Campus
Joseph Kelly remains in intensive care in the Texas Children’s
Hospital in Houston after being rushed there Thursday afternoon by
helicopter.
Kelly, 18, a sophomore accounting major, was found Thursday
morning in a semi-comatose condition, his head in the sink of his Law
Hall dorm room. A University Health Center spokesman said he
believes that Kelly suS'ered a fractured skull from a fall in his room.
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A variety of activities are planned around the 4 p.m. Aggie-Ole
Miss football game.
There will be a Town Hall program featuring “Blood Sweat and
Tears at G. Rollie White Coliseum Friday at 8 p.m.
A midnight yell practice will be held in Kyle Field, Friday.
Saturday, a 10:30 a.m. Corps of Cadets briefing in the Rudder
Theater will be open to the public.
At 11:30 a.m., the renovated Corps area will be dedicated by
President Jack K. Williams.
Dedication of the renovated Memorial Fish Pond in front of Sbisa
Hall is set for noon. The renovation was financed by the Class of’77.
A spirit line from Caine Hall to Kyle Field will start forming at
2:30 p.m. Saturday.
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University parking regulations require students to move their
vehicles from the parking lots around Kyle Field by 10 a. m. on days,
including this Saturday, when there is a home football game.
The student cars must be moved out of parking lots 48, 56, 60, 61
and 62 and into other available spaces, including especially lot 50, the
large lot near Zachry Engineering Center.
•
A purse thief is working in the office buildings of Texas A&M
University, University Police Chief O. L. Luther said Thursday.
Luther said six reports of stolen purses had been turned in to the
police since school began. He urges everybody with an office in a
public building to make their belongings secure if they leave the
room.
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Students interested in working in various College Station com
mittees or commissions should contact Jerri Ward, vice-president of
the external affairs committee of student government. She can be
contacted at 845-3051 or 845-5256.
•
Fall semester graduation announcements are now being or
dered.
December graduates should place orders at the Student Finance
Center, room 217, Memorial Student Center. Orders maybe placed
Monday through Friday, from 8 a m. to 4 p.m.
The deadline is Oct. 10.
City
An A&M Consolidated Middle School student was released from
St. Joseph Hospital Thursday night after hitting a stopped car at an
intersection while riding her bicycle.
Marsha Jo Clay camp of300 Lee St. was riding her bicycle east on
Jersey Street when she hit a Ford Pinto stopped at the intersection of
Anderson Drive and Jersey Street.
The car, driven by Steven Patrick Westbrook, an A&M student,
was partially extended onto Jersey Street. College Station Police
Officer M. Newton said Westbrook had started across the intersection
when he saw the girl and then hit his brakes. Claycamp then struck his
car on the driver’s side.
She was not seriously hurt.
Texas
The income tax trial of the Carrillo brothers in Corpus Christi
slowly slipped into gear yesterday with testimony from an accountant
about the business dealings of Judge O. P. Carrillo and his brother,
County Commissioner Ramiro Carrillo.
•
Women are portrayed in school primers as queens, majorettes,
pioneers, nurses and mothers. A group of women’s libbers don’t like it
and protested before the state school textbook committee in Austin
Thursday.
•
School integration critics in Dallas say its integration plan “won’t
wash in front of a federal judge.
More than $70 million has been spent in Houston on federal
school aid. It hasn’t done much for the 20 per cent of Houston’s school
children who are functional illiterates. See story. Page 6.
The Texas Supreme Court is considering efforts to consolidate
legal actions against Coastal States Gas Producing Company.
National
A majority of Americans give Vice President Nelson Rockefeller
a poor job rating and by a 47-34 per cent plurality oppose his nomina
tion on the 1976 Republican ticket, the Harris poll reported yester
day.
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THE U.S. Agriculture Department is preparing to announce
new grain harvest estimates needed to help rebuild U.S. grain stocks
and fill expected orders from the Soviet Union.
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The U.S. House passed a bill to extend oil price controls for 60
days yesterday. See story. Page 6
•
An expected announcement of a compromise settlement of the
New York City teachers’ strike was canceled yesterday without expla
nation. School strikes continue in Chicago and dozens of other smaller
cities.
•
W. A. “Tony" Boyle, 73-year-old former president of the United
Mine Workers Union, has been sentenced to three consecutive life
terms for ordering the assassinations of union rival Joseph A. “Jock”
Yablonski, his wife and daughter.
•
Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a member of the Charles Manson fami
ly, was ousted from federal court during her arraignment on charges of
attempting to assassinate President Ford. See story, Page 4.
World
Landmine explosions, poisonous scorpian bites, terrorist bullets
— these are some of the dangers facing American civilians when they
go to the Middle East to help enforce the latest Israeli-Egyptian truce’
pace. See story, Page 5.
France slapped an import tax on Italian wine yesterday, a move
which could threaten European unity.
Ford seen wearing stuffed shirt
Associated Press
MILFORD, N.H. — President
Ford, on his first political outing
since last week’s assassination at
tempt, appeared to be wearing a
protective vest Thursday while
campaigning in New Hampshire.
