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Vol. 69 No. 38
Copyright (c 1975, The Battalion
College Station, Texas
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I THE FINAL BOARD installment pay-
lent for the 1975 Fall Semester is clue on
[before Nov. 11. It should he paid at the
(iscal Office, Coke Building or the
ishiers Office in the Rudder Tower.
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[ROBERT STRAUSS, Democratic Na-
bnal Committee Chairman, will speak
Jiursday at 8 p.m. in the Rudder Theater.
Idmission is 25 cents for Students and $1
Ir Non-students. He will speak on the
|rategies of the Democratic Party for the
% election.
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ANY ORGANIZATION wishing to
ompete in the Blood Drive competition
Jiould contact Bryan Crittenden, at 845-
1586 or sign up at one of the Blood Drive
lign-up centers at the Commons, the
puard Room, the first floor MSC or Sbisa.
be number of members and organization
|ame should be registered. The Corps
ompetition is separate. The Residence
Mis are included in the general competi-
ion.
The Blood Drive will be held Tuesday
hrough Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the
|1SC second floor.
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THE SINGING CADETS will perform
I'riday at 5 p.m. in the MSC Lounge.
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THE PENNSYLVANIA Ballet will per--
wrm Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Rudder Au
ditorium. Student tickets will be $6.40,
5.40, $4.40. General Public tickets will be
5, $6.75, $5.60. Tickets and further in-
fcrmation may be obtained at the MSC Box
)ffice.
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H THE TICKET Allocation Referendum
will be held on Nov. 11. All students arp
Bigible to vote. The run-off for freshman
treasurer will also he held Tuesday. For
further information call 845-3051.
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THE ARTS & CRAFTS Fair will he held
Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday
rom 9 a.m.-noon, in the Rudder Center
THE COLLEGE HILLS ELEMEN
TARY SCHOOL Parent Teacher Organi
zation (PTO) will hold a spaghetti supper
Nov. 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The supper
will he in the school cafeteria at 101 Wil
liams St. The menu for the supper will be
spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, rolls and
choice of drink. Money collected from the
supper will go to school service projects.
Tickets are $1.75 for adults and $1 for chil
dren and are available in advance by calling
846-7292 or 846-9023.
VIRIDIANA, a
film
directed by Luis
Texas
A L IE ABNER DANCE will be held at
|he Grove at 8 p.m. Saturday. Admission
dll be $2 per couple.
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BLEACHER SEATS will be on sale for
:heAggie-SMU game. Ticket prices are $7.
Alsoa small amount ofknothole seats will
e available Saturday morning for high
pchool age and under.
The excess tickets surfaced because
,&M students have not turned out en
nasse to purchase tickets like they have for
irevious home games.
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THE TAMU HORSEMEN’S Associa
tion will hold an Intramural Horse Show
Sunday at 10 a.m. in the Aggie Arena. For
information call Helena Biasatti at 846-
3027.
•
A USER’S FORUM organized by the
Data Processing Center will meet on
Thursdays at 4 p.m. in Room 107 in the Old
Biolog) Building. The meeting is to help
improve communications between the staff
and users. For further information contact
Susan Sandefer at 845-4211.
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THE STUDENT SENATE has open
positions for one senator from the Davis-
Gary-Moses-Moore area and three off-
campus graduate students. Anyone wish-
ingtoapply should go by Room 216 MSC or
call 845-3051.
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JASON & THE ARGONAUTS” a
Cepheid Variable, will be shown Thursday
at 8 p.m. in Room 701 in the Rudder To
wer. Admission will be 50 cents.
JIMMIE DICKENS, chief sanitation oi-
ficer for the Texas Health Department, said
in Austin that only six Texas county jails
have scored 100 on health department in
spections since 1969.
