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Impeachment Moves Planned
As Watergate Probe Continues
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WASHINGTON UP>—Demands
for President Nixon’s resignation
or impeachment mounted Monday
even as the new acting attorney
general pledged vigorous pursuit
of the Watergate investigation.
House Speaker Carl Albert
and other congressional leaders
worked on plans for how to pro
ceed with impeachment resolu
tions promised by angry mem
bers in the wake of Nixon’s fir
ing Saturday night of special
Watergate prosecutor Archibald
I Cox.
Nixon, first at the White House
and then at his Camp David, Md.,
retreat, considered using a tele-
^ vised speech to present his side
of the case to the nation.
U. S. Solicitor General Robert
H. Bork said the staff and evi
dence assembled by Cox would be
used to pursue the Watergate
probe. Bork became acting attor
ney general when Atty. Gen.
Elliot L. Richardson quit and
Deputy Atty. Gen. William D.
Ruckelshaus was dismissed Sat
urday night over Cox’s firing.
He put the investigation under
the supervision of Henry E.
Petersen, the assistant attorney
general in charge of the criminal
division.
Bork said he retains “ultimate
authority and responsibility” for
the investigation. When Nixon
fired Cox, he also abolished the
office of special prosecutor,
which had handled the case since
May.
While White House aides
sought to mollify critical sena
tors and congressmen with ex
planations of Nixon’s action,
criticism of the move continued
to pile up—a significant amount
of it from Republicans.
The AFL-CIO’s national con
vention in Miami Beach Fla.,
shouted approval to a resolution
calling for Nixon to resign or be
impeached if he didn’t.
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D.-
Hawaii, a member of the Senate
Watergate committee, told the
convention Nixon should resign
because Americans “have suf
fered enough” and “must be
spared this new pain and
trauma.”
The public flooded Western
Union with telegrams to Wash
ington. Some 8,000 were sent to
Cox’s former office. A new Gal
lup Poll taken before Saturday’s
events showed Nixon’s confidence
rating with the public at a new
low.
The president of the American
Bar Association urged Congress
to reestablish the office of the
special prosecutor, a move a
number of senators and repre
sentatives also advocated.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D.-
Mass., urged the Senate Judiciary
Committee to investigate what
he called accumulating evidence
that last week’s tapes battle was
a pretext to fire Cox because he
was “too hot on the White House
trail.”
Kennedy said Nixon should
consider resigning to spare the
country the anguish of impeach
ment proceedings.
THE HORNED FROGS took it on the chin Saturday as the Aggies pulled together a
35-16 victory. For more information see story page 6. (Photo by Rodger Mallison)
Battalion
College Station, Texas Tuesday, October 23, 1973
To Generous Souls, Every
Task Is Noble.
Mid-east Still at War
Despite Cease Fire
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Egypt and Israel ordered their
troops to silence their guns Mon
day, but Syria snubbed a U.N.
Middle East cease-fire appeal and
fighting was reported continuing
on both fronts hours after the be
ginning of the truce.
Ninety New
Initiated at
Ross Volunteers
Annual Banquet
CAPT. MARVIN T. HOP-
GOOD ’65 said that while he
was at A&M he was proud
est of being a yell leader and
being a Ross Volunteer.
Capt. Hopgood, of the
United States Marine Corps,
was the guest speaker at
the RV Banquet Thursday
night. (Photo by Gary Bald-
asari)
By SALLY HAMILTON
Ninety junior TAMU cadets
became Ross Volunteers Thurs
day night at the annual fall initi
ation banquet of the Ross Volun
teers.
The R.V.s, a drill unit com
posed of juniors and senior
cadets began in 1887 with a crack
drill unit under the name of the
Scott Volunteers. With the in
auguration of Lawrence Sullivan
Ross, the Scott Volunteers be
came the Ross Volunteers. Each
time a new president was ap
pointed at A&M the name was
changed in honor of that presi
dent until 1902 when H. H. Har
rington was made president. He
was the son-in-law of Lawrence
Sullivan Ross and wished that
the unit retain the name of the
the Ross Volunteers.
The first uniform was a white
duck, high-necked blouse with
white pants until the Theodore
Roosevelt era when the uniform
was changed to a blue and gray
uniform and a black stetson hat
in honor of the Rough Riders.
In 1952 the R.V. Firing Squad
was organized and has come to
be the most hallowed tradition of
the drill unit. Each platoon at
the end of each spring semester
elects seven men plus one alter
nate to make up the 21-man
squad. It is considered the high
est honor a cadet can receive as
an RV.
Second Platoon Commander
Mark McLean spoke of the duties
and responsibilities of the new
members, “In the trying times of
of the Corps the idea is to lead
and not to be led,” said McLean.
McLean quoted the 1972-73 RV
Commander, Bill Walker, when
he said, “Pride is the way you
conduct yourself when no one else
is watching.”
