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Pennsylvania congressman Josl*
to charges he illegally accepted
firm obtain a $14.5 million fedenl
orney Alan M. Lieberman outlined
>r the Philadelphia Democrat, El
that he had agreed to the plea,
none! Broderick reserved ruling®
t.
.e terms of that agreement and tli;
right to accept or reject that agree-
t, Eilherg will be sentenced toi
ined by the court, if it accepts tie
not less than $5,000.
■rm of the agreement shall ii
nedies from him or realized by hit
agreement, you will be given u
of guilty, ’ Broderick told Eilherg
surprise in the slow-moving (nil
n beset with repeated delaysdueii
er of motions which BroderickU
with violating a federal conflict^
embers of Congress from receiving
te causes before federal agencies!
?rest.
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f a fee the firm received forhelpit;
Hospital of Philadelphia obtainllt
es Administration, an anti-poveiti
ibout two weeks before he unsu
< representative for Pennsylvanii
includes northeast Philadelphia
, Eilherg denied the charge ai
e-election chances,
n in January 1978 when itwasdis-
resident Carter and asked him ii
U.S. Attorney David VV. Marstai
Marston, appointed by Presideil
ting the roles allegedly playedb
•ongressman Daniel Flood.
) asks
rust bill
more direct action in the ant
field.
"I would say that no matter
Teddy does, he has got to be
provement on (former comil
chairman James) Eastland, \ir
said. “Eastland should have
around in 1776. He didn't ever
long in this century.”
Meauy .also, chided the
media for not exposingpeorp
corruption..- -
“I don’t think the newspaper
the job that they used to
said. “I haven’t seen anything
way of an in-depth study bya«
paper of what I call corporate!
ery, where it has become pr:
a way of life to bribe — bribee
seas, bribe election officials.
The federation’s 35-mei
Executive Council, conducts
mid-winter meeting, adoptedi
icy statement seeking congrea
passage of several pending pif
legislation as a means of cml
corporate power that it
concentrated in fewer a
hands, adding that their name
unknown to most Americans.
“Th ese faceless men run
enterprises without a vestigeo(l
lie responsibility or accountaM
it said. “They are guided sole!
the quest for greater profits.
Among the hills the council
Congress to consider favi®
were:
—A Criminal Code revisit-
strengthen laws governing lis| !
of corporate officers for wrongs
and increase penalties for const 1
fraud.
—A Kennedy bill to prf
large conglomerate mergers,
—A bill by Rep. Morris l-
D-Ariz., to study media ranefli
tion.
—Several measures calling!®
vestiture by major oil co
their holdings in other souit®
energy.
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WOULDN’T BE
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‘Responsible leadership’ sought
THE BATTALION
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1979
Page 5
Tractorcades banned in capital
Col. James Woodall, right, presents rank in
signia to the 1979-80 commander of the Corps
of Cadets, Bill Dugat. Second in command will
be Dillard Stone. They assume office May 5.
Dugat, Stone are chosen
as ’79-80 Corps leaders
W.D. “Bill” Dugat III of Wes
laco and Dillard F. Stone Jr. of
Freeport have been named to
top leadership posts in Texas
A&M University’s Corps of
Cadets for the 1979-80 school
year.
Dugat will be corps comman
der and Stone, deputy comman
der, of the nation’s largest ROTC
Cadet Corps.
They will succeed Robert
Kamensky of San Angelo and
Scott Patton of Sherman in the
posts May 5 at Final Review, the
Corps’ last military activity of the
school year.
Appointment of Dugat and
Stone was announced by Army
Col. James R. Woodall, com
mandant, with the approval of
Texas A&M President Jarvis Mil
ler.
An Air Force ROTC cadet and
management major, Dugat, will
hold the rank of cadet colonel of
the corps. The son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Dugat Jr., 817 S.
Missouri Ave., Weslaco, is corps
sergeant major this year.
To be second in command be
hind Dugat, Stone will be a cadet
colonel. The journalism major is
pursuing a commission in the
U.S. Air Force and is corps oper
ations sergeant. His parents re
side at 511 Magnolia Lane.
The Corps’ top commanders
for the next school year are cho
sen at this stage of the spring
semester to have time for selec
tion of other cadet leaders for
1979-80 from next year’s senior
class. Air Force Col. Kenneth
Durham and Marine Corps Col.
Jack Ivins also participate in
screening new corps leaders.
They head Texas A&M’s Air
Force and Naval ROTC pro
grams.
