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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1964
Number 116
NASA Foots Space Bill Here
New Grant
Raises Total
To $902,000
The newly-announuced award of
15 National Aeronautics and Space
Administration predoctoral trainee
ships to A&M University students
raises to more than $902,000 the
amount of NASA support for this
program, Graduate Dean Wayne C.
Hall said.
The program is for predoctoral
studies in fields related ty space
technology.
The new traineeships to com
mence in September are the largest
number authorized for a single
year. Ten awards were made for
each of the first two years of the
program and 12 traineeships were
awarded effective this academic
year.
Congressman Olin E. Teague in
formed university officials of the
new NASA grant in a telegram re
ceived late last week.
“Our deadline for receiving ap
plications is April 15,” Dean Hall
said. He stressed that applications
are invited from outstanding stu
dents. The awards will be an
nounced by May 1.
The NASA traineeships provide
stipends and dependecy allowances
of up to $3,400 for 12 months. The
awards are renewable for a total
of three years.
“Candidates may be students al
ready engaged in a course of stu
dy leading to a doctorate or stu
dents about to begin study,” the
dean said.
The field in which NASA
trainees may study: Biochemistry
and nutrition, biology, chemical en
gineering, chemistry, civil engi
neering and aerospace engineering.
Electrical engineering, geology
and geophysics, mathematics, me
chanical engineering, nuclear engi
neering, oceanography and meteor
ology, physics, plant sciences, sta
tistics and structural engineering
and structural mechanics.
Sickness Hits
90 Students
Over Weekend
Ninety students reported to the
Student Health Service Saturday
and Sunday night suffering from
nausea, diarrhea and vomiting, re
ported Dr. Charles Lyons, director.
“As far as we can tell, the sick
ness was not caused by any food
served in the campus dining halls,”
Lyons said.
“Almost all of the cases report
ed were from Dorms 1-11. In fact
only two were from the area served
by Sbisa Dining Hall,” Lyons said.
“We have other ideas about what
caused the sickness and we are
checking them out. We don’t know
anything definite right now but
we are going to continue our stud
ies, and will know by tomorrow,”
he said.
Results from the tests were to
have been completed Tuesday
morning.
"I would like to repeat that it
was not caused by the mess halls.
They would have had to serve the
same thing at Saturday noon and
Sunday noon and they did not,” he
continued.
Lyons said that he had been in
touch with Frank Nugent, director
of the campus food service. He
said that studies had been made of
the frozen pizza and custard that
had been served Saturday and no
evidence of contamination were
present.
“We have in fact, been concerned
with cases of this nature for the
past month or two. If the cases
are reported in any quantity to
night (Monday) more serious mea
sures will be undertaken,” Lyons
said.
He said that the sickness was
of short duration with a fast onset
and a fast recovery. A low fever
accompanied it, and only a few
students were hospitalized.
“We have some drugs that we
can give the boys that will keep
them on their feet and not hurt
them since this is not a serious
illness,” Lyons said.
He would not name the source
of the disease that is suspected.
“I would hate to make a state
ment about it and then be proven
wrong and hurt somebody’s feel
ings,” he concluded.
SC ON A Achieves Purpose
Added To Delegates Previous Knowledge Of Problem®
By JERRY COOPER
Land reform, social change,
foreign investment, United States
loans and the Organization of
American States were just a few
of the topics discussed by round
table groups last week at the
Tenth Student Conference on Na
tional Affairs.
Although outstanding speakers
were present to add their views on
the theme “Challenges to the
Americas; Pan American Trends:
Promise or Threat?” the round
table sessions achieved the main
aim of SCONA X.
This aim was to give the 200
delegates and observers a chance
to discuss the issues presented to
them in the keynote addresses and
reference material, add it to their
previous knowledge and try to
arrive at a better understanding of
the problems of the Western
Hemisphere.
The first keynote speaker, Glenn
C. Bassett, vice president of the
International Department of the
Chase Manhattan Bank, pointed
out the differences in the economic
policies and conditions of the many
Latin American nations.
