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Wednesday, February 18, 1987/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local Police Beat The following were reported to the University Police Department from Feb. 11 through Sunday: MISDEMEANOR THEFT: • A backpack was reported stolen from Sbisa Dining Hall. • A student reported that his Civil Engineering textbook was removed from a Commons Din ing Hall locker area. BURGLARY OF A MOTOR VE HICLE: • A plainclothes officer saw a student enter the hatchback of a blue Volkswagen and remove a tan bag. The student was arrested and taken to the Brazos County Jail. • Several arrests were made when a plainclothes officer ob served some men looking into cars in a campus parking lot. ASSAULT: • A student in Walton Hall re ported that at about 1 1 p.m. on | Feb. 11 he answered a knock at his door and 15 men wearing towels on their heads tried to bind his arms and legs with some duct tape. The stucient said he was able to struggle free and the men fled in all directions. • A student reported that while she was riding an intracam pus shuttle bus a bearded man wearing tan pants and topsider shoes rubbed up against her. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: • A student in Dunn Hall re ported that someone entered his room and took all his personal be longings from his drawers and threw them on the floor. HARASSMENT: • Two students living in Moses Hall reported that they have been receiving annoying prank phone calls for three weeks. • A student reported that she had been receiving annoying phone calls for several days. DISORDERLY CONDUCT: • A man reported that he saw two men exit a BMW and urinate on Hogg Street. Vandiver names interim replacement for recently retired operations head By Joe Lowe Reporter Dr. Jim Ferguson is the new in terim president for operations at Texas A&M, President Frank E. Vandiver announced last week. Ferguson, who has served as asso ciate vice president for operations since 1982, replaced Charles R. Car gill, who recently retired. In his new position, Ferguson will be responsible for the departments of educational information services, grounds maintenance, Physical Plant, security and traffic, and Eas- terwood Airport. “Our job is that of maintenance — maintaining the highest quality of services and providing a secure envi ronment,” Ferguson said. Ferguson, who described his posi tion as the city manager for the U ni- versity, said the operations depart ment will continue to provide the best possible services for the Univer sity and uphold the three main goals of the University: teaching, research and service. Ferguson, who holds three de grees from A&M — including a Ph.D. in educational administration — said the three major projects the department will be concerned with during his interim are a new parking garage proposed for the summer of 1988, improvements at Easterwood Airport and improvements to the functioning of the Physical Plant. The new garage, scheduled for completion by August 1988, will be at the site of the old physical plant and should provide relief for some of the University’s parking problems by offering about 2,000 parking spaces for day students and faculty members, and by opening other parking lots to those students who live on campus, Ferguson said. With hopes of improving the Physical Plant, Ferguson said the de partment will work to optimize man power despite the recent budget constraints affecting the University, and the same time work to offer a safe and functional environment. Plans for Easterwood, he said, in clude the completion of $12 million worth of improvements, including construction of a new terminal for commercial traffic and a new entry road from FM 60. Ferguson has been a member of the University’s administrative staff since 1978 and previously has served as manager of administrative serv ices in the Physical Plant, assistant for management analysis in the of fice of the vice president for business affairs and manager of administra tive services for the business services department. spt cial committee to look into the selec tion of a permanent vice president of operations and to examine the or ganization and policies of the de partment to see if a new structure will better serve the University, Fer guson said. vfTexas senators to decide on nomination to TEC ic bv Ml KAUSTIN (AP) — The entire Senate will decide Thursday if Ronald Luna, secretary of the state Democratic Party, should serve an other term on the Texas Employment Com mission. || Gov. Bill Clements said he would not inter- , fere with the vote of the nomination of Luna, an appointee of former Gov. Mark White. tedak®The Senate Nominations Committee voted raint 6-0 Tuesday not to make a recommendation iv thlion Luna’s nomination. S. FoiB Gubernatorial nom i nat i° ns must receive a two-thirds vote of senators present to be con firmed. EClements said later he would not oppose na’s nomination, or any other last-minute Bpointments by White, a Democrat, who was teated by Clements on Nov. 4. jTl don’t think it’s constructive for us to cre ate wounds and scars over a matter of really all consequence,” Clements told a news inference. “I have made a decision this )ir.e:::| hattkf taneps : hoi* edsd ing nl mint wtoii AIDS - letif ie wrf een-apl AIDS | josetonj ho i® : ! vord id prccistj tetl /1 npellft | belit'tj : with i 1 grou/ thepf i acti'M il sewij nil isequt morning that I’m going to let all the appoint ments go through without opposition.” Sen. Chet Edwards, D-Duncanville, chair man of the Nominations Committee, told the Senate he thought Clements’ decision was a statesmanlike action. The committee recommended approval of cussions, always in a very good-humored manner, with respect to these appointments,” Clements said. “There has been a lot of give and take and a lot of ideas put forward as to whether or not this was a violation of the leg islation that was passed. “I find no one that says that these appoint- “I don’t think it’s constructive for us to create wounds and scars over a matter of really small consequence. . . . I’m going to let all the ap pointments go through without opposition.” — Gov. Bill Clements six other White appointments that had been held up last week. There was a question raised whether any White appointments made after Nov. 1 were legal because of a 1983 law change that attempted to outlaw “midnight appointments” by lame-duck governors. “We have been having extensive dis- ments are not a violation of the intent of that law, but there are mixed feelings about it as to how we should proceed.” The White appointees approved Tuesday were Nancy Barnes, wife of former Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, to the TEC; Richard Bischoff, Houston, to the Texas Turnpike Authority; isno- fasotfj ,01110^1 eongej inuu efc aspect i Kc tval ion ■ in w 11 ’ ents 011 uskn4 ' rlie , J ^ l(0»f 5 „*!* i > The American Express® Card can get you virtually everything from a TV to a T-shirt. Or a tuxedo. From ThIsa to Thailand. So during college and after, it’s the perfect way to pay for just about anything you’ll want. How to get the Card before graduation. College is the first sign of success. And because we believe in your potential, we’ve made it easier to get the American Express Card right now. You can qualify even before you graduate with our special student offers. For details, look for applications on campus. Or just call 1-800-THE-CARD, and ask for a student application. The American Express Card. Don’t Leave School Without lC M I TRAVEL i RELATED I SERVICES /I A/n«ncan Cipreu comoany Court of Appeals Judge Robert Gammage, Austin, to the Texas Judicial Council; Jim Sale, Dallas, to the Veterans Land Board; Bettie Girling to the Home Health Services Advisory Council; and Dr. Kenneth Dorris, Erath County, to the Texas Animal Health Commission. “It is a question of Luna’s qualifications as a TEC commissioner, not if White’s appoint ment was legal,” said Blake. Blake also said Clements had asked him to vote against Luna. He said he had no specifics of the complaints against Luna, “but some people didn’t think he did a good job as com missioner, including some labor people.” Luna, a former assistant attorney general and prominent worker in the state Demo cratic party for years, was named by White to the TEC about three years ago as labor’s rep resentative on the three-member board. New oil bill would give tax credits WASHINGTON (AP) — Con gressman Larry Combest of Lub bock has introduced a bill that would give oil producers tax credits when the price of crude drops below the base price set forth in the Windfall Profits Tax Act of 1980. “The oil patch is suffering from depressed oil prices that threaten the industry’s survival and this country’s security,” the second-term Republican said. “We must act to see that the en tire country does not relive the horrible gas lines of the 1970s.” Combest’s bill, called the En ergy Equity Act of 1987, would use the levels of taxation called for in the windfall tax act as a measure for the amount of tax credit oil producers should re ceive if the price drops below the base price. 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