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Loggins, Messina canceled VALENTINE FLOWERS pile up at the Krueger-Dunn Commons desk as coeds were vooed with the traditional candy, flowers, and cards thrpughout the day. These flowers ^delivered earlier await pickup by the girls. (Photo by Kathy Young) By HANK WAHRMUND The cancellation of the Loggins and Messina concert scheduled this spring was announced at the Resident Hall Association meet ing Thursday night. Association members displayed obvious disappointment upon hearing that the rock group, Log gins and Messina, would not ap pear for RHA weekend. They have cancelled their entire tour. In its place the RHA has chosen “Eagles” at a much reduced rate. One of its more popular record ings is “Taking it Easy.” Keathley Hall’s representative, Laurie Keenig, protested the ab sence of fire extinguishers in the girls’ dormitories. A resolution was drawn up requesting action from Dean Powell’s office on the matter at the suggestion of Ron Blatchley, Director of Student Ac tivities. An RHA Judicial Board should be operating by this fall and will handle discipline problems involv ing RHA members, according to Blatchley. The board will hope fully ease the friction between male and female students over violations of curfews in the girls’ dorms. RHA Secretary Karin Wilwerding strongly protested the men’s violations, but several male residents reminded her of the girls’ responsibilities for ad hering to the rules as well. In other action the RHA— —approved Paul Szatkowski as RHA acting Vice President, re placing Robert Youngblood who resigned; —heard offers of social enter tainment and private party facili ties from the “Dukes of Aggie- land” and the Silver Dollar Sa loon; —approved by voice vote a mo tion to not join the National RHA after T. Mark Blakemore pointed out that the benefits derived from the national group were not equal to the $55 organization member ship fee; —asked for volunteer delegates No details 1 available for dorm incident Phil Weber was taken by am bulance Thursday night to the University Health Center after Bhe was found on the floor of his room in Crocker Hall. Paul Bradshaw, a friend of Weber, said he found Weber in his room about 10 p.m. “He was beat up and the room was torn up,” said Bradshaw, but he would not give any details. Charles Powell, dean of men, said examinations of Weber showed no evidence of physical harm and Weber was taken back to his room. Weber was unavail able for comment. According to Powell, Weber said he was hit on the back of the head. Bill Reeves, head resident ad visor of Crocker, said Powell, Chief 0. L. Luther and he will meet sometime Friday to discuss the details of the occurance. None of the three would comment fur ther. Che Battalion to the Texas RHA Convention at West Texas State University March 27-30 at a cost of $26 per person, with room, meals and lin ens included; —agreed to encourage its dorm members to help in the YMCA’s renovation of the Grove on Sat urday morning, Feb. 23; —agreed to send two volunteers every day to the Bryan City Mis sion to help in the recycling pro gram there. Blatchley cited the latter two projects as great opportunities for the Association to improve its comnjunity image and to involve more of its dorm members in worthwhile activities. Weather Mostly cloudy with scattered showers Friday. Partly cloudy to fair and mild Saturday. High today 68°. Saturday’s high 65°. Vol. 67 No. 349 College Station, Texas Friday, February 15, 1974 totem ; Fell, e (Cecche" nq Exerciss rain Inslrm r all Ages 2796 SCONA schedule ' SCONA has decided to open its 1 last session to the general public, according to planning chairman | John Nash. The program at 11 a. m. Sat urday in the University Center Theater will present Dr. Daniel Bell, who will talk on “Changing Personal Priorities.” The event had been open only to invited persons, as a brunch was scheduled in connection with it. The brunch will now be held separately. | No charges filed l I in saloon death 1 By VICKIE ASHWILL Staff Writer No charges have yet been filed in the death of Larry Dow Sanders, pending further investigation by College Station police. Sanders died Friday night after being included in a scuffle at the Silver Dollar Saloon. The offense was first reported as murder; after further investigation by police it was changed to voluntary man slaughter. Sources close to the scene said Jerry Lynn Derryberry of Bryan, slapped Sanders who seemingly choked on his drink, after falling down twice. Police labeled the crime as simple assault. According to police reports, they arrived at the scene at approximately 10 p.m. and found Sanders lying on the hood of a vehicle where someone was administering artificial respiration. Officers took over until the fire department arrived and applied oxygen to Sanders, according to reports. Callaway-Jones Ambulance Service showed up at the saloon about 20 minutes later and took Sanders to St. Joseph Hospital; he was pronounced dead on arrival. County Attorney Roland M. Searcy said there has been an autopsy performed, but as of Thursday no reports had been received in his office. Billy Barnett, owner of the Silver Dollar Saloon, said, “It’s very unfortunate something like this would have to happen.” Barnett added it was a very peculiar incident. