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1 Best, 4 louston ; late Mi: - Today in the Bait Free University p. 3 Student Radio p. 5 Senate meeting tonight p. 6 The Game p. 10 Che Battalion Weather Partly cloudy and warm, high 70° Tuesday. Mostly cloudy to partly cloudy Wednesday at 72°. Vol. 67 No. 343 College Station, Ten* Wednesday, February 6, 1974 Brutal kidnapping nets Hearst heiress BERKELEY, Calif. GW—Firing at wit nesses as they went, kidnapers dragged news paper heiress Patricia Campbell Hearst, 19, screaming from her apartment Monday night, it was disclosed Tuesday. Authorities and the family awaited a ransom demand, but none was reported. During the raid, the kidnapers badly beat Miss Hearst’s fiance and beat and tied a neigh bor who ran to their aid. The apartment was left a shambles and splattered with blood. In full view of neighbors, the blindfolded and half-nude victim was dumped into the trunk of a stolen, car. The empty car was later found seven blocks away. “She was screaming, ‘Please let me go’,” said Sandy Golden, 21, who watched from the house next door. Witnesses said up to 12 shots were fired in the apparently well-planned 10-minute raid on the handsome townhouse apartment build ing about a quarter-mile from the University of California campus where Miss Hearst is a sophomore history major. Miss Hearst is the granddaughter of late publisher William Randolph Hearst and daugh ter of Randolph A. Hearst, president and editor of the San Francisco Examiner. The news media waited more than 12 hours before releasing the story because the police and FBI feared that premature publicity might endanger Miss Hearst’s life. Bullet holes pockmarked the wall alongside Miss Hearst’s apartment. Her sliding front door was shattered. A next-door neighbor said she was barely missed by gunfire as she yelled for the kid napers to release their captive. A bullet smashed through the window of the house next door where others watched the getaway. Berkeley police Lt. Henry Sanders said a slouching white woman in her 20s, with long black hair and wearing a loose-fitting jacket over a light sweatshirt, knocked on Miss Hearst’s door about 9:20 p.m. He said Miss Heart and her fiance, Steven Andrew Weed, 26, decided not to admit the woman because of the hour, but the woman tried the door, found it unlocked and barged into the foyer followed by two black men, also in their 20s. Weed said the two men were armed with rifles and shotguns. “In seconds they had me face down on the floor in the hallway. They kept kicking me in the face and forcing me to keep my face down,” he said. (See HEARST, Page 8) Truckers end blockade ni ! lsl '' or synthesizer here Thursday fast i'., v A MOTORCYCLE less than a week old proved too much to handle for its new owner Tuesday. Kirk Warren Francis, a junior marketing major, took the big spill about noon near University Drive on the Wellborn Road exit ramp. Francis lost control of his bike after striking a curb. He was taken to the University Hospital. Francis’ injuries were not thought to be serious, although the motorcycle was extensively damaged. (Photo | by Steve Ueckert) (AP) — Independent truckers ended their blockade of truck stops in West Texas Tuesday and some drivers expressed fears of violence as other groups of inde pendent drivers pledged to con tinue their strike in East and North Texas. Truckers who had parked their rigs in front of diesel pumps at several truck stops in West Texas announced Tuesday they were re moving them “because some peo ple are taking advantage of it.” “The strike is not over yet and I want you to make that clear,” driver Billy Pugh said at the Wi ley Truck Stop in Merkle. “Vio lence will take place now that the blockade has been broken.” The blockade of truck stops at Merkle and Abilene was lifted af ter a truck stop in Big Spring opened for business again Mon day. “We lifted the blockade vol untarily because people who co operate with us will suffer while those guys are making money,” said driver Ricky Decker, who had used his truck to block a truck stop in Tye. Decker said it was not fair to blockade some stops while others were allowed to remain open. Joe Waffard, manager of the Rip Griffin Truck Stop in Big Spring said he did not share Pugh’s apprehensions about vio lence and that was the reason why he opened his truck stop. He 1 8 8 Ter” !