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Dow leases more Brazos land for strip mining
By STEVE GRAY
Staff Writer
Dow Chemical Co. filed leases Wednesday
morning in the county clerk’s office for 677
acres of land for possible strip mining of lignite.
The land is near Reliance, about five miles
northeast of Bryan. Approximately 70 acres
were leased from A. L. Garner and 607 acres
from Cled H. Warren.
The company has leased almost 2,500 acres
in Brazos County since early August searching
for veins of lignite, a source of fuel.
T he process involves drilling core samples to
determine the thickness of a lignite vein.
If a sizeable amount is found, strip mining
techniques are used to remove the top soil from
the underlying coal.
Al Prince, project manager for Dow, said
drilling will begin within two months. He said
the company is concentrating its search for lig
nite veins in the Reliance area but is not sure
how much more land will be leased by Dow in
the county for possible strip mining.
“We will know a lot more about the situation
after we drill,’’ he said.
According to Prince, strip mining of lignite
cannot begin for at least five years because
special equipment must be made and studies of
land contours, surface restoration and shallow
water areas must be conducted.
Dow has leased land in Brazos, Robertson,
Freestone and Limestone Counties to drill for
lignite samples. Dow presently has no strip
mining operations in-any of these counties.
Prince said he feels these areas have poten
tial lignite veins running underground.
“We believe we will find enough lignite in
the areas we have leased to merit strip mining,”
he said.
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Treatment
reduces
blood clot
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) —
Former President Richard M.
Nixon is responding satisfactorily to
treatments for the dime-size blood
clot in his right lung, his doctor said
Thursday.
Dr. John C. Lungren said Nixon
was receiving the same oral and in
travenous anticoagulants that the
former chief executive has been get
ting since being hospitalized Mon
day.
Anticoagulants hopefully will dis
solve the lung clot and prevent new
clots from forming. The clot broke
from a larger clot in his left leg,
where it had been created by persis
tent phlebitis.
Memorial Hospital Medical
Center officials said Nixon has re
ceived hundreds of get-well cards
and bouquets.
But the hospital has also received
crank telephone calls threatening
Nixon’s life and a bomb threat.
Lungren said Wednesday that
the clot was a “potentially danger
ous situation but not critical at this
time . . . there is a very good
chance of recovery.
Che Battalion
Weather
Continued fair and mild
Friday and Saturday with
southerly winds 8-10 mph.
High today 78°; low tonite
63°; high Saturday 82°.
Cold front expected late
Saturday afternoon or
evening.
Vol. 68 No. 16
College Station, Texas
Friday, September 27, 1974
Arts dean
Marat / Sade,
questions nudity, sex
censors
DANCING, SINGING and other entertainment helped to raise
funds for the hurricane-devastated nation of Honduras. Such
native dances as the one done by Elva Flores were presented
Thursday night. (Photo by Glen Johnson)
By RICHARD HENDERSON
Staff Writer
A simulated copulation scene and
nudity were the two main reasons
the TAMU performance of
Marat/Sade was canceled by Dr.
David Maxwell, dean of Liberal
Arts.
Dr. John Joy, director of theater
arts, which was to perform the play,
was informed Wednesday by Dr.
Maxwell that portions of the play
would have to be deleted.
“I was asked to alter the play so
much that it was not viable to con
tinue the production,” said Joy.
Concerning the nudity, Joy said
he had not planned to include it in
the play. He added that the copula
tion scene was to be done in a “more
humorous than dirty” way.
“There is a difference between art
and pornography,’’ said Joy.
Citizen asks for variance
First case for new board of adjustments
By GERALD OLIVIER
Staff Writer
City Planner William Koehler
said he was contacted Thursday by a
citizen interested in obtaining a var
iance from the zoning ordinance.
This will mark the first case to be
considered by the newly estab
lished College Station Zoning Board
of Adjustments.
The board was appointed at
Monday’s council meeting. The city
council has served as the adjust
ments board in the past.
Chairman of the new board is
Fredda Austin, an urban planner
with South/West Planning As
sociates of Bryan. Austin said the
board was needed and that she was
looking forward to serving on it. Au
stin has been active in the League of
Women Voters and was a member
of the citizens committee which
aided in forming the comprehensive
development plan for the city.
As chairman, Austin will have the
power to call meetings for the
board, which can grant special ex
ceptions to the zoning ordinances.
Koehler said this does not give
them the power to change the zon
ing of a tract. The board may issue
permits to allow nonconforming
structures to be built. They may also
allow the remodeling, reconstruc
tion or expansion of pre-existing
nonconforming structures.
The board may, on its own or by
instigation, eliminate any noncon
forming structure. Koehler said this
power will probably not be used.
Examples of variances which may
be granted include: the width and
length of lots, the placement of
signs, building setbacks and' re-
Cops deal mainly
in traffic tickets
quirements for off-street parking.
