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Briscoe running as Democrat
Aggie enters governor’s rao
By MARYBETH ROHSNER
Stull Writer
No Aggie has served as governor
of Texas. Andrew Briscoe III wants
to change that.
“I think it's about time we have an
Aggie in the office,” Briscoe saitl Sat
urday.
The 1974 wildlife and fisheries
science graduate and second cousin
of former Texas governor Dolph
Briscoe has tossed his hat in the t ing
against incumbent Gov. Mark White
for the spot on the Democratic
ticket. Briscoe, 33. described himself
as a conservative businessman Dem
ocrat.
Briscoe said lie is optimistic about
the gubernatorial race.
“I feel like my chances are im
proving every da\,” he said. He
added that history has shown that he
can expect 15 to 20 percent of the
vote in the primary considering his
experience. He said that the Briscoe
name may bring up to 40 percent
voter support in some areas of the
state.
clean-cut good looks, y
Ik- a big vote-grabber-1
among women.
“I figured I could cm
■first lady of the dav'eo
toe jokingly said.
Briscoe places thesl
at the top of his list ofki
Andrew C. Briscoe
'Tve promised myself that I’m n (> i
going to Ik- a Kent Hance and end
up 5450,000 in the red once the
campaign is over with,” he added.
Briscoe said Ids ap
state’s economy is ge;
ward the generation
nues than budget cun
state will gain revenut
dust lies are able to i
nues 10 peicenuhe
substantially tlnoughs
new jobs.
"We need to taket
attitude toward husin
“We’ve slapped the l
led us."
Jniv
ion
By CHRIS
Although he has not served in an
ougn tie
elected o ffice, Bi iscoe saitl the diver
Financial support is another mat
ter.
“I'm struggling," Briscoe said.
“My war chest is certainly not what
I'd like it to !>e."
He has spent S 130.000 to date,
but tloes not intend to go into debt
for the campaign.
sity of his background offers him a
broad perspective. Briscoe has
worked as a developer in Dallas tor
the past seven years. Before that, fie
was a wildlife biologist and newspa
per publisher in Dallas. As a student
at A&M, Briscoe worked part time,
was a member of the Singing Cadets
and president of the wildlife society.
The kc-\ i<
lav llavc uii
&M lanipus
the Kt-\ (.
if I’ll' sk al PI
Lama Sira
erks, sa\s tl
Busok- said the stale !tl| n "" < ' ' ll '
much money andeffaJp 01 lr 1 " 1 > •
tract new business toll s bc s;
as (lie naval pur, liamllr
and the proposed Tr*^®‘ u ^ s ^
stead, Briscoe saidth
plans to ask alret
I exas businessmen
< an help them genera
nil be
If elected. Briscoe not only
the first Aggie in the governor’s
mansion — he also will be the first
bachelor. Considering Briscoe’s
"That’s not to say
ness is not important,
but it costs to cultivati
We need to start tak
of businesses we've mi
id stamp d<
feplt-conl.s
lent.
'‘We don't
mins, housii
tvs.
When a ilep
;r lot kevs,
ich'pulet at
>sts alt ( cuts a
"The Pin sir
ist oi the lit
Class of ’89 officers picke
in freshman runoff electioiife
The housim
e student S
By FRANK SMITH
Stull Writer
Jared Hurta was elected president
of the Class of’89 in Friday's fresh
man runoff elections. Greg Carter
was triumphant in the vice presi
dential race and John Calahan won
the race for treasurer.
Hurta, an agricultural economics
major from Bryan, receiver! a 59-
percent majority of the votes. Run
ner-up Paul Tisch received 39.3 per
cent.
The runoffs were necessary since
balloting for the of fices of president,
vice president and treasurer of the
freshman class produced no major
ity winner last Monday.
“I feel had that out class wasn’t
well represented in the voting,"
Hurta saitl. “But I was very satisfied
with the results. One of the things in
my campaign was a push for more
involvement. But I think we'll be
able to do more with that later."
