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Vol. 68 No. 133
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, July 28, 1976
mte,
Mass holdup
t’Jno robbery, these Aggies have their hands
jlbecause they’re at yell practice. The prac-
conducted by Yell leaders Frank Shannon .
! Joe D. Mickler, was at 7:30 Tuesday night,
out 200 Aggies showed up for the event,
bich took place in front of the arches in the
is quad.
Battalion photo by Steve Goble
CS utility rates
discussed again
banization hurts agriculture
s soil conservation official
Williams status report: critical
Mriculture is suffering because of in-
d urbanization, said Mel Davis, ad-
■trator of the Soil Conservation Serv-
iVashington, D.C., during the iOth
meeting of the Texas Council of
ters of the service. The meeting was
Bjuly 15-17 on the A&M campus,
i. «l)|vis told about 500 persons in atten-
o« *tia that one of the main dangers in the
O did States is that prime agricultural
Ll1 Ids are being taken out of production and
to accommodate rapidly grow-
cities.
| said that only three per cent of the
and area in the United States is truly
ized, but that the percentage of land
in^ taken out of agricultural production
idly increasing.
lk '"an is the culprit
..nf
“It is my opinion that conservation of
natural resources is the biggest problem in
this country,” Davis said.
Conservation has become a topic of con
cern throughout the world, even though
there are no widely known solutions, be
said.
The public needs to know what is being
done about pollution problems, he said.
“A little more visibility is what is
needed. Taxpayers need to see that their
money is being put to good use. they need
‘to see results,” he said.
Davis praised Texans for their conserva
tion efforts, but he said much more needs
to be done.
Dr. Jack K. Williams, president of Texas
A&M University, remains in critical condi
tion in the intensive care unit at Houston’s
Methodist Hospital, a hospital spokesman
said this morning.
Williams was admitted to St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Bryan July 9 after suffering car
diac arrest while resting at his home in
College Station. He was transferred to
Methodist by helicopter the next day.
Williams underwent coronary bypass
and cardiac surgery two weeks ago. Since
then, drug therapy and electrical pacing
have been used in an effort to control the
irregular beating of his heart.
Williams had suffered a previous heart
attack in June and had been recuperating at
home when he was again stricken.
Spokesmen at the hospital have said that
they are “cautiously optimistic about
Williams condition.
Officers learn of rape
Armadillos get leprosy
Humans have given armadillos many
S ings over the years, such as religious
itus. popularity through tee-shirts, im-
jrfcilitv in song. And fatal leprosy.
rhi mammals seem to have little oppor-
]lk M of returning the disease to humans,
Pkl/slDr. Eleanor E. Storrs of the Gulf
utli Research Institute at New Iberia,
..Up
Jlfflcteria-caused, deforming leprosy has
r| discoverd in the past two years to
• u ist in colonies of Louisiana nine-banded
nadillos, Storrs told a wildlife disease
nference at Texas A&M University
Human handlers probably have little to
JMjfflsVie believes.
lb.M0u(y five per cent of humans are suscep-
del to leprosy, compared to 60-80 per
■ nthfarmadillos. A handler would have to
part of that five per cent and would have
to repeatedly handle an armadillo with lep
rosy to be infected.
A long-term study by scientists has
shown no correlation between armadillo
handling and infection of humans, she said.
Tests do show the disease is identical to
leprosy occurring in humans with one large
exception. Armadillos ultimately die be
cause brain and lungs become afflicted, a
development unheard of in humans.
Because of the identical characteristics
and the six-to-48-month incubation period,
Storr sees bright prospects for the ar
madillo as a research animal. Vaccine may
even result.
Humans require an incubation span of
three to 10 years.
The hump-backed “peba” apparently
caught the disease from the first European
explorers of South America.
Migration north has put some infected
armadillos in Louisiana, but the confirmed
number has been relatively small.
A rape investigation and prevention
training school was held July 21-23 at the
Bryan Research and Extension Center.
