tion between the Agency and its
region. At this time, the board
members may use creativity and
initiative in constructing and
carrying out worthwhile projects
in their respective schools.
Qualifications for the YAB
members are based upon academic
and environmental achievement
as well as a willingness to work.
The Agency encourages all inter
ested persons, regardless of aca
demic major or career goals, to
apply for this program as the
environmental field is interdiscip
linary. If you are interested,
write: The Youth Advisory
Board, EPA, Region VI, 1600
Patterson St., Suite 1100, Dallas,
Texas 75201.