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Associated Press
DALLAS — Whatever John
Connally’s plans, wife Nellie says
she hopes they don’t include
another ride down the campaign
Kail.
i- “He will go on speaking. He feels
he has things to say that will help the
iountry,” she said, interviewed
bile her husband was here to ad-
ress the National Federation of
Republican Women. I hope he
ever goes campaigning again.”
But Nellie had an early warning of
John’s love of politics. It first
emerged in their dating days at the
[ University of Texas when he was
tudent body president.
"1 knew he wanted a political
jareer,” she explained. "I just didn’t
now how total it would be.”
Since that time, politics has been
jhe steady third partner of their
narriage. And Mrs. Connally ad-
nits that life with a public man has
ad its share of traumas.
I “The most heinous of nightmare-
was the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy Nov. 22, 1963.
Mrs. Connally and her husband,
then governor of Texas, were riding
in the front seat of the presidential
limousine when Kennedy was kil
led. Connally also suffered a gun
shot wound to the shoulder and
wrist.
"The assassination is as unbeliev
able to me today as it was then, she
said.
Another difficult time was when
Connally was being tried in
Washington, D.C. this year, ac
cused of accepting two $5,000
bribes from Associated Milk Pro
ducers Inc. AMPI lobbyist Jake
Jacobsen in return for increasing
milk price supports.
Connally was acquitted in the
case, but Nellie says the trial was
“hard on the spirit.”
“Even though we knew there was
nothing there, it was difficult.
But neither incident over
shadows the suicide of daughter
Kathleen in 1958 in Florida.
“The loss of a child is the most
terrible thing that can happen, ” she
said. Her eyes glistened and there
was a catch in her voice. “I’d rather
not talk about Kathleen at all.
But through it all, they’ve man
aged, she says, because “John and I
have the happy faculty of going on
and living and doing. I have a young
sensitive family and they were little
troupers through all these things.”
Chief among the “troupers’ were
the four Connally grandchildren,
6-year-old Amy; 5-year-old Tracy;
2-year-old Robert C. Ammann; and
2-year-old John B. Connally IV.
“I can tell when John comes home
if it has been a really bad day and if
he is down. That’s when I send for a
grandbaby.
In addition to the Connally
grandbabies, there are the Connally
children. John B. Connally III, at
29, works with “That other firm,
Baker-Botts of Houston. Daughter
Sharon and husband Robert Am
mann III live in Floresville and son
Mark and wife Anne manage tbe
Connally ranch there.
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Draft pardons stop
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Presi-
lential Clemency Board worked
laid Monday trying to finish action
in 300cases remaining before it was
to go out of existence at midnight, as
equired by law.
President Ford issued an execu
tive order assigning to the Justice
Department the job of tying up the
oose ends, except for the job prog
ram under Selective Service.
This mainly involves 910 applic-
mts on whom more information is
needed for a decision by the attor
ney general, board spokeswoman
Nia Nicholas said.
The hoard will close on schedule,
return the confidential files on the
applicants to the proper federal
agencies and file its papers with the
archives, she said.
As of last Friday, Mrs. Nicholas
said, the board has processed
15,500 applicants, sent recommen
dations to Ford for approval on
5,361 and he had signed 2,402 war
rants for clemency pardons.
The exact number of outright
pardons or pardons conditioned on a
period of public service recom
mended to Ford won’t be figured
out until the job is wrapped u'p ! , '
Mrs. Nicholas said.
The hoard was created exactly a
year ago by Ford to enable con
victed draft evaders and punished
deserters of the Vietnam era to wipe
out some of the stigma “with a sec
ond chance by earning pardons.
However, only 21,(XX) of an esti
mated 120,(XX) considered eligible
applied. And it turned out that
5,(XX) of the 21,000 were ineligible
for various reasons, including the
fact that some were World War I
and World War II or Korea era of
fenders.
Of the 16,()()() applicants who
were eligible, the board has been
recommending outright pardons for
about half and pardons conditioned
on a work period for the other half.
The latter could he assigned up to
two years on the job, but few have
gotten more than a year.
About 6 per cent are receiving
decisions recommending “no cle
mency.
Board Chairman Charles E.
