The Battalion
Vol. 71 No. 129
14 Pages
Wednesday, April 5, 1978
College Station, Texas
News Dept. 845-2611
Business Deot. 845-2611
Inside Wednesday:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra in re
view, p. 7.
Texas Clipper: School on the high
seas, p. 8.
Aggies face Houston Astros today at
1:30, p. 12.
ft
oleman found guilty;
entenced to 50 years
By TERESA HUDDLESTON
falter Joe Coleman was sentenced to
ears in the Texas Department of Cor-
|tions Tuesday after a jury found him
■ty of murdering Lawrence Baugh, a
r|xas A&M University instructor.
■Coleman, 19, was charged with the Jan.
12, 1977 shooting death of Baugh, 32. The
was heard in the 85th District Court,
he jury deliberated four and a half
lours Monday before recessing. They
'ckrcKan again at 9 a.m. Tuesday and re-
C D iurned an hour later with their decision,
troslphe court then recessed for ten minutes
jefore beginning the sentencing hearing.
an) District Clerk W.D. Burley was called by
k ( . he prosecution to testify.
130RiuI'lcy had Coleman’s police records,
.vhich stated that Coleman was on 10 year
probation for arson in March 1976.
■.oleman’s probation officer, Fred Mad-
jpflc, then took the stand and said Coleman
H “a bad reputation as a law-abiding citi-
pn.”
■Defense Attorney Fred Davis asked
Ktddox if the bad reputation came from
goodpis family and friends. Maddox said that it
i c pl jvas the opinion of law enforcers.
acr( w[ ie < l e f ense then called Coleman’s
i hisybter, Rev. James Howard. He told the
■irt Coleman had once been dedicated to
Christ and felt Coleman now had rededi-
jaied himself.
^fcoward said after Coleman had been in
Y tB l° r f° ur months, Coleman had told him
‘he had finally found some peace and was
j. ptdy to accept the sentence due him.”
ll lulI Bln closing statements, District Attorney
greatfloland searcy asked the jury to sentence
■ tinColeman to 99 years, or life.
, offtBDavis then asked the jury to show some
like»rcy for Coleman. He said Coleman had
„ |akcn the only step in rehabilitating him-
.. 1V self that he could, that of rededication to
(ieldMrist.
hes BDavis asked the jury to give Coleman
something to strive for; “a light at the end
of the tunnel.”
The jury began deliberating on the sen
tence at 11:04. They returned to the court
room at 12:20 with their decision. They
sentenced Coleman to 50 years in the pen-
tentiary.
Forman Ben Crouch said the jury took a
long time to reach a verdict because they
wanted “to give all the evidence most care
ful consideration.”
The defense is planning a motion for a
new trial. If denied, the case will be
brought before the Court of Criminal Ap
peals in Austin.
Library to begin enforcing
policy for overdue books
By PAIGE BEASLEY
Battalion Staff
Because of more than 5,000 overdue
books, the University library staff is be
ginning to enforce library policy, and is
billing persons with overdue material.
Emma Perry, head of the circulation di
vision, said the division’s main effort is to
put books back into circulation. The list of
overdue books has been about 5,000 since
September, some books being two or
three years overdue.
The library needs an update record on
Polling places
Polling places for student elec
tions on Wednesday and Thursday
will be as follows:
(1) Corps guard room,
(2) Memorial Student Center,
(3) Commons,
(4) Sbisa,
(5) Soil and Crops Sciences build
ing,
(6) Zachry Engineering Center,
(7) Reed McDonald building bus
stop.
the location of books. Perry said. In order
to do this, students are being billed
through the fiscal department, stopping
registration, grades or graduation, until
the book is returned and the fine is paid. If
a book is lost, a person will be charged the
assessed value of the book in addition to a
$5 processing fee.
Faculty members and area library users
also are being fined. Library policy states
that non-student charges, not promptly
paid, result in the suspension of the user’s
right to check out materials until the
charges are paid.
A person is fined, Perry said, if a book is
extremely overdue (15 or more days over
due) and two notices have been sent to the
holder. The only other time a fine is
charged is when a book has been placed on
hold, and the book is returned late.
