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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1975)
Drainage creates CS problem Federal grant could provide funding for cure THE BATTALION Page 3 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1975 By DEBI HOLLIDAY Staff Writer Inadequate drainage which makes the streets as had as “ponds or “irrigation canals’ was the major concern of the approximately 40 citizens attending the Lincoln- Tarrow Street neighborhood meet ing Tuesday night. The meeting at the College Hills Baptist Church was the last of four held by the cits to determine the needs of low income areas for fed eral funding under the Community Development Block Grant Prog ram. College Station has been allotted $71,000 for this year under the program which consolidates all other existing development prog rams funded through the Depart ment of Housing and Urban De velopment. Poor drainage in the area could be helped by maintenance rather than the expense of road paving, the citi zens agreed. Residents on Pasler Street and Avenue “B complained that they can’t get in and out of their homes after a long or hard rain. “We pay as much taxes as other people do and I can’t even park in my driveway, one area resident, Bernice Hill, said. The backed-up water rises as high as “two or three inches from my door,” Barbara Boone of Avenue “B and Lincoln Drive said. The area residents questioned why the city had allowed the drain age problems and inadequate pav ing to go unattended for so long, Barney Stevenson, neighborhood spokesman, said. “The city has the tendency to give funds to the grow ing parts of town and let sleeping dogs lie until they growl. Well, it’s time to growl. Inadequate water pipelines was also considered an urgent problem by the citizens. “Three or four houses are feeding off one three- quarter inch pipe, neighborhood resident Tommy Preston said. The water pressure at times “is nothing but a drip Boone added. Since the $71,000 wouldn’t be nearly enough to pave all the streets, the first year’s grant should be used for visible, needed im provements, resident Vernon Thompson suggested. Being able to see results from the allocated monpy would encourage continued citizen participation, he said. Other problems cited by area re sidents included inadequate elec tricity, street lighting and the need for speed limit and “children at play” signs. At a public hearing Monday, the Citizens Advisory Committee (rep resentatives from each neighbor hood) will meet with the city Plan ning and Zoning Commission to de termine the priorities of all four areas. The Council will decide later in the month how the federal money will be spent. Pub problems debated Library discontinues overdue book fines (Continued from page 1) wered Davis. Would Mr. Gohmert or Dr. Kol- ilus like the idea of alcohol on spe cial occasions? "Whether I say it would be all right to let it slide one time or not . . . It’s still alcohol being condoned and served by the university, said Gohmert. "I agree with Bill (Davis) on the societal aspects,’ said Koldus . . . It s in our home. I have four chil dren aged 10, 12, 14 and 16-years-old. They have tasted the various kinds of alcohol in our home . . . The difficulty is with alcohol in an educational environment — not with alcohol per se. What about the problems with drunken students and vandalism because of intoxication? “The idea ofa pub is so far fetched that it hasn’t really been discussed yet,’ said Davis. But he said profits from the pub can probably take care of damages. And the KK (campus police) could escort those who were intoxicated. Beside that, Davis said students would be more cautious when they were on campus and would not be so rowdy or vocifer ous. Would cadets be allowed to drink in uniform at the pub? Gohmert said present rules do not prohibit drinking in uniform — only drinking in excess. Would alcohol in the MSC affect its memorial status? “There seems to be a laxity among the student body as to the memorial status of the MSC,” answered Davis. “I personally have no hang ups about alcohol in the MSC. The memorial status could be defined differently to a certain extent so that the two would not be in conflict. What about legalizing public drinking on campus? The administration’s position is that one’s room is his private resi dence and we don t intrude on that which is private, said Koldus. “But there are dorms in the academic area and we might have problems with students hanging out the win dows and slopping beer . . . fresh men who are unaware and imma ture ...” If there teas a pub, what would be the site and capacity?” “The pub we had planned for the brown bag area woidd seat 75-100 maximum with a small dance floor,” said Davis. Constitution creates Texas’ big problem Calling Texas government a crisis to crisis’ operation. Rep. Neil Caldwell of Alvin said Tuesday the state’s ultimate problem is its con stitution. “I’m not very optimistic about another Constitutional Convention though,” he commented in a Politi cal Forum address at TAMU. Topics ranged from high plains water to Galveston land subsidence. Caldwell also discussed students on college boards of directors, land use planning, utilities regulation, a state income tax and right to work. He had an audience of more than Deadline for contracting space for organization pictures in the 1975 Aggieland is January 31, 1975, 5:00 p.m. Reed McDonald Bldg. — Student Publications Office, Room 216 SALE Clothes for HERDS & HEROINES 325 UNIVERSITY DRIVE • NORTHGATE The library stopped collecting fines for an overdue book, January 20 unless the book has been placed on hold. If a book has been placed on hold, the library' will send a message to the current possessor notifying him or her of the latest possible date to return the book without penalty. This date will be either fourteen days after the book was checked out or four days after it was put on hold. Whichever is later. Fines for books returned after the date specified by the notice are stiff . For one day overdue, 25 cents is charged. The next day, the fine jumps to $1 and a dollar is added for each following day until $5 is owed on the sixth day. There is no “day of grace and no discount on fines. The replacement cost for a lost book is the price of the book plus a $5 processing fee. The book’s price is determined by the current list value or by the age and type of book. All special cases may be appealed to the circulation librarian. I' FOR THE ULTIMATE IN DINING ITS IT AIMAK- RESTAURANT OUR TRADITION — GOOD FOOD FINE SERVICE PLEASANT ATMOSPHERE ITALIAN FOOD MEXICAN FOOD 1037 S. TEXAS AVE. 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