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Thursday, June 22, 1978
CoUege SlaVton, Texas
News Dept. 845-2611
Business Dept. 845-2611
Inside Thursday
Three offices on campus are working
to remove barriers for handicapped
students -— p. 3.
' University workmen seal storm
trench next to G. Rollie White — p.
6.
* Eddie Hardin out too — p. 7.
. O’Neill tries
o stifle Doonesbury
United Press International
iVASHINGTON — House Speaker
lomas P. “Tip O’Neill’s staff tried so
to get a Doonesbury cartoon killed or
^knged before publication that it “got
kind of ridiculous,” says a syndicate offi-
^ da!
Bin two strips, drawn by Pulitzer Prize
lartoonist Gary Trudeau, which ran Tune
ifeand 16, radio announcer “Megaphone
Mrk” Slackmeyer was depicted inter-
^^■wing a congresswoman called Lacey
le ,®Rvenport — a character based on Rep.
ikillicent Fenwick, R-N.J. — about the
progress of congressional ethics investiga
tions.
j^Bin one strip, a coupon was included to
„ be mailed to O’Neill asking for information
■out various congressmen mentioned as
“ Raving received bribes from South Korean
psinessman Tongsun Park. One of those
mentioned was O’Neill, for allegedly
ieing the recipient of ”$6,000 in parties”
ief by Park.
r ' iBlhe coupon appeared Friday, and
0 Neill’s office sources said several
»bo«P
hundred of them had been received as of
Wednesday. The office will not discuss the
matter officially.
In the other strip Lacey Davenport said
some friends gave O’Neill a free interest in
a nursing home in Boston, and “rather
than offend his friends over a silly princi
ple he graciously accepted. He just doesn’t
seem to know how to say no.”
Both incidents have been reported in
the past and no one has charged O’Neill
with any violations of law or House ethics
codes. O’Neill has said he actually lost
money on the nursing home deal and the
$6,000 party actually was a $20 steak
dinner.
The strips came to O Neill’s attention
before publication when an editor checked
with his office about the accuracy of the
material, presumably to guard against pos
sible libel.
O’Neill — a veteran politician who
normally dismisses criticism with Irish
good humor — this time felt the cartoons
were too much and asked his chief aide
Gary Hymel to have them changed.
James F. Andrews, editor of Universal
Press Syndicate, Doonesbury’s dis
tributor, said Hymel called him several
times, complaining the strips were “un
fair, inaccurate, etc.”
He said Hymel asked him not to run the
frames. Hymel made so many requests,
Andrews said, that “it got kind of ridicul
ous at one point.”
He said Hymel argued that Trudeau was
treating O’Neill as an “institution” rather
than a human being.
In rejecting the requests, Andrews said,
“We stood by Trudeau and his sources.”
Andrews said requests to revise or drop
Trudeau’s strips were not “isolated.” He
said on occasion “Trudeau has made
changes” after talking to Andrews, but
“not on matters of fact. ”
Trudeau has sparked controversy be
fore, notably during the Watergate crisis
when he depicting Attorney General John
Mitchell being inteviewed by Megaphone
Mark, who chanted: “guilty, guilty,
guilty. ” A number of papers refused to run
that one.
ew tremors shake
reecian port hourly
United Press International
ISALONICA, Greece — New tremors
shook the biblical port of Thessalonica al-
lost hourly Wednesday, sending resi
dents fleeing from their damaged homes to
|anip in parks, farms and beaches.
■They could feel the ground moving be
neath their feet as shocks measuring less
■an 4 on the Richter Scale struck approx-
16 "W^iy ever y hour.
And three Greek earthquake experts
yarned, “We cannot exclude a recurrence
strong tremors.”
At least 20 persons were killed and more
than 100 injured in Tuesday night’s quake,
which measured 6.5 on the open-ended
Richter Scale. The quake toppled several
buildings and destroyed streets in the city
of 720,000.
