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The Battalion
Serving the University community
Vol 80 No.22 USPS 045360 18 pages
College Station, Texas
Friday, September 28, 1984
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By LYNN RAE POVEC
Staff Writer
In a press conference before the
^College Station City Council’s regu
lar meeting Thursday night, College
[Station Mayor Gary Halter cited
|Southern Pacific Transportation
[Co.’s lack of response to the city’s
proposals as the cause of the city’s
failure to take action on the Luther
; Street railroad crossing,
s The intersection has come under
[scrutiny since the deaths of two
[Texas A&M students in car-train
| collisions late last week. One other
A&M student was injured in the first
! accident.
I College Station has been trying
; for more than two years to work out
an agreement with Southern Pacific
that would close the Luther Street
crossing and open one at Holleman
: Street, Halter said.
The proposed agreement, pro
vided that local developers would
fund $100,000 of the cost of open
ing the crossing, with College Station
providing $35,000.
According to a memorandum to
the mayor from City Attorney Cathy
Locke, managers for Southern pa
cific received the terms for approval
in February of this year, but they
have taken no action despite several
promptings from College Station of
ficials.
If the Holleman Street crossing
was opened, the Luther Street cross
ing would not be closed. Halter said.
It probably would be made a private
drive so access of emergency vehicles
to that side of the city would not he
hampered, lie said.
“There’s been some talk about
moving the railroad,” Halter said.
“I’d very much be in favor of moving
the railroad. I’d have no problem
with that if somebody could explain
to me where we can come up with
the $60 million, or whatever the cost
would be today.”
train accidents
In its regular meeting, the council
didn’t address the railroad crossing
issue, but when it allowed time for
city residents to express their opin
ions on matters not on the council’s
agenda, A&M student William
Churchill gave his views.
Churchill, 22, is a state-certified
Emergency Care Attendant, which
requires him to stop at any accident
and render aid. He lives on the
south side of campus in married stu
dent housing, not far from the Lu
ther Street-Wellborn Road intersec
tion where the accidents occurred.
“I heard the accidents and ran out
there with my gear,” Churchill said.
“The second night I couldn’t believe
it happened again.”
Churchill expressed his concern
that trains are traveling the tracks
along Wellborn Road at excessive
speeds, citing College Station po
lice’s clocking late Wednesday night
of a train travelings? mph.
The state railroad engineer has
set trains’ maximum speed at 40
mph, Churchill said.
Another of Churchill’s concerns is
that drivers stop their vehicles on the
railroad tracks at that particular in
tersection because of the steep grade
between the tracks and Wellborn
Road, and he said he would like to
see the Luther Street crossing
closed.
In other business, the city council
designated October as “Texas Res
taurant Month” and “Clean Up and
Spruce L?p Month.”
It approved an ordinance regulat
ing the location of sexually-oriented
commercial activities within the city’s
limits, and it approved four rezon
ing requests.
Aggie bootline route changes
Starting players to join in
Last day
to drop
dasses
Today is the last day to Q-d rop
classes. Today also is the last day
for Who’s Who applications to be
turned in and for December
graduates to order graduation
announcements. Graduation an
nouncements can be Ordered in
217 MSC from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
By KAREN BLOCH
Reporter
Aggie bootline will have a differ
ent look Saturday.
Bootline will begin at Kyle Field’s
southwest gate and extend to the
Aggie benches instead of curving
around the south end zone, Head
Yell Leader Kelly Joseph said. Se
niors still will enter the field area
through the southeast gate.
“With the new route, they (the
team) will have to run about half as
far, so the starting players, who have
not been running boatline, will be
able to participate,” said Scott Cum
mings, athletic council student rep
resentative.
“Coach (Jackie) Sherrill asked us
to make this change as a favor,” Jo
seph said. “The starters are on the
field a lot. Even though running
bootline isn’t much, with pads and
everything else it can take its toll.”
“The team was running the wrong
direction,” Sherrill said. “Running to
the end zone and then back to the
bench takes a lot out of them. ”
The team will walk from the
dressing room, under the west
stands, to the beginning of bootline
and run straight to the Aggie bench,
Sherrill said.
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Food Services’ annual grocery bill $5 million
By KATHERINE HURT
Reporter
Texas Aggie Fred Dollar doesn’t
concern himself with earning a high
grade point ratio, graduating on
time or interviewing for jobs. He
concentrates on serving more than
50,000 meals a day to 10,000 stu
dents on board plan and to others
dining on a cash basis at one of 13
food service facilities on campus.
Dollar, Class of ’44, has been di
rector of the Food Services Depart
ment at A&M for 19 years.
The department serves more than
10 million meals in a single year,
making it the largest college or uni
versity food service operation in the
Southwest, and one of the 10 largest
in the United States, Dollar said.
That means, he said, that on a
yearly basis the Food Services De
partment pays a $5 million grocery
bill — the equivalent of 125 train car
loads of food.
T he groceries they buy each year
include: more than 285,000 pounds
of beef; 220,000 pounds of poultry;
130,000 pounds of seafood; 23,000
pounds of pork chops; 114,000
pounds of cheese; 320,000 pounds
of flour; 120,000 pounds of sugar;
more than 220,000 pounds of vege
tables; 45,000 gallons of orange
juice; and 18,000 gallons of soft
drinks.