Sponsored by the Law Enforcement and
Security Training Division of Texas A&M,
the school focused on rape victims and the
handling of a rape case.
“This is important because it helps to
change, improve or develop the attitudes
toward the crime and the victim,” said
Joyce Winslow, coordinator of juvenile
courses.
Attitudes are changing, she said, but
warned officers against pre-judgement in a
rape case.
“A common attitude has been that if the
victim is not bruised or obviously abused,
then she couldn’t have been raped. But an
officer should not pre-judge when talking
to a victim,” she said. “He should be aware
of the woman’s possible reactions and let
evidence and the courts decide the case.”
Winslow said rape victims react differ
ently to the crime. While some cry or main
tain composure, others will laugh or be
come giddy as defense tactics.
“We re beginning to see more compas
sion and concern for the victim and it hap
pens through education,” she said.
The police officer plays an important role
in rape cases because he must handle first
reaction emotions from both the victim and
the family.
“An officer wears all kinds of hats, ” she
said. “He’s not just a police officer, but a
psychologist, a counselor and sometimes
even a parent. This places a lot pressure on
them. But every role we can imagine, a
police officer plays at some given time.”
By JERRY NEEDHAM
Battalion Editor
The Bryan City Council in closed session
yesterday approved the substance of a let
ter to be drafted and sent to College Station
officials concerning utility rates.
Bryan’s letter is a response to a letter
containing a utility rate offer sent by Col
lege Station officials to Bryan last Friday.
College Station Mayor Lorence
Bravenec yesterday said the College Sta
tion letter offered Bryan an eight per cent
increase in electric rates and also asked for
a rebate to College Station of approxi
mately $78,000.
Bryan officials had asked College Sta
tion, which presently buys its power from
Bryan, for an approximate 30 per cent in
crease in electric rates.
Biyan City Manager Lou Odle said last
night that the Bryan letter is not yet ready
to be sent, awaiting the computation of
some figures. This would seem to indicate
that Bryan is making an offer which differs
from both their original proposal and that
proposed by College Station.
College Station’s contract to buy power
from the city of Bryan expires on Jan. 1,
1979. The contract calls for an annual re
negotiation of rates.
The rebate request was included by Col
lege Station officials, Bravenec said, be
cause they believe that Bryan made a siza
ble transfer of funds from utility operations
to the city’s general operating fund in order
to avoid a tax increase for Bryan residents.
Bravenec said it is College Station’s posi
tion that one-eighth of Bryan’s utility fund
surplus which it transfered to the general
operating fund rightfully belongs to Col
lege Station as oveipayments during the
past year.
Biyan increased transfers from its utility
funds to its general operating funds from $1
million last fiscal year to $1.8 million this
fiscal year, Bravenec said. He pointed out
that since Bryan is changing the beginning
of its fiscal year from July 1 to October 1,
their budget covers a span of 15 months.
Translated to a 12-month fiscal year, this
would amount to a $1,550,GOO transfer, an
increase of $550,000 over last year.
College Station has entered into a con
tract with Gulf States Utility Co. to buy
power. The switchover from Bryan to Gulf
States is expected to take from 20 to 30
months.
In other action last week, the College
Station Council approved a proposal to es
tablish a citizens advisory committee to
recommend boundaries for the ward sys
tem in College Station.
Councilmemhers are to make appoint
ments to the nine-member committee at
the next council meeting. Three council-
members will also serve on the committee.
City officials are also pursuing court ac
tion to have the April 3 ward system elec
tion invalidated. The city is taking the ac
tion on behalf of 700 citizens who signed a
petition expressing disapproval of the way
the ballot was worded. A date for the trial in
the 85th District Court in Bryan has not yet
been set.
The council approved the expenditure of
a sum not to exceed $200,000 for technical
and engineering assistance in drawing up
and implementing plans for an addition to
the city’s wastewater treatment plant and
for expanding the city’s water system.
