THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1974
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When I began working for the newspaper in the fall
of 1971 The Battalion had a skeleton crew compared to the
staff it has today. At that time there were only three
reporters and two photographers. The editor himself,
Hayden Whitsett, reported Student Senate meetings and
took photos. Whitsett was a sharp editorial writer but the
paper relied heavily on Associated Press wire news and
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photos and, when the end of his term came, the Student
Publications Board was ready for some new blood.
The logical candidate for the ’72-’73 Battalion editor
ship was Doug Dilley, Whitsett’s managing editor. How
ever, Mike Rice, a photographer and occasional reporter,
entered the race as somewhat of a dark horse candidate
and ran on a “more local news” platform. To the shock and
dismay of the then Batt editors. Rice was the overwhelm
ing choice for the top spot. Rice had had no experience
with newspaper make-up and, when several staffers had
quit in protest, he had to struggle just to get a newspaper
out every day. Needless to say, the quality of the paper
suffered tremendously but Rice did keep his promise and
the amount of local news copy was increased. Eventually,
The Batt quit using AP wire photos entirely.
Rice did not relinquish the editorship until last De
cember after staff members approached the Student Pub
lications Board requesting his resignation. It was follow
ing that incident that your hero was appointed interim
editor and later editor, and enjoyed his brief fling as top
man for the spring semester.
I had high hopes to do great things this semester
and met with both success and failure. Some obstacles
arose that were hard to cope with—such as a shortage of
manpower to meet our needs and losing a high-quality
managing editor to a Student Publications Board ruling.
Nevertheless, the size and scope of Battalion reporting
grew and now we have a larger staff than I’ve ever seen
here and often have more local material than we can fit in a
day’s paper and still touch on the state and national scene.
In addition, staff involvement in the newspaper has in
creased, as now editorial decisions are not made by a
committee of one at 3:00 in the morning but are deter
mined by a seven-member board with input from the
entire staff.
On the negative side, I had hoped to increase
coverage of community affairs outside the university, but
could afford to send reporters only to City Council meet
ings. Also, corrections this semester became almost a
daily column as the depth of our reporting broadened.
Tuesday the Stucfent Publications Board selected
Greg Moses, my assistant, to be editor for the next school
year as well as this summer, pending the approval of Dr.
Williams. I am confident Greg knows this operation well
enough to make a smooth transition into the new school
term and further increase the scope and efficiency of the
newspaper. He has elaborate plans for expansion, so as
this university grows, so will The Battalion.
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$17 million reported
spent on Nixon homes
This is, in a sense, my closing column, but I’ll have a
an
final Editor’s Notes Wednesday outlining some of Dr.
William’s philosophy on a few current topics.
WASHINGTON (AP)—The final
draft of a proposed House report
concludes President Nixon’s homes
have cost$17.1 million in federal
funds and says agencies should try to
recover any “improper expendi
tures.”
The report, to be considered by
the House Government Operations
Committee next Tuesday, says the
17.1 million includes$7.6 million in
personnel costs,$5.6 million for
comm unications,$2.2 million for ad
ministrative support and$1.7 million
for protection.
It still includes the findings previ
ously disclosed that some of the
spending was for items “far in excess
of what was required to meet sec
urity requests” and that some were
paid by the government after they
had already been procured by N ixon
aides.
The draft report recommends
tightening controls over spending for
protection of presidents under the
charge of the Secret Service.
It also recommends that “approp
riate government agencies should
seek restitution or take other ap
propriate action with respect to any
improper expenditures of federal
funds.’
Listen Up^ ^
White proposed to
rational color for
be only
tower
Editor:
How is it that a university can mis
place its knowledge so easily? If the
water from the new water tower is to
be used for cooling purposes, or is to
be cooled for use, the heat absorp
tion caused by painting the tower
any color at all will cause a very sif-
nificant and most unnecessary
energy drain.
Show that A&M can let its think
ing cross barriers by painting the
tank the only rational color—white.
The water will be as much as five
degrees cooler and the tank carry
half the school’s symbol as well.
Terence P. Yorks
perimental conditions.
★ ★ ★
P.S. If administrators would be wil
ling to take off their coats this sum
mer, those of us who like to dress so
as not have to use air conditioning
could be infinitely more comfortable
in multiple use buildings. Overheat
ing in the winter can be charged to
waste heat, but vanity is the only
reason that I can see for excessive
cooling. It costs money, energy, and
comfort everywhere it is not needed
for the maintenance of special ex-
Not serious
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Copies of the final draft were sent
to committee members Thursday
and were numbered to discourage
leaks, but The Associated Press was
permitted to take extensive notes
from one copy.
The draft report also recommends
that in the future permanent security
be established at only one of a
president’s private homes, to be
selected by him.
The report was reported to have
received broad support of committee
Republicans at a caucus Thursday
morning because of a general soften
ing of some of its language and addi
tion of more information on security
costs at past presidents homes.
Several Republicans reached after
the caucus said their approval in no
way is a turning away from Nixon but
simply a basic approval of the report.
The draft report does not estimate
how much of thd&l? million person
ally benefits Nixon by enhancing
value of his homes at San Clemente
and Key Biscayne.
The House-Senate Internal Re
venue Taxation Committee esti
mated that figure ati>92,298 and con
cluded the President should pay
taxes on that amount as, in effect, job
benefit income.
The draft report says unauthorized
expenditures not originally asked by
the Secret Service include a fireplace
exhaust fan, boundary surveys, a
sewerline, a beach cabana and land
scaping.
It says also landscaping to cover
over security devices cost more than
200.000 at Key Biscayne and San
Clemente, compared to$l,500 at
former President Lyndon B.
Johnson’s Texas ranch.
It lists “excessive expenditures ’ as
a$13,500 heating system at San
Clemente, and a$40,000 aluminum
spike fence at Key Biscayne whose
purpose could have been served by a
5.000 cyclone fence.
The draft report says th$17.1 mill
ion includes$9 million for San
Clemente,$8 million for Key Bis
cayne and$176,000 for the retreat on
Grand Cay in the Bahamas.
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A change for the better
Editor:
I’m very pleased that so many folks
took my letter about the color of the
water tower as being serious, but if
you will reread the letter you will see
that I was talking about “the fightin’
Texas Aggie Spirit” and not the color
of a water tower. It just goes to show
that the best Aggie joke is an Aggie
acting like an Aggie.
John Howard
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Whether it's enough for an old beater or a brand new 10-speed depends on
how many books you've got to sell, what condition they're in, and whether
or not they'll be used again next term.
Whatever you want to use the money for it will sure beat just letting them
lie around collecting dust. So bring your books over to the professional
book buyers at the bookstore now, while your book is worth the
most it will ever be.
Wait too long and chances are your books won't be worth a bicycle pump.
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