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-AND Bryao Today’s high 74 Today’s low 48 Tomorrow’s high 76 Cbe Battalion Partly cloudy and mild Wednesday. Southerly winds 6-10 mph. Continued mild Thursday. Vol. 69 No. 52 . k \ : IP mam : si! PKS Fashion show preparations Ross Dunn (L), Jim Campbell (C), and Taffi Tippit build and paint a window frame which is part of the set to be used for the Host and Fashion Show “Winter Wonderland.” The show will be presented Sunday, December 7, at 2 p.m. in Rudder Theater and is being sponsored by MSC Student Programs. Tickets are 75 cents at the door. Photo by Glen Johnson Student volunteers to distribute prof evaluation forms Student government’s instructor-evaluation irms will be distributed in all classes by the end Bthissemester by student volunteers, according Jeff Dunn, student body president. Dunn said yesterday that he expects only a few oiessors would deny the students permission to ie class time to fill out the forms. One professor even called the student gov- ament office and requested that the forms be stributed in his class. Baj Kent, student vice-president of academic airs, said that any students interested in help- g to distribute the forms can obtain evaluation icketsand instructions at the Student Govern ment office in Room 216 of tire MSC. The instructor evaluation program has already cost the students $1,000 from student service fees with another $500 earmarked for computer time to process the forms. If The Battalion will not print the results Stu dent Government plans to spend another $1,000 from student service fees to have the results printed, bringing the total possible cost to $2,500. The evaluation’s results will not be available until several weeks into next semester, far too late to be used by students in choosing instructors for the spring semester. Student prof poll gets sympathy’ -not support By TIMOTHY SAGER Battalion Staff Writer IA Student Government survey of professors 6s met with criticism from College of Liberal ftsDean W. David Maxwell. [Maxwell expressed “sympathy” with the pur- >se of the survey — to provide students with formation on which professors to select — but id he feared some professors would be “hurt for e wrong reasons.” The college already uses an instructor evalua- >n form superior to the Student Government lestionnaire. Maxwell said. The results of the college survey, which are not available to students, are used by the college in questions of tenure, salary and promotions. “I think, as these things go, that ours is about as good a system as there is in the country,” Max well said. The Student Government questionnaire is modeled on the faculty evaluation form, but the results would be published to show how previous students evaluate a professor’s ability to teach. The Academic Programs Committee, of which Maxwell is a member, refused to order professors to distribute the student questionnaires in class — but did not forbid it. Hijackers want food, medicine Associated Press BEILEN — The Netherlands — Five Indone- •ans holding about 50 hostages aboard a hijacked r ain stranded in northern Holland opened fire * a would-be mediator today and released a Miinese cook with new demands. More than 150 armed men ringed the train but ■6pt out of range. Two persons were killed Wd the train shortly after the hijacking, and Be men in the cordon made no attempt to get ‘Board. The Chinese cook brought a message demand- n gan engineer for the train, food and drink for 55 'orsons, a bullhorn and medicine for an epileptic "id a diabetic, officials said. The hijackers opened fire on an official who ^ove toward the train in an attempt to open 'egotiations. One shot hit within 10 yards of the and the driver pulled back. The Indonesians released four persons shortly dter they took over the train, and three others scaped by jumping off. But police said a report hat two other hostages jumped off and hid appa- 'cntly was incorrect. The Dutch government rejected an earlier demand from the hijackers that they be given safe induct out of the country with some of their lostages. Justice Minister Dries Van Agt said College Station, Texas Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1975 Ticket survey to be taken during pre-registration By LEE ROY LESCHPER JR. Battalion Staff Writer A Student Government referendum held Oct. 30 showed students favored last year’s football ticket distribution system, 1,065 to 741. How ever, that’s only seven per cent of total student enrollment. Student Government (SG) is taking a student survey during pre-registration this week to de termine the validity of that referendum. Another SG referendum could be held in the spring if that survey shows students in favor of the present system, Jeff Dunn, student body president, said. Dunn said the present system of optional ticket fees and season-ticket coupon books will remain in any new system. First-come, first-served dis tribution has to be added to such a system, he said, because of the October vote. Under the first-come, first-served system a student is allowed to pick the best seats available from all tickets on band. Tire random system removes this choice. The random system was an attempt to give all equally classified students an equal chance at the best seats available. Overnight lines of those wishing to be “first- served” were the primary reason for this year’s distribution change, said John Koldus, vice- president for student services. This year students paid a separate ticket fee rather than receive tickets as part of activity-fee benefits. The optional ticket