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Aggielcmd ’85 class pictures taken now
Freshmen and sophomores can have their class pictures taken
now at the Pavilion from 8:30 p.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Junior, seniors and graduate students can avoid long lines by having
their pictures taken now at the Yearbook Associates office at 1700
South Kyle, behind Culpepper Plaza. Don’t delay getting your pic
ture taken.
Rice game is Switch Off for the Kickoff
The Texas A&M Traditions Council is sponsoring Ladies’
Choice Weekend, featuring the Switch Off for the Kickoff football
game against Rice University. Boutonnieres will be on sale in the
MSC all week. Ladies, take your favorite guy out and “Show’em how
it should be done!”
Class of ( 86 picnic tickets on sale now
The Class of ‘86 is sponsoring a “Buns Bonanza” picnic from 1
p,m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Bee Creek Park. There will be hotdogs, vol
leyball and softball. 'Pickets are on sale in 216 MSC for $3.50.
OCA — Corps Cross-Dine sign-up now
Off Campus Aggies can dine with the Corps of Cadets Thurday,
Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. Anyone interested can sign up through Friday at
noon in the OCA office. The meal is $4.50. For more information,
contact Steve Leung at 260-2150 or Michelle Davis at 693-3313
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United Press International
FORT WORTH — The Tarrant
unty District Attorney’s office will
investigate a proposed private militia
Bganized by the former com-
d Hander of a defunct Texas State
■fuard battalion, a prosecutor said
Ruesday.
■ Robert Holloway, the former
Hmmander of the 105th Battalion
H the State Guard and former
oter has iMilpreen Beret, announced this week
lan the Tesi he would reorganize his 60-man unit
led by thei . into the National State Defense
force Association.
akesman Be* “We’re not a pack of weirdos or
Texas’lawiiltahes,” said Holloway, 36. “It’s just
long the m4 a method of keeping the guys toge-
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But officials of the district attor
neys office said they were con
cerned about the plans.
ion now,"sa RSteve Chaney, chief of the district
l exasRaW attorney’s trial section, said: “I’d
pik this would be something we’d
k into. Although it might be a lo-
■ issue, the state attorney general
should look into it too . . . Texas
Hminal laws fully describe illegal
weapons. If you are using them and
are not part of a government force,
iceisdovr y OUare liable for prosecution.”
I Chaney said automatic weapons
vestigation an( j certain explosive devices were
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ility may tej
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prohibited under the Texas Crimi
nal Code.
“Any group of citizens, whether
gun club or militia, as long as it is not
possessing prohibited weapons or
doing anything illegal, would proba
bly not be the subject of state control
or a local prosecutor’s involvement,”
Chaney said.
“But you never know where you
might find a law hidden in the codes
that could cover something like
this.”
The all-volunteer Texas State
Guard is an adjunct to the federally
supported Texas National Guard. It
was established to reinforce the Na
tional Guard in state emergencies
and to replace units called to active
service.
State Guard officials ordered Hol
loway’s unit disbanded recently be
cause it had become too indepen
dent of the state organization under
his leadership.
Holloway was criticized by state
military officials for making the unit
too “gung-ho” and was removed
from the unit last spring. He was ac
cused of violating State Guard policy
by switching from the standard
green uniforms to camouflage fa
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Recent rainfall may
end Corpus rationing
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United Press International
| CORPUS CHRISTI — Water ra
tioning imposed Aug. 25 might end
in the next few weeks, City Manager
'Ed Martin said Tuesday.
Tjkartin said the past two weeks’
rainfall in the watershed feeding
Lake Corpus Christi brought runoff
that nearly doubled the available
supply of water. He predicted the
lake would continue to rise for at
least another week.
| Martin said the city staff is care
fully monitoring the situation, and a
recommendation may be made
within two weeks to return to either
voluntary or mandatory water con-
jservation, but the ordinance requir
ing rationing would be eliminated.
1 City officials began a voluntary
water conservation program June 1.
They asked area residents to limit
outdoor water usage to certain days.
The program became mandatory
June 16, with citations issued to vio
lators.
Since the rationing was imposed
in late August, residents have been
assessed surcharges and citations for
exceeding the restricted water limits,
which were based on family size.
The water level in the lake
dropped to 82.6 feet above sea level,
compared to its usual 93 feet. The
lake is considered empty at 55 feet.
The water level was 82.65 feet two
weeks ago, and Tuesday the lake was
at 86.38 feet above sea level, a 3.73-
foot increase.