The contract was awarded to Riewe and
Wischmeyer, Inc. of Dallas which de
signed and supervised construction of the
city’s existing wastewater treatment plant.
The mayor signed a contract with the
State Department of Highways and Public
Transportation for the city’s share of the
costs of improving FM 2154 from the Uni
versity Drive overpass to the north city
limits. The city’s share of the project is
$9,600.
Deadline near for applying
Undergraduate students have a Saturday
deadline in which to apply for admission to
Texas A&M University.
Undergraduate applications must be
postmarked no later than the July 31 date,
announced Dr. Billy G. Lay, director of
System retirees honored at dinner
By LISA JUNOD
Battalion Staff
Four “small town boys who have dedi
cated a total of 79 years of service to Texas
A&M University were honored at a dinner
last Monday night with the establishment
of four centennial scholarships in their
honor.
Executive Vice President Gen. A.R.
Luedecke, Vice President for Business Af-
[(Regents approve contracts
IJO: W Clyde Freeman yesterday was au-
..^prized by the Texas A&M University
Ib JI'stem Board of Regents to continue to act
k 9' behalf of Texas A&M University Presi-
tl>'$|!nt Jack K. Williams, who remains in crit-
^ .^condition in a Houston hospital follow-
h g heart surgery.
" Freeman, the system’s executive vice
ftPident for administration, was infor-
y designated by Dr. Williams to act for
prior to his illness. The board for-
jzed the delegation of duties at its July 9
'ting.
sard of Regents Chairman Clyde H.
Mis said Freeman will function on be-
BFofDr. Williams until he is able to re-
Jine his duties or until further board ac-
01.1
lin other business, the board appropri-
ted $642,545 for four projects at Texas
AMandoneatTarleton State University,
hcluded was $400,000 for a major addition
exas A&M’s library, a project expected
ft, ost $12 million and double the library’s
tty fspace.
Other appropriations are $95,000 for de
sign work to expand the university’s waste
water treatment plant, $85,000 to replace
the refrigeration system at the creamery
and $56,545 for new training aids at the
Texas Engineering Extension Service’s
Firemen’s Training School. The Tarleton
appropriation totaled $6,000 for design
work to upgrade the power distribution
system on campus.
A $142,776 contract was awarded to Jor
dan & Woods Construction Co., of College
Station, to build an equine nutrition barn
and animal science shop. The new Horse
Center barn will include 9,000 square feet
of floor space. The 1,800-square-fbot ani
mal science shop will be located at the
Swine Center.
The regents also confirmed three con
tracts totaling $77,806 for projects at Tarle
ton, Prairie View A&M University and
Texas A&M’s Mitchell Campus at Galves
ton. Jones & Williams Construction Co. of
Waco received a $30,000 contract for im
provements and landscaping at the main
entrance of the Tarleton campus. Harville
Electric Co., Inc., of Bryan, was awarded a
$19,600 contract to provide an alternate
power source for the sewage treatment
plant at Prairie View. Diversified Con
structors Corp., of Houston, will renovate
the shelter at the Mitchell Campus docking
area under a $28,206 award.
Joe H. Rothe was appointed associate
director of the Texas Agricultural Exten
sion Service. He has been assistant director
and state agricultural agent since 1971 and
has been associated with the service for 22
years. He fills the vacancy created when
Dr. Daniel C. Pfannstiel was named direc
tor of the extension service in May.
Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr., vice president
for academic affairs reported to the Board
that there have been 7,800 new students
accepted for the fall semester with only
three days left for application. He said this
should bring the fall semester enrollment
to about 28,000.
The Board of Regents yesterday approved
$400,000 for a major addition to the Sterling C.
Evans Library. The project is expected to total
$12 million and will double the floor space of the
library. This is a view of the east end of the
model of the building.
fairs Tom B. Cherry, and System Attorney
J.A. Amis Jr. will retire Aug. 31. Director
Emeritus of the Texas Agricultural Exten
sion Service John E. Hutchinson retired
Feb. 29.
