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FRIDAY, APR. 2, 1976
EXCERPTS
FROM THE
69 PAG E
REPORT OF
THE CITIZENS
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
2. Cost Estimates Committee (authors of extensive report
— "Proposed Building Program! Costs Estimates of Projects
Started by Year ")
Spencer Buchanan
George Kunze
Dempsey Seastrunk
Both sub - committees presented their findings to this Com-
mittee.
3. MOTION: That we recommend that the Board of Educa-
tion study the acquisition of a future school site.
1st: Wes Harper
2nd: Lonnie Jones
Vote: Motion carried unanimously
HIGH SCHOOL
1. Vocational Building
7. MOTION: That we accept the $1,545,600 (year 1977) for
the Vocational Building.
1st: Bill Ledbetter
2nd: Charles McCandless
Vote: Motion carried with 14 ayes
11. MOTION: That we delete the parking ($126,000 and
$152,000)
1 st:. 1 ,Q Pje
2nd: Fred KIatt
Amendment: That we delete the $152,000 for
existing parking and leave the $126,000 for
parking and leave the $126,000 for parking at
the Vocational Building.
1st: Walter Dorsey
2nd: Elliot Bray
Vote: Amendment passed with 8 Ayes and
6 Noes.
MOTION AS AMENDED: That we delete the park-
ing in the amount of
$152,000.
VOTE: Motion carried with 10 Ayes and 3 Noes;
1 Abstention
SOUTH KNOLL
1. P.E. facility
13. MOTION: That we accept the P.E. facility, changing the
name to "Multi- Purpose and Classroom Facility ".
1st: Vi Burke
2nd: Alvin Jones
Amendment: That we include the $25,000.00 for
air - conditioning (1)
1st: Bill Ledbetter
2nd: Charles McCandless
Amendment: That we delete the covered walk
from the P.E. facility. (2)
1st: Walter Dorsey
2nd: Alvin Jones
Vote: (2) Amendment to delete covered walk
passed with 8 Ayes and 6 Noes. (Member
previously not present for roll call, then
present, now absent) (1) Amendment to
include air- conditioning passed with 10
Ayes and 4 Noes. (Member previously
not present for roll call, then present,
now absent)
MOTION AS AMENDED: That we accept the P.E.
facility, changing the name
to "Multi- Purpose and
Classroom Facility ", delet-
ing the covered walk, and
adding the $25,000.00 for
air- conditioning.
VOTE: Motion carried with 11 Ayes and3 Noes.
Heating and Air- conditioning in Main Building
19. MOTION: That we accept the figure of $19,200 for heat-
ing and air- conditioning in the Main Building.
1st: Fred Klatt
2nd: George Kunze
Vote: Motion carried unanimously.
Drainage System
24. MOTION: That we improve the drainage as shown
($57,700.00)
1st: Spencer Buchanan
2nd: George Kunze
Vote: Motion failed.
25. MOTION: That we recommend the Board find an alter-
nate system for correcting the drainage system at a much
reduced cost.
1st: Benny Leeth
2nd: Lonnie Jones
Vote: Motion carried unanimously.
MIDDLE SCHOOL - 5 &6
28. MOTION: That we accept the recommended amount of
$1,785,600 for the Middle School 5 &6 as presented.
1st: Elliot Bray
2nd: George Kunze
Amendment: Delete the word "demolition" plac-
ing the razing of 5 buildings and the relocation
of one building under "site improvements"
making the amount for site improvements
$168,000.00
1st: Stewart Brown
2nd: George Kunze
Vote: Motion carried with 8 Ayes and 4 Noes.
Vote: Motion as amended, carried with 9 Ayes and
2 Noes.
33. MOTION: That we recommend $6,428,100 as what is
necessary for the development of the school in this district,
however there is a concensus on the part of this committee
that it is too large.
1st: Bill Ledbetter
2nd: Walter Dorsey
Vote: Motion failed with 2 Ayes, 12 Noes.
