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Hearst evidence
admitted by judge
Vol. 68 No. 87
College Station, Texas
Friday, Mar. 5, 1976
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — The notebook
page came from the terrorist underground
marked with mysterious doodlings about
making a time bomb and embellished with
a reminder of a meeting to “talk about
shooting. ”
The writer was Patricia Hearst.
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Battalion Staff Writer
troup of tiny, light pink orchids was
lered Tuesday in aii area south of the
pic Building.
j Arredondo, a maintenance worker,
Jthe discovery.
fedondo took a specimen to Dr. J. J.
an A&M botany professor, who
Sfied them as Coral Root Orchids,
ferry said he believes that these are the
Irchids to be found on campus in its
fears of existence. Since this is the
year, a good name for orchids
l be the centennial, he said.
:Coral Root Orchid grows in clusters
Isix inch copper-colored stem. Each
(dual orchid is about 1/4 of an inch
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said this clump of orchids was prob-
bn top of a rotten root or board,
jese flowers have been growing here
ibly for around two years and they just
|i’t been noticed because they have a
or storage root, which takes about
ears to produce. This root contains
added pk that gives the plant nutrition, he said,
little beltel
ese orchids could be here for 10 years
support l 0 " Sperry said, if they get a chance to
Scats ilnw ce sce< d before something destroys
However, he said, since the plants
ff of decaying material they will die
the decaying food source is used up,
is they are fed.
feed them, dig a little hole and put
ing matter or simply a cow patty in
idle and the orchids will go right on
Sperry said.
1 Coral Root Orchid is usually found
^shrubs and trees where there are
leaves and limbs. These are unusual
they are growing under cultured
is with a cement slab about eight in-
laway.
pile it is found in Texas, the orchid is
on in North Carolina and farther
along the Atlantic seaboard because
warm sea breezes, Sperry said.
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Jurors in Miss Hearst’s trial for bank rob
bery have not seen the document reco
vered from the last hideout of two of her
fugitive companions — but they will.
U.S. Dist. Judge Oliver J. Carter settled
a bitter and protracted legal duel Thursday
by rejecting defense attorney F. Lee
Bailey’s move to suppress the mountain of
material taken from the apartment of Sym-
bionese Liberation Army members Wil
liam and Emily Harris.
With the issue finally resolved, the gov
ernment prepared to resume its rebuttal
case today by calling psychiatrists who will
take issue with the findings of defense ex
perts who said Miss Hearst was terrified of
her captors and took part in the holdup in
fear for her life.
U.S. Atty. James L. Browning Jr. fought
to win admission of the notebooks and pap
ers that Miss Hearst refused to testify ab
out, invoking the 5th Amendment more
than 40 times.
Hearst invoked the 5th Amend
ment over 40 times during testi
mony about the notebook.
One of the more startling pages con
tained apparent instructions for making a
time bomb. There are such phrases as
“Toaster wire: 10 sec. Timing device
w-fuse. Clock or cigarette.”
An arrow from the word “clock” points to
a notation “set 10 minutes” and a similar
notation near the word “cigarette” reads
“Wire in fuse.”
A one-line phrase in the middle of the
sheet, blocked off by heavy pencil marks,
reads, “meet to talk about shooting. 2 bolts.
9:00.”
The notebook was discovered by FBI
agents in the Harris apartment, about three
miles from Miss Hearst’s apartment. All
three were arrested Sept. 18.
Miss Hearst’s attorneys argued that the
material was irrelevant and was the product
of an illegal search. The judge rejected the
challenge but handed Bailey a key victory
on one potentially damaging piece of
paper.
He refused to accept a diagram of a
Marysville, Calif, bank with notes about
bank personnel in Miss Hearst’s handwrit
ing. The government contended it was a
planned robbery that was never realized.
She says Harrises forced her to
work on the book “Tania Inter-
Miss Hearst has been under investiga
tion in that case but has not been indicted.
Carter said the whole matter was “fraught
with this danger of prejudice.”
Browning had argued during the six-
week-old trial that Miss Hearst willingly
joined the SLA within weeks after the tiny
band of terrorists kidnaped her on Feb. 4,
1974. And she freely joined them in the
bank robbery two months later for which
she is now on trial, he said.
A portion of the manuscript for that
book, called the “Tania Interview,” was
found at the Harris hideout and has already
been presented to the jury as evidence in
the trial.
Miss Hearst, whom the SLA called
Tania, admitted working on the
revolutionary-tinted interview but said the
Harrises forced her to cooperate under
threat of death.
A Superior Court judge in Los Angeles
ruled earlier in the week that the prosecu
tion in the Harrises’ case could not use
evidence seized at their hideout because
the FBI did not have a proper search war
rant.
College Station to decide
districting issue April 3
Air Force Downs Army
Staff photo by Jim Hendrickson
Craig Kittleson (1) of the Air Force prepares to
make the stop on Gordon Bledsoe III (3) of the
Army in last night’s annual Elephant Bowl. The
Air Force seniors defeated the Army, Navy, Ma
rine seniors 17-14 for the first time ever. See
story, page 8.