Dr. Wayne Etter, a TAMU pro
fessor, has been appointed for one
year term on the board. Etter, who
teaches real estate finance, said he
was asked six months ago if he would
serve on the board.
The other one year member will
be Dr. Jim Teer, head of the Wild
life Science Department.
Serving for two years are Kathy
Leabo and Glen Jones.
Leabo is the former president of
the local chapter of the League of
Women Voters and is currently
serving as vice president of the state
organization.
Jones is vice president of the
Bank of A&M. He was unaware of
his appointment when contacted
Wednesday. He is a TAMU
graduate and retired from the Air
Force.
All members serve at the pleas
ure of the city council and can be
removed for cause at any time.
“Whatever is in a play serves to
create a work of art, the whole pic
ture. Marat/Sade is hardly a dirty
play.
“I think if someone read the play
objectively and with an open mind
they would not find it objectiona
ble.”
When asked who made the deci
sion to have the play edited, Dean
Maxwell said, “Basically it was I. I
asked if certain changes could be
made. Dr. Joy did not think the
changes could be made without
ruining the play. Technically he
made the decision not to produce it,
but to be honest, you might say he
made it under pressure. ”
“I have read reviews, but do not
know a hell of a lot about the play, ”
Maxwell said. He said his actions
were initiated by the complaints of
some of the students who were in
volved in the play.
“The students did not approve of
the play and thought the commun
ity would find it offensive. This
would lead people to think the ad
ministration would approve of a play
that was considered offensive. It
would draw inferences about A&M
that we would not want drawn,” he
said.
“There is a high degree of moral
ity in this community in relation to
others. We do not want to draw the
inference of helping lower morality.
Would a significant element in the
★ ★ ★
community find it offensive? is the
big question. This includes alumni,
supporters and the public. We are a
public institution and need their
approval,” said Maxwell.
Dr. Joy said that Marat/Sade is
considered an exercise in “total the
ater” and was to be an extension of
Theater Arts lab work. He added
that a large number turned out for
tryouts and it is a good sign when
that many people are interested. “I
DR. JOHN JOY
■ hope to pick something else that
does not change that direction,” he
said.
Maxwell said, “I think Dr. Joy
understands much better now the
limitations under which we operate.
I do not anticipate any more difficul
ties at all.”
RA’s role
more than
policeman
To many the resident advisor is a
resident policeman, but this is not
all they do.
William Faulkner, an area coor
dinator, said RA’s are briefed in rec
ognizing such things as suicidal ten
dencies, drug withdrawal symp
toms, and diabetes.
One main duty is to know as many
people as possible in the dorm and
act as an information center. This is
particularly important to beginning
freshmen.
Student-RA acquaintance is en
couraged, but not to become so
friendly that the RA cannot enforce
regulations properly, explained
some RA’s.
Ex-actor joins theater arts
A veteran actor. Dr. John Joy, is
now directing the theater arts sec
tion of the English department.
The soft spoken professor has
been active in many facets of the
entertainment field. In his 15 years
as an actor he has performed on- and
off-Broadway in such roles as Mao-
Tse Feldman in “The Fig Leaves
Are Falling,” Pylades in Goethe’s
“Iphigenia In Tauris” and Mr.
Chase in “How Now, Dow Jones.”
He has sung and danced on tele
vision and was considered for an
Emmy for his role as “Pinocchio” in
the CBS production. He is also
trained in voice, directing and bal
let.
Dr. Joy received his B.A. in En
glish and Drama from Dartmouth
College and his Master’s in Music
and English from S.U.N.Y., Fre-
donia.
He has also served with Marines
in Korea and Vietnam.
A motorcycle accident in 1970 cut
short his acting career and it was
with great difficulty that he was able
to regain use of his legs. After teach
ing English for a while he decided
he was too out of touch.
He returned to school and re
ceived his Doctorate in Theater
from Carnegie-Mellon Unix ersity.
This is his first teaching position
since obtaining his Ph.D.
Speaking of the entertainment
field, he said, “I encourage young
people to go into the theater today.
It is valuable in life even if you
choose not to continue on in thea-
M
By KATHY BRUEGGEN
Staff Writer
The University Police are here to
protect the students, faculty, staff
and the property of Texas A&M.
But mostly, they give tickets.
“We are responsible for regulat
ing traffic. As you know, that’s one
hell of a responsibility,” said Chief
0. L. Luther.
During the 1973-74 academic
year, 16,212 violation notices were
collected. Of these, 5,081 were ex
cused.
“Nobody likes to write parking
tickets,” said Lt. W. O. Walker.
“You try to handle it by the situa
tion. I don’t think any good officer
would go strictly by the book and
not make any allowances.” Walker
gave an example of this by saying he
would not give a ticket to a crippled
boy on crutches, who parked in a
disabled student spot while it was
raining.
