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oRiee'sft, crew i , e agaiw Saturdayj ningKl auston. V_ Cbe Battalion Copyright (£) 1975, The Battahon Vol. 69 No . 42 College Station, Texas Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1975 iversitv with oil* icing 15I 5th nation liversihi sutherni Tech erpossilli i) tournei he tourif is, wlieif putts, OK )f 35 fe# w mishap ' took s» mors, «i( ■r par, fol niorLam live o\f rointmaii gh he let ived wd te in one s now, w e future. Mil \ ni.plilJ hargeyn game sis er lemlit iratenlft 1 that if I with it* fey v « .* :L * ' M I* ' rSf '» ' M ■ •» m ^ e >4 I;*---, New trash cans hissetf rgeoffth Fifty-five new waste containers were placed around the Library and Aca demic Mall early this week. The cost of the $130 concrete aggregate con tainers is covered by the Grounds and Maintenance Department operating budget, according to director Eugene Ray. The containers, weighing 800 pounds each, were selected for dura bility and permanence, provided by the concrete body , and coordination with campus design by the aggregate gravel exterior. The cans, placed by a small fork lift, present some servicing problems, curable when a regular service routine develops. “We ve needed incidental waste con tainers for some time, ’ said Ray. “The Academic Mall is an area every body passes through once or twice a day and we hope to get some feedback on them. He added that additional con tainers might be purchased in the fu ture. Staff photo by Douglas Winship the sb p on er to s» periods* Tor a pi e also hi on tea® leleap* Campus AN ARTICLE about “mood rings on Page 4 of yesterday’s Battalion said the rings originally sold for $4 in New York City. The correct price should have read $45. A KAYAK TRIP is planned for Saturday and Sunday. The organizational meeting for the trip will be held Thursday at 7:30 in Room 607 Rudder Tower. Those with a little knowledge of kayaks are prefered. There is a sign-up list at the Outdoor Re creation cubicle in the Student Programs Office of the MSG. • DONALD MORRIS will speak on “CIA and Its Gathering and Use of Intelligence Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the MSC Bal lroom. • ALL THE KINGS MEN,” a 1949 Academy Award-winning film will be- shown Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Rudder Theater. • “SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE” will be shown Thursday at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. in the Rudder Theater. • “THE ODD COUPLE” will be shown at midnight Friday in the Rudder Theater. • “PETRIFIED FOREST,” will he pre sented by the Aggie Players Nov. 13-22 in | the Forum Theater at 8 p.m. • EAT THE HELL OUTTA RICE con test will take place Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Rudder Mall. The person eating the most rice, in one form or another, in three minutes will win the University title. • A COLLECTION of empty cigarette packages is being made at Easterwood Air- I port by the Davis Ticket counter. The pac- I kages will be redeemed for an iron lung for I a little girl. • THE CHESS TOURNEY registration is Friday at 7 p.m. The ACU-I qualifications and Fall Championship will be held Nov. 21-22. For further information call 846- 8497 or 845-6875. • THE TAMU SPORTS CAR Club will visit the A. J. Foyt Racing Engine Shops in Houston Saturday at 10 a.m. There will be a caravan leaving from Parking Lot 50 at 8 a.m. For further information call Chris Corich at 846-1504. • THE ENGLISH SOCIETY is sponsor ing a preview lecture by Harry Kroiter on I Slaughterhouse Five Thursday at 7:15 in I Room 226 MSC. . • “A TOUCH OF CLASS,” part of the Aggie Cinemas Popular Series, will be shown Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Rudder Theater. Texas OFFICIALS OF BLACK PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES said in Houston yester day at a news confererice in connection with the annual convention of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges that the nation’s black col leges receive only token shares of public funding and private contributions. • VICE-PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER returned to Washington yesterday after re ceiving recommendations from influential Texans and other Southwesterners to cut federal red tape, send money and make decisions. National A HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE voted yesterday to cite Commerce Secretary Ro gers C. B. Morton for contempt of Con gress. He had refused to release the names of American firms asked by the Arabs to participate in a boycott against Israel. • THE UNITED STATES intends to withhold recognition from the faction con trolling the capital of newly independent Angola and favors negotiations for a transi tional, representative government in the country, Secretary of State Henry A. Kis singer said in Pittsburgh last night. • CONGRESS passed a resolution yester day condemning the U.N. General Assem bly for passing the resolution labeling Zionism as a form of racism. Senate spokesmen said