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The North Texas Daily
86TH YEAR NO. 22 NORTH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY. DENTON. TEXAS THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1972
TEI To Seek Stay of Ordinance
Photo by Stove Mono
Leave the Driving To...
Transportation Enterprises. Inc. (TEI) buses, above, daily ferry North Texas students to and from points in Dallas. both TEI and the Dallas Transit System spokesmen. Scott Keller, general manager of TEI, said Wednesday night his
The TEI buses will still continue to run despite a recent ordinance in Dallas affecting bus chartering, according to company's lawyers currently are briefing a lawsuit to be filed against the city of Dallas
By ELLEN MOORE
Staff Writer
Transportation Enterprises, Inc. (TEI)
will, according to Larry Allison, Dallas
director, seek “a court injunction if at all
possible” to stop enforcement of a recently
passed Dallas city ordinance.
However, regardless of whether the ordi-
nance is upheld or struck down by the
courts, spokesmen for both the Dallas-
Transit System (DTS) and TEI commuter
service to North Texas and East Texas
State will not be affected.
THE SO-CALLED “Chapter 10” or-
dinance was passed on Oct. 2 in the Dallas
City Council meeting. According to Alli-
son, the ordinance “requires a permit to be
issued for each bus that TEI wants to lease,
rent, charter or use to provide special trans-
portation. The permits are to be issued on
an annual basis, one permit for each bus.
The problem is,” he said, “we can be in
business for a year, but we don’t know
about next year. To get a permit, there is
so much red tape that we couldn’t get one
for a bus that we need today.”
Allison said he has not read the ordi-
nance, nor has he received any notification
about it. However, he said Wednesday that,
“We are fixing to get a court injunction
if at all possible” to prevent enforcement
of the ordinance.
B. E. Tonick, assistant manager of opera-
tions for DTS, said he had not seen a copy
of the ordinance either, and all he knew
about it “is what I have read in the papers.”
TONICK SAID that according to news-
paper reports, “charter service service
which originates and terminates in the city
of Dallas—the option for that charter ser-
vice must be given first to DTS. If DTS
can provide the service, fine. If not, then
give the option to another operator give
him the opportunity to provide the service.”
According to Tonick, the new ordinance
“is to protect DTS, which is required or
licensed to operate in Dallas, from loss of
revenue. The city realizes loss of revenue
if DTS loses any revenue from loss of bus
charters —could quite likely affect transit
fares for the rest of DTS patrons.”
Tonick said that because TEI has buses
which can be operated on charters within
the city of Dallas while not being used to
transport students to area universities,
“those buses are available to transport other
groups, and TEI is soliciting charter ser-
vices from other sources than students.”
ALTHOUGH TONICK did not know
precisely what amount TEI charges for
charters within the city, he said he "imag-
ined DTS prices would be higher.
"DTS buses arc kept up and maintained.
Our drivers are professionals,” he said.
“We pay them a living wage. TEI operates
non-airconditioned buses that break down
often and are not maintained. Just Tues-
day we had a call from some people to
DTS a TEI bus had broken down and
they called us. You can operate junk stuff
much cheaper than transit buses. There
is a safety factor involved in it, too. We
do preventative maintenance. I don’t know
of a fatality from DTS. We just don't have
serious accidents because of failure to main-
tain equipment," he said.
Neither Allison nor Tonick could
say who introduced the ordinance in the
city council meeting, although Tonick
said, “I know we (DTS) had some input in-
to it. We need some protection. We provide
service into the ghetto areas that don’t
always pay for themselves. We are entitled
to protect what areas there are that are
productive. If the ordinance was not passed,
it would have affected many more people.
Sooner or later there would have had to be
a fare increase because a source of revenue
is lost.”
Tonick said the only lawsuit he was a-
ware of is one that TEI has threatened to
file against the city of Dallas, adding "I
only know what I read in the papers.”
Tonick did say the ordinance would not
prevent TEI from running a general char-
ter service. “It doesn’t prevent them from
operating,” he said. “They’ve never stop-
ped Instead they've spread out to get more
and more and more. 1 doubt the ordinance
will stop them.”
ALLISON SAID the ordinance origi-
nated because “DTS wants a monopoly on
the charter system in Dallas that’s what
Fund Offers
Scandinavian
Study Grants
Students have an opportunity to obtain
grants and enter programs to study in Scan-
dinavian countries for the 1973-1974 aca-
demic year, according to Hugh Ayer, assoc,
dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Graduates can obtain applications for
the (ieorge C. Marshall Memorial Fund in
Denmark and for fellowships and grants in
Scandinavia by writing directly to The Ex-
change Division, the American-Scandina-
vian Foundation.
