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PIT c oJ ine-man Station wagon to Serve As Night Shuttle Bus s MENS TORE aturing SIM, PEDtyJ p ED, ACME AVERSE m — 822-12! own Bryan By VICKIE ASHWILL A nine-passenger station wa- ron will serve the night shuttle Jus route as a result of action iken by the Shuttle Bus Com- littee Tuesday. Effective in two weeks, the Physical Plant vehicle will only be used by those students with a shuttle bus pass or coupon. The feasibility of such a night route service was studied by Auxiliary Services Coordinator, Ed Davis, Assistant to TAMU President Roger Miller, Texas Transportaion Inc. representative Ron Holder and Dan Whitt from the Physical Plant. The four recommended that the station wagon would be a more economical and servicable alternative to the shuttle bus at night. As a result of this proposal,, shuttle bus riders will be able to call a communication center in the Physical Plant where the vehicle will be located. The wagon will then go to an on-or off-campus location on es- tableshed bus routes to pick up or deliver passengers at the regular street sites. Sub-committee members sug gested the south entrance to the library be used as the main sta tion for the vehicle as the library provides telephone facilities and a centralized location. The night route wagon will also service route four, where shuttle busses did not. “Old College View and Hensel Apartments should be serviced at night, too, since they’re pay ing the same amount as other shuttle bus riders,” said Tom Taylor, committee member. The committee also established bus stops on routes one, two and SHOWING *5 - 9:25 P.1H k Twain’s 1 Vol. 67 No. 298 LWYER” (6)| 1 egal Rights 545 r fCommission ^ B The Legal Rights Commission Che Battalion College Station, Texas Friday, October 12, 1973 three. The City of College Sta tion is supplying the signs to designate stops along non-uni versity routes. “These stops are where they’ve always been,” said Miller. “Hope fully these designated stops will make the system run faster.” Route one has 10 stops, route two has seven and route three has seven or eight. On-campus bus stops will be plainly marked with bus stop signs or by a painted curb. The committee recommended the in tersection of Houston Street, Throckmorton Street and Joe Routt Blvd on route two be curb painted to designate bus stops. This measure will also prevent cars from blocking the stops. Les Carpenter presented the committee with complaints about driver safety practices. Carpen ter pointed out that the buses begin moving before all passen gers are seated and that they exceed speeds of 35 miles per hour on campus. Carpenter also said busses were stacking up on several routes and asked the committee to try to do something about it. Shuttle Bus Committee mem bers intend to look into the mat ter of safe drivers. At the same time, the committee said stu dents should write down the bus number, time and route number if they have a complaint about the over-all service. Students should contact one of the com mittee members listed on the back of their bus card. lumnisi has been formed to help students vith a legal problem or question. The commission, which is spon sored by the Student Senate, can Slso aid members of a student’s Immediate family. A member of the LRC may be ontacted directly or through the tudent Government Office con- erning legal questions. The commission acts as a mid- lleman and contacts an anony- nous lawyer for advice. This information is then relayed to the student. This service is provided free but if a student must hire a law- OF DEAU yer he must pay the lawyer’s fee. iRTHA” ay Twi EN AT 7:30P KONG CAT :15 p. ;rve” '.N AT 7:35 P. E 373” ( :35 p. m. JHTER” 40,000 Mi. The commission has a list of three lawyers it recommends. Members of the commission are Gwen Flynt, 846-7011; Nancy Ondrovik, 845-7170; Lucy Stear- man, 845-6691; Keith Tyler, 845- 3668, and Danny Hernandez at 823-6509 or 845-1046. The LRC may also be contacted War Goods Readied To Send to Israel Steel BelteiKthrough the Student Government, Radials 1845-3051 ROB INGLIS PERFORMS The Wife of Bath Prologue from Chaucer’s famed Canterbury Tales at the Arts Com mittee presentation Thursday evening. (Photo by Kathy Curtis) WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States was reported pre paring Thursday to rush tons of artillery shells and antitank am munition to Israel to avert threatened shortages after less than a week of intense battles between Israel and Syrian and Egyptian forces. Meanwhile, Pentagon sources said Soviet transport planes have been carrying replacements for weapons and ammunition to Sy ria and Egypt. At least 80 Soviet AN 12 Cub transport planes were said to have reached Syria within the past day loaded with surface-to- air missiles, antitank rockets and other war material. The Pentagon sources said hurried U. S. shipments would be an emergency measure. There were indications the shipments, probably in Israeli planes, would depart from remote fields in the United States. Decisions on replacing Israel’s significant aircraft and tank losses were discussed by the White House, State and Defense departments, officials said. Deputy White House Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren re fused to answer questions about resupplying Israel. Meanwhile, the press of the Middle East situation was re portedly forcing Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger to can cel a weekend trip to Londen. Resources of the U. S. Army and Air Forces would be tapped if the government decides to send major military hardware to Israel quickly. One proposal under study would transfer to the Israeli’s Town Hall To Present F4 Phantom jets from U. S. Air Force squadrons in Europe. The planes would be replaced in the U. S. Air Force inventory by air craft being produced in the Unit ed States for Israel. According to latest intelli gence, Israel lost close to 600 tanks and nearly 75 fighter planes in the first five days