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has been notified of the death and is investigating Sanders’ death. “Any time a death occurs in a licensed establishment we investigate any possibility of a breach of peace which could have been avoided by the establishment,” said Director E. W. Stevenson. “If an investigation shows nothing, there will be no case.” EY’S JWELBY , The Agfi r. Store North f'l 11 College SUl* 1 THE DIFFERING FACES of SCONA are displayed by delegates Linda Bowers and Bill Haltom at a Wednesday afternoon roundtable discussion. (Photo by Rodger Mallison) Soviet nuclear power awesome, SCONA told By TED BORISKIE The military is here in force. The Air Force is here in both their winter blues and the lighter summer uniforms. The Army brass seems to be everywhere and, together with the Corps of Cadets resplendent in their R0TC finery, tend to give the Rudder Center Theater an overall feeling of khaki. They are all here in the middle of a Thursday afternoon for one purpose: to see the Man, or at least the Assistant Man: Deputy Secretary of Defense William P. Clements Jr. The SCONA delegates are here to see Clements as the fourth in their list of speakers. “Time to go to sleep again,” says one. “I wonder what we’re eating tonight,” says another. “We are a nation in a difficult period of transition, from wartime to peacetime,” Clements tells the audience in his best Texas drawl. “This is the first budget in more than a decade that does not have to support U.S. military forces in a combat role. Now we are pressed with the task of foreseeing what military forces will be needed to honor U.S. commitments overseas. “Some citizens have been understandably seek ing relief from our role as world guardian follow ing our involvement in Vietnam,” he says, “but the crisis in the Middle East proves that we have moral, judicial and economic responsibilities to the rest of the world that we cannot afford to shirk. “Soviet nuclear capability is awesome and they are gaining all the time. The Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries, plus the Peoples Republic of China, all maintain large military forces. U.S. forces have been reduced without corresponding reduction from the Communist countries. “The Soviet Union continues to develop more sophisticated land and sea missiles,” he warns his audience. “We are responsible to ourselves to deter the possibility of a nuclear attack. We must judge the power of our forces with those of the Soviet Union. We must honor our commitments with 40 countries in addition to those of the United Nations. “In order to maintain a global equilibrium, we must first maintain a strategic nuclear balance.” Clements closes his talk and issues a plug for the Corps of Cadets, nothing that it is the largest cadet unti anywhere, save for the military academies, and that it provides more reserve officers than any other school. Students and SCONA delegates line up to pose questions and after the first few queries it becomes evident that they are not so much concerned with allowing the Soviet Union to gain a nuclear advantage as they are afraid of atomic annihilation. They don’t ask what must be done to keep the Soviets from building an overpowering nuclear (See SOVIET POWER, page 3) Nixon uncooperative in scandal probes WASHINGTON (A>) — Special Prosecu tor Leon Jaworski told the Senate Thursday the White House has refused to turn over more material for his Watergate investi gations. The White House confirmed it and said the order came from President Nixon. “It is now clear that evidence I deem material to our investigations will not be forthcoming,” Jaworski wrote Sen. James O. Eastland, D-Miss., chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee. A committee member, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., immediately urged East- land to call a meeting “to consider the ominous implications of Mr. Jaworski’s letter.” He said the prosecutor should be given the opportunity to testify. Jaworski said he had been informed by letter “that the President has refused to reconsider his earlier decision to terminate his cooperation with this investigation, at least wtih regard to producing any tape recordings of presidential conversations.” At the Florida White House, Deputy Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren said Nixon had decided that material already supplied Jaworski “is sufficient to allow the grand juries to proceed with their work without further delay.” Asked if this meant Nixon would fur nish Jaworski and his staff with no further tapes or White House documents, Warren responded that presidential attorney James St. Clair “will continue to discuss matters with Mr. Jaworski on a confidential basis and will cooperate with the special prose cutor’s office to the extent feasible.” Asked whether Nixon was contemplating firing Jaworski, Warren refused a direct response, saying the question “is not before us, the situation hasn’t been raised.” In confirming that St. Clair had sent a letter to Jaworski refusing his latest request for material, White House aides made clear that the decision had been made by Nixon himself. Eastland, reached