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S. government as a memo rial to the late president, the schol arships will go to juniors with an interest and potential for a federal service career. Students and faculty wishing to suggest a nomination should contact Dr. Bobby G. Johnson in the Student Financial Aid Office, on the third floor of the YMCA. Nomination must be made by Dec. 15. SWINE FLU vaccinations will continue at Beutel Health Center as long as there is a demand and vac cine is available, according to Dr. Claude Goswick, director. The flu shots are given free to anyone in the community Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Health center. THE ASSOCIATION OF COM PUTING MACHINERY will hold a mini-symposium Dec. 2 at the Gil- ruth Recreation Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The one evening affair will deal with the use of machine processing of remotely-sensed data in forestry and geology and the interpretation of remotely sensed images. Reser vations for the dinner should be made before noon, Nov. 30 by cal ling Tina Willmon at 483-2936, 333- 6157 or 843-4150. National :h BillYeonai ■h Steve Sl« 'as the team ts And of count re flat, as tie Fort Worfi 14-6 win), It e a happy dr ill be a cased being thro' 1 '. )f lions. HOT REPUBLICANS have eight weeks to agree on a successor to Chairman Mary Louise Smith or take sides for a fight. Mrs. Smith, who took the party’s top post 26 months ago at the request of Presi dent Ford, said yesterday that she will resign upon the selection of a new chairman. That will come at a Republican National committee meeting on Jan. 14 and 15. AFTER TWO YEARS of con troversy over whether fluorocarbons are destroying the atmoshpere’s pro tective layer of ozone, the govern ment is moving toward banning use of the chemical in spray cans. The consumer product Safety Commis sion yesterday took the first step to ban fluorocarbon aerosals, saying they “present an unreasonable risk of injury to consumers.” PRESIDENT-ELECT Jimmy Carter, after meeting with President Ford, is planning discussions with leaders of Congress. After spending 75 minutes with President Ford yes terday, Carter said “There cannot have been a better demonstration of unity and friendship and goodwill than has been shown to me by Presi dent Ford since the election.’ GARY GILMORE will press his demand to “die like a man” when he appears at a special meeting of the Utah Board of Pardons one week from today. The hearing has been moved from Dec. 6 to Nov. 30 in order to avoid conflict with a state law that requires executions he car ried out within 60 days of sentenc ing. Some officials have said that they were concerned that he might be released if he were not executed by then. World ANDRE MALRAUX, France’s Renaissance man of the 20th century died today at the age of 75. He was hospitalized last week with lung congestion. He opposed French col onialism in Indochina and fought for the Communists in China in the 1930s, flew for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War and was a col onel in the French Resistance during World War II. He wrote the novels “Man’s Hope” and “Man’s Fate” and the surveys of art and art history, “The Voice of Silence” and the “Metamorphosis of the Gods. THE UNITED NATIONS Secu rity Council voted 13-0 yesterday to admit Angola to the United Nations. Ambassador William W. Scranton said the U.S. withheld its veto “out of respect for the sentiments ex pressed by our African friends,” but he had abstained on the vote because Cuban forces were still in Angola. The United States had vetoed a simi lar proposal to admit the former Por tugese colony five months ago. THE CANADIAN AUDITOR- GENERAL has issued a report that raises the specter of a scandal con cerning more than $10.5 million paid to promote nuclear power plant sales to Argentina and South Korea, The report, released yesterday, showed that Atdtnic Etifefgy of Canada Ltd., if-hineht fitttl, colildfl’t give E liate aoctitiifetitatlOH*’ abotif sofetif the tjiOHfey peabekeepdrs iti Leba- Hdfl tlfte tfc|hslderlHg thg Hsfe they will takfe if thfcy push into Southern LebabdlL fsfddl has salt! that ft wouldn't toietate synatt troops too heat Its horthtefh bordef; fltlt haleStlhlan-Christian battled are rag- iHg hear ihg hordet and the Syfiarlfc are Ifidng fd dfeefdh If they eafl gd and sStoptheht. ■- .V The Battalion Vol. 70 No. 48 8 Pages Tuesday, November 23, 1976 College Station, Texas News Dept. 845-2611 Business Dept. 845-2611 Food coupons may be used for board plan next year By JAN BAILEY An optional board plan that could go into effect next semester was proposed last night to the Student Services Committee of the Student Senate. A food coupon book system was de scribed by Troie Pruett, committee chair man. She said Ed Davis, assistant director of management services, had explained the allotment system. Any student could purchase a coupon book from food services, Davis said. Coupon hooks would be sold in $50 allot ments, from $50 to $200. Students could Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri man who had not received a swine flu in oculation has recovered from the first con firmed case of the disease since a Fort Dix, N.J., soldier died of it nine months ago, officials say. Federal officials who have been direct ing the nationwide swine flu immunization drive said there was no reason to fear the isolated case signaled an epidemic. The man was identified Monday by the Missouri Health Division as “a young man in his 30s in western Missouri, in Lafayette County. “He has recovered from his illness,” Dr. Denny Donnell, director of the division’s medical division said, adding that the man missed work for several days but was not hospitalized. He said the man contracted a “flu-like illness in mid-October and said blood studies confirmed the disease as swine flu. He said the man had not been immunized buy just the meals they wanted with their coupons. The coupons would be redeema ble at all University food services outlets; the MSC cafeteria, dining halls, and snack bars. In Sbisa, Duncan, and the Commons dining areas whole meals would have to