New Mexico Daily Lobo, Volume 077, No 65, 11/29/1973." 77, 65 (1973)
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University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository 1973 The aiD ly Lobo 1971 - 1980 11-29-1973 New Mexico Daily Lobo, Volume 077, No 65, 11/ 29/1973 University of New Mexico Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/daily_lobo_1973 Recommended Citation University of New Mexico. "New Mexico Daily Lobo, Volume 077, No 65, 11/29/1973." 77, 65 (1973). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/daily_lobo_1973/143 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The aiD ly Lobo 1971 - 1980 at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1973 by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. }l'i'?%9 fl.JO, vJ New Mexico ~c: (]) u 73 c: yJDJ :t~ DAI L v (]) )- r!uP'~ Thursday, November 29, 1973 . •. ( .. Parking Services. Office Congress Acts On Bills ·" Buys 'lmmobili.zers' ·.·:-'l For Energy Conservation WASHINGTON (UPI)-The Senate moved the civilian market to meet its needs under ~ For C~~~~~~~~~g!Lenders ~j closer Wednesday toward final congressional the Defense Production Act of 1950. approval of year-round daylight saving -THE PRESIDENT SIGNED a bill 1'\) The UNM Parking Services office has just purchased li time-the first since World War II-to reduce providing the Interior Department an \'l seven "immobilizers" designed to combat the rising number j_•. '_;.' 0 electricity and heating demands. additional $14.1 million to operate the new· ff~ of ~~~~n~~ ~~:~~i~~t :e~f:?~~~~~~i~gs~e¥r~aJi~::h and'has \l The House Commerce Committee mandatory allocation program for propane POLICE stamped prominently on the side. i) meanwhile ended public hearings and and home heating oil. ''That cost isn't so much," said Walter Birge of parking kil 0 planned to start today on drafting its version -The Federal Maritime Commission ser;~~::· ~:f:~~eu~r~~~ i~r:u~~~~~~ !~~ pnf~~c:·;;st of repeat (;i.1 of Senate-approved legislation giving called on U.S. ocean carriers in the domestic offenders which' is to be used by the campus parking i! President Nixon sweeping powers to shipping trade to reduce speed and utilize enforcement officers as they make their rounds each day. lj conserve energy supplies, from fuel rationing space to help meet the crisis. When an offender's car is spotted, he said, the officer will 1,..·_.·_ .•. _.. ·~,_!. to a ban on Sunday gasoline sales. _rrransportatiop Secretary Claude S. then radio in to the parking services office. Someone will Brinegar said Nixon's fuel saving measures, if come over and attach the device to the car, thus Senate passage of a two-year daylight immobilizing it, saving bill, which cleared the House Tuesday unsuccessful, "may soon be followed by The device is hooked on to one of the front wheels, with on a 311-88 vote, was expected by today at gasoline rationing, although we cer~ainly a dish -shaped piece covering the hubcap making it the latest. Unlike the House bill, which hope to avoid it." impossible to remove the wheel of the car. Another arm -Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton, D-Mo., urged extends downward causing it to jut into the p,avcment if exempted Hawaii, the Senate version would mobilization is attempted. give the President discretionary authority to the auto insurance industry to reduce All tow trucks have been instructed not to move an exempt any state or region from a premiums for insured motorists because immobilized vehicle; but Birge said this can be avoided with requirement to advance clocks by one hour. Nixon's 50 mile per hour speed limit had "connections," but only compounds the problem as the lowered the number of car accidents and offender will then be charged with theft of university THE WHITE HOUSE has estimated that their severity. fi property. daylight saving time could lower demands ~.\ A "Notice of Immobilization" is placed on the -ASSI$1,ANT TREASURY 1 for electricity and heating by as much as 3 SECRETARY Frederic Hickman told a ~1 ;:~~:~~~~~ ~! h~hv~n:~~/d~~i~~tir~~d~:d ~~~~~~~v~fve~ ~ per cent, especially in northern states. Senate finance subcommittee the l l trip to the parking services office for further details and In other energy developments: administration has .given "the very highest VI payment of a $5 fee to have the device removed. i'>:J • A recent survey in Washington, D.C.