MOTION: That the Citizens Advisory Committee rec-
ommend to the Board the approved amount of $6,428,100
as the amount required to meet the needs for the District
Building Program.
1st: Benny Leeth
2nd: Elliott Bray
Vote: Motion carried with 14 Ayes, 0 Noes.
39. MOTION: That we recommend a strong maintenance
program. (Text of motion not provided at time of printing
by Fred Matt)
1st: Fred Klatt
2nd: Spencer Buchanan
Vote: Motion carried with 14 Ayes, 0 Noes.
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1.
A. The first several meeting> of the Citizens Advisory Com-
mittee (C.A.C.) were devoted to hearing presentations
by the Administrative staff and the architect about the
needs of the system and the proposed building program.
Then, for the purpose of gaining some close -up know-
ledge of these needs and for providing the whole com-
mittee some fan dVarizatiott with them, the - Comrfiiftee
divided into sub - committees campus by campus.
B. The encompassing and final recommendation to the
Board of Education was a proposed bond election total
of $6,428,100.00 which includes all the necessary build-
ings requirements to house the operational and proposed
educational program for all students in all schools at all
levels. It is understood that passage and implementation
of this bond election would serve the building needs of
this community including projected student population
increases through the year 1980.
MY
COMMENTS
You, the Voters, owe the people of the Citizens Advisory
Committee a big "Thank You" for discovering that many of
our present buildings suffer from neglect and need immediate
repairs and maintenance to preserve them for continued use.
Sec. Item 39 (opposite & below)
I did not find a single building that was not now being put
to good use and fully suitable for continued use with repairs
in the amount of 20% of the cost of New Buildings. The
C.A.C. added money for this purpose.
FORGET THE
BULLDOZERS
And save over a million dollars worth of buildings for
ued use.
Item 2: In carefully reviewing the "Cost Estimates" of the
earlier proposals and those in the C.A.C. report, it appeared
to me that while the C.A.C. carefully sorted out Items, they
would delete or add; they retained the original "Cost Esti-
mate" of the retained items without reviewing the estimates
independently. I must add that it is possible to spend the
amounts listed as costs, but not necessarily by any means.
Item 7: From memos marked in the margin by someone, the
Vocational Building seems to be proposed as 40,000 square
feet; this comes to about $38.00 per sq. ft. I found similar
facilities on the A &M Campus which I am certain were con-
structed for half that price.
Item 11: The parking lot which was kept in the report for
$126,000.00 has the area of about 1,000 linear feet of city street.
In comparing bids for parking lots and streets by local paving
contractors, I find that this lot could be built for less than
$40,000.00
Item 13: Speaks for itself.
Item 19: See Photo of duct work installed in the building
where the board room is now. This building was planned
for destruction and replacement in the original $7.2 million
proposal but was saved along with the old Middle School
gym by action of the Board in reducing the proposal to
$5,150,000.00. I was told that this new system was not
working because the City had not connected the electri-
cal system. I could not determine:
A. Why it was being air- conditioned if also considered
for demolition.
B. Why the City would not connect the electricity; it's
getting close to summer.
C. How did it get paid for if it is part of a proposed (but
not passed) Bond issue.
Item 24: $57,700.00 for drainage. The C.A.C. obviously
needed no professional advise to zap this: This equals the
approximate cost for an eight acre subdivision (exclusive of
land) complete with: Streets, water, sewer, drainage, and
street lights.
Item 25: Good for the C.A.C.
Item 28: Speaks for itself, but who will know what site im-
provement means in the final proposal?
Item 33, 34: Take your pick.
Item 39: See first paragraph above; AMEN.
I would like to congratulate the Battalion Reporting
Staff for their coverage of this public interest issue.
One reporter told me that she had interviewed some
people who were so clearly biased on one side of this issue
that she then proceeded to seek out persons advocating the
opposite side in order to assure that the public was informed
on both points of view.