be purchased. At the MSC cafeteria and at the snack bars the food could be brought on an individual dish basis, Davis said. There is a $10 allotment now available, but few students know about this option, Pruett said. With the $10 plan, the coupons can only be used in the MSC cafeteria and in the Rudder Tower dining area. Pruett said the $10 option would probably be dis continued if the new $50 allotment is ac- against swine flu then, but has since had a shot. “We are in the process of further investi gation to attempt to determine the origin, if possible, and the extent and spread, if any, from his illness, Donnell said. Associated Press RIO GRANDE CITY, Tex. — Starr County residents are asking a lot of ques tions but getting few answers after the only hank in the Rio Grande Valley was ordered closed by the state banking commission. First State Bank and Trust Co. custom ers milled outside the bank yesterday after reading notices posted on the hank’s doors which stated the bank was closed for “its inability to meet the demands of its depo sitors and creditors.” The closing order came from State Bank- cepted. She said the $50 option would probably have to be bought through the food services office, and not paid for at registration like the board plan. A previous plan allowing students to buy one meal a day was rejected by food services until they could use machines to record the number of meals eaten by each student each day. In other action, Judi Stearman, a mar ried student representative, gave a pro gress report on a cooperative car care cen ter being organized at the married stu dents’ apartments on University Drive. The co-op center will be available at no charge to married students. The Texas A&M University Book Store has allocated $2,000 for the project. The money has been used to buy machinery and tools to outfit the car care center. When completed, the center will have four stalls, a hydaidic lift, engine analyzers, timing lights, and other equipment. Students who use the service will have to provide their own light-weight tools, such as screwdrivers and wrenches. Stearman said that the center is now avail able only to married students, but that the possibility of opening it to other students has been discussed. She said she would discuss the matter with Frank Nicolas, stu dent apartments manager. ing Commissioner Robert E. Stewart and was transacted by two Texas Rangers and deputy banking Commissioner Daniel A. Flynn. “We will notify the Federal Deposit In surance Corp. (FDIC) and they will de termine the method of paying depositors,” said Flynn. “Normally, it takes three or four days.” The bank severed ties with the FDIC last Thursday. Deposits made after Thurs day were not covered by federal insurance, say bank officials. Swine flu victim recovers, then receives inoculation Rio Grande’s only bank closed by state banking commission City Council tentatively selects boundaries Texas A&M campus divided into Battalion photo by Kevin Venner A crowd pleaser Texas A&M quarterback David Walker delighted many Aggies Saturday with his performance in the 59-10 win against TCU, but Walker probably won more hearts after the game when he stopped to sign autographs for a group of young fans. two wards 300 persons attend memorial services With virtually no public opposition and only one dissenting vote, the College Sta tion City Council last night tentatively agreed on a ward boundary system to be put into effect for the next city elections in April. The motion to accept ward system D1 was passed by a 5-1 vote, with Councilman Jim Dozier opposing. The council meeting, expected to be highlighted by a public hearing on the selection of one ward boundary system from a variety of proposals, was, in the words of Councilman Jim Gardner, “un derwhelming.” Three residents addressed the council during the hearing, each re questing clarification of plan Dl. Council- men explained the numbering of the wards, the division of the Texas A&M cam pus into two wards, and the possible loca tions of polling places. Gardner noted that plan Dl provided for the centralization of minorities within a ward, as well as on- and off-campus stu dents in another. Councilman Gary Halter said the popu lation figures, although not exact, should satisfy a court precedent of five per cent variance in population per ward. Each ward contains approximately 6,000 people. Final approval of Dl by the council is sub ject to a comprehensive review of the plan. The ward plan, once approved by the council, must be reviewed by the United States Department of Justice before it can be implemented. In other council business, Gardner suggested a moritorium on all rezoning and issuance of building permits until an up dated version of the city sewage situation could be made. He said the city was in need of the study to plan possible improvements. City Man ager North Bardell noted that such a study was feasible and said a city consultant could be used in the project. The council sub sequently passed a motion to update sew age treatment information. In a report to the council, Bardell said that last Friday’s disaster drill proved the city’s warning system to be ineffective. He said warning blasts were not heard in areas of the city. Councilmen also discussed mayoral suc cession in the event that a disaster should leave the mayor and mayor pro-tem po sitions vacant. It was agreed that a third council member should be selected to suc ceed the mayor pro-tem, but no specific action was taken. The Aggie bonfire met council opposi tion, and Mayor Lorence Bravenec agreed to meet with University officials concern ing a change of locale for the annual blaze. Halter said the fire constituted a hazard for the city. College Station Fire Chief Doug las W. Landua last week told the council that between $1,200 and $1,500 in city funds are used each year in providing fire and police protection in neighborhoods fronting the campus. In other business, the city accepted a bid from Burroughs Corporation for $53,177 of electronic data processing equipment. A representative of the Burroughs Corp. said the equipment would be installed in the city