of the new war — about one-third of the tanks and about one- fourth of the jet fighters Israel owned before the fighting erupt ed Saturday. Although Israel appeared to have the upper hand on the Sy rian front Israel faces further significant losses in the Sinai where main tank and infantry battles remain to be fought with Egypt. Some U. S. officials think the urgency would go out of any need for replacing Israeli bat tle losses if the Sinai battles are short. The replacements could then be made over a long term. RHA Seeks Group For Spring Fling Open 24 Mrs. 846-1 Nixon Faces Problems Finding ‘ No Sex Please ’ Suitable Successor for Agnew gs lately: iven us all t! to whoever» t God has WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a bitter congressional fight over and possible rejection of John Connally illustrates the problem President Nixon faces in nominating a new vice presi dent. Nixon’s criteria are a person who is qualified to be Presi dent, someone who shares his foreign policy views and a nom inee who can win the approval of the Democratic - controlled House and Senate. Leading Democrats are firmly opposed to Connally and some Re publicans warn that his selection would split both parties and pre cipitate a bitter and protracted struggle. Asked Thursday if he thought Republicans would make this clear in submitting their three recommendations — both posi tive and negative—to the Pres ident, one GOP senator said: “If he doesn’t know it by now, then it’s hopeless.” At the White House, Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said Nixon “wants to move as exped itiously and rapidly as possible,” in sending the name of his choice as Agnew’s successor to Con gress. Ziegler said the President has made clear he wants the “direct views” of congressional and Republican leaders, gover- Student Group To Begin Conference A series of Texas Student As sociation conferences will begin here this weekend with a fair housing conference. “Almost all the schools in the state have been invited but we have no idea of how many will come,” said Barb Sears, chairman of the A&M fair housing commit tee. Plans for the conference include model leases, fair housing publi cations from other schools, dis plays and panel discussions. “This is a great opportunity for idea sharing and a chance to improve our fair housing serv ice,” said Sears. The conference is in Room 401 of the Rudder Tower, Sunday, 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m. nors and GOP state chairmen. Basically, Nixon appears to have three choices: Selection of one of the major figures in the GOP giving one of the party’s presidential hope fuls a leg up on the 1976 nom ination. Besides Connally this list is headed by New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, who has passed the word he has an “ac tive interest,” and California Gov. Ronald Reagan. Selection of a respected sen ior statesman, a person of im peccable credentials with a less partisan tinge, in a bid to re store national unity. Former Sec retary of State William P. Rog ers appears to head this list, along with retired Sens. John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky and John J. Williams of Dela ware; Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona, and the two top GOP congressional leaders, Sen. Hugh Scott and Rep. Gerald R. Ford. A dark horse, a younger less mentioned figure, in the way Spiro T. Agnew was selected in this context were former Rep. Donald Rumsfeld, the U. S. am bassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; former California Lt. Gov. Robert Finch, and former Pennslyvania Gov. William W. Scranton, whose presence in Washington on an apparently unrelated matter sparked considerable speculation. Turnbull Hosted In Lecture Series The College of Liberal Arts will present Dr. Colin M. Turnbull, professor of anthropology at Vir ginia Commonwealth University, in the University Lecture Series Thursday. Dr. Turnbull will speak on “The Ik: A Study of Social Degenera tion” at 8 p.m. in the main lecture hall of the Zachry Engineering Center. Dr. Turnbull, an anthropologist of international renown, is the author of four books and served as curator of African Ethnology at the Museum of Natural His tory in New York City from 1959- 1968. A native of England, the pro fessor received his doctorate from Oxford University and also stud ied at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. He is a fellow of the Royal Anthropology Institute, London, and of the International African Institute, Belgium. Dr. Turnbull was a professor of anthropology at Hofstra University on Long Island for five years before join ing Virginia Commonwealth Uni versity. The professor conducted re search on six field trips between 1951 and 1971 in the Congo, Uganda, East and West Africa and India and spent two years with the Ik, a people who live in wretched villages on the moun tains of Northeast Uganda. To survive amidst starvation, the Ik have evolved a culture of extreme individualism. Each mem ber of the tribe is concerned only with himself. They are thrown out of families at the age of three and survive by exploiting their families, neighbors, other tribesmen and the government. Dr. Turnbull uses the Ik to ex plore the foundation of morality and order. He raises the question of whether prolonged crises could result in the “Icean solution” for the rest of the world. The University Lecture Series provide an opportunity for the academic community and the gen eral public to hear renowned au thorities speak on subjects of broad social, political and intel lectual interest. The lectures are sponsored by TAMU’s academic vice president and the academic colleges. There is no charge for admission to the series. Correction The Battalion erroneously re ported Thursday that the Stu dent Senate approved a Writ of Mandamous resolution when in actuality the measure failed in the session. Arguments against the mea sure included that “it told the senators what they had to do,” was not specific in that it had implied powers and the senators did not understand the measure or the reasoning behind it. During the session it was pointed out that the measure could be brought before the sen ate again in a different form if it did not pass the first time. