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Vol. 67 No. 404 College Station, Texas Wednesda, July 17, 1974

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ity Council sets swim fee park sprinkler bid accepted

S, andly each I b> GERALD OLIVIERI'eekschfiB A 50 cent charge for swimmers tars travels^ over 12 and 25 cents for children six ie Sharbs to eleven was approved for the new cl game gee Creek Park swimming pool by it Sundat, the College Station City Council ut the V; Tuesday night. A swim card good for ay nightl 15 swims will also be available for -ica’spns $5.ifansmitB A bid of $2,500 for an automatic he same: sprinkler system for the multi-use

gaeld at Bee Creek was accepted ttlesniM: from John Price of Bryan. Parks andit there*® he footbip ■ason eftiif

recreation director Paul Waj- ciechowski said the system will ser­vice the new men’s and women’s softball fields, Little League baseball diamond, flag football field, as well as a croquet area and a put­ting green.

The Council voted to allot the minimum one sixth of the hotel- motel tax revenue to the promotion of tourism. The money is to be spent for the publication of a brochure concerning College Station. The

council invited individuals to pre­pare proposals for the brochure.

The other five-sixths of the- tax revenue is as yet unspent. The council submitted a list of possible expenditures to the city attorney to determine their legality.

“We are not satisfied with the law, as written,” said Mayor O. M. Holt. An attorney general’s opinion will be sought concerning the strictness of the law’s wording.

Mary Saslow, of the League of

A THIN CROWD dances to country-western music at Thursday’s post-registration celebration in the eteran, - ^rove Theater. (Photo by Steve Krauss)

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By GERALD OLIVIERJefTBump Pennwalt Corporation’s liability itneldenp for arsenjc pollution in Pinfeather

t and Municipal lakes will lx1 deter- al Leap mined Saturday at a public hearing nirghji' ^ of the Texas Water Quality Board

1 (IWQB).Pennwalt, located on the north-

11^ I em edge of Pinfeather Lake, is the ** 1 manufacturer of an arsenic-

I containing cotton defolient. ShielaI “0 1 ^ers^an’ TWQB, said suit was

L filed against Pennwalt in June, six-hittef 1973, to halt seepage of arsenic from theonlf holding ponds into Pinfeather. Ar-

the Hc-f senic levels in the seepage were burghPf measured by the TWQB and found

to be up to 220,000 times the ac- loffsinj^l cepted maximum of .OSmgper liter mingsfl of water. Doug MacArthur of the ipriW TWQB said most of the seepage has

been stopped.MacArthur said arsenic levels in

Pinfeather Lake are over 500 times the maximum allowable. In Munic­ipal the levels are 50 times the max­imum.

Arsenic levels in the sediment of both lakes were also found to be above regulations. A normal read­ing of 3mg per kilogram in the top

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two inches of sediment was deter­mined by the TWQB for water in this area. Parts of Pinfeather con­tained 3,000 times this amount. Municipal had values up to 100 times normal.

The sediment, light and flufiy, is stirred up by rain and flows down stream. MacArthur said water from Municipal Lake finds its way into Carter’s Creek and from there to the Navasota River. The Navasota is the site for the proposed Millican Dam and reservoir. Arsenic contamina­tion of the reservoir was sited by MacArthur as a potential problem.

Gershan said the hearing Satur­day will be a fact-finding effort. The hearing was originally scheduled for July 9 but was delayed until July 29 to allow Pennwalt to prepare its case. The TWQB said importance of the matter caused the meeting to be moved up to the 29th. Attorneys for Pennwalt said the new meeting date might result in a problem in obtain­ing witnesses.

John Lawrence, local Pennwalt attorney, said the new date was a definite inconvenience.

“This matter is still under consid-

ho ret'' loss.

Women Voters, read a statement urging the council to use the tax revenue for the acquisition of park land. Saslow said, “College Station is woefully undersupplied with parks and recreational facilities.”