fee increases stu dent funding for the Athletic Department with- Athletic department flexible to survey Hofheinz re-elected as mayor Associated Press HOUSTON — Mayor Fred Hofheinz, suc cessful in his bid for re-election, said today he is anxious to get his program for the next two years rolling. Hofheinz, 37, campaigning on a platform of success in law enforcement, public transit and fiscal responsibility, defeated Frank Briscoe, a former Harris County district attorney, in a runoff Tuesday. The race was close during the early returns but Hofheinz, riding a late vote from minority residential areas, surged to an unsurmountable lead. Complete unofficial returns gave Hofheinz 137,456 votes and Briscoe 104,650. Hofheinz received 56.7 per cent. Briscoe, 49, coming out of a 10-year retire ment from public office, conceded about two hours after the polls closed. “It’s a victory for the people of Houston,” Hofheinz said. “We not only won, we really won.” He said Houston will be a “better city,” the next two years. By LEE ROY LESCHPER, JR. Battalion Staff Writer In 1975 the athletic department received $120,000 in student service fees, and $179,000 from student ticket sales, Wally Groff, assistant athletic director for fiscal affairs said. In 1974 the department received $190,000, taken entirely from student services fees. Groff has acted as athletic department advisor to the Student Government athletic ticket evalu ation committee since its inception. The athletic department is interested first in the student and second in making more money, he said. Groff said the department loses money on every student attending a sell-out football game because that student pays two dollars to sit in a seat that would otherwise have sold for seven dollars. He described the department as “pretty flexi ble” in adjusting to Student Government re commendations on ticket distribution changes. The present system takes more department per sonnel and costs more than last year’s, he said. Hoover files Black spokesman smeared by FBI Associated Press WASHINGTON — The late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover approved a plan to discredit a Midwest black militant leader with anonymous letters accusing him of adultery and of being a bureau informant, according to FBI documents. The documents, made available by the Senate intelligence committee, show that the bureau’s campaign against Charles E. Koen lasted from 1968 to 1971 and was approved at each step of the way by the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. However, it was unclear whether the letters were ever actually sent to Koen, whom a commit tee spokeswoman said is currently a minister in Cairo, 111. U.S.-China talks called ‘significant’ ' Associated Press PEKING — President Ford and China’s acting premier held a significant talk “covering a wide range of international issues” today, the White House reported. It was the second business meeting between the visiting American leader and First Vice Pre mier Teng Hsiao-ping. The White House said the session on the third day of Ford’s five-day visit to China lasted 2 Vi hours, half an hour longer than their first meeting on Tuesday. “Significant” was also the word which Ford as well as the Chinese used to describe the Presi dent’s talk Tuesday with Chairman Mao Tse- tung- “It was a significant conversation,” the Presi dent told newsmen. “It covered a very wide range of matters involving the international scene as well as our bilateral relations.” Neither the President nor other sources gave any information about what the 81-year-old Chinese leader discussed. But it was assumed that he emphasized his government’s fear that Soviet-American detente is being construed by Moscow as a green light for Soviet expansion in Asia. Mao made small talk with Ford, his wife and daughter and seven American officials for 15 mi nutes, then sat down for an hour and 35 minutes of discussion with the President, Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and three of their aides. A Chinese communique said they had “earnest and significant discussions ... on wide-ranging issues in a friendly atmosphere.” Mrs. Ford told newsmen Mao’s eyes “lighted up quite brightly” when he saw the Fords’ 18- year-old daughter, Susan. But a color film of the meeting televised in Peking today showed that Mao gave his biggest welcome to Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, whom he had met three times previously. Shaking with laughter, the Chinese leader vig orously pumped the beaming Kissinger’s hand for half a minute. He pointed with his left hand to Ford as he made some remarks. But the film was silent, and there was no report of what he said. When he said good-bye, Mao again shook Kis singer’s hand demonstratively and held it much longer than he did those of Ford or the three other American officials who sat in on the talk. “It was exciting, a surprise,” said Mrs. Ford. “I was impressed at his strength and his health. He looked exactly like his pictures.” She said she told Mao “it was a great honor for him to receive us.” Mao, who will be 82 on Dec. 26, has been reported to have difficulty speaking since a stroke, and Mrs. Ford was asked whether he could be clearly understood. “Some of it was very clear, and some was perhaps hard to understand,” she said. According to the FBI documents, the cam paign against Koen began in November 1968 with a proposal by St. Louis FBI officials to send him an anonymous letter criticizing him for referring to the possible use of violence in his public speeches. The letter would purport to be from members