County indicts 65; five students charged
By STEVE GRAY
Staff Writer
Thirteen persons charged Dec. 16 with vari
ous narcotics violations in a county-wide raid were
among the 65 indicted by the Brazos County Grant
Jury Wednesday afternoon.
The indictments included 15 for delivery of
marijuana, three for delivery of phencyclidine (a
hallucinatory drug) and one for delivery of LSD.
Five A&M students were included in the in
dictments. They are Beverly Bell, a freshman wild
life science major, delivery of phencyclidine, free
on $1,000 bond; David Becker, freshman physics
major, delivery of marijuana, out on $7,500 bond;
Preston Juvenal, senior management major, deliv
ery of marijuana, free on $10,000 bond; Michael
Corr, senior geophysics major, four counts of deliv
ery of marijuana, out on $20,000 bond; and Kelvin
Higginbotham, freshman journalism major, deliv
ery of marijuana, free on $10,000 bond.
Others indicted were Fred Franco, delivery of
LSD, free on $10,000 bond; and Mike Golden, two
counts of delivery of phencyclidine, out on $15,000
bond.
Six others were indicted on charges of deliver
ing marijuana. They are Debra Dalton, two counts,
free on $10,000 bond; Robert Cox, two counts, out
on $20,000 bond; Richard Norman, one count, free
on $10,000 bond; Johnnie Norman, one count, free
on $10,000 bond; David Denton,
one count, out on $10,000 bond; and Gary Harm-
dierks, one count, who is still in the county jail,
jail.
Maxwell McKaye, junior entomology major,
was indicted for possession of 45 pounds of mari
juana and with possession with intent to sell 10
ounces of hashish. He was charged in a separate
raid on his Scandia apartment Dec. 9 by local police
and the Department of Public Safety (DPS) offic
ers. McKaye is free on $5,000 bond.
The grand jury also returned indictments on
three Bryan men charged with aggravated assault
-on a College Station police officer Jan. 21. MerrilT.
Blake, Daryl Jackson and Raymond Weber, all liv
ing at 2001 Beck in Bryan, were charged after al
legedly beating patrolman J. L. Conrad. The inci
dent occurred on the parking lot of the Silver Dollar
Saloon, 807 Texas Ave. Conrad was not seriously
hurt. All three aree free on $5,000 bond each.
Weather
Mostly cloudy and warm
with 50% chance light
showers Friday. Southerly
winds from 12 gusting to 20
mp h. High 79°; low tonite
64°; high Saturday 73°.
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Vol. 68 No. 66
College Station, Texas
Friday, January 31, 1975
Photo by Chris Svatek
President Jack Williams addresses Academic Council
meeting Thursday.
Who’s next?
MSC to elect
MSC president will be chosen
Monday by a majority of the voting
members of the MSC Council.
The five candidates are Bill
Flores, Ben Klein, Bob Barbier,
John Nelson, and Naomi Jane
Logan.
The nominating committee in
terviewed the candidates and will
make a recommendation to the
council.
We know pretty well what
everybody is like,” said Bill Davis,
MSC president. He added that the
nominating committee tries to get
t e feel of what the candidates’ in
terests are and what they plan to do.
A candidate must have posted a
4 GPR l as t ftiH semester, have a
4 GPR presently and not be on
an y type of University probation.
Applications are being taken until
ebruary 7 for other MSC posi-
10 ns. Requirements are the same as
0r presidential candidates.
Jane Logan
Following are interviews con
noted by The Battalion with the
emididates. Naomi Jane Logan
Pans to change the image of the
‘ C from one of an exclusive or
ganization to something for all stu-
1 want to talk to
tested in listening,
anyone in-
explaining
tl i listening, explaining
a s ” e especially wants to reach
off-campus students.
Logan said she felt a need for
more spot programming (for exam
ple, eat the hell out of Rice Krispies
contest) and more cross program
ming. ‘The directorate committees
need to pull together more as a
group, she said.
She also said she is for liquor on
campus and felt attendance to cam
pus dances would increase if liquor
could be served.
John Nelson
John Nelson was studying for a
Spanish test, but said he would take
a few minutes to outline his
philosophy for the coming year if
chosen President.
“I haven’t run across anything
that needs changing,” he said. The
MSC needs continuity, because it
has been changed a lot recently.
Nelson would “try to serve stu
dent first and center the program
ming on students.
“I would put their money to the
best use possible,” he said.