Although agricultural interests
have charged that drought condi
tions have been in existence for two
or three years, city officials had not
been forced to take steps to correct
the city’s water problems until this
year, because rain has always refilled
the lake.
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NASA says souvenirs
don’t reveal secrets
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United Press International
■SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON —
A tourist shop at the Johnson Space
Center cafeteria has been selling
commemorative envelopes that show
details of a top-secret Navy satellite
; program, an authoritative trade
journal reported this week.
I Aviation Week & Space Technol
ogy reported that for $1, tourists
have been able to buy souvenir enve
lopes that provide accurate drawings
of Project Whitecloud surveillance
satellites.
However, Dave Alter, spokesman
for the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration in Houston,
said the drawings of the spacecraft
and the information provided on the
envelopes are not classified.
| “1 don’t see any high details in it,”
he said. “This particular drawing to
my knowledge is not classified.”
I Several Project Whitecloud satel
lites have been launched to provide
ocean surveillance of Soviet ships
and submarines. The souvenir
postal covers carry a 13-cent stamp,
a Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.,
postmark, and indicate the first
Whitecloud launch occurred there
April 30, 1976.
The envelope drawings show a
mother spacecraft carrying three
smaller satellites that are sent into
separate orbits to provide wide-
ranging ocean coverage.
The souvenirs show the subsatel
lites are released in 700-mile-high
orbits and transmit data to parent
spacecraft in order to cover a larger
ocean surface.
Lt. Peter Johnstone, a Navy
spokesman in Washington, said Pro
ject Whitecloud was the unclassified
name of a classified project which
existed between 1975 and 1976.
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The United Nations -
Should the U.S. Continue
Its Support
Express your views at this panel
discussion, in recognition of U.N. Day.
Wednesday, October 24
Rm. 230, MSC
7:30-10:00 p.m.
Panel Members:
Dr. William Snyder
Associate Professor, Political Science, TAMU
Dr. Mehrdad Ehsani
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, TAMU
Sponsored by the TAMU Baha’i Club.
State Representative
When the students of Texas A&M needed a friend, Richard Smith was
there.
Last Spring, the Democrats (led by Gov. Mark White) called a Special
Election for State Representative during Spring Break, When the Aggies
would not be in town to vote. The Battalion Editorial Board called the scheduling of
the election by the Democrats ‘an attack on Texas A&M students, staff and faculty
members/ as reported Friday, Jan. 26, 1984. The Bryan/College Station Eagle Edito
rial Board said ‘Let's face it, this whole thing smacks of partisan politics at its most
petty level/, Sunday, Jan. 29, 1984.
Richard Smith, George Strake (Chairman, Republican Party of Texas) and
local Republicans worked to change the election date as did Student Government
leaders. Not only would the Democrats not change the date but they would not even
meet with Student Government.
George Strake said, ‘Mark White, probably in consultation with the Demo
cratic candidate in Brazos County, undoubtedly looked at the high Republican vote
totals in Texas A&M precincts and decided to give an edge to his candidate over Re
publican Richard Smith../; as reported in The Eagle Thursday, Jan. 26, 1984.
Richard Smith said, ‘This act of political expediency is another sign of the
lack of sensitivity of the state Democratic party and our state Democratic elected offi
cials for Texas A&M University', as reported in The Eagle, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1984.
Then Richard Smith went one step further to make sure as many students
would be allowed to vote as possible, despite Neeley Lewis and the Democrats. Rich
ard Smith personally provided for a shuttle bus system to take Aggies to the
polls to vote absentee. Students who wanted a ride were taken to the polls, with no
regard to party affiliation or who they were voting for. When Texas A&M and it’s stu
dents come under attack, Aggies stick together.
When the students of Texas A&M needed a friend, Richard Smith was
there. Where was Neeley Lewis?
Richard Then:
• Member, Squadron 22
• Varsity Swimming Team
• Distinguished Student
• BS Mechanical Engineering,
Class of ’59
• 4 Years Active Duty U.S.
Air Force
• Captain, USAF Reserve
Richard Now:
• Former Mayor, Bryan (5 years)
City Council Member (3 years)
• Founding President, Brazos
Animal Shelter, Inc.
• Member, Century Club,
Association of Former Students
• Varsity Donor, The Aggie Club
Pol. Adv. paid for by Citizens for Richard Smith, P.O. Box 3743, Bryan, Texas, 77805