He also emphasized that while
Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador have
shown signs of economic growth in
recent months many other Latin
American nations have shown little
or no change in their status.
R. Richard Rubottom, vice presi
dent for University Life at South
ern Methodist University, spoke of
agreements and treaties formu
lated over the years to protect and
improve the politico-juridical, eco
nomic and security standing of the
Americas.
He expressed a necessity for con
fidence in the Inter-American Sys
tem to help solve problems of each
nation.
A panel consisting of Tomas A.
Pastoriza, T. C. Hammond and
John F. Gallagher discussed the
viewpoints of the Latin American,
the Canadian, and the North
American businessman, respec
tively.
Pastoriza is a Dominican Re
public businessman, Hammonds is
the senior member of the Latin
American Division of the Depart
ment of External Affairs of
Canada, and Gallagher is vice
president for International Opera
tions for Sears, Roebuck and Com
pany.
A Friday night address by Dr.
Lewis U. Hanke, professor of Latin
American History at Columbia
University, warned of storms brew
ing in the comparatively stable
countries of Mexico and Brazil. He
said that Latin Americans really
do not know much about the
United States and the ignorance on
this side of the border is equally
appalling.
Roundup speaker for the confer
ence, Jules Dubois, correspondent
for The Chicago Tribune Press
Service, emphasized the danger of
Communism to the future of Latin
America and the United States.
A special plaque was given to
Dr. R. A. Tsanoff of Rice Uni
versity at the final plenary session
Saturday. The award was for his
help as a round-table co-chairman
or roving observer at SCONA for
the , past eight years.
The World at a Glance
By The Associated Press
International
MANILA—Gonzalo Villedo was shot and killed
by a U. S. Marine guard who found him and his
brother in restricted waters near a store of bombs
at the U. S. Navy base on Subic Bay near Manila,
the Navy announced.
The Navy said intruders previously had stolen
500-pound bombs from the arsenal.
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SAIGON, South Viet Nam—A paper distributed
by Buddhist leaders today charged that the United
States has done more harm than good in fighting
the Communist Viet Cong and that Washington is
planning to negotiate for neutralization of the
country.
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NEW DELHI, India—India is in a position to
produce an atomic bomb but stll is committed not
to do so regardless of what Communist China does,
a spokesman for Prime Minister Lai Bahadur
Shastri told Parliament today.
National
WASHINGTON—Director J. Edgar Hoover says
the FBI has penetrated the Ku Klux Klan in the
South and this has helped solve many civil rights
crimes.
Hoover said the FBI also has penetrated the
Cosa Nostra or Mafia and “we know quite well what
its activities are.”
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WASHINGTON—Backers of the Army Reserve
looked to Congress as their last hope to halt Secre
tary of Defense Robert S. McNamara’s plan to
eliminate that Reserve.
CINCINNATI—Defense attorneys argued Mon
day that James R. Hoffa, president of the huge
Teamsters Union, did not receive a fair trial when
he was convicted of jury-tampering.
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WASHINGTON—The United States Monday
ordered three Russian military attaches to leave
the country in obvious retaliation against Soviet
restrictions imposed on three American attaches in
Moscow.
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NEW YORK—An examination disclosed today
that a 3.5-inch rocket launcher from which a
projectile was fired at the United Nations Building
last Friday was not manufactured in this country.
Police said checks of the weapon by Army
Ordnance experts indicated it may have been made
in Red China.
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BERKELEY, Calif.—Legal action against more
than 700 demonstrators, arrested during a campus
revolt at the University of California, was put off
today until after the Board of Regents meets Friday
for a decision on the protested rules.
Texas
AUSTIN—Gov. John Connally, in a losing race
with time, hopes to get in the mail Tuesday his
1966-67 budget request.
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HOUSTON—The Duke of Windsor said today
he definitely will undergo abnominal surgery but
said he does not believe his ailment is serious.