The deadline for the completed applica-
tions for the Marshall Fund is November 1
and the deadline for the fellowships and
grants is December 1.
Applications are also available from the
Exchange Division, The American-Scan-
dinavian Foundation, and are due March I.
SGA Solicits Confusing Bill Delays
Aid in Study Loans Students
Of Housing
A student-prepared directory listing
apartment facilities and their landlords’
policies and attitudes can be available by
January if students respond favorably, ac-
cording to Jim Simmons, Denton junior.
Appointed by Student Government As-
sociation (SGA) President John Shackel-
ford to work on the project, Simmons said
he needed volunteers to form a committee
to discuss the idea and content of the pro-
posed directory.
“Right now we need a good cross sec-
tion of students who live in apartments here
in Denton,” Simmons said Wednesday.
“I especially want to hear from blacks,
married women with kids, single girls and
married men.”
Students interested in participating in
this committee’s work should stop by the
SGA office
Approved federally insured student loans
over $1,500 have been delayed, Cliff Mc-
Kenzie, Dallas junior, said W ednesday . Mc-
Kenzie, one of those waiting on previously
approved loan money, has been checking
with Texas Congressmen on the problem.
On July 1, Congress raised the ceiling on
federally insured loans from $1,500 to
$2,500 for students meeting requirements.
But on Aug. 18 it was lowered again. “Re-
sulting confusion has placed a number of
students in a financial bind," McKenzie
said
“Mainly, the raised ceiling was to affect
the impoverished poor and students with
children by HEW’s standards, but the re-
sulting confusion to banks granting the
loans pressured Congress into rushing
through new legislation to lower the $2,500
limit back to the original $1,500," Mc-
Kenzie explained.
Since some of the $2,500 maximum loans
had been approved between July I and Aug.
18, students were assured they would still
receive their loans although the limit had
been lowered back to $1,500.
But, according to the Financial Aid Of-
fice, no student had received the larger
loan as of Oct. 11.
McKenzie, through phone calls to Sen.
Lloyd Bentsen, Sen. John lower, and re-
gional HEW officials, traced the loan pro-
cess. They first go from the bank granting
the loan to HEW, which grants final ap-
proval, then to Kansas City where the loans
ari* then processed
“Apparently what is happening is that
loans of $ 1,500 or less are being processed
by computer. Loans of more than $1,500
are being hand processed, causing the de-
lay, although both loans are filed on iden-
tical forms,” McKenzie said
Compiled from Daily Reports
Bike Registration Set for Monday at Kerr Hall
Registration of bicycles will be conducted Monday at Kerr Hall from 2 to
4 p.m., Sgt. Robby Robinson of the University Police said Tuesday.
Students are reminded that permanent identification numbers aid the police
in the recovery and the return of property, Sgt. Robinson said
Ex-Marines Collect Names for Sale of Alcohol
The Ex-Marines are taking signatures on a petition to force an election
to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages in Denton.
The Ex-Marines will operate a table in front of the Union Building for the
rest of this week. They have already collected 600 of the required 2,(XX) needed,
according to a spokesman for the Ex-Marines.
Doctoral Students Serve as Interns on Campus
Three counselor education doctoral candidates are serving their internships
at the Hospital and the Counseling and Testing Service Center in Terrill Hall.
This year is the first time psychology interns have been used at the Hospi-
tal, said Dr. Tom Overton, assistant director of the Counseling Center.
Dr. Carl Renfro, Hospital psychiatrist, supervises the interns at the Hospi-
tal, and Dr. Terrell P. Dilley, director of the Counseling Center, works with
the interns at the Center.
Under the joint efforts of Dr. Renfro and Dr. Dilley, the interns run a group
therapy session at the Hospital. The interns will also see students individually.
These services are free to students, but appointments should be made in ad-
vance.
According to Dr. Robert Lloyd, Hospital director, the office hours for Dr.
Renfro are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings.
Undeclared Majors To Receive Adviser Service
Students with undeclared majors will soon be receiving notices by mail
informing them that an advisory system has been set up to deal with those
who are reported as having no majors.
Each student will be assigned a specific adviser, and particular attention will
be given to the area in which the student thinks he might enter and also the
area in which his adviser is selected from, according to Hugh Ayer, associate
dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.
Second notices will be issued from the adviser directly to the assigned stu-
dents inviting them to come in for conferences.
Any students with undecided majors are urged to contact Dr. Ayer
Lindsey Starts Program To Slow Dorm Exodus
West Hall dorm director Sam Lindsey is attempting to slow the mass exo-
dus of students from the dormitories and into private housing.
