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vl lay, October 17, IJ issified] of our new rrived. just came in ani have a choice of nd the shop very a Peugeot thest ;e<)t FIT FOR YOU, tf-Campus iplications >w Accepted Applications are being accepted She Housing Office for stu- nts who wish to live off-campus (the spring semester. ||ndergraduate applications ill, be accepted through Nov. 21. fter this date, students can not bly for off-campus permits un- Hthe close of pre-registration, ptudents who have not received jyj student permits by the be- (niiing of the spring room sign- p period should reserve residence all rooms to avoid loss of room frity. (hose who have not qualified Nov. 21 will be required to register as residence hall stu- Court Rules in Favor of Nixon on Tapes WASHINGTON (A*) — A fed eral judge ruled Wednesday that the Senate Watergate committee has no authority to sue Presi dent Nixon in an effort to obtain White House tapes of presidential conversations. U.S. District Court Judge John J. Sirica’s dismissal of the com mittee’s civil suit marked the first legal victory for the President in his battle to withhold the tapes from the committee and special Watergate prosecutor. Two court decisions have af firmed the special prosecutor’s argument that the President must give the tapes to a federal grand jury investigating the scandal. But Sirica said the committee had failed to get congressional authority to sue the President. A committee spokesman said the decision would probably be appealed. Meanwhile, three corporations which admitted making illegal contributions to President Nix on’s re-election, campaign pleaded guilty to misdemeanor violations of federal law. In a brief order, Sirica said the court lacked jurisdiction in the tapes suit, an argument made by the White House in its opposition to the committee’s civil action. “No jurisdictional statute known to the court, including the four which the plaintiffs name, warrants an assumption of juris diction, and the court is therefore left with no alternative here but to dismiss the action,” Sirica said. Sirica’s decision followed by less than a week the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling upholding his earlier order in the case involv ing nine tapes subpoenaed by special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox. In that case Sirica ordered the President to give him the tapes to hear in private so that he could determine if Nixon’s claim that they must be kept secret was valid. The President is expected to carry his appeal in that case to the Supreme Court. He has un til Friday to ask the Supreme Court to review the case. The three companies charged Wednesday with misdemeanors over campaign contributions are American Airlines, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., and Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. Charges were also filed against the board chairmen of Goodyear and Minnesota Mining. Life Is A Long Lesson SUPPLY ssones *ed Monday arrow Street) Persons under 18 must have mts send permission and other inent information to Ed Mor- |in the Housing Office to have r applications considered. Allan M. Madeley, Housing —jflice manager, said that “pa- "['■tal permission does not guar- | |tee approval and should not be iterpreted as such.” Cbe Battalion Vol. 67 No. 301 College Station, Texas Thursday, October 18, 1973 i to the grams ipport Companies Admit llegal Contributions \j£ pm ~ % (WASHINGTON CP)/ _ Three Iporations pleaded guilty today Baisdemeanor violations of fed- ■ campaign contribution laws Connection with donations to sident Nixon’s re-election cam- ;n. he board chairmen of two of | companies also pleaded guilty Similar charges. he three firms gave a total |fl25,000 to the re-election ef- ipecial Watergate prosecutor Ihibald Cox filed the charges inst American Airlines, Good- r Tire and Rubber Co., Minne- Mining and Manufacturing and the board chairmen of dyear and Minnesota Mining, merican Airlines entered a |flty plea in federal court in .hington and was fined $5,000. uilty pleas from Goodyear and board chairman, Russell de- ,ng, were entered in Cleveland. I company was fined $5,000 and (Young was fined $1,000. |In federal court in St. Paul, n., guilty pleas were entered Minnesota Mining and its irman and chief executive offi- Harry Heltzer. Heltzer was fined $500 and the company $3,- 000. All were charged under federal law which prohibits donations from corporate funds to political campaigns. The firms previously had noti fied special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox of their illegal contributions. President Nixon’s campaign fi nance committee has returned a total of $425,000 in contributions the committee said it learned came from funds of six corpora tions. Cox said that no executives of American Airlines were charged because it was the first company to come forward voluntarily. “I believe that the example of American Airlines had something to do with prompting others to come forward with voluntary dis closures of corporate contribu tions,” Cox said. The charges carry a maximum penalty of a $5,000 fine in the case of corporations and a maxi mum of a $1,000 fine and one year in prison in the case of individ uals. The executives charged today were Harry Heltzer, chairman of the board and chief executive of ficer of Minnesota Mining, and Russell deYoung, chairman of the