Election Co-Commissioner Alan
Moore said 183 ballots were cast Fri
day at the two voting sites, the Pavil
ion and the A-1 Lounge.
"It (the turnout) was disappoin
ting," Moore said. “1 think the choice
of sites was the bad part. The Pavil
ion by and large pulled a lot more
than A-1.”
He said 1(>2 of the 183 ballots
were cast at the Pavilion.
In the other runoffs. Carter won
the vice presidency of the freshman
class with a 59 percent majority. Car
ter is an aerospace engineering ma
jor from Houston. His opponent,
Peter Fry. got 35.5 percent of the
votes.
“I’d like to thank everybody for
coming out and voting," (airier said.
"Hopefully well haieat
out at f uture elections.’
Carter also named st
goals for later in thevc
an effort to find better:
nancial aid for Ireshtmt
The freshman treasm
is an agricultural eton
from Nacogdoches. (
ceived 53 percent of th
Deulre Doigg had40.9p
“I thought there was
of apathy on campus
elections, Calahan
was the locations or ut
)ust didn't care.
“The el ection was re
was glad I got it, bull
disappointed inthevotfl
Moore said the d
smoothly and thatheu
with the campaigns of
dates.
tnizaiion. Kt '
there is a pro
“We re lu se
em,” Sit atl,i ■
Two copies
e\ Control ;
:>ntrol ol I ice.
Hie maste r
.-pt b\ the ke\
lith'sropv, oi
(ksBjths.
The two ha 1
small loom i
lintrol ol tii e.
A file is kept
uh loc k ol c-t
cademic Bi
trattii savs.
The master (
tool drawers,
temed with la
n eac h draw ei
*ss to the mast
Housing authority snubs hearing
Assc
Associated Press
HOUS TON — A congressional
subcommittee charged with asses
sing the condition of the nation’s
public housing is being snubbed by
Houston’s housing authority, even
though the local authority is feder
ally funded.
“We have had extensive hearings
in 33 different states and 63 differ
ent political entities over the past 4 l Ai
years and this is the first time that
we’ve ever had a public official- re
fusing to appear or even cooperate,”
said U.S. Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez,
D-San Antonio.
Not only has the (Tty of Houston
Housing Authority and Executive
Director Earl Phillips refused to par
ticipate in the hearing in any way,
but an earlier decision to let the sub
committee meet on authority prop
erty has been withdrawn.
“We felt the whole thing would he
totally negative,” Phillips said.
Phillips was referring to sched
uled testimony today by opponents
of an authority proposal to raze Al
len Parkway Village, a dilapidated
1,000-unit housing project on the
west side of downtown Houston.
A proposal, awaiting approval
from the U.S. Department of Hous-
“When I rcmemM DALLAS —
tent the representatiw ome neighboi
been alxtut holding ll ave kept nig
Allen Parkway,”hes
what was happening.’
ing and Urban Development, would
ig an
relocate the mainly Vietnamese ten-
He said the subo
met with opponent!
gainst rats, ha
ig battle ag;
tins, city ol I ic
av.
One Oak Cl
ants, demolish the project and sell
the prime real estate.
The proposal, however, has
drawn opposition from a coalition
including Gladys House, head of the
Freedmen’s Town Association; Len-
wood Johnson, president of the Al
len Parkway residents council; and
Bruce V. Griffiths, staff counsel for
the? American Civil L.il>erties Union,
which has filed suit in federal court
against the housing authority.
Phillips said he compiled a list of
possible witnesses to appear before
the panel and also offered the use of
an authority housing project as a
meeting silt*.
Parkway proect bef«f . ,. .
with him. Phillips also* ^'Ir lnto 11
his witnesses were ncUwf
tify in the publicheantij:
Alter that, Phillips
the subcommittee tofep^ 1
site and refused topartif?
heat ings, which are w? 1
to be held in a cotntirf
center.
Gonzalez said ofliriaks
ies that have problems &
are eager to present llw
lore the subcommittee.
“It’s not as il were an*
committee or the FBIod
Gonzalez said.
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