utility building by March 1977. The council also accepted a Westing- house Supply Company bid for insulators and control cables for the College Station power substation. The substation, now under construction, is expected to be in operation by mid-1977. for John F. Kennedy By MIKE COCHRAN Associated Press DALLAS — In 1975, only 14 persons appeared in downtown Dallas at the stark, four-walled memorial honoring John F. Kennedy, whose term as President was ended by an assassin’s bullets in Dallas 13 years ago. But yesterday about 300 chilled mourners attended a service that city offi cials had cancelled for lack of participation but was revived by the Dallas County Democratic Party chairman Ron Kessler. “This is really the first people’s com memoration of the death of the President,” said Chase Hardy, who attended the brief ceremony at the memorial. Campus construction familiar sight By JAN BAILEY First of a series After years of practice, students at Texas A&M University have become adroit at walking over, around, and into construc tion projects that have sprouted up around the campus. Since 1970 Texas A&M has spent more than $172 million on construction for the main campus; $7,850,746 of that amount has been spent since July 1976. Class rooms, laboratories, research centers, of fices, roads, utilities, dorms sports facilities, and parking areas have been or will be constructed. Yet almost before the ink is dry on the designs, many new buildings are the sub ject of controversy. “The building is leaning, cracking or ar chitecturally unsound.” “We don’t need another office building, what we need is more dorm space.” "The style doesn’t harmonize with the rest of the campus.” “What a waste of money. ” Yet many factors are involved in decid ing what is built, including everything from dorm residents’ suggestions for bigger closets to federal and state regulations for public buildings. James O. Adams, director of facilities planning and construction at A&M, said there is no master plan for the architectural style of the campus. Nothing is barred from consideration because of its style, but the aim is harmony. “Our administration looks at the plans and essentially we have an input into what the building is going to look like. That’s part of our job: to make sure the buildings on campus are compatible,” Adams said. Howard Perry, associate vice president for student services, said students play a major role in most campus construction. “Here at A&M we’ve been very diligent in trying to get student input,” Perry said. He said the major reason people, especially students, feel their suggestions are ignored by University planners is because of tim ing. When a building is proposed, several committees are formed to consider it. Perry said there are students on almost all of these committees. “But from the time the suggestions from this committee are realized in a completed structure, the students who had the input have graduated, so students think they have no say as to what is built,” Perry ex plained. He added that most of the stu dents on the committees were either in student government or suggested by the president of the Student Senate. Perry cited the Beutel Health Center and the Krueger-Dunn-Aston-Mosher complex as examples of buildings that profited from former students’ suggestions. Many students, especially incoming freshmen, often suggest that the Univer sity build more dorms. According to Glenn H. Jennings, assistant director of student affairs, about 10,000 students requested the 8,409 dorm spaces for the fall semester, with an equal number of requests expected for next fall. However, Jennings saitl, there are no plans now of in the futtife fot additional dorms* W. Clyde EVeeinatl jr-t executive vice pfesident for ddmitllstratioti, atld acting UrilVetsity executive officer, explained that thfete afe thtec heUatlve factors Involving doftn cotistrUetiorii Two of them, the intef- est rates and the eoHStfiictioii costs* ate fifiaticlal ffeksons. Elec man alsb said that State hinds cdnndt be Used td finance student hdusihg. tinl- vefsity system lawyef James feond could rtdt he reached for comment on this stifKila- tion - ,, . . Fffeertiart Skid that bebftUSe state ftirtdS cannot be used, dorms must be self- supporting. Bonds would have to be sold and then paid back from dorm rent on new dorms. The interest on the bonds, dorm maintenance, and utilities would all have to be paid by dorm rent. Perry added that the cost would not compete with rates being offered in the community. Freeman said the third negative factor was that young people change their minds about the type of facilities they want to live in. He said that at many other universities dorm rooms are vacant because students choose to live off campus. “I think if you look around, you’ll find that Texas A&M has more dorm rooms per student than any other place in the United States,” Freeman said. A check of University-owned housing, including married students’ apartments, showed that at Texas A&M the ratio of students to housing space is about 3 to 1. At the University of Texas the ratio is 6.1 to 1; at the University of Houston the ratio is 14.2 to 1; and at Baylor University the ratio is 2.4 to 1. The vice president said the possibility of the University building apartments for both married and single students has been discussed as an alternative to dorm living. "But/’ he stressed, “it’s nothing definite, it^ still Irl the disciiSSion Stages. Much discussion has also centered dfouutl the packing facilities on Campus* Petty said he knew of no plans to inctease the HUitibet df parking spaces for dorm of day students on the east side uf cattiptis. Thete are plans, n owe vet, to add tnofe than 1,000 parking spaces un the west side rtf campUSi across Wellborn Road. Perry said that although it may sound Unbelievable td some StudentSj all Hie parking spaces on.the campus ate not fml during the day. "tne problem, he said, IS their location,; fat away from the dorms and the eentet of campus. pi Prefabricated building on west campus Page 76 , Berti mania; l the 21 ay. f NBC is Jeav lie loca how ti docu <esmai ing th i New ? r