by telephone in Missis sippi, said he had not seen the Jaworski letter. The chairman of the Judiciary Com mittee declined comment on what the committee might do. It has a meeting scheduled next Tuesday to consider a nomi nation for deputy attorney general. Jaworski said that in the investigation of the Watergate break-in and coverup he had asked, and been refused, tape record ings of 27 presidential meetings and tele phone conversations. A deputy, he said, also was not given materials relating to the investigation of dairy industry contributions, and that the White House refused to permit prosecution staff members to review files relating to the special investigations unit known as the plumbers. The requests for some of the materials date back to August 1973, Jaworski told Eastland. Magazine will try to catch Aggie lifestyle Some Aggie faces will make the national scene in the May is sue of “Mademoiselle” magazine. At the invitation of Host and Fashion, the staff of this college woirjen’s fashion guide begins a ,two week tour of the TAMU cam pus Monday. “They will be here to show and tell what TAMU is really like,” said Kay Evans, chairman of Host and Fashion. “All the Aggie tra ditions should really come out those two weeks, especially say ing ‘Howdy’ to everyone you meet. You might end up in Mademoi selle if you do.” The visitors will try to grasp a well-rounded picture of Aggie life by mingling with students in their everyday activities. Candid photography, getting at the heart of things, will catch Aggies eat ing, studying, and whatever. Two of the highlights of the agenda include a beauty “Groom- In” and a Career Day. The “Groom-In” involves se lecting women from an audience to be cosmetically redone. It is open to all local women, free of charge. Before and after photos will record the beauty make overs, and Mademoiselle experts will demonstrate beauty and fashion tricks. The sessions will be held from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday on the ground level of the Rudder Tower. Monday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. the staff will sponsor a fashion career day to offer insights from the “Mademoiselle” perspective into modeling, journalism, mar keting and other aspects of the fashion field. The lectures will be held in Room 501 of the Rudder Tower. The photographer and a staff writer will remain on campus through Feb. 28. Today in the Batt Trash p. 2 Tech preview p. 4 Policy emphasis shifts U. S. needs more prestige University National Bank "On the side of Texas A&M." Adr. By CLIFTON LEWIS Staff Writer “Shifting Emphasis in Ameri can Foreign Policy” was a far from dry subject when Dr. Hans Morgenthau came through his slight accent with confidence and strength. Speaking to an audience, com posed mostly of people with tags and notebooks labelled “SCONA,” Morgenthau began by saying one facet of foreign policy should never be replaced. The balancing of foreign powers against one an other has always been foremost on any nation’s priorities, he said. Other than that, there are am ple opportunities to reorder the emphasis in foreign policy, he said. “Any time a foreign nation has experienced a social revolution, we have assumed that it was the re sult of a Communist conspiracy, and have looked at Moscow or Peking for the source.” Taking Vietnam as an example, Morgen thau explained the situation not as a testing ground for Commun ism, but of a local outbreak and a social revolution. The U. S., he said, has not real ized the importance of these rev olutionary movements. “We are not dealing with conventional armies, but with an entire people. If the people would rather die fighting then we cannot enforce our own preference short of ex terminating the people. Which we have done with considerable suc cess.” Morgenthau gave credit to the present Presidential administra tion for restoring sound relations with Russia and China. “Nixon, whose anti-communist preferences are beyond question” (he waited for the laughter to die out), “had courage and imagination to do this. It was absurd not to recog nize these major powers earlier. If we look at them as incarnations of evil, there will be no rational diplomacy.” The radical revolution of nu clear Weapons puts a new front on diplomacy, stressed Morgen thau. “We now have weaponary so different that it is incapable of being used as an instrument of foreign policy. It will not change the will of the opponent; it will cause the destruction of his phy sical existence.” War has always been the last resort in diplomacy, he said, but a tactical and conventional war is no longer possible, “unless we destroy Russia and say it was merely tactical.” Also, defense against such a war is not practi cal, for even if the defensive methods “were 90 percent effec tive, then perhaps our remains would be less radioactive.” A round of applause followed. Morgenthau ended saying that our political system must be re turned to a position of prestige in the world to make foreign pol icy. He answered questions and told the photographer he was wasting his film. ; v: * * V ' ■ ...V THE BACKSIDE of the Corps review for SCONA is captured by Battalion photographer Gary Baldasari in an unusual view of Parson’s Mounted Cavalry.