The men were honored with tributes and
certificates of appreciation awarded them
by eight members of the Texas A&M Uni
versity System Board of Regents. Clyde H.
Wells, chairman of the board, announced
the creation of the scholarships.
“What can you do to honor men who
dedicated their lives to an institution which
is dedicated to the pursuit and dissemina
tion of knowledge?
“We’ve given that question considerable
thought, and concluded that the most ap
propriate and meaningful approach we
could take in expressing our appreciation
would be to enhance the educational op
portunities afforded here,” Wells said be
fore announcing the scholarships.
“I only hope that the recipients of the
scholarships know what they have to live
up to if they are to be worthy of being
benefactors,” Wells added.
Edwin H. Cooper, dean of admissions
and records, served as master of cere
monies at the program and emphasized the
small town backgrounds of the honorees,
Cooper said that the Texas towns of El
Dorado, New Waverly, Itasca and Emory,
which the officials came from, today have a
combined total population of 4,118 resi
dents.
“For countiy boys, they have done pre
tty well,” Cooper said. He added that in
retirement the officials will be able to enjoy
life without having to worry about Con
gress, the Legislature, the Board of Re
gents or the head football coach, “not
necessarily in that order.”
W. Clyde Freeman, executive vice pres
ident for administration, extended greet
ings on behalf of Congressman Olin E.
Teague, and read a letter from Gov. Dolph
Briscoe.
“Your dedication, efficiency and effec
tiveness are the epitome of public service,”
Briscoe said in his message to the four men.
“Your retirements are not only Texas
A&M’s loss, but the state’s as well. They
are, however, hard-earned and richly de
served retirements, so I simply say thank
you’ for coming our way and dedicating
major portions of your lives to our service, ”
he added.
Regent Richard A. Goodson spoke of
Gen. A.R. Luedecke’s eight years of serv
ice to A&M, including a seven-month stint
as Acting President in 1970 following the
death of his close friend Gen. Earl Rudder.
Goodson said that when Luedecke was
asked by the board to serve as acting presi
dent, “He responded in his usual admira
ble manner during that key period prior to
the appointment of President Williams
and, following that, served with distinction
as executive vice president, with respon-
Gen. A. R. Luedecke
John E. Hutchinson
Tom B. Cherry
sibilities which include overseeing the sys
tem’s far-flung construction program.”
Goodson said that Luedecke retired
from the Air Force with the rank of major
general after a 25-year career. He served as
General Manager of the Atomic Energy
Commission during the Eisenhower Ad
ministration and later served as General
Manager of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
at the California Institute of Technology.
Regent William H. Lewie Jr. presented
Luedecke with his appreciation certificate.
Luedecke responded to remarks about
his life by saying that he would change very
little if he had it all to do over again.
Luedecke said that his life has paralleled
“an almost unbelievable era of history,”
with spectacular advances being made in
his chief areas of interest — military avi
ation, atomic energy, space exploration
and higher education.
Luedecke is a 1932 graduate of Texas
admissions.
Application forms may be picked up in
the Richard Coke Building this week or at
the Rudder Tower Visitor Information
Center on Saturday. Forms should be ad
dressed to Director of Admissions, Texas
A&M University.
J. A. Amis Jr.
A&M and is a recipient of the Distin
guished Alumni Award. He is one of only
three Aggies to receive an honorary doc
torate from A&M.
Board member H.C. Bell said that Tom
B. Cherry, A&M’s chief business officer,
“saw the light again” back in 1962 after
spending 16 years with Trans World Air
lines.
Bell said that during Cherry’s 20 years of
service to Texas A&M (he had previously
taught economics and served as Director of
Economic Research for the Texas En
gineering Experiment Station) he worked
to put the University on the map as “one of
the best throughout the nation. Cherry’s
office required him to control fiscal affairs,
personnel, purchasing and maintenance.
Regent Alfred I. Davies presented the
award certificate to Cherry, who
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