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Vol. 68 No. 125
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The uncommited slate of delegates on
: Rhode Island Democratic ballot drew
lore votes than any of the Democratic
rndidates in yesterday s primary voting,
lalifornia Gov. Edmund Brown Jr.’s name
as not on the ballot, and he had cam-
aigned heavily for the uncommitted slate.
Gov. Jimmy Carter of Georgia won in
Dakota and Sen. Frank Church of
laho won in Montana.
Ronald Reagan defeated President Ford
liSouth Dakota and Montana, while Ford
on in Rhode Island.
The 32 per cent uncommitted vote in
lode Island gave Brown a psychological
ictory over Carter even though the un-
ommitted slate is not bound to vote for
. Carter received 30 per cent in Rhode
sland, and Church, 28 per cent.
Rep. Morris Udall of Arizona finished
econdbehind Carter in South Dakota, his
eighth second place showing in the
primaries. Carter received 41 per cent, and
Udall 34 per cent. Sen George McGovern
of South Dakota had endorsed Udall.
After suggestions by Church that Udall
should consider withdrawing as a candi
date, Udall vowed to go on even though he
was disappointed.
In Montana, Church handily defeated
Carter, gathering 60 per cent of the vote to
Carter’s 25 per cent.
In the Republican primary returns. Ford
won in Rhode Island with 66 per cent of the
vote to Reagan’s 31 per cent. Ford won all
19 Rhode Island Republican delegates.
Reagan took 50 per cent of the South
Dakota Republican vote to Ford’s 45 per
cent. Each candidate was ahead for 10 de
legates.
In the early Montana returns, Reagan
was leadi ng Ford 53 per cent to 41 per cent.
!ity Council proposes
(12 million bonds issue
Discussion of a $12.86 million capital
mprovements bonds issue overshadowed
ill other agenda items at the College Sta-
ionCity Council meeting last Thursday.
Ordinances calling for the bond issue are
ispected to he passed at a special city
fluncil meeting tonight at city hall. The
neeting begins at 7:30.
The proposed bond issue would he pre-
lented as nine separate items on a June 29
said Capital Improvements Com-
nittee Chairman Gary Halter.
If approved by the voters, the bonds
rould finance improvements to the city’s
itreets, parks, and electrical, water and
iewer systems. Also proposed under sepa
rate bond items is a police/fire warehouse,
anew city hall and the establishment of a
rivic center fund. The civic center bonds
would be paid off through capitalization of
Ik hotel-motel tax collections.
During the break. . .
The Battalion will provide more informa
tion on the proposed bonds issue during
the coming weeks.
Clifford Ransdell, Asst. Dean of the Col
lege of Engineering at Texas A&M, ap
proached the council asking it to furnish
$1500 out of the hotel-motel tax fund to
help defray expenses for bringing 250 to
300 engineering students to College Sta
tion for a national convention in October.
The council took his request under consid
eration.
The Bryan-College Station Chamber of
Commerce was also to have presented a
request for use of the hotel-motel tax funds,
but they postponed their presentation until
the meeting tonight.
In other action, the council: approved
the final plat for Brentwood, Section II; and
set a date for public hearing on an ambu
lance permit application.
Tuesday’s primaries left Ford with 805
total delegates to Reagan’s total of 654. A
Republican candidate needs 1,130 votes
delegates to constitute a nominating major
ity at the convention.
Democrat Carter’s delegate total of 903
far outdistances second-place candidate
Udall’s total of308.5 delegates. 1.505 dele
gates are needed by a Democratic candi
date to take the first ballot nomination at
the convention.
All eyes now turn to next Tuesday’s
primaries. California, New Jersey and
Ohio hold the big, final primaries then. 331
Republican delegates and 540 Democratic
delegates are at stake on that day.
Index
Columnist Broder gives Carter high
odds. Page 2.
A&M-designed computer facility
controls traffic in Dallas. Page 3.
Swine flu danger is only in human-
to-human contact says Ag veteri
narian. Page 4.
Texas World Speedway opens Sun
day after two-year shutdown.
Page 12.
A&M baseball team finishes sea
son. Page 13.
Texas A&M track squad travels to
nationals. Page 14.
