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Vol. 70 No. 17
16 Pages
Wednesday, September 29, 1976
College Station, Texas
News Dept. 845-2611
Business Dept. 845-2611
U.S. can sell missiles
Associated Press
VASHINGTON — The Ford adminis-
cleared away one obstacle threaten-
relations with Saudi Arabia, but Con-
ss is still considering legislation op
ed by the oil-rich Middle East king-
issue, according to the administra-
is a possible price rise for oil that Arab
ions ship to the United States,
lesponding to Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger’s plea, the Senate Foreign Re-
ons Committee yesterday cleared the
obstacle by killing any chance that
ngress would block the sale of $30 mil-
worth of sophisticated airborne mis-
(o the Saudis.
The second obstacle is an amendment
that would prohibit U.S. firms from par
ticipating in the Arab boycott of Israel.
Reversing an earlier decision, the
Foreign Relations Committee refused to
send to the floor a resolution by Sen. Clif
ford Case, R-N.J., that sought to stop the
administration from selling 650 Maverick
air-to-ground missiles to Saudi Arabia.
Technically, Case could still raise the
issue directly on the Senate floor, but a
source in his office acknowledged that the
chance of success is nil.
In addition, the House does not even
have a similar resolution before it. Because
Congress expects to adjourn for the year by
week’s end, it is unrealistic to expect the
matter to be pushed through.
In fact, one of the House’s leading oppo
nents of the sale. Rep. Benjamin Rosent
hal, D-N.Y., said of the effort to stop the
sale: “It’s dead.”
Under the law, the administration can
sell arms to a country unless both houses of
Congress pass identical resolutions oppos
ing the sale.
Kissinger made a personal appeal on be
half of the missile sale, saying Saudi Arabia
“hasbeen a good friend ... has been help
ful in Middle East peace efforts and it is in
our interests to retain the friendship.”
The issue is not a renewed oil boycott, he
said, but the Arab nation “is in a position to
use its influence in other ways.” This was a
reference to an increase in oil prices.
anadian River best connection
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Associated Press
\MARILLO — The Water Develop-
Board has been told that the Cana-
River would be the best vehicle to
[water from the Mississippi River to
[High Plains.
Irthur Duggan Jr., a Canadian River
upact commissioner, told the board at a
ilic forum on Amarillo yesterday that
the Canadian River provides “perhaps the
easiest gradient” for lifting and carrying
water from the Mississippi River system.
About 30 officials testified in support of a
Canadian River plan and other such water
importation projects at the public forum,
the fifth of 22 such hearings scheduled by
the Water Development Board.
The hearings are part of the board’s effort
to gain statewide support for a proposed
state constitutional amendment that would
increase the board’s loan fund from $200
million to $400 million.
The proposed amendment will be on the
Nov. 2 general election ballot.
Duggan, a Littlefield lawyer and official
of Water, Ind., a statewide water conserva
tion group, said unpublished engineering
studies indicate the presence of reservoir
sites.
] ost Office service to increase
By RUSTY CAWLEY
lhanges are being made at the Univer-
Center Post Office that are expected to
irten long lines at the service window.
,arry Ludewig, residence area coor-
alor said the office now has two postal
Iployes handling purchases and cus-
per services instead of one. The service
mow is open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
anday through Friday.
We can’t seem to find a way to increase
e number of hours of service,” said
jdewig, “so we re trying to increase the
Tice to the students within the two
urs we have.”
Differences between Postal Service and
iversity Center officials have grown
?rthe two hours per day schedule,
diaries Cargill, University Center man-
r. claims the Postal Service agreed to
nthe facility eight and a half hours per
day.
He referred to the increase of postal em
ployes at the window “fighting the symp
tom instead of the problem. ”
Stan Sartain, director of customer serv
ices for Bryan College Station post offices,
said the Postal Service cannot afford to
keep the window open more than the two
hours.
The Postal Service would like to see the
Unviersity Center take over operation of
the post office, said Sartain.
“Our plans are to give the University a
formal, written proposal by the end of the
week,” Sartain said.
Ludewig said officials have agreed upon
a plan to reduce the lines for post office box
rental during registration.
A notice will be placed in each box at the
end of the semester. The notice will give a
due date for box rental and allow students
to pay the rent by mail. If the rent is re
ceived by the due date, the student will
keep the same box number.
“Hopefully, a student will keep the same
number throughout his years at A&M,”
said Ludewig. “We hope this will eliminate
the confusion of changing box numbers
every semester.”
