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11 persons nabbed on drug charges by legal authorities By STEVE GRAY Staff Writer A narcotics raid by local law en forcement officials Tuesday resulted in 11 persons including three A&M students being charged with posses sion, sale and delivery of several controlled substances. Agents of the Department of Pub lic Safety (DPS) Narcotic Service from Brazos, Grimes and Waller Counties also assisted in the arrests. A DPS narcotics agent, who asked not to be identified, said the drugs involved included heroin, mari juana, LSD and phencyclidine, a hallucinatory drug. The three A&M students charged in the raid were Joseph Arthur Canales, senior, possession of mari juana, released on $750 bond; Michael Phillip Corr, senior, pos session and delivery of marijuana, held under $20,000 bond; and James Preston Juvenal, senior, de livery of marijuana, held under $10,000 bond. The DPS narcotics agent said the investigation, which began almost two months ago in the Bryan- College Station area, has been finished and several more warrants will be served soon. Law enforce ment officers began serving 22 war rants on 17 suspects Tuesday. A breakdown of the warrants in cluded one for heroin, one for LSD, 17 for marijuana and three for phen cyclidine. The DPS agent said he did not know the quantity or value of the drugs that were seized Tuesday. Also charged for sale of marijuana were Johnnie Gayle Norman, Richard Russell Norman and Richard Alton Cox. All three were held in county jail under $10,000 bond each. Charged with delivery of mari juana were: David Russell Denton, held under $10,000 bond; Debbie Corr, released on $10,000 bond; and David Becker, held under $7,500 bond. Beverly Anne Bell was charged with delivery of phencyclidine and was held under $7,500 bond. Michael Alvin Golden was charged with delivery and possession of phencyclidine and held under $15,000 bond. Thought for the day If all printers were determin ed not to print anything till (sic) they were sure it would offend no body, there would be very little printed. —Benjamin Franklin Cbe Battalion i Wk KJiHHn,. mF V: ; Vol. 68 No. 56 College Station, Texas Wednesday, December 18, 1974 answers Wells ‘favoritism’ cries yvv /: YY w Mfh A Vo 0 i> 4 By BARBARA WEST Staff Writer The administration of Prairie View A&M has had to order its priorities for improvements in stu dent life, said Clyde Wells, presi dent of the A&M System Board of Directors Tuesday. Wells said that it just takes time to get all of the things done that the university wants. These remarks were in reply to charges made at a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday. Wells was unaware of the remarks until called by a reporter ★★★★ for his comments. State Rep. Mickey Leland, D-Houston, charged the Texas A&M University System with treat ing Prairie View A&M “as a step child, ” during House subcommittee hearings in Austin. His charges arose after Prairie View’s Dean of Students Vernon Black expressed his displeasure with the recreational facilities at Prairie View, as compared to those at Texas A&M. “I don’t think it was intended that Prairie View be treated as a step- ★★★ child,’’ Wells said. “Whatever the need is at their campus will be given consideration by the board.” A&M President Jack Williams was unavailable for comment, and (See PV A&M, page 4) ‘Buffer zone? Silhouetted hoy Photographer Steve Ueckert contributed this un usual shot of the pedestrian overpass across Well born Road. This shot was captured just before the evening sun set. Moses ‘ringleaders’ moved School ‘depresses’ Prairie View dean AUSTIN (AP) — The dean of stu dents at predominantly black Prairie View A&M University said today he feels depressed when he compares facilities for students at his school with those at parent Texas A&M University. Vernon Black testified before a subcommittee of a House commit tee that was formed last year to in vestigate Prairie View, following reports of repression at the school. Black defended the school’s guidelines for dress and appearance and rejected out of hand a student request for coed dormitories. Rep. Mickey Leland, D-Houston, subcommittee chair man, asked Black what Prairie View needed to improve student life and student activities. “Money. Money and lots of it. I don’t think our students deserve less than those of other univer sities, Black said. He said Prairie View needs such things as handball courts, a golf course and bowling alleys — “the things other people have. If we had them, the likelihood of problems occuring on campus would be minimized. ” “How does the dean of a predo minantly black university feel when he goes to Texas A&M and sees the extravagant activities provided for students?” Leland asked. “I feel depressed ... I think we should have the same kind of ac tivities for black students. Black replied, but said he had never voi ced his concern to the A&M system board of directors nor had any im mediate plans to do so. Leland later told reporters that Black s testimony reinforced his be lief that Prairie View should have its own board of directors. “The A&M system has treated Prairie View as a stepchild, ” he said. Leland said he had been disap pointed in student turnout at the subcommittee hearings — none today and only three at a hearing on campus. He said he was “not dis counting the possibility they could be existing in a repressive atmos phere.” The subcommittee plans to go to Prairie View and seek student testimony once more before making its report to the House, he said. Black said the campus was “back to normal” following a period of un rest and fear that resulted from the October shooting death of a stu dent, Johnny Ray Phillips of Texar kana. Another student has been charged in the shooting, Black said. Leland, a black with a bushy “Afro” haircut and a beard, ques tioned Black about appearance guidelines, which suggest that Afros not exceed one inch in length. “You have to base your rules on your clientele. I am of the firm be lief that you have to have some kind of discipline ... We take the view point at Prairie View that where our students are going, on certain occa sions they will be required to dress a certain way, speak in a certain way/ We are trying to prepare them for that,” he said. A student request made at a meeting that followed the shooting was for coeducational dormitories. Black said. “Our reaction is that we will not have coed living accommodations ... It is unacceptable to the majority of students and unacceptable to their parents ... The administration takes the view that for our environ ment and achieving academic excel lence, coed living is unacceptable,” Black said. Black said it was hard to tell what caused the shooting and he would have taken action if he had believed there “was something occurring in tated this." “On a relative scale, we have had less violence occur at Prairie View than at other universities in Texas and the nation,” he said. By JIM CRAWLEY Staff Writer Five residents of Moses Hall are being moved from their second floor rooms onto other floors of the hall next semester. “Everyone’s agreed to the move, ” said Steven Ray, one of the five students moving. Students being moved, other than Ray, are Alan Grobe, Greg Etheridge, David Rundell and Charles Collins. Ray was the only resident that could be contacted. Excessive quadding and other “hell-raisin was blamed for the need to move some of the students. said Jim Brashear, second floor re sident advisor (RA). Recently, many of the second floor students have been involved in “quad jobs,” said Brashear. Quadding is the A&M tradition where someone has water thrown on them or is tossed in a mud hole, or both. Brashear said, “We could have picked any five. ” Harry Bloomfield, Moses Hall head RA, said the five were ringleaders and the decision to move them was not arbitrary. Bloomfield said tbe students had been warned when they caused trouble. He added that the warning was to all the second floor residents and not just the five being moved. The students were not brought up before the dorm’s judicial board, for quadding or any other offenses. Bloomfield said he was more con cerned about the number of quads because Moses Hall acts as a buffer between the male and female dorms in the area so their conduct has to be better. There are usually two quads a week, said Bloomfield. “These quads aren’t conducive to studying, Bloomfield added. Robert Gomez, a second floor dorm representative, was warned that if he caused any more trouble be would also be moved to another floor. Gomez said most of the peo ple on the floor are freshmen so there are usually more quaddings from there. Glenn Jennings, housing man ager, said his office only assigns stu dents to dorms, not to the individual “That responsibility is up to the area coordinator,” Jennings said. Jennings added that he had heard about the Moses incident but was not directly involved. Larry Pollock, area coordinator for Moses, was unavailable for comment. Dr. Charles Powell, director of student affairs, would answer no questions over the telephone. Vehicles should be left on Lot No. 9 Students leaving vehicles on campus while they are gone over the holidays should leave them on Lot 9, says O. L. Luther, chief of campus police. Lot 9 is south of Henderson Hall and west of the Law- Puryear Area and Lot 42, which is faculty-staff parking. Luther cautioned students to not park in the staff area. “University police will be patrolling Lot 9 regularly during the holidays,” Luther said. “Students will have much less chance of having their car broken into or damaged. ” Students need not check with university police before parking on Lot 9, which is a day-student area, he said. Cars may be left there any time this week. Luther also said that students leaving bicycles here should put them in their dorm rooms. Consol lunch rates remain stationary In hopes of toys Waiting in anticipation, a young girl looks upon Santa Claus at Manor East Mall Satur day. Other children like her expressed their desire to be visited by Santa on Christmas Eve. Meanwhile, mothers finished their shopping. By ROSE MARY TRAVERSO Staff Writer No raise in lunch prices is plan ned for schools in the A&M Con solidated District, said Supt. Fred Hopson at the Consolidated School Board meeting Monday. The district spent $77,625 on food through Nov. 30, Hopson said. “We are not in trouble at tbis time since we are still taking in more revenue than we areexpending,” he said. A rise in prices had been ex pected by the district Asst. Supt. of Finance Olie C. Grauke told the Battalion early this month. He said the district was probably in a deficit of “something around $1,000. ” At the time, the exact condition of the district’s food revenues was un known because of errors in the computerized bookkeeping system, Grauke said. “We’d like to run a break-even type of operation and not raise lunch prices until we run into problems, instead of trying to anticipate them,” Hopson said. Jim Case, a Consolidated stu dent, spoke to the board on behalf of the “loosely knit organization” of students disagreeing with the district’s present hair length code. Case said the students he rep resented want to arbitrate with school officials and do not plan to “act radically” in protest of the hair length policies. “We are trying to show the com munity that we are conscientious and civic-minded and that we can accept the responsibility of dressing and grooming as we please,” Case said. Hopson said that in the past he has not elected to assist these stu dents in any way because they did not appear to have a “constructive attitude.” “If they continue to be a positive part of the school, which they have not been in the past, we will try to make adjustments,” he said. In other business, the board de cided to place an order for two pas senger buses at $13,120 each and two mini-buses at $5,650 each from the Transportation Division of the Texas Education Agency, due to the order/delivery period of up to 18 months on large capacity vehicles. “The request will cost us nothing and cancellation would bring no penalty,” Hopson said. The board appointed a committee to screen and recommend a new member for the district’s Board of Equalization. The board consists of three mem bers appointed for three-year stag gered terms. Cecil B. Ryan, whose term will end with the appointment of a new member in January, was commended for his service. Charles Hensarling, president of the board, announced that the dis trict is in the process of replying to a suit filed against the districting charging sex discrimination in the (See LUNCH RATES, page 5) -Today, Inside Copy machines p. 4 Ag recognition p. 4 Alcohol p. 5 Weather Partly cloudy and mild with southerly winds 12-20 mph Wednesday. High today 63°. Weak cold front to night,. decreasing cloudi ness Thursday and mild. Low tonite 36°; high Thurs day 54°.