The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 29, 1975, Image 3

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    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.
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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.
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350 for his talk on “Priorities of the
64th Legislature.
“The Constitution is the funda
mental impediment,” stated the
former House Appropriations
Committee chairman. Caldwell was
succeeded by TAMU alumnus Bill
Presual for the recently-begun
legislative session.
“Another of our problems was so
eloquently pointed out in the Rod
riguez decision,” Caldwell added.
“The Texas tax structure is funda
mentally wrong, along with other
things such as service for mentally
disturbed children. They all go back
to the Constitution. ”
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