Students who do not have a box, but
want one, will have to stand in line.
During the fall registration, students had
to wait until they reached the head of the
line before they could fill out a box rental
application blank. This spring, applications
will be handed out in the lobby. Students
will be able to fill out the applications while
they wait.
“We want the students to know that
we’ve seen the long lines, and that we’re
trying to do something about them,”
Ludewig said.
No parknig?
Battalion photo by Tracie Nordheim
Larry Becker, a senior engineering technology
student, seems to be perplexed with the sign lo
cated on the curb of the street which is west of the
corps dorm area. The spelling of the NO PARK
ING signs along this street, known to cadets as “zip
row” and used for senior parking, is wrong. So if
ticketed, reply with, “But Occifer, who’s parknig-
ged?”
ftO SKATS BOAm»8
Rhodesia wants plan clarified
By JOHN EDLIN
Associated Press
SALISBURY, Rhodesia— Prime Minis
ter Ian Smith has asked Britain to send an
envoy to Salisbury to “clear up any confu
sion” over steps for moving toward black
majority rule in Rhodesia.
Smith said yesterday he was “anxious to
proceed as soon as possible” on talks with
African leaders to establish an interim gov
ernment.
His comments came as a British dip
lomatic mission conferred with black Afri
can presidents in Botswana about working
out details of the transition government for
Rhodesia.
Tanzanian President Julius K. Nyerere
said in Dar Es Salaam that he does not view
the interim government’s role only as pre
paring for black rule in the one-time British
colony.
“We are talking about majority rule in
four to six weeks, when with the formation
of an interim government the powers of the
government of Rhodesia will be passed on
to the majority,” he said. “Independence
will follow.”
Nyerere noted that he and other black
African presidents have specifically re
jected Smith’s proposal that the Rhodesian
ministries of Defense and Law and Order
remain in white hands under the interim
government.
Parking area crime down, Luther says
Defiant skateboarder
Kevin Venner, an A&M journalism student, does not believe everything
he reads. These signs were posted by the maintenance people at the
Wellborn Highway Crossway. The skateboarders circulated petitions and
presented them to Dr. John Koldus, vice president of Student Services
who got permission for the skateboarders to use the crossway.
By MARY HIRSCH
Fewer incidents of vandalism and theft
in University parking lots this year are
credited to increased patrolling, Univer
sity Police Chief O. L. Luther said Tues
day.
“The presence of a policeman is the
biggest deterrent to crime, in my opinion,”
Chief Luther said.
A list of incident reports for the school
years 1973,74,75, and 76 showed a drop in
burglary from 123 incidents in 1975 to 72
incidents in 1976. Vandalism dropped from
72 incidents in 1975 to 50 incidents in 1976.
Chief Luther said that the drop was due
to a new enforcement program involving
increased patrolling. The University Police
Department has also added two more offi
cers this September.
Chief Luther quoted a local thief as say
ing word had gotten around to “stay off the
university campus if you don’t want to get
caught.”
“We re kind of proud of that,” Chief
Luther said.
There was a drop in assault incidents
from 20 in 1975 to 9 in 1976. Chief Luther
Skateboarding
on overpass
now permitted
Skateboarding across the pedestrian
overpass on Wellborn Road is currently
permitted, despite signs warning against it.
The “Walk Bikes, No Skateboards” signs
were placed on the overpass last summer
by the A&M grounds maintenance de
partment, but have since been overruled
by John Koldus, vice president for student
services.
The signs were placed on the entrances
to the overpass after several of the handrail
supports were broken by skateboarders,
said Gene Ray, director of grounds
maintenance.
Ray said the aluminum supports were
easily broken by skateboarders usinq them
to gain speed. He said that the grounds
maintenance department repairs two or
three supports each month. The depart
ment now constructs the supports from
steel and coats them with aluminum paint.
said that most of the reported assaults were
fights, but added that if a car runs a stop
sign while speeding and strikes and injures
a pedestrian as a result, the action is legally
classified as assault.
Rape and attempted rape are also
categorized under assault. Chief Luther
said that there had been one reported rape
in 1976 that was not taken to court because
of insufficient evidence. He said no at
tempted rapes had been reported.
Traffic notices increased, not only in
numbers, but in proportion to the student
population. There were 16,156 students in
1973 and 8,789 traffic notices issued. There
were 21,463 students and 21,228 traffic
notices in 1975, and 25,247 students and
31,877 traffic notices in 1976.
