Ford wins Michigan
President Ford’s home state of Michigan
ave him an overwhelming victory over
lepublican challenger Ronald Reagan yes-
erday. Maryland also gave its support to
e President.
California Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. beat
lemocrat Jimmy Carter in the Maryland
rimary while Carter took a slim win over
irizona Rep. Morris Udall in Michigan.
The following reports were compiled
nth 71 per cent of the Michigan precincts
Sully alone
Photo hy Meve C 'ble
The statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross has the
Academic Mall pretty much to himself these
days — after finals last week, the traditional
Aggie exodus out of College Station began.
and 86 per cent of the Maryland precincts
reporting.
Ford was gathering 64 per cent of the
vote in Michigan and 58 per cent in Mary
land while Reagan had 35 per cent in
Michigan and 43 per cent in Maryland.
On the Democratic side. Carter had 44
per cent of the Michigan vote and 38 per
cent of the Maryland vote. Udall had 42 per
cent of the Michigan vote and 5 per cent of
the Maryland vote. Brown was gathering
48 per cent of the Maryland vote.
News
Campus
Briefs
Drafting to be held
The 11th Summer Structural Drafting
Program at Texas A&M University begins
May 31.
The program, sponsored by the En
gineering Design Graphics Department, is
provided for high school graduates wishing
to acquire the necessary skills to he
draftsmen, said director Paul Mason.
The first session will be May 31-JuIy 7,
with the second lasting from July 8-Aug.
13. Classes are from 8-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m.
daily. Students can reside on campus.
Emphasis is placed on practical prob
lems and the daily schedule will include
specialized instruction and drafting room
work in steel and concrete detailing, re
quiring the use of industrial standards,
handbooks and manuals.
“The program is designed to prepare
young men and women, even those with
out previous drafting training, for a career
in structural detailing,’’ Mason said.
Graduates will also be fitted for positions
in related construction areas in addition to
other drafting fields.
“People with structural drafting skills are
in demand by the construction industry,”
he added. “Architects, engineers, contrac
tors and fabricators are seeking people with
knowledge in this area for employment as
estimators and supervisors as well as
draftsmen.”
Part of this program is devoted to assist
ing the student in obtaining employment
upon completion of the corirse. More in
formation may be obtained from the En
gineering Design Graphics Dept, at Texas
A&M University, phone 713-845-1633.
Fund established
A memorial fund for Terry Miller, the
19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E.
Miller of 504 Gilchrist Street in College
Station, has been established at the Uni
versity National Bank. Terry died May 11
at a Houston hospital after a long illness.
The Texas A&M freshman graduated
from A&M Consolidated High School
where he was a Distributive Education
Student and lettered in junior varsity foot
ball and varsity baseball. His father is farm
services manager at Texas A&M, and his
mother, Jane, is employed in the adminis
trative offices of the Consol School District.
The hind has been established by friends
of the Miller family and the College Station
Chapter of the Southwest Football Officials
Association to help meet the costs of Ter
ry’s medical treatment.
Contributions should be made to “The
Terry Miller Memorial Fund” at the Uni
versity National Bank in College Station.
City
Bryan hosts tennis
The Seventh Annual City of Bryan Ten
nis Tournament will be held June 11-13.
The deadline for entering the tournament
is May 28.
One may register in person at the Bryan
Parks and Recreation office, on the comer
of Atkins and Fountain Streets. Entries
may be mailed to: Bryan Parks and Recrea
tion Dept., P.O. Box 1000, Bryan, TX
77801. Entry forms may be obtained from
Sears, Tri-State A&M Sporting Goods,
Hoover’s Tennis Service, Wy att’s Sporting
Goods, and the Bryan Parks and Recrea
tion Dept.
On June 10, participants may call the
Parks and Recreation Office (823-0971) to
find out when and where their first round
match will be. This information will also be
published in “The Eagle” June 10.
The registration fee is $2.75 per person
per event. Each person may enter two of
the thirty-two events. Trophies will be
given for first and second places and for
consolation winner. A sportsmanship
trophy will be awarded to the participant
exhibiting the best sportsmanship on and
off the court.
Che
Weather
Partly cloudy and mild today with
east southeasterly wind at 8-12 mph.
High today 79, low tonight in upper
50s. Increasing cloudiness tomorrow
with 20 per cent chance of rain.