Witnesses said the quake left Salonica,
whose history goes back to Alexander the
Great, looking like “a deserted battle
zone.”
“I felt the walls pinning me down and
holding me pinioned,’’ said Doris
Sofianou, 45, who with her sister, Veta,
survived the collapse of an apartment
building. “I felt pain all over my body.
Through the dust I could see the sky be
cause the ceiling had opened up.”
Among the 20 victims, 11 were killed in
the collapse of an eight-story apartment
building. Police said at least five died of
heart attacks. A Yugoslav tourist was killed
when his hotel roof collapsed.
Officials said about three-quarters of
Salonica’s residents spent Wednesday
night in the open air in squares, parks or
empty lots. Some fled to nearby villages or
distant towns. Others drove to beaches
and wooded areas where they set up
makeshift shelters and tents.
More than 100 families took up an offer
by the American Farm School on the out
skirts of the city to use its grounds for
camping.
“Many buildings had their foundations
damaged,” said architect Zissis Gazilas,
who slept on the school grounds. “The
continued after-tremors occurring almost
every hour were further damaging them.’
The government declared a state of
emergency in Salonica and called in army
troops to keep order.
Salonica, the biblical port of Thes
salonica founded by a brother-in-law of
Alexander the Great, was one of the cen
ters of early Christianity. St. Paul Wrote
two epistles to the converts there, Thes-
salonians I and II in the Bible.
Super sliiiiiiiiiiide!
There never seems to be a shortage of new ways
to enjoy hot summer days and these young ladies
are making the most of one, the “Water-Coaster” at
Galveston’s Sterling Beach. Beach-goers slide on
foam rubber pads through two water-filled troughs
in the 100-foot-tall ride into a swimming pool at the
bottom. Guaranteed to cool off any day in a hurry!
Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr.
Briscoe may call legislative
special session on tax relief
United Press International
AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. William P. Hobby
said Wednesday he expects Gov. Dolph
Briscoe to summon lawmakers to the
Capitol July 10 for a special legislative ses
sion on tax relief.
Hobby talked with reporters after a two
and one-half hour meeting in Briscoe’s of
fice with the governor and Speaker Bill
Clayton.
‘“The governor has not made a firm deci-
College Station budget
to include tax increase
By MARK WILLIS
Battalion City Editor
The College Station City Council will
present its proposed 1978-79 budget to the
public tonight at 7.
The budget, which the council viewed
officially for the first time Tuesday, calls
for a tax increase of four cents. This in
crease represents a rise from 52 to 56 cents
on a $100 valuation, based on an 80 per
cent assessment and should produce an in
crease of $170,000 in revenue to the city.
The budget anticipates increased reve
nue from almost every tax source due to
rapid development in the area. This in
crease is estimated to total about 21 per
cent.
City expenditures are expected to in
crease 11 percent, an increase of approxi
mately $1,422,000 over the present fiscal
year. The proposed budget totals
$12,717,261.86.
The increase has been made necessary
due to inflation, the need for more serv
ices, and salary raises. It calls for a 5 per
cent increase in all salaries and the addi
tion of several new city employees. Among
these would be four officers and two clerks
for the police force and four additional
firemen.
The final budget must be approved and
any alterations made by June 27.
sion to call a special session. (But) if I had
to speculate I would speculate that there
probably would be one,” Hobby said.
“The logistics pretty well dictate July 10
(as the starting date).”
Bill Clements, GOP candidate for gov
ernor, joined Hobby and Clayton in urg
ing Briscoe call a special session on taxes.
“Now’s the time to provide meaningful
tax relief to the taxpayers of Texas,” Cle
ments said.
Although Briscoe has made no public
statements. Hobby said the governor
asked him to come to Austin to discuss
plans for a special session.
Clayton, who met with Briscoe on tax
relief proposals for more than two hours
Tuesday, joined Hobby in the governor’s
office late Wednesday for extended delib
erations on the agenda for a special ses
sion.
