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Vic Rasheed, executive director of ie 60,000-member Service Station (! tlealers of America, said most sta- lons, many of them hard pressed, |ould raise their prices immediately. I He said dealers now have their lowest profit margins in history, and 15,000 of the nation’s 226,000 service Rations have gone out of business Ince 1974. I Rasheed predicted the increase in Irice would not affect the volume of ales. He said the price of gasoline has propped about 15 cents a gallon in the hast year and motorists have cut back Iheir driving as much as they can. T “They’re prepared to pay their |’ay,’’Rasheed said. “I think motorists lealize they’ve had a pretty good ride as far as gasoline prices go and I don’t think anyone expected them (low pees) to last forever.” But the American Petroleum Insti tute said the higher margins of many gasoline dealers and refiners last year “suggest the motor fuel industry might be able to absorb a portion, even a large portion, of the nickel in crease.” The intensifying competition, API economists said in an analysis paper, could delay the increase and “result in rising prices for motor fuels in late 1983 and 1984, as the long-run bur den is shifted to consumers.” Norm Nicholson, chairman of the API’s marketing committee and vice president of the Ohio-based Marathon Oil Co., said he expects greatly intensified competition among gasoline retailers in the next few years. “There will be a whole range of ways to buy gasoline, from conveni ence stores right on to full-service sta tions,” Nicholson said. The Energy Department predicted that U.S. oil consumption will rise in 1983 for the first time in five years as a result of lower oil prices and in creased economic activity. The new law increases the tax on gasoline 5 cents a gallon, with 4 cents going for highways and 1 cent for mass transit — at an estimated cost of $30 a year to the typical motorist. The law also permits longer, wider and heavier trucks on the nation’s high ways. Congress passed the bill after the Democratic wins in the November election and it survived a conservative Republican filibuster in the Senate to gain final passage on Christmas eve. John Berard, spokesman for the Associated General Contractors, said the law will go “a long way” toward repairing the nation’s highways and bridges as well as put up to 300,000 persons back to work. “It will mean fewer potholes, fewer weight-restricted bridges, fewer de tours, and quicker delivery of goods and services, ” he said. The law is adding about $4.4 billion to this year’s highway program, mak ing total federal spending of about $12.5 billion. Federal aid provides a third of the money, so total highway spending in the nation will be about $37 billion. ill thingnil , “arid my recor hooile^i mhia lii» m ol miff No. 2 on i lection results still pending ist oils.! vocal "'ilk Ted up In includingl litarandu lejukeju las roctf Five Siiwi on die» i are a mi' ies standi# il King \ The results of the student body elections have been invalidated be- Wse of computer problems, election ommissioner Les Asel said today. Student government workers are leveloping another program to run he ballots through the computer fgain. The results should he announced y 6 p.m. Monday. “The results were not wrong be cause of the ballots but because of t he jomputer,” Asel said. Asel presented the election results to the Judicial Board Thursday night / f 497 J97 Nobel winner to visit A&M, may join faculty and recommended that the results be invalidated because of computer problems. The board approved the recommendation. Candidates were notified of the decision and were told they may keep their campaign signs up over the weekend in case their races end up in runoffs. The results were scheduled to be posted by Thursday morning. However student government was unable to run the program at that time. A consultant then was called in to help with the program. After the results were completed last night, Asel verified some of the races and said they looked good. But, he said he decided to rerun all of the ballots to assure correct results. Runoff elections, which were to be Tuesday, have been rescheduled for April 12. Asel said a decision has not been made as to what to do about the three races where candidates names were left off the ballot. He said that he will talk with all the candidates in the three races after the results are in be fore deciding if they will be included in the runoff. from staff and wire reports Nobel Peace Prize-winner Norman iorlaug, who in the 1970s was known is “the father of the Green Revolu- ion,” says he will spend two weeks at Texas A&M in May to look into the Jossibility of joining the faculty. Borlaug will arrive here May 13 md said he plans to spend the rest of :he month looking into “everything hat’s going on in wheat research” on his campus. “This is an exploratory thing to see if I can be useful to A&M in their research on wheat and small grains,” Borlaug said Wednesday. The Iowa-born Borlaug, 69, now a onsultant to the international wheat consortium in Mexico, has lived out side the United States for 39 years. Texas A&M officials say he may be ready to move on to a university posi tion now. Dr. H.O. Kunkel, dean of the Col lege of Agriculture, said: “I think he wants a place he can continue his re search in a dynamic atmosphere