Battalio
Vol. 68 No. 123
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, May 19, 1976
College Station liquor hours
extended to 1 a.m. Fridays
The Friday night (or Saturday morning)
liquor-consumption hours were extended
to 1 a.m. in College Station by the city
council last Thursday.
The one-hour extension (from midnight
to 1 a.m.) was approved after almost an
hour of discussion among citizens and
councilmen on the pros and cons of extend
ing the hours.
The Texas A&M student government
initiated the r equest for an extension sev
eral weeks ago. The student government’s
request was to extend the hours until 2
a.m. on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
New research
director named
Dr. Jay M. Lewallen was named director
of the Texas A&M Research Foundation at
the trustees’ spring meeting in Houston.
Lewallen succeeds Texas A&M En
gineering Dean Fred J. Benson who pre
viously served as vice-president and direc
tor of the foundation. Benson will continue
as vice-president.
Dr. Lewallen has been an associate di
rector of the foundation for the past three
year s. He was with NASA in Houston prior
to joining the foundation.
“The foundation has had impressive
growth, tripling in dollar volume during
the last five years, and has emerged as a
substantial business enterprise,” Lewallen
said. “We want to continue to serve the
experiment stations arrd the University.
We intend to play a role in contributing not
only to the intellectual resources of the
University, but also to the economic state
of the community.
“We want to sustain the great contribu
tions made by people like Dean Fred J.
Benson whose vision and dedication has
created and perpetuated this organiza
tion,” he added.
Dr. Jack K. Williams, president of both
Texas A&M and the research foundation.
presented a plaque to Howard T. Tellepsen
of Houston in appreciation of his services as
president of the foundation from 1957
through 1961 and as chairman of the board
of trustees fr om 1961 through 1963.
Foundation members also honored a
group of people associated with Houston
area firms who “have shown interest and
support for the Texas A&M Research
Foundation.” Among those honored at the
foundation trustees’ spring meeting in
Houston were: W. J. Butler, Diamond
Shamrock Corp.; Dr. Paul Deisler, Jr.,
Shell Oil Co.; Dr. W. G. Juhl, Monsanto
Co.; Oliver Osborn, Dow Chemical Co.;
Jim V. Langston, Exxon Co.; Martin E.
True, Exxon; Donald S. Burns, Cameron
Iron Works, Inc.; B. M. Stephens, South
ern Pacific Railroad; Robert MacDonald,
NASA; Hugh Scott, SEADOCK; George
W. Altvater, Port of Houston Authority;
and Dr. Harry J. Sweet, Harry J. Sweet &
Associates, Inc.
The foundation was incorporated in 1944
as a non-profit corporation to seive Texas
A&M in attaining excellence in education
through the development and administra
tion of both federally and privately spon
sored research.
A&M research booming
Texas awarded
$2 million plus
Scholarships averaging $500 will be
awarded to more than 175,000 under
graduate students nationwide next year,
HEW’s Office of Education announced to
day.
The State Student Incentive Grant
(SSIG) program for the 1976-77 academic
year is funded by nearly $44 million in
Federal grants to 55 states and territories.
Texas was awarded $2,308,470. The states
must match the grants dollar for dollar.
All eligible states and territories, except
Guam, will participate in the program.
A full-time student may be awarded a
maximum of $1,500 per academic year.
While state agencies administering the
program may establish their own require
ments for student and institutional eligibil
ity, they must submit annually a definition
of “substantial financial need” that is used
to determine student eligibility. Since
their are no automatic funding renewals,
applications must also be submitted annu
ally.
The number of students enrolled in its
colleges and universities determines the
size of the grant available to a state. Money
for a state which cannot or will not provide
matching funds will be allocated to other
states.
The program is authorized by the 1972
amendments to the Higher* Education Act
of 1965.
Archeologists
receive grant
The National Science Foundation has
awarded Texas A&M archeologists and
botanists $54,900 — the largest single
grant ever for the field of anthropology to
A&M — to study a West Texas cave that
sheltered man nearly 9,000 years ago.
Researchers will make nutritional, diet
ary and botanical studies of the cave near
Del Rio as they analyze the site archeologi-
cally, say project directors Dr. Harry
Shafer and Dr. Vaughn Bryant, Jr.
Artifacts, coprolites and other material
dating roughly 6,000-7,000 B.C. have been
recovered from the cave. Last summer, in
the first long-term study of the site, over
1,000 bags of material were brought back to
campus laboratories.