Walker, who has been on the
University Police force for almost 11
years, came into the police profes
sion by accident. “I never thought
that I’d be a policeman,” he said.
After taking a preference test in the
Army, Walker was placed in the
Military Police Corp. “I guess my
superiors knew I was police material
and I just didn’t realize it,” he said.
Patrolman Wayne Onstott knew
he wanted to become a policeman.
Onstott, who has been on the force
for three years said, “I applied at the
University Police while working on
university construction because of
the force’s steady income. This is a
good job to help people when help is
needed. I like law enforcement be
cause something different happens
every day. It’s not routine.”
Walker says he does not intend to
remain a policeman “indefinitely”
because that would be saying the
same thing as “infinitely.” He said
he would like to go into his own
taxidermy business later on. “And
that’s not driving a taxicab, ” he said.
Both agreed that there are high
points and low points of being a
police officer. Walker said, “People
tend to expect more from one officer
than they would from another per-
Man hits
self, not
armadillo
A Bryan man accidentally shot
himself early yesterday evening
five miles west of Kurten on
Highway 21.
Andy Carlos was trying to beat
an armadillo with the butt of his
bolt action .22 cal. rifle when the
gun fired.
Carlos was hit below the waist,
and the slug passed through his
buttocks.
Carlos was admitted at St.
Joseph Hospital at 6:15 and re
leased later with no major injury.
son. You’re expected to ‘take lip.’ I
don’t think you should apologize for
enforcing the law or doing your
duty.”
Onstott said that one vital re
quirement of an officer is to have
“good common sense.” He and
Walker said that some of the
university’s officers had acquired
the “Wyatt Earp Syndrome” and
had to be dismissed.
Chief Luther had some additional
requirements of a police officer. He
said, “You’ve got to have a person
who can get along with the students
and the faculty staff and know what
the students’ needs are.”
Although there are presently no
women on the force, there are two
vacancies available because last
year’s patrolwomen left for higher
paying jobs. Walker said, “The
women officers are very helpful in
handling females. Especially when
it comes to searching. No male of
ficer likes to do that.”
All the men agreed that A&M is a
peaceful campus and that traffic vio
lations are the major problem.
Walker attributed much of the
university’s calm atmosphere to the
corps and its military discipline.
Luther, who is in his fourth year
with the University Police, said,
“My philosophy is that I’d rather see
a thousand people get away with
something, rather than point my
finger at someone innocent. A
young person who has committed a
misdemeanor offense should be
given another chance. ”
Judge won’t
free Galley
YOGA POSITIONS may seem difficult, but the people who prac
tice it say yoga helps in aiding concentration. Free University is
offering a class in yoga this semester. Paul Gaines demonstrates
one position. (Photo by Jack Holm)
WASHINGTON (AP)—A federal
appeals court judge temporarily
blocked Thursday the release of
Army Lt. William L. Galley, who
had been ordered freed by a lower
court judge in reversing Galley’s
conviction for murder in the My Lai
massacre.
Chief Judge John R. Brown of the
U. S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in
New Orleans granted a stay of the
lower court order until Monday to
allow the Army time to present a
written motion for a 15-day stay.
The Justice Department au
thorized the Army to seek the
15-day delay so government lawyers
would have time to decide whether
to appeal Wednesday’s order by
U.S. District Court Judge J. Robert
Elliott of Columbus, Ga.
Elliott had ruled that Galley’s
constitutional rights to a fair trial
were violated during the court-
martial 3Vk years ago that resulted in
Galley’s conviction and sentence of
life imprisonment, later reduced to
10 years.
After Elliott denied an Army re
quest that he stay his own order.
Solicitor General Robert H. Berk
authorized the Army to seek a delay
from the Court of Appeals. Berk’s
decision stopped short of authoriz
ing a full-scale appeal of Elliott’s
order.
Earlier, Galley had been prepar
ing to leave confinement.
One of Galley’s three civilian at
torneys criticized the Army for re
fusing to obey Elliott’s order to re
lease Galley.
“It’s nothing more than Army ar
rogance,” said Kenneth Henson of
the Army’s efforts to keep Galley
behind bars. Within hours of
Elliott’s ruling, the Army an
nounced it would seek a stay of the
decision.
The Army also announced that
Galley, ordered freed immediately
by Elliot, “will not be released from
confinement pending a decision on
these recommendations.”
Elliott’s decision marked a sig
nificant legal victory for the boyish-
looking former platoon leader, but it
was still uncertain when he will gain
release from the military prison
where he is serving the remainder
of a 10-year sentence.
Henson said Galley has been pro
cessed by Ft. Leavenworth au
thorities and is ready to depart. “He
wants to return home and regain a
private life,” he said.