According to library policy, a person is
notified if the book he has checked out has
been placed on hold. The notice states the
due date for the book, either 14 days after
the book was checked out or seven days
after the book was requested, whichever is
later.
Faculty members as well as graduate
students may check out material for one
month and undergraduates for two weeks.
sBOld ironworker's tradition
Stnv/HL H L/fl'IX/L/f f O V! LILUVIKJ11
: Library addition ‘grows’
3 By GREG PROPPS will not go any higher.
An Hv lacf FYirtavr from Guyton, who have heen involved On COl
tree
An evergreen tree apparently sprouted last Friday from
the top of the new library addition.
Acutally, the appearance of the tree was the work of Ray
Guyton and 21 other members of the International Associa
tion of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron workers;
Local 84.
Guyton, whose job as a connector is to help raise and
connect the steel beams said that it is an ironworker’s tradi
tion to mark the last piece to go up with a tree or an Ameri
can flag.
The practice, called “topping out,” originated from an old
Swedish custom, said Walter Higgle, project superinten
dent. Higgle added that the appearance of the tree signifies
that the outside steel frame is complete and the building
Guyton, who have been involved on construction on the
Texas A&M University campus for the last eleven years,
said that American ironworkers have been keeping the top
ping out tradition since the early 1900s. He added that
there is generally a topping out party for the workers, on the
top floor of the new building.
The topping out party at the library hasn’t taken place yet
because the workers are not allowed to bring beer on the
campus. Guyton was confident, though, that the contractor,
Spaw-Glass, would make it possible for the men to have
their party.
Guyton s^id that the tree at the library, which was
provided by one of the ironworkers, would stand until it
gets in the way, or falls off.
Perry said a book may be renewed indefi
nitely as long as no one else has requested
it.
If a book is returned before a bill is sent,
there is no fine. Otherwise, she said, “we
will send two notices to the person. If we
don’t hear from them after two notices, we
assume the book is lost. Then we send a
bill.
“Once anybody receives a bill from us,
they will be charged $5 for our processing
of going through, looking for it and mail
ing.”
The $5 processing fee is required, Perry
said, because library personnel must
search the shelves to see if a mistake was
made and the book was returned. Person
nel must find the author, title and price of
each book. Besides, she said, “we send
two notices before we send a bill.”
The main problem. Perry said, is trying
to clear the backlog. Eventually, everyone
on the overdue list will hear from the de
partment by notices and perhaps a bill.
“When we clear our backlog, we will be
able to set up a system,” she said. “We can
then say specifically when each notice or
bill will be mailed.
Another problem the library has is in
mailing, Perry added. The library has an
identification number for each student,
but not always their correct address.
“We mail from the fiscal office address
listing,” she said. “If it is not a current
address, we can not contact them.
“Students complain that they did not
receive a notice,” Perry said. “That is not
our problem, because we put a date due
slip in every book and you abuse the sys
tem when you depend on us for sending
you a notice.
A copy of the library policies is available
at the library’s circulation desk and on
each floor, she said. These policies were
accepted by the Library Council, which
consists of 18 members. Of these, two are
graduate students, one is an under
graduate student, and the rest are faculty
members.
No fanfair
Battalion photo by Carolyn Ellis
Got it!
Legett Hall resident Mark Kawamura Jr. is ready for action during
Tuesday’s flickerball game against Schumacher. Although Kawa-
mura’s catch was successful, his team lost in playoffs to Schu
macher. Kawamura is an industrial distribution major from San
Benito.
Mowery conducts grassroots campaign at Texas A&M
By ANDREA VALLS
No speeches, no streaming banners, not
even campaign bumper stickers.
Wes Mowery, Republican candidate for
sixth Congressional District, simply ming
led with the troops and conducted a
grassroots campaign at Texas A&M Uni
versity. Mowery shook hands and spoke to
students in the Memorial Student Center
and dined with the Corps of Cadets Tues
day evening.
Mowery said he is focusing his campaign
for Olin Teague’s position in Congress on
the major issue of “stability of the dollar.
The tree on top of the new library is not a freak
of nature, but was placed there as part of the
Battalion photo by Greg Propps
“topping out” ceremony of the ironworkers. It
signals that the outside steel structure is finished.