Dugat and Stone, both with
better than 3.5 grade point
ratios, are members of the Ross
Volunteers, honor military units;
Phi Eta Sigma, freshman honor
society, and active in numerous
other campus activities. Dugat
has served on university bon-
firre, yell leader, concessions
and Who’s Who selection com
mittees. Stone has worked as a
reporter and news editor on The
Battalion.
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Farmers’ trac
torcades — a familiar sight in the
capital for the last month — are now
banned because the slow-moving
farm vehicles caused a rush-hour
traffic jam in front of the White
House that resulted in the arrest of
four farmers.
An elderly farmer, who says he
daily blows a horn at the Capitol in
hopes the walls will come tumbling
down like Jericho’s, was charged
Friday with attempting to run over a
police officer with his tractor.
His elderly wife was charged with
running a tractor into a police
motorcycle and another man was
charged with assault of a police offi
cer. Kevin Placzek of Wood River,
Neb., was charged with a mis
demeanor for throwing part of a
1920s threshing machine over the
White House fence.
A live goat was thrown over the
White House fence, but no one was
arrested for that incident. Instead,
wary officers rounded up the goat
and led it away.
D.C. Police Chief Burtell Jeffer
son announced late Friday he had
decided to “ban all future tractor-
cades until such time as the farmers
are able to come up with some type
of responsible leadership. ”
At a news conference at police
headquarters, Jefferson charged
farmers with breaking an agreement
with police on the conduct of a 197-
tractor caravan “beyond any rea
sonableness.”
Police said tractors first blocked
five lanes of Pennsylvania Avenue in
front of the White House and then
blocked the sixth lane by tipping
over the old threshing machine and
dismantling it.
The tractorcade stayed put in
front of the White House for more
than an hour, bringing traffic for
blocks to a standstill.
Police charged leaders of the trac
torcade failed to get farmers mov
ing. Officers finally took over the
controls of 98 tractors to get traffic
moving.
Campo, Colo, farmer Gene
Schroder charged that police aggra
vated an incident that resulted in
the arrest of the elderly farm
couple, Clarence and Florence
Bryant of Scott City, Kan., and
another man, Pat Ryan of Rexford,
Kan.
Schroder, who was at police
headquarters trying to secure re
lease of two men who remained in
jail, said tractors could not move any
faster than they were, but police
“jumped up on the tractors and
started beating out the windows.”
He said farmers would negotiate
with police on future tractorcades.
Singer Johnny Rodriguez
sets concert here Friday
Country and western music star Johnny Rodriguez along with his
band, “The Hole in the Wall Gang, ” will be in concert Friday in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
The 7:30 p.m. performance in sponsored by the Memorial Student
Center’s Town Hall Committee.
Rodriguez, a native of Sabinal, is one of the first Mexican-American
singers to become a national country and western star. The singer,
song-writer and composer’s career began several years ago when he
was in jail.
A Texas Ranger heard him singing in his cell and introduced him to
a music agent. He then began playing with Tom T. Hall’s band.
In 1972 Rodriguez was voted Most Promising Male Vocalist by the
Country Music Association. His song-writing efforts have made him
six hit singles and four gold albums.
Some of Rodriguez’ most popular hits include “Ramblin Man,”
“Love Put a Song in My Heart” and “Spanish Eyes.” The title track
from his most recent album, “Love Me With All Your Heart,” has
been in the top of country charts since it was released.
The singer’s talent has taken him from small South Texas clubs to
Carnegie Hall. Former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe in 1973 named him
as the Ambassador for Good Will for the state.
Tickets for the show are on sale in MSC Box Office in the Rudder
Tower. Box office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Bird calls
help blind
‘see’ lights
United Press International
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Some American communities are using
bird calls to help blind and other visually handicapped persons cross
street intersections safely. A device that hooks up with existing traffic
light systems emits two different bird call sounds to indicate walk
intervals: a peep-peep for east-west and a coo-coo for north-south.
Fred Apitz, vice president ofTraconex Inc., which markets the audio
pedestrian signals, says bird calls were chosen because they effec
tively attract attention without being annoying or irritating. He says
the sound level uses a feedback mechanism to adjust automatically to
existing noise levels.
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Based on the novels
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Sign up for production crews
MON. FEB. 26 & TUES. FEB. 27
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For more information & materials see the
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Sat. 10-8
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Presents
SPRING FASHIONS
by
March 7, 1979 8 p.m. Rudder Theatre
$1 students $2 nonstudents
Tickets available at the MSC Box Office
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&
COUNTRY-
WESTERN
SALE!
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00
OFF
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C&W ALBUMS .
Sale runs through
Saturday, March 3.