The council will decide how the money will be spent at its regular meeting Monday night. The Mon­day meeting will also be the time for consideration of a resolution con­cerning the Willie Nelson Picnic. Councilmen Larry Bravenec, Don

Dale and Fred Brison were ap­pointed to draw up a resolution for passage by the council.

A preliminary statement submit­ted by Brison termed the picnic “immoral and indecent.” Concern over whether or not to condemn the participation of public officials in sponsoring this type of activity was expressed by Bravenec.

“What authority do we have to condemn anyone?” asked council­man Jim Gardner. “This (the resolu­tion) is an exercise in futility.”

Butler announced for commissioning

eration. There is a difference of nine days here and the difference bet­ween a Saturday and a Monday.” Lawrence said.

The meeting will tenatively be held at 10 a.m. in the Bryan City Council chammbers.

Presnal to speak at veterinary commencementState Representative Bill Presnal

of the 28th Legislative District will be commencement speaker at the ceremonies for the College of Vet­erinary Medicine.

Graduation for the approximately 126 students will be held at 8 p.m. Aug. 9 in the auditorium of the Rudder Center on the main campus of TAM U.

The exercises mark the end of the third trimester at the College and the once-yearly commence­ment of its students.

Army Reserve Brig. Gen. O. D. Butler will commission of­ficers at summer graduation.

Commissioning ceremonies will form part of the Aug. 16 commencement program.

Col. Thomas R. Parsons, commandant, noted it will be TAMU’s first formal summer commissioning.

Gen. Butler commands the 420th Engineer Brigade head­quartered in Bryan. He heads the University’s Animal Sci­ence Department.

New officers from Texas A&M will be sworn in by Gen. Butler after Texas Senator Wil­liam T. Moore of Bryan deliv­ers the commencement ad­dress. Cadets will then return to their seats, by colleges.

Fifteen to 20 cadets are ex­

pected to graduate and be commissioned this summer.

The commissioning officer took command of the 420th in 1971, on retirement of Brig. Gen. Joe G. Hanover. Gen. Butler has been reviewing of­ficer at an A&M football game march-in.

The TAMU faculty member served under the late Gen. Earl Rudder in “Texas’ Own” 90th Infantry Division. As a colonel, Butler commanded the 4th Battalion, 19th Artil­lery, of the Reserve division.

Gen. Butler served from 1941 to 1945 in World War II as an artillery officer. He is a 1939 A&M graduate. Head of the Animal Science Department since 1956, he also serves on and has chaired the TAMU Athletic Council.

COUNTY JUDGE WILLIAM R. VANCE addresses a Monday night dinner meeting of the Bryan and College Station City coun­cils, the County Commissioners Court and local news media. The group met at the Aggieland Inn to promote cooperation between the city and county government. (Photo by David Kimmel)

Jobs, counseling provided by $295,000 youth program

JOHN BECKHAM, Associate Dean, College of Science, helps students in the confused atmosphere of summer registration. The second summer term began Friday and will end August 16. (Photo by Doug Winship)

By 11M SAITOA youth-oriented program cover­

ing eight counties is giving 365 dis­advantaged teen-agers a chance to work for the summer.

The program, in its eighth year, has become the job center of most the counties involved, with the help of a $295,000 grant for the 1974 summer.

Its title is the Brazos Valley De­velopment Council Youth Summer Program.

This summer youth program, formerly the Neighborhood Youth Corps, started its operations in the summer of 1966. The program cov­ers Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson and Washington counties. Its purpose is to provide summer employment and other benefits, such as counsel­ing, career planning and educa­tional activities, for economically disadvantaged youth ages 14 through 21.

Eligibility is determined by economic standing of the family, along with its size and home condi­tions and the grade level of the youths involved.

The goal of the program is to en­roll 390 eligible teens, with a 60 percent female and 40 percent male proportion and give them as much work experience and instruction possible.

