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Vol. 68 No. 103
College Station, Texas
Friday, Apr. 9, 1976
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" 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.