Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1977)
The Battalion Friday, February 11, 1977 College Station, Texas News Dept. 845-2611 Business Dept. 845-2611 Dorm students request weekend meal change Battalion photo by Kevin Venner completion in September of this year. The rain had stopped during this photo exposure, taken at 6:30 this morning, but the weatherman says the rainy weather will remain until late tonight. By GARY LOVAN Residents of the Krueger-Dunn, Aston-Mosher dormitory complex will vote the week of Feb. 21 on whether or not to have their weekend meals served in Sbisa Hall. The proposal was presented to the Commons menu board Feb. 1. The propo sal affects those students on the seven-day board plan. If approved, the change would go into effect this semester. Lloyd H. Smith, assistant director for board dining, said the Food Service De partment will print the ballots, and the menu board will handle the rest of the vot ing processes. The change was requested by students who eat in the the Commons facility. Originally the students wanted the Commons to serve the same type of food the Sbisa Hall facility serves. THE SBISA FACILITY contains a fast food unit that serves pizza, chicken, ham burgers and soup and sandwiches; and a cafeteria that serves a full menu. The fast food unit uses specialized Equipment to prepare the food, said Perry Moore, manager of the Sbisa Hall unit. This equipment includes high-speed, large-capacity pizza ovens and hamburger conveyor-broilers. Edwin Hein, manager of the Commons facility, said the Commons is not equipped to prepare that type or quantity of food. The students then made a proposal to the menu board to change weekend meals to Sbisa Hall. “Weekend meals for the Commons’ could CM the cro» of drew cd Tub un its sti s to SV yettevil Housti MU Mi ollege Station election set for April Council approves plan to improve parking By LAURA BROCKMAN College Station City Council an amendment last night to im- trafficflow in commercial and indus- mes such as Skaggs-Albertsons and >per Plaza. cnce gai new l an d sca P e an d safety require- i. . will include raised curbs and islands their ll : ' n 8 areas - Trees and other greenery d to the beauty of the community as ceM P revent haphazard driving through in i. :as, said Kathy Loving, chairman of non beit ’ J e ” I mmunity appearance committee. ‘j n a ^l mcilman Lane Stephenson ab- ie r ov( dfrom voting, saying he first wanted tor ' ° some indication of the financial bur- f to j twill put on developers. ^ ! council then passed an ordinance l( 1 J for a general election to be held on res ,i st Saturday in April. The purpose of f s J ection will be to elect councilmen for itined J Is 1, 3, and 5. f ,e epolls will be open from 7 a.m. until m. Polling places include College Hills t s j J'Smtary School in Ward 1, Lincoln j Iter in Ward 3 and Bee Creek Munici- nu ‘‘ 1 '' iSwimming Pool in Ward 5. Qualified ^ te:i jtrsmay vote in the ward in which they :ed twiMl ' 3THER ACTION the council reap- the Board of Equalization. The heeting will be March 1. council also passed a resolution ac- |ig the State Highway and Public portation Commission’s plan for re liction on Holleman Drive from FM st to Winding Road. “The Highway Department will bring final plans to the council for approval,” City Manager North Bardell said. The council discussed the Park South subdivision plat between Southwest Parkway and Holik Drive. Mayor Lorence Bravenec voiced concern about the width of the right-of-way for trucks or ambu lances in the proposed subdivision. Don Martell, developer of the subdivision, said ample room would be included in the plans. The council approved the plat. At the next city council meeting Feb. 24, a resolution by the Texas A&M Uni versity Student Senate will be discussed. It concerns lighting improvements on University Street at Northgate. Councilman Gary Halter said the area is dangerous and that improvements would be a proper use of revenue sharing money. Senate unanimously state Banking Board United Press International AUSTIN — The Senate officially has re placed a four-year holdover on the State Banking Board by unanimously approving Gov. Dolph Briscoe’s appointment of Sam E. Carter of Temple. Carter replaced James L. Lindsey of College Station. Lindsey, publications di rector at Texas A&M University, was ap pointed to the post by former Gov. Preston Smith in 1971. Lindsey term ex pired Jan. 31, 1973. Briscoe let him con tinue to serve, however, and delayed nam ing a replacement until Jan. 26. Carter will serve as the citizen member of the three-man board that rules on bank charter applications. Briscoe’s replacement of Lindsey was prompted by Sen. William T. Moore, D-Bryan. Moore fell out with Lindsey over the banking board’s 2-1 decision Sept. 29 to allow the First State Bank