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AUSTIN — A policy change be
ing considered by the Texas House
will oust members of the news media
from their Capitol accommodations
for the first time in nearly a century,
a House spokesman said Tuesday.
I Members of the Capitol press
corps were warned by Dick Merkel,
press secretary to House Speaker
Gib Lewis, that it is likely the House
will not renew leases for newspaper,
radio and television offices in the
two-story press room when the
leases expire at the end of 1985.
Merkel says the office space, lo
cated just outside the House on the
second floor of the Capitol, is
needed for offices for House mem
bers.
Reporters have had permanent
office space in the State Capitol since
the structure was built in 1888.
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Halbouty donates large
endowment to geology
University News Service
Michel T. Halbouty is now the do
nor of the largest individually en
dowed academic chair at Texas
A&M, with the announcement that
he has increased his endowment in
geology to $ 1.1 million.
The Michel T. Halbouty Chair,
originally endowed in 1981 with
$500,000 from the the internation
ally prominent Houston earth scien
tist and engineer, is held by Dr. Rob
ert R. Berg, widely acclaimed
geologist and former president of
the American Institute of Profes
sional Geologists. The announce
ment of Halbouty’s new gift came
during the dedication of a $7.1 mil
lion expansion of the Michel T. Hal
bouty Geosciences Building.
“The increase in the chair to $1.1
million identified it as one of the
most outstanding chairs in geology
in the United States,” Halbouty said.
“And it will afford Texas A&M the
opportunity for expanded geologi
cal research. It will also assist the
College of Geosciences to maintain
its standard of excellence.”
Halbouty is a 1930 graduate of
A&M and has been designated one
of the University’s distinguished
alumni.
At the beginning of the ceremony,
telegrams of congratulations were
read from President Ronald Reagan,
Vice President George Bush and the
Secretary of Energy.
Speaking to more than 100 per
sons gathered inside the Halbouty
complex, Jack M. Rains, president of
3/D International and a 1960 A&M
graduate, said he first heard of Hal
bouty in the 1950s when he arrived
at A&M.
Rains told a story of Halbouty’s
first days at A&M as a freshman
when he was $50 short of funds to
register.
“He kept hearing everybody say
‘Prexy Walton did this and Prexy
Walton does that,’ so Halbouty de
cided to find this person to see if he
could help. Not knowing that ‘Prexy’
was a nickname for president, Hal
bouty went to Prexy Walton’s secre
tary and told her his story.
“President Walton heard Hal
bouty outside his door and came out
to meet the young man and ended
up lending Halbouty the $50 out of
his pocket.
Halbouty earned his bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in engineering
at A&M before earning a doctorate
of engineering from Montana Col
lege of Mineral Science and Tech
nology.
A staunch supporter of his alma
mater since graduation, Halbouty’s
generosity includes the giving of two
scholarships in geology and petro
leum engineering each year for
more than 35 years and funding of a
President’s Endowed Scholarship.
Halbouty has received numerous
honors including the Hoover Medal
for engineering excellence and pub
lic service from the American Asso
ciation of Engineering Societies, the
Geosciences and Earth Resources
Medal for Distinguished Achieve
ment and the American Association
of Petroleum Geologists’ President’s
Award for his special publication,
“Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the De
cade 1968-1978.”
He has presented his personal pa
pers, reflecting his illustrious career
and involvement in worldwide en
ergy matters, to A&M’s Sterling C.
Evans Library.
“Mike’s love for Texas A&M be
gan as a student on campus and has
grown every year since,” said Dr.
Robert Walker, vice president for
development. “He is very generous
with his time and his resources and
his interest in anything for the good
of Texas A&M.”
Dean Mel Friedman said with the
new 40,000-square-foot Halbouty
addition and the renovation of the
older wing, the College of Geosci
ences at A&M will have facilities for
teaching and research that are sec
ond to none in the nation.
Agriculture undersecretary:
Deficit underlying problem
By JAMES WALKER
Staff Writer
Tuesday night Republican Joe
Barton, candidate for the 6th Dis
trict Congressional seat made a stop
in College Station with Undersecre
tary of Agriculture Frank W. Naylor
as his guest.
Naylor is the number three man
at the United States Department of
Agriculture and is responsible for
the day-to-day operations of the de
partment.
Naylor recently has been holding
sessions around the county along
with Secretary of Agriculture John
Block.
High interest rates, lack of com
petitiveness in the market place, and
the need to update farm legislation
are major issues concerning farmers
today, he said.
“The underlying problem is deal
ing with a deficit which is out of con
trol,” Naylor said.
He placed blame for high interest
rates on the Carter Administration
and Congress saying “Tip (O’Neill)
has not faced the problems of fiscal
responsibility.”
He said until Congress passes
some kind of law that will cut federal
spending, the national debt will con
tinue to climb.
“That’s why we need people like
Joe Barton,” Naylor said.
Calling Mondale a major factor in
the Carter grain embargo, Naylor
criticized vice-presidental candidate
Geraldine Ferraro for having a zero
voting record on agricultural issues.
Naylor said Reagan has been “ef
ficient and aggressive” in pursuing
agricultural problems. He cited the
president’s grain sale to the Rus
sians, the payment-in-kind program,
and the new debt restructuring pro
gram as examples of Reagan’s com
mitment to agriculture.
Naylor considers the debt-restruc
turing program to be the “most com
plex and comprehensive in agricul
tural history.”
He said 5,000 workers recently
have completed training in Wash
ington and soon will be stationed in
2,300 field offices around the coun
try. They will assist farmers in plan
ning their finances for the spring
lending season.
If elected, Barton said he will en
courage state politicians to handle
Texas agricultural affairs in Austin
rather than in Washington.
Barton also condemned his oppo
nent, Dan Kubiak, for supporting a
gasohol program saying it would
help Midwest farmers more than
those in Texas. He added that cur
rently there is no such plant in oper
ation in the United States.
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