Narcotics violations seemed to have no
relation to fluctuations in numbers of stu
dents at A&M, going from 39 in 1973 to 25
in 1974, 42 in 1975, and 65 in 1976. There
was a slight overall increase in liquor
violations from 21 in 1973 up to 30 in 1976.
Connstruction on campus caused an in
crease in non-traffic accidents in the years
1974-75, Chief Luther said. There were 10
incidents in 74 and 18 in 75. Five accidents
were reported in 1973 and two in 1976.
Chief Luther said that most accidents dur
ing 1974-75 involved construction workers.
Emeritus designation awarded
to Luedecke, Cherry and Amis
Emeritus designation was awarded
Tuesday by the Texas A&M University
System Board of Regents to Gen. A.R.
Luedecke, Tom D. Cherry and J.A. Amis.
The three retired Aug. 31 from key po
sitions with university system.
General Luedecke was system executive
vice president. Cherry was the university’s
vice president for business affairs. Amis
was system attorney.
The recommendation that the three men
be given emeritus titles was made in a writ
ten proposal initiated by President Jack K.
Williams.
General Luedecke, a 1932 Texas A&M
graduate, retired after eight years as part of
the institution’s administration, including
seven months as acting president following
the death of Gen. Earl Rudder in 1970. He
is one of the few Texas A&M graduates to
be awarded both the “Distinguished
Alumni Award” and an honorary doctorate
by his alma mater.
Cherry compiled 20 years of service
here. He rejoined the Texas A&M staff in
1962 after a 16-year career with Trans
World Airlines. Previously, he taught eco
nomics at Texas A&M and later served as
director of economic research for the Texas
Engineering Experiment Station. He
earned a master’s degreee in marketing
and finance from Texas A&M in 1938 after
receiving his undergraduate degree from
Sam Houston State University.
Amis, a member ofTexas A&M’s Class of
33, served as system attorney for the past
20 years. He earned his LLB from Cum
berland University Law School.
Luedecke, Cherry and Amis, along with
Dr. John Hutchinson, were honored by the
board at a July 26 retirement dinner here.
Hutchinson, who retired in February as
director of the Texas Engineering Exten
sion Service, was awarded emeritus desig
nation earlier in the year.
Charity event set for Saturday
Registration will start at 7 a.m. on
Oct. 2 for the Aid the Handicapped
Bike-a-thon, sponsored by the Dis
abled American Veterans. Registra
tion will be at Sambo’s restaurant,
and the ride will begin at 10 a.m.
The donations obtained from the
bike-a-thon will go toward establish
ing an industry in the Brazos Valley
area to provide employment for
handicapped persons.
Prizes will be awarded to the win
ning participants.
The winning organization or club
will receive $150. Prizes of $100 and
$50 will go to the second and third
place winners. First prize in the in
dividual categories will be a bicycle.
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of the
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Campus
THE SECOND installment board
payment for the 1976 fall semester is
due on or before Oct. 5. The amount
due is $143.05 for the 7-Day Board
Plan and $128 for the 5-Day Board
Plan. The payments may be made at
the Fiscal Office, Richard Coke
Building or the Cashier’s Office in
the main lobby of Rudder Center.
Texas
THE CONSTITUTIONALITY of
a water use fee aimed at controlling
land subsidence is being challenged
by Houston area rice farmers. They
contend the fee of 1.2 cents per
1,000 gallons of water withdrawn
from subsurface reservoirs is unfair
in that it cuts substantial profits from
farming operations.
National
PRESIDENT GERALD FORD
will announce today whether he will
sign or veto a public-works jobs bill
that he has criticized but which
Jimmy Carter has challenged him to
sign.
BELL TELEPHONE, the first
company in the nation to ever make
more than $1 billion in profits in
three months, intends to ask for
higher rates unless competition in
the industry is eliminated.
World
SYRIAN TANKS, heavy artillery
and rocket launchers today renewed
a murderous bombardment of Pales
tinian guerrilla positions in the
mountains overlooking Beirut. Top
guerrilla leader Yasir Arafat sent ur
gent messages to Arab kings and
heads of state pleading for them to
stop a nevy bloodbath against people.
CHANCELLOR of the Ex
chequer Denis Healey is expected to
announce new emergency measures
today to halt the plunging British
pound. The pound dropped 4V&
cents to a record low vesterdav.
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