Goodyear board. Cox said that in the weeks to come charges will be brought against other companies and their executives “both volunteers and nonvolunteers.” The prosecutor said it would be the policy of his office, even in the case of companies that came forward voluntarily, to charge the corporate officer pri marily responsible. In some cases, he said, where the violators do not come forward voluntarily, felony charges might be brought especially if there are indications that the contribution was an attempt to influence some government action. George Spater, former board chairman of American Airlines, had admitted that the company gave $55,000 to the Nixon cam paign out of corporate funds. The charges said Minnesota Mining contributed $30,000 and Goodyear $40,000. The money was donated in the names of corporate executives. The other companies which have come forward are Gulf Oil, Phil lips Petroleum and Ashland Pe troleum. In addition Braniff Airways has admitted that corporate funds were donated by its employes but the corporation has said that the money represented loans to the individuals and has been repaid. NOEL HARRISON (left) and Robert Jundelin, stars of “No Sex Please, We’re Brit ish,” desperately attempt to get rid of pornography books in one scene of the interna tional hit comedy. The London play will be presented at Bryan Civic Auditorium Mon day at 8 p. m. Blames Arab Reaction to Jewish Intrusion Official Cites Arab-Israeli Rift Origins OEM RIPE 1 orps Trip Planned For TCU Saturday (Football, waving flags, pretty |j rls and parties will receive , Kas Aggie emphasis Saturday IFort Worth. Irhe first of two fall Corps will move 2,300 uniformed ets into the city for the 2 p.m. ^QlSturday match of A&M and f 7 fexas Christian. |A 10 a.m. Corps parade will Q? jhveil the Parsons Mounted Cav- /fcA Iry in its first away-from-home jW'bpearance, giving the event a ttferent Corps Trip flavor. WyifCadet Col. of the Corps Scott - Erhard of Dallas will lead off parade from Weatherford and ' » ’ \not i on es Street. Thirty-six com- Aiirnnxp pies, squadrons and the Texas Band will turn onto Hous- 8-o‘piy Courthouse, pass the V * [piewing stand at the Conven- 6 -° ! - /flillon Center and return to the oj tj FT SLICED HAM RES JO SERVE VO ) Toxos Avi. > Texas Axe. E.24t)i Si ge station RYAN,TEXAS Rights Rested u assembly area by way of Main id First Streets. Maj. Gen. Warren E. Myers, mander of the 90th U. S. y Reserve Comand at Fort Houston, will review the lorps including the 28-member sjValry troop. Gen. Myers will || on the reviewing stand with |S. John C. Calhoun Jr., vice (tssident for academic affairs, Ud Dr. John Koldus, vice presi- •ent for student services. ?The Corps’ other trip this fall ■to the Nov. 17 A&M-Rice game "-Houston. |'We enjoy coming to Fort forth,” noted Col. Thomas R. ’arsons, commandant of cadets. It’s an enjoyable Corps Trip lause of the courtesy and as- ,nce of the city and police.” I’m particularly happy the airy will make its first off- ipus appearance here,” he led. “The unit has received a at deal of support from Fort rth people.” Conceived last fall after the A&M-Army game, the Parsons Mounted Cavalry consists of sen iors commanded by Mike Collins of Dallas. They provide their own horses and transportation, along with part of the funds to maintain the organization. Horses are stabled at the TAMU Re search Annex, where the troop practices. The show unit named for the commandant made its debut at the A&M-Wichita State game march-in. The troop also rode at the Boston College game in Kyle Field. Darrell Williams of Bedford is troop executive officer. Ernest Wilson of Irving and Doug Lat imer of Houston ride at platoon leaders. Paul Hess of Dallas is guidon bearer; Pete Starks of Angleton, first sergeant. The troop began from a two- horse color guard at the 1972 game. Williams figured if two horses were good, a full troop would be better. THE ISRAELI POSITION was defended by Adi Ben- Svi, Israeli vice-consul for Houston, at Wednesday night’s Political Forum presentation. Ben-Svi spoke on the history of Israel and its relations with the Arab nations. A heated question and answer period followed the ttalk. (Photo by Gary Baldasari) Limousine Service Begins A Physical Plant stationwagon will replace the night shuttle bus beginning Monday. The nine-passenger stationwag on will service the regular route 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays by taking passengers to and from the campus when needed. The feasibility of a substitute vehicle on the night routes was studied by a sub-committee of the Shuttle Bus Committee and found to be a more economical and serv- icable alternative than operating a bus. Shuttle bus riders wishing transportation in the evening should call the Communication Center at 845-4311 for service anywhere on a regular route. These persons must give their names, shuttle bus pass numbers, pick-up stations and destinations to the operator. If the person is an occasional rider with a coupon he must indi cate this to the operator. The white wagon, with “Texas A&M University” painted on both sides, will then go to the on- or off-campus location on establish ed bus routes to pick up or deliver passengers at the regular street sites. The wagon will have radio com munication with the Physical Plant operator and will be located at the south entrance to the li brary when not in transit. The library