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The Battalion Friday
Texas A&M University November 3, 1978
Tax program myopic
The anti-inflation program that President Carter unveiled contains a
number of good ideas. But its chances of slowing the dangerous wageprice
spiral are slim unless much more than he proposed is done.
Perhaps the most encouraging passage in Carter’s nationwide TV address
was his admission, at last, that government “is one of the causes” of inflation.
Until recently he acted as if business and labor were the culprits, while
government — the good guy — was blameless.
Carter’s aim of trimming the deficit to $30 billion in the fiscal year starting
next Oct. 1 would be more anti-inflationary if he did it this year.
The president stressed his program’s fairness. However, if powerful
unions flout his standards, there is almost nothing he can do. Carter boasted
that he had “vetoed bills that would undermine our fight against inflation.”
Nevertheless, the country would be better off if he had vetoed a few more,
such as the farm bill which lifted food prices and the inflationary increase in
Social Security taxes.
In fact, Carter probably could do more to fight inflation with one tele
phone call than with his entire new program. He ought to ring up his
appointee as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, G. William Miller, and
urge him to restrain the growth in the nation’s money supply.
Over the last six months the basic money supply has grown at a 10.2
percent annual rate. That is far above the Federal Reserve’s top target of 6.5
percent. And that is a main cause of today’s double-digit inflation, although
listening to Carter you would never know it.
Scripps-Hotvard Newspapers
The great pin-up debate
By DICK WEST
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Back in the age of in
nocence, before someone invented
inagttzine centerfolds, the Ridge Tool Co.
in a burst of corporate boldness began dis
tributing free calendars ornamented with
pinup pictures.
Although community standards and
calendar art have changed a great deal
since then. Ridge has stuck with its origi
nal girl-in-swimsuit motif.
You might think that to the contempo
rary male eye these poses would seem
more quaint or nostalgic than provocative.
But Ridge insists that a photograph of the
female form partly concealed by
beachwear is more alluring than an
anatomically explicit shot.
Dubious about that theory, I decided to
test it out by prematurely hanging a copy
of the just published 1979 Ridge calendar
by my desk.
The results were inconclusive.
The first person to notice the calendar
was Elray Limpert, a congressional em
ployee and war veteran who is still active
in the Army reserves.
Humor
As soon as his eye fell on the upcoming
Miss January, he called himself to atten
tion and gave her a snappy salute.
“I’m glad to see you finally doing some
thing patriotic,” he said. “I was beginning
to have doubts about your loyalties.”
“Since when has a tool company calen
dar become an affirmation of one’s
Americanism?” I asked.
“This, my dear sir, is the type of pin-up
that won World War II,” Limpert reve
rently replied.
I said, “Then you agree that pictures of
girls in bathing suits are more sexy than
nude photos?”
“Not only more sexy but militarily
superior. It was only after calendar girls
without swimsuits became available that
we lost the war in Vietnam.”
Not long afterward, however, the
calendar was espied by Henry Upbash, a
young journalist, male chauvinist and
ogler.
“What happened to that poor girl?” he
cried. “Was she in an accident or some
thing?”
“Whatta you mean ‘what happened? I
don't see anything wrong with her.
“Why is the front part of her body all
blanked out that way?
“She’s wearing a bathing suit, you
dummy.”
Upbash gave a low, modified wolf whis
tle. “Wow! I knew from reading the letters
in Penthouse that there were a lot of kinky
photographers around, but this is the first
time I ever came across a fetish like that.”
“There is nothing sordid or unnatural
about a picture of a girl in a swimsuit,” I
remonstrated. “It’s all in your mind.”
Upbash shook his head. “If Mother Na
ture had meant for calendar girls to be
camouflaged, she would have given them
polyester pelts. ”
Letters to the Editor
Traffic violation fines lopsided
Editor:
I got a ticket for driving without a cur
rent safety inspection sticker, a violation
by 12 days. After contacting the police de
partment, I found the fine to be $18.50. In
many cities this violation is excused after a
receipt for an inspection is presented —
but not in College Station.
