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e e was sell nes befoi • That mej ™gs for ' errors ^ the first story did, errors of tl ’arrell Ro« fhe quo! s a failure! 3111 the mod not “Cat« TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY TOWN HALL , PRESENTS Linda Ronstadt Bonfire Special Attraction Wednesday Nov. 26, 1975 G. Rollie White Coliseum Everyone must buy a ticket. Tickets Reserved seats $4.50 General Admission A&M Student/date $2.50 General Public $3.50 Tickets and information available at MSC Box Office, first floor of the Rudder Tower. Open 9-4 Monday-Friday. 845-2916. No cameras or recording equipment will be allowed. THE FIG URE SALON 7"' Anniversary Sale Execu- (for Act- TO CELEBRATE OUR 7TH YEAR WE ARE TEMPORARILY REDUCING OUR CURRENT BUDGET TERM INITIAL FEE V2 OFF ONLY 9 DAYS LEFT AT THIS LOW PRICE file Bat- in, The Univer- Texas. | WWft I *49 95 Regular $99.95 (you save $50.00) INITIAL FEE (BUDGET TERM PROGRAM ONLY LADIES ONLY • • FREE BABYSITTER! The Figure Salon reserves the right to limit the number of special memberships offered. Guest Pass discount void. 846-3794 UGA TRANSFERABLE /At Proven Results! —f m0 * Serving Bryan/College Station for our SEVENTH YEAR! JUDY RYCHLIK. OWNER SALON 3710 E. 29 Sayhdo to your good rriencb. When company’s coming over, there’s nothing like some Kentucky Fried Chicken and fixin’s to start everybody laughing and smiling and having a good time together. You won’t just have a party. You’ll have a "barrel of fun.” r* -/ Have a Barrel of Fkin. / Original Recipe or Extra Crispy. 110 Dominik Dr., College Station 3320 Texas Avenue, Bryan U.S.D.A. Grade A Chicken Grown in Texas Hearst’s mental state may affect trial date THE BATTALION TUESDAY, NOV. 4, 1975 Page 3 -CPa'noI^ TtclQ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A hearing on the mental competence of Pat ricia Hearst could spur a swift trial date or delay proceedings indefi nitely for the newspaper heiress. Miss Hearst was scheduled to ap pear at the hearing today before U. S. District Court Judge Oliver J. Carter, who will issue the ruling on her competence to stand trial on charges of taking part in a bank rob bery while she was a fugitive with the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). Attorneys for Miss Hearst, who has not yet entered a plea, said she would not take the witness stand. Carter said in recent out-of-court comments that Miss Hearst proba bly was competent to proceed. His final ruling will be based on reports from three psychiatrists and a psychologist who examined her at the San Mateo County Jail. It was uncertain whether a final ruling on her mental condition would he made at today’s hearing. Defense and prosecution attorneys, who have read Miss Hearst’s psychiatric reports, are expected to argue their views on her mental competence. The judge could then take the matter under study or could issue an immediate decision. A ruling that Miss Hearst is men tally competent could mean the swift setting of a trial date, perhaps this year. She also would he re quired to enter a plea. A decision that she is incompe tent could delay proceedings inde finitely while she received treat ment in a mental hospital. Carter spent two hours meeting privately with defense and prosecu tion attorneys Monday to set “ground rules’’ for today’s hearing. He reportedly requested legal ar guments not only on Miss Hearst’s mental state hut also on how soon her trial must begin in order to fulfill provisions of the new Federal Speedy Trial Act. The 21-year-old Miss Hearst last appeared before Carter on Sept. 23 with a different team of attorneys representing her. They sought her release on bail and said she had been brainwashed and tortured by the SLA. Carter revoked bail for Miss Hearst until he decided on her mental condition. Asked about Miss Hearst’s condi tion Monday, her new attorney, F. Lee Bailey, said she was in “good spirits, “improved” from his previ ous visits with her. But Bailey predicted that her trial on federal bank robbery charges would not begin until 1976. The government was pressing for the trial to begin by Dec. 27. “If the judge told me to start the trial tomorrow, I could do it,” Bailey said. “But I wouldn’t like it. Bailey’s partner, Albert Johnson, has said the defense team devoted so much of its time to the psychiatric question that there hasn’t been time to prepare Miss Hearst’s defense case. Miss Hearst was kidnaped by the SLA on Feb. 4, 1974, but she later professed allegiance to the SLA and allegedly took part in an SLA rob bery of the Hibernia Bank branch here in April 1974 and other crimes. She was captured Sept. 18. SALES: AlumaCraft, Grumman, ABS Tejas & Blue Hole > RENTAL: Special group rates DR. MICKEY LITTLE College Station, Tx. (713) 846-7307 • Also your local booking agent for canoe 8T kayak rentals on the GUADALUPE RIVER for TEXAS CANOE TRAILS. $15/day in cludes shuttle. Phone CANOES, LTD. for details & reservations. I—. .Clip and save 1 FOOD DISCOUNT COUPON BOOKLET Discount food coupon booklets are now available at the Food Services Office, Sbisa Hall and the MSC Food Services Manager’s Office. Coupons are redeemable in campus cash food facilities. Quality First THE VARSITY SHOP ^COMPLETE - HAIR CARE TOR MEN AND WOMEN 32 3 UNIVERSITY DR NOKTHGATE 846-7401 Staff photo by Steve Goble Circle series A silvery wall ornament in the Krueger-Dunn Commons produced this repetition of circular images. Approx. 1 Vi" size Sandshark Least-considered amendment deals with resource protection Wear this pendant boldly! Each one individually cast and hand finished. A unique gift for him or her ... or wear them together. A great eye catcher! Matching 18" necklace included. By JACK HODGES Battalion Staff Writer One of the least talked-about re visions to the proposed Texas Con stitution is the general provisions amendment. The most important aspect of the proposition is that the quality of the environment is to be protected. Dr. Gary Halter, Texas A&M political sicence professor and College Sta tion City Councilman, said Mon day. In the proposed amendment, the state legislature would be charged with implementing and enforcing policy that would protect the envi ronment. The present constitution has no such provision. Halter said one of the more con troversial parts of the proposition was the insurance of adequate water resources for the state. “Portions of West Texas have very little water hut the water-rich parts of East Texas won’t sell water because they fear they won’t have enough in the future, Halter said. “It’s the same way with develop ment in West Texas. If developers begin moving to West Texas, businesses may move out of the big cities with the developers,’ Halter added. He said it seemed selfish to hin der development in other parts of the state “hut that’s how some cities survive. In the proposed constitution, if water becomes scarce in an area, state funds would he used to import water from other sources within Texas or from other states. Halter pointed out that Houston is fighting a battle with subsidence because that city is using cheap ground water instead of drawing more costly surface water that would reduce subsidence in the sur rounding areas. The proposition also provides for the preservation of coastal and natural resources of the state and, subject to “reasonable limitations,” the right of public access to free and unrestricted use of beaches. The problem. Halter said, “is that landowners of coastal areas want to develop the land into a Miami-type area, while the public, who doesn’t own the land, want the beaches to stay the wax they are.” G. Q. Products g I 155 Richland Avenue | Merritt Island, Florida 32952 | PLEASE SEND ME. Sand Shark(s) in. 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