ni News Campus THIRTY-FIVE veterinarians will l^ttend a management methods jminar beginning tomorrow and Mtinuing through Saturday at pas A&M University. The confer ee focuses on improving beef cat- preproductive performance. Part p nationwide program of continu- ig education for veterinarians and pr assistants, the beef cattle pres- ntation is the fourth and final S pfkshop for January. fTEXAS A&M students who ex act to graduate this spring should roly for the degree by Feb. 11. piduate and undergraduate stu- pts must make degree application i Order to receive the diploma May rar 7. Application is the student’s iroonsibility. Degree application is gttle in the Richard Coke Building. • in $8 graduation fee is paid first in p Fiscal Office. Undergraduates lesent the fee receipt in Room 7. Ifaduate students apply at the j iraduate College, Room 209. |A FIVE-DAY accounting princi- les workshop will be held begin- n irig Jan. 26 for city managers,fi- gfice directors and “anyone with Mounting and fincance respon- ibilities in one of the state s smaller ■es.” The workshop is sponsored y the Texas A&M Center for Iman Programs. Classes will be m^onducted at the Rudder Tower ^jomplex by Dr. Larry G. Pointer, pd of the A&M Accounting De- tment, and by Dr. George C. outer, lecturer for the College of Ssiness Administration. TRANSFER STUDENT orienta- for Texas A&M University will S'held at 7 tonight in Rudder To- ?er. All new transfer students are rged to attend the three-part pro ram covering Aggie traditions, tudent life and campus organiza- OLD MASTERS paintings from he Blaffer Collection at the Univer ity of Houston will be on public lisplay in the Rudder Exhibit Hall ftmorrow 4-6 p.m. Local TAX HELP is available at the Deal office from 9 to 11:15 a.m. and rom noon until 2:30 p.m. Thurs- lays and Fridays for persons who iced assistance. The office is lo afed at 219 North Main in Bryan. 'he IRS also provides help over the elephone for taxpayers. Toll-free elephone numbers for IRS offices re listed in your tax package. The lumbers are also listed in the tele- \ »hone directory. Look under “U.S. Jovernment in the white pages ■ ltd find “Federal Tax Information.” f Texas HEART TRANSPLANT sur geons at Stanford University saved file life of a 15-year-old San Antonio Ipy in 1974 by giving him a second gansplanted heart to replace the |rst that his body was rejecting. The |oy survived and is doing well in mgh school. He is the first survivor §0$ six Stanford patients to undergo a (Second heart transplant. t STATE AGENCIES requesting « big spending increases may find their reception among House mem- aers is less than warm. Speaker Bill playton yesterday warned the bhairmen of 28 committees to care fully examine during the budget hearings the services provided by agencies and to fund only those worthwhile. HEROIN SMUGGLERS could be sentenced to death under one provision of an anticrime package introduced yesterday by Sen. Wal ter Mengden, R-Houston. The package includes laws to permit wiretapping, denial of bail to repeat felons, admission of oral confes- 7 sions, using search warrants for evi dence and giving the state the right of appeal. The proposal specifically would forbid total nudity, topless ness, bottomlessness, simulated sex acts, other named activites in places where alcoholic beverages are ^served.” A LEGISLATOR opposed to cap ital punishment wants to watch an ^execution to be able to use the ex- perience in his next debate against the death penalty. Rep. Craig , Washington, D-Houston, said he ^received permission from Texas ,prison warden W. J. Estelle Jr. to ^witness the execution of Jerry Lane jjurek. weather Fair and cold today. High in the "^mid-AOs. Winds light from the laff south at 5 m.p.h. Continued fair . pj and mild tomorrow. Low tonight mid-20s. High tomorrow low 50s. Oi No precipitation expected. The Battalion Vol. 70 No. 60 Wednesday, January 19, 1977 News Dept. 845-2611 14 Pages College Station, Texas Business Dept. 845-2611 The maimed birds around campus are dying. The bird in the foreground died yesterday and was one of about 25,000 birds that were shot during the holidays to rid the campus of the health hazard and unsightlyness of their droppings. Ironically, the student in the background is reading a list of Aggies that have also died recently and were honored last night during a Silver Taps ceremony. Giant inaugural Gala begins at Kennedy Center United Press International WASHINGTON — Brass bands, jazz bands, symphony orchestras, folk dancing, hootin’ and hollerin’ and four tons of fireworks are launching the Inauguration of Jimmy Carter as the 39th president of the United States. Vice president-elect Walter Mondale also was honored by two receptions today, and the Mondales will join Carter this evening at