Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1976)
“isrosco” NORTHGATE Customized Blue-Line, Black-Line & Sepias while you wait. Xeroxing — 10 c copy Hews Office Supply Co. 108 College Main — Northgate THE BATTALION Page 7 WEDNESDAY, FEB, 18, 1976 CIA eavesdropping in U.S. banned Associated Press WASHINGTON — The CIA and the National Security Agency will be barred from eavesdropping on con versations to, from or inside the United States under President Ford’s intelligence reorganization, according to administration officials. Guidelines to be issued today also would: —Ban the infiltration of domestic organizations except those “com posed of non-U.S. persons reason ably believed to be acting on behalf of foreign powers;’’ —Bar physical surveillance inside the United States of all persons ex cept employes or contractors of intel ligence agencies who have access to classified data, and then only with the approval of the agency head; —Outlaw domestic break-ins en tirely; and —Place new restrictions on the disclosure of tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service to other government agencies. The guidelines do not apply to the FBI, which will be governed by a separate set of directives being drawn up by the Justice Depart ment. The guidelines came after Ford announced at a nationally broadcast news conference Tuesday night his plans to revamp the foreign intelli gence organizations. Those plans will enhance the role of new CIA Director George Bush. The guidelines would contain a flat prohibition against electronic eaves dropping by the CIA inside the United States, officials said. The NSA would be barred from surveillance of any conversation “which is made from or is intended by the sender to be received in the United States,” according to these same officials. The NSA also would be prohibited from intercepting conversations between American citizens abroad, the officials said. Ford also is expected to propose legislation that for the first time would require judicial warrants for national security wiretaps and the opening of mail, the officials said. At the news conference that dwel led on Ford’s plans for changes in the control apparatus of U.S. intelli gence agencies, the President also: —Described Ronald Reagan as “to the right of me philosophically,’’ though he later said there were no philosophical differences between Reagan and him. —Said “anybody to the right of me, Democrat or Republican, can’t win a national election.” Later, Lyn Nofziger, campaign manager for Re agan, responded that Ford’s implied references to Reagan as an “ex tremist” were inconsistent with Ford’s earlier praise of Reagan and “at least in the eyes of Californians, he is no extremist.” —Declined to predict flatly that he would win the New Hampshire and Florida Republican primaries, saying instead, “I think we will do well in both." —Said he sees no foreign policy complications caused by former President Richard M. Nixon’s up coming visit to mainland China. —Said a Republican substitute for the $6.1-billion public works jobs bill he vetoed last week is “a far better piece of legislation. ” —Said he believes the nation has made “substantial progress” toward ending inflation. “When I became President the rate was 12 per cent a year, it’s now down around 6, ” Ford said. Asked why he lent “the prestige of your high office to discrimination by golfing at Burning Tree Country Club which excludes women,” Ford responded: “There are no federal funds going to Burning Tree.” Ford’s plan to reorganize intelli gence operations includes: —A Committee of Foreign Intel ligence to manage U.S. intelligence agencies under the chairmanship of Bush; —A three-member Oversight Board headed by former ambassador Robert D. Murphy to review reports from the inspectors general of the various intelligence agencies; and —An Operations Advisory Group to be the successor of the so-called Forty Committee in directing covert operations. Ford also said he would send legis lation to Congress that “would make it a crime for a government employe who has access to certain highly classified information to reveal that information improperly.” Ford added that he would “also support legislation which would prohibit attempts on the lives of foreign leaders. Ford’s plan met with mixed reac tion from members of Congress. ROUND STEAK USOA CHOKE BEEF, BONELESS CHARCOAL STEAK J ” LEAN — NO WASTE USJJL CHOKE BBF, BONE M RUMP ROAST ... .J CUBE STEAKS ...J“ COVERED WAGON, ALL VAMETKS SLICED MEATS.. “ 39 c FARMLAND CANNED HAMS .;8” SKAGGS-ALBERTSON'S, AMERICAN SLICED CHEESE. £ l” FTSHERBOY, JUST HEAT A SERVE FISH STICKS.. " 39 c OWEN'S, LEAN PORK - 2 LI. PKG. S2.95 m AO SAUSAGE ... .i.l 4a ROUND U.S.D.A. CHOICE BEEF FULL CUT ”.". LB. DEL MONTE PEAS GREEN DEL MONTE CATSUP TOMATO TOMATO SAUCE DEL MONTE CHUNK TUNA DEL MONTE HOT TAKE HOME FOODS BAR-B-QUE CHICKENS POOR BOY SANDWICHES 2».99* BICENTENNIAL GLASS WITH COKE 29‘ HOT LINKS ...r.. 4o- $ l INSTORE BAKERY! CARROT CAKES LARGE 8 INCH TWO LAYER EA. DANISH PASTRY ... TT!... ..J0 £ HARD ROLLS r.TT.... .