The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 105, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1978 Page: 3 of 8
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Friday, April 25,1075
Briscoe, Hill Wage War
In Gubernatorial Race
THE NORTH TEXAS DAILY—PAGE 3
"This state ain't
big enuf fer
both of us."l
By MICHAEL CINELLI
Daily Reporter
The May 6 primary battle between in-
cumbent governor Dolph Briscoe and
Texas’ attorney general John Hill is
shaping up to be a real donnybrook.
Hill fired the first shot of the cam-
paign by conducting an investigation of
Briscoe’s Governor's Office of Migrant
Affairs. The subsequent report turned
up corruption in the administration of
the bureaucracy, and the plot thickened.
Briscoe recently called for an in-
vestigation of Hill’s special investigative
team, which was still looking at the ir-
regularities of the COMA. Hill cried un-
fair. In fact, he made a personal public
appeal to the governor to allow his team
to continue to conduct the investigation
already underway.
THE MEDIA HAVE called the race
too close to predict a winner on May 0.
Hill has gained strength, reports from
his campaign headquarters state,
because of his action during the farmer’s
strike.
But to beat an incumbent governor
will take all the political savy Hill can
muster, most experts say.
Briscoe said recently that legislative
experience is a plus for his campaign,
and a necessary tool in handling the
responsibilities of governor.
It is his relationship, developed over
two terms as governor of the Lone Star
State, that Briscoe believes will help him
steer the state on a steady course during
the next four years.
“There is need for active cooperation
rather than confrontation (in
government)," Briscoe said in a recent
Dallas Times Herald interview. “Under
my administration, we have had the best
relationship between the executive office
and the legislature in many years.”
On the other side of the battlefield,
Hill said he is an attentive public official
while his opponent is inattentive; the
contest is between a problem solver and
a problem watcher.
“Briscoe reminds me of lawyers who
always have a letter in their files on any
subject,” Hill told a Times Herald
reporter. "When there’s a problem he
fires off a letter to President Carter or
Bob Strauss."
The growth of the state over the past
ten years is an issue the candidates face
head-on.
Briscoe said the growth has been built
on a sound, solid basis, and is not on a
boom-type system.
"We have had the creation of new in-
dustry and higher paying jobs. And we
do not want to lose the distinction of be-
ing Texans," Briscoe said.
HILL, ON THE other hand, wants to
protect the state against becoming over-
industrialized and facing environmental
problems in the future.
"I do believe in enforcing the en-
vironmental law," the attorney general
said. “I believe in seeing that all develop-
ment complies with clean air and clean
water regulations.”
While Briscoe made no comparison
between Texas and the financially
Smith Tells Stands
On Election Issues
Editor's Note: The following is u first-
person article written by gubernatorial
candidate Preston Smith of Lubbock.
The economic climate under rny ad-
ministration will be much more healthy
than it presently is, because we will do
what we can to bring back some
similance of fiscal responsibility to our
state government. At the present time,
the present administration is over-
spending the taxpayers' dollars.
It is my firm belief that deregulation
of gas prices will be helpful to Texas
consumers in the long run, because it
will provide incentives for individuals to
again make the necessary expenditures
to provide more energy and it is in this
way that we could best solve the energy
problem facing the nation.
It is my feeling that governmental of-
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troubled states of New York and
California, the two regions arc on the
mind of his opponent.
"It is true we can learn from the mis-
takes of New York and California and
we should if we’re to become not only
the largest, but the best state,” Hill told
the Times Herald. “As yet we only see
the beginning signs of decay, but we
must be alert to the problems of our bar-
rios and ghettos and work to eliminate
them."
THE CAMPAIGN for the governor’s
chair could be costly, but both men seem
willing to pour as much money into the
primary battle as they deem necessary.
“The cost of campaigning in a state
with 12 million people is extremely
high,” Briscoe said, “so you do face the
need to raise extensive campaign con-
tributions.”
Hill echoed this philosophy. “I have
not financed my campaign with my own
wealth," he said. “I am fortunate
enough to have a substantial amount of
money, but I haven't attracted contribu-
tions because of that.”
May 6 is the final showdown, and the
field is already littered with fallen issues.
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Exams Plague Procrastinating Students
ficials should always be accessible to the
people both individually and collective-
ly. I will have an open door in the
Governor's Office, the same as when I
served before, in order that anyone
desiring to visit with me could do so.
The specific programs we would es-
tablish would be those dealing with the
general public in different congressional
districts to determine priority on
problems with which they were con-
fronted and then it would be an effort on
our part to work with them in resolving
these problems.
The problem with illegial aliens cross-
ing the border in the United States is
that of a national concern, and it would
be my feeling that we must work with
the Federal government in preventing
these aliens from coming into our
country.
Exams, here they come. The many
hours of cramming approach. The result
may be a grade to raise the student’s
average up one precious letter or down
one letter, which spells disaster on the
home front.
There are several types of exams—
each with its particular problem. First,
the most diffi- _
cult for which
to study, is the
comprehensive.
This big test
points out just
exactly how
much the stu-
dent has for-
gotten over
such a short
period of time.__
Consump-
tion of at least four to five pots of coffee
are required to prepare oneself fully for
the test. One advantage to this test is
that after the hard night of studying the
student does not have to be jarred from
his sleep by his alarm clock. For to
consume all the knowledge that took
Charles
Sooby
four months to be taught, the .tudent
stays awake all night.
There is no time to sleep, therefore, no
need to wake up in the morning.
Next is the take home exam. This little
jewel is deceiving. All semester the stu-
dent does class assignments the night
before they're due. The exam will always
______ look like one
of these. One
quick glance at
the test, how-
ever, and the
student sud-
denly asks,
"Was I sup-
posed to take
it home for the
summer?"
Out comes
’ the coffee pot
and the alarm clock can be unplugged.
There won't be any sleep tonight. In-
creasing the student finds himself pour-
ing down the coffee and sucking up the
cigarettes. This student is so relieved
never to step into the class again he feels
no pain when turning in the assignment.
Then there is my favorite: the non-
comprehensive exam. This comes from
an instructor who suffered through the
comprehensive exam numerous times
during his college career. He has perma-
nent stomach cramps reminding him to
be merciful.
Last, but very much not least, is the
Departmental Exam (also known as the
conspiracy exam). This is where a whole
gang of very big people behind closed
doors gathet together to insure that your
last week of school is a sleepless one.
These are the instructors who never suf-
fer stomach cramps but love to see
someone clasping his abdomen and
grimmacing in pain.
Students taking these during exam
week are ever present in the language
building. This is the one time of year
that foreign languages are actually
spoken in the corridors. These exams re-
quire at least the first summer session
from which to recover.
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Brockway, Ruthanne. The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 105, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1978, newspaper, April 28, 1978; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1003589/m1/3/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.