Executive Officer Homer Mills
administered the R.V. pledge and
the new members received the
traditional gold and white cord
to be worn with their uniforms.
Guest speaker was Capt. Mar
vin T. Hopgood ’65 of the United
States Marine Corps. During his
years at TAMU Hopgood said he
was proudest of two things: being
a yell leader for two years and
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City Council Relocates
Campus Polling Place
By VICKIE ASHWILL
The College Station City Coun
cil agreed to move the TAMU
city polling place and placed the
TAMU ward system resolution
petition in committte Monday
night.
A resolution presented by the
TAMU student body asked to
move the city polling place to the
University Center.
This location is more widely
used by students and will put both
the county and city polling places
in the same location.
Mayor J. B. Hervey said that
by law the council could not act
on he resolution concerning the
ward system at this meeting ex
cept to put it in committee.
“This amendment asks for a
charter change,” said Hervey.
"Such a change can not be made
until two years after a previous
charter amendment, the last be
ing in 1972.”
Therefore, no action can be
taken on the establishment of a
ward system in the College Sta
tion area until April of 1974. At
this time, if the committee re
ports favorably on the idea, the
resolution will be voted on by the
citizens of College Station.
The resolution said that Col
lege Station had grown consider
ably in the last few years since
the initiation of the present sys
tem and that a ward system
would give better representation
to the various factions of the
city.
The Bryan - College Station
Chamber of Commerce presented
a slide show to the council ask
ing that it consider a joint cre
ation of a tourist-convention
bureau.
The bureau would be funded
with income from the newly
established hotel-occupancy tax
of three per cent, which took
effect in College Station Oct. 1.
Presently, 45 other Texas cities
have such a room tax and 58 per
cent of these have established
bureaus that are devoted exclu
sively to the development of tour
ism and conventions.
The chamber proposes that the
bureau would be governed by a
blue-ribbon panel with equal rep
resentation from both cities.
The presentation pointed out
that Bryan-College Station had
major attractions such as TAMU,
the Texas World Speedway and
Lake Somerville.
Robert A. Lacey from the
chamber said the location of the
bureau had not been determined
but that it was important that
such an operation be jointly con
trolled by the two cities.
Assistant City Manager North
Bardell reported on the 8.65 miles
of alleys in College Station to
the council.
“It would probably cost around
$235,000 to pave these alleys
which would require the adjust
ment of utilities and shrubbery,”
said Bardell. “Newer city devel
opments for the most part don’t
have alleys and where they do,
contractors provide the pave
ment.”
As a result of the survey, the
council decided that the pavement
of alleys would be the responsi
bility of individual residents, yet
the city would give technical ad
vice on the matter.
The council accepted the low
bid of Halsell Motor Co., Inc., of
$7,050 on two 1974 Dodge Monaco
police cars.
(See Council, page 3)
being an R.V. Capt. Hopgood
spoke of being an RV as a unique
challenge.
Hopgood held up a book sym
bolizing knowledge. “Anyone pur
suing a professional or military
career will never be a leader
without knowledge,” he said. “As
leaders you will be making a lot
of decisions. To make a decision
without knowledge is folly.”
Capt. Hopgood then held up a
red bandana symbolizing the hard
work that one must go through
to be successful. “Only in the
dictionary does success come be
fore work. An individual should
strive for more than just the
every day stuff.” Hopgood con
tinued, “People always expect a
great deal from leaders.
“These seniors may inspect you
once or twice but remember that
they as leaders are watched,
looked up to and inspected many
more times. People always ex
pect a great deal from leaders.
Leaders are always on parade.”
Hopgood concluded by empha
sizing the spirit that goes with
being a Ross Volunteer. “The
loyalty and spirit that each of
you now possess is a very real
and important thing. Always re
member to keep that spirit and
(See Initiation, page 3)
Student Senate
Vacancies
Announced
Applications are available for
three positions within the Student
Senate through noon Friday in the
Student Government office in the
Memorial Center.
These positions are for the
Legett-Hart-Milner living area
and two from the graduate col
lege of agriculture.
Sam Bayes formerly held one
of the graduate agriculture posi
tions and had also been parlia
mentarian for the Senate.
Larry Matula, representative
from the Hart-Legett-Milner area
resigned from his position due to
the academic workload.
Students applying for the posi
tion must have at least a 2.25
GPR.
Israel charged Egyptian artil
lery was still shelling Israeli po
sitions “in numerous locations”
along the Suez Canal battle lines
nearly 3% hours after the cease
fire in place came into effect.
Cairo radio denied the charge
and said the Israelis made it
only to have a pretext for viola
tions of their own.
Spokesmen in Tel Aviv declin
ed to say whether the Israelis
were firing back.
Cairo and Tel Aviv accepted
the Security Council truce call
in the morning but Damascus
said only that it was studying it
despite reported telephone dis
cussions between Presidents Ha
fez Assad of Syria and Anwar
Sadat of Egypt.