The President was greeted by
friendly crowds as he sought to
boost Republican Louis C. Wy
man’s chances in next Tuesday’s
special Senate election.
Secret Service agents and White
House officials refused to confirm or
deny that Ford was wearing a pro
tective vest. But the outlines of
some sort of additional garment
were visible through the back of his
jacket, and his shirt-front appeared
tightly drawn.
Photographs of the President
leaving the White House showed
Ford wearing a suit vest with his
brown business suit. But when he
arrived in New Hampshire he was
wearing what apparently was the
same suit without the suit vest.
The day-long motorcade showed
that the President had lost none of
his zest for shaking hands and reach
ing out to the thousands who
greeted him at more than a dozen
stops in towns and highway cros
sings.
Republicans hoped the Presi
dent’s visit would boost the turnout
for Wyman next Tuesday and over
come the extensive organizational
effort by the Democratic candidate,
John Durkin.
The Senate declared the seat vac
ant and ordered a new election after
it was unable to decide on a winner
in last November’s close election.
At most of the stops, hands in the
crowd reached out to touch and
shake hands with Ford.
The Secret Service agents cor
don around the President appeared
to be the same as before last Friday’s
incident in Sacramento, Calif.,
where a follower of convicted mur
derer Charles Manson pointed a
pistol at the President before being
grabbed by agents.
A security helicopter flew over
part of the President’s 120-mile
route.
i A Secret Service agent and a state
police detective had been assigned
to keep an eye on Linda Kasabian,
another Manson follower, who now
lives eight miles from Milford.
Ford confined his remarks to
praise of Wyman. He noted that
Reagan had campaigned for Wyman
in Manchester Wednesday night.
Ford and Reagan are considered
likely rivals in this state’s Republi
can presidential primary early next
year, and Ford said in a radio inter
view that “I intend to be up here
next March.”
Under a ruling by the Federal
'Election Commission, the $5,000
that it cost Ford to fly to New
Hampshire will count against the
limit that Wyman is allowed to
spend in the campaign. That limit is
$150,000 per candidate with
another $20,000 permitted to be
spent for fund-raising.
ClK
Copyright © 1975, The Battalion
Vol. 69 No. 8 College Station, Texas Friday, September 12,1975
CS Council
Civic center funds approved
By JERRY NEEDHAM
Battalion Staff Writer
The College Station City Council
voted Thursday night to set aside
$25,000 to help finance a civic
center in the city.
The recommendation, made by
Councilman Bob Bell of the
Hotel-Motel Tax Committee, also
included establishing a committee
to seek an optimum site for the civic
center.
Bell said his concept of the center
is that it will be located in College
Station and possibly be surrounded
by a park.
The funds were made available
through the six per cent tax charged
to persons staying in the city s hotels
and motels.
Revenues collected from the tax
since October 1973 currently
amount to $69,408.
The council also voted to earmark
$8,500 of the tax revenue for tourist
promotion. This money is to be used
in a cooperative effort with Texas
A&M’s Continuing Education
Program.
The council also heard further
developments on the proposed
amendment to raise park land dedi
cation requirements for housing de
velopers in order to insure an
adequate park system in the city.
Councilman Larry Bravenec of
the Parks Subcommittee reported
that there seems to be a misconcep
tion as to the definition of a
neighborhood park. He said the
subcommittee is considering sev
eral alternatives to the current re
quirements.
Bill Lancaster, chairman of the
Parks and Recreation Committee,
said a neighborhood park should
contain no less than five acres and
preferably 10 acres of land.
“I think the only way to get five to
ten-acre parks is for the city to de
cide where it needs parks and to buy
land for them. City Planner Al
Mayo said. He said the city could
then charge the developers for the
land as they build.
The Park Subcommittee is
scheduled to meet next Tuesday to
further develop a solid recommen
dation to present to the council on
park land dedication.
Civic center considered
Bob Bell, Jim Gardner and Jim Dozier to designate $25,000 of the hotel-motel
consider a proposal by Councilman Bell tax fund for a new civic center.
Film crew finishing
Finishing off nearly a year and a half of
work, a Hollywood-based team films a
segment of a 25-minute documentary on
Texas A&M at the Rudder Complex
Thursday afternoon. (See related story
and photos on Page 3.)
Refunding policy
changed this fall
A new refund policy applying to
withdrawing students became effec
tive this fall.
The policy states that a person
withdrawing before the first day of
class will receive 100 per cent re
fund. An 80 percent during the sec
ond week, 40 per cent during the
third week and 20 per cent during
the fourth week. No refunds will be
given after the fourth week.
The new refund policy applies to
tuition. Student Service Fees,
Building Use Fees, Student Center
Complex Fees, Health Center
Fees, P.E. Service Fees, Laborat
ory Fees and Residence Hall Rents.