By STEVE INGRAM
Battalion Staff Writer
On April 3, College Station will
vote on an amendment to the city’s
charter that would return the ward
system.
City Manager North Bardell said
the present at-large system was
adopted about five years ago because
citizens wanted to be able to vote for
all six City Council members.
If the amendment to the charter
passes, College Station will be di
vided into six wards or districts by
population. Voters in each ward
would elect one council member
who has lived in the ward for at least
60 days prior to the election. The
mayor would be elected at large.
If the main university campus is
retained as one district then either a
student or stall member living on
campus would be elected to the City
Council.
Since College Station City Coun
cil members are elected for two-year
staggered terms, places one, three,
and five would be filled using the
ward system in the 1977 election,
and places two, four, and six would
be filled in 1978 using the same sys
tem. The mayor would be elected in
1978 by all voters.
The Charter Revision Commis
sion had planned to offer voters a
third option of a mixed system, with
three council members elected on
the ward system and three elected at
large. State law requires that all city
charter amendments be presented to
allow only a “yes” or “no” choice on
the ballot, so the third proposal was
removed from consideration.
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ij. Hood war may continue
Retirements bring changes
in leadership of Senate parties
500 used a Associated Press
|ASHINGTON — Land owners
nd Ft. Hood in Central Texas have
their battle with the U.S. Army — but
ivar may go on.
it for the time being the landowners
ar to have proved their claim that the
yhas not shown a good enough reason
ts planned expansion of the Military
illation.
| leir victory was ratified Thursday by a
se Armed Services subcommittee
IJ :h voted unanimously not to allow the
iy to enlarge Ft. Hood by buying
1100 acres of Texas ranch land,
hairman Richard H. Ichord, D-Mo.,
I he military installations and facilities
| lommittee said the closed-session vote
acted the members’ opinion that “the
iy hadn’t fully justified their need” for
itional land for Ft. Hood.
| If and when the Army can justify it, they
subcommittee members) would vote
he said.
arlier the Army has said in congres-
testimony that it needed the approx-
ftely 90 square miles, estimated to cost
5 million, for additional maneuver and
[ning grounds.
al residents, whose land northwest of
base would have been taken, said that
Hood is underutilized, and that the
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Army has not properly and thoroughly
studied its land needs.
Ichord said the military authorization bill
for fiscal 1977 spending would be taken up
by the full House Armed Services Commit
tee next week.
Although the full committee could re
store the deleted authorization for Ft.
Hood, Ichord said this was “very unlikely. ”
Even more unlikely is the possibility of
the full House restoring the item if the
committee leaves it out.
The Senate has not begun action on the
authorization bill.
Sen. John G. Tower, R-Tex., will hold
hearings today in Killeen, Tex., and Satur
day at nearby Gatesville to gather tes
timony from area residents.
Tower is the ranking Republican
member on the Senate military construc
tion authorization subcommittee. A
member of Tower’s staff said his plans to
hold the hearings were not affected by the
House subcommittee action.
If the Senate includes authorization for
the post expansion and the House does not,
the difference would be resolved by a con
ference.
Ichord said he could not predict how
strong a fight the House members of the
conference committee would mount to
keep the Ft. Hood authorization out of the
over-a\\ military authorization bill.
Meanwhile, Rep. Alan Steelman,
R-Tex., who is not a member of the House
Armed Services Committee, has asked the
General Accounting Office, Congress’ in
vestigative agency, to study the Ft. Hood
dispute and determine what the Army’s
space requirements are at the post.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — For the first time in
more than a decade, the Senate is facing
wholesale leadership changes brought on
by the forthcoming retirements of Democ
rat Mike Mansfield and Republican Hugh
Scott.
Neither Sens. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.
Va., nor Robert P. Griffin, R-Mich., the
whips or No. 2 men in their parties’ leader
ship, are assured of easy succession to the
top jobs.
Other Democrats mentioned as possible
candidates included Sen. Hubert H.
Humphrey of Minnesota, who was the par
ty’s presidential candidate in 1968, Sen.
Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina and
Cranston.
When the Republicans choose a new
leader in January, Griff in’s principal oppos
ition is likely to come from his political
right, probably from Sen. John Tower of
Texas.
Membership totals 400
Sororities reserve apartment leases
By SUZANNE DEATHERAGE
Battalion Staff Writer
An apartment complex now being con
structed could become a sorority complex
within the next five years, the president of
the College Panhellenic Council of College
Station said Thursday.
Eight of nine Panhellenic sororities have
signed three-year leases for 11 apartments
at the Sausalito Apartments on Highway
30. The apartments will be used as meeting
rooms.
Robert Martell of Martell Properties,
which will manage the complex, said, in
addition to the 11 apartments, 80 units will
be temporarily reserved for sorority mem
bers who wish to sign individual leases.