Dollar said the Food Services De
partment buys much of its milk and
ice cream from A&M dairy facilities,
but campus facilities can’t produce
other food products in large enough
quantities for the department.
"We (the Food Services Depart
ment) buy food from anywhere in
the country,” Dollar said.
In an effort to stretch students’
board money as far as possible, each
year the department sends invita
tions to bid to food companies as far
away as Illinois, Colorado and Iowa,
Dollar said.
Over the years, Dollar has found
students' favorite-menu items are
fried shrimp, grilled steak and Cor
don bleu chicken, he said.
To determine the best menu pos
sible within the Food Service Depart
ment’s budget, an 18-member menu
board meets once each month, Dol
lar said.
The board is made up of six stu
dents from each of the dining halls
— Commons Dining Hall, Duncan
Dining Hall and Sbisa Dining Hall.
These students are appointed by the
Student Government president.
The menu board votes to accept
new menu items and to replace old
menu items, Dollar said.
He said the menu hoard is a “very
See SBISA, page 6
Ten witnesses
face grand jury
in cadet case
By DAINAH BULLARD
Staff Writer
A Brazos County Grand Jury
heard testimony for six and one-half
hours T hursday from 10 witnesses
concerning the death of a Texas
A&M Corps of Cadets member.
However, the grand jury did not
reach a decision concerning charges
to be brought against the involved
parties.
Testimony before the grand jury
will continue today.
District Attorney William Turner
said 22 people have been subpoe
naed to appear before the grand
jury. However, the grand jury de
cides whether or not to hear testi
mony from everyone who is subpoe
naed, he said.
The case before the grand jury is
the Aug. 30 death of Bruce Dean
Goodrich, 20, a transfer student
from Webster, N.Y. Goodrich col
lapsed after participating ip a 2:30
a.m. exercise session conducted by
three junior members of his outfit.
Company F-l.
When attempts to revive Good
rich failed, University Police were
called. A responding officer admin
istered cardiopulmonary resuscita
tion, and Goodrich was taken to St.
Joseph Hospital in Bryan, where he
died after about 12 hours on life-
support equipment.
In addition to testimony from wit
nesses, the grand jury is reviewing
information from an investigation
into Goodrich’s death conducted by
Bob Wiatt, director of traffic and se
curity at A&M.
The grand jury will decide, based
on the testimony and the informa
tion from the investigation, whether
to return an indictment on criminal
charges or a “no bill,” which means
the jury has found no grounds for
an indictment. The grand jury also
will decide if the Texas hazing statue
was violated, Turner said.
Among the witnesses appearing
Thursday were Wiatt and William
Scott, assistant special investigator
for University Police. Four students
also appeared before the grand jury.
Gabriel Caudra, former person
nel officer of Company F-l, and
John Havel, former F-l com
mander, appeared at the district at
torney’s office with their attorney,
H enry “Hank” Paine, before the
hearing. Turner said it is uncertain
whether or not Caudra and Havel
will appear before the grand jury.
Anthony D’Alessandro, Louis
Fancher and Jason Miles, the three
junior cadets who reportedly con
ducted the exercise session, were
subpoenaed but will not appear be
fore the grand jury.
Bryan attorney W.W. “Bill”
Vance, who is representing the three
juniors, appeared before the grand
jury and pleaded the Fifth Amend
ment for his clients. Under the
amendment, witnesses are not obli
gated to testif y if their testimony will
damage their suit.
Turner said it was the juniors’ de
cision to plead the Fifth Amend
ment.
Other witnesses during Thurs
day’s session included Dr. J.C. Lee,
the Bryan physician who performed
the autopsy on Goodrich, and Dr.
See JURY, page 6
Patterson clear
on all 25 counts
United Press International
OKLAHOMA CITY — For
mer Penn Square Bank officer
William G. Patterson, the man
prosecutors say was mainly re
sponsible for the bank’s 1982 col
lapse, was cleared Thursday by a
federal court jury of any criminal
misconduct.
“I’ve been in misery for the
past two years,” Patterson said in
a hoarse, choked voice after the
eight-man, four-woman panel ac
quitted him on the two remaining
counts in a 25-count indictment.
Jurors Wednesday had ac
quitted Patterson on 17 counts of
misapplication of funds, two
counts of altering bank records
and four counts of wire fraud.
They deliberated about S'/s hours
Thursday before clearing him on
the two remaining wire fraud
counts.
Pattersdn, 34, was charged
with 25 counts of criminal mis
conduct during his tenure as en
ergy loan division chief prior to
the bank’s July 5, 1982, collapse.
“I’ve been real sick,” said Pat
terson, 34, weeping and so weak
ened he had to be helped from
the courtroom after the verdict.
“I really don’t feel well.”
Patterson’s wife Eve, who
helped her husband into the
courtroom after it was an
nounced the jury had reached a
verdict on the final two counts,
closed her eyes and put her face
in her hands when the court clerk
read the verdict acquitting Patter
son.
“He’s just a wreck,” she said, a
smile flashing through her tears
of relief as she walked down a
courthouse corridor behind her
husband, who was being helped
from the building.
Colonel Fred Dollar