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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25, 1976
Page 5
Survey may have spurred land request
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Army
acknowledged Tuesday that a gov
ernment survey of possible surplus
lands may have encouraged it to seek
additional acreage for Ft. Hood, Tex.
Lt. Gen. R. M. Shoemaker, the
post’s commander, told a House
subcommittee that a General Ser
vices Administration review of land
requirements occurred at approxi
mately the same time in 1972 as his
predecessor began a study that indi
cated more land was needed.
He responded to a suggestion that
the base commander, faced with the
government survey, had become
sensitive to the possibility of loosing
land and had countered by claiming
more was needed.
“The GSA may have had a trigger
ing effect; Tm sure it did.
Shoemaker told the House Armed
Services subcommittee on military
installations and facilities.
The Army is seeking $36.5 million
to acquire 59,300 acres of additional
training and maneuver area adjacent
to the post’s western boundary.
“This area was far better than any
other site,” he said.
He said land to the north and
northeast would include the town of
Flat and would not permit
battalion-sized maneuvers.
To the east. Lake Belton forms a
border for the post and to the south,
the towns of Killeen and Copperas
Cove block further expansion.
“We have not been able to find
another training area that would not
cost several million dollars more,”
Shoemaker said.
“This land is needed to provide
adequate training and maneuver
area for two active Army armored
divisions, a National Guard armored
division, and air cavalry brigade,”
said Maj. Gen. W. R. Wray, assistant
chief engineers.
The study by Shoemaker’s pre
decessor said an additional 58,000
acres was needed. But Shoemaker
covdd not say whether any other
study had been undertaken.
“We have found references to
studies, ” he said, but that he had not
located any “detailed, bound study,
with tabs A to Z.”
He also acknowledged that an al
ternative to acquiring the 59,300
acres west of the post, which will
displace 165 families, was the possi
bility of acquiring approximately
15,000 acres to the northeast. He
said this land, although used by
fewer families was less desirable.
Shoemaker said he attended a
meeting Saturday with local landow
ners who will be affected by the
59,300-acre acquisition and most
“voiced loud opposition.”
“They have waged a vigorous
campaign that the Army has not
shown an urgent need for the land,”
he said. “One can’t help feel extreme
sympathy with the landowners, with
roots so deep in the soil they can’t
bear to think of selling at any price.
“The Department of the Army will
not take any actions without consid
ering the concerns of these fine
Americans,” he said, but he stressed
that he was “duty bound” to consider
the nation’s need for additional train
ing ground.
He said that one alternative to
buying the land is a costly, time con
suming procedure of removing un-
.exploded, dud shells from the post’s
imajor target area at its center.
The target area includes 62,000
acres used for artillery and small
arms fire from 85 firing ranges.
To remove the duds, he said,
thousands of soldiers must form
skirmish lines covering the entire
area over several weeks before the
land can be used for battalion man
euvers.
Subcommittee Chairman Richard
H. Ichord, D-Mo., questioned
whether the $36.5 million land ac
quisition figure was realistic, and
suggested that it could be much
higher if the land owners continue to
balk at selling their property and
force the matter into court.
A condemnation proceeding, in
which a local jury would set a fair
market price for tbe land, could raise
the price considerably, he said.
Wray said that if the price be
comes too inflated, the Army would
be precluded from buying the land.
“We would hope the procedures
would arrive at a fair price, ” he said.
The size of the post has not in
creased since 1953, but the number
of soliders stationed there has in
creased from about 2,000 to 47,500,
with 3,000 temporarily stationed in
Europe. The number of tanks and
other tracked vehicles has doubled.
Shoemaker said the terrain of the
property on the northwestern side is
perfect for training for combat in a
temperate zone. He said only one
town, Pidcoke, would be included in
the purchase.
Nominees announced
for Academy Awards
The nominees for the 48th
Academy Awards presentations have
been announced. The nominees in
the following categories are:
Best Movie:
“Barry Lyndon”
“Dog Day Afternoon”
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“Jaws”
“Nashville”
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest”
Best Actor
Walter Matthau for “The Sun
shine Boys”
Jack Nicholson for “One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
Al Pacino for “Dog Day After
noon”
Maximilian Schell for “The Man in
:he Glass Booth”
James Whitmore for “Give ‘Em
Hell, Harry”
Best Actress
Isabelle Adjani for “The Story of
Adele H.”
Ann-Margret for “Tommy”
Louise Fletcher for “One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
Glenda Jackson for “Hedda”
Carol Kane for “Hester Street”
Best Director
Robert Attman for “Nashville”
Frederico Fellini for “Amarcord”
Milos Foreman for “One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
Stanley Kubrick for “Barry Lyn
don”
Sydney Lumet for “Dog Day Af
ternoon”
Best Supporting Actor
George Burns for “The Sunshine
Boys”
Brad Dourif for “One Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest”
Burgess Meredith for “Day of the
Locust”
Chris Sarandon for “Dog Day Af
ternoon”
Jack Warden for “Shampoo”
Best Supporting Actress
Ronee Blakley for “Nashville”
Lee Grant for “Shampoo”
Sylvia Miles for “Farewell, My
Lovely”
Lily Tomlin for “Nashville”
Brenda Vaccaro for “Once is Not
Enough”
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest” garnered the most nomina
tions with nine. The winners will be
announced March 29 on a nation
wide telecast from the Los Angeles
Music Center.
Rodeo arena
to he replaced
by new center
After over 20 years of usage, the
Aggie Rodeo Arena will be reolaced.
A new equestrian center including
a new arena, horse stables, a polo
field, and a jumping course will re
place the structure.
The new center will be located on
a 65-acre tract of land on Turkey
Creek Road.
It will serve three purposes, says
Dr. Gary Potter of the Agricultural
Extension Service. First, it will im
prove facilities for teaching. More
classwork could be done there in the
courses relating to horses.
It also would improve the facilities
for horse research. Contractors
building similar equestrian centers
for subdivisions would be able to
look at the center and get estimates
on cost.
A design architect has been as
signed to the project. Potter said the
cost and the date of conpletion are
not yet known.
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