-where five devices -Interior Secretary Robers C. B. Morton priority" to prevent oil companies from t)1 have been ()Ut into •effcct·-revcaled $80,000 collected in announced a go-ahead for government lease making windfall profits from the fuel f'_':l; delinquent parking fines. sales for exploitation of shale oil reserves in shortage. One possible solu.tion, he said, , Birge stated he did not know when these devices would iJ 30,000 acres of Utah, Colorado and would be a federal excise tax to offset higher !t1 be put into effect. li t~ Due to an agreement between the UNM Board of ll Wyoming. He also said he would issue prices. -After privately briefing the House P~ Regents· and the city commission on June 8, 1970, the ~[·,~,-·..···.··.• ... ··_,_;:;· construction permits for the Alaskan oil ~(~ funds received from campus parking violations go directly : ; pipeline in about two weeks. Foreign Affairs Committee, Secretary of fJ! into a general city fund. Birge also said, "fdon't know how -The Defense Department said that if State Henry A. Kissinger told reporters "I do f~ _d~~s~!t t~::~~e~P~~~l~~;~~~~k ~~t~~~eJ:i~:r~istyT~: f;tfs [1 fuel shortages continue long enough to not think it would be helpful for me to threaten U.S. military readiness, it would speculate" whether the Arab oil embargo flzris:tr;~;~~;;;~;;~;:~n:;;w::&ESGZ:s;.:s;;;;;;;;;x:,;:;;;;r;;:;;;rmu:i:;tzm:;;;r;;~czr:::;xt:;:;;K;:;:U not hestitate to divert further supplies from might be eased in the foreseeable future. 'White House In The Sky' Is Currently Being Tested At Kirtland Testing Site (Ed's Note; When UNM, in the Air Force had fallen by the especially when the UNM student wayside. newspaper goes to the Air Force, A young woman with a things really happen. simulated pearl handled .38 on The Lobo went to Kirtland her hip greeted us ~omberly and AFB to see if some of the inquired as to our business. confusion over lhe purpose of a WE GAVE OUR NAMES. She Boeing 747 being tested there had stepped into the guard shack and been cleared up. checked a Jist. When she came out she handed us a visitor's paSs and Recenlly it had been reported, 4 depending on whal' spolwsman said, 'Display on the inside of you heard, that the plane Was to your windshield and surrender the replace Air Force One, the p a s s u p o n I e a vi n g th e President·'s plane, or that the installation." plane was to be. used on airborne She wasn't smi1ing and the gun command post in case of nuclear looked very real, so we decided attack. In the best interests of against striking up any energy conservation, the Lobo conversation and complied with decided to find out just what the her orders. purpose of the airplane was. The smiles came when we By JIM ARNHOLZ arrived at the information office, Of the Lobo Staff Our civilian escort gave us a Before leaving for the base, we grand welcome and seemed c I Jed the Kirtland Public genuinely elated at our presence. a "NICE TO MEET YOU. Nice Information Office to see if' we to meet you. Boy, I can't could get clearance to shoot pictures. The enthusiastic PR man remember ever seeing someone said we could and that he would from that university coming out clear its into the base through the to see us,'; he said. sentry on the Wyoming Blvd. gate. We then walked through the We pulled up to the gate and office and were introduced to a (contir11,4ed On.p.age 12) . .. were su~;prised to.iie.e. that sexism Opinlons expressed are those of the Guest Column author solely and not necessarily those New Mexico LOBO of the Lobo or UNM. DAILY '<" ~ Conserve paper-give this paper to a fritmd BLACI(ISSUE ;;· SHE IS TIRED ~ An Incredible Offer BySHIAME q"' A Black foreign student walked up to me the other day S • with a huge smile on her face. I started laughing too, c for Special Men ..• anticipating an African joke from her. She took time to ·0 compose herself and then said, "Can you believe America's If No. 2 man pleading 'no contest' to a criminal charge? Can ;i • you believe the magnitude of corruption in the American g. political system?" She then doubled up with another burst of :!l laughter. I stood silently pondering over her joy. She again .~ " ',.' straightened up, adjusted her shoulder bag and added, "I am ::;; i going to walk taller into my classes now. Let them talk about ~ * . ·--~ my country again. I feel so good. I really feel good." ~,j ~~-· _,:.-;;J.~~ <,_.;,.__ Suppressing another laugh, she turned tall and walked taller to her class. Seriously, I felt good too, when she left. In fact I still feel great right now. You probably do not understand why two i , foreign students should feel good about the fact that .I' :] >, America's No. 2 man has been caught with his iron ! N~ ~<f.'· --.o ~ .. ;.~ ,>·<>' • ~:'·: ::·~- :~~ :.•"," {),-, ~~: ~ ~--,·4~ underwear down. In fact I can assure you that none of us 1 f ---.:.,:· ~~ .