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NACOGDOCHES—The Stephen F. Austin Col
lege athletic trainer, Ken Becktold, 25, was reported
in fair condition today at a Nacogdoches hospital.
His illness was diagnosed Sunday as meningitis.
NEW COMPUTER FOR A&M
. . . IBM 7094 will up center’s output.
NEW FISH RUNOFF
Foul Election
By GERALD GARCIA
Asst. News Editor
Run-offs for four Freshman
Class offices will be Thursday—the
second time in a week—as the
Election Commission cleared up
“an honest mistake” Monday night.
Because a protest contesting the
outcome of the run-off Dec. 10 was
filed by the four “losing” candi
dates, the Commission held a spe
cial meeting to “get behind the
problem that caused the protest.”
A rumor was circulated after the
run-offs claiming that voters had
cast votes more than once.
“If this was done, and we will
never be able to prove it, then we
must do something about it to
assure the Fish that they are get
ting the best candidates for these
posts,” said Charles Wallace, chair
man of the Election Commission.
“We made a mistake and had
an election procedure letdown, but
I thought I could trust the basic
honesty of Aggies, especially in a
thing of this sort,” he added.
The most basic assumption for
the rumor being true was when a
Fish who had voted in the morning
was recognized by one of the com
mission members voting in the
afternoon.
“The only reason I am doing this
is because I thought the primary
was this morning and the run-offs
this afternoon,” the Fish told the
commissioner.
With the assumption that a
security lapse occurred and the
Fish candidates agreeing to an
other run-off, the Commission vot
ed to have it—but it took three
motions before an agreement was
reached.
The first motion was to keep the
Dec. 10 results. This was defeated.
Then, it was moved that the
election be declared invalid. The
motion passed.
Finally, it was moved to have
another election Thursday. It car
ried by a wide margin.
But this decision did not settle
the Commission’s woes. Members
of the Student Senate disclosed
that the commission’s decision had
to be approved by the Senate. And,
if the Senate does not meet until
Thursday night, how could the
Commission go on with election
Thursday ?
The question was not answered.
But, at any rate, the election
will be Thursday.
Home Decoration
Deadline Sunday
Applications for the 1964 Bryan-
College Station Chamber of Com
merce Christmas Home Decora
tion Contest are still open, reported
L. H. Westmoreland, executive vice
president of the Chamber of Com
merce.
They will close Sunday and judg
ing of the contest will be on the
nights of Dec. 20-23.
The two divisions of the contests
are general Christmas and reli
gious themes.
First place winners will receive
$75, with $50 and $25 for second
and third places in each division,
respectively.
Bryan-College Station residents
interested in entering may call the
Chamber of Commerce and leave
their name, address, telephone
number and division entered.
Earlier Pay?
New Computer
Being Installed
A new high speed computer
capable of handling 90,000 char
acters per second has arrived on
campus for installation during the
Christmas holidays.
Robert L. Smith Jr., director,
Data Processing Center, said the
new 3V6 million dollar machine, an
IBM model 7094, is six times faster
than the present DPC computer it
will replace. It is scheduled to be
in operation by Dec. 31.
“When this installation is com
pleted, A&M will have a university
computer center second to none,”
he said. “It’s just one of many
steps being taken by the university
as a whole in its march toward
excellence.”
Installation of the new machine
delivered over the weekend in two
shock-protected trailers will begin
next week. Three crews of thiee
men each will begin working
around the clock December 21 until
the installation is completed.
Smith estimated more than 700
man hours would be expended be
fore the new computer would be in
operation.
“This computer will supplement
our present 709 computer which
currently is running nearly 24
hours per day trying to keep up
with the demand,” he said. “It
boils down to the fact that we had
just outgrown our present ma
chines and if our growth rate of
25 to 30 per cent per year con
tinues, we will outgrow the 7094
computer within the next two
years,” Smith stated. The 709 will
not operate Dec. 21-30 because of
the installation.
He said the demand for computer
use by students, researchers, fac
ulty and the administration was
growing all the time.