~3 CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS ... .T... J9 C COFFEE CAKES .~89' CINNAMON BREAD ... .T... ..69^ DEL MONTE CORN 17 OZ. TIN^^ DEL MONTE POTATOES WHOLE NEW DEL MONTE PINACH LEAF CREAM STYLE ■■ FROZEN FOODS ICE CREAM 88 c PEACHES .. DEL MONTE, HALVES AND SLICES oz ^ ^ SAUERKRAUT ... D “ ... .4£ $ 1 12 NABISCO, CHOCOLATE NNWHEELS oz ^ g TARM FRESH PRODUCE TOMATOES LARGE VINE RIPE JANET LEE AU FLAVORS VS GAL SO. STRAWBERRIES 3 JANET LEE ^ SUCED ^ J 10 OZ. PKG LIMEADE MINUTE MAJO CARROTS 49 BIRD'S EYE WITH SUGAR GLAZE 10 OZ. PKG. TURNOVERS 59 PEPPERIDGE FARMS CHERRY OR APPLE 12Vi OZ. PKG. CHEER POWIOKD KTBtGWT 49 OZ. FIG. I 19 DAWN ^ m ^ RED B GOLDEN DCUCIOUS, WASHINGTON, m A A D ICC EXTRA FANCY, LUNCH BOX SIZE iC LBS | TANGELOS * 7“. .. 4 »*1 CUCUMBERS . “Tr.". 4 r $ l BELL PEPPERS . .“TT 4-M CHINESE CABBAGE .. 25‘J UQUB DCTEKGOrr Sen. Walter F. Mondale, D-Minn., second-ranking Democrat on the Senate intelligence commit tee, said he welcomed the Presi dent’s initiative but added that he was concerned that “there is no ap parent improvement called for in congressional oversight of the FBI.” Senate Intelligence Vice Chair man John Tower, R-Tex., called Ford’s plan “positive and carefully planned” and said he would support the President’s legislative proposal to impose criminal sanctions against executive branch members who re veal intelligence secrets. Chairman Otis G. Pike of the de funct House intelligence committee complained that “the emphasis is on secrecy rather than oversight.’ Ford’s plan would keep secrecy under the controls of “a very small number of people in the executive branch,” Pike said. “It’s going to de pend on those people whether we go back to the abuses of the past. ” In addition to former ambassador Murphy, the new Oversight Board will consist of former army Secretary Stephen Ailes and Leo Cherne, executive director of the Research Institute of America. The Oversight Board will function as a subcommit tee as the President’s Foreign Intel ligence Advisory Board, of which Cherne already is a member, one official said. Agricultural land not threatened by city development Although Texas cities continue to grow, no evidence shows that an ag ricultural land shortage is ahead for the state. Dr. William G. Adkins, research economist, professor and head of the Research Division of the Texas Real Estate Research Center (TRERC) at Texas A&M University, says that while some areas of the country may have reason to lament the loss of ag ricultural land to urban areas, neither the nation nor Texas need fear a shortage of cropland. “One of the current arguments re garding land resources is that urban areas are claiming too much of our agricultural land,” Adkins said. “Such arguments are often based on as much emotion as fact.” From 1959 to 1969 urban areas of Texas increased in land area by 9.2 per cent and population by 25 per cent, he said. Meanwhile, Texas cropland increased 3.32 per cent — more than 40 million acres. Adkins said that as late as 1972 there were 62.5 million acres of crop land in the United States out of production through one governmen tal conservation program or another. “None of the data suggest an ag ricultural land crisis in Texas,” Ad kins said. “However, it cannot be denied we have land-use problems. Even good husbandry is never per fect. ” The picture for the United States is similar overall to Texas, he said. Urban places occupied 1.53 per cent of the nation’s total land in 1969, up 27 per cent from 10 years earlier. During the same period, rural parks and wildlife refuges increased over 32 per cent, adding three times the new acreage of urban areas, he ex plained. Urban regions of the nation in creased in size by 275 per cent from 1930 to 1970. However, the same increase was shown by state and na tional parks during those same 40 years. “If there is a problem, it appears to be around several corners yet, Ad kins said. “Experts estimate we can increase cropland acreage in the United Sates by 56 per cent, 16 per cent without any major reclamation. And since we now export the product of one out of every four cropland acres, it hardly appears agricultural land is more precious than urban. “We must admit we have land-use problems in Texas. They require our attention. I believe the market sys tem, with minimum guidelines and public attention, will take care of many of these. The overall picture does not indicate we need to launch a broad-scale war in the name of ag ricultural land preservation,” he said. “We have a great agricultural re serve in Texas and the nation. We should avoid its abuse and practice good husbandry. We do have such a reserve and its existence should stop us from crying ‘the sky is falling’ when urban areas expand. Embrey’s Jewelry We Specialize In Aggie Rings. Diamonds Set — Sizing — Reoxidizing — All types watch/jewelry Repair Aggie Charge Accounts -5:30 846-5816 Battalion Classified Call 845-2611