Campus
The Chemistry Department is holding a physical chemistry
seminar Thursday featuring Paid W. Jagodzinski.
The presentation, “Resonance Raman Spectra of Biological
Molecules, will he at 4 p.m. in room 231 of the Chemistry Building.
Texas A&M University’s student body this year includes 148
National Merit Scholars, up 19 from last year. The 15-percent gain
should move Texas A&M up significantly in the rankings among
colleges and universities having large enrollments of National Merit
Scholars. For the past two years, Texas A&M has ranked 17th, tops
among public institutions in the state.
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Introduction and advanced Fortran short courses will be
offered by the Texas A&M Data Processing Center in October.
The introductory course will be held 3:30-4:30 p.m. Mondays,
Wednesday and Fridays beginning Oct. 6 and continuing through
Oct. 31. The advanced short course will meet 3-5 p.m. Oct. 7 and 9.
Registration may be completed by contacting Susan Sandefer in
the DPC or calling 845-4211.
A staff member will be in Rep. Olin E. Teague’s district
office in Bryan Sept. 24, 25, and 26, Teague, D-Tex., announced
Friday.
“Having a staff member in Bryan three days each month is in
!« I keeping with my decision last month to have someone there on a
regular basis, he said.
Teague s 6th Congressional District office is on the main floor in
the old Bryan Post Office at 216 W. 26th St.
Teague said Roy Garrett will be in the main floor office from 9
a.m. until 5 p.m. on those three days. The phone number is 779-5744.
Texas
A federal judge struck down a motion for acquittal in the Hunt
wiretap trial Tuesday and the defense disclosed it will lead off its case
with the widow of billionaire oilman H. L. Hunt.
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Zertuche’s General Store transferred more than $139,000
from its bank account to the bank account of a Benavides store owned
by suspended District Court Judge O. P. Carrillo and Duval County
Commissioner Ramiro Carrillo, an Internal Revenue Service agent
testified Tuesday.
It is not against the law for a county judge to spend county
hinds on hiring as his secretary the daughter of d county commis
sioner, Attv. Gen. John Hill said Tuesdav.
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint
Tuesday against Gulf States Energy Corp. and six company officials
accusing them of selling unregistered securities and “employing a
device to defraud investors.
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Metropolitan San Antonio grew to more than one million
residents in either May or June, the city s chamber of commerce said
Tuesday.
National
The Secret Service is drawing up new protective procedures
for President Ford, who insisted Tuesday he will not become a
hostage of his off ice because of would-be assassins. (See related storv,
P«. 7)
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Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, accused of attempting to assas
sinate President Ford, was declared mentally competent Tuesday to
stand trial and act as her own co-counsel.
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The woman who fired a shot at President Ford on Monday
bought the weapon from a private collector earlier in the day' and
bought another gun from him to weeks before, the collector con
firmed on Tuesdav.
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California Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. signed bills Tuesday
imposing mandatory sentences for persons convicted of using guns in
committing serious crimes and requiring gun purchasers to wait 15
day s for delivery .
Law enforcement officials say they were alerted to watch for
Sara Jane Moore during an appearance by President Ford at Stanford
University on Sunday . A day later, she fired a newly purchased gun at
the President in San Francisco. (See related story, pg. 7)
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Sara Moore told authorities that she debated whether to shoot
at President Ford and that if he had come into view 10 minutes later
she would have been gone because she wanted to pick up her nine-
year-old from school.
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Patricia Hears! was ordered by a federal judge in San Fran
cisco to undergo a mental examination. (See related stories, pg. 6)
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TheU. S. House of Representatives, by a vote of204 to 201,
approv ed an amendment to the energy bill Tuesday prohibiting bus
ing of school children beyond the nearest school.
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Hurricane Eloise, sprawning tornadoes to accompany torren
tial rains and roaring winds, plowed a wide path of destruction almost
150 miles inland Tuesday after pounding the Florida panhandle’s
coast with its hardest punch.
World
Ministers of the 13-nation oil export bloc met in Vienna
today amid reports they will hike the price of their oil by about 15 per
cent.
Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said Tuesday night that his country
will press for a continued freeze on oil prices or only a nominal
increase on order to increase consumption and help Western
economies out of their current recession.
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The French government said Tuesday it has won at least a
temporary reprieve for a French archeologist threatened with death
by her African rebel captors unless France gives them military
supplies and money.
The American dollar surged Tuesday to its highest rates this
year on Europe’s money markets while the price of gold plummeted
more than $8 an ounce, a record drop in a single session.
Shell, Exxon yield to ecologists
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Two major oil
companies are suspending coal
mine development projects in Mon
tana and Wyoming because of ad
verse court rulings on environmen
tal impact statements.
Shell Oil Co. announced Tuesday'
the suspension of a multi-million
dollar design and construction con
tract for mine facilities on the Crow
Indian Reservation in Montana.
Carter Oil Co., an Exxon Co.