entrance was chos en as the home station for the ve hicle, since as the library provides telephone facilities and a central ized location. The wagon will pick up passengers at other places on campus as long as they are on es tablished routes. The vehicle will also service route four whereas the shuttle bus on the night route did not. By KATHY MORGAN Israeli vice-consul Adi Ben-Svi attributed the initial problems with the Arabic countries to “the Arab refusal to accept a Jewish state in the middle of an Arab world,” when he lectured Wednes day at a Political presentation. “I am here to explain what’s going on,” he said. “It is difficult for outsiders to understand why people are fighting, and why we go from one war to another. Adi Ben-Svi described the con flict as one “loaded with emotion, feelings and this changes the na ture of those who deal with the conflict. It is difficult for one to keep cool.” The conflict, he continued, is on a political, strategical, relig ious and cultural basis yet it is hard for a Jew to iron out the situation from just a political point of view along a realist’s the ory. “This is the Holy land for them,” he explained. Adi Ben-Svi gave a brief his tory of the Jewish movement to further explain the main con flicts between the peoples. He referred to the Jews as “wandering animals” with no real roots being constantly persecuted. “They were the subjects of har assment. They went from Eastern Europe to Western Europe to the gas chamber,” he said. The Jews had to change their fate in some manner, Adi Ben-Svi continued, yet at the time a state was out of the question. “In order to form a state one has to get a government and I can’t see one Jew ruling over an other,” he said. “An army is against the reli gion because it is a tool for kill ing people,” the vice consul ex plained. “Soldiers are trained ani mals to kill another human be ing, nothing else.” The Zionist movement grew out of this situation, he said, to pre serve the physical existence of the Jewish people. This was accom plished by setting around Zion and developing communes to form one large state. There was no central government or army to defend the people. “We wanted to be independent and we are not ashamed of our manual work achievements.” The first confrontation with the Arabs was on a socio-econom ic basis and the Jews were thought of as merely inhabitants or tenants of a territory. Adi Ben-Svi said the two peo ples shared a co-existence on the land, buying, selling and learning each others language until the second migration of Jews. “The Arabs saw the movement as thousands of white Europeans who might deprive them of what they have and they became sus picious.” The Jews were suddenly dan- groups to protect what they had. Jewish settlements were attacked as a result with Jews organizing grousp to protect what they had. In 1936, the Jewish state was becoming a reality. Jews were occupying large cities, over 100 settlements were formed and many Jews were expected to mi grate to the country. The British, who ruled over that country at the time, decided to create a Jewish state and call it Palestine. The proposal went before the United Nations in No vember of 1947 and received every vote except the Arab states. “I say the main cause of the friction was the Arab refusal to accept a Jewish state.” After the 1948 war, Jewish borders gained 10 per cent but between 1948 and 1956, over 3,000 lives were lost in border clashes. 1956 also marked the second war which the Israelis won with not one week of peace, he said. Adi Ben-Svi also claimed that many Israeli refugees were kept in concentration camps by the Arabs to serve as “living monu ments” to the Jewish state. “We cannot afford to fight another war,” he said. “The Arabs claim that they fight for the sake of getting back territory (Sinai Desert). You will have to excuse me for this word, bullshit.” Frosh Posts In Student Open Senate Filing for eight freshman stu dent senator at-large positions begin Monday and will continue through Oct. 29. Students must have a 2.25 mid term GPR and are elected by a plurality vote. The senators are selected on a one to 500 ratio with 4,209 students in the fresh men class. Applicaton for freshman class officers are also available. The positions of president, vice pres ident, secretary-treasurer and social secretary require a 2.0 GPR and will be chosen by a ma jority. Filing for the junior class re presentative to the Memorial Student Center Council will also be done at this time. The open ing is left over from spring elec tions when the results were ruled unfavorable by the Judicial Board. Junior class representatives are elected at-large and require a 2.5 cumulative GPR or a 2.5 GPR for the spring semester. “Each candidate is required to familiarize himself with para graphs 67 and 68 of the Univer sity Rules and Regulations hand book,” said Barry Bowden, elec tion board chairman. Bowden said candidates could not begin their campaigns until all filing procedures were com pleted. Applications are also being tak en for the student senator from the Graduate College of Agri culture. The position had been held by Sam Bayes, who is parliamentar ian for the Senate. Students applying for the posi tion must have at least a 2.25 GPR. Applications will be avail able in the Student Government office in the MSC through 5 p. m. Monday. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv.