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Fuel crunch to force
cut in summer travel
United Press International
For many American families,
Summer 1980 looks like a repeat of
Summer 1974, when millions spent
their holidays and vacations in their
backyards or within 200 miles of the
old homestead.
The reasons are basically the
same: concern over the gas crunch,
the threat of higher prices for fuel
and the increasing costs of long
distance travel at home and abroad.
“Personal mobility is a precious
thing,” said Patrick R. Sheridan,
president of Gray Line Sight-Seeing
Assn., which conducts tours in 167
United States cities and around the
world. “People refuse to give it up,
but they’ll surely modify it based on
their needs and wants, and the
willingness to accept a temporary
moratorium on their ‘round-the-
world’ dream vacation.”
Sheridan feels even the short ex
cursion — from 200 to 750 miles — is
getting too costly to handle. In 1974,
he said the average expenditure per
person for a short vacation was about
$100, with 40 percent going to trans
portation, 25 percent to lodging and
food and the remaining 35 percent to
other expenses.
“In 1980, that figure will be closer
to $225, with transportation and
lodging up sharply. The travel indus
try is close to the point of no-return.
It will be priced out; home entertain
ment centers, giant TV sets and
screns, with videocassette recording
equipment and the like will become
the primary focus of consumer dis-'
cretionary dollars,” Sheridan said.
Gray Line has introduced new
tours in these cities and expects
destinations likes these to be dis
covered in 1980 by residents living
within 200 miles of them.
The energy challenge will be the
biggest obstacle against carefree
travel spending in 1980, according to
Sheridan. Consumer reaction to the
fuel problem already has resulted in
a drop of 25 billion automobile
pssenger miles in 1979, down 2.5
percent from 1978. 1979 also saw
automobile travel drop 3 percentage
points to 81 percent of all intercity
travel.
placement is from cars to buses.”
“Millions of Americans are either
driving to a location and sightseeing
via motorcoach, or simply taking all-
inclusive vacations via a motorcoach
package. That’s largely because of
the lower expenses and the feeling
of patriotism involved in mass trans
portation in these days of tighter
supplies.”
He said Gray Line is expecting
major new business in 1980 in a num
ber of “sleeper” cities — places like
Charleston, S.C., Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Sante Fe, N.M.; Tulsa, Okl-
a.; Sacramento, Calif.; Corpus
Christi; and Jackson Hole, Why. —
“where there’s plenty of tradition
and attractions, but not a tourist
saturation.”
“Instead of someone from San
Francisco splitting for Mexico or the
Caribbean, a short trip in the ‘neigh
borhood’ will be in order,” Sheridan
said. “The big, luxury holiday will be
stored for the future — 1980 is the
year of the shortshort vacation. ”
Gray Lines has been leading tours
since 1910 when a young Washing
ton, D.C., restaurateur converted a
Mack Truck into an open air sight
seeing coach for visitors to the na
tional capital. Gray Line today is the
largest sightseeing and related ser
vices complex in the world, with
10,000 motorcoaches offering 1490
daily sightseeing excursions in 167
cities in 55 countries.
Sheridan suggests plenty of sur
prises might be in store for tourists in
their own range. “Did you know, for
example, that Eureka Springs
(Arkansas) is listed in Ripley’s Be
lieve it or Not’ as one of the 10 most
unusual towns in America. Street
formations show ‘S’ 16 times, ‘V’ 51
times. There are 232 streets with no
what’s up
MONDAY
VETERANS’ BENEFITS: The deadline for filing for Veterans Admi
nistration benefits for the summer term is today. Applications will
be taken at Ramp B Hart Hall between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
ASC/AIA: Associate Dean Gordon Echols will drop a plaster of Paris
Q from the roof of the Architecture Bldg, at 5 p.m. to celebrate
the last day to Q-drop classes.
ALPHA LAMDA DELTA: Will meet to elect new officers at 8 p.m. in
607 Rudder.
BIBLE STUDY: The Student Y-sponsored study will meet at 9 p.m. in
the Meditation Room of the All Faiths Chapel.
Q-DROP: Today is the deadline for dropping courses with no penalty.
TUESDAY
STUDENT Y: The Concession Committee will meet at 5 p.m. in 308
Rudder.
WINGS AND SABRES: Will have a mandatory meeting at 7:30 p.m.
in 109 Heldenfels. The Elephant Bowl will be discussed and com
mittees will be formed.
RANGE CLUB: Will meet to elect officers at 7 p.m. in 112
Oceanography and Meteorology Building.
TAMU FLYING CLUB: Will have a film and guest speakers on FAA
Accident Prevention at 7 p.m. in 226 MSC. The public is invited.
IEEE: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 103 Zachry Engineering Center. A
Texas Instruments representative will speak on industry in College
Station.
CLASS OF ’80: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 140 MSC.
CEPHEID VARIABLE: Will meet at 7:15 in 308 MSC. Lisa Tuttle
will speak at 8 p.m. as part of the spring speaker series.
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cross streets or stop signs; over 54
miles of retaining walls; 63 springs
within the city limits, one million
trees within one mile of the post
office, including 115 species of
foliage and 254 species of wild flow
ers. It’s an almost incredible collec
tion of sightseeing statistics. ”
Sheridan said he doubted the
automobile will lose its dominance in
the American way of life, but it will,
as surveys suggest, become a less
vital force in travel and transporta
tion.
“With an undeniable and unyield
ing escalation in fuel prices, there
aren’t many options, ” he said. “The
American predilection for the good
times is vigorous but the pragmatics
of our economy — and our own sur
vival — are far more influential in
deciding what pleasures. ’80 will be a
year of short-term and near-home
oleasures.”