| MSC constitution revisions Open house, moog considered by Directorate highlight full week By MARY RUSSO Staff Writer Confusion and conflict has caused the Memorial Student Center Directorate to con sider cutting its hierarchy by means of constitutional revision. A sub-committee composed of officers, com mittee chairmen, a former student and a faculty member has proposed a cut in the number of voting members and a reorganiza tion of the executive branch. “This year the chairmen didn’t know who to go to for authoritative answers,” said Constitutional Committee Chairman Chet Edwards. Presently there are four vice presidents, who have neither job descriptions nor self- drawn conclusions about their areas. This led committee chairmen into a bewildering mass of overlapping power and with no one being able to take ultimate responsibility for decisions. Also in existence is an extra strata of executives called executive vice presidents. For a problem to get to a “top echelon” officer, it first has to fight its way through the jungle of vice presidents into the executive vice presidents’ domain. When it reached this level, it was the same story of overlapping problem areas and which exec veep would handle it. “The situation is such that there are people filling slots that shouldn’t exist,” said Bill Davis, committee member. “Besides, there is a need to create slots to cover neglected areas. The manpower should be put where it’s need ed,” Davis said. An executive committee of seven members is proposed. The president and the vice presi dents of administrative affairs, committee affairs and finance would have final authority. They would also have the knowledge on whom to contact in the administration for informa tion. Under the vice president of administrative affairs will be the directors of operations, projects and public relations. They will work on “paper-pushing” and organization. The sub-committee also suggested that the council voting privileges be reapportioned. The Student Government president would retain his vote. The four classifications and graduate stu dents would be represented by their presidents together with a Battalion representative, all of whom would have speaking privileges but no vote. Two directorate chairmen would also vote on the council, making ten student voters on the council. Also on the council would be five faculty members, two former students and a secretary- treasurer. This administrative block would have seven votes. Activities range from the Moog Trio to Free Uni versity registration as the Memorial Student Center directorate ends the week as they began it, with a bang. Spring Open House will be Wednesday evening in the ballroom on second floor of the MSC. Both MSC committees and outside organizations will have booths for everyone’s inspection. Members of the various organiza tions will man the booths to answer questions and help those interested in joining. Thursday is marked with Free University registra tion, the Moog Trio presentation and Great Issues’ Speaker Joachim Scheilien. Free U. offers people a chance to learn something in an informal atmosphere, free from academic restraint. Registration and information centers will be located on the first floor of the MSC. Twenty courses are being offered. They vary from automotive principles and appli cations to women in literature. Registration will be held from 7-9 p.m. Both students and non-students are wel comed in this activity. Great Issues Speaker, Joachim Schelien, is talking on “How the Dollar Fell” as part of this committee’s noon time series. Admission is free to hear this German jour nalist in room 225 of the MSC. Finally, to cap the evening will be the Chris Swansen Mogg Trio, presenting the computerized music, from Bach through contemporary rock. Moog is the machine that makes music- without the benefit of traditional musical instruments. The presentation will be in the Auditorium of the Theater complex in the University Center. Admis sion is $1.00 for students and $1.50 for non-students. The performance begins at 8 p.m. said some independent truckers asked him to open for business again. At Lone Star in East Texas Bill Gentry, spokesman for nearly 300 truck drivers said his group would “sit tight” until their demands are met. The truckers are asking for faster highway speeds, lower fuel prices and higher freight rates. Gentry said his group has not engaged in any violent activities. And in Dallas leaders of an other group of truckers said they were still waiting for some action by the state government on pro mises that Texas officials would carry the truckers’ demands to Washington. AUSTIN, (AP)—Gov. Dolph Briscoe said Tuesday a special conference has been set up with federal energy chief William Si mon in an effort to end the strike of several hundred independent Texas truckers. Briscoe said his special assist ant on energy, James Rose will fly to Washington early Wednesday for the conference with Simon. Briscoe said in a message to Simon that “Texas is faced with a work stoppage among indepen dent truckers which threatens the nation’s economy and could result in severe shortages ... I believe a meeting between you and Rose may provide you information which may lead to an agreement ending the state and national tru ckers strike.” Rose has been negotiating with representatives of the Texas Chapter of the United Truckers