•
BEXAR COUNTY JAIL Administrator
Ray Olivarri said yesterday morning that he
has fired one guard and two others are
under close watch after an investigation
into drug traffic inside the jail. He said he
first became aware that there appeared to
be some drug dealing inside the jail about
six months ago. After city narcotics detec
tives told him that they had information
about jail drug trafficking, the guard’s car
was searched and five syringes and some
pills were found. Because of lack of evi
dence at this time, Olivarri said that the
case has not been given to the district at
torney.
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A THREE JUDGE PANEL in Texas
14th Court of Civil Appeals has ordered a
new trial in a battle between the city of
Houston and Houston Lighting & Power
Co. over a proposed 15 per cent rate in
crease.
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ARCHIE TAYLOR, executive vice pres
ident of the Rio Grande Valley Sugar
Growers, Inc., said that the drop in price
resulting from a drop in sugar consumption
because of last year’s prices and the availa
bility of more sugar this year means that
sugar growers are going to be able to just
about break even with production costs.
National
AS PRESIDENT FORD’S personnel
shakeup continues to send ripples through
the upper levels of his administration, the
State Department’s intelligence chief
moves to the White House while fired CIA
Director William E. Colby remains in his
job temporarily. Colby, dismissed by Ford
on Sunday, agreed to remain at his CIA
post until his successor, U.S. Ambassador
George Bush, is confirmed by the Senate.
William G. Hyland, intelligence chief at
State, was named deputy director of the
National Security Council, the White
House policy coordinating unit.
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VICE PRESIDENT NELSON A.
ROCKEFELLER plans to continue his
roadwork as a traveling salesman for the
Republican administration, and an aide
says this presumably will include campaign
plugs for President Ford. Rockefeller will
hold a news conference today, his first pub
lic statement since he announced that he
does not want to be considered for the Re
publican vice presidential nomination in
1976.
World
Bunnel, will be shown Monday at 8 p.m. in
the Rudder Theater. The film tells of a
woman who tries to do her Christian duty
but fails and attacks religion and morality.
The Fat and the Lean, a 15-minute film
by Roman Polanski, is also being shown.
The film uses classical mime and modern
appurtenances to create a mood. Discus
sion, led by Dr. Richard Costa, will follow
the films. Tickets can be purchased in ad
vance at the Ruddei^Box Office for $1.
A DOG SHOW for mutts and purebreds
will be held at the University Mall at 3:30
Monday. Enter at the Recreatton cubicle in
room 216 of the MSC.
A CAT SHOW for strays and purebreds
will be held Tuesday at the University
Center Mall at 3:30. Enter at the Recrea
tion cubicle in room 216 of the MSC.
THE CLASS OF ’76 will be selling Cen
tennial Oaks after the A&M - SMU game at
the gates and in the MSC. The money will
beused fora memorial dedicated to A&M’s
first 100 years.
University traffic panel
100 spaces recommended
By LEE ROY LESCHPER, JR.
Battalion Staff Writer
University Traffic Panel members re
commended yesterday that about one
hundred parking spaces be added to pre
sent University parking facilities.
The spaces, along the south side of Uni
versity Avenue (Northgate), had been mis
takenly under College Station jurisdiction
for some time.
The recommendation states-that all park
ing spaces on Northgate between Ashbury
and Spence streets would become an all
day parking lot for vehicles hearing any
type of University parking sticker. Parking
spaces between Ashbury and Wellborn
Road would become University spaces with
parking limited to one hour.
The area is University property which
had been involved in road construction
widening Northgate, Vice President for
Business Affairs Tom Cherry told the
panel. After completion of the construction
College Station police began patrolling the
area as part of College Station jurisdiction.
The confusion over authority came to
light some months ago when College Sta
tion was considering restriping the parking
spaces along Northgate, Cherry said during
the Wednesday afternoon meeting.
Reading from a letter Alvin Simpson,
executive vice-president of plants and
Refrigerator lease
approved by senate
grounds, sent University President Jack
Williams on the matter. Cherry said the
area remained under University control
because it had never been donated to the
state highway department as part of a
right-of-way easement the department did
receive.