The Texas Department of Com­munity Affairs’ $295,000 grant is used to pay the summer program participants. Each youth is paid $2.00 an hour. While the program enrollees are considered free labor, because of the grant, they are hired out only to public and private non­profit sectors.

The students, on the whole, liked their work. “I like it just fine. ” and “It’s okay, I like it.” were answers that popped up most.

For these teens, there are many things to like about the youth prog­ram. For instance, finding jobs in small towns can be difficult for needy youths. The youth program can ease such problems.

“This program is practically the center of jobs in Normangee,” commented a program worker on scarcity of summer jobs. The pres­ence of the minimum wage and overtime pay helps quite a bit. “A lot of my friends work here too,” said one worker happily. Another remarked, “I guess it’s pretty easy to make friends here.”

Most important, most of the stu­

dents take pride in what they are working on.

“Yep, I’ve been working on it for a while, and it’s almost done,” said one worker referring to a large fan that had obviously been renovated and repainted.

Work skills and experience are things which the program particip­ant gets from the job. The $2.00 an hour wage, however, is the part of the program which the students recognize most readily.

“For me, it really helps,” said one worker while another worker who ‘moonlights’ said, “It’s okay, but it’s not enough.”

Many summer workers seem to appreciate what the program is doing for them. For example, “Hike it because some of the projects can be pretty interesting,’’ said one worker, referring to a small con­struction project. Counseling and career planning serve as a big plus in contrast to other nearby jobs. “We have weekly meetings on Friday afternoon—a sort of orientation,”

Mr. John Seale, Superintendent, said.

One supervisor summed up the whole job situation when he said, “We re a jack-of-all-trades.” The types of jobs that program workers are assigned range from grounds and building maintenance to cleri­cal work with fiscal budgets. The majority of teens work at the differ­ent schools in their community to prepare the school in terms of maintenance and economic funding for the fall semester.

In the maintenance aspect of the program, trades such as building construction, plumbing, carpentry, painting, mechanics, and other skills are put to good use.

One supervisor commenting on his building construction help said, “We would be nowhere without them.”

The students also work on grounds maintenance like clearing fields, gardening, mowing the school grounds, and re-planting trees. “Every now and then, we ‘beautify’ the place,” said one stu-

MIKE MAYS PAINTS playground equipment in Buffalo, Texas as part of the Brazos Valley Development Council Summer Job Prog­ram. (Photo by Will van Overbeek)

dent.There is even office work in­

volved. Those office workers handle anywhere from stenography to balancing budget figures. “I handle the monthly statements that come in and balance them,” said one of­fice worker.

“Without the support of the superintendents, principals, coun­selors, supervisors, and school sec­retaries, there would be no summer youth program,” said Mr. Bob Chappell, coordinator of the youth Manpower Programs. He added,

. “It’s people like C. M. Kirkpatrick, John Seale, and the others who work with the youth that make the program worthwhile.” Chappell also said. ‘ They are my backbone. Their contribution is immeasura­ble.”

Constitution revision to be mailedA newspaper tabloid, toll free

telephones and public service an­nouncements will be used to inform Texans of the content of a proposed 1974 Constitution.

A newspaper tabloid will be mailed to every postal patron prior to the election. The tabloid will con­tain a brief history of the revision process, a summary of major provi­sions, and the text of the proposal with an analysis. A sample ballot will also be included. Copies will also be available in Spanish as well as in English.maintained to answer any questions that may arise concerning the Con­stitution. Additional copies of the proprosed Constitution, as well as a side by side comparison of the 1876 and 1974 Constitutions, will be av­ailable by writing the Convention or calling 1-800-292-9600.

Public service announcements will appear in newspapers, bill­boards and on radio and TV. The announcements are designed to in­form the public about the upcoming vote and where to obtain informa­tion about the new Constitution.

“The publicity campaign is only for the purpose of informing every citizen of the content of the new

, Constitution,” Representative Bill Presnal said.