Under the Texas Constitution the gov
ernor alone has authority to call special
sessions and specifies subjects for legis
lators to consider within a 30-day period.
Hobby said items discussed included
measures to repeal the state sales tax on
utility bills, increase exemptions from
state inheritance taxes and abolish the 10-
cent state ad valorem tax, which is cur
rently being challenged in court.
‘There was discussion of various plans
for limitation of expenditures by state and
local government,” Hobby said.
The lieutenant governor said he would
favor legislative action on a tax limit plan
to be considered by voters.
“I have a philosophical problem with
the state legislature by statutory action af
fecting the policies of local government,”
he said. “I’d like to see a session consider
for submission for the people to vote on a
constitutional amendment which might
limit tax levies of state and local gvern-
ment.”
Hobby said he has no doubt voters
would favor such a tax limit.
“This is an issue whose time has come
and I think it should be dealt with at this
time,” the lieutenant governor said.
AMA wants amendment
against deficit spending
The lady and her flowers
Corrine Bergee, a member of the University’s grounds
maintenance department, waters some of the myriad of flow
ers in the University Test Garden on Houston Street. Bergee
does double-duty as a housewife and as a full-time worker on
the grounds maintenance flower crew.
Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr.
United Press International
ST. LOUIS — The American Medical
Association has called for a constitutional
amendment prohibiting deficit spending
by the federal government.
The action by delegates to the AMA’s
127th convention Tuesday reflected a
strong sentiment that government policies
are responsible in large part for the soaring
increases in the cost of medical care.
“This country is on its way to bank
ruptcy,” Dr. F.W. Dowda said. “I know of
no doctor here who favors deficit spend
ing.”
Dowda, a delegate from Atlanta, urged
adoption of the deficit spending resolu
tion. He noted more than two dozen state
legislatures have called for a constitutional
convention on the matter.
Many doctors applauded after the reso
lution passed on a voice vote.
The convention urged that doctors, pa
tients, hospitals, insurance companies and
other health care professionals be made
more aware of ways to hold down health
costs.
“Strengthening price consciousness in
the health marketplace offers one hope for
cost containment,” a resolution said.
The statement was adopted only after it
was amended to read “one hope” instead
of “the greatest hope.” The original word
ing quoted the findings of a special AMA
commission that spent two years studying
health care costs.
“Most of the increase in recent years in
health care is caused by government regu
lation,” Dr. W. Charles Miller of New Or
leans said in arguing for the amended
wording.
Cheap thrills. . .
in ‘No Frills’ section
United Press International
MIAMI — National Airlines
Flight 51 was midway on its five-
hour trip from Miami to Los
Angeles when a naked blonde with a
“beautiful body” came running out
of first class into the “No Frills” sec
tion of the DC-10, holding a bottle
of champagne, laughing and giggl
ing.
Passengers gaped and stewardes
ses stared as the woman, in her mid
20s, climbed over the six middle
seats of the wide cabin jet, whoop
ing and waving the bottle.
“She had a beautiful body,” a
female passenger said. “Short
blonde hair and a complete suntan
all over.
“She perched on top of Row 27,
guzzling champagne, and the
passengers started laughing and
clapping. She said she had just in
herited $5 million and that’s why she
was doing it.”
The chief flight attendant, carry
ing a blanket, chased the blonde up
and down the aisles. The blonde,
holding on to her bottle and cheered
by the applauding passengers, was
faster.
A stewardess finally subdued the
unidentified woman, wrapped her
in the blanket and took her back to
first class.
As crew members helped dress
her, the blonde’s traveling compan
ion “just crawled under the seat,”
another passenger said. “He didn’t
even go after her or anything.”
The woman “slept like a baby”
until the flight got to Los Angeles.
“I never saw so many grins in my
life,” one woman said. “For the rest
of the flight, we just sat there and
smiled.”
“It definitely did happen,” a Na
tional spokesman said of the inci
dent.
“It’s just not part of our standard
in-flight entertainment. We tend to
stick to movies and stereo.”