‘ ‘We are in agreement with Mr. North
Bardell (College Station city manage-
r) . . . that control of parking along the
south side of University Avenue is a matter
for decision by the University, Cherry
quoted from Luedecke’s letter.
“ Tt is my recommendation that the park
ing spaces available . . . be considered in
the same category with other campus park
ing and be patrolled in a similar manner.
Cherry quoted. Cherry also read a similar
recommendation from President Williams.
Several members of the panel expres
sed concern on how the proposal would
affect merchants along the north side of
Northgate, directly across from the prop
osed parking area. As a University lot, the
spaces could he used only by Northgate
customers connected with the University.
Parking in the area at the present time is
limited to spaces along Northgate and adja
cent side streets.
It is questionable how many Northgate
customers actually use the Northgate park
ing spaces, panel chairman Vergil Stover
said.
The panel recommendation must be re
viewed by Dr. John Koldus, vice-president
for student services, and then receive final
approval by President Williams before
going into effect.
In any case, this will definitely be acted
on by the President, Stover said.
In other action, the panel considered
formation of a subcommittee to investigate
future on-campus parking problems. The
panel also may institute a publicity cam
paign in the near future geared to reducing
bicycle violations.
By JERRY GEARY
Battalion Staff Writer
A new refrigerator lease giving Student
Government lower rental rates was ap
proved by the Senate last night, along with
a bill creating a Campus Planning Advisory
bill.
‘‘University Programs Corporation pro
vides the best service at the lowest rates,
said Bill Flores, v.p. of finance, urging the
proposal’s acceptance.
Because of the lower rental rate which
becomes effective Jan. 1, 1976, students
who rented a refrigerator for the entire
school year could be eligible to receive a
refund upon collection of their deposit.
Final details have not yet been arranged.
The senate passed the proposal unanim
ously.
“The Long Range Planning Committee
only meets when the administration wants
it to, said Tom Kollaja, of the College of
Architecture, explaining the need for more
student input into campus planning.
Since the Long Range Campus Planning
Committee has not met for 1.5 years, Kol
laja pointed out it was time for student
participation in this era of campus construc
tion.
The two students now serving on the
long range committee would be co-
chairmen of the student input committee
and would submit the committee’s sugges
tions to General A. R. Luedecke, Execu
tive V.P. in charge of Plants and Grounds.
This bill was also passed unanimously.
The Senate also discussed a Master-
charge resolution which will allow seniors
and graduates a chance to establish credit
by obtaining a “Mastercharge” credit card.
Also presented were expansion of an un
dergraduate research program, establish
ment of a double major and off-campus in
ternship.
These items will be debated and voted
on at the next senate meeting.
The football ticket referendum will be
held November 11 and 12. At that time,
students will be able to express their pre
ference for the seniority-based random al
location system or the seniority-based first
come-first served manner of distributing
football ducats.
There will be a debate on the referen
dum Monday night at 8 p.m. in Rudder
Auditorium.
Student Government will also sponsor a
Voter Registration Drive during the week
of November 10rl4-
It was also announced that students
should save their season coupon ticket
books in case the Aggies receive an invita
tion to a bowl game.
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Organizations get
$80,000 in profits
The A&M Bookstore Committee met
Wednesday to acquaint the members
with the bookstore operation. It was
noted by Howard Dehart, manager of
the book department of the Bookstore,
that last year the store returned $80,000
in profits to student organizations.
The large profit made from selling
books at retail price was questioned by
student board member Raj Kent. He
suggested that the price be reduced.
Dehart said that this would be unfair
to the private bookstores which couldn’t
compete if the A&M Bookstore prices
were reduced.
He said that he knew of no college
affiliated bookstores which sold at below
the recommended price and was fearful
that the privately owned stores would
pressure the administration not to allow
such a move. Kent seemed uncon
vinced.
Over the last three years, Dehart
said, bookstore losses due to over
ordering had been reduced from
$150,000 to $50,000. The efficiency of
Dr. Richard Wainerdi, associate vice-
president for academic affairs, has as
sured that ordered books are actually
used.