of America. Chris Swansen and an incredi bly versatile musical instrument, the Moog synthesizer, will appear in the University Center Audi torium Thursday night. Swansen will perform original compositions as well as music by J. S. Bach, Lennon-McCartney, Blood Sweat & Tears, and Carol King. The Moog synthesizer is an electronic device which simulates the sound of the various known musical instruments by allowing the operator/musician to select the particular harmonic overtones the machine will produce when the keys are pressed. The differ ence in harmonic overtones, tim bre and resonance is what makes one musical instrument sound dif ferent from another. The syn thesizer has been used by such artists as Walter Carlos, Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman to produce all the strange sound, as well as some of the familiar ones heard on their albums, “Switched on Bach,” “Music from a Clock work Orange,” “Tarkus,” “Brain Salad Surgery,” “The Six Wives of Henry the Eighth,” and “Close to the Edge.” The concert will be Thursday night at 8 o’clock in the Univer sity Center Auditorium. Tickets for students, cost $1 and are $1.’0 for anyone else. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” Adv. Colson documents may implicate White House in dairy antitrust case WASHINGTON UP)—Newly disclosed documents show that Charles W. Colson raised an alarm at the White House about a 1971 Justice Department investi gation of a dairy cooperative that was donating funds for President Nixon’s re-election campaign. Colson said the antitrust investigation could have “very serious adverse conse quences.” The investigation later was shifted from criminal to civil channels. The documents also show that John W. Dean III, then the President’s official lawyer, followed the progress of the anti trust investigation and prepared a report on it. And the documents raise the possi bility that White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman discussed the case with then Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell. The documents, released Monday in connection with a Ralph Nader lawsuit, are the first indication that White House officials took an active interest in the controversial antitrust case. Previously it had been disclosed that Mitchell turned down repeated requests from his antitrust chief, Richard W. McLaren, to start a federal grand jury investigation of allegedly illegal monop oly tactics used by the Associated Milk Producers, Inc. A civil suit was filed instead. The milk producers had promised to give $2 million to Nixon’s re-election campaign, which Mitchell later directed. McLaren’s first request for a grand jury was sent to Mitchell Sept. 9, 1971, according to the former antitrust chief’s sworn affidavit. Fifteen days later Col son, then special counsel to the President, alerted Haldeman to the matter. “For obvious reasons, I should not be involved with respect to the following,” Colson said. He said the Justice Depart ment was conducting an antitrust probe of dairy cooperatives, without mention ing McLaren’s recommendation for a grand jury. “If this goes too far there will be a number of very serious adverse conse quences which I will be glad to elaborate on in detail,” Colson said. “I do think this should be taken up at one of your meetings. I would like to stay out of it.” Haldeman and Mitchell met period ically during this time to discuss political matters. Another memo to Haldeman, from his assistant Gordon Strachan, said Dean “is checking this report on a very low key basis.” “John Dean has been watching this matter closely,” Strachan added. Within two weeks, on Oct. 6, Dean submitted a report on the antitrust probe to Strachan. Only the cover sheet of the report was made public, not the contents. The newest documents were released in connection with the filing of a new affidavit by Herbert W. Kalmbach, a former Nixon fund-raiser and lawyer, in a Nader lawsuit over the administra tion’s 1971 increase in milk price sup ports. Kalmbach, in a switch from his earlier testimony, swore that Haldeman person ally authorized him to receive a secret $100,000 cash contribution from the dairymen in 1969. ★ ★ ★ The White House has made a written response to special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski’s request for continued access to tapes and documents. A meeting is scheduled later this week to resolve a growing dispute. The letter, from White House Water gate lawyer James D. St. Clair was termed “a lengthy communication” by a spokesman in the special prosecutor’s office. The spokesman said it “will re quire further clarification and further discussion between Mr. Jaworski and Mr. (See DEVELOPMENT, page 6) NESTING SEASON brought out by the false spring of the last week attracted Hart Hall resident Greg Mag- ruder to his unusual vantage point. (Photo by Gary Bald- asari)