Bill Flores
Bill Flores, MSC candidate for
president, says he has three goals in
mind for the MSC:
(1) “I’d like to research the prog
rams we offer and do a marketing
study to see if we’re offering the
Committee OKs
$33,160 requests
% JUDY BAGGETT
Staff Writer
. e Student Service Fee Com-
do T u SaVe away $33 M60 that they
ing aVe yet at ^ ast u'Sht’s meet-
, Town hall requested $5,000 from
oth re ? en,e fund and $28,160 for
er MSC student programs.
n ‘ght now there is $1360 in the
t Serve fund, said Curt Marsh,
'Uinittec chairman, but the com-
l ee should know in two weeks
w much the reserve fund will re-
Ceive this semester.
Student Services Fee Reserve is
five to six per cent of the total money
brought in by the $19.80 per semes
ter student service fee. It is used to
cover deficits, fill gaps and for addi
tional programming.
The expected amount is $55,000,
of which President Williams allo
cated $20,000 to women’s athletics.
Town Hall requested the addi
tional funds to arrange a concert
during Black Awareness Week in
March.
Professional fees account for
$3,500 and $1,500 goes for opera
tional expenses. Town Hall agreed
(See SERVICE, Page 5)
Federal control opposed
in Williams’ council talk
By ROXIE HEARN
Staff Writer
“No one at A&M is taking on the
governor or the legislature about
the (Texas College) Coordinating
Board,” said President Jack K. Wil
liams Thursday in a report to the
Academic Council.
“We have no fear of the Coor
dinating Board,” he said, “we’ve al
ways received fair treatment from
them.
Williams made the remarks in re
sponse to Gov. Dolph Briscoe’s re
commendations to expand the au
thority of the Coordinating Board,
Texas College and University Sys
tem, which distributes funds to col
leges and universities in the state.
Briscoe proposed expansion
would give it power to veto any col
lege construction afid new degree
programs, departments or divi
sions.
However, Williams said the
governor s plan was “more cen
tralized” than he would like.
He called Briscoe “a man sensi
tive to higher education, respon
sive. He believes in our educational
enterprise.
Williams also pointed to the pow
ers of the governor in directing
Texas education. “In his next four
years in office, he’ll appoint all nine
A&M directors and all seven UT re
gents.”
“The governor holds the future of
our educational system in the palm
of his hand,” Williams said.
The president was critical of fed
eral agencies affecting the funding
of higher education. Calling them a
“monolithic judge and jury,” he
said. “We are at war with the EOC
(Educational Opportunity Commis
sion) and HEW (Department of
Health, Education and Welfare) is
our sworn enemy.”
He accused “The Feds ’ of
“blackmailing higher education
and urged them to make an effort to
restore balance to the nation’s in
stitutions of higher learning.
Williams also discussed the
emergency appropriations bill, the
Legislative Budget Board and en
rollment projections.
The appropriations bill passed by
the Legislature Wednesday will
present those state employes earn
ing up to $875 per month with a 13
per cent pay raise Feb. 1, 1975.
Those making between $875 and
$1,267 per month will receive a
$114 per month increase.
The bill will present a 9 per cent
increase to those earning between
$1,267 and $1,935 per month.
Salaries over $1,935 per month
will be increased $174 per month by
the bill.
The Legislative Budget Board,
composed of members of both
houses, prepares the state budget
covering expenditures of all state
agencies for the next two years.
“If we perceive what the LBB has
in store for us,” said Williams, “we
will not be in bad shape.” He listed
the recommendations of the board
and added that it showed “no
favoritism” in its allotments.
Faculty salaries this year total
$20,267,000, said Williams. A&M
requested $24,995,000 from the
LBB for faculty salaries in 1976.
The LBB surpassed that figure,
recommending $26,310,000.
If the LBB recommendations
pass, departmental operations will
be budgeted $8.3 million; library
books $1,312,000; organizational
research, $1,209,000; physical op
erations, $5,507,000; utilities,
$4,500,000; and special operations,
$2,934,000.
The university is now operating
under a $45,675,000 budget. It re
quested $60,948,000 of the LBB
and the board has recommended
$57,090,000, Williams said.
Enrollment is presently 20,400,
he reported to the council. This fall,
enrollment reached 21,463, and
next fall should reach 23,500.
Williams said he hoped to “phase
down” enrollment increase, adding
by 1980 the percentage of increase
should be leveled at 1.5. He hopes
A&M would not increase to over
28,000.
