i
Weather
Cloudy with intermittent rain
and thundershowers Wednes
day. Today’s high 76°. Low
tonight 62°. Mostly cloudy to
partly cloudy Thursday. Rain
ending tomorrow. High
Thursday 78°
Vol. 67 No. 388
Cbe Battalion
Today in the Batt
Academic positions p. 3
Precinct conventions p. 3
Impeachment inquiry p. 4
Record budget p. 5
Taylor outline p. 6
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, May 1, 1974
Board of Directors
approves optional fees
Iradley
; in a ci
i first
raking:
McGoi
;an couli
time
in the
to com!
i credit
but wi
has a
By VICKIE ASHWILL
Optional board and laundry fees and pre
mission for a student on the Athletic Council
were approved by the TAMU System Board
of Directors Thursday.
The Board of Directors approved the pos
sible addition of a student to the Athletic
Council with one dissenting vote by board
member Joe H. Reynolds.
The item approved by the Board says the
presidents of TAMU, Prairie View A&M and
Tarleton State University may add one stu
dent to their Athletic Councils.
According to the agenda item, “these
councils have jurisdiction over intercolle
giate athletics in accordance with faculty
regulations and with the rules of the respec
tive conferences of which they are members.
The president is directed to implement this
section by administrative directives.”
Effective the fall semester, 1974, board
and laundry fees will be optional to all stu
dents.
The minute order approved by the board
stated that “students who elect to pay the
board rate will be obligated to pay for the
full semester.”
T. D. Cherry, vice president for business
affairs, said in a letter to President Jack Wil
liams that the cost of food and other items
necessitate an increase in the board fee for
next year. Therefore, the 5-day board plan
will be $320 and the 7-day plan will be $358.
Students will still be allowed to pay their
board in three installments with a $2 service
charge per installment.
Laundry fees will increase as approved by
the Board. The new optional system will cost
the female student $20 and the male $30.
In a letter from Cherry, he notes that
laundry fees have not increased since 1969
and rising costs of the system necessitate a
$5 increase per student.
Dormitory room fees will not increase this
fall and rates will be as follows: $117 for
non-air conditioned, no phone; $137 for non-
air conditioned with phones; $220 for air
conditioned with phones; $235 for air con
ditioned suite type with phones; and $350
for Krueger or Dunn.
Also effective with the fall semester,
1974, are increases in the user fees for the
shuttle bus system as approved by the Board.
Rates for the individual student user will
be $15 per semester, for the student husband
and wife it will be $22.50 and for a faculty-
staff member it will be $20 per semester.
Cherry said current shuttle bus fees were
significantly under-priced and an increase of
17 hours of service per day is projected for
next year.
Modest increases have been approved for
rental rates for certain married student
apartments. Cherry noted that rental rates
for the Old College View and Southside apart
ments have not been increased-since 1970. He
did say an increase in rental rates will not be
required for the Hensel Apartments, the Col
lege View air conditioned apartments or the
new air conditioned frame apartments.
Two apartments in the Southside area
have been renovated to a three bedroom unit
for a rate of $100 per month. The following
rates were accepted by the Board: $70 per
month for a Southside furnished apartment,
$63 per month for Old College View furnished
and $52 per month Old College View unfur
nished. All rates include basic utilities.
Board members also gave Williams the
authority to place the voluntary student ac
cident and sickness insurance plan with the
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company based
on a schedule of benefits and premiums with
a two-year guarantee.
ht FriiiWHEIV THE spirit of Humphrey Bogart is giving practical
d get oiWgestions and moral support, meeting girls should be easy,
feet in Alan Felix, played by Carl Childress (above), is eager to learn
qualify pm his spectral adviser as he talks to a go-go dancer played
• almost iky Nancy Gandy. The Aggie Players production of “Play It
|gain, Sam,” by Woody Allen, will be presented at 8 every
night until Saturday in the University Center Theater,
by Steve Ueckert)
in the
but di':
s althosi
;hers coi
(Pho-
the si#
;et butâ„¢
nng stait
gs couldt'
ight of W .
Lv
one pi
an eyelasl gte
to Austii
igular will
Past presidents of the Student
Government have been members
many university committees,
eve Eberhard has nominated
limself to only two.
In the list of University com
mittee appointments, Eberhard
was found as a nominee for the
Student Publications Board and
the University Rules and Regula
tions Committee. When asked
why he had chosen these two par
ticular committees, Eberhard ex
plained his rationale.
“I have worked closely this
year with the Rules and Regula
tions Committee on the Student
Rights bill and I feel that I am
the most qualified person to be on
the Student Publications Board,”
lEberhard said.
He explained further that the
atswillfr qualifications he had looked for
were experience. The experience
ion of lii j 16 h a( l was n °t with publications
ttcel
dai
il Offict'i
ent begin
in floor il
at a db
three-intl
bow.
.95
.05
.26
.60
berhard wants
on two committees
cations including The Aggieland
and The Battalion. It also recom
mends to the president editors for
each of the publications. The
Board is comprised of three stu
dent members, four faculty or
administrators and a chairman.
There is a proposal before the
University Rules and Regulations
Committee to change the member
ship to five students instead of
three.
“I have tried to appoint every
one, including myself to the com
mittees on which they were best
qualified to serve,” said Eber
hard.
Briscoe, Sissy
off
m
square
Demo primary
or related areas, but with various
other student activities, he said.
The Rules and Regulations
Committee decides upon policy as
stated in the University Rules and
Regulations handbook. Such mat
ters as regulations concerning
student life and faculty grading
procedures are decided by the
committee.