In College Station the fine for RUN
NING A RED LIGHT was quoted to me
as $16. And what a surprise this was.
It seems I should have run a red light,
apparently a less serious crime, and I
would have saved $2.50. But nobody likes
a complainer so I’ll only warn all other Ag
gies to watch that little sticker on their
windshield. None of us want to become
criminals.
—Joe Kuhn, ’80
Facts ‘distorted’
Editor:
In the Oct. 31 “Halloween” issue of The
Battalion, I read a most amusing letter. In
it. Miss Huston and her two friends wrote
a rather colorful account about Waggies,
B.Q. s and Company 1-1. I really do com
mend her on her total and reverent sup
port of the “Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band,”
but feel that her knowledge and presenta
tion of the “facts” are rather biased and
distorted out of proportion. Miss Huston
was contacted about her allegations, but
refused to disclose her source, other than
to say it was second-hand information.
As a member of the Red-I “ORD ORD”
company for four years, I never witnessed
any brutal acts in the Corps as described
by Miss Huston in her letter. I will say
that outfit pride runs very high in the
Corps of Cadets, and no member of any
outfit appreciates another person making
fun of something they take pride in.
Any member of the Corps who makes a
comment about another outfit knows he
runs the risk of being taken “to the quad,”
an act the 1-1 freshman attempted to per
form on the B.Q. referred to in Miss Hus
ton’s article. In the same manner, when I
made a comment about the B.Q.s last
year, I expected and deserved the retribu
tions I received. Through it all, no ill feel
ings were harbored between the B.Q.s
and the ORD ORDs.
Relying on nothing more than second
hand information as a source for her arti
cle, Miss Huston has served to do nothing
more than create tension between two
outstanding organizations on this campus.
Unless Miss Huston can learn how to va
lidate her sources of information, I suggest
that in the future, Miss Huston limit her
comments to praises for the band instead
of malicious gossip which only serves to
give the Corps of Cadets a bad name.
— Bob Hilmo, 79
1-1 Commanding Officer
Larry W. Haag, ’79
Aggie Band Head Drum Major
Editor’s note: this letter was accom
panied by eight other signatures.
Squashed friend
Editor:
This past Saturday the Aggies squashed
Rice. Not wanting to be outdone, at least
one male came over to Fowler Hall Satur
day night to do his own squashing. This
conqueror-to-be did not pick as lively a foe
as Rice, however. Instead, he chose to
vent his wrath on our beloved Delaney,
the jack-o-lantern we spent all afternoon
carving.
Delaney was on his usual perch outside
our first floor room Saturday night, and we
were out socializing when this maniac ac
costed Delaney, carried him upstairs, then
bombs awayed him to the sidewalk below.
Later that evening, we cleaned up what
was left of Delaney — which wasn’t much
— out of the quad.
I cannot fathom that anyone could lower
themselves to such destructive action. I
will not venture as to whether this mur
derer was an Aggie, though I pray he
wasn’t. I also cannot see any reason for this
action, except that this fool wanted to
crack open our pumpkin to see if there
were any brains in it he could borrow.
—Ann Tessem, ’79
Ad policy ‘un-Aggie’
Editor:
In regard to the half-page ad that SMU
took out on Nov. 2 in The Battalion, I can
not comprehend your decision to print it.
If your intent was to rally the 12th Man
to Dallas, you goofed. I only hope that the
12th Man doesn’t rally around your
doorstep late one night.
I cannot believe that The Battalion is in
such financial straits as to be forced to ac
cept such a repulsive advertisement. But if
such is indeed the case, may I suggest
printing a smaller paper?
I quote from the staff box, “The opinions
expressed in The Battalion are those of the
editor or of the writer of the article.” It
seems they are one and the same.
Apparently you feel that it is all right to
slur such fine symbols of Texas A&M Uni
versity such as the football team. Reveille,
yell practice, alumni, and the fightin’
Texas Aggie spirit.