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv. Noel Harrison “No Sex Please, We’re British” will be presented at Bryan Civic Auditorium Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. The international hit comedy play stars Noel Harrison, the son of Rex Harrison. The play is sponsored by Rotary Community Series in cooperation with TAMU Town Hall. “No Sex Please,” is in its third year and will tour the United States and Canada this fall. The play concerns a new bride who takes a job handling Scandi navian glassware. The glassware distributor, however, is actually a dealer of pornography, which causes problems. Noel Harrison has many tele vision, stage and movie credits including roles in TV’s The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Mission Im possible, To Catch A Thief, Love American Style and Ironside. In motion pictures he has ap peared with Kim Novak in “Moll Flanders, “The Best of Enemies” with David Niven, and “Take a Girl Like You” with Haley Mills and Oliver Reed. As a recording artist, Harrison has four albums out with a fifth album of his own songs soon to be released. Tickets for students are $2 and patrons $5. The Residence Hall Association accepted joint responsibility with Town Hall for acquiring a band for the RHA weekend. The RHA would be responsible for 4,000 seats in G. Rollie White, 900 of which are in the reserve section, according to David Fun derburks, White Hall president. Funderburke said Town Hall was looking to fill 90 per cent of the house during Spring Fling weekend. “We’re looking at groups be tween $15,000 and $20,000,” Fun- derburke said. “Groups in this range include the Doobie Broth ers, Loggins and Messina and Roberta Flack.” In order to get a booking for the weekend, the group the RHA picks would have to be in the area at the time. RHA President Randy Gil lespie told the body that Town Hall had already allocated $7,500 for the RHA weekend and the first part of the losses would be assumed by Town Hall with the money. During the meeting, Gillespie said there was $100,000 put aside for dorm improvements. “Director of Management Serv ices Howard Vestal has almost assured me that $65,000 of this money will be going to paint dorms 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12,” said Gillespie. “Dorms need to turn in their requests for dorm im provements by 5 p.m. Monday in the RHA office, but they shouldn’t be too hopeful.” Gillespie further added that the general renovation for one dorm is $35,000. “The student body president, corps commander and I all turn in priority lists for use of the same money.” “What about the hole I have in the wall in Hotard?” said Bill Coleman, Hotard president. “It has a lot of mosquitoes and if this is phase II then I don’t want phase III.” When Krueger President Lau rie Koenig asked how to go about getting a fire extinguisher for the residence hall, all Gillespie said was, “The best thing to do is to turn the request into every thing and see if anything comes out.” In other action, the RHA ap proved the extension of open house hours on Halloween to allow for inter-dorm activities after the horror shows are over in the Grove the same day. Koenig supported the measure, which has to be approved through the director of student activities office, by saying the girls in her dorm wished to trick ’n treat on Halloween night in the guys dorms. High Food Prices Spell Doom For Weekly Steak Nights The increase in food prices has put a squeeze on the campus food service facili ties. Total on-campus food service costs rose 23 per cent over last semester. Food prices alone rose 21 per cent, said Ed Davis, aux iliary service coordinator for management services. This cost increase has affected students most noticeably in the popular steak serv ings. Steak is now served twice during a five week cycle rather than the weekly serv ings of last year. “Our only alternative to cutting steak servings would be to increase board fees,” said Davis. Two years ago students voted to go without Sunday supper in order to receive weekly steak servings. With the recent steak cut-backs students have raised the possibility of returning Sunday suppers. “We can’t afford either program right now,” said Davis. “And the menu board has decided that when we do have enough money to cover one program or the other, the steak servings should get priority.” “Beef supply has eased slightly,” said Davis. “In our first meat buying session after the price freeze ended prices were down slightly. We are waiting to see what will happen.” “There are no critical shortages of food except in fruits such as apples, cherries and grapes,” said Davis. FOOD SELECTION Canned goods are selected during a “can cutting” session. The food service depart ment orders two sample cans of each good from different canning companies. One can from each company is opened and checked for quality. The better goods are then weighed to determine the best price per quantity and a year’s supply is ordered. The other can is held to compare the sample product with the product re ceived. Eggs and frozen goods are contracted for 60 days with weekly delivery. Fresh meat is bought weekly and produce twice weekly. SBISA WAITERS “Several years ago being a waiter was a prestigious position,” said Davis. The position was valuable because the job was convenient in terms of location and sched ule flexibility. “This attitude has since changed, per haps because of rising affluence and people don’t need jobs as much as they used to.” Davis said all students who applied were hired. PETE BREEN, San An tonio senior, takes extreme precautions against the on slaught of heavy rains which racked the College Station area Thursday. (Photo by Gary Baldasari)