RETRACTION:
In the "Battalion" of Tuesday, March 30, 1976, I was
paraphrased very well in the story as written, except on
one point, my reluctant support of this Bond Issue.
My reluctance is caused by my dislike of having to
vote no. We are getting short of time to get going on some
badly needed items beginning with an extensive repair and
maintenance program for this summer, but I am afraid that
if this large issue is approved, it will be construed by the
Board and the Administration as the blessing of the voters
for this amount, and they will spend every bit of it.
My apologies are hereby extended to your reporter for
not having made this point clear in our telephone conversa-
tion; I accept full responsibility for this error and am paying
for publishing this restatement of my position.
VOTE SATURDAY, APRIL 3.
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YOUR SUPPORT
THE CANDIDATE:
AND INFLUENCE
W. D. Fitch
TO ELECT ME
Resident of College Station
since 1946
AS YOUR:
years experience in the
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building business and
TRUSTEE PLACE FOUR
Subdivision building in
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Please take the time
Thoroughly dedicated to
to read this information
the continued enhance-
ment of our City and its
before you vote
School System
and then
VOTE SATURDAY, APRIL 3.
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FRIDAY, APR. 2, 1976
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Women discuss two- career marriages
By DENISE EDMONDS
"There has always been a women's
lib," said Ruth Schaffer, professor of
sociology at Texas A &M yesterday
during the fourth day of the Wo-
men's Career Conference.
Joyce O'Rear and Kerry Hope
from the A &M Personal Counseling
Service spoke to the 30- member au-
dience about the obstacles and ad-
vantages of being a married career
woman.
Hope related the progress
through history of the American
woman in the working world. "Even
in colonial America, women were
not completely passive," she said.
By the end of the 19th century,
only four and one -half per cent of the
women were outside the home work-
ing, compared to the 55 per cent in
1965, said Hope.
"Now women are 35 per cent of
the working force, and they usually
still take a man's name," Hope said.
Even Freud sensed women's in-
VOTE FOR
E. MURL BAILEY, JR.
Place 3. College Station City Council
Associate Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine will exert strong leader-
ship. Shares your concerns about
Utilities
Uncontrolled Growth
Traffic Safety
Bike Ways & Walkways
Enforcement of Ordinances
ELECT
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College Station City Council
Place 3
, Saturday, April 3, 1976
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feriority complex when he thought
that women were malformed men.
According to Freud, when a woman
realized she was not built the same as
a man, she felt inferior, Hope said.
Obstacles for women desiring a
family and career are: 1) children
(how to provide mother substitutes),
2) husband (what are his attitudes), 3)
household chores (who does them),
4) money (whose is it), O'Rear said.
Ruth and Albert Schaffer, Warren
Dixon and his wife, Mary Lenn Mil-
ler were the two married couples
who have dealt with the obstacles in
a two - career marriage, and shared
some of their experiences with the
audience.
The most fundamental thing to be
decided when two people who both
want careers get married is if they
want children, and how the division
of labor will be worked out , said
Albert Schaffer, professor of sociol-
ogy at A &M.
Warren Dixon, assistant professor
of political science at A &M, said
even if you are open minded, when
you get married you find yourself
playing the sex roles. For example,
not marrying until 34 years old and
probably ironing shirts before his
wife was born, he finds himself tel-
ling her when he needs clean shirts,
Movie Review
By BILL CURNUTT
FELLINI'S ROMA — Fredrico
Fellini and his fantasy vision of Rome
and its beginning. Arts Committee
Film Series. Showing this Monday in
Rudder Theater, at 8. Admission $1.
YELLOW SUBMARINE —
Peter Max - styled animated non-
sense loosely based on the Beatles
song of the >ame name. Cinema
One, shows Friday and Saturday at
midnight. Admission $1.25.
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUC-
KOO'S NEST — All the big Oscars
went to this one, including Best Pic-
ture, Actor, Actress, and Director.