that it will reassess the Un ited States’ further participation in the world assembly. Wallace to seek presidency Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Gov. George C. Wallace, billing himself as “the people’s choice, officially announced his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination today with scorn for his party’s leadership and a promise of an active campaign in the 1976 primaries. “It is time we offer that great middle class someone they can vote for and not against. With your help, that is what I shall do during this campaign, ’ the wheelchair- bound Wallace said. He said the “average middle class citi zen has been ignored by the national Democratic party and “is fed up and has been voting against the far left positions of the national party nominees and platform- s.” Wallace said that in the past “the national Democratic party has allowed itself to be taken over by the exotic left. He vowed an active primary campaign to alter the party hierarchy and win the nomination. Aides said the only primary he probably would not take part in would be the first in the nation, New Hampshire. City council to consider park land The College Station City Council is once again scheduled Thursday at 7 p.m. to con sider a proposed amendment to the city’s subdivision ordinance establishing park land dedication requirements. The proposed amendment has been in the drafting and revision stages for several months. Councilman Larry Bravenec, chairman of the subcommittee which has investigated the park land dedication prob lem, said Tuesday he expects the proposed amendment to pass with little or no opposi tion. Also on the agenda for the meeting is the consideration of a proposed amendment to the sidewalk clause of the city s subdivision ordinance. Councilman Jim Gardner, the proposed amendment’s sponsor, Tuesday said the present ordinance does not require sidewalks in new developments. “This proposed ordinance would effec tively require sidewalks in new develop ments on major steets, he said. The council will also consider abandon ing a segment of Old Jersey Street at the intersection of Dexter Drive. Old Jersey is expected to create traffic congestion at Jersex and Dexter streets because of the opening of Throckmorton Street on Texas A&M Uni versity s south side. “I am, in my opinion and as supported by many of the polls, the leading candidate for this nomination,” the partially paralyzed governor said as he formally launched his fourth race for the White House. Wallace recalled two of his earlier cam paigns and their slogans — “Stand Up For America in 1968, and “Send Them A Mes sage in 1972. “Now, in 1976,” he said, “we ask for Trust In The People and let’s put some people leadership in the Democratic party . . . and some people leadership in the White House in Washington. “Let s win the presidency in 1976 by of fering the people’s choice as the nominee of the Democratic party.” Wallace s remarks were in a prepared statement on his candidacy that followed a Tuesday night strategy session with some 300 Wallace organizers. The governor goes into the 1976 race with a strong campaign bank account and a veteran staff. His campaign office never closed doors after the 1972 campaign and has raised some $3 million in the past two years. But Wallace, crippled by a would-be as sassin while campaigning in 1972, is shadowed into the 1976 race by nagging doubts about his health, a segregationist past and the solid opposition of many Democratic leaders. Wallace ran as an independent candidate for the White House in 1968. And on two other occasions he ignored the party lead ership and played a spoiler’s role in unsuc cessful attempts at the Democratic nomina tion. In 1972, Wallace scored major victories in Florida, Michigan and Maryland and drew significant votes in several other primaries before he was forced to withdraw from the race after being wounded in the shooting at Laurel, Md. Pennsylvania Ballet staff P hoto by stevecowe Members of the Pennsylvania Ballet dance to the music of Beethoven in the second section of the OPAS presenta tion Tuesday night. (See related review, page 3) BVDC to review park funds The Brazos Valley Development Council (BVDC) will meet Thursday to discuss funds available for park improvements in Brazos County by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The meeting will be at 1:30 p.m. in the Council Room of the BVDC offices at 3006 E. 29th St. BVDC Executive Director Glenn Cook said Tuesday that funds could possibly be obtained for improvements such as picnic- tables. Under the program the state would put up 50 per cent of the cost and the BVDC would pay the rest. The BVDC will also discuss what to do with some radio communications equip ment ordered for the Texas A&M Univer sity Health Center’s use. The University refused the use of the equipment to he supplied by the BVDC for emergency medical service use. Cook said. Also on the agenda for the meeting is a resolution authorizing Cook to sign excess property requests. The