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m3. peaker projects demands mt: ba i i aliun r^age a WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1976 Olivers donate $30,000 to fund [Transportation needs to double scholarships, opportunity awards IS A former head of the Texas Trans- Sftation Institute told officials at tending the 50th Annual Transporta- jon Short Course at Texas A&M university that transportation needs Jlexas will double by 1990 and the stale will be pressed to meet these demands. Kharles J. "Jack Keese, now McDonald Prof essor of Transporta tion at A&M, was the keynote speaker in the four-day conference which began Monday. Keese noted that the metropolitan areas of Houston and Dallas will in crease more than 40 per cent and the entire state about 30 per cent result ing in a doubling of transportation demand in Texas by 1990. "However, the street and highway system we started building at the end of World War II is now reaching 'olitical Forum guest tell of tax changes illiams’ ssistant exas lawmaker Wayne Peveto of Mange will speak tomorrow, Dec. 2, at University as a . guest of Political Forum. I* Meader of a study committee on VMperty tax administration, Peveto for him to si hasbeen invited by the committee to the air waves* KP ent his views on “What’s in concernthatthisfaft re for the Tt;xas Legislature.” >e regarded as e.;r'E rlu ' Ld'ticalfbmnn State Series hce," Powell sr®'; 1 ' 11 m 206 'T 1 ' 1 b ® g !" at ^30 p in. Chairman Lyn Cibson f Carter and CrM !adniission ^ free - r egin to beco K P' n attorne >' knovvn for inc,s,ve perial presidenn' n mere vanity. -product of past i to achieve the lei; capital wheretfej af mutual politica!; loyalty, evea u| als of the same [ ter rode the madfi rlicity to his Now, he finds Cj ■■ O as President-eledp C ^ 1. Jl. J. promises to avoifl *— 7 i of that sameMhoger Miller, coordinator for ine. P xas A&M’s centennial activities will have togivei and assistant to the president of the sing if it is notfe 1 l|nversity, has announced his res- idestly. Biation, effective Dec. 31, to return Washington Fosl ,0 Ids family’s newspaper in Hamil ton. BMiller, a 1972 journalism graduate ■ Texas A&M, was editor of the '11 tTI Hamilton Herald-News when he ae- cllll Kpted a position on the staff ofTexas ,A&M President Jack K. Williams in I(X) lines articles to JMtwo years ago Miller assumed ’17, College: Additional responsibilities as coor- 1. Authors n *Biator for Texas A&M’s centennial, er must accomparp^, conc ] lis j on 0 {' which coincides with his resignation date. “This was one of the most difficult feisions I ever faced, but long- nge goals and family consid- ations dictated the move, Miller id. Thave throughly enjoyed my stay Jre at A&M, especially working th President Williams, and I will ays be grateful to him for giving the opportunity.” BMiller was vice-president of the Tr\,is A&M student body in 1970- |l. He interrupted his college edu- lation in December 1971 to go to Washington, D.C. as a staff assistant Rep. W.R. Poage. questioning of lobby witnesses, Peveto chairs the study committee of legislators and citizens that proposes sweeping revisions in the way Texas assesses and collects property taxes. The proposal will be acted on by the 1977 legislature. A tentative final draft of the 193- page new code Will be presented at a Friday news briefing. Taxpayers get a say about it in public hearings beginning Dec. 13 in Austin and to continue around the state. Peveto serves on Natural Re sources and Revenue and Taxation Committees of the House. The District 8 representative is known in Austin for “Bulldog tenac ity without seeming personally an tagonistic, according to the "Texas Observer.” He led the successful House floor fight to abolish the office of county school superintendent. The legisla tion was killed in the Senate. A property tax bill was guided to 3-to-l passage in the House by Peveto. 30 years of age,” Keese said, “and thus each year more and more of it reaches its life expectancy. “Maintenance and rehabilitation are two of our top priority needs,” he went on. "We cannot afford to lose the investment we have made and we must learn to maintain our roads in a more efficient, less costly man ner. "But, we do not now have the technology we need to cope with the massive job ahead, ” he added. “I feel that research in this area must be accelerated. “We need new goals, without them we are vulnerable to the do good’ Pied Pipers of political gratuity and environmental preservation without reason,” Keese oberved. “The public has shown they will fol low sound leadership so let’s start giving it.” One area where Keese said new goals are needed is accident invest- KNOWLEDGE IS YOUR BEST- PROTECTION. gation. He said we can no longer afford to handle these investigations for the benefit of insurance com panies. “This will require new and different relationships with the en forcement arm and may require new laws, but in terms of transportation dollars, it is a waste we can no longer afford.” Keese also recommended the support of railroad rehabilitation, plans for new airport systems and pipeline transportation. He said that inflation has eaten up state profits from gasoline use and as a result we have had, and now have, a financial crisis. “We must now begin to consider the needs of our total transportation system, and convince the public and the political leadership that user ta xation is the only fair way to assure long range financial planning,” Keese said, “we want to set goals and objectives and we need to sell our programs to meet these goals.” Lampasas residents Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Oliver have made a $30,000 gift to Texas A&M Univer sity to fund a President’s Endowed Scholarship and an opportunity award. The scholarship was made in honor of Mrs. Oliver’s parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom Richey of Lampasas, and will provide a yearly sum of $1,250 to the student selected to receive the award. The first recipient is Steven Haight of Bryan w'ho is a member of the same squadron as the Oliver’s son Robert who was graduated in 1974. 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