“Many sorority girls are planning on liv
ing there to be near friends,” Susan Bre
wer, president of the Panhellenic Council
said.
The Panhellic Council is a governing
body composed of two representatives
from each of the nine social sororities.
There are almost 400 Texas A&M women
who belong to them.
“Right now, most of the sororities are
financially sound,” said Brewer. Money for
the rent will come from dues, membership
fees and loans from the national organiza
tion of each sorority.
“The average dues is $10 or $15 per
month,” explained Brewer. “All other fees
are one time things.”
The apartments that will be used as
meeting rooms range from one bedroom to
three bedroom units. In some of them, cer
tain walls will be left out to make the meet
ing area more spacious. None of the apart
ments will be furnished and rents range
from $175 to $310 per month.
Membership in the sororities doubled
after the formal rush last fall and Brewer
said “we have every reason to believe it will
double again.” Total membership is ex-
Index
A wrap-up of the presidential
campaigning across the nation. Page
2.
A short review of all the movies
showing in Bryan-College Station
appears on page 3.
The Lakeview Club, its past and
present, is discussed. Page 5.
The Psychology Department is
planning expansions. Page 4.
Violence and conflict around the
w orld. Page 6.
THE FORECAST for Friday
is partly cloudy with northerly
winds 10-15 mph. Fair Saturday
with a high in the mid-60’s.
South Seas junket
Call it ‘Paradise Cost’
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Congress has a six-
page report to show for a 15-day tour of the
Southwest Pacific by four senators, their
wives and at least 15 aides.
No one involved can say how much the
January trip cost the taxpayers.
The party, which traveled by military
jet, visited Hawaii, Saipan, Guam, Au
stralia and New Zealand.
The senators were Senate Assistant Re
publican Leader Robert P. Griffin,
R-Mich; Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C.; How
ard H. Baker, R-Tenn.; and John C.
Culver, D-Iowa. Griffin is a member of the
Foreign Relations Committee.
In addition to their wives, they were ac
companied by 11 committee and personal
staff members and four or five military at
taches.
The report, issued this week, tells of the
delegation’s meetings with Australian
Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, New Zea
land Prime Minister Robert Muldoon and
other top officials.
Discussions were held in Honolulu with
top-ranking U.S. Navy officers on security
in the Pacific and Indian oceans, the report
said.
It said that the Australian government
lifted a ban on visits to Australian ports of
U.S. nuclear-powered ships after delega
tion members asked how the U.S. Navy
could fulfill its treaty obligations to protect
Australia if its ships were denied access to
Australian ports.
The report also noted that many Austra
lians are disturbed at the lack of a U.S.
ambassador to their nation for more than six
months. “To the Australians, this looks like
neglect at best, or at worst, like a gesture of
disapproval of Australian policies,” the re
port said.
Only one staff aide on the Foreign Rela
tions Committee was said to have any idea
about how much was spent on the trip.
However, when he was asked he said he
doesn’t know and neither does anyone else.
The aide said it is known that the delega
tion spent $15,000 to $16,000 in U.S. cur
rency. But he said it also spent a considera
ble but unknown quantity of foreign cur
rency supplied by the State Department.
And he said a total accounting of the
spending won’t be available until sometime
next year.
Cats and dogs
reign Saturday
By RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN
Battalion Staff Writer
Want a pet?
The Brazos County Humane Soci
ety will sponsor a “Pet Adoption
Day,” Saturday, March 6, from 10
a.m. until 5 p.m. It will be held in
the parking lot of Cook’s Depart
ment Store on Texas Avenue, across
the street from the Roadway Inn.
“The purpose of the Adoption Day
is to find homes for orphan animals,”
said Dana Morisse, a member of the
Society. The Humane Society has
approximately 50 cats, dogs and
puppies that need homes.
Most of the animals, both males
and females, have been neutered. If
a customer buys an animal that has
not been neutered, he will be given a
coupon to have a veterinarian per
form the service. All of the animals
have been vaccinated.
In order to cover the costs of vac
cinations and neutering, the Society
will charge $12 for cats and $15 for
dogs. Some purebred animals may
be sold. Customers must bring their
own leashes or cages.
If anyone wishes to acquire, or
dispose of, a pet; they can contact the
Humane Society by telephoning
846-8523 or 846-8613. The society
has a lost and found service for pets
which can be reached at 846-2000.
The society does not have an ani
mal shelter or even an office. Volun
teers have been keeping orphan
animals in their homes until some
one buys them.
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pected to be between 700 and 800 after the
upcoming fall rush.
On most campuses, the sorority system
is handled by the dean of women. Texas
A&M does not recognize social sororities,
however, and Panhellenic handles sorority
affairs here. Brewer said.
The first Panhellenic sorority at Texas
A&M was installed on March 15, 1975 and
the most recent was installed last Feb
ruary. The Council has decided to refuse
any new installations, however, for the next
two years.