excess property program, which the BVDC authorized participation in Oct. 9 would allow the district to obtain equip ment from the federal government that is no longer being used at various govern ment installations such as military bases and hospitals. The BVDC could obtain this equipment for the costs of removing it from the instal lation. Other items to be considered are the adoption of Manpower Advisory Commit tee By-Laws and the adoption of the reg ional Drug Abuse Plan. The BVDC will also hear a resolution in support of Drug and Alcoholism Planning at a 30-county level instead of a local level. Currently planning is done for the seven county area including Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson and Washington Counties. Rep. Sullivant speaks Concern for ecology rises By DON ILOFF Battalion Staff Writer “The activities of people who are con cerned with environmental affairs are on the increase, said Bill Sullivant, Texas Representative. Environmental affairs was the main topic as Rep. Bill Sullivant spoke to a small and quiet crowd last night in the Rudder To wer. He stated that the energy crisis in America has focused attention on the great natural resources that we have here. He also spoke on the effects of strip mining and cited examples of other states who have allowed this to go on unchecked and unre gulated. He went on to say, “We would like to see the surface of our land remain as unblemished as possible.” He said that by the time the State Legis lature meets again several studies will have been started concerning the environment. Such a study would be the recovery of solid Lobbies ‘ By CECILIA COWART Battalion Staff Writer The powerful effect lobbying has on the Texas legislature was explained Tuesday. Rep. Bill Sullivant, chairman of the en vironmental affairs committee, spoke to an 85-person crowd for the noon Political Forum program. Sullivant warned that lobbyists or special interest groups easily take advantage of bills because they have money and experi ence to back lobbying. He said that the bill leans toward the lobby at the expense of the majority of the people as a result of the pressure. “It is a sort of an adversary process to some extent. “If the majority of the public would get interested then there wouldn’t be this danger. The silent majority is least rep resented in the lobby in Austin, Sullivant said. The Lobby Control Act passed two legis lative sessions ago requires lobbyists to re gister. Professional lobbyists must report support or attack of bills and bow much was spent in “contracting legislators, ” he said. waste material to be made into useful items. During a question and answer period Sullivant brought out many points about the Environmental Affairs Committee. He stated that, “Before this committee was formed, most of what we are now doing went into a natural resources committee, but the growing, awareness of the environ ment helped to create this committee. “In the beginning all that our committee received were bills dealing with parks and wildlife; but soon we were confronted with problems in the area of mining and other related instances.” A tax bill, dealing with environmental affairs, was passed through the Legislature by Representative Sullivant; but will not go into effect because of the failure of the proposed new constitution. He will try to get the bill passed as an amendment to the current constitution, the next time the Legislature meets. powerful’ The Lobby Control Act is a recording act, prohibiting no one from lobbying, said Sullivant. The intent of the act is “to control the professionals but not to throw up roadblocks to the private citizen.” It also provides for a check on bills that might be slanted in favor of a certain lobby. Sullivant commented that a lobby is an integral part ofour form of government. He added, “Lobbying in Texas is here to stay. It is important to legislatures to have lob byists whether private or professional.” Sullivant said not all lobbyists should re gister. Many private citizens might be dri ven away from lobbying for their causes. “It’s a judgment call where to draw the line.” Some of the more influential lobbies in Texas are the: Texas Good Roads Assn., Texas Medical Assn./Trial Lawyer’s Assn., and Manufacturer’s Assn. State funding of lobbies would provide the facts and figures for proposed bills. This would also provide for better staffing of committees, said Sullivant. Sullivant was quick to point out, when asked, that if the Environmental Protection Agency rules on a certain matter it cannot be overridden by any State Legislature. He did admit, though, that frankly he thought some of the Texas Legislature’s policies have been better than the EPA’s, for local problems. Two in one Staff photo by Steve Krauss State Rep. Bill Sullivant spent effects of lobbying on the Texas Tuesday delivering speeches and Legislature. At 7:30 p.m. he ad- answering questions on the A&M dressed the topic of environmen- campus. At noon he spoke on the tal policies and politics.