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Che Battalion Vol. 69 No. 35 Copyright © 1975, The Battahon College Station, Texas Thursday, Oct. 30, 1975 ri . • 1^ Ford pledges veto of NY bail-out bill Dancing pumpkin pieces Pumpkins — including this fragmented specimen — The dancing pumpkin pieces were designed and oper- (treated area kindergarten students to some early Hallo- ated by students Brian Farrell, Sally Johnson, Dana ween tricks Wednesday. The youngsters visited the Chamness, Jimmy Hicks, Jim Pope, Barbara Steven- )!d University Hospital, which senior environmental son. Bill Lyons and George Lippe. design students had remodeled into a haunted house. stafr photo by Steve Goble Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Ford an nounced Wednesday that he will veto any bail-out legislation aimed at keeping New York City solvent, hut he asked Congress to help ensure police and fire protection if the city defaults on its debts. However, House Democratic leaders said later they are going ahead with legisla tion to aid the nation’s largest city, includ ing federal guarantees for the city’s debts, which Ford specifically opposed. “Without some loan guarantee authori ty, the City of New York can’t get through the next few months, said Rep. Henry S. Reuss, D-Wis., following a closed-door meeting with House Speaker Carl Albert. Reuss, chairman of the House Banking Committee, announced the decision to proceed with legislation. Ford maintained, however, that New York City has caused its own problems, and said its “bad financial management is un ique among municipalities throughout the United States. “Why . . . should all the working people of this country be forced to rescue those who bankrolled New York City’s policies for so long — the large investors and big banks?” Ford said. In a speech to the National Press Club, Ford proposed amending federal ban kruptcy laws to prevent New York City’s creditors from tying up the city’s finances in lawsuits if the city defaults. Koldus fer. c directs student life he third in a series analyzing the ad- Snistrative bureaucracy of A&M. By LEE ROY LESCHPER, JR. Battalion StafT Writer lEvery day 25,000 A&M students are af- Ited in some way by Vice-President of Indent Services John Koldus. [Dr. Koldus job prescribes that he “is sponsible for the development, supervi- bn, and coordination of all aspects of the Vlent Life Program at A&M. rWhat we re primarily trying to ac- jmplish . . .,” Dr. Koldus said, “is that istudentcomes to the institution primar- B to have an educational experience. Our [sponsibility is to provide him with as fine educational experience as possible, (rich means we try to do all those things which eliminate and reduce all the hassles involved with going to school.’ Koldus reports directly to University President Jack Williams on Student Ser vice matters. Koldus directly supervises the eight departments making up the Divi sion of Student Services. Each student services department is headed by an administrative director. Each director develops and separates his own set of programs, coordinated by Koldus. Three administrators make up the vice- president’s executive staff. Associate Vice President Howard Perry acts as second in command in the Student Services office. Perry directs budget and personnel man agement, and coordinates communications and research for the division. Assistant Vice President Ormond Simpson is in charge of all military prog rams on campus. This includes the Corps of Cadets, military ROTC programs, veterans affairs programs, and the Aggie Band. General Simpson also works with Alvin Luedecke, executive vice president, on most campus landscaping and construc tion. Administrative Officer Robert L. Melcher works with Luedecke on Univer sity parking. Melcher also handles security procedures and special assignments from Koldus. Student services activities involving other divisions within the University are coordinated by Koldus with Vice- Presidents of the other four divisions. “Anything having to do with business affairs and money, I relate to Mr. Tom Cherry (vice-president for business af fairs),’’ Koldus said. “Anything having to do with academics, I relate to John Calhoun (academic vice-president). Financing for student services programs comes from a wide variety of sources. Primary funds come from student service fees charged students during registration prior to each semester. The 1975-76 Stu dent Services budget is projected to re ceive about $785,000 from service fees. The eight departments under the vice- president of student services cover most non-academic matters involving students at the University. Director of Student Affairs Charles Pow ell is in charge of all student housing on campus, as well as the Residence Hall As sociation which directs most matters in volving on-campus students. Student Affairs also encompasses discip line of students violating any University rules. The office also handles residence hall maintenance. Chief O. L. Luther’s University Police force acts as joint campus security, criminal enforcement, and traffic control agency. The force also handles various administra tive legal duties and on-campus emergency assistance. Student Legal Advisor Ken Robison heads a relatively new department of Stu dent Services. During September Robison advised 238 Aggies on legal questions rang ing from tenant-landlord disagreements to criminal action. He also refers students to local attorneys through the Brazos County Bar Association. MSC policy and activities are directed toward student cultural and social oppor tunities provided jointly through the MSC Council and Directorate. Director Wayne He said that would make it possible for the city to use what is left of its revenues, including federal revenue-sharing or spe cial borrowing, to provide police and fire protection and other services. New York Mayor Abraham D. Beame called Ford’s proposal “nothing less than a declaration of default by the White House — a default of presidential leadership.” New York Gov. Hugh Carey also criticized the President’s plan, saying, “The Ford formula would make New York City a ward of a federal court, with an ap pointed judge acting as federal marshal, instead of Washington acting as a guarantor while the city and state repair its fiscal in tegrity.’ He said he would again ask Con gress for help. Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., said Ford’s proposals would shove the city into “tincup status” and place it “on the federal government s back for years to come.’ Proxmire is chairman of the Senate Bank ing Committee, which is considering fed eral loan guarantees for New York. Also expressing disappointment was Mayor Moon Landrieu of New Orleans, the president of the United States Conference of Mayors. He said Ford has ignored New York’s relentless efforts to correct past fi nancial mistakes. “New York City is unique among cities because of its intolerable burden in meet ing the welfare, education and service needs of an unbearably large number of poor in its population, Landrieu said. In his tough-sounding speech devoted entirely to New York, Ford said the blame for the city’s problems rests with those who have misled the people of New York for the last 10 years and that direct federal help would set "a terrible precedent for the rest of the nation. “I can tell you now that I am prepared to veto any bill that has as its purpose a federal bail-out of New York City to prevent a de fault, Ford said. Although city and state officials have said New York City may be unable to pay its debts as early as Nov. 14, Ford said he thinks it is still possible for them to take action that can prevent a default. Ford said he foresees “no loss to the fed eral government whatsoever from his plan. But a presidential aide, L. William Seidman, did not rule out that some federal aid could be made available to the city in the event of a default if other revenues could not maintain essential services. “We’d have to look at the circumstances at the time, Seidman said when asked about direct federal aid under those cir cumstances. Ford’s amendments woidd empower the U.S. District Court in New York to au thorize the city to issue special debt certifi cates to meet its short-term needs, in the event of default. But to obtain this help, the city would, with state approval, have to file a plan to repay its creditors. The new debt certifi cates would be paid out of future revenues ahead of existing creditors. Ford also derided “scare talk by some officials and bankers to “frighten the American people and their representa tives in Congress into panicky support of patently bad policy. “The people of this country will not be stampeded; they will not panic when a few desperate New York officials and bankers try to scare New York s mortgage payments out of them, he said. It’s estimated that about 60 per cent of New York City bonds are held by banks and large investors. The others are held by small investors. landing on buses prohibited y new education regulations By PAULA GEYER Battalion Staff Writer Standing in the aisles of a moving school sis “always unsafe, A&M Consolidated taool Superintendent Fred A. Hopson id last Thursday. Hopson said the district currently has idents standing in buses on two bus mtes and is trying to alleviate that situa- n in order to meet new Texas Education ;ency (TEA) regulations. The new regulations will require all stu nts to he seated on school buses. No deadline has yet been set by the TEA |r the elimination of standees. With the addition of the two new buses at were ordered by the district Oct. 20, standee problem should be eliminated, opson said. It will take approximately one year for e buses to be delivered. The buses will cost $12,918 each and can at 72 passengers, three to a seat. The school district currently owns 11 ses, six in “medium” shape and five in ir” shape, Hopson said. Two mini-buses seating 16 students each ive also been ordered and were supposed arrive in August. Only one has been sceived by the district, Hopson' said. The two buses to arrive next year will be [sed to replace one of the older buses and e other will be used as a spare. Hopson said the district has not ex uded the state legal limit of 96 passengers r a 72-passenger bus. The two routes with standee problems lave 76 students and 72 students riding iuses. Hopson said 72 students cannot sit on a 2-passenger bus because older children sually take up too much room to seat three fhildren per seat. Hopson said if the district has to comply ith the new TEA standee regulation he re next year, school bus routes in the city might have to be eliminated. Rural routes would not be affected by the new regulation. If city routes are cut students will have to Recovery slips walk, ride bicycles or rely on transportation provided by their parents. Hopson said he strongly felt the city routes would not have to be cut. Market index low Associated Press WASHINGTON — The government’s index of economic indicators dropped for the first time in seven months, a sign the economy is not recovering as rapidly as expected. The Commerce Department said its composite of a dozen individual statistics slipped nine-tenths of one per cent in Sep tember after climbing eight-tenths of one per cent in August. Victor Zarnowitz, the University of Chicago Business professor who helped re design the composite index in May, said even if the figures continue falling for another month or two, “that will signal not a decline but a slowdown. “I would not be surprised to see some slowing down in the rate of expansion, Zarnowitz said. “And that is all it means. I don’t see anything worse than that. Most analysts say it takes three succes sive months of movement in any direction for the index to establish a signal of any turnaround. Seven months into the recov ery from the 1970 recession, for example, the index started a four-month up and down fluctuation which resulted in an over-all drop of two-tenths of one per cent. Yet the recovery proceeded steadily. In the September report, 11 of the 12 items in the composite index were availa ble, and six showed declines. On the negative side were a higher layoff rate, a smaller growth in cash and other assets easily converted into cash, re duced levels of spending on factories and equipment, lower stock prices, a smaller volume