I strongly disagree with such an adver
tising policy, and believe that a campus
newspaper should reflect the sentiment of
the campus and local community.
Last, may I repeat that oft-quoted
phrase, "Highway 6 runs both ways.” It
also runs into 1-45 which will take you
straight to the heart of Dallas.
— Carol Austin, ’82
Editor’s note: The ad you mentioned
was a paid advertisement, bought by
SMU. It is The Battalion’s policy to accept
all ads, except those that advocate violat
ing the law, may be grounds for legal ac
tion, or violate common decency.
The advertising section of a newspaper
does not necessary reflect the views of the
editor or newspaper staff.
The advertising section is itself just
another forum for freedom of expression
in the newspaper.
If an A&M group had wanted to buy ad
space in The Battalion, and most likely the
SMU newspaper, it would have had the
same rights.
Waggies defended
Editor:
In response to the letter written by
Holly Huston and company on Oct. 31,
you three are to be congratulated on your
stupidity, for it certainly showed in the let
ter you wrote to the Batt. Did it ever occur
to yoti that if a member of the band had
broken a Waggie s hand he could have
been possibly slapped with a lawsuit?
You mention the fact that if a Waggie
cannot take such a firm handshake then
she should not be in the Corps. It appears
from your letter that you three are not
members of Texas A&M’s Corps. For one
thing, I doubt you could take the pres
sures these young women are exposed to.
I know of several women who are in the
Corps and they are not only proud of their
accomplishments here at A&M, but are
very much ladies, something maybe you
three could learn from them. Have you
three stopped to think that maybe the
Waggies are the backbone of A&M?
I am non-reg, have never been in the
Corps, however, I did serve in the armed
forces during the Vietnam era, so before
you get on your soapbox and tell me I
should find out what life is like in the
Corps, don’t worry. Babe, I’ve had my
taste of military life.
I am just as proud as any other Aggie
when Texas A&M’s Fightin’ Aggie Band
marches on Kyle Field. But I do think you
should stop and think before you put down
a proud group of young women on this
campus, and that is the women members
of Texas A&M’s Corps.
—^Jonathan Copeland, ’79
Corps impressive
Editor:
I am not a member of the Corps, al
though sometimes I truly wish I was. I
might be in uniform right now if only I had
seen a better presentation of the Corps
early in the summer.
At pre-registration in mid-June, there
was still doubt in my mind if I should join
the Corps. I noticed tables around campus
for the Corps.
Looking at the C.T.s behind these ta
bles, I got the impression that the majority
of C.T.s were like them: skinny, weak
looking (mentally as well as physically),
and not the type that I would like to live
four years with. (Please take no offense:
first impressions rarely reveal the truth.)
This helped make my mind up early that
the Corps was not for me. If only I had
talked to one of them, I would probably
have found out differently.
So I prepared myself for college, but not
for the Corps. Then came fish camp, and
the Corps was put in a different perspec
tive. I was now impressed by pres
entations and members of the Corps, and
it looked pretty good. But it was too late,
for my mind was made up.
You say that there’s still time, that it’s
never too late, that I wouldn’t be a frog if I
jumped before bonfire; but it’s too late for
me. You may try and talk me into it and
tell me how great it is, and I may agree
and give you a maybe, but deep down I
know it’s too late.
Even though I’m not in your ranks,
you’re still the best damn outfit on campus
and my respect for you is immense. Many
of my best friends are C.T.s, and some
times when I’m with them, I feel almost
like a member of the Corps. Almost.
— Jeff Schwarz, ’82
Slouch by Jim Earle
3Y rwe TIMS THI5 ISSUE,
IS PRINTED, THE CORPS WILL
BE IN PALLAS. THE CiWUAN
STU0BHTS WILL SS RN DALLAS,
THE FACULTY WILL 3B IN PALLAS,
SO WHYSHOOLO I OOAUYTH/N6r
Top of the News
CAMPUS
New freshman executives picked
David Porter and Rick Sager were elected president and vice-
president, respectively, of the class of ’82 in run-off elections held
Thursday. Porter defeated Johnny Weinbaum 149-100 and Sager beat
Sally Takacs 151-91.