The Coordinating Board, he re
ported, is seeking to control enroll
ment of institutions of higher learn
ing, keeping it between 27,500 and
30,000.
Williams hopes the present 78
per cent male population will de
crease to 73 per cent, and the pres
ent 22 per cent female population
will increase to 27 per cent.
Out of state students compose 7V*2
per cent of the whole and Williams
hopes to increase it to OVz per cent.
The 11 per cent Corps of Cadets
population is projected to remain
the same.
Williams’ report was the only
item of business before the council.
National car rebates
aid local car salesmen
new president
services students want. Then we
could expand on some programs and
scale down those which are not
working.
(2) “I want to figure a way to moti
vate our all-volunteer student staff.
It’s hard to motivate people without
pay.”
(3) “And I’d like to study the effect
of advertising. We need to improve
our public relations. A lot of'services
fees are spent on advertising and we
are still not getting our desired at
tendance.
Flores says he is opposed to pay
ing the MSC student staff.
“Pay would help, hut it wouldn’t
seem right to me to spend service
fees on student salaries. Students
are amateurs and a lot of money
would be wasted,” he said.
Flores was not prepared to name
specific changes he would make. He
said the council had just gained con
trol of the building. “And we’ll have
to feel our way through a lot of
things,” he said. “One thing that I
would like to see, and I realize some
people may disagree, but I would
like to add the student radio station
to Radio Committee ... It would
help Radio Committee.”
Bob Barbier
Building the image of the MSC
Council and Directorate to be one of
service is the major goal of Robert
Barbier, candidate for president of
the MSC.
“People tend to associate the ‘C’
with the building and with all of the
criticism of the building in the past
semester, the image of the organiza
tion has suffered,” he said.
He said the MSC needed some
new appeal and suggested public re
lations campaign as a possible ans
wer to the problem.
“Off-campus students just aren’t
finding out what we have to offer,’’
he said.
Such things as sweaters or rib
bons as rewards for those in the
Corps who are active in the hierar
chy of the Council and Directorate
have been suggested, he said.
Ben Klein
The word “student” in Memorial
Student Center is the most impor
tant word, Ben Klein says.
Klein is a candidate for the posi
tion of president of the Memorial
Student Center Council and Direc
torate. He says he feels there should
be more responsiveness to students
in the programming of the MSC.
He plans to try to get longer hours
and more freedom for students in
the building. Other changes will in
clude trying to get reduced bowling
rates, better prices and food selec
tion in the snack bar area and better
check cashing facilities.
He also called for more public re
lations to make the student body
aware of the programs available
through the organization.
By MARY JEANNE QUEBE
Staff Writer
The national car rebate offer has
helped the motor vehicle trade in
the Bryan-College Station area,
local dealers agree.
John W. Halsell, vice-president
of Halsell Motor Company at 1411
Texas Ave., said there has been a
“drastic change” in both the floor
traffic and sales since the rebates
started earlier this month.
“The rebate comes directly from
the factory and ranges anywhere
from $200 to $400, depending on
the car and the trade-in,” Halsell
explained.
Each week different cars will be
included in the rebate offer until the
program ends in late February,
Halsell said.
Tom Light, general manager of
Corbusier Chevrolet Co. at 500 S.
Texas Ave., said his sales haven’t
gone up greatly on the rebated cars
but the larger cars have been selling
due to the increase of traffice in the
showroom.
“The auto industry is on its way
up again,” Light said, adding there
has been only a 10 per cent decline
in sales this year compared to this
time last year.
“In this area it’s more of a mental
recession than a money recession,”
Light said. People are more selec
tive now as opposed to the past, he
said.
Larry Beal, president of Beal
Ford Sales Inc., 1309 Texas Ave.,
said the rebate Ford offers may
either he sent directly to the buyer
of may be used as a down payment.
Beal explained that his small car
sales had been up in the last couple
of months, even before the rebate
started.
“I look for a better economic mar
ket in the future. I have faith in the
government and American folks,
Beal said.
Beal noted his part sales and ser
vice business has been excellent
since the economic downswing
started.
K&B Dodge of Hearne has had a
75 per cent increase in sales over
last month, said Larry Bossier, vice
president.
Bossier said the program has
been a “great success” and noted
that floor traffic had been terribly
slow until the rebate.
Gotcha skunked
Photo by Douglas Wlnahlp
Jimmy Zumwalt and Todd Hardt clash in table
tennis match at the ACUI campus meet Thursday.
The meets which are running from Tuesday
through Saturday also include bowling, bridge
and billiards.