USA affiliate, announced Monday it
is suspending next Tuesday' its de
velopment of the Rawhide surface
coal mine near Gillette, Wyo.
Keith Doig, Shell vice president
for mining ventures, said recent
court decisions, particularly one
brought by the Sierra Club against
the Interior Department, have seri
ously impaired efforts to develop
much-needed energy resources.
“Unless the decisions are re
versed, they will result in great
waste of dollars, and, more impor
tantly, of time needed to attack our
energy problem,” Doig said.
C. E. Smith Jr., Carter presi
dent, said the Sierra suit seeks to
require an environmental impact
statement covering not only the
Eastern Powder River Basin in
Wyoming but the entire four-state
Northern Great Plains region. He
said Interior already has prepared a
six-volume environmental impact
statement and extensive hearings
were held in July.
“The issue in the Sierra Club case
is the geographic area which should
be covered by an impact statement,
not the manner in which the area is
to be mined and reclaimed. Smith
said.
Rawhide was to have opened in
1976 with a production goal of 12
million tons of coal a y ear by 1980.
Smith said the Sierra suit could
delay coal production for years at
great cost to customers of electric
utilities which plan to use the coal.
“It is my belief that in this case
the environmental cause has gone
far beyond what is reasonable, ob
jective, or in the interest of the na
tion,’’ Smith said.
Shell said the suspended Mon
tana project involved about 300 con
struction jobs and about 240 mining
jobs.
Doig said the “energy roadblock
court decisions require additional,
overlapping, broad-scale impact
statements covering new coal de
velopment on federal and Indian
lands in several western states.
"These decisions are potentially
very serious in terms of their ripple
and inflationary effects on our na
tional economy, Doig said. “The
western low sulphur coal im
pounded by the suits is among the
lowest cost, most environmentally
acceptable fossil fuels available for
power plants.
Smith said the Rawhide opera
tions were being suspended pend
ing resolution of the Sierra suit.
Smith said he estimates that de
mand for Powder River Basin coal
which could be affected by the suit
will approximate 64 million tons a
y ear by 1980.
“My estimate also indicates this
coal would have been used by 25
utilities in 13 states to fuel a signific
ant percentage of forecast power
generated in 1980, he said.
New Orleans Jazz
New Orleans’ Preservation
Hall Jazz Band brought
a little southern jazz to the
Rudder Center auditori
um last night. See related
story, pg. 5.
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Battalion
Copyright (u) 1975, The Battalion
^ Vol. 69 No. 14 College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 24, 1975
Regents lower fees
for foreign students
in financial straits
Court order
halts phone hike
By STEVE GRAY
City Editor
A temporary restraining order
was issued late Wednesday after
noon against the General Tele
phone Company, putting a quick
halt to the $1,073,193 local phone-
rate increase that went into effect
Monday.
The order was issued by 85th
Dist. Court Judge W. C. Dav is in
Bryan.
B. A. Erwin, div ision manager of
General Telephone, late Tuesday
night said the order came as no sur
prise to him.
“At this point, all I can say is that
we will fully comply with the orders
of the court and go from there, he
said.
A hearing on the permanent in
junction against the phone company
has been set for Oct. 3 in district
court.
Neeley Lewis, city attorney for
College Station, said Tuesday
night he expects General Tele-
The A&M Consolidated School
Board approved a bond issue of
more than $5.5 million at its meet
ing Tuesday night.
The seven-member board, con
tinuing its meeting from late Mon
day night, approved the $5,506,000
bond issue that will be voted upon
sometime in late October or early
November.
The board voted 3 to 1 in favor of
the bond issue, with board member
Bruce Robeck abstaining.
Board member Lambert Wilkes
voted against including a new school
in this bond issue because details on
the school hav e not been finalized.
“You can’t tell the public you
need some kind of school for some
grades kindergarten through
eighth, on some site some time in
the future and expect any one to v ote
on it, Robeck said.
Board member O. C. Cooper was
not present at the meeting.
School Board President Nancy
Donaldson votes only in case of a tie
among the board.
The main expenditures in the
bond issue are the new school, a
vocational building for the high
school and physical education build
ings for the elementary schools.
Other expenditures are increased
food services for the middle school,
drainage improvements for the
middle school and remodeling or
new construction of administrativ e
facilities.
The proposed cost of the new
school is $1,813,000, Superinten
dent Fred A. Hopson said.
phone to react quickly if the court
issues a permanent injunction on
the rate increase early next month.
“If we prevail, I hi sure that they
(General Telephone) will file suit in
court to re-implement their in
creased rates, he said.
The phone company requested
the rate increase from the cities of
Bry an and College Station in April.
Both cities held public hearings
concerning the proposed increase.
General Telephone and both
cities attempted Thursday to reach a
compromise on the increase but the
meeting resulted in a stalemate.
Both sides amended their original
offers several times but finally be
came deadlocked on the issue after
more than two hours of negotia
tions.
The phone company last sought a
rate increase in May 1972. The case
was finally settled out of court bet
ween both cities and General Tele
phone after a y ear of litigation in the
85th District Court.
