Cbe Battalion
Vol. 69 No. 31
Copyright (c) 1975, The Battalion
College Station, Texas
Thursday, Oct. 23, 1975
Campus under green attack
Students catch Bears at work
Construction looking up
Aheavy lift crane raises a member of Annex. The annex additions and the
pre-cast concrete skyward. The slabs new main building are to be some of
are trucked in and then the crane sets
them in place as the wall components
t of the new Architectural Research
the last new buildings for the main
campus for a few years.
Staff photo by Steve Goble
By DON ILOFF
and
JERRY GEARY
Battalion Staff Writers
“Captain Kirk, say Greyhound, what’s
10-20.”
“Greyhound to Captain Kirk, we re
heading toward Kyle Field.
“OK, Greyhound, Keep me posted,
10-4, Captain Kirk out!
“Woodduck to Captain Kirk, we re fol-
lowinga white Camaro with three people in
it. It’s passed McDonalds four times. We re
gonna follow it.
“Captain Kirk hears ya, stay with ’em,
10-4, out.
“Woodduck out.
“Scout to Captain Kirk.
“Go ahead Scout.
“Give me a 10-20 on Mudpie, please.
“Mudpie’s covering the MSC, we may
he havin’ some trouble there, tonight.”
“Scout to Kirk; we re gonna assist Mud-
pie with the MSC, 10-4.”
“Keep me posted, Kirk out.”
Woodchuck to Captain Kirk; we ve
spotted that Camaro again!”
“Captain Kirk hears ya, comeback.”
“Looks like they’ve got three Bears in
that car. We re gonna get em!”
“Get at ’em, Kirk out.
If you were listening to your CB radio
last night you might have heard what
sounded like a scene from Adam-12. A
“Campus Watch”, spearheaded by Moses
Hall, began last night in anticipation ol
more Baylor vandalism.
The “watch” consisted mainly of Moses
Hall residents equipped with CB radios
and any other objects which could be used
as a means of deterring any more vandalism
on the A&M campus. Many strategic points
on the campus were staked out by the
“Watchdogs.
“We re damn tired of those % / ? ☆ %ir
Bears thinking that they can come and tear
our campus up any damn time they feel like
it! said Captain Kirk, “If we have to knock
a few heads to stop em then that’s what
we 11 have to do.
The “Campus Watch” was scheduled to
begin at 10 p.m. Wednesday. Because of a
Baylor car being spotted, the “watch
began about 8 p.m. Other CB owners
joined in and reported their positions.
As more Aggies joined the “Watch”,
most entrances were covered and even
Committee gets worst tickets
By JERRY GEARY
Battalion Stuff Writer
The Student Senate approved a bill al-
ing the MSC Travel Committee 80 tic-
ts to the Arkansas-Texas A&M football
me last night.
An amendment to the bill said this bloc
| tickets would he the worst seats of the
li|j 547 student tickets available for the game.
■■■ | In other senate action, the support of
ClyHiident-faculty recommendations bill was
'passed along with a revised Senate Budget,
Be Refrigrator Manager’s contract, Cam
pus Chest guidelines and renewal of the
flNadley Blood Bank’s contract, were pas
sed without debate.
Steve Ingram announced that he hadcol-
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By CAROL JONES
Battalion Staff Writer
The American people are being cheated
jf their influence on public policy, conser-
lative Howard Phillips told a small, quiet
crowd last night.
■ Jrll\ ^' s ^ ie trans f ei ' of local power to federal
dower that makes it very difficult for the
average man or woman to influence public
policy, he said.
Phillips, presently the director of the
Conservative Caucus, is an active conser
vative spokesman. But he called himself a
^ libertarian conservative and said he was
yery concerned about placing a true con-
■ IWItervative candidate on every ballot across
| G „4l the country.
Phillips earnestly and confidently de-
Bribed a new organization. Freedom of
phoice — Freedom for the New Majority.
® 'Tt is a group studying election laws of each
state, trying to get a conservative on the
(allot," he said. Phillips serves as “Free-
lected 3070 signatures, more than 10 per
cent of the required number for a football
ticket referendum proposal.
This referendum must be held within 15
class days.
Citing the historical trend of past tickets
sold to Arkansas road games. Bill Flores
finance vice-president, said that 59 tickets
were sold in 1971 and 193 in 1973. He also
announced that 547 student tickets were
available this year.
“In keeping with the spirit of the group
ticket system, the tickets this group re
ceives should be the worst possible,” said
Donnie Paine of the College of Business,
introducing his amendment.
“Most of the people who know about the
trip are from the MSC and Student Gov
ernment, said Terri Ward, external aff airs
vice-president.
Students on the trip “will consist of a
broad spectrum of the student body,” said
Flores.
Another senator pointed out the travel
committee widely publicizes its trips in
The Battalion.
The Support of Student-Faculty Re
commendations bill stated that the Student
Senate of Texas A&M would publicly op
pose any Board of Regents who ignores the
recommendations of a student-faculty
committee.