Chicago conductor is
quiet, proud of music
United Press International
CHICAGO — However closely
his name has become associated with
Chicago and its symphony, Sir
Georg Solti remains a visitor.
Solti occupies a suite in the Drake
Hotel each year for weeks on end,
but leaves no mark — on the room or
on the city, beyond the confines of
Orchestra Hall.
“I’m not coming (to Chicago) for
the climate, ” he says. “I have a won
derful love relationship with this
orchestra. But that is the only reason
I am here. ”
For a conductor, it is reason
enough. The Chicago Symphony
stands preeminent in the United
States and is recognized worldwide
as one of the great ensembles of our
time.
"I have spent time, much time,
working with the Chicago Sym
phony,” Solti says. “And I am very
happy about it. Because, you know,
(the Symphony) is recognized as one
of the major groups in the world,
probably one of the two in the world,
this is what it has come to.”
The 67-year-old Solti, born in
Hungary, was knighted by Queen
Elizabeth II in 1972. He makes his
home in London and last year be
came conductor and music director
of the London Symphony in addition
to signing a new four-year contract in
Chicago.
The 1979-80 season is Solti’s tenth
United Press International
AUSTIN — Two years ago this
month, former Texas Supreme
Court Justice Donald B. Yarbrough
stood solemnly before a Travis Coun
ty district judge and was sentenced
to two to five years in prison for lying
to a grand jury investigating allega
tions against him of theft and forgery.
He is free on bond, and his appeal
has been waiting for a hearing before
the Court of Criminal Appeals for a
year. Clerks of the court say it will be
another eight to nine months before
arguments are heard, then perhaps
several more months before the
court decides on Yarbrough’s appeal.
"He’s still in Houston, writing a
book I think and taking it easy,” said
Dallas attorney Tom McCorkle
when asked about Yarbrough’s
whereabouts. McCorkle and former
Attorney General Waggoner Carr
defended Yarbrough in the case.
“He still lives there at the same
place, McCorkle said. “He can’t sell
his house because they ’ve got a judg
ment against him. I don’t believe
he’s employed anywhere other than
working on the book. He never told
me precisely what he’s doing. I nev
er asked.”
Yarbrough, who ran unsuccessful
ly for state treasurer in 1974, shock
ed Texas political leaders in 1976 by
defeating highly respected Civil
Appeals Court Judge Charles W.
Barrow for the Democratic nomina
tion for the Supreme Court.
Within three months of his nomi
nation, a Houston Grievance Com
mittee of the State Bar began hear
ings on whether it should recom
mend disbarment of Yarbrough, and
in September of 1976 a disbarment
suit was filed.
Newspaper reports indicated Yar
brough conspired with William
Rothkopf, later to become the chief
witness against him, to hire the mur
der of a business associate.
The Travis Count)
which was investigai
forgery allegations a;;’
brough and had tapes ^
graphs of a May 16,1|
between Rothkopf and jj
asked Yarbrough to ap^
the grand jury to''
He told the grandjun^
met with Rothkopf on ill
days later was indicted f
vated perjury.
He resigned from tk
Court July 15,1977,uii-J
islature was openingprs
remove him from office
At his trial in Januai);§fj,. l
jury took only 15 minntespM
him, then sentencedIb|
years in prison — the
cnee given any Texas
recent years.
His attorneys claimed
concerning the forger)'
mobile title and
brough used in hisconvi
Rothkopf should i
admitted at his trial.
“What he was coavi
forgery and foul lan|
activity at the meeting
the perjury charge on afe
being tried," Carr said
Yarbrough’s appeal os
trial court was wrongis|
the evidence concemingll|
and theft, and in adna
brough’s grand jun testa
attorneys alsoobjectediohl
before the jury of a videj
interview of Yarbroughk
television reporter
which Yarbrough said S
Rothkopf s whereabouts,
advise him to come fond
the truth about theiLi
against Yarbrough. Othei
showed Yarbroup not a
Rothkopfs whereabout!,
helping him remain in hi
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as conductor and music director of
the Symphony. In that time there
have been few personnel changes,
yet the orchestra has been trans
formed.
In 1969, the Symphony was suffer
ing from years of sloppy manage
ment in the front office, mediocrity
on the podium, confusion and near
revolt in the orchestra itself. Solti’s
arrival brought immediate change;
as an artist and as a man, he com
mands respect.
McKenzie-Baldwin
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ALTON, Ill. - Phyllis Sehlafly, the
loudest voice in the United States
against what she calls "radical femin
ists,” is readying an attack on regis
tering women for the military draft.
Sehlafly said, “The purpose of the
armed forces is not to engage in so
cial experimentation; it’s to defend
the United States.
"There’s no evidence in all history
that you win battles with female
troops. I think it shows he (President
Carter) doesn’t have the backbone to
stand up to women’s lib and it was
just a cowardly attempt to get hack
the support of the radical feminists in
this election year.
“Nobody wants to draft women ex
cept the radical women’s libbers. It’s
more unpopular than raising taxes,
and you don’t hear anybody moving
to raise taxes.
For eight years, Sehlafly has been
the self-appointed leader of Stop
ERA.
“I have not grown tired of the sub
ject because the subject touches ev
ery aspect of social life, she said.
“The more I work with it the worse I
think it is and the more disastrous it
would be for our country if it was
ratified.”
Sehlafly, lawyer and wife of a
lawyer, thought she had the battle
against the ERA won last year. The
constitutional deadline to ratify the
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