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another column
by John Williams
Look I know that you're
naying to yourself that you've
'never seen this column before
and that you're wondering who
'the heck I am. So rather than try
to introduce myself In whatever
inadequate matters I possess I
ill leave that task to somebody
ho Is more eminently quail
fled:
FEDERAL BUREAU OP
INVESTIGATION
Resume No. 11070771106
Subject: Williams John Car
II
Ago: 20
Occupation: Columnist for
weeklv camnua newaaaner. the
?f iOPTlMIST and other similarly
ur Previous occupations: News
director at KACO Radio and atar
"Obituary writer for The AbBe
' Reporter-News.
"I Distinguishing personality
'"JjalU: Compulsive tendancy to
Inake aside remarks about
people and events In news
articles.
Brief history of subject's life:
Subject has throughout his life
pursued a steady career in tho
IWeld of pseudo-journalism. As
.underling on high school news
piper he once wrote a facetious
article on plans for the world to
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public SchooU Week. Was
properly chastised when some
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how the article made page three
of that week's Issuo.
Subject's present association
with the OPTIMIST stems from
1070 when he Joined the staff
as a reporter under the regime of
Raymon Fullerton and David
Hlmcs (a fact which in itself
should suggest
subject's
learnings).
Highlight of
something of
philosophical
subject's early
association with OPTIMIST was
an opinion survey conducted by
subject which showed that 30
of ACC student body knew
nothing about Splro Agnew.
Publication of said article
prompted letters from con
cerned alumni questioning the
quality of education at ACC.
Subject later Issued ultimatum
to Student Precs Corps: "If
David Hlmes goes I go!" Himes
graduated at mid-term.
Subject then concentrated on
association with KACC a
student 'underground radio
station. (So underground In
fact that It la located in the
basement of a local girk'
dormitory.) As KACC news
director subject waa once
mobbed by crowd of teeny
boppera waiting to see Neil
Diamond. During taped inter
view with Jose Fellciano subject
mispronounced singer's name
much to distress of Fellciano'a
seclngeye dog.
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ACC Station. Box 0203
Abilene Texas 70601
bllshed weekly except durini
citlom and final semester
examination by student Journal
bti st Abilene Christian CoUete.
Subscription rates: S3 a year or S2
fc semester. Second class postage
paid st Abilene Texas The
Optimist Is a member of Texas
JntercoUeglate Press Association
Jnd Associated Collegiate Press.
Karen Hughes editor
Milton Taylor photographer
Howard Reynolds
Steve Orr
John Williams
Alan Miller
Brit ChUm
Maurlta Mllford
John Wesler
Kathryn Thompson
Bobby Joe Pierce
The opinions stated on the editorial page by the editor and his
nvriters are Individual opinions and are not necessarily a reflection
Ibf the official policy of the ACC administration. The Optimist
Welcomes letters of opinion from readers. Letters should be held to
.la maximum of 200 words and be peatly typewritten
double-spaced on a 65 apace line. Address: Letters to the Editor
BCC Box 8203 Abilene Texas 70601. The Optimist reserves the
.right to edit any letter received to fit space limitations.
Another outrageoua stunt
pulled by subject 'was during
press conference with Ralph
Nader. See FBI Resume: Nader
Ralph.) During Nader'a dis-
courses on what was wrong with
American businesses subject
casually asked Nader if his life
had ever been threatened.
According to witnesses Nader'a
mouth dropped open and he
bewllderingly shook his head.
Witnesses also maintain that
subject then shouted "Mr.
Nader I can't hoar your head
rattling!" but subject denies
ever making such a statement.
During his tenure at KACC
Radio subject developed sneaky
habit of exacting embarrassing
quotations from people and then
revealing that they wero on tape.
Has been known to record
telephone conversations with
prominent campus personalities
for possible broadcast use (see
Folder No 62QA: FBI Wire
Tapping Techniques).
Undesirable tendencies: Sub-
ject has been known to hobnob
with such venerable personalities
as B. E. Davis Ina Green and
Charles Ivey perhaps in an
attempt to propagandize their
thinking. (Refer to FBI Resumes
on Davis B. E.; Green Ina L.;
and Ivey Robert Charles.)
We suspect that subject might
be using an alias In his nefarious
work; nobody has ever heard of
using a common namo like
"John Williams" in news report-
ing and commentary (his real
name may be Theobold
Byziruki). Subject Is also a lousy
typist.
Surveillance of subject should
be carefully planned as ho Is a
cunning master of disguise and
mimicry. He has parodied Paul
Harvey commentaries and Bat-
sell Barrett Baxter sermons and
attempted to pass them off as
the real thjng. He has also been
known to forgo FBI resumes.
Subject Is considered armed
and extremely dangerous. Arrest
and detention should be made as
quickly as possible for we
suspect thuf. subject has obtained
right to write weekly column by
coercing editor Karen Hughes
(See FBI Resume on Hughes
Karen Lee) whose life may be in
extreme danger. Refer to
regional office If apprehension
of subject is made. ' .
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by Art JMUNetst
During tho last two years tho ACC Students'
Association has become an active force on campus. This
can bo attributed not only to better student leadership
but to the active support of ACC students.
As a student you are Interested in seeing the student
senate become more responsive to your needs and your
desires. There are at least three things you can do to
Improve the Students' Association.
First demonstrate an interest in the decisions that your
student senate makes. Though all senate meetings are
open there are rarely many visitors. Attend the raeetlsgs:
you can be better Informed and see that your seaator
represents you. If you can't attend the meetings talk to
your class officers and senators. One other suggestion: do
some Investigating on your own. Where is ray tuition
dollar being spent? How much would It cost to provide
specific improvements in campus facilities?
Second support the activities that are sponsored or
endorsed by the Students' Association. SomeoBe once
said "I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do
and I understand for this has become ray own." Doing
participating Is the only way to make the Students'
Association your own. For instance ACC watt host the
13th annual World Missions Workshop durtog the
weekend of October 6-8. 2500 students from other
Christian colleges will come to learn more about Jeans'
mission for their lives. Ve need to attend the workshop.
Other activities we need to support are this fall's
Homecoming Musical "Fiddler on the Roof" and the
Students' Association sponsored political debates between
the Nixon and McGovem forces.
Third the work of the Students' Association will
Improve when the students themselves have a greater
sense of unity. This doesn't mean that differences of
opinion should be smoothed over. But there is a very real
sense in which we can have unity without uniformity of
thought or behavior. To put It bluntly the power of tho
Students' Association will bo diluted as long as there are
barriers between groups of students. What we need is a
commonality of purpose: searching for what Is best for all
the students.
You can contribute to a better Students' Association
by following these suggestions. Tell us what you think.
Support us in our efforts. In the meantime the leadership
of the Students' Association makes this pledge: wo will
speak for you and do what wo can to make ACC a better
place. 0 '
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 1, Ed. 1, Friday, September 8, 1972, newspaper, September 8, 1972; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91784/m1/3/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.