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Battalion/Page 9 April 30, 1982 state Warped ILABLE fEW ag6ie alumni JOKE BOQ>Y^ [lOO JOKES FOR A^H STUDENTS, \FF, AD/AINISTRATORS, AND SPECIALLY, ALUttNI. By Scott McCullar <v. IHexa^plesHI \NHAT DO 70U GET IF )0UCROSS THE RICH ALUMNI NNITH THE BOARD OF REGENTS? ANGRY ALUMNI. <*: IA: \NHY DID THE ALUMNUS CROSS THE ROAD? TO ATTEA/D AN IMPORTANT MEETING IN RUDDER TOWER. WHAT DID THE RICH ALUMNUS| SAY WHEN HE WAS ASKED HIS OPINION ON THE PRO POSED HILTON HOTEL? A'. HE WONDERED IF THERE WAS ROOM ENOUGH IN TOWN. Q! HOW MANY ALUMNI DOES /T TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB? a: one, unless his assistant DOES /T. ,.100 COMPLETELY IN OFFENSIVE, NONUPSETTING, TAME, AVOIDING-ANY-DANGER TYPE JOKES TO HELP YOU REMEMBER, THAT YOU S/fOULDAftl DO ANYTHING, ANYTHING, THAT MIGHT UPSET THE ALUMNI... Jury gets Rangers’ vote probe ietnam widow fighting United Press International MELISSA — A Collin County grand jury will look over an in vestigative report by the Texas Rangers into a ballot box scandal next week, the Collin County district attorney says. The Rangers investigated charges that Mayor Danny Spearman and other city council members violated state law by opening the ballot box after the April 3 city election. State law requires the box to be opened by the election judge. tp regain cut SS benefits HUnited Press International HOUSTON — Mary Taylor is not long on political experience, but her government never took anything away from her before either. She is fighting to get back military widow's benefits prom ised by her husband’s recruiters. 1 She is leader of the Houston chapter of Survivors of Sacri fice, an organization trying to revetse Reagan administration withdrawal of Social Security survivors benefits from Vietnam era widows and orphans. ^■Since our husbands’ em- aloyer made these promises, hese people gave their lives,” Taylor said Wednesday. “Their iacrifice is made. They kept heir end of the deal. Now, will he government keep theirs?” ; Taylor is the widow of former ^Bsan Navy Lt. Cmdr. Tho- HlFranklin Taylor, a veteran V 140 missions over Vietnam tvhonvas killed in a 1971 training pne crash near Jacksonville, Fla.Jat age 34. Until the Social Security cuts, Taylor’s daughter Talitha, 15, was entitled to benefits until she was 22 if she went to college, and per mother was eligible for the benefits until Talitha turned 18. Daughter Talitha will still get $342 a month in Veterans Administration education be nefits, but she will lose $441 a month in Social Security survi vor benefits. The new rules cut off widow’s benefits for a mother when her daughter is 16 and for daughter t age 18, even if she goes to ollege. Taylor figures the loss at 2§,000 in taxfree funds prom- (when her husband was re- f iited. ff'The cuts happened when they decided they would cut sur vivors benefits to save the Social Security system,” Taylor said. iThis saved billions of dollars. But unfortunately about 1 per- idential United Press International AUSTIN — The State De- artment of Highways and Pub- | Transportation plans to pread the beauty of wildflowers urtured by spring rains beyond exas highways. I Maintenance crews have een instructed to harvest wild- ower seeds in the areas where le flowers are plentiful, and re- istribute them to highway gnts-of-way where there are ewer flowers. Director Mark Goode said ednesday one way to harvest seeds is to collect the “wild er hay” after the flowers ve been mowed, and spread hay over a new site. ^ c t Which ff* of April. xas.) , resent systf irrie arid 3 r cities, ( -he peoP le ' n of of«| ?. “different spokes for different folks” 403 University (Northgate) Open 10-7 Mon.-Fri. 10-5 Sat. 846-BIKE cent of the people cut were war widows.” Taylor said Social Security has notified no one and that many young widows with chil dren far from college age are among those who have not con fronted the question yet. “Out there all in all, there are about 25,()()() widows over the nation, and a lot of them don't know they’re affected,” she said. f wo congressmen, Rep. Dun can Hunter, R-Calif., and Rep. Robert Badham, R-Calif., have introduced legislation to use Veterans Administration funds to restore the cuts. “Our message is to get people to write their congressmen and insist that H.R. 5600 be sup ported to give these people their benefits back,” Taylor said. She said the cost to the tax payer is relatively cheap. The mayor and city council members opened the box for a recount of votes April 6. In first results, challenger Kelly Stanley won by a one-vote edge over incumbent Cecil Kim- bell. Two subsequent recounts gave Kimbell the seat by four votes. “It’s about $20 million a year, the cost of about one fighter air craft,” Taylor said. “And this program does self-destruct. All it does is cover people who died under that contract (with the government).” A Department of Public Safe ty spokesman said the Rangers were asked to investigate elec tion results. Collin County District Attor ney Tom O’Connor said Wednesday his office had re ceived the report and turned it over to the grand jury. Honor of New Head Coach Jackie Sherrill, His Fine Staff, And All of Texas A&M’s Football Alumni... Friday and Saturday Only! Randy'S Liquor 524 E. University Drive 696-1351 Flowers to beautify right-of-way AGGIES FOR PRESNAL Student Committee Jeff Anthony (President) Jeff Underhill (Vice President) Aleta Price (Secretary) Bill Price (Treasurer) (( To date, the accomplishments of the Texas A&M University Student Government Student Lobby have been largely due to the efforts of one man, Texas State Represen tative Bill PresnaL ” Student Government, Texas A&M University Representative Bill Presnal, with Bill Price of the TAMU Student Government, is presented a Resolution recog nizing his support (left). Jim Coleman Mark Hill Scott A. Hall Gip Gafford Joe Jordan Carol Ellis Arlene Nutt Linda Thomas Christopher Clark Duncan Randal P. Garrett Kristy Wright John Isbell Jay Holland Robert Ring Debbie Stevens Margie Prihoda Cash Jetton Shirley Altenkof Debbie Robertson Judy Marcotte Cynthia Garwood J. Chin Langford Susan Selber Philip A. Loubardue Ken Johnson Bill Price Brad Presnal Pat Pace Shaye Guidos Melissa Munday Gwen Andrick Matt Payne Jan Krupa Andrea Haines Greg Johnigan Michael Krupa Beth Castenson Martha Cabrera Carmen Cabrera Re-Elect Bill State Representative POLITICAL AD PAID FOR BY Aggies for Presnal Committee, Ken Johnson and Bill Price, Co-Chairmen, P.O. Box 1685, College Station, TX 77841.