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Sffi Weather Clear today with a high in the rar 70s. Low tonight in the upper Jrediblei- P art *y Cloudy with increasing thrui oudiness tomorrow during the " /ening with a high in the mid-80s. Gods loudy Sunday with showers and : in p-jlfflidershowers in the afternoon ^^Hevening with a high in the upper untrash Che Battalion Vol. 68 No. 103 College Station, Texas Friday, Apr. 9, 1976 ^AnrEt-tt^ " 101 500 students turn out McClure wins SG presidency fid Stail)d|McCUire was elected student body 0c- lent yesterday, following one of the t Inter turnouts in recent A&M his- by Gof ■ure, 22, a junior agriculture eco- cs major from San Augustine, insightjrticl 2,852 votes of the more than "liStOrV ® ast - That figure represents a 22 per , ^'Hdent turnout. Ierstar:tg(.ing Vice-President of Academic ” Hfaj Kent said it “was the highest ' Hrnout I can remember.” ' lJ' is year was the first time that a .*»—wwiisj-wide election was held over two ■five days. Thompson finished second in the Jem’s race, picking up 1,997 votes. 8 ■ Scruggs collected 377 votes. tin five other executive positions in Indent Senate, only one was forced 1 runoff. dther Hal Brunson nor Scott Gregson fit a majority of the votes for vice- Int of finance. Brunson had 1,734, j Gregson collected 1,673 Dan Kaspar B with 1,494 votes. Brunson and er! Gregson will meet April 15 in a run-off election. The race for vice-president of student services ended up fairly close. Incumbent Troie Pruitt picked up 2,598 votes, while Greg Ball finished with 2,096. Three executive positions had candi dates who ran unopposed. Stan Stanfield won vice-president for academic affairs with 4,147; Susan Rudd was elected as vice-president for rides and regulations with 4,094 votes; and Jerri Ward won re-election as vice president for external affairs, collecting 4,175 votes. It is the first time in memory that a member of the Corps of Cadets was not elected to an executive position, candi dates noted. The outcome of the races for yell leaders was as follows: Seniors Frank Shannon, Joe D. Mickler, and Robbie Tucker; and juniors Joe Reagan and Tim MacManus Senators elected and their constituency Hal Brunson (left) and Scott Gregson will be in a run-off election for Vice-President of Finance for Student Senate. Reagan Tower and Philip Fleer, College of Architecture; Beverly A. Yendrey, Geosciences; Charles R. Pipes and David Nelson, Veterinary Medicine; John Oef- finger, Mary Ellen Martin, Joe E. Mar tinez and Marc Young, Liberal Arts; Philip Mark Sutton, Clare Kelly and Betty Wolfskill, Business; Hal Richards and Charlie Snyder finished in a runoff for a business seat. Also: Mark Sicilio, Sam P. Copeland III, Scott Farthing, Cyndi Edwards and Ran dolph Levine, Science; Michael P. Gerst, Michael Holcomb, Eric Johnston, Pat Flores, Mike Wilson, Ann Marie Stone, Mike Flores and Vicki Benton, Agricul ture; Fred .Supriest, Kathy Kiel, Robert Harvey, Joe Beall, Charles Albright, Ben Schrader and Karen Ellerson, Engineer ing; Brett Hamilton, Gary Saathoff and Kirk Marchand, Corps of Cadets. . Living Area Senators: Rebel Rice (Krueger-Mosher), Bruce Cummings (Aston-Du nn-U tay), Joy Johnson (Fowler-Keathley-Hughes- Spence), Jim Peoples (Hart-Leggett- Milner-Law-Puryear), Paul Heard (Caine-Hotard-Walton-Mclnnis), Richard David (Moses-Moor e-Crocker-Da vis Gary). Graduate Student Council: Agriculture — Mary Carol Gruetzmacher, Jay Ben McMillen, Mike Holcomb, Bob Murray. Engineering — Mary Beth Smith. Education — Pat Lester, Mike Mitchell. Science — David Elliot, Randolph Levine. Liberal Arts — Nolen Mears, Steven Stewart. Business Administration — Hal Richards. Arch & E.D. — Tommy Van DyKell. Class of ’79 officers are: President (runoff) Ronald Lastovica and Brad Wake- man, Vice President Tom Mosley, Secre tary Randi Mays and Treasurer (runoff) Michelle Marti and David Person. Class officers for the Class of ’78 are: President, Steve Hargis, Vice-President, (runo-off) Richard Tocquigny and Mark Mohr, Secretary-treasurer (runoff) Mark Sicilio and Gail Hawley, and Social Secre tary, Troby Hoffacker. Officers for the class of ’77 are: Presi dent, Jimmy Heck, Vice-President (runoff) Susan Fontaine and Mark Smith, Trea surer, (runoff) Scott Turner and Susan Col- gan. Historian, Doris Koch, and Secretary, Missie Miller. FRED McCLURE Student Body President Resident Hall Association — David George, President; Kay Davis, Secretary; Patti Lafferty, Vice President. Off-campus senators: Graduate — Laura Grayburn, Doug Hess, Kathy Oeffinger, David Nelson. Undergraduate — Dawn Lee Wakefield, LeesaChiodo, BradWakeman, Nancy Novak, Tim Hlavinka, Tommy Yan- tis, Allison King, W. Scott Sherman, Cyndi Davis, Vicki Young, Timothy E. Hall, Jeff Joyce, T. Jeb Hersarling, Lisa Winget, Melanie Mohney. Gas rates equalized Rate increases to he studied Staff File Photo Bye-bye Bubba Texas A&M’s running back Bubba Bean was the ninth player chosen in the National Football League’s college draft yester day, selected before two-time Heisman Trophy-winner Archie Griffin of Ohio State. Bean, who holds several Aggie rushing I records, including most career yards gained, was picked by the ■ Atlanta Falcons in the first round. Three other Aggies were 1 selected in the first three rounds, All-Americans Pat Thomas and ■ Ed Simonini and offensive guard Glenn Bujnoch. See story. Page 7. dty gets own water supply By JERRY NEEDHAM Battalion Staff Writer A proposed gas-rate increase by Lone Star Gas Co. was referred to a rate commit tee by the College Station City Council yesterday, following a public hearing on the request. The council also discussed the recent charter revision results. The Utility Rate Structure Committee is expected to report back to the council on April 22 to disclose its findings and rec ommendations. The committee was estab lished last year during negotiations with Bryan over rates for water and electricity rates. A. L. Bartley, local manager of Lone Star Gas, said the company is seeking to raise it’s total local revenues by eight per cent. Under his proposed rate structure, the first 1,000 cubic feet of gas would remain $2.11. For each 1,000 cubic feet after that his proposed rate is $1.39. Bartley gave several comparisons of pre sent rates to proposed rates. The price of 3,000 cubic feet would raise from $5.30 to $5.87; 7,000 cubic feet from $10.61 to $12.75; and 20,700 cubic feet from $27.90 to $36.30. Bartley said the increase would primar ily affect gas bills in the winter, where he forecast a 22 per cent increase for the aver age user. Presently, rates after the first 1,000 cubic feet increase in a five-step progres sion, with very heavy gas users paying as little as 80 cents per 1,000 cubic feet in the last step. In response to questioning, Bartley said it is possible to put College Station on a different rate schedule than Bryan. He was asked to provide the rate committee with a breakdown of the capital investments by Lone Star in College Station, rather than the lump sum figure provided for the two cities. Lone Star Gas Co. was last granted an increase by the College Station Council in 1972. That increase amounted to five per cent. The? council committee investigating voter complaints over the charter revision issue on last Saturday’s ballot made an in itial report last night. Councilman Gary Halter, a member of the three-man committee, said they have received complaints criticizing the word ing of the issue on the ballot. He said many voters feel the ballot was confusing. Voters Saturday approved by 29 votes a ' change to a ward system of city election. In the past, the council members have been elected at-large. Halter said charges that the issue was worded differently on some ballots was un founded. Other irregularities found by the com mittee thus far are: three of the elections officials for the on-campus precinct (20) were not registered voters; choices on the proposition were labeled “for” and “against” (Texas law says the wording must be “yes” and “no ”); and the ballot con tained two subject changes, the ward sys tem and election by plurality (state law says only one subject may be contained in a proposition.) The old at-large charter pro vision did not specify whether officials were to be elected by plurality or majority vote. He said the committee has not yet de termined what effect these irregularities