of Students for a Democratic Society in St. Louis and “would have an adverse effect on the con- solidatory efforts of the SDS and the Black Liberators,” according to the proposal approved by Hoover. Two months later. Hoover authorized the FBI’s Baltimore office to send an anonymous let ter to the No. 2 man in the Black Liberator movement informing him that Koen was working for either the CIA or FBI. The letter, signed “A Soul Brother,” said Koen “was in Baltimore last week and spent most of him time in the Justice Building. Don’t know whether that cat was talking to CIA or FBI.” The FBI documents also include a 1969 memo from the head of the FBI’s St. Louis office who claims the campaign forced Koen’s resignation as head of the Black Liberators, a black militant group. In February 1969, after Koen had resigned as head of the Black Liberators, the FBI chief in St. Louis proposed mailing an anonymous letter de signed “to alienate Koen from his wife and cause suspicion among the Black Liberators that they have a dangerous troublemaker in their midst,” an FBI document said. According to the proposal, Koen’s wife, “ap pears to be a faithful loving wife” and “an intelli gent, respectable young mother, who is active in the AME Methodist Church.” The anonymous letter would be sent to Mrs. Koen telling her that her husband has “been making it here with Sister Marva Bass and Sister Tony and then he gives us this jive Tout they’re (sic) better in bed than (sic) you.” It was to be followed by sending a copy of the anonymous letter to Koen with the note “I under stand she recently received this letter... I suggest you look into this matter.” In a memo authorizing the operation. Hoover directed the agents to “use commercially purch ased stationery and take the other precautions set out to insure this cannot be traced to this bureau.” The next and final step in the FBI campaign against Koen came in February 1971 when Hoover approved a proposal for circulating a car toon sketch of Koen that “would emphasize the cost of Koen’s attire and inquire as to the source of his funds.” out claiming excessive student-service fees. Prices on season football tickets for students will increase for 1976-77, Dunn said. Dunn said he wasn’t sure how large the in crease would be, but predicted a $2 minimum added to the $10 season ticket fee. The fee increase is one of several factors the athletic-ticket evaluation committee is consider ing. It will be used for possible changes in the football-ticket distribution system. In early Feb ruary the committee will recommend possible changes in the present system. The price increase would reduce student ser vice fees allocated to the Athletic Department, Dunn explained. The department’s 1975-76 budget includes $260,000 from student-ticket sales and service fees. Dunn said SG is trying to keep service fees from rising above their present $19.80 maximum. He added that increased costs in service fee- supported departments might produce a fee in crease of $4 to $5. Israeli raid gets promise of reprisal Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Palestine guerrilla command today promised “immediate reprisals” for the Israeli air raid Tuesday which it said was “the biggest attack in the history of Israeli assaults against Palestinians in Lebanon.” Lebanese Premier Rashid Karami appealed to world opinion “to deter the aggressor and purify society of arrogance and acts of violation of the rights of peoples.” The guerrilla command said 59 persons were killed and 140 were wounded in the attacks on Palestinian refugee camps and guerrilla bases in northern and southern Lebanon. Nearly half of the victims were women and children, it said. Lebanese police said 91 were killed and 150 wounded. By either count, the causalties were the heaviest of any Israeli attacks in at least a year and a half. Raids on the Nabatiya refugee camp in May 1974 killed at least 48 persons and wounded 180, according to Palestinian reports at the time. The final death count was believed to have been much higher. A rocket attack on several settlements in northern Israel was the first retaliation for the attack Tuesday. The Israelis said four border set tlements were hit and that two men were injured slightly. Although the Israeli command gave no reason for Tuesday’s raids, they followed an increase in guerrilla attacks on Israeli border settlements. An Israeli military source said they were also a demonstration that Israel would meet the guerril las “only on the battlefield” and not at the United Nations, where the Security Council said Sunday night that the Palestine Liberation Organization would be invited to participate in a council de bate on the Arab-Israeli situation in January. In other Arab-Israeli developments: — President Ford and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, in China, sent messages to Israeli leaders in an attempt to reassure them of U.S. intentions after the United States failed to block the promise of Palestinian participation in the Security Council debate. Sources in Washington said Kissinger had promised “in principle” last week to veto the Palestinian participation. Ford’s message to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assured him that U.S. opposition to the Palestine Liberation Or ganization has not changed, but the United States had to go along with the rest of the Security Council to assure the continuation of the U.S. peacekeeping force on the Golan Heights. — Jewish leaders from many countries gathered in Jerusalem to try to forge a united front against the Arabs and the Third World