Agriculture call-in show Nov. 8-9
Dr. E.E. Burns, food science professor with the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, and Dr. Bobby Ragsdale, a range management
specialist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, will join 33
other scientists and educators in a national telephone “Dial-ogue”
Nov. 8 and 9 in Washington. Burns says a toll-free telephone network
will allow people to call in and discuss with authorities such things as
food safety, dietetics, nutrition, food production, fertilizers, pes
ticides and food additives. The number is 800-424-5156, and lines will
be open both days from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Leon Russell scheduled at A&M
Town Hall announced Thursday that Leon Russell has been
scheduled to perform at G. Rollie White Coliseum Nov. 17 at 8 p.m.
Tickets will go on sale Monday at the Rudder Tower box office.
Student reserved tickets and non-student date tickets will cost $4 and
$4.50; student general admission tickets are free, but must be picked
up at the box office.
Memory of computer to increase
Texas A&M s computer will increase its memory capacity by 50
percent Sunday to meet increased usage demands. Dr. Dick B. Sim
mons, Data Processing Center director, said 2 million bytes, or
characters, will be added to the maximum main memory capacity.
Power will be disconnected at 7 p.m. Saturday, and the computer
should be usable again by Monday at 8 a.m. The process of checking
out books from the Sterling C. Evans Library will be slowed Sunday
because of the work, because the computer is used in also handling
circulation. While it will still lx? possible to check out materials,
library spokesmen are urging faculty and students to check things out
before or after Sunday.
STATE
Briscoe seeks disaster status
Gov. Dolph Briscoe said Thursday in Austin that he has asked the
U.S. Small Business Administration to declare nine Texas counties
disaster areas because of drought conditions.The declaration would
make residents of the counties eligible to participate in a federal
disaster loan program. Counties involved in the request are
Hansford, Hidalgo, Hutchinson, Karnes, Lamb, Lipscomb, Ochil
tree, Parmer and Trinity.
Nutrition research center to open
The world’s first child nutrition research center will begin opera
tion in January in laboratory space at Baylor College of Medicine and
the Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Doctors the two estab
lishments said Thursday the center will deal with a program largely
ignored in the past — the fundamental nutritional needs of children.
The National Children’s Nutrition Center lab will be funded with a
$1.5 million grant supplied by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Science and Education Administration.
WORLD
Dollar registers gains abroad
The dollar skyrocketed more than 4 percent against the Japanese
yen Thursday in its biggest single gain in five years and opened
dramatically higher across Europe Thursday in response to President
Carter’s dollar-rescue plan. The dollar rose in Zurich, London,
Frankfurt, Paris and Milan, but dealers cautioned that initial
euphoria would wear off quickly and continued recovery depended
on follow-through from U.S. authorities to halt the dollar’s steepest
decline in the post-World War II era.
Survivors from crash return
Ten crew members of a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane that
crashed last week off the coast of Siberia arrived Thursday at Yokota
Airbase in Japan along with flag-draped coffins containing the bodies
of three dead crewmen. The survivors were greeted at the airbase
near Tokyo with full military honors. Navy authorities said the men
probably would stay in Japan about two days to undergo medical
examination and administrative processing before they return to their
home base at the Moffett Naval Air Station near San Francisco.
156 feared dead in ferry sinking
A Philippine ferry boat was rammed and sank in the Sulu Ar
chipelago, and Philippine Naval authorities in Manila said Thursday
as many as 156 of the 234 persons may have perished. The incident
occurred Monday night in the waters between Balud and Bangkun-
gan Islands in southern Philippines, 650 miles south of Manila. A
Navy spokesman said word of the incident did not reach Manila until
Thursday because of communications problems.
WEATHER
Partly cloudy and warm with winds East South Easterly at 10
mph decreasing to 5 mph tonight. High 80 degrees and a low
of 60. There is a 20% chance of rain today, increasing to
50% on Saturday.
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