Iraq, the major Arab nation
fighting with the Syrians, reject
ed the appeal outright and Jor
dan, with a small force in Syria,
announced it would accept it on
condition Syria agreed.
An Israeli war correspondent
reported from the Syrian front
that there was no change in that
sector when the cease-fire dead
line came. “The Syrians did not
cease fire,” he reported, “and Is
raeli forces carried on with their
normal operations.”
Both sides reported heavy
fighting before the deadline.
There also were reports of day
long artillery attacks on Israeli
positions on the western bank of
the Suez Canal as the Egyptians
tried to push back Israel’s ex
panded beachhead in the Egyp-
tion heartland.
Cairo and Tel Aviv announced
they had handed down orders to
their commanders to hold their
fire unless fired upon along the
Suez Canal front that has been
bitterly contested since Oct. 6.
The guns were to fall silent at
6:50 p.m., Middle East time—
12:50 p.m. EDT.
Both sides made their accept
ance of the cease-fire conditional
on scrupulous observance by the
other side, however, and the re
ports of continuing shelling un
derscored the difficulties of an
immediate halt to the war after
17 days of heavy tank, infantry
and aerial combat.
The truce was jointly proposed
by the Soviet Union and the Unit
ed States, the superpowers back
ing the warring parties. It was
voted in the Security Council ear
ly Monday after an agreement
worked out in Moscow over the
weekend by Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger and Soviet
Communist party leader Leonid
I. Brezhnev.
Four of Staff Hospitalized
Four members of the TAMU staff have been hospital
ized.
Toby Rives Schreiber, dean of women is having abdom
inal surgery according to a hospital spokesman. She re
turned home Monday, but probably will not return to work
for six weeks.
Robert L. Boone, director of the Singing Cadets and
The New Tradition Singers, was hospitalized for ammonia
burns and returned home Friday.
Robert H. Rucker, professor of Soil and Crop Science
is having knee surgery and will probably return to work in
six weeks.
J. Wayne Stark, director of the Memorial Student Cen
ter, collapsed last week in his office in the MSC. It is not
known when he will leave the hospital, as officials do not
know the cause of his blackout. Hospital spokesmen cited
heart beat irregularities as a contributing factor, but said
this had been straightened out.
Campus Liquor Discussed
At Texas Student Meeting
By VICKIE ASHWILL
Students attending the Texas
Student Association conference
at Stephen F. Austin State Uni
versity Sunday afternoon discuss
ed liquor on-campus, an issue of
rising interest in many schools.
The University of Texas and
the University of Houston are
now working to legalize on-cam
pus pubs while TAMU remains at
“stage one.”
Vice President for Student Af
fairs at SFA, Gordon T. Beasley,
said the ground work for legaliz
ed liquor there was done when the
18-year-old majority rights bill
went into effect.
‘Howdy’Day Set Wednesday
The Corps Finance Committee is sponsoring “Howdy”
day, a traditional day promoting the friendly atmosphere
of TAMU.
Everyone is asked to greet all their fellow Aggies on
this day whether Corps members, civilians or co-eds.
Although “Howdy” is the traditional Aggie greeting,
a “Hello” or “Good Morning” is fine.
Participate and promote one of the many unique quali
ties of Aggieland.
NOEL HARRISON expresses his indignation at having
to move pornographic books one more time in his Monday
production of “No Sex Please, We’re British.” Couple
Robert Jundelin and Flair Bogan look on surprised that he
keeps refusing to help hide the books from Harrison’s
mother, who was visiting with the couple. (Photo by Gary
Baldasari)
“There is no state law that bans
alcohol from the campus except
at athletic events,” Beasley said.
Beasley said that the actual
change in the SFA ruling was
made by the president of the uni
versity.
“The Board of Directors over
sees him,” Beasley continued, “but
he does what he wants.
“Our Board considers the presi
dent competent—he doesn’t have
to poll the members.”
The regulation concerning liq
uor at SFA is similar to that
presently before the TAMU Stu
dent Senate. The SFA ruling al
lows alcoholic beverages on-cam-
pus as long as the person in pos
session is 18.
The alcohol may be consumed
only within the rooms and must
be carried in some form of cover
ing or wrapper.
“Eighty per cent of our prob
lems are with freshmen boys,”
said Beasley. “Of course, these
‘social deviates’ can be found in
any society.”
Beasley said the main problem
was Thursday and the extent of
the problem usually depended on
the weather and the time of the
year.
Persons creating problems with
alcohol on the SFA campus are
put on conduct probation.
UH and UTA are both working
toward on-campus pubs. The Uni
versity of Oklahoma has had a
pub on its campus for seven years
and St. Mary’s in San Antonio
will be opening a similar service
at the end of October.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
Yell Practice Tonight, 7:15 at Kyle Field—Beat Baylor!