This adaption of Ken Kesey's novel
about the patients in a mental in-
stitution starE Jack Nicholson and
Louise Fletcher. Directed by Milos
Foreman. Cinema One, weekdays 1
and 9:30, weekends 2, 4:30, 7, and
9:30. Call theater for admission
prices.
LENNY — A stark, but com-
promised film which makes Lenny
Bruce more a martyr than what he
really was: an erratic but incisive
comedian. Dustin Hoffman is all
wrong for the part, but Valerie Per -
rine is letter- perfect as Bruce's
messed -up stripper wife, Honey.
Directed by Bob Fosse. Aggie
Cinema, Friday at midnight in Rud-
der Theater. Admission $1.
THE SUNSHINE BOYS — Wal-
ter Matthau and George Burns pro-
vide the spark of intelligence and
humor that keeps this from becom-
ing just another Neil Simon play on
film. Manor East Two, shows week-
days 7:25 and 9:30, weekends 3:15,
5:20, 7:25 and 9:30. Call theater for
additional information.
MACINTOSH AND T.J. — Roy
Rogers returns to the screen in this
movie, filmed in Texas, about a
modern day cowboy. Also stars Joan
Hackett, who is always good. Manor
East One, shows weekends 2:40,
4:25, 6:10, 7:55, and 9:40, weekdays
6:10, 7:55 and 9:40. Call theater for
additional information.
DOG DAY AFTERNOON — Al
Pacino in one of 1975's best films.
Manor East Three, shows weekends
2:15, 4:35, 6:55 and 9:15, weekdays
6:55 and 9:15. Call theater for addi-
tional information.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
MISS JANE PITTMAN — One of
the best television films ever made.
Cicely Tyson and Michael Murphy
star in this story of an ancient black-
woman who tells a voting journalist
of her life as a slave and as a free
woman in the South. Aggie Cinema,
Tuesday, April 6, in Rudder Thea-
ter, at 8. Admission $1.
BREAKHEART PASS — Charles
Bronson, Jill Ireland, Ben Johnson,
and Charles Durning are featured in
this Western mystery film. Cinema
Two, shows weekends 2:10, 3:55,
5:40, 7:35 and 9:30, weekdays 7:35
and 9:30. Call theater for additional
information.
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and get an "X" Rating
THE BOOB TUBE — An X -rated
spoof of last year's satire on televi-
sion, "The Grove Tube." Campus.
Call theater for information.
HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD
— Rated R. Skyway Twin, west sc-
reen. Starts at dusk. Call theater for
information.
COVER GIRL MODELS —
Rated R. Skyway Twin, west screen.
Second feature. Call theater for in-
formation.
RATTLERS — Rattlesnakes on
nerve gas go crazy and start attacking
everything in sight. Features Sam
Chew, Elisabeth Cheavet, and Dan
Priest. Skyway Twin, east screen,
first feature, starts at dusk. Also
showing at the Palace. Call theater
he said.
Some advantages for a two- career
marriage are: 1) fulfilling your needs
as a woman, 2) bringing something
more vital to your marriage, and 3)
extra money, said O'Rear.
Today is the last day of the Wo-
men's Career Conference. The ex-
periences of five women with careers
is the subject of today's meeting in
601 Rudder Tower, noon to 2 p.m.
for additional information.
STANLEY — Another dangerous
little animal movie, this one the
sequel to "Ben," which was about
some cute rats. Skyway Twin, east
screen, second feature. Call theater
for additional information.
THE BICYCLE THIEF — Vit-
torio De Sica's most famous film, and
one of the best examples of Italian
post -war neo- realism. Filmed in
black and white, with a cast of non-
professional performers, De Sica
tells a moving story of a poor man, his
son, and their search for the stolen
bicycle which is their only valuable
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CANCER
ANSWER
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American Cancer Society
M. D. Anderson Hospital
and Tumor Institute
.A reader explains: "I own
a furniture factory and
recently one of my best
woodworkers had a cancer
operation. He seems fine
and wants to come back to
work. Wouldn't he be better
off retiring early and not
have to face people ?"