could have on the results of the vote. Halter also said that in checking with Brazos County officials, they said they are not willing to change the county’s precincts lines to conform to College Station’s ward lines. He said indications are that it will cost $5,000 to $10,000 a year to maintain voting records separately from the coun ty’s-, “I’m not convinced this (ward system) is what the people wanted, newly elected Mayor Larry Bravnenec said. He authorized the committee to investi gate the matter further and determine what the city’s next step should be. Consideration of an ordinance tabled two weeks ago was also postponed until the April 22 council meeting. The ordinance would rezone 12 acres of land from single family residential districts to apartment and general commercial districts. The land is located on Luther Street next to the railroad tracks, west of Wellborn Road. Edsel Jones, general partner in Mohawk Ltd. of San Antonio, asked that consideration of the ordinance be delayed because he is having difficulty in securing right-of-way as additional access to the land. At the previous meeting, the council had indicated it would not approve the rezon ing unless the additional access was as sured. One item on the agenda was a discussion of the short-term objectives of the new council which took office Monday. Each member gave his views on what he feels are the city’s immediate goals and priorities. Some of the items mentioned were: the need to get more bikeways and sidewalks; review apartment building codes and am bulance service; begin planning for com munity civic center; work for approval of capital improvement bonds issue; and es tablishing stricter sign ordinances. The council also: —rezoned a 2.24 acre tract from agricul tural open to single family residential. The land is located in Southwood Valley. —rezoned a 1.9 acre tract from general conmercial to apartmetnt district. The land is part of Block 13 in Southwood Valley. Index Academic council recommends LTni- versity rules and regulations changes. Page 6. Firecrackers may fizzle out after the bicentennial. Page 6. Dallas-area civil-rights leaders disagree on appeal plans. Page 5. It’s a tough time for “political junk ies,” says columnist David S. Broder. Opinion, Page 2. President Ford is in Texas, and his staff projects a victory here. Stories, Page 4. V th Well to start pumping City election irregular; 3 student clerks ineligible By C. E. COWART Rbllege Station’s long-awaited water ell near University Drive and Tarrow, a;i begin operating this week. Bty Public Works Director George rd said the well, College Station’s first, lllbegin pumping as soon as final bac- fiSlogical tests are made by the city. The ell is the first in the College Station. The city now receives its water under intact from Bryan. Bryan charges 37 nts per 1,900 gallons, but has proposed increase to 47 cents per 1,000 gallons. >e two cities are negotiating the contract rm Ford said the production cost of the new well is 30 cents per 1,000 gallons. “We hope we can pump at least 1 million gallons a day, but that’s not enough to sup ply the city’s needs,” said Ford. The water will be mixed with water received from Bryan. The mixture will be one-third of the water from the new well and two-thirds from the Bryan supply. College Station currently uses an aver age of 3 million gallons of water in the summer and less than half of that during the winter per day. City Manager North Bardell said the “Queen City acquifer” that the new well taps on is estimated to have a producing capability of 4 millions gallons of water a day. A recommendation is to be presented to the College Station city council on April 22 for two more wells and a pipeline to be built by the Whalen Corp. of Dallas. The well sites are near the Texas A&M Annex on Texas 21. The $2 million project will be built under the same basic contract. College Station is under contract with Bryan undl Jan. 1, 1979. Ford said the city will probably continue with Bryan through 1978, but will slowly decrease the amount used. The new well cost $250,000 and is pump ing water from 1,700 to 1,800 feet under ground. The supply is expected to last “a considerable