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Small Per Cents Create Big Energy Savings mm :V ! C" 7 X*: ? : ' "-mtS '• S' ^ n -f»- The director of TAMU’s Elec tric Power Institute has some sound energy-saving advice for consumers, including removal of two light bulbs in four-bulb fix tures. “Homeowners can take a sur vey of their lighting fixtures to determine the number of bulbs they are using,” EPI Director John S. Denison explained. “Most living room light fixtures hold four bulbs. Remove two of them. The lighting level will still be sufficient to facilitate day-to- day activities.” Denison feels that major ener gy saving steps can be found in operating of heating and air con ditioning in the home. He empha sized that although climate con trol accounts for the majority of home energy expended, lesser areas of saving are equally as im portant. “Everything the individual can do to ease the energy crisis is im portant,” he noted, “but we do feel the big savings will come from re vised heating and air conditioning use.” “Using less heat in the winter and less air conditioning in the summer will account for large savings, not only in energy con sumed but also in dollars saved on utility bills.” The TAMU professor added that several steps can be taken, in ad dition to cut-backs in heating and air conditioning, that will result in further savings on energy. “Turn out the lights when you aren’t using them,” he said “In candescent bulbs, like those found in most homes, can be turned on and off as often as you like with out undue damage or increased power consumption.” “Florescent fixtures, however, require a little thought”, he added. “If you plan to be out of the room for an hour or longer, go ahead and turn them off. Anything less than an hour would result in more power consumed than saved, due to high starting currents, and a decrease in the life of the bulb.” The director of the TAMU in stitute said that more energy is required to manufacture neon bulbs than could possibly be saved by turning them on and off con stantly. He pointed out some people are A Sound Heart Is The Life Of The Flesh: But Envy The Rottenness Of The Bones. Cbe Battalion Vol. 67 No. 324 College Station, Texas Friday, November 30, 1973 beginning to consider the use of wind chargers and battries to pow er some lighting fixtures. He added the energy required to manufac ture the equipment would offset any savings relized by their use. “The use of reading light in stead of overhead fixtures will al so result in some energy saved,” he noted. “The entire room doesn’t have to be lighted for reading— just the subject matter.” Denison said removing unneed ed light bulbs, turning off unused lights, and other minor adjust ments in electrical consumption would result in one or two per cent savings in energy. The big savings in home consumption will come from air conditioning and heating use. “The one or two per cent saved,” he concluded, “doesn’t sound like much, but with every family doing the little things to save energy, it all adds up.” TAMU’s Electric Power Insti tute, funded by a consortium of Texas utility companies, is con cerned with finding more effici ent methods of energy distribu tion and consumption. ista 1' Preregistration Begins in Converted Exchange Store aroque Concert ITo Call In Advent Presidential Secretary Charged with Four Lies WASHINGTON UP) — Former White House appointments secre tary Dwight L. Chapin was in dicted Thursday on four counts of lying to the Watergate grand jury about his contacts with polit ical saboteur Donald H. Segretti. Chapin, 32, was charged with making false declarations under oath last April 11. Among other things, Chapin swore he gave Se gretti no instructions about any political candidate, an indictment said. In celebration of Advent, the Ibeginning of the church year, a Imusical of baroque music will be [performed at St. Andrew’s Epis- Icopal Church, 217 W. 26th, Bry- [an, Sunday at 5 p.m. The “Magnificat,” a cantata by |J. S. Bach, will be sung by the St. [Andrew Choir and accompanied [by the Bryan-College Station Cooper Freshman iPresident Freshmen have completed elec- Ition of their officers, filling all their leadership positions for the I year. Gary Cooper took the presi- Idency over Steve Fort with a ballot count of 522 over 247. The vice-president is Buddy Brown with 440 votes over Carolyn [Johnsen with 325. In the re-vote, David Reta was elected secretary-treasurer over Linda Goolsby, 520 over 230. Sandy Guillory with 388 votes overcame Nancy Guido with 337. The winners must report cam paign expenditures within the next three days at the Student Government Office. iggie Cinema lets ‘Bonnie nd Clyde’ The Aggie Cinema will present “Bonnie and Clyde” tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. The Academy Award winning film stars Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. The film will be shown in the University Center Auditorium. There is a 50 cent admission charge. Lacrosse Sets Saturday Meet The TAMU Lacrosse Associa tion will host the scheduling meet ing for Texas lacrosse teams Sat urday to be followed by an exhi bition match with a mixed-club team. The Houston, Rice, Dallas, San