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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, August 24, 1983
Aaaaaayyyyy!
staff photo by Brenda Davidson
Kimen from C-l outfit of the Corps of
idets swing into the Aggie spirit
:day afternoon by wildcatting across the
quadrangle. Freshman who are joining the
Corps are here before classes begin for
freshmen orientation week.
e-election to Senate
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United Press International
— Sen. John Tower, R-
1 n MUl as ' stunne d politicos byannounc-
I U I ^ would not seek re-election in
4| saying he chose to get out of
lie office before he became cynical
IX his vigor for the job.
bwer, one of the Senate’s leading
. fyatives and proponents of a
ig military, told dozens of repor-
and hundreds of onlookers in the
tas House of Representatives
Bay that he decided to retire
" "and sautes le at the “P eak of m y produc
er
“Ii have recently made a personal
ision that after 24 years of elective
Vice and at the peak of my produc-
ty, I should step aside and pursue
let avenues of endeavor,” he said.
Tower strongly rebuffed sugges-
feed r ns tkat was “burned out” or
"i, sau e red with his job.
rOne does not get bored repre-
iting the state of Texas,” he said.
;hives, and btf ut you i tnoW( the longer you stay
lund you run the risk of getting a
le cynical and not having much
or for your job. I still have a great
ilof vigor for my job and I think
t’s the time to leave.”
The veteran Republican, whose in-
victory to the Senate in 1961 and
sequent re-elections were an oddi-
[in heavily Democratic Texas, said
[made the decision about three
eks ago. He informed President
;an of his plans just 10 days ago
: in El Paso.
“Hejust shook his head and said he
jhed I’d reconsider,” Tower said.
Tower, who is chairman of the
te Armed Services Committee,
Di mPHAS ex P ecte d to join Reagan’s as
P U unannounced re-election cam-
r “in a leadership position” and
that he would like to both teach
enter the private business sector
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Sen. John Tower
after completing the remaining 16
months of his term.
However, he said he would not
discuss a position with a defense-
related company until after his term
expired.
The decision by Tower shocked
many veteran political observers who
expected him to face a tough re-
election battle from numerous Demo
crats interested in his seat.
However, Tower denied he had
lost popularity or that he feared fac
ing former Ambassador to Mexico
Bob Kreuger in another election
scrap. Tower narrowly defeated
Democrat Kreuger in 1978. Kreuger
already has announced his candidacy
again.
“I’ve never shied away from a
tough fight,” Tower said. “The cam
paigning is the thing I probably will
miss most. I glory in a good political
battle.”
(Jtfter Democrats considering a
run at Tower’s seat include Rep. Kent
Hance, D-Texas, former Gov. Dolph
Briscoe, and Texas Railroad Commis-
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tation.
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ies will be partly cloudy today,
th the high in the low 90s and
Wight’s low in the mid 70s. Vari-
)le winds are expected.
A&M ‘U’ now 20
Tuesday marked the twentieth
birthday of Texas A&M University.
Prior to Aug. 23, 1963, it was known
officially as the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas.
For its first 87 years, the institution
was known informally as Texas A&M.
“Under the new designation, the
‘A&M’ meant nothing — it did not
mean Texas Agricultural and Mecha
nical University — it simply retained
the old familial sound,” writes Dr.
Henry Dethloff in his history of
Texas A&M.
Although the 58th Legislature
made the new name official effective
twenty years ago, students to this day
still refer to “Texas AMC” when sing
ing the school song.
Correction included
in sticker package
Instructions on Texas A&M park
ing stickers being issued this semester
state that the stickers should be placed
on the front window of the car on the
passenger side. In the past they usual
ly have been placed on rear windows.
However, a piece oi paper accom
panying the sticker requires that it be
placed on the rear window. A worker
with the University Police says the
stickers should be placed on the rear
windows as in previous years.
At the time ot the printing, the new'
front window requirement was
printed on the sticker. But because a
decision was made to continue cur
rent policy, a correction was placed
with the sticker inside its plastic cov
ering.
$373 million budget
approved by Regents
by Karen Schrimsher
The Texas A&M System Board of
Regents approved a $373 million
budget Monday for the University for
the 1983-84 school year. The new
budget is an increase of about $59
million over the current Texas A&M
budget.
The approved budget for the en
tire Texas A&M System set a record
— $634 million allotted for Texas
A&M, Texas A&M at Galveston,
Prairie View A&M and Tarleton State
universities. The new figures repre
sent a 12 percent increase over the
1982-83 budget.
The budget, which is effective
Sept. 1, allows an average 4.8 percent
merit raise for faculty members and a
5.8 percent average mandatory raises
for nonfaculty employees.