James L. Bostick, NSF grants officer,
announced the grant’s effective dates are
June 1 through Nov. 30, 1977.
“Although the recovery of artifacts and
other materials is one of our prime func
tions,” explain the investigators, “we are
intensely studying the lifeways, habits and
diets of these nomadic peoples, Bostick
said.
“We are extremely interested in the
study of edible plants of the area and how
they were used,” he added.
April support for research at Texas A&M
University pushed the fiscal year’s
research-dollar total to almost $36 million,
nearly $6 million more than the same time
last year, reported the University Research
Office.
During April, Texas A&M programs
gained $956,376 in support, making the
amount received so far this year
$35,700,421. With four months to go, the
current fiscal year aggregate has reached 91
per cent of 1974-75’s record $39.3 million.
Last month’s grants placed the 1975-76
year’s total $5.8 million ahead of the same
time last year, marking the sixth straight
month the difference has exceeded $4 mil
lion, the report said.
The College of Engineering, Texas En
gineering Experiment Station and Texas
Transportation Institute shared $623,385
in April. The College of Agriculture and
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station re
ceived $150,059 together.
Other support included $119,786 for the
College of Science; $16,500 for the College
of Architecture and Environmental De
sign; $6,760 for the College of Geosciences
and $40,435 for other projects.
Index
Classifieds. Page 4.
Movies. Page 6.
Aggies travel to Waco for South
west Conference track meet.
Page 7.
Game wardens need help catching
poachers. Page 8.
Regents to meet
The Board of Regents of the Texas
A&M University System will meet
Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. in the Regents’
wing of the Memorial Student Cen
ter. The main item on the agenda is
the consideration of the 1976-77
budget.
Before the passage of the ordinance, the
sale of liquor was allowed until midnight
Sunday through Friday and until 1 a.m.
Sunday morning.
Councilman Halter reiterated his fears
that a 2 a.m. closing time would draw cus
tomers from Bryan, which has midnight
Friday and 1 a.m. Sunday closing times.
He said he felt that might necessitate more
police duty because of traffic problems.
Several councilman said they had re
ceived calls from citizens asking them to
vote against any extension of the liquor
hours.
At the meeting, several citizens ex
pressed their viewpoints.
Warren Mauk, of 1207 Munson, said, "1
think we have adequate access to any citi
zen of age to present services.”
Mauk said he felt the city would increase
(See CS liquor. Page 5.)
A&M offering
fire program
Fire terrified primordal man and ter
rorizes modern man. It can sweep away a
life-time of possessions, a family or even a
city.
As the population grows, so does the
threat of fire. To fill the need for qualified
people in fire protection technology, Texas
A&M University is offering a B.S. degree
in Industrial Technology with a Fire Pro
tection Specialty.
“The need for these people exceeds by
15 times the supply in fields such as indus
trial safety and loss control, insurance,
education, sales and civil service, said
program coordinator Dr. Tom Comstock.
“The four-year Fire Protection Technol
ogy Program, open to all high school
graduates, is a two-step process,” he ex
plained. “First, students must attend one
of the accredited junior colleges in Texas
which offer an associate degree in fire
technology.
“After completing this program, they
transfer to Texas A&M for two more years
of advanced course work,” Comstock said.
“Completion of the final two years qualifies
the students for a Bachelor of Science de
gree in Industrial Technology — Fire Pro
tection Specialty.”
At A&M, students take advanced
courses in Engineering Technology in
addition to managerial and technical
studies. The combined four-year program
gives them technical knowledge and man
agerial experience for jobs in industry and
municipal fire departments.
“Fire protection technologists are con
cerned with presenvation of life and prop
erty,” Comstock said. “They are also in
volved in applying fire protection princi
ples to the solution of industrial and munic
ipal problems.
“The technologists work at exciting ac
tivities: analysis of fire and explosion
hazards; design, layout and use of fire
safety measures; and management of ac
tivities to control fire losses,' he said.
The program can be entered through
more than 20 accredited junior colleges
across the state. The new program goes
into operation at Texas A&M for the sum
mer session. The courses are also available
for people who are currently employed in
the profession.
Bolton Facelift
Physical Plant workers Lloyd Nolan (left) and
Bob Horton are on the scaffold at the top of
Bolton Hall waterproofing the old building. The
job of re-caulking the bad joints in the building,
along with other refinishing work, will probably
last into the fall semester.
Photo by Steve Goble