AN'SIVERline: Absolutely
not. There is nothing shame-
ful about having been
treated for cancer. The man
wants to enjoy the life that
his treatment has made pos-
sible. It's our hunch that he
will be a better woodworker
than ever. It's not a kindness
to deny him the right to do
meaningful work, of which he
is capable. It might interest
you to know as an employer
that a study done by the
Metropolitan Insurance Com-
pany of its many employees
who returned to work after
cancer treatment, showed
that they had no more ab-
sences for sickness than
other employees.
A teenage girl writes: "I've
just learned how to do breast
self- examination for cancer
in my hygiene class and I
think that it is a great idea.
I was surprised to discover
that my mother and my married
sister don't do breast self -
examination. Shouldn't all
women ?"
ANSIVERline: Unfortunately,
a recent Gallup survey
showed that fewer than one -
fourth of American women
practice breast self- examina-
tion regOarly, Sometimes it
is a matter of ignorance or
fear. The American Cancer
Society seeks to teach every
woman this life - saving habit.
Why don't you suggest they
ask their doctors about it.
Also, your local American
Cancer Society Unit has a
leatlet on step -by -step in-
structions that is free for the
asking.
A housewife writes: "We
all know that antibiotics_ can
do wonderful things. Now I
hear that there is a new one
for cancer. Is that true ?"
ANSWERIine: Several anti-
biotics are useful against
cancer, not because they are
antibiotics in the sense with
which you are familiar, (as
agents against bacteria), but
because they are chemicals
that can interfere with the
division of cells (cancer is
the endless division and
reproduction of cells.) Adria-
mycin is an example of a
powerful new antibiotic,
developed in Italy, which is
now proving effective as
part of the treatment for
several forms of cancer -- for
example, some bone cancers,
advanced breast cancer and
leukemia. However, it is not
useful for all patients be-
cause of side effects. It. is
not useful for all cancers --
but we are glad to have it.
Question: "What is Hodgkin's
Disease? Is it cancer ?"
ANSWERIine: Yes,Hodgkin's
is cancer of the lymph
system. Once this form of
cancer was hopeless, but
today there are successful
treatments for a great number
of patients.
A wife asks: "Can you give
me some facts about the
length of time a person loses
from his life if he smokes
cigarettes. My husband is
just twenty -one but he smokes
them a lot and I'm worried."
ANSWERIine: You might tell
your husband that a careful
study has shown that the man
who is a pack -a -day smoker
by age 25 runs the risk of
living six years less than the
young man who doesn't. He
is at the point in his life
when he can make a decision
that might actually extend
his life. The decision should
be to quit completely and if
he needs help, please check
with your local American
Cancer Society Unit.
Do you have further
questions? Call your
local unit of the Ayneri-
can Cancer Society or
write: Cancer Com-
munication Center, The
University of Texas
AI.D.Anderson Hospital
& Tuntor Institute,
Texas Aledical Center,
Houston, 77025.
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fi ) There it sits at the end of a grand Faces of cadets resembling Gre-
" #' esplanade, crowning a sloping ter- cian soldiers are carved into the
rain. Along the The Wall, it is the elephantine capitals of the various
symbol of the Texas A &M Administ- columns. A woman's face can be seen
41 ration. on one of the capitals, that of the
o Built in 1932 at a cost of $362,775, daughter of A &M's superintendent
the Systems Administration Build- of construction during the 1930's.
