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Adver- Donald -on, TX -vely t0 -edited ■terein m, TX C.S. elections Saturday by Bill Robinson Battalion Staff Seven Texas A&M professors will be listed among 11 candi dates for office on the College Station City Council and the College Station Independant School District Board of Educa tion when voters go to the polls Saturday. Among those professors seeking election are: Mayor Gary Halter; Councilmen Robert C. Runnels and James H. Dozier; and Drs. Murl Bailey, Charles P. Giammona and Her man Brown. Other candidates include Councilman Pat Boughton, CSISD board member Ann Jones, Lynn Nemec and Carol Morris. Below is a listing of the candi dates for contested races includ ing biographical information and their opinions on key issues in the election: College Station City Council Place 2: Dr. Robert C. Runnels is a 15-year resident of College Sta tion and has served on the coin- cil for the past two years and is a professor in the meteorology department at Texas A&M Uni versity. He is the chairman of the 1981-86 Capital Improvements Program advisory committee and has done teaching and re search at Texas A&M and NASA. Runnels said the city needs to make provision for increased fire and police protection and emergency services. Also, the community’s econo mic base needs to be improved and city efforts must be in creased to protect existing neighborhoods, he said. Increased planning and maintenance are also important to assure the continuation of the high community standards of College Station as is the develop ment of recreation programs and facilities, he said. Dr. Murl Bailey has served on the College Station Planning and Zoning Commission for the past 4 ‘/2 years and is now its vice- chairman. He has lived in Col lege Station for 12 years and is a veterinarian and professor of toxicology in the Texas A&M veterinary medicine college. Bailey proposes an increase in the rate at which the city streets are repaired and, in order to maintain all city services, a re- evaluation of the salary struc ture of our city workers. In addition, with the popula tion of College Station increas ing, fire and police protection as well as finding a source of suffi cient water to meet community needs should be studied. Place 6: Dr. James H. Dozier has served on the council for 12 years, is a former city attorney, has practiced law for 32 years and is on the board of directors of the Brazos County Appraisal District. He is also an associate professor in the finance depart ment at Texas A&M. The city needs to increase utility service to insure an ade quate supply at an economical price, he said. Also, there is a need for better police, fire and ambulance ser vice, traffic control and street maintenance, he said. Dozier also would like to see the city establish recreational facilities for older citizens and a beautification of the city and its parkland and thououghfares. Lynn Nemec is a homemaker and a member of the College Station Parks and Recreation Board and has worked at the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce. An increase in the police force with added emphasis on crime prevention and drug enforce ment and an expansion of the emergency medical service and fire prevention program is needed by the city, she said. Continued development of city and neighborhood parks and proper inforcement of city ordinances were also deemed important by Nemec. College Station School Board Position 1: Ann Jones has been on the CSISD Board of Trustees for three years and is a member of the Brazos County Appraisal . District Board. She is also a member of the College Station 1 Zoning Adjustment Board. College Station is a fast grow ing community, she said, and the school district will be need ing more classrooms and qual ified teachers. And, although the district has made great strides in the areas , of maintenance both on i grounds and facilities, persever- ! ence will be need to continue. Jones said projected enroll ment figures have been made by the board and the administra tion up through 1986 to deter mine the district’s need for addi tional facilities and the figures will be revised when needed. Dr. Charles P. Giammona is 1 an executive officer of the CSISD Parent-Teacher Organi- Two students report rapes Two Texas A&M University students reported rapes to the College Station Police Depart ment Tuesday and Wednesday. According to police reports, a 21-year-old woman was raped by two men in a vacant field east ot Texas Avenue and North of Southwest Parkway. The report said the men attacked her as she was walking home from a friend’s house at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. College Station police said they are still searching for the men. According to another police report, a police officer was cal led to the Rox-z nightclub at 2:20 a.m. Wednesday where a woman told police she had been raped inside an upstairs office in the nightclub. The investigation has been turned over to a detective in the department. Reporting burglaries pays During the early hours of darkness Feb. 27, two black males were seen breaking into a vehicle in a parking lot next to the USDA Building on the Texas A&M University Campus. This was one of 27 reported vehicle burglaries during that weekend. Most of the items taken in the burglaries were stereo equip ment, cassette and 8-track tapes and CB radios. If you have knowledge of the persons responsible for these burglaries, call Crime Stoppers at 775-TIPS. If you give your information this week, and it leads to an arrest and a grand jury indictment, Crime Stoppers will pay $1,000. Those with information will be issued a special coded num ber so they won’t have to reveal their identity. Crime Stoppers also pays cash rewards for information on any unsolved felony crime. Rapid Reading April 8, 15, 22. A.G.P., Incorporated is making available the most popular speed reading program in America. It is taught in over 300 colleges and schools. The average student completes the course reading 3.46 times as fast as he began with the same or better comprehension! Think what this can do for your grades! And think what it can do for you over a life-time of reading! DATE: April 8, 15, 22. (Three two-hour sessions) TIME: 7 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL, Room 104 GUARANTEE: You will more than double your beginning speed or you get your money back! COST: Only $49.00 per student. This includes ail materials and instruction. There is no other charge. ACT NOW/ For further information and pre-registration call 846-4449 or 822-1847 zation and is the deputy mana ger of the civil engineering de partment’s interdisciplinary re search program. Facilities are only part of the planning that the school district must address, he said. Buildings give external luster to the com munity, but properly educating children, teacher morale and the district’s reputation must also be thoughtfully handled. There is also a need for repre sentative input from teachers, parents and community leaders to communicate more wholistic views of educational needs to the district’s administrators. He cites overcrowding in elementary schools as a major problem of the district along See ELECTIONS page 5 Prof says hypnosis may solve problems by June DuVall Battalion Reporter The key to effective hypno sis is relaxing and enjoying it, a Texas A&M psychology pro fessor told a group of high school students Wednesday. Dr. Robert Reilley, profes sor of educational psychology, spoke on the subject during a seminar sponsored by the Col lege of Education’s Gifted and Talented Institute. Selected students from Bryan, Conroe, Hearne, Navasota, Wallas-Orchard, Crockett, and Rockdale school districts were given a short test to see how much they thought they knew about hypnosis. Results were sur prising, Reilly said, since there’s been no success in de termining what hypnosis real ly is. Reilley said the public is in terested in hypnosis and its progress because it is an excit ing, mysterious and intri guing process. He said people also feel hypnosis helps solve personal problems. Hyponosis also shows promise for advancement in the areas of medicine, dentis try and psychology, Reilley said. At one point in the seminar, students were told to sit back, close their eyes and concen trate on his suggestions of re laxation. As the technique took effect, Reilley told of its high success rate in medical use. Hypnosis is used to help pa tients overcome pain, reduce anxiety and fear and control habits that otherwise might be hard to deal with, he said. COME GROW WITH US ALDERSGATE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH T/ie Church With A Heart-Warming Touch TEMPORARILY MEETING AT A&M CONSOLIDATED MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM JERSEY ST. AT HOLIK ST., COLLEGE STATION SUNDAY SERVICES: SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:45 A.M. MORNING WORSHIP 8:30 A.M., 11:00 A.M. EVENING WORSHIP 6:30 P.M. CHURCH OFFICE 2114 SOUTH WOOD 696-1376 PASTOR: TERRY TEYKL The first half of our fiscal year ended March 31 want to thank all our customers for making the last two quarters our best ever To show our appreciation we'll have a store-wide after-inventory clearance sate this - 9 Saturday! 6 M