of Hearne to move to Bryan. Moore has proposed a bill to prohibit such moves in the future. Senators who interviewed Carter for the banking board post did not ask how he stood on allowing banks to move from one county to another. Briscoe issued a statement Thursday endorsing legislation to give the state banking commissioner power to veto changes in control of state banks. He said bills sponsored by Sen. Kent Hance, D-Lubbock, and Rep. Jerry Donaldson D-Gatesville, will help curtail improper changes in bank ownership and protect in vestors, creditors and depositors of state chartered banks. The closed door Senate debate on Car- approves appointee ter and 18 other Briscoe nominees lasted less than 10 minutes. Also approved were nomintions of Mel vin Rowland of Uvalde, Rena B. Rosson of Snyder, and P. Bolin Mahaffey of Corpus Christi to the Texas Health Facilities Commission, Jackie W. St. Clair of Round Rock to head the Texas Department of Labor Standards and George Hall Watkins of Austin to be a trustee of the State Em ployee Retirement System. In addition, senators approved Briscoe’s appointment of Sidney E. McKinney of Abilene to a $31,100 post on the Industrial Accident Board. Senators postponed action on McKin ney Feb. 3 and indicated some concern about his remarks on unnecessary in volvement of attorneys in workmen’s com pensation cases. jislators act on emergency bills New courts bill expected to pass mi lingu®^ fiieg 8 7 Pri / jfes United Press International iSTIN — Representatives are only [ote away from passing a bill to create district courts — the same measure lied in the closing minutes of the 1975 ative session. je House tentatively approved the jlkis courts bill yesterday and is ex- to take final action Monday and itlie measure to the governor to sign law. |v. Dolph Briscoe speeded considera- jof the proposal by declaring over- jded dockets in state courts an [gency matter. tors approved the bill last week, enate filibuster in the final minutes |e 1975 session blocked formal ap- of the compromise worked out be- senators and representatives on g new courts. House yesterday rejected attempts to add a new court for Travis County to the 23-court package. Representatives also turned down an at tempt to require one of four new courts to be created in San Antonio to concentrate on juvenile cases. “We are the only metropolitan area in the country without a juvenile court,” Rep. Abe Ribak, D-San Antonio, argued unsuc cessfully. San Antonio legislators were not unanimous about the juvenile designation for the court. In other action yesterday, the House tentatively approved a bill to permit the Railroad Commission to transfer $18,974 from its oil and gas division to the gas utilities division. Briscoe had declared the fund transfer an emergency measure needed to keep the gas utilities division operating for the remainder of the fiscal year. Senators approved a proposal by Sen. Kent Hance, D-Lubbock, requiring ther mostats in state buildings to be adjusted for maximum efficiency. Hance originally suggested settings of 65 degrees in winter and 78 degrees in summer for all state Fuel cost may offset tax rebate Weather -Rash flood watch in effect today. Iintinued showers, occasionally liavy, and a chance of thun- Ijferstorms. Rain should end late ight with cloud cover decreas- Saturday. Winds 15-20 mph Dming northerly tonight. High lay in the low 60s. Low tonight ir 50. High tomorrow in the low i. Percipitation probability 90 cent today decreasing to 60 per it tonight. United Press International WASHINGTON — More than half of President Carter’s plan to spur the economy with $50 cash rebates to most taxpayers may be offset by the winter’s high cost of heating, government figures show. If the bitter cold resumes, Federal Energy Administration (FEA) analysts say, the average home heating bill will be about $290, $93 higher than it was a year ago. Even if the weather returns to normal in February and March, higher consumption from October through January plus in creased fuel costs will boost the average home bill to $270, $73 higher than last year. About two-thirds of the increase is due to the extreme cold, new FEA figures showed Thursday. If the winter had been as mild as last, the average home heating bill would have risen only $23 due to higher fuel prices. The FEA statistics, prepared at the re quest of UPI, said homeowners respond ing to the President’s call for thermostats set at 65 degrees by day and 55 by night can cut their fuel bill by $20. Gas rates have risen more than twice as fast as other fuels in the past year, the agency said, so homes heated with gas will see the steepest jump—50 to 60 per cent— while bills for those heated with oil and electricity will go up only 30 to 44 per cent. students would be served in Sbisa on the weekends when there were no