The Student Publications Board
sets policy for all student publi-
Judicial Board Chairman
Jerri Ward goes before Senate
nominee
By VICKIE ASHWILL
Freshman political science ma
jor Jerri Ward will be presented
to the Student Senate tonight as
the nominee for Judicial Board
chairman.
Ward is being recommended by
Student Government President
Steve Eberhard for the position
it if she receives
the Senate’s ap-
and will have
two-thirds of
proval.
Two other students, Larry Mc-
Roberts and Mike Perrin, applied
for the position on the board but
were rejected by Eberhard.
Eberhard said he did not ask T.
Mark Blakemore, present judicial
board chairman, his opinion on
the persons applying for the
chairmanship.
“I don’t think it’s any business
of the Judicial Board. I never
even considered asking them,”
said Eberhard. “I think asking
them would be in violation of the
separation of powers.”
Eberhard said he did get feed
back from several Judicial Board
members although he did not ask
for it. He also said it was up to
the Senate to pick the chairman.
Ward would be chairman for
the Judicial Board for three years
(See J-BOARD, p. 6)
By HANK WAHRMUND
Much the same as the election
two years ago, Dolph Briscoe
and Sissy Farenthold are facing
each other in the primary Satur
day.
The only difference is Briscoe
has two years of legislation to
boast on while Farenthold has
been outside the Texas political
scene looking at the national
scope.
Although the campaign has
been anything but exciting or
notable, the appeal which the
Democratic candidates offer has
been an emotional one.
Based on the “crisis in the
school room” suggested by Faren
thold and the “public want of a
government working for the pub
lic interest” by Briscoe, the cam
paign has been one of accusation
and ignoring the accusations.
Playing the incumbent has been
Briscoe’s tack. In an article run
in a number of Texas daily pa
pers, Briscoe stated that his ad
ministration has “served the peo
ple.” He listed such things as a
lowered insurance rate, better
education for students, better
crime enforcement, increased
spending on the aged and keeping
his “no new taxes” promise.
Briscoe stated that his admin
istration handled the problems of
the present (the fuel situation)
and had set goals for the future.
He and his advisors list these
goals as ample water throughout
the state, meaningful jobs for all
Texans, youth care facilities and
protecting lives and property.
Farenthold has been hitting the
campaign trail with talk of big
money buying state appointments.
Farenthold says of Briscoe’s
shortcomings on election ’72
promises:
“No new taxes were instituted
but over half of the filing schools
were forced to raise local prop
erty taxes or dip into reserves.
“He promised he would help
the cities develop mass transit
systems and he hasn’t.
“Briscoe said he’d establish a
state budget commission to pre
sent the budget and regulate
spending.
“Briscoe has failed to fulfill
his promise to decentralize mental
health and mental retardation fa
cilities, expressing deep commit
ment to community bound pro
grams.”
Citing these contradictions,
Farenthold suggested plans of
her own for the future.
These include holding down
campaign spending by putting a
ceiling on contributions and ex
penditures, creation of a State
Utilities Commission and a tax
reform to provide uniform prop
erty tax laws.
She favors ending tokenism in
government employment of ethnic
minorities and putting human pri
orities like child care homes and
a coordinated state energy policy,
ahead of other priorities.
mm
Willie Nelson brings
to Texas World
picnic
Speedway
By CLIFF LEWIS
The Texas World Speedway has
seen little activity this year but
this summer promises a change.
Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July
Picnic will fill the place with
three days of country and west
ern singing, beginning Independ
ence Day.
The speedway is a perfect ac
commodation for a music festival,
said local promoter Jim Campise;
its facilities should eliminate most
of the problems that plagued last
year’s extravaganza. (See Bat
talion, February 28.)
The asphalt track encloses 166
acres and 50,000 listeners will
have room to stretch out. Cam
pise indicated several power
transformers and said there is
more than enough electricity.
One transformer will carry the
bulk, he said, because it’s located
near where the two stages (allow
ing continuous music, no inter
missions) will be. He pointed
out the speedway’s sewage plant
and mentioned that portable bath
rooms will be in place this sum
mer.
Last year there were not many
bathrooms, and there was a power
failure.
“We want to have a good show
and be able to handle it too,” said
Campise. Thus there will be a
50,000 persons per day limit, and
there will be no camping on the
grounds.
“We are looking for the camp
sites but we are currently say
ing that they are not available
by us. We are unsure as to our
position in relation to a certain
state law,” said Campise.
The Texas Mass Gathering Act
defines a mass gathering as being
more than 5000 people assembled
in one location outside a city
limit for more than 12 hours.
Such an assemblage requires a
permit, for which the promoters
must demonstrate the ability to
meet various health requirements
and to supervise all minors.
The music will last from noon
to 11 p.m. each day, and Campise
said allowing camping would de
fine the festival as a mass gath
ering.
Tim O’Connor, a promoter from
Nelson’s Rustin office, said that
he is confident of the health
facilities being arranged. There
will be 188 personnel from the
Austin Free Clinic on hand and
a list of medical facilities to be
provided will be published this
week, he said.
He indicated skepticism toward
being able to check up on minors,
however.
Billy Cooper, another Austin
promoter, said last year’s festival
was “mishandled,” and that this
year Nelson himself is booking
the singers.
“No one knew Charlie Rich was
(See PICNIC, p. 6)
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
THE AGGIE Symphonic Band offered it debut performance Tuesday. Among the selections
played were “Sinfonia Nobilissima” and “Fiddler on the Roof.” (Photo by Steve Ueckert)