time,” said Ford. The three election clerks manning the on-campus polls for the College Station city election last Saturday were not eligible to serve as election officers under state law. College Station Secretary Florence Neeley said yesterday the three student clerks — Mike Fetter, Lewis Hill and Robin Runkle — are not registered voters anywhere in Brazos County, including Precinct 20, which includes the A&M campus. Chip Holt, an attorney in the election division of the Secretary of State’s office, said yesterday election officials must be registered voters in the precinct for which they officiate. Holt said an election would not be nul lified by such a violation alone. He said proof of election tampering or other inter ference would have to be present before an election can be nullified. “Election officials are supposed to com ply before the election, ” he said. “After the election, whether or not they registered becomes irrevelant.” ' He said discovery of unqualified election officials would be sufficient justification to investigate an election for tampering. As a candidate in the election. Precinct 20 election judge Jim Crawley was not eli gible to serve as election judge. The only student candidate for city council, Crawley said assistant judge Denise Du Pont was acting judge for the election. City Secretary Neeley said Du Pont was responsible for getting qualified election clerks. “I knew that Du Pont is a qualified voter, but she was responsible for getting her people,” she said. Du Pont said that Neeley hasn’t said any thing to her about it since the election. “She didn’t tell me anything about the judges having to be registered in this county before the election,” Du Pont said. “I knew they had to be registered voters. “I guess it was just a misunderstanding. ” —Lee Roy Leschper cofair 76 starts Monday ofair 76, the second annual architec- Jri and environmental design sym- ium, will investigate the scope of man’s 3cial and physical environment April |6. |he ymposium is sponsored by the Texas A&M Association Student Chapters American Institute of Architects (ASC- AIA) and will feature 29 speakers from Texas A&M, other universities and ar chitectural firms. Each day of the symposium will be de- onservatives commend Teague ie American Conservative Union lU) has commended the voting record of ^inocratic Rep. Olin E. Teague of Col- Station. Beague received an 80 per cent conser- |ve rating on ACU’s Key Issues Index for ]:00-* |first session of the 94th Congress’ based 0 key issues taken in the House during 175. he ACU praised Teague “as a leader in efforts to organize House conservatives ifgreater effectiveness.” ACU Chairman M. Stanton Evans cited Teague’s votes to “stem inflation by cutting excessive government spending, reduce the federal bureaucracy and strengthen the national defense. “Representative Teague has forthrightly upheld the American traditions of limited government, fiscal integrity and a strong national defense,” Evans said. “His voting record shows that he knows irresponsible federal spending is the real cause of infla tion — and, ultimately recession as well.” voted to a specific aspect of man and ar chitecture. Monday’s topic is psychology, alternative building technologies will be discussed Tuesday. Wednesday’s theme is architecture today. Thursday and Friday will be devoted to energy problems. Rudder Tower 601 has been reserved for the week-long symposium. Registration is now underway in the lobby of the Architec ture building through Sunday. Registra tion will move to the MSC first floor cor ridor Monday. The fee is $2. The fee includes admission to all speak ers and a beer bust on Monday and Friday nights, location of the busts will be an nounced at the Monday sessions. Geodesic domes, Ecofair posters, T-shirts and bumper stickers will be sold. Geodesic domes, the type used for greenhouses, are selling for about $60. About 500 participants are expected by the Ecofair Committee. Disturbing the peace Photo by Paul Nettel As if the recent rains hadn’t been enough, these residents of Davis-Gary and other dorms decided to water the grass and each other while disturbing the studies of everyone else in the area last night.