Antonio, University of Texas, Louisiana State University and Tulane club representatives will meet with A&M’s representative, Dave Gruber, in the Rudder Tow er until 3 p.m. Then members from the several .different clubs will combine forces and play against the Ag gies at 3:30 p.m. on the Main Drill Field. Chamber Orchestra. The orches tra will also play “The Christmas Concerto,” concerto grosso, Opus 6, No. 8 by Corelli. “The Magnificat” is a musical setting of Luke 1:46:55. This hymn has been in the Christian liturgy since earliest times. Albert Gloss is the conductor of the Bryan-College Station Chamber Orchestra. Thyra Plass is the organist and choirmaster of the St. Andrew’s choir. The Advent Musicale is spon sored jointly by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and the Fine Arts Group of the TAMU Wom en’s Social Club. The public is invited to the concert and a re ception afterwards in the Parish. Hall. Venereal Disease Program Features Flick, Educators In cooperation with Dr. Harold Powe, director of the University Health Center, the Cap and Gown health program series will present a program on venereal diseases next Wednesday. A 15 minute film will be sho\vn in Room 103 of Zachry Engineering Center at 7 p. m. Tom Economidis and Sally McNaab, two Houston health educators will be present to answer questions concerning venereal diseases. The man-woman team from the Texas State Health Department are easy people to talk to, said Mary Olivo, chairman of the health film series. Olivo has seen the two work with groups. Low Self Esteem Makes Women’s Outlook Dim By KATHY YOUNG “A feminist can be of either sex,” said Jill Ruckelshaus, assist ant to Anne Armstrong in the of fice of women’s programs. Ruckelshaus said that a femi nist was a philosophy in which women should take an equal and active role in politics, economics and in service to the country. She spoke before a large crowd in the Memorial Student Center Thurs day night as part of the Great Issues series. She is the wife of William Ruckelshaus, who recently resign ed as Deputy Attorney General after the firing of Archibald Cox by Nixon. After her husband resigned she said they reached a mutual agree ment that she should stay in her job with the administration. She works in a small office in Wash ington with Anne Armstrong, the President’s counselor and one oth er colleague. They research and put in proposal from problems that working women encounter such as pension funds and em ployment. She said they actually “work around Congress and act as lob byists for women.” They are also a clearinghouse for problems which they refer to the proper agencies. Discrimination exists against women in the Social Se curity system and in credit, ac cording to Ruckelshaus. “Nixon is trying to increase opportunities for women in gov ernment by hiring a woman re cruiter to screen and nominate women for high level jobs when openings occur and by having the Labor Department enforce the Equal Pay Act.” She cited the re cent case in which AT&T had to pay $50 million in back pay to women who had not received pay equal to men. She also said that companies must actively search for qualified women to employ and that when hired they must be promoted as men would be in the job. Ruckelshaus said that Nixon has spoken up several times urg ing the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment which states that “equality of rights under the law will not be abridged due to sex.” She also said that Nixon had appointed women to high po sitions such as the Office of Eco nomic Opportunity and the head of the Atomic Energy Commis- . sion. She said that women constitute 40 per cent of the workers in the job market and yet they make on an average of 56 per cent of what a man earns. She also said that many women’s career expec tations are low because many women accept the fact that they are inferior. One-third of all working women are clerks, while 20 per cent are household work ers. “Women have been stereotyped as a minority group incapable of revolt,” according to Ruckelshaus. She said that women supported their second rate status and so ciety rewarded those who didn’t make decisions and avoided con flict. “Few women are college pro fessors and the ones that are earn $3,500 less than a man.” Of our teachers, 84 per cent are women and women who have four years of college earn less than a man who has only finished high school, according to Department of Labor studies said Ruckelshaus. “Never become skeptical about politics,” she urged. “All women are interested in the minimum wage, welfare reform, national health care and low cost housing and we need women in govern ment to change laws.” She said that “active interest in politics can only improve and direct the quality of life.” “Emerging picture of women in search of themselves seeking- new directions to express them selves can only have a stimulating and humanizing effect on socie ty.” Chapin asked and was granted a leave of absence from his job as director of marketing planning for United Air Lines in suburban Chicago. The company indicated Chapin will defend himself against the charges, which carry maximum penalties of five years in