The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1975 Page: 2 of 8
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editorial
After a month and a half of intense and bitter cam-
paigning and two separate ballotings, the Thresher editor
election is finally over. Speaking for myself, and I think
the rest of the staff, too, it couldn't have happened soon
enough. The election has been characterized by personality
conflicts, distortions of the truth, accusations and counter
charges from both sides; I have been just as guilty as
everyone else.
However, now is not the time to dwell on these short-
comings; elections always seem to bring out the worst in
people. What we need is a spirit of openness and compro-
mise, and most of all the willingness to work together.
And there is plenty of work to be done. The Thresher
has only begun to realize its potential; we need new talent
and new ideas. If you, the student, have an idea or a sug-
gestion, come up to the office on the second floor of the
RMC. We can use the help. —gary brewton
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'I WANT YOU ALL TO FEEL SECURE ABOUT AMERICA'S FOREIGN POLICY COMMITMENTS
. . HAVE A CIGAR!'
Insurance industry involved in anti-ERA effort
The Equal Rights Amend-
ment (ERA) — so near to final
ratification — still has a formi-
dable enemy to deal with before
becoming law. The feminist
newspaper Majority Reports says
that many of the lobbying ef-
forts against passage of the
amendment are being secretly
supported by the insurance
industry.
According to the newpaper,
women commonly pay up to 50
per cent more for health insur-
ance than men, and that would
be outlawed by passage of the
ERA. So, clearly, the insurance
industry has much at stake.
In Nebraska, one of the chief
lobbyists against the bill has
been Phyllis Schafly, who works
with the Pro American group.
Ms. Schafly is reported backed
heavily by W. Clement Stone,
the millionaire chairman of the
Combined Insurance Company
of America, one of the nation's
largest. Also in Nebraska, Mrs.
Clifton Batchelder, a defeated
Republican candidate for Lt.
threshing-it-out
"Willy's Pub" is a poor choice
To the editor:
Because of my erstwhile
attempts at study, and due to
the penalties exacted by my
failure to do so, I have just got-
ten around to reading last week's
Thresher. Much to my dismay, I
discover that our student lounge
has been named "Willy's Pub."
The name in itself is a dis-
grace. But what really makes me
mad is the fact that it was de-
rived from 2 (or 4) different
entries. I had assumed when I
entered the contest that the
name for the pub would be
unique, and that it would be
chosen solely from among the
entries. Boy, was I wrong!
If the selection committee
was going to end up naming the
place, why did they even bother
to have a contest? I find myself
forced to shriek, "Unfair!" at
the top of my voice. And as long
as they came up with the win-
ning entry, why didn't they take
the prize money, too?
Members of the Selection
Committee, you have indeed
earned the name that I entered
in the contest. You are "The
Horse's Ass."
John Franklin
Will Rice, '78
Governor, is working against the
amendment, presumably with
financial support from the Con-
tinental Insurance Company, of
which she happens to be an
heiress.
According to the paper, the
wives of executives of Mutual of
Omaha and its affiliates have
also become active Pro American
lobbyists against the amend-
ment.
Other groups receiving sup-
port from the insurance com-
panies for efforts against the bill
are said to include the John
Birch Society and the Young
Americans for Freedom. As
Continental Insurance spokes-
person William Perkins puts it,
"I can assure you we have a high
batting average on killing bills
we don't want, and passing ones
we do."
Meanwhile, a resolution
censuring First Lady Betty Ford
for her lobbying efforts on
behalf of the Equal Rights
Amendment (ERA) has been
introduced into the Missouri
State Senate — by a woman
legislator.
Democratic Senator Mary
Grant of Kansas City, the Sen-
ate's only woman member, is an
outspoken opponent of the
ERA. She says she introduced
the resolution as a "courteous
reminder to the First Lady that
we like to take care of our own
business."
Mrs. Ford recently tele-
phoned state legislators on be-
half of the ERA just before the
state House approved the mea-
sure. Senator Grant's censure
resolution has been referred to
committee for study.
TexPIRG. urges utilities board
Texas Public Interest
Research Group(TexPIRG), the
student funded and directed
consumer action organization
has urged Texas university stu-
dents to join other consumers in
participating in a capitol lawn
rally on utility rates set for
March 18.
Media Center gets Hot Line
Overflow crowds at the Media
Center have necessitated the
screening of films twice nightly
on Wednesday, Friday, and
Saturday evenings, announced
James Blue, co-director.
Feature length films will be
shown at 8 and 10pm.
In another schedule change,
an extra screening of Ingmar
Bergman's The Naked Night, will
be shown on Thursday, March
12 at 8pm, replacing Rossellini's
Augustine de Hippo, which is
currently unavailable.
To better serve interested
moviegoers, the Media Center
has also installed a hot line,
which will give current schedule
listings of films. For informa-
tion, call 528-4141, ext. 1359.
It's the new chem lab.
We built it to scare
the birds.
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TexPirg, which has chapters
at Stephen F. Austin University,
the University of Houston, and
the University of Texas, in addi-
tion to, the chapter at Rice, is a
member of the Texas Coalition
for Utility Regulation, a coor-
dinating organization for a num-
ber of Texas consumer groups
favoring a statewide utility com-
mission.
The Texas Coalition has spon-
sored the noontime rally to
"seek fair and just utility regula-
tion." Currently Texas has no
state regulatory board for utili-
ties. Legislation to create such a
board has had little success;
although strongly favored by
Houston Mayor Fred Hofheinz
statewide utilities regulation has
been successfully _ opposed by
other groups, including Dallas.
GARY BREWTON
Editor
DALE PAYTON-ENGLE
Business Manager
Cathy Egan Assistant
Business Manager
Rosine Wilson Ad Production
Manager
Dana Blankenhorn Circulation
Nancy Taubenslag . . Associate Editor
Emily Coffman .... Associate Editor
Debbie Davies News Editor
Philip Parker Sports Editor
Joel Rennie Editorial Assistant
Janet Doty .... Production Manager
Doug Peck Head Photographer
Forest Davenport . Back Page Editor
Wiley Sanders Assistant
Head Photographer
Editorial Staff: Linda Eichblatt, Shannon Vale, Jim Asker, Fritz Morsches.
Carla McFarland, John Anderson, Tricia Regan, Lorel Dowden.
News Staff: David Walker, Brian Buchanan, Shannon Vale, Ron Miller, Danna
Bledsoe, Cheryl Miskell, Debbie Osterman, Deby Wyatt, Nathan Gordon.
Fine Arts Staff: Elaine Bonilla, Paul Alley, Debbie Osterman, David
Courtwright, Thomas Zimmerman, Hannes Vogel, Andrew Blakeney.
Sports Staff: Steve Fouga, Scott Starks, Linda Eichblatt, Wiley Sanders, David
Au, Larry Nettles, Marc Siegel, Barry Josselson, Asuka Nakahara.
Business Staff: Mary Craig, Jim Davis, Carolena Houze, Mike Hindman, Cvn
Hudson, Margaret Nabors, Janice Colgrove, Tom Anderson.
Production Staff: Ruthie Melton, Bonnie Gershon, Gary Preuss, David White,
Bill Studabaker, Connie Dressner, Carla McFarland, Jeanne Fagan.
Austin Bureau: Steve Jackson.
The Rice Thresher, the official student newspaper of Rice University since
1916, is published semi-weekly on Mondays and Thursdays during the school
year except during examination periods and holidays by the students of Rice
University, 528—4141 ext 221. Advertising information is available on
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expressed herein are not necessarily those of anyone except the writer.
Obviously.
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Brewton, Gary. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1975, newspaper, March 13, 1975; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245229/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.