of orders for new goods and a shrin kage in the supply of money in circulation after adjustment for inflation. The five indicators showing advances were a longer average work week, a smaller increase in wholesale prices, faster forma tion of new businesses, a higher volume of new building permits issued and a slow down in deliveries of supplies, which is taken as an indicator of quickening business activity. In other recent statistics, industrial pro duction, total economic output, employ ment and corporate profits are all headed up. Zarnowitz’s expectation of a slower but sustained growth in the economy is in line with the general expectations of economists. But most economists expect that the growth in total economic output, or Gross National Product, for example, will settle down to an annual rate of 5 per cent to 8 per cent after the 11.2 per cent jump at an annual rate for the three-month period ended in September. The government also said Wednesday that the nation’s trade activities measured in the balance of payments accounts were in surplus by $2.3 billion for the three- month period ending in September. The figure compared with a $3.3 billion surplus in the previous quarter. Campus Stark and his staff advise MSC student president Jane Logan on action taken by both groups. The Council is a joint student, faculty, former-student group which determines policy for the use of the MSC. The Directo rate consists of chairmen from each of the 18 MSC committees, working together to coordinate committee activities. As Director of Student Activites, Dr. Carolyn Adair oversees operation of over 380 student organizations, ranging from academic honor societies to Student Gov ernment. The Student Organizations Board, chaired by Adair and made up of three students and faculty members repre senting 7 or 8 basic club categories, sets basic criteria for student organization oper ation and determines annual club alloca tions of MSC Bookstore profits. Col. Tom Parsons’job as commandant of the Corps of Cadets is probably the oldest of any Students Services department. Col. Parsons directs operation of all Corps prog rams as well as coordinating ROTC opera tions on campus. Drs. Claude Goswick and Wade Birch have similar positions as respective direc tors of Health and Personal Counseling Services. Under Goswick, the Health Center treated almost 10,000 outpatients during September. OFF-CAMPUS GRADUATE student and Davis-Gary, Mosesv.nd Moore senator applications are being taken in the Student Government office, Room 216 of the MSC. • THE STUDENT TICKET referendum will read “Do you prefer this year’s ticket allocation system or do you prefer last year’s.” The referendum will be Nov. 11-12. • HALLOWEEN DESIGN projects will be featured in the lobby of the Architecture Building Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. • A BONFIRE-CUTTING SAFETY class is required for people using axes and chain saws during bonfire construction. The class is held in the Animal Science Pavilion from 5 to 6:30 p.m. every day this week. Bonfire cutting begins at daylight Satur day. Cars in the cutting area need to be kept to a minimum; all personnel should ride out in the trucks. • PROBLEMS WITH HOMOSEXUAL ITY are being handled on the Alternative Answer Line, 823-5918. The telephone will be manned Sunday through Thursday, 4-11 p.m. For those timid about calling. Alter native has a mailing address: P.O. Box 8109, College Station, TX 77844. All ear nest inquiries will be answered. • AGGIELAND 1976 club and organiza tion pages must be purchased by Nov. 10. For further information call Student Publi cations at 845-2611, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. • THE GUARNERI STRING QUAR TET will play Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Rudder Theater. Admission for A&M stu dents is $3.50 and $2.50; regular, $5 and $4. For further information call MSC Box Office, 845-2916. • STUDENT ACADEMIC COUNCIL meeting will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Room 401 Rudder Tower. The Council will consider double major proposals, under graduate research courses, and departmen tal honors. # BONFIRE COFFEE AND COOKIE WORKERS will be meeting Nov. 4, in Room 601, Rudder Tower at 7:30. For further information, call 845-1626. FRIDAY NIGHT THE BASEMENT will present a special Halloween program beginning at 8. In addition to the regular musical bill of fare, the evening will feature magic and ghost stories. Saturday night Don Sanders of Houston will be featured along with Bad Brown, Bob French and Byrd Larburg. Texas National A GUNMAN, tentatively identified as Eddie Watkins, 56, seized seven women hostages and held off police at a West Side bank in Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday after his robbery attempt failed. Two of the hostages have been released and the police are negotiating with the rob ber. • REPRESENTATIVES OF PRO HOC KEY AND BASKETBALL in Washington Wednesday said that legislation lifting the ban on television blackouts of local sold out games does financial harm to sports clubs. The proposed law would make perma nent the law prohibiting home games of professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey from being blacked out on local commercial TV if they are sold out 72 hours in advance. In addition, the bill would change the 72-hour cutoff for postseason games of baseball, basketball and hockey to 24 hours. THE BODIES OF TWO LOUISIANA MEN and about 800 pounds of marijuana were found near the wreckage of a light plane near Waller yesterday. A Department of Public Safety spokes man said a map found in the wreckage indi cated the plane took off from the Pacific coast of Mexico and was to have landed near Tomball. • A GOVERNMENT STUDY reported yesterday that one out of every five Ameri can adults is functionally illiterate and un able to cope in today’s society. • REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA JORDAN, D-TEX., will receive the “Faith in Humanity Award” today from the Na tional Council of Jewish Women. She is being refcognized for her work on the House Judiciary Committee and “as a leading proponent of individual rights, the council said.