jail and a $10,000 fine on each of the indictment’s four counts. There was no official reaction from the White House. In other Watergate develop ments Thursday: ) —Informed sources said the White House has told federal in vestigators that full disclosure of a still-secret project of the so- called plumbers unit could endan ger the life of a foreign intelli gence agent working for the United States inside the Soviet Union. President Nixon has said publicly that one of the activities of the plumbers who were re sponsible for burglary of the of fice of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychia trist in 1971 can’t be disclosed without endangering national se curity. —Special Watergate prosecu tor Leon Jaworski told newsmen he is considering asking the White House to turn over all pres idential tape recordings for safe keeping, “so that there couldn’t be anything happening to them.” Seven subpoenaed tapes already are under court guard, but the White House still holds the rest. —Ziegler, in a briefing at the White House, said Jaworski’s idea “is just nonsense.” He said, ex cept for a mysterious 18-minute gap on one of the tapes, all other conversations under subpoena “are intact.” And Ziegler lashed out at Jaworski’s staff lawyers, saying they have shown “in grained suspicion and visceral dis like for this President and this administration.” —Miami’s chief prosecutor con firmed that he has evidence Nix on kept a $100,000 certificate of Jill Ruckelshaus ‘Never become skeptical about politics’ Rep. Lane Denton Demonology Lectures Scheduled Dr. John P. Newport, profes sor of philosophy of religion at Southwestern Baptist Theolog ical Seminary, will present a lecture series on “The Christian and the Demon” at the First Baptist Church Friday through Sunday. The series leads off with a presentation entitled “The Chris tian and Demon Influence, Sub jection, and Possession,” which deals with Satanology. The lec ture begins at 7 p.m. Friday, with a churchwide fellowship following Dr. Newport’s program. Saturday’s activities open with a chili luncheon at 12 noon. At 1 p.m., Dr. Newport will discuss prayer, worship, healing, reincar nation, death and spiritualism in a program on “The Christian and ESP With the Living and the Dead.” Three presentations are set Sunday. At 8:30 a.m. and again at 10:45 a.m., Dr. Newport will speak on “The Christian Con fronts Magic and Witchcraft.” His 6 p.m. presentation explores the question, “Is Speaking in Tongues Demonic?” The final lecture in the series comes at 7 p.m. Sunday. “The Christian and Astrology” deals with Providence and prediction of the future, Edgar Cayce, Jeanne Dixon and Tarot cards. A churchwide fellowship follows the presentation. Dr. Newport is the author of numerous articles. He authored the 1971 publication, “Theology and Contemporary Art Forms,” and the 1972 publication entitled “Demons, Demons, Demons.” deposit in the same bank where the President’s friend, C. G. “Bebe” Rebozo, kept a secret $100,000 cash gift from billionaire Howard R. Hughes. State Atty. Richard G. Gerstein said a Miami Herald news story, which said a bank official had told him about the certificate, is not inaccurate. Gerstein said he has issued sub poenas for any records the bank may have on Nixon’s personal finances and a previously unre ported $10,000 campaign donation once deposited there. Denton Cites Regulatory Inadequacies Lane Denton, chairman of the Texas House public welfare sub committee, spoke on government corruption for Political Forum Thursday. “The most terrible criminal is the one who wears a suit and shuffles papers in order to cover lies. These people steal the pub lic trust,” Denton said. He said it was ironic that such corruption should occur in a dem ocratic system, “the best machin ery to prevent this abuse.” “The state regulatory agencies are controlled by special interest groups,” said Denton. “The state legislature needs to make a study on the domination by these prof iteers and the power they have over legislators and agencies. It’s gotten to the point where agen cies have become branch offices of lobbying groups.” He explained how his subcom mittee was directed to study only Artesia Hall after it had started investigations on large privately owned institutions. Denton also mentioned that Senator Kubiak raised the question of limited in vestigation when Denton’s group looked into Merrian School for girls, which Kubiak had reported ly never visited. What his group did recommend after the investigation was “a licensing overhaul, more aid for the agency handling state chil dren’s institutions and a broader development o f comprehensive programs on a community level.” County Chess Tourney Set Brazos County Chess Cham pionships will be played Friday and Saturday in Rooms 229, 230 and 231 of the Memorial Student Center. Registration is set for Friday from 6-9 p.m. and Saturday 8-9 a.m. for rounds played Saturday 9:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Tournament play will be five round Swiss System. Participants are asked to bring chess clocks and sets. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv. Basketball Openers in G. Rollie White: Fri., Mon., 7:30