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ing was the first to face Texas Av- A huge map of Texas adorns the
enue. The buildin is done in a grand floor of the central foyer. It is ex-
classical style an was designed by p crafted of terrazzo and brass,
longtime campus architect S.C.P. and depicts the history of Texas,
w_« - Vosper. from the time of the Republic to the
Ionic columns are strung along the 30s. The Lone Star symbol can be
front of the building and classical found on walls and columns.
touches can be found all around it. There are stained glass windows
But the exterior decoration is mini- throughout and the fine wrought
WEST FACE OF THE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING mal when compared with the ironwork expresses the formal air ofa
Photos by Jim Hendrickson flourishes within. building which houses the offices of
- President Jack K. Williams and the
numerous Vice - Presidents of the
CS bond issue u far -flung A &M System.
n The front plaza is the site of the
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The committee also reviewed a
proposed $400,000 expansion of the
administrative offices. School board
nominees rejected it, saying the
student facilities should come first.
New multi- purpose classroom
facilities at College Hills and South
Knoll Elementary Schools are also
part of the bond issue.
One new building at South Knoll
will house two classrooms, a physical
education facility and Spanish and
music classes.
Five other classrooms will be built
at South Knoll, while seven will be
available after the 5th grade
relocates' to its new building. Six
other classrooms will be used for
kindergarten classes. One will
provide for future growth. The cost
for this construction will be
$710,000.
College Hills will have six
classrooms built, with six others
being vacated by the 5th grade's
relocation. Six of these classrooms
will be used by the kindergarten,
while four will help reduce the
pupil- teacher ratio. The other two
will provide for future growth. The
cost of this construction will he
$774,900.
Classroom space is needed for the
kindergarten because the Texas
Education Agency has said that next
fall students will have to attend class
all day. The students are currently
attending half -day sessions.
One major reason for classroom
expansion is so the school district's
pupil- teacher ratio goal can be
obtained. They are: kindergarten,
one teacher for every 18 students;
grades one through four, 1:22;
middle school and high school:
1:24 -25.
Not all the candidates for the
school board are in favor of the bond
issue. George Boyett, school board
candidate for Place 2 said
overcrowded classrooms are an
example of improper utilization of
space.
"A professional engineer made
projections and long -range plans for
the school system in 1969. The
systems' projected enrollment was in
excess of 3,898 for 1975 -76. The
present enrollment is less. than
3085," he said. "And they're
complaining about overcrowding ?"
Dr. H. R. Burnett, assistant
superintendent in charge of
curriculum said, "It is unfairtocount
special education teachers in
calculating a pupil- teacher ratio,
because a speech therapist, for
example, must work on a very
personal basis with each child.
"The state says that six students
per contact hour , with a special
education teacher is fine."
The proposal will increase taxes 11
per cent. The current tax rate is
$1.77 per $100 of property valuation.
If the proposed issue passes, the
two -year increase will be
approximately 20 cents, or $1.97 per
$100 of property valuation.
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Associated Press negotiators.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. = Usery's continued presence at the
The Teamsters unions coast -to coast talks was taken as one hopeful sign.
truck strike rolled into its second day He cancelled tentative plans to re-
today with bargainers reported "very turn Thursday to Washington and
close" to agreement on a total remained until negotiations recessed
economic package. at 1:20 a.m. this morning. An aide
But sources close to both sides said said he would stay in the negotiations
disagreement on how the money again today. Usery said five or six
package should be distributed money issues were all that kept the
among wages, cost -of- living benefits two sides apart.
and other contract items remained to
be settled when negotiations re-
sumed today.
The work stoppage already has
begun slowing the movement of
goods, produced some scattered vio-
lence and has both government and
business leaders deeply worried
about the possible impact on the na-
tion's commercial well - being.
All four U.S. auto makers said they
would have to start shutting down
production plants next week if the
largest walkout ever by truckers is
still on.
Labor Secretary W. J. Usery, Jr.,
the key federal official involved in
the dispute between 400,000
Teamsters and the trucking indus-
try, remained at the bargaining site
in this Chicago suburb trying to re-
solve the lingering money disputes.
Ford administration sources said it
appeared that the government
would refrain, at least temporarily,
from taking action to invoke the
Taft - Hartley Act while bargaining
continued and there were indica-
tions of progress. The act provides
for a 80 -day cooling -off period, but
that would take the pressure off
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