“Nearly every graduate student
at A&M has some sort of problem
which has to be worked on the
computer before graduation,” Pro
fessor Smith pointed out. “This
coupled with the increased re
search being carried on by the
colleges and divisions of the uni
versity and the various administra
tive functions being assigned to the
computer every year keep our staff
of 50 employes busy. Faster com
puters are a necessity if we are
going to keep up with the demand.”
Computers aren’t the only thing
being updated at the center. Plans
are being drawn up for a new four-
story addition to the Data Proces
sing Center which will more than
triple its present facilities.
The present 12,000 square foot
building will be turned into a ma
chine building and all of the offices
and laboratories will be housed in
the new 28,000 square foot addition
when it is completed within the
next two years, Smith said.
Bryan Offers
Adult Classes
Registration has begun for the
second term of Bryan Public Even
ing Schools adult education classes.
New term starts January 4 at
6 p.m.
Classes are open to any person
16 years or older who is not at
tending any high school during
the day.
Course offerings include most
high school subjects, or any course
for which there is sufficient de
mand.
A special class for non-readers
will be sponsored by the Brazos
Valley Literacy Council.
Students may work for credit
toward a high school diploma or
for vocational and self-improve
ment.
Inquiries should be made at the _
Counselor’s Office, Stephen F. Aus
tin High School, or by telephoning
John Lucas, Evening School di
rector, at TA 2-3496.
Thursday’s Batt
Is Last For ’64
The Battalion will take its
Christmas holidays a day early,
with the final issue for 1964
scheduled for Thursday.
Regular publication dates will
continue until then and will re
sume Jan. 5, 1965.
Thursday’s issue will be The
Battalion’s 15th annual safety
edition.
The staff would like to wish
you a merry, safe Christmas, and
a Happy New Year.
Denton’s Aggie Home Closed
Merchants Claim TWU
Was Competing Unfairly
SIN CUIDADO—WITHOUT AGGIES
. . . boarding house at TWU closed by officials.
By MIKE REYNOLDS
Day News Editor
DENTON—Sin Cuidado, long an
x ^ ^ inexpensive place to stay while
dating girls on the Texas Woman’s
University campus is no more.
The two story, white frame, uni
versity - owned boarding house
across from the TWU dining hall
has been closed since the first
of the year due to protests of com
mercial interests in Denton.
“They felt that a state-supported
university had no business being in
■*' direct competition with private con
cerns in Denton,” said Dr. Lurline
M. Lee, dean of women at TWU.
“I know they had some trouble
last year with keeping mothers
there when they came to visit, but
I don’t see how the motel owners
could gripe about the boys,” said
Judy Barneycastle, editor of The
Daily Lass-O, TWU campus news
paper.
“The mothers were the ones that
stayed in the motels. There are
people around this campus that run
private boarding houses and charge
only $1.50. The boys that stayed
in Sin Cuidado were the ones that
would have found some place else
to stay rather than pay the $7 for
a room,” Miss Barneycastle con
tinued.
Dean Lee named various reasons
for closing the boarding house,
other than the protests of the com
mercial interests.
“The building has a capacity of
about 52 and we were constantly
having to turn people away. The
girls whose dates were refused
rooms always felt bad about it,”
she said.
“It is such an old building and
was becoming unsafe because the
fellows do smoke,” Dean Lee said.
Mrs. E. J. Sullivan, who acted
as operator for Sin Cuidado, is
still employed by the university
She is presently director of Mary
Hufford Tall, TWU dormitory dur
ing the extended absence of its
regular director.
Dean Lee added that this was
another reason the university could
no longer operate the house.
“We need her for other things,”
she said.
“It was all done very quietly.
We have not received any official
notices about its closing,” added
Miss Barneycastle.
“I am always full. I can fill
up almost every night,” said Betty
Huffines, who operates a private
boarding house on University Bou
levard behind the campus.
“We (TWU) own many old
frame buildings—I don’t know of
plans for any of them concluded
Dean Lee. .