T think the prices are too high. I’m
going to find out who higher up makes
these decisions and see what can be
done to lower the book prices students
pay from their bookstore, commented
Kent after the meeting.
Senate meeting
Bill Flores, vice-president of Finance, presents the refrigerator con
tract to the senate at last night’s meeting. staff photo by Glen Johnson
UT struggle given
to Supreme Court
Associated Press
AUSTIN — The Texas Supreme Court
has been asked to resolve a decade-old
struggle between two giants, the Univer
sity of Texas System and the College Coor
dinating Board.
Technically, neither the system nor the
board is a party to the suit the court heard
arguments on Wednesday, but the battle
between them precipitated the suit.
Under a 1975 law, the board must ap
prove all college construction except where
the legislature specifically authorizes it.
Friends of the system got the exception put
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Anwar Sadat
ended his American visit with some solid
accomplishments balanced against one
serious public relations lapse and a failure
to move Congress from a pro-Israeli stance.
As Sadat left last night, he could count
among his blessings a virtual American
promise to sell him two nuclear reactors.
U.S. officials said his inability to loosen
congressional support for Israel was ex
pected.
MOROCCO’S INVASION army of un
armed civilians had orders from King Has-
san II to begin marching into the Spanish
Sahara today, despite threats by Spain and
Algeria of military action and a warning
from the Spaniards that a minefield waited
eight miles inside the border of the dis
puted territory.
There were unconfirmed reports that
10,000 to 40,000 of the 350,000 volunteers
would form the first wave and would go
only as far as the border, 18 miles south of
Tarfaya. Algeria disputes Morocco and
Mauritania’s claim to the mineral-rich land
which has been in Spanish hands since the
19th century.
New Architecture Building Started
be completed by the
The new architecture building looks more
like a centennial beautification project
than a building in its present state. The
building should
spring of 1977.
Staff photo by Steve Krauss
into the bill before they would agree not to
oppose it.
Then the legislature authorized specific
construction projects at several institutions
by riders — additional language — at
tached to the appropriations bill.
Gov. Dolph Briscoe vetoed the riders.
Comptroller Bob Bullock refused to
honor a $2,590 voucher from the university
to pay an architect’s fee on a law school
project. That joined in court the fight bet
ween the giants that began with the board’s
creation in 1965. UT regents repeatedly
have opposed board actions.
The architect sued Bullock, asking the
Texas Supreme Court to order Bullock to
pay the voucher.
Thomas Phillips, representing the ar
chitects firm, Jessen Associates Inc. of Au
stin, told the high court a 1911 case involv
ing an appropriation for the attorney gen-
eral’s office is an “unscaleable parallel.”
The governor in 1911 thought $83,0(X)
excessive for the operation of the attorney
general s office for two years, so he vetoed
the $41,500 appropriation for one year and
let the other $41,500 stand, intending that
it should pay for both years.
A rider to that bill allowed the attorney
general to make certain expenditures “as
may be necessary.”
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that
rider was not an item of appropriation but
was language on how the money should be
used. Since the governor has tbe constitu
tional power to veto only items of appropri
ation, the court said he had exceeded his
authority with that veto.
Asst. Atty. Gen. Robert Heath, repre
senting Bvdlock, said the 1911 rider con
tained restrictive, qualifying, limiting lan
guage — “not to exceed,” “no more than”
— and that the 1975 rider was affirmative
language that constituted an appropriation
that the governor could veto.
The 1975 rider, he said, contained the
three elements that the court has held to
constitute an appropriation: 1. Authorizing
an expenditure, 2. From certain funds, 3.
For a certain purpose.
Phillips responded that “government by
rider” has been the “traditional and histori
cal way by which the legislature has given
its approval to new construction.” If this is
illegal, then billions of dollars have been
spent without authorization for hospitals,
dormitories and other buildings, he said.
Aggieland ’76 club page deadline Nov. 14