Goodell has expressed disappoint
ment at the small number of men
who signed up but says the program
is worthwhile for the benefit it is
giving those who did sign up.
Goodell, when asked how many
might have signed up in a gamble
for an outright pardon with no in
tention of performing a job, said he
doesn’t know. But he notes that all
promised when they signed up to
perform if ticketed for jobs.
Since they have 30 days to report
after the President acts on each
case, only 306 men have reported so
far. A month ago the figure was .130.
Those actually working total 54.
Those in another part of the cle
mency program, that for un
punished deserters, also made a
promise to perform jobs when pro
cessed out of service by the military
with an undesirable discharge with
out having to face punitive action.
But two-thirds are not doing so.
Of the 5,532 deserters who joined
the military' program, 2,361 have
presents
NEIL SIMON’S
Comedy
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Sept. 18, 19, 20 & 25, 26, 27 at 8:00 P.M.
ADULTS $2.50 STUDENTS $1.50
3100 South College Avenue
THE GREATEST
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The greatest sandwiches in the Southwest are served from
11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each day Monday through Friday on
floor 11M, Conference Tower. The greatness of these sand
wiches is no accident. There are several types of meats and
you can select your choice and mix or match any three pieces
for your sandwich on the bread of your choice.
Two of the several types of bread are sour dough and baked
fresh daily in our Duncan bakery. Further, these breads are
prepared without shortening for the diet conscious guest. For
the greatest taste tempting delight just make your sandwich
exactly like you want it and pop it into one of the handy
micro-wave ovens. This wonderful sandwich and a bowl of
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dropped out or been kicked out for
not performing satisfactorily. In ad
dition 1,()()() others never reported
for jobs.
Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, N-Y. —
The U.N. General Assembly opens
its 30th annual session Tuesday, and
an attempt to oust South Africa from
the assembly looms among its shar
pest issues.
The 75 nonaligned countries that
form a majority of the 138 U.N.
members have instructions from the
Lima nonaligned foreign ministers
conference of Aug. 25-30 to “work
for the expulsion of the Pretoria re
gime” and the granting of U.N. ob
serve] - status to so-called South Afri
can liberation movements.
Tbe ministers described the
white-minority South African gov
ernment as “a full-fledged fascist re
gime bent on perpetuating the ruth
less dominations of the indigenous
population” — a reference to the
country’s black majority.
Negotiators strove Monday to
agree on a resolution for com
prehensive aid to developing coun
tries that a current special session of
the assembly could adopt as the final
action of the meeting that began
Sept. 1.
Assistant Secretary of State
Thomas Enders and U.S. Ambas
sador Daniel Patrick Moynihan
were negotiating for the United
States with Iranian, Malaysian and
Venezuelan officials representing
the developing countries.
A U.N. spokesman said the close
lEEKNEI
La Marque-Texas City Hometown Club will meet Tuesday, at 8:30
p.m. in room 229 of the MSC.
Texas A&M Water Sid Club will meet Tuesday, at 7 p.m. in room
225, MSC. For more information call 846-2539 or 846-5224.
Isshinryu Karate Club will meet Tuesday, in room 256, G. Rollie
White Coliseum at 6:30 p.m. Beginners are welcome.
Pre-Vet Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in room 102, Zachry
Engineering Center. Dean Shelton and Dr. Bay will speak. Elections
to be held after speakers.
Deep East Texas Hometown Club will meet Thursday, at the dome
in Hensel Park at 6:30 p.m. All students from towns in and around
Gregg County are welcome.
Eagle Pass Hometown Club will meet Thursday, at 8:00 p.m. in
room L, Student Programs Office of the MSC. All new members are
welcome.
Political Forum Committee will meet Tuesday, in room 216 of the
MSC.
A&M Wheelmen will meet Tuesday’, in room 502 of the Rudder
Tower. There will be a recreational bicycle ride Wednesday, begin
ning at 5:30 p.m. at the Rudder Tower fountain. A 10-mile bike ride to
Linda Lake will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, at the Rudder Tower
fountain.
University Laundry Committee will meet Tuesday , at 4 p.m. in
room 308 of the Rudder Tower.
Freshmen engineering students will meet Wednesday, Sept. 17 at
7:30 in the Rudder Center auditorium.