Shuttle routes
not planned
for
summer
Liquor hours extended
Probably the main item of interest to
students which occurred locally during the
break was the extension of the Friday night
(Saturday morning) liquor consumption
hours from midnight to 1 a.m. by the Col
lege Station City Council.
Several local taverns have made applica
tions to take advantage of the extra hour,
but as of yet none of the applications have
been processed.
The Texas A&M Student Government
lad asked the city council to extend the
hours to 2 a.m. on both Saturday and Sun
day mornings, but the council com
promised on the issue after several coun-
cilmen received many calls from local resi
dents asking them to vote against any ex
tension of the drinking hours.
Regents OK budget
The Texas A&M Board of Regents ap
proved the 1976-77 operating budgets
totaling $286,688,616. This was an increase
of $23.6 million over the present year’s
budget. A&M University’s share of the
System’s budget was $161,834,431.
Ball park planned
The preliminary plans for a new Texas
A&M baseball field were presented to the
Regents Building Committee last week.
The Regents have budgeted $365,000 for
the ball field stadium, which would seat
almost 5,000 people. The Regents antici
pate awarding the contract in September
with construction taking 10 to 12 months.
The ball park will be located on the West
Campus across from Kyle Field.
Housing studies OKed
The Regents also authorized the Univer
sity administration to conduct studies to
determine if any new dormitories or
apartment-type housing needs to be built
by the state on the A&M campus.
Shuttle bus services for Texas A&M stu
dents will only be offered to a few apart
ment complexes in the city this summer.
A spokesman for Transportation Enter
prises Inc., which operates the shuttle
buses during the regular academic year,
said yesterday that 1977 will he the first
year that TEI shuttle buses will run in the
summer under a University contract.
The TEI spokesman said two local
apartment complexes (Briarwood and Bar
celona) have contracted to have TEI shuttle
bus service for the summer. He said the
on-campus stop for the service is across
from the Olin E. Teague Bldg.
The spokesman said the bus makes three
trips between 7 and 8 a.m. and one every
30 minutes thereafter. He said the last bus
leaves the campus at 5:30 p.m.
Election judge
needed on campus
An election judge is needed for the on-
campus precinct (20) for the Saturday
Democratic runoff elections.
The position is a paid one and is open to
any voter registered in Brazos County who
did not vote in the May 1 Republican prim
ary.
To apply, contact Mark Snider at College
Station city hall, 846-8868, or County
Democratic Chairman Neeley Lewis at
822-7477 as soon as possible.
Swinging, to the heat
A small but enthusiastic crowd took time out
Monday night to swing to the music of Tommy
Allen and the Brazos Sound. The dance pro
vided a final diversion before classes began
Tuesday. The dance was held in the MSC rather
than the Grove because of the threat of rain.
Interest in electric cars renewed
A pair of Texas A&M University resear
chers are studying the revival of the elec
tric car.
Dock Burke and Dan Buenger, research
analysts with the Texas Transportation In
stitute, said that public demand for greater
pollution control and the uncertainty of the
world petroleum supplies has brought re
newed interest to the electric car.
They agreed that six time-consuming
events must take place before the advanced
electric auto will dominate the industry.
“First, there has to be completion of re
search on high energy, low density bat-
Democratic primary run-offs are
scheduled this Saturday in the county’s 26
voting precincts. Polling places open at 7
a.m. and will close at 7 p.m.
Local candidates for Precinct 3 commis
sioner are H.L. “Bud” Cargill and Randy
Sims. Dick Munday and Jesse Stanfield
face each other in the Precinct 4 race.
State contests have Jon Newton and
Jerry Sadler running for the Texas Railroad
Commission. Carl Dally and W.T. Phillips
vie for a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
post.
Primary Run-off Polling Places
Precinct No. and Polling Place
1 Millican Community Center
2 Wellborn Water Supply Building
4 Carver School
7 Steep Hollow Community Center
8 South Knoll Elementary School
teries,” Burke explained. “This has to be
followed by the design, building and test
ing of pre-prototype models plus the man
ufacture of a 1,000-car fleet for public test
ing.”