Several senators offered a wide variety of
reasons for defeating the proposal.
Several agreed that one paragraph of the
resolution should be deleted because it
singled out the trouble that occurred at the
University of Texas.
Bill Helwig, Corps of Cadets senator,
said the proposal was “too broad sweeping a
hill for a student senate to go on record in
favor of. ”
Another senator argued that “It sounds
like a threat to our Board of Regents.”
“That’s probably because it is, said
Jimmy Arnold.
Countering most of the senator’s argu
ments against the bill, Arnold said it was
aimed for student input at all universities.
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dom’s” treasurer. "We are trying to get a
choice for the true conservative.
Phillips said neither the Republicans nor
the Democrats were decisively conserva
tive or liberal.
Instead of the true conservative choosing
between the lesser of two evils, Phillips
said, he should have the chance to vote for
another candidate. He never defined what
a true conservative is.
Phillips expressed distress over the
power of the federal government. “Federal
congressmen have more local power than
governors and legislatures of the states,” he
said.
“More and more appointed officials are
giving power to bureaucrats who are giving
more decision making power to organiza
tions. Phillips said the people s influence
is proscribed when such policy making
power is given to organizations and not to
the legislators they elected.
‘ (See federal, page 3)
Howard Phillips
Staff photo by Douglas Winship
Government vs. free enterprise
Sherrill caught in the middle
Ambulance service
in Brazos County
A four-part series
by Rod Speer, Alan
Killingsworth and
Steve Goble.
The political question of Government vs.
ree Enterprise is at the root of the ambu-
nce situation in Brazos County,
j When the local funeral homes (repre
senting Free Enterprise), said in 1973 that
they wanted out of the ambulance busi-
less, they advised the city councils and
'county governments to take over the job
themselves.
In a year of service cutbacks, the local
Part III
governments thought that was a bad idea
snii and started looking around for some fresh
free enterprise.
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The found it in the person of Ed Sherrill.
Sherrill promised to run the service with
out governmental financial assistance.
1 Sherrill began operations on a small
budget, operating out of a former beauty
parlor at 3108 Doerge off Sulphur Springs
Road, financing the purchase of three used
ambulances through the cities.
He had to turn a profit — free enterprise
— and promptly raised the cost of an ambu
lance ride from $10 to $15. However, mak
ing a profit from an emergency ambulance
service isn’t the easiest job in the world.
A two-man crew has to be on-call at all
times — and an ambulance has to be ready
when they re called. And business comes in
spurts — one day three crews might fail to
make a single call; the next day three calls
might come in at once and two crews world
have to draw overtime pay.
It’s expensive to pay people to sit around
so they 11 be there when they’re called —
Bryan CityManager Lou Odle estimates it
would cost $100,000 per year to pay per
sonnel and benefits for each ambulance sta
tion.
On the other side of the coin, ambulance
services are rendered in a hurry and paid
for later. About 35 to 40 per cent of the
time, later meant never for the Bryan fun
eral homes.
Caught between the rock of public opin
ion and the hard place of making a profit,
Ed Sherrill just can’t seem to win. He has to
cut costs by keeping his operation cen
tralized in a single building.
It means that he can’t keep trained tech
nicians because they can make more money
in a bigger city.
It means sometimes he’s going to be a
little late, and sometimes the service isn t
going to be what the public expects nowa
days. It means there are going to be com
plaints, and there have been.
The quality of the ambulance service in
this area is limited by the amount of money
the public is willing to pay for it. At $30-$35
per call, ambulance fees are fairly high al
ready.
If taxpayers were willing to pay tax
money toward improving the ambulance
service, two or three ambulance stations
might be feasible. This would improve re
sponse time by putting ambulances, possi
bly at three local fire stations, within five
minutes of any spot in the community’.
A large number of city firemen are al
ready trained in emergency medical
techniques, although there is some ques
tion about using firemen as ambulance at-|
some ID’s were being checked.
Bears apprehended
About 10:30 p.m. two Aggies, Kent
Brenneman and Joe Harrington ap
proached two students, thought to be from
Baylor, in the Skaggs-Albertsons parking
lot.
They confronted the students on a tip
that they were the ones who painted an
MSC door with green paint. The Ags re
quested IDs from the suspects.
Both suspects began to run from the car
they had been sitting on.
Both Brenneman and Harrington tack
led one of them allowing the other to es
cape. He was taken to the University Hos
pital where he was treated for a sprained
left ankle, bruised right arm and a sprained
finger on his right hand, was then taken to
the campus Police Station for questioning.
About half an hour later Dub Summers, n
A&M student, was drinking a Coke at
McDonalds when he was approached by a
tall curly-haired “student” wearing a
TAMU t-shirt. The boy, whose name was
Steve Green, asked Summers what was
happening in the Skaggs parking lot. Sum
mers told Green about the Baylor student
who had been injured and Summers said he
“sort of felt sorry for the guy.
“I guess you’re sympathetic to him,” said
Green, “and I’m a Baylor student too.”
Green then asked Summers for help.