In order for a student to receive a
residence hall rent refund, the vac
ated room must be rented again
within 10 days by a student not al
ready living on University-owned
property. If a refund is awarded, it
will be made according to the above
percentage schedule. If the room is
not rented within 10 days, or if it is
rented to a person previously living
on University-owned property,
then no refund will be granted.
Refunds on laundry payments
will be prorated on a weekly basis.
Board refunds will be determined
on a daily basis.
If the student pays a uniform fee
for ROTC, a full refund will be
granted only if that student with
draws before the clothing is issued.
If the student withdraws after re
ceiving the uniforms, no refund is
available.
There is no refund for identifica
tion cards.
The policy on room reservation
deposits remains as stated in the
Fall Semester 1976 catalogue.
According to state law, if the ten
ant of a residence hall or student
apartment leaves, the full security
deposit must be refunded within 30
days. If the deposit is not returned,
the management must supply a
written itemized list of damages ful
filling the requirements of Article
5236e of Vernon’s Civil Statutes.
Registration system to change
Changes
By PEGGY INGRAM
Battalion Staff Writer
A major change in voter registra
tion will sweep through Texas soon.
On Nov. 5, the day after the con
stitutional revision election, the
Texas Secretary of State office is be
ginning the overhaul.
Those who have voted in either a
primary or general election since
the 1972 presidential election will
receive a permanent registration
form in the mail. Those who return a
form before Jan. 31 will be regis
tered to vote in Texas for life.
Elaine Blair, attorney in the elec
tion division of the secretary of
state’s office, explained to The Bat
talion Thursday that permanently
qualified voters will be issued their
new voting certificates by March 1,
1976. These will be renewed au
tomatically by mail every other
year.
Also, she said, these voters will
never need to vote to maintain their
qualified voter status.
“Under the old law, your registra
tion was valid for three years but
was renewed every time you vote-
d,” she said. “Now you don’t have to
vote to be a registered voter. ”
The only time a permanent voter
will need to deal with the local tax-
assessor collector’s office will be, as
always, in the case of a name or ad
dress change. Other state offices
will disqualify voters in the case of
their death, conviction of a felony,
or declaration of lunacy.
Only qualified voters will receive
notices in the mail (between Nov. 5
and Dec. 15), Blair said. All others
will be purged from the records un
less they secure registration forms
from the local county office.
“If you don’t reapply,” said Blair,
“you won’t be a qualified voter. ”
Those who register by mail or in
person will receive temporary cards
if they need to vote before the per
manent card arrives, she added.
“Texas has the easiest registration
in the country and now it will be
easier, ” she said. “The voter doesn’t
have to do anything affirmative (like
voting) anymore.
“If you are a qualified voter by (5
p.m.) Oct. 3, you’ll be on the mail
ing list (to receive the permanent
registration form,” she said.
Purges
Brazos County records won’t be
carrying as much dead weight when
it’s time to notify voters of the new
permanent registration system.
In early July, 8,000 names were
purged from Brazos County re
cords, Bill McLeod, president of
Texas Voting Systems of Bryan, said
Thursday. Texas Voting Systems is a
private company responsible for
making the voting lists for Brazos
County.
McLeod said the company will be
making one more update before the
Nov. 4 constitutional revision elec
tion.
Student government officials are
campaigning to get students to the
polls Nov. 4.
Mary Ellen Martin, student gov
ernment executive director, said
students need to be registered by 4
p.m. Oct. 3 in order to be eligible
for the constitutional revision elec
tion in November.
The first of the sign-up drives
The names purged, McLeod
said, are mostly those of persons
who have moved. McLeod s com
puters also will erase names of those
who haven’t voted during the last
three years.
A new registration system, signed
into law last May by Gov. Dolph
Briscoe, will be initiated by the
state Nov. 5 when permanent voter
registration forms are mailed to
qualified voters. Only those who
have voted within the last three
years will receive the form by mail.
Others will have to secure their
own.
Local voter registrars are gaining
considerably more freedom with
ends today at 5 p.m. on the first floor
of the MSC. Student government
will sponsor another drive, how
ever, Sept. 29-Oct. 3.
Martin recommends that stu
dents sign up to make sure they are
qualified voters. Then they will be
on the mailing list when the state
begins mailing permanent voter re
gistration forms in November.
the new registration system, Elaine
Blair of the Texas Secretary of State
office in Austin said Thursday.
She said local officials now have
the authority to erase invalid names
from the records if the officials know
“from any reliable source” that the
name should go. Any reliable source
includes a newspaper obituary and
first-hand information.
Jim Scherft, chief deputy in the
Brazos County Tax office, said he
appreciates the new freedom.
“If someone moved and we knew
about it, we had to wait until the
three-year period was over,” he
said, referring to the automatic can
cellation of inactive voters’ registra
tions. He added that many unqual
ified voters names had remained on
county lists because his office always
had to wait for official word from
either the state or district au
thorities before taking action.
As Blair further explained, the
state will be coordinating all voter
record information in a master com
puter system. The state, she said,
frequently will send the local offic
ers updated information from the
Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Student voting urged