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Page 10 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1975 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1975 McKnight claims constitutional point being sough R,- T IT FT TOXIT7 Q ^ Rl;.-.^. rif^w pnnfjtitiition on him h^- aromint for 40 nf»r r‘pn t n( thp *■ I IviVL By LEE JONES Associated Press AUSTIN, Tex. — Sen. Peyton McKnight, D-Tyler, says many op ponents of the proposed new con stitution are looking for a rallying point and his “Citizens to Preserve the Texas Constitution” shoidd give it to them. The organization, with Houston public relations woman Patricia Black listed as campaign manager, registered with the secretary of Ima Hogg dead at 93 In London ewe state this week as a political com mittee. It took some checking to find out that McKnight, in fact, was the committee’s founder and chief spokesman. The new constitution will be submitted to the voters Nov. 4 as eight separate proposals. “A lot of people are looking for a place to go to oppose it,” McKnight said Tuesday in a telephone inter view, and he has been finding some of them among state and local offi cials. He said he would like to have Gov. Dolph Briscoe on his side. Mrs. Black, as campaign man ager, will have the duty of filing periodic financial reports with the secretary of state. She said how ever, that her only contact thus far had been with Jimmy Banks of Au stin, public relations director of the Texas Railroad Association. Banks said the railroaders were not involved and that the McKnight group was one of his public relations sidelines. Mrs. Black also has worked with a group formed by business lobbyist Searcy Bracewell called “Commit tee to Preserve the Present Con stitution.” McKnight said opponents of the new constitution called on him be cause of his vocal fight against it in the 1974 Constitutional Convention and this year’s legislature. He said he had no names of other members because “we have just gotten started. The group’s plans include a “speakers bureau” to make public appearances against the new state charter and fund-raising for an ad vertising campaign. Bracewell’s group, he said, will concentrate on Houston, which has major local elections the same day as the balloting on the constitution. Houston, McKnight said, coidd account for 40 per cent of the statewide vote on the constitution so “I am glad to see them concen trate on that area down there ... I imagine we will be touching hands, keeping in touch. ” McKnight said his campaign will seek defeat of all eight separate propositions to replace articles of the 1876 constitution with new ones drafted by the legislature. Asked what elements of the con stitution his group would concen trate its fire upon, McKnight said, “The main thing, to be very frank with you, is that if we pass this thing we will he moving from a position of constitutional restraint to permis siveness weighted in favor of the legislature. The reins of govern ment will he turned over to the legislature. “The people are losing their law to the legislature.” Briscoe has indicated concern over provisions calling for the legis lature to meet annually, instead of every two years, and giving it a mechanism to call itself into special sessions to override vetos. “I like what he has been saying, said McKnight. He said that during telephone conversations Monday with governor s aides Ken Clapp WE HOUSTON (AP) — Miss Ima Hogg, who’s name was synonymous with cultural development in Hous ton, died in a London hospital Tuesday, at the age of 93. Miss Hogg died in Westminster Hospital where she was reciiperat- __ ing from a broken leg suffered Fri- ||gjp|||||F day. Doug McDugald, Miss Hogg’s cousin, said the reasons for Miss Hogg’s death were unclear Tuesday night and added that an autopsy is planned. Miss Hogg was the daughter of former Texas Gov. James Stephen Hogg and the granddaughter of a Texas plantation owner and Con- lEE federate officer. The Houston Symphony was started by Ms. Hogg .and she also was a heavy contributor to the Museum of Fine Arts and other cul tural institutions in the city. Miss Hogg also founded the Houston Child Guidance Center and helped to establish the Hogg b||IEIK Foundation for Mental Health at a time when mental health was virtu ally an unknown term. VA officials remind vets WE GIVE of deadlines With fall registration next week, A&M’s veteran’s representatives remind veterans discharged bet ween Jan. 31, 1955 and June 1, 1966 that they have only the fall and spring semesters to collect GI Bill benefits. Veterans Administration officials explained that the* deadline for eligibility for such veterans is May 31, 1976. They also said that benefits can be used for technical, apprentice, or cooperative programs as well as academic training. Tutorial assistance is also availa- WilWB ble through GI Bill benefits. Be careful with fire: There are babes ___ in the woods. Wb GIVE Ttye Varsity 323 Un.i'/ersitJ^Dr. C.S* 8l6-7iCI Hair Care tor «ncfj,(v#oneii Tuptnamba N|J Eddie Dominguez 66 Joe Arciniega '74 Greg Price till) la am and George Lowrance he ha\l tioned his organization andU hoped the governor would opp, certain sections.” “Most people I talk to feel ( theircontactwith theconstitutiol such that they have neverl# damaged by the one we haveiij They feel state government is| straitjacketed by the one web now, McKnight said. Backers of the proposedconsti tion also have registered a grouj promote it, called “Citizen™ Texas Constitution,’ headedi Robert W. 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