A decision by a major manufacturer must
be made to produce a line of electric cars,
he said. The decision must also be made to
omit the manufacture of combustion en
gines and there has to he a gradual reduc
tion of combustion engine cars through
scrapping.
Technology is now too primitive to pro
duce a commercially viable substitute for
9 A&M Consolidated Special Services
Building
10 College Station Fire Station
11 Crockett Elementary School
12 Sul Ross Elementary School
13 Henderson Elementary School
14 Ben Milam Elementary School
15 Fannin Elementary School
16 Bowie Elementary School
17 Travis Elementary School
18 Bryan Central Fire Station
19 Bonham Elementary School
20 TAMU University Center
21 College Station Municipal Building
22 Army Reserve Center on Carson
Street
23 L.B.J. Elementary School
24 College Hills Elementary School
25 American Legion Hall
26 Bryan High School
the gas-powered car. Researchers say this
is because the present technology of
energy storage (batteries) limits the power
source of electric vehicles (EV’s) to lead-
acid batteries.
“This system has a combination of high
weight and low energy density that limits
EV performance to short-range and low
speed operations, Burke noted.
“The shift from a total dependence on
petroleum to other fuels will help,”
Buenger said. Experts say that electric
propulsion is more efficient than gasoline
engine propulsion and could reduce the
road vehicle consumption of petroleum by
32 percent, which would amount to a 13
percent reduction of all petroleum used, he
said.
“Many say that controlling air pollution
would be easier with EV’s” he said. “The
argument runs that emissions from large
electrical generating plants are easier to
control than emissions from millions of
mobile sources such as cars.
“Any predictions about future advanced
electric cars depend on the development of
the high energy density, power density
battery by 1980,” Burke said. “Indications
are that it would be more energy efficient
that a heat engine system but it would not
be a significant portion of the automotive
sector before 1990.”
The two men concluded that EV’s aren’t
presently able to do most auto duties as
well as standard vehicles, hut the goals of
urban pollution control and petroleum
conservation seem to shine a favorable light
on the near future use of the electric vehi
cle.
Primary runoffs Saturday
Academic Council adds courses
discusses foreign grad students
The Academic Council of Texas A&M
last week approved the addition of 23 new
courses to, and the deletion of 5 courses
from, the curriculum.
New courses will be offered in ag
ronomy, educational technology, forest
science, horticulture, industrial education,
journalism, management, naval science,
ocean engineering, physics, range science,
safety education, sociology and veterinary
medicine. Biochemistry 312 and naval sci
ences 201, 202, 401 and 403 have been
dropped.
A new B.S. degree in marine biology
with a license option for Third Mate of
steam and motor vessels for the Moody
College in Galveston was approved.
Graduates of this program would he eligi
ble for a commission as ensign in the U.S.
Naval Reserve (inactive) and as a Third
Mate in the Merchant Marine. Implemen
tation of the option is subject to approval by
the Navy.
The communications department re
ceived approval to offer a B.S. degree in
journalism. The B.S. program will drop the
foreign language requirement of the cur
rent B.A. and add 12 hours of computing
science and statistics. The present B.A. in
journalism and B.S. in agricultural jour
nalism has been retained.
Graduate students applying for admis
sion to the School of Business Administra
tion will now be permitted to submit
GMAT scores unconditionally. Previously,
GRE scores were required; a student could
submit GMAT scores and, if accepted,
woidd work one semester and then be re
quired to take the GRE.
T.J. Kozik, professor of mechanical en
gineering, said that A&M has a policy of
restricting foreign graduate students t® 10
per cent of the available research funds in
any given department. He requested that
the 10 per cent rule be lifted as there is
often more money available than needed to
support American students. The result, he
said, is that some money is being wasted
and the research budget would suffer in
coming years. The amount of money for
research is determined in part by the
number of researchers working during the
preceding fiscal year.
Dr. John C. Calhoun, vice president for
academic affairs, replied that there is no
hard rule requiring a department to limit
its foreign graduate students to 10 per cent.
However, he said that he prefers to keep
the figure low.
Research funds come from tax dollars
and taxpayers would not like supporting
very many foreign students, Calhoun said.
He prefers hiring American students be
fore international students, and native Te
xans before out-of-state students, he said.