As housing regulations on the campus have become more lenient, dorm
population has been steadily decreasing. Lindsey believes that a new atmo-
sphere must be created before the student will want to stay.
West Hall has also started a series of social events with Bruce Hall, such as
dances and musical jam sessions. \ counseling service headed by Lindsey has
recently been created and this is a major aid in dorm living, Lindsey feels.
"I want to make the men in my dorm feel they are welcome in my apartment
at any hour of the day or night to discuss any problems they may have directly
with me," he said.
Budget Board Members Examine Campus Needs
For the first time in several years, members of the Texas Legislative Budget
Board made a physical examination of the campus during their hearing on the
university’s biennial appropriations. President C. C. Nolen said Wednesday.
Hermas Miller and Jerry Peterson of the Budget Board, Ed Powers of Gov-
ernor Preston Smith’s office and Walter Guttman of the Texas College and
University Coordinating Board toured parts of the campus W ednesday, Nolen
said.
Their visit “improves our chances" for getting the appropriations the uni-
versity has requested for repair and rehabiliation of campus buildings, he said.
“We felt we had a good hearing," Nolen said.
it amounts to. They feel the ordinance will
give them a monopoly. We (TFT) spent time
in the city council the other day. However,
only one member of the council voted
against the ordinance. He wanted more
time to study it. However, the ordinance
was passed and is now in effect,” he said
Allison said he had not been notified of
the ordinance by the city, but explained that
as he understood it, TEI will be required to
have four permits for each bus it charters:
one for renting the bus. one for chartering,
one for leasing and one for special trans-
portation. He said he doesn’t know why
four permits per bus are required, instead
of only one a charter permit, for instance
“No one in the city council would admit
to sponsoring the ordinance or say why it
was brought up," Allison said However,
he did say that he had known of such an
ordinance since before Aug. 15, when he
became Dallas director for TEI.
“DTS CAN’T fool with the commuter,"
Allison said. “DTS is not supposed to char-
ter buses outside the city limits because
their buses are 102 inches wide, which is
illegal on Texas highways. They’re only
supposed to be 96 inches wide. Also, DTS
doesn’t have a permit from the Texas Rail-
road Commission."
Allison alleged that DTS is illegally
chartering buses outside of Dallas, but
when asked to be more specific, said only,
“We’ve got the proof.” He also said he has
not contacted the city of Dallas because he
is waiting for the head office of TEI in Aus-
tin to notify him of what action to take
"I’M SITTING tight, waiting for our
lawyers to decide what to do," he said
Asked whether or not TEI will run buses
without permi t- since Allison said he does
not know how to go about obtaining per-
mits—he replied that it "depends on the
customers and what the circumstances are,”
but refused to elaborate further, saying he
would “just as soon not be too much more
explicit than that."
Allison also added that "The commuter
buses will continue to run as far as 1 know ."
Mrs Jan Sanders, wife of the Democratic senatorial candidate Barefoot
Sanders, spoke before Denton supporters Monday In her remarks, Mrs
Sanders stressed the Senate voting record of Sen John Tower, Sanders'
opponent in the race, citing Tower's absentee record Mrs Sanders also
stressed that her husband wants to serve Texans on an "individual level "
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Mrs. Sanders Blasts
Tower’s Absenteeism
Stressing the Senate voting record of
Sen. John Tower, Mrs. Jan Sanders, wife
of the Democratic senatorial candidate,
spoke before Denton supporters Wednes-
day.
“In 1967, John Tower had an absentee
record of 47 per cent," Mrs. Sanders said
Among the votes Sen Tower was not pres-
ent for were defense appropriations, library
construction, and Social Security benefits,
she said
Mrs. Sanders expressed her husband’s
desire to serve Texans on a personal and in
dividual basis. “While campaigning for
Barefoot," she said, “1 have not met one
person who felt John Tower served them
individually."
Mrs Sanders said Sen Tower cast a vote
of "no” regarding civil rights, housing and
urban development, environmental protec-
tion, Medicare and the 18-year-old vote
Pledging her husband “to work full-time
for the people of this country," Mrs. San-
ders discussed her husbands policy propos-
als.
To avoid military involvement in coun-
tries such as in Vietnam. Sanders proposes
mobilization of forces on a 30-to-60 day
emergency period, after which time the
President would have to seek congressional
approval, Mrs Sanders said
Sanders also proposes a reform bill that
would prohibit senators from accepting
fees paid for making speeches, thus elimi-
nating conflict of interest, she said
Mrs Sanders said her husband also sup-
ports minority rights legislation, vocational
education and child care centers
Pete Gunter, chairman of the philosophy
department, concluded the meeting with an
original campaign song for Barefoot San-
ders.
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