Summers took Green to University police
headquarters where Green turned himself
in.
The police had Green’s car and identifi
cation.
Possible punishment for students caught
vandalizing another university is suspen
sion.
The Baylor students caught on the cam
pus were all from Pendland Hall. Daniel
Bishop and Green have been formally
charged with criminal mischief at the
Brazos County Courthouse. Tom Cooper,
Alex Oria, Mark Hurd and John Spence
were being processed Thursday morning.
It was reported the elevators at the lib
rary had been repainted and a truck behind
the Rudder Tower had “BAYLOR 41
scrawled on its side. Outside the MSC, the
Bulletin Board Kiosk was painted with a
“BU” and a wall of Mosher Hall was also
tatoded. (See related Sports Shorts)
Hellfire and brimstone
Thomas Melanson elaborates on the
individualistic escape of oppression
via drugs in this scene from “The
Death of O. D. Walker.” The show,
given by Sudan Arts of Houston,
played last night through the sponsor
ship of Black Awareness.
Staff photo by Glen Johnson
The Cincinnati Reds won the World
Series Wednesday night on a soft ninth
inning single by Joe Morgan that gave them
a 4-3 win over the Boston Red Sox. (see
related story, page 8)
Dennis Berthold will follow the two films.
Tickets may be purchased in advance or the
night of the performance for $1 in the Rud
der Ticket Office.
Campus
City
tendants.
The cities, however, don’t seem at all
interested in taking over the service. The
two city managers and the county judge all
agree that the service is adequate.
Although other people say they feel dif
ferently, there is no documented evidence
of any serious permanent damage to an in
dividual resulting from any fault of the
Sherrill Ambulance Co.
Currently, College Station is to consider
tonight loaning Sherrill the rent-free use of
a $16,000 modular ambulance. The city
paid $4,000 for the vehicle with the differ
ence paid by the federal government.
The county is also scheduled to receive
one of the $16,000 ambulances, for $8,000
with federal assistance. Bryan hasn’t de
cided whether to accept its modular ambu
lance yet.
A “modulance” is a truck with essentially
a portable emergency room on the back.
The modulance is part of a new approach to
emergency medical service (EMS) — the
idea being to bring the emergency room to
the victim,vather than losing time rushing
I (See ambulance, page 3)
Aggie fans can buy a piece of Aggieland
to take home with them after the Baylor
football game Saturday.
The Class of 1976 will be selling sapling
oaks at the exits from Kyle Field for $3. The
trees are the original germination of the
live oak trees surrounding the main drill
field and the Academic Building.
The money will be used to build a memo
rial dedicated to A&M’s 100 years.
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A Basement Coffeehouse Concert will
be presented Friday and Saturday from
8-12 p.m. Admission will be 50c
Playing Friday will be Pat & Tom,
8- 8:30; Jana Farwell, 8:30-9; Gary Hunt,
9- 9:30; Paula Lazano-Canning, 9:30-10;
and Beau Sharborough & Co., 10-11.
Playing Saturday, Two plus one, 8-8:30;
Butch & Crew, 8:30-9; Kathy Sullivan,
9-9:30; Chuck Feely, 9:30-10; David &
Henry, 10-11; and Beau Sharborough &
Co., 11-12.
Anyone interested in auditioning should
contact Skip Bruner at 845-2588, Hart
Hall.
Hiroshima mon Amour, an Alain Renais
film, will be presented Monday at 8 p.m. in
the Rudder Theater. The film revolves
around two people trapped by their re
membrances of the past, and are living
without hope for the future.
Lapis, a film by James Whitney, is also
being presented. Combing techniques of
analogue computer programming with
hand-painted layers of rotating glass plates.
Lapis achieves all that has been predicted
for cybernetic art. A discussion led by Dr.
The College Station City Council will
meet tonight at 7 at city hall.
Among the items to be discussed are a
contract between the city and Sherrill’s
Ambulance Co. of Bryan regulating Sher
rill’s use of the city’s new modular ambu
lance, consideration of revised park land
dedication requirements for developers
and a budget contribution to the Brazos
Valley Mental Health-Mental Retardation
(MH-MR) Center.
The council is also expected to appoint a
citizen’s committee on capital improve
ments.
Texas
The Texas Supreme Court agreed yes
terday to hear a test case filed by University
of Texas regents to force State Comptroller
Bob Bullock to pay an architect’s fee.
The suit, which involves the authority of
the Texas College coordinating Board to
regulate college construction projects, was
filed after Bullock refused to issue a check
on a UT voucher for preliminary cost
studies for a $10 million addition to the law
school.
Small cars are safer than large cars,
according to a University of Texas study
based on a random sample of 1,204 Texas
accidents. Big cars, 4,000 or more pounds,
were involved in 57 percent of the acci
dents, the study showed.
•
Governor Dolph Briscoe’s office be
latedly announced yesterday that a 10-foot
3-inch corn stalk of a variety called “Texas
34” was the tallest among 35 state entries at
the fifth annual Corn Derby at Hemet,
Calif.