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    THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1978
Page 13
Former India prime minister on trial,
Gandhi pleads not guilty to contempt
United Press International
NEW DELHI, India — Former
Prime Minster Indira Gandhi Tues
day pleaded innocent to a charge
that she acted in contempt of a judi
cial commission inquiring into abuse
of power during her emergency
rule.
Gandhi appeared before the court
of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
P.K. Jain who read the charge
against her. Gandhi replied, “I am
not guilty.”
She read a 10-page statement ac
cusing the commission of bias.
The Indian government, headed
by Prime Minister Morarji Desai,
last year appointed former Chief
Justice of India Jayantilal C. Shah as
a single-member judicial commis
sion to investigate alleged misuse of
power by Gandhi and other officials
during her 20-month emergency
rule beginning in June 1975.
Gandhi apeared before the com
mission last December but refused
to testify under oath, saying she was
not legally and constitutionally
bound to do so.
Shah then ordered her to be
prosecuted for contempt of the
commission.
If found guilty, Gandhi could be
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The Association of Former Students hosted
banquets Monday and Tuesday nights at the
Ramada Inn to welcome the graduating class of
Battalion photo by David Keahey
1978. From left to right, Valerie Tamble, Greg
Rhodes and Susan Jenkins share a conversa
tion at Tuesday night’s banquet.
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This was the way for “75 thousand
of us (former Texas A&M University
students to say ‘Hi’ and ‘Welcome’
to the graduating seniors of 1978,”
said Jack M. Raines, vice president of
the Association of Former Students.
The association hosted their hian-
ag diffr lua l senior banquet Monday and
“Tuesday nights at the Ramada Inn.
Each year the association at Texas
A&M gives the graduating seniors
lanquets in the fall and spring to
m orialB lonor an d officially induct them into
he association.
Harvey Cash, president of the as-
lociation, presided over this first
MeJ^siness meeting for the class of 78.
ett ofCl "No man can make you an Aggie, "
idition, Cash said. “You make yourself an
Hospit and no one can make you a
t j( a i| brmer student. All I can do is tell
^j n y he world you are a member of the
ideal on former Student Association. ”
Buck Weirus, executive director
for the association, reminded
graduating seniors of the impor
tance of keeping their mailing ad
dresses up to date. Weirus said the
association is dedicated to the serv
ice of others, but it was important to
know where they were.
Jack Raines, class of 60, said the
benefits from joining the association
make it the greatest alumni club
anywhere. He said that generally
there would be a club anywhere to
help the students when they move
and help them find jobs. He named
two obligations a senior must re
member; wear the Aggie ring with
pride and help those who follow be
hind him.
At the banquet, many seniors said
they felt the same way about gradu
ation and leaving Texas A&M —
glad to be leaving.
“It’s nice to be getting the degree
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Rutherford, a biomed major from
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been here for five years and I’m glad
to be going.”
Patty Piccolo, a microbiology
major from Houston said, “The
main thing I’m going to miss is the
football season, the spirit, and my
friends.”
The banquet is paid for out of the
association’s annual fund by the
people “who believe in the pro
gram,” said Pat Morley, administra
tive assistant to the association.
This year alone the association
gave Texas A&M 10 million dollars,
Weirus said.
Seniors voted for class agents, but
the ballots will not be counted until
later this week. Class agents act as a
liaison between the class and uni
versity in organizing the class re
union, said Morley. The class agent
is represented on the council which
.is a governing body of members
from the association.
Candidates included Troby Hof-
facker and Dale Laine; Wilkes
Kothmann and Geoff Sherman;
Charlie Messina; Bill Rademacher
and Richard Tocquigny; and Henry
and Nancy Robin.
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