fol lowing the U.S. General Assembly vote two weeks ago condemning Zionism as a form of ra cism. More than 170 delegates are attending the two-day conference called to strengthen the bond between Israel and Jews abroad at a time when- many governments are opposing Israeli policy more and more, particularly over the rights of the Palestinians. Tuesday night that “under no circumstances” would the hijackers be allowed to leave the coun try with hostages. Armed with pistols and a hunting rifle, the Indonesians seized the four-coach local train Tuesday, killed the engineer and another man and took the passengers hostage, officials re ported. The train was standing on the track in an open field, ringed by police, marine commandos and army marksmen. But they stayed 650 yards from the train because the Indonesians were "shooting at anything that moves, ’’ a police spokesman said. Officials said the gang attached dynamite to the train and threatened to blow it up unless their demands were met. The hijackers were reported to be militant exiles from the South Molucca or Spice Islands, the scene of an unsuccessful revolt against In donesia in 1950. It was believed that they were trying to call attention to the South Moluccan independence movement. Three women released from the train with a 3-year-old child shortly after the hijacking brought the police a demand for transportation to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, 90 miles away, and a plane to fly the hijackers out of the country with an unspecified number of hostages. Campus ->r r K ^ “THIS ISLAND EARTH ”, a Cepheid Vari able presentation will be shown Thursday at 8 and 10 p.m. in Room 701 of the Rudder Theater. The movie is an “intricate cold war allegory” that tells of the coming of an advance guard from the planet Metaluna in search of brainpower to save their planet from destruction in an interplanetary war. Admission is 50 cents. • THE TRAVEL COMMITTEE is sponsoring a trip to the Arkansas-A&M game Dec. 4, 5 and 6. The $47 fee includes 2 nights at the Downtown Holiday Inn, a round-trip bus ticket and an A&M student football ticket. Sign-up is in the MSC. A CHARTERED BUS fo the Arkansas-A&M game will leave Saturday morning and come back after the game. The $33 cost includes bus fare, food, beer, soft drinks and entertainment. For information call Les Lyons at 846-1791 or 693- 3374. • SPRING SEMESTER Pre-Registration will end Friday. Course listings may be obtained from the Registrar’s Office in the Coke Building. THE A&M-SOUTHWEST TEXAS basket ball game will start Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. • A SQUARE DANCE will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the MSC ballroom. Room 201. It’s free and everyone is invited. • GIFT WRAPPING SERVICE xyill be availa ble Dec. 8-11 in Room 216A in the MSC from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gift wrapping will be free for all “Y” members and a nominal charge for non members. • THE A&M-ACU-I Qualifying Tournament of Games will be played next week. Competition will be in bowling, chess, foosball, bridge, and table tennis. The winners will go on to the Reg ional Tournament, to be held here at A&M. Re gistration fees are $5 for bowling, $3 for billiards, and $2 for all others. Sign up in the Student Programs Office on the second floor of the MSC. Texas U.S. DIST. COURT Judge Ben C. Connally died yesterday while hunting on the King Ranch. He would have been 66 on Dec. 28. HOUSE SPEAKER Bill Clayton leaves for a 10-day visit to Israel Sunday at the invitation of that nation’s government. Press secretary George Works said the Israeli Embassey called the visit a fact-finding mission but had not elabo rated on its exact purpose. TWO HOUSE subcommittees have invited Postmaster Gen. Benjamin F. Bailar to explain his policies to them today and next Wednesday. Some members of Congress are mad because Bailar has taken steps recently without consulting them. Bailar is expected to be asked why he is cutting back on small post offices, freezing hiring right in time for the Christmas season and talking about eliminating Saturday delivery and special delivery service. VICE-PRESIDENT Nelsoh Rockefeller and former Texas Gov. John Connally will be among speakers at next week’s Southern Republican Conference in Houston. The conference, spon sored by the Southern Association of Republican State chairmen, is designed to promote informal discussions by party leaders and elected officials at all levels. President Ford and Ronald Reagan may attend the Dec. 12-13 meeting. National PRESIDENT FORD and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger are seeking to soothe Israeli officials after the United States gave its support last Saturday in the U.N. to a compromise ag reement extending the U.N. observer force mandate in the Golan Heights for six months while paving the way for Palestine Liberation Organization participation in talks on the over-all Mideast situation to be held by the Security Council in January. Sources said Kissinger had promised “in principle” to veto Palestinian par ticipation, with the qualification that it had to be approved by the White House. THE PRESIDENT is being urged by the White House budget office to delay a request to Congress for a new nuclear-powered aircraft car- • rier to help hold down defense requests next year, administration sources report. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is preparing to ask the President to reject this proposal on the grounds that a year’s delay would only boost the already high cost be-, cause of inflation.