Democrats making
trite Republicans
By PAIGE BEASLEY
Battalion Staff
The 1968-76 Democratic Congress has stereotyped Republican presidents as
irresponsible by using “cheap partisan politics,” said sixth Congressional District
candidate Carl H. Krohn Tuesday. Krohn spoke at a regular meeting of the Texas
A&M College Republicans.
Krohn, a 28-year-old Bryan native, is a newspaper carrier and a disabled veteran
of the Vietnam War, where he served in the Marines. He received a bachelor’s
degree in sociology from Baylor University in 1973.
Republican presidents became known as “veto presidents,” Krohn said, because
the Democratic Congress purposely introduces several bills which “any person in
his right mind would have vetoed.”
In support of the Democratic party. Congress is not pushing “irresponsible”
legislation at President Carter, he said. The Democratic Congress votes for the
party, not for the bill, Krohn added.
“I’m not going to support a bill for my party, but for the people back home,” he
said.
“I favor the deployment of the neutron bomb, because our NATO forces are far
outnumbered,” Krohn said after allowing time for questions. He said the bomb is an
effective weapon and will help to stabilize the national defense of the United States.
In regard to the Tongsun Park Scandal, he said, the U.S. has enough evidence to
bring Congressmen to trial. “I think those people should be prosecuted, but that is
as far as it should go, he said.
“The Democratic Congress is looking for an excuse to get out of Korea,” Krohn
said, giving no reasons why. He promotes keeping troops in Korea regardless of the
one scandal. ^
Turning to domestic issues, Krohn said, “I think we should put a limitation on the
length of time welfare can be drawn by an able-bodied recipient. ” If a time limita
tion is set, he added, the payments should be adequate for the person to live on.
The U.S. needs solid welfare reform before approving an urban policy such as the
one recently proposed, he said.
“We have too many big farmers, and not enough small ones, Krohn said. “I
believe the small family farmer is the backbone of any economy and has been
neglected for far too long.”
He said that if the U.S. has programs for price support, crop disaster relief or
conservation assistance, these need to be subsidized for small farmers. All farmers,
he added, should be helped by the opening of all international markets for export
ing crops. Farmers also should be given government guarantee of extended loans on
equipment, he said.
“If we solve this problem, then we solve
virtually all of the nation’s economic prob
lems, he said. The root of dollar inflation
is uncontrolled federal spending, said
Mowery.
Stabilization of government spending
could provide extra funds for retired citi
zens, said Mowery. “By allowing the dol
lar to become unstable, we have betrayed
everyone who is on a fixed income,” he
said.
Referring again to retired citizens,
Mowery said he opposes mandatory re
tirement at any age. He said that it is man
agement’s prerogative to keep or to dis
miss citizens who are eligible for retire
ment.
Mowery said he is concerned over Pres
ident Carter’s national defense budgetary
cuts. “I think we are falling behind other
countries in national defense. I don’t like
to spend more money than we have to, but
I certainly don’t want our defense strategy
to fall behind,” he said. “In real dollars
we re spending less for defense than we
did five years ago because of the inflatio
nary spiral,” he said.
Even more important, said Mowery, is
the need to consider advantages of the B-l
bomber, cruise missile, and the neutron
bomb.
“I’m not advocating the use of these
weapons, but I’m sure not advocating tel
ling the world we re not having them,” he
said. “Just having these weapons could be
a trading advantage with other countries,”
he said.
“Welfare is an area where we could sal
vage out some taxpayer’s dollars,” said
Mowery. “I’m convinced there is a need
for people to work. No able bodied person
should be able to draw welfare unless he’s
down at the employment office on a regu
lar basis,” he said.
Taking a stand on other issues, Mowery
said he is opposed to any further gun con
trol legislation. He said he supports the
citizen’s right to keep weapons at home for
defense purposes. He also said he opposes
the execution of the Panama Cu, : /.
Even though individual welfare is im
portant, Mowery said, he is equally con
cerned about corporate welfare, especially
deregulation of airlines.
Mowery said he is pleased with his
campaign and his volunteer support of
more than 200 people.