More money will be used for
teaching equipment, scholarships
and minority and graduate fellow
ships.
The board also approved the allot
ment of $100,000 to begin a military
studies institute, which former gov
ernor William Clements recently re
commended establishing.
In other business, the board
approved an optional retirement
program for senior faculty and staff
members.
The plan, which was formulated by
a special committee of the state Coor
dinating Board, will allow employees
the option to retire from full-time ser
vice before reaching the mandatory
retirement age of 70.
With the new plan employees will
be able to enjoy partial retirement
while working part-time.
Full-time employees of the Texas
A&M System may request participa
tion in the early retirement program
at age 55, or anytime thereafter if
they have credit for ten more more
years of service with the Teacher Re
tirement System of Texas, another
approved optional retirement plan or
with a combination of optional retire
ment and teacher retirement.
The work load of a participant in
the plan will generally consist of 50
percent or less of half of the normal
full-time worker.
Crew from Texas A&M
training ship rescue 16
Three crewmen aboard the Texas
Clipper, the Texas A&M training
ship in Galveston, rescued 16 mem
bers of a runaway ship during Hurri
cane Alicia.
Clipper operations officer Tom
Cromer said Tuesday the Arctic Seal,
a 175-foot research vessel, broke its
moorings during the night and ram
med into the stern of his ship after
being forced across the Galveston
ship channel.
Crew members of the Seal were
loaded aboard the Clipper with rope
ladders and lines while a tugboat held
the ship to its docks at the Mitchell
campus on Pelican Island.
Robert Nation, the ship’s master at
arms and Jay Splaine, a sophomore
marine transportation student, aided
Cromer in the rescue.
Cromer said, “I have ridden out
hurricanes and typhoons during the
22 years in the navy but this was a
unique experience.”
The crewmen remained onboard
the Clipper during the storm. No in
juries were reported in the incident.
sioner Buddy Temple. State Sen.
Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, already is
an announced candidate.
Potential Republican candidates
for the post also were being men
tioned, including former Gov. Bill
Clements and state GOP chairman
George Strake.
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas,
announced his candidacy for Tower’s
seat just hours after Tower’s
announcement, and Rep. Phil
Gramm said he was also considering
campaigning for the seat.
In Los Angeles with Reagan,
White House chief of staff James Bak
er, a Texan, dismissed reports that he
might run for Tower’s seat. He said
he is not interested in a Senate race.
Tower also discounted speculation
that he was abandoning the Senate
position in order to serve as Secretary
of Defense should Reagan win a
second term.
“That is pure bunk,” he said.
Tower said the $1.57 million in
campaign funds he acquired in anti
cipation of the re-election race would
be used for other purposes that he
refused to specify. Tower said none
of the funds would be put to personal
use.
Tower said he would return to
Texas, but said he had not decided
whether he would live in Wichita
Falls, where he taught as a political
science professor prior to entering
politics.
Although Tower, said he was cer
tain he could have won re-election,
heavy registration of new Hispanic
voters in Texas would have made it
increasingly difficult for any Republi
can to win election statewide.
See related stories, page 20
Gramm considering Senate
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Two Texas
congressmen said they would seek
Republican John Tower’s Senate seat
and Rep. Phil Gramm was “looking at
it” within hours of their Texas col
league’s announcement he will not
seek re-election.
Rep. Ron Paul, a Republican from
Lake Jackson, and Lubbock’s Demo
cratic Rep. Kent Hance both
announced their Senate candidacies
while Gramm of College Station, a
recently converted Republican, said
he would make a decision soon.
Gramm said Tower had informed
him “in confidence” Monday of the
announcement plans and they “came
as a total surprise” in light of recent
polls Gramm said showed the senior
senator in his strongest position in his
senatorial career.
A fourth member of the 29-
member of the Texas congressional
delegation, Rep. Bill Archer, a Re
publican from Houston, also was
being mentioned as a possible candi
date from the delegation but was hon
eymooning in Hawaii and said his
plans would be announced to the
news media Wednesday afternoon.
Gramm, who earlier this year won a
special election called to fill his own
seat after he switched parties, said his
family was not overjoyed at the pros
pects of another election soon but
“I’m going to look at it.” He said he
planned conversations with suppor
ters and a series of meetings in Texas.
Within hours of Tower’s
announcement he would retire de
spite a $1.5 million campaign chest,
Paul formally announced in Houston
he would seek the seat and offer a new
conservative view.
staff photo by Brenda Davidson
Fee mania
Students returning for the fall semester
crowded into Rudder Complex Tuesday to
pick up scholarships and pay
Drop-adds begin today in the Pavilion.
fees.