the giant inaugural Gala at the Kennedy Center. The gala features Chevy Chase satiriz ing Carter to his face, and entertainers ranging from Beverly Sills to Johnny Cash. The price is $25 a ticket for those in vited, but will be broadcast to millions of Americans by CBS, which paid $1 million for TV rights. Carter, his wife Rosalynn, daughter Amy, three sons and mother “Miss Lil lian” arrive late in the day. The family will stay at Blair House across the street from the White House. Earlier in the day Carter’s brother Billy was arriving with a planeload of 100 By Cherie Hedrick The property tax problem faced by resi dents of College Station is not a unique one. Throughout the state, property taxes have increased. During the last ten years property taxes have risen 100 per cent. In 1974, the total amount spent on property taxes was $2 bil lion . By 1976, it had risen to $2.8 billion. In a meeting of concerned area taxpayers last night, Michael Moeller, executive di rector of Texans for Equitable Taxation, said school taxes in this district would go up to nearly $600,000 next fall. School taxes are going up for three rea sons, Moeller said. One is bond indebted ness. Each time a bond is passed it incurs an ad valorem tax. Another reason is enrichment. Enrich ment is defined as those educational aides a school feels are necessary, but the state does not require, such as better athletic or library facilities. The Foundation School Program also adds to the increase in taxes. This is a pro gram run by the state. Local government has no say over the amount of money spent. If the local districts cannot come up with the amount of money needed, they face the possibility of losing their school system. Tax payers presently have no unified Plains, Ga. neighbors and kinfolk. Still earlier Atlanta society arrives on a char tered train. The Carter relatives have taken over the top floor of a Washington hotel. Meanwhile, Mondale today laid aside the homework on his forthcoming trip Ford considers United Press International WASHINGTON — President Ford, in a final gesture of “compassion, ” may be pre pared to grant relief to limited categories of Vietnam-era offenders but not blanket am nesty for all draft evaders and deserters, according to White House sources. The sources gave no details and said Ford was expected to reveal his decision today —his last full day in office — after word was sent to Mrs. Jane Hart, widow of Sen. Philip A. Hart, D-Mich. Mrs. Hart raised the amnesty issue Dec. 26, the day after her husband’s death, by asking Ford to order across-the-board am nesty as a memorial to the senator. Ford voice in government, according to Moeller. This is where he feels the organi zation he represents can help. Texans for Equitable Taxation will attempt to con vince the Texas legislature that tax payers have paid as much money as they can, Moeller explained. This organization will also try to get relief from ad valorem taxes . The most viable alternative to an ad valorem tax is the sales tax. Moeller said that one per cent of the present annual sales tax is $490 million. He said that substituting sales tax for ad valorem tax could be a possible solution to the burden many residents face now. Another alternative might be a refinery tax. Every gallon of each product refined in Texas could have a one cent tax applied to it. This could bring in $1 billion per year. No Texan would have to pay the marked-up price because it would only be levied on the out-of-state sales. Prior to 1975, the state determined what amount of money the distict had to raise based on the net income of the people in the district. Net income is no longer con sidered. This increase is especially hard on people living on fixed incomes, Moeller said. In a test bill placed before the legislature abroad to devote full attention to preinaugural festivities. Mondale has spent the past two days getting ready for next week’s visit with leaders in Europe and Japan, Jimmy Car ter’s first gesture of assurance to tra ditional U.S. allies. amnesty issue promised to reconsider it after opposing the dramatic move throughout his presi dency. Ford ruled out a general amnesty early this month, the sources said, but then studied “many options” for lesser steps. The sources said Ford’s response “will not be a flat turndown” of Mrs. Hart’s re quest. But they also said his action was likely to affect a relatively small number of the esti mated 80,000 young men who illegally re sisted the draft during the war and then chose not to take advantage of Ford’s 1974-75 clemency program. $600,000 both houses passed a bill that would lower the tax. To protect themselves, Texans need to have a bigger and better voice, Moeller said. Michael Moeller Property tax still rising Local taxes to near Texas A