special events taking place,” Smith said. MEALS WOULD be served in the Commons on football weekends. Parents’ Day, Graduation weekends and several other weekends. Van Steed, member of the Commons menu board, said the major drawback of the plan is the distance the students would have to go to eat, especially in bad weather. Sbisa Hall is located behind the main branch of the College Station Post Office on the north side of the campus. The Commons is located on the south side of the campus across the street from the golf course. According to Smith, the Food Service Department as well the students would benefit from the proposal. The Commons facility would be closed several weekends of the semester, decreasing operating costs, he said. This decrease could result in the stabili zation of board costs. Smith said the rates would not go down as a result of the pro posal, but they would probably stabilize. Steed said if the proposal was not ac cepted for the Commons, it would be tried again for Duncan Hall. If approved for the Commons, Duncan would not get the chance to vote on it. Sbisa Hall could not handle the load of both facilities, said Moore. Bell may give FBI narcotics control job United Press International WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Griffin Bell’s announcement that his thinking of placing narcotics control in the FBI triggered a barrage of calls that forced a later “clarification” to assure drug em ployes their jobs are not in jeopardy. Peter Bensinger, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), said Bell’s words to a news conference yester day were widely misunderstood as a firm decision to dismantle the organization in stead of a preliminary idea. The result was a “strong reaction from the field.” Bensinger told UPI he understood headquarters and regional offices “were inundated with numerous questions in numerous calls” because DEA employes “apparently heard it as a statement of fact rather than a proposal.” By midafternoon, Bell, at Bensinger’s request, drafted a clarifying statement the DEA transmitted by teletype to 4,400 agents and employes in the United States and 42 other countries. “I would like you to know that a conclu sion to reorganize narcotics enforcement has not been made,” Bell’s message said. “Also, I would like to know that your career jobs will not be put in jeopardy.” Narcotics enforcement has been reor ganized several times in the past decade. The DEA itself represents a 1973 merger of the defunct Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and the Customs Bureau’s drug enforcement. “Maybe the reaction—it was certainly a strong reaction from the field— in some degree reflects past reorganizations and mergers and consolidations which have been characteristic in this field since 1966,” Bensinger said. Bell told DEA employes his idea was in line with President Carter’s request that the Cabinet “consider reorganization as one means of streamlining the govern ment and making it more responsive to the public need.” Logic would demand that I examine not only what the DEA is doing but any possi ble larger role for the FBI, Bell said. He said the idea is “not an accomplished fact nor will it necessarily become an ac complished fact.” Finally,” Bell added, “I would like to commend you for your recent accom plishments. I have just been shown your year-end statistics which reflect for the first time a substantial reduction in heroin-related injuries and deaths. buildings, but changed his resolution be cause board of control officials said more energy would be used. The Senate also approved and sent to the House a bill by Hance to permit the University of Texas and Texas A&M Uni versity systems to self-insure their staff doctors and student interns. Hance said UT has paid $5.4 million in medical malpractice insurance premiums for the personnel in the past five years and has had less than $1.2 million in claims. Both houses adjourned yesterday for the weekend. The agency said: _For the 39 million gas heated homes, average bills this winter will range from $150 to $160, compared with $100 a year ago. A 21 per cent hike in gas prices, from $1.65 to $2 per thousand cubic feet, ac counts for $21 of the increase. Nationwide the increase ranges from $1.7 to $2.1 bil lion. _For the 18 million oil heated homes, average bills this winter will range from $390 to $420, compared with $300 last year. A 6.9 per cent hike in oil prices, from 40.7 cents to 43.5 Cents per gallon, accounts for $21 of the increase. Na tionwide the increase ranges from $1.7 to $2 billion. Battalion photo by Jim Crawley Walking in the rain This student does not appear to be too happy about having to walk in the rain yesterday, but like it or not, the U.S. Weather Bureau says that she will have to walk in the rain again if she ventures out today.