The Committee for Awareness of the Mexican-American Culture
will hold an organizational meeting Tuesday , at 8 p.m. in room 302 of
the Rudder Tower.
Intercollegiate Bowling League, A&M Chapter, will finish its
“roll-off this week. Top 12 scores will compose the team. Two six-
game blocks must be played to be eligible for membership. Roll-offs
begin at 5 p.m. but an appointment must be made at the MSC
Bowling Lanes prior to the try-out.
Aggie Cinema
International Film Series
presents
The Seventh Seal
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Tuesday September 16th 8 pm
Rudder Theater Adm. $1.00
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Aggie Cinema
Midnite Film Series
presents
Ladies & Gentlemen
THE ROLLING STONES
Fri. Sept. 19
Rudder Theater
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12 midnite
Adm $1.00
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of the special assembly, set for
Monday night, might be postponed
to Tuesday morning.
The negotiators had trouble with
how to work provisions calling for
developed countries to boost their
development aid to 0.70 per cent of
their gross national product by 1980
and for part of the International
Monetary Fund’s special drawing
lights for currency stabilization to
be diverted to development aid.
Nonaligned sources predicted
privately Monday that South Afri
ca’s critics, including the powerful
African group, would seek to bar
South Africa from the assembly’s
proceedings as they succeeded in
doing last year.
LAKEVIEW CLUB
3 Miles N.on Tabor Road
presents
MEL TILLIS
and Band
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
Tickets: $6 Advance • $7 at the Door
No Reservations
Saturday Night: Tony Booth & Band
From 9-1 p.m.
STAMPEDE Every Thursday Nite
(ALL BRANDS BEER 35 cents)
LADIES FREE
Every Tuesday Nite
All Brands Beer 35c
8-12
Music furnished by the Brazos Sounds
MEN $2.00
'WHEN YOU
OU1 OM US YOU
MEMBER
COLLEGE STATION
MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER
Your own personal travel agency on campus
846-3773
BRYAN
TOWN AND COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER
3811 East 29th Street
846-1702
BEVERLEY BRALEY TRAVEL, INC.
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
TOWN HALL’S ALL NEW
UNIVERSITY VARIETY SERIES
PRESENTS
0
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THE
PRESERVATION HALL
JAZZ BAND
THE TRADITIONAL JAZZ BAND DIRECT FROM NEW ORLEANS
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 1975 RUDDER AUDITORIUM
GENERAL PUBLIC $5.50
A&M STUDENT/DATE $3.00
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE MSC BOX 0FFICC. FIRST FLOOR RUDDER TOWER. 9-4. M0NDAY-
FRIDAY. 845-2916. SORRY, NO CAMERAS OR RECORDING EQUIPMENT WILL BE ALLOWED.
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
TOWN HALL SERIES IN
COOPERATION WITH BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE
PRESENTS
MANDRILL
AND
THE HUES CORPORATION
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1975
G. ROLLIE WHITE COLISEUM
RESERVED SEAT
$4.00 - 4.50
$4.00 - 4.50
$6.00 - 6.50
GENERAL ADMISSION
A&M STUDENT Free with ticket
NON STUDENT DATE 3.00
GENERAL PUBLIC 4.00
A MAXIMUM OF FOUR GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS MAY BE OBTAINED BY PRESENTATION OF AN I.D. AND
ACTIVITY CARD FOR EACH TICKET REQUESTED. A&M STUDENT PRIORITY PERIOD EXTENDS FROM SEP
TEMBER 8 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 12. GENERAL TICKET SALES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 15. TICKETS ARE
AVAILABLE AT THE MSC BOX OFFICE, FIRST FLOOR RUDDER TOWER 9-4 MONDAY-FRIDAY 845-2916.
SORRY, NO CAMERAS OR RECORDING EQUIPMENT WILL BE ALLOWED.
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Aggie Cinema
Popular Film Series
presents
TUB STING
Thurs., Fri.
and Sat. Sept.
18,19& 20
8 pm
Sat. Matinee
2 pm
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Rudder Theater
Adm. $1.00
PG
0
Advance Tickets at MSC Box Office
1st floor Rudder Tower