like we have here.” Kunkel said the University has been talking with Borlaug about com ing to Texas A&M for about a year and is happy about the prospect of having him here. “He (Borlaug) is deeply dedicated to science and agriculture and he would bring us (the University and the agriculture college) a global in sight,” Kunkel said. Borlaug’s research has taken him to Pakistan, Italyr Mexico, India and many other nations. He won the 1970 Nobel Prize for his work in developing high-yield wheat and rice seeds that quickly boosted agricultural production in many of the world’s poorer nations. Borlaug is the second Nobel Prize winner to show interest in coming to Texas A&M in recent months. Har vard physicist Sheldon Glashow announced recently after months of negotiations that he would spend part of his year-long sabbatical doing re search here. Kunkel said he expects that Bor laug will be made available to students through classes and seminars. inside M INC All! fist® Around Town 4 Classified 8 Local 3 Opinions 2 Sports 9 State 6 National 12 Police Beat 4 What’s up 12 forecast Cloudy to partly cloudy skies today with a 30 percent chance of thun dershowers and a high of 80. Gusty southerly winds of around 15 to 25 mph. Partly cloudy tonight with a low near 40. For Saturday, clear skies with a high of 68. by Karen Schrimsher Battalion Reporter Former Texas A&M Regent John R. Blocker, Ft. Gov. Bill Hobby and Houston Post columnist Lynn Ashby will deliver spring commencement addresses here. About 950 degrees will be awarded at three ceremonies May 6 and 7 in G. Rollie White Col iseum. Blocker, president of Blocker Energy Corp. and a member of the Class of ‘45, will speak at ceremonies for master’s, doctoral and undergra duate degree candidates from the col leges of agriculture, geosciences and liberal arts at 2 p.m. May 6. He has served as vice chairman of the Board of Regents. Hobby will speak to undergradu ate degree candidates from the col leges of architecture and engineering at 7:30 p.m. May 6. Hobby, a graduate of Rice Univer sity, is serving his second term as lieutenant governor. He has served as member of the Texas Air Control Board, the University of Houston Board of Regents and the board of directors of the Houston Chamber of Commerce. Ashby will speak to undergraduate degree candidates from the colleges of business, education, science, and veterinary medicine, and from Texas A&M University at Galveston at 9 a.m. on May 7. Ashby, a 1962journalism graduate of the University of Texas, has writ ten many of his daily columns about Texas A&M. He was named an hon orary Aggie by the Association of For mer Students after a long relationship with the University. He spoke at a 1977 graduation ceremony. Special units a major part A&M Corps life, traditions Blocker, Hobby, Ashby to give addresses Editor’s note: This is the last of a Five- part series on the Corps of Cadets. By Michael Raulerson Battalion Reporter Special units, numbering about a dozen in all, are a major part of the traditions of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets. Some of the major units are the Ross Volunteer Company, the Texas Aggie Band, Parsons’ Mounted Cavalry, the Fish Drill Team, Women’s Drill Team, the Black Hats and Rudder’s Rangers. “Special units give you a chance to do something extra,” said Mitch Win ters, the leader of the Black JJats, a group of about 20 seniors in the Army program. The Ross Volunteer Company, the oldest student organization in Texas, was organized in 1887. It originally was called the Scott Volunteers, in honor of Col. T. M. Scott who was business manager of the college and agent of the board of directors at that time. The name was changed in 1891 to the Ross Volunteers in honor of former Texas A&M President Lawr ence Sullivan Ross. Boyd Smith, commanding officer of the Ross Volunteers, said: “We try to model ourselves after Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Lawrence was a guid ing figure.” Applicants for the Ross Volunteers are screened for character traits, academic and military standing, in terest in participating in extracurricu lar activities and disciplinary records, Smith said. “We like to think the Ross Volun teers are the elite of the Corps and we try to uphold the highest traditions of the Corps,” Smith said. During the spring banquet, a firing squad of 21 members is selected from the 144 members — 72juniors and 72 seniors — in the company. The seniors select the juniors each year. Smith said. The squad’s services are available to the University for the annual Aggie Muster and Silver Taps, Smith said. The company also serves as honor guard for the inauguration of Texas governors and it participates in the March Gras parade in New' Orleans, Smith said. The Aggie Band, with more than 300 members, is the off icial Universi ty band. It performs at athletic events, military ceremonies, parades and other functions. Shayne Doering, the commander of the Aggie Band, said the band usually starts wdth more than 300 members, but loses a few students w'hen they find out they have to be in the Corps to be a band member. During the fall semester, the main activity of the band is preparation for football game halftime perform ances. The band, which practices six to nine hours a w'eek, changes its half time drill each week, Doering said. “It’s a challenge being in the Aggie See CORPS page 8