He said the cost excludes any ex
penses for science equipment.
The proposed phy sical education
facilities for College Hills Elemen
tary School and South Knoll
Elementary School would cost
$1,315,300.’
Hopson said the administration
woidd like to see the fifth and sixth
grades put in the school but no plans
have been made as to what grades
will be included in the new school or
its location.
A large gym facility, interior
equipment and physical education
classrooms are proposed for both
schools for physical education prog
rams.
Hopson said the addition of these
facilities and more teachers would
give regular classroom teachers
more time to plan for classes.
The vocational building for the
high school will cost $1,404,400.
School Board President Nancy
Donaldson said this expenditure
was of top priority since it has been
planned by the board for the last five
years.
The A&M Consolidated Middle
School would receive $578,8(X) for
improvements in the bond issue.
Drainage improvements for the
middle school will cost $67,500.
The improvements would in
clude retaining walls to help drain
water into surrounding streets.
Additional classroom facilities for
the middle school will cost
$137,300.
The cafeteria capacity in the mid
dle school would also be increased
along with improvements to the de-
(See “Consol”, page 9)
By KARLA MOURITSEN
Campus Editor
The Texas A&M University
Board of Regents Tuesday approv ed
a request to charge lower tuition
fees for some international students
who were placed in extreme finan
cial distress due to recent tuition
increases.
A minimum rate of $14 per credit
hour was set by the Regents, with
the total charge si*l at it minimum of
$200.
The development of a Horticul
tural Sciences Department was also
approved by the Regents.
“It was a mov e undertaken many
years ago by most land grant col
leges, said University President
Jack K. Williams.
He explained the delay in remov
ing horticulture from the Soil and
Crops Sciences Department by say
ing, “We ve worked hard at not
overdoing the administrative ele
ment at A&M.
“No one has any thing close to this
in Texas, Williams said. He added
that the proposed department
should rank about fifth or sixth in
the nation when completed.
The establishment of the depart
ment is subject to the approv al of
the Coordinating Board, Texas
State College and University Sys
tem .
The Regents also authorized
A&M to allow senior citizens to
audit courses free of charge. Per
sons age 65 or older must obtain the
approval of the department head
and the instructor involved, with
approv al being subject to the av
ailability of classroom space.
Tarleton State University, a part
of the A&M system, was authorized
to offer a four-year degree program
in horse production and manage
ment. TSU already has the facilities
to start the program, but further
growth must wait until the program
receives approval from the state
coordinating board.
Currently, TSU has a four-stall
stallion barn and accommodations
for 16 mares and foals. When the
program is approved, a horse
specialist will be hired to improv e
the facilities and to expand the herd
from its present size of two mares
and two stud race horses.
The Regents awarded contracts
totaling $6,429,487, including
$5,011,200 for a new science build
ing at A&M. Ten thousand dollars
was allocated for additional tennis
courts and a new varsity baseball
field.
All of the contracts awarded are
subject to the approv al of the Coor
dinating Board, Texas College and
University System.
The new science building, to be
used by A&M s biology, chemistry,
and phy sics programs, will be built
by B-F-W Construction Company
of Temple. The four-story classroom
and laboratory building will occupy
the site formerly occupied by green
houses.
Kenaunee Scientific Equipment
Corporation of Adrian, Mich, re
ceived a contract for $455,467 to re
place the fume hoods in the organic
chemistry laboratories. Drew
Woods, Inc. of Carthage received
$280,500 to install central air-
conditioning in the Heep Building,
and the Ed A. Wilson Construction
Company of Fort Worth receiv ed
$163,464 to renovate the old En
gineering Extension Serv ice Build
ing for use by the University Police
and the Radiological Safety Office.
(See “Regents", page 7)
CS Council to hear
sidewalk proposals
The College Station City Council is scheduled on Thursday
night to consider recommendations made by the city s safety
committee concerning sidewalks accessible to schools in the
city .
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at City I fall, 1101 S. Texas Ave.
The committee has recommended that several sidewalks be
constructed in the neighborhoods surrounding College Hills
Elementary School, 101 Williams, and South Knoll Elementary
School, 1220 Boswell.
Councilmen will also consider establishing a policy for im
plementing park land requirements on unplatted land in the
city .
A report will be presented by the city s ambulance commit
tee. The group has met with the Joint B-CS, Brazos County
Ambulance Committee during the past week. The report is
expected to adv ise the council to require Sherrill Ambulance
Co. in Bryan to keep accurate records.
The council will also consider establishing an arboretum in
Bee Creek Park and application for further Community De
velopment Program funds.
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$5,500,000 bond issue
Tlie A&M Consolidated School Board funds, if approved by voters, would be
voted 3 to 1 with one abstention in favor used to expand classroom facilities in the
of holding a $5.5 million bond issue. The school district.
School board OKs
$5.5 million bond
By PAULA GEYER
Battalion Staff Writer