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VOLUME 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1967
Number 488
Prof Says Data
On Venus Needed
Signals received this morning
at England’s Jodrell Bank radio-
telescope from a Russian probe
on Venus indicate a re-evalution
of U. S. data on the cloud-shroud
ed planet is in order, according
to a Texas A&M aerospace engi
neer.
Prof. Charles A. Rodenberger
said the Russian probe’s electronic
signals and previous U. S. find
ings about Venus’ atmosphere
do not jive.
The probe was tracked to con
junction with Venus by Jodrell
scientists at Soviet invitation.
The planet, at present, rises three
hours before the sun. It is the
most brilliant object in early
morning skies, other than the
moon.
First Forum
To Feature
Party Leaders
The first Political Forum de
bate of the fall semester will pit
two young party leaders tonight
at the Memorial Student Center.
Spotlighted in the 8 p.m. public-
free activity in the MSC Ball
room will be Congressman Don
ald Rumsfeld, Republican from
Illinois, and Wyche Fowler Jr.,
director of the Young Americans
Division of the Democratic Na
tional Committee.
Bill Preston, chairman of the
Political Forum—sponsored by
the Great Issues Committee and
the History and Government De
partment—said the duo will dis
cuss “Partisan Political Issues.”
Rumsfeld is a member of the
Committee on Science and Astro
nautics, Committee on Govern
ment Operations, and the Joint
Economic Committee. He is ac
tive in legislation to improve
draft laws and for Congressional
reform.
In 1965, Rumsfeld was named
by Chicago Area Jaycees as one
of ten outstanding young men
for the year.
Fowler currently is studying
law at Emory University in At
lanta, Ga. He was administrative
assistant to Georgia Rep. Charles
L. Weltner from 1962 to 1966,
after serving in the U. S. Army
Intelligence Corps in Washing
ton as an officer.
A Davidson College graduate,
Fowler did graduate work at the
London School of Economics.
Army ROTC
Faculty Adds
Two Officers
Two new officers have been
appointed to the Army ROTC in
struction staff in Texas A&M’s
Military Science Department, an
nounced Col. Jim H. McCoy, com
mandant.
Maj. Joseph W. Lewis III, as
sociate professor of military
science, came to A&M from as
sistant PMS duty at Hofstra
University in New York.
Capt. Edmond S. Solymosy is
assistant professor and a 1961
A&M graduate. He was previ
ously with the 4th Infantry Di
vision artillery in Vietnam.
Major Lewis, 33, was opera
tions officer of a 25th Artillery
battalion in Korea a y^ar before
going to the Long Island school.
A native of Fall River, Mass., he
received his bachelor degree in
economics at the University of
New Hampshire in 1957. Lewis,
his wife Eleanor and four chil
dren reside at 1300 Esther Blvd.
Before shipping to Vietnam
and a battalion operations officer
post, Captain Solymosy was an
Air Defense School instructor at
Fort Bliss. He was commissioned
at A&M in 1961 upon receiving
bachelor degrees in mechanical
engineering and business admin
istration.
The captain, 30, was born in
Budapest, Hungary, and is a na
turalized U. S. Citizen. He at
tended Ranger and jump school
and wears the Army commenda
tion medal and the Bronze Star
with Oak Leaf Cluster.
Captain Solymosy, his wife El
len and two children reside at
3300 South College.
Reports indicate the instru
ment package made a soft landing
on the planet’s surface and trans
mitted signals for about an hour.
RODENBERGER said trans
mission of electronic signals from
inside Venus’ atmosphere does not
agree with data telemetered to
U. S. scientists by the Mariner
exploration series.
“Our data indicated Venus has
an extremely hot surface, on the
order of 1,000 degrees Fahren
heit on the sunlit side and 700
degrees on the night side,” the
aerospace engineer explained.
Electronics cannot survive
transmission at those tempera
tures, he pointed out. “If the
signals are coming from the
surface, the indication is that
Mariner temperatures are in
error,” Rodenberger stated.
“This accomplishment by Rus
sia shows a tremendous change
in what our probes determined
about Venus,” he went on.
MARINER DATA used by Ro-
denberger’s students in design
proposals for a Venus probe also
revealed the sun’s second inner
most planet has a large amount
of carbon dioxide in its atmos
phere, which would support plant
life forms. The Mariner fly-by
produced an atmospheric pressure
value of between seven and 30
earth atmospheres, which may
also be in error.
Recent photo evaluation of
Mars shows the red planet as an
unlikely target for manned ve
hicles. Russian findings on Venus
indicate that it is more conducive
to life forms and, therefore,
manned exploration, Rodenberger
believes.
“It is hoped Russia will release
data to the world from its Venus
findings,” the professor said.
He noted that it is possible
that the Russian probe is circling
the planet and not actually on
the surface. A similar arrange
ment with a balloon-floated ve
hicle inside Venus’ atmosphere
was proposed by one of his stu
dent design teams.
Student Trial
Set For Baylor
Organizations
WACO UP) — Five Baylor Uni
versity organizations will face
formal student trial on com
plaints of violating rules against
hazing. The trial is the after-
math of the death of a pledge
during initiation.
A physical hazing committee
conducted the probe on orders of
the Student Congress and return
ed the complaints Tuesday. No
individuals were named.
Representatives of seven other
organizations also were to be in
vestigated.
Representatives of each of the
five organizations charged by the
student committee will be re
quired to appear before the Bay
lor Student Court.
Among those ordered to appear
is the Baylor Chamber of Com
merce. It was at this service
club’s initiation that John Ever
ett Clifton, 19, of Crosby, Tex.,
collapsed and died Oct. 10.
Others ordered to appear were
Phi Nu Alpha Sinfonia, nation
al music fraternity; Alpha Kap
pa Psi and Delta Sigma Pi, na
tional business fraternities; and
Nu Alpha Tau Epsilon, a social
club.
ID’s Available At
Sbisa News Stand
Identification cards which
were made in connection with
registration for the current
semester are now ready for
distribution at the Newsstand
in front of Sbisa Dining Hall.
They should be claimed in per
son between the hours of 8
a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday —
October 23, 24, and 25.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
Aggies Prepare For Trip
To Cowtown, Points North
SAME TO YOU!
Junior yell leader Barney Dawson splashes equally-wet Bob Segner, the other junior yell
leader (hidden behind fountain), after the traditional dunking in the Fish Pond that fol
lows an A&M victory. The yell leaders were thrown in Wednesday at the end of Yell
Practice.
A&M Notables To Appear
As Panelists In Assembly
State Senator William T. Moore
of Bryan and John E. Hutchinson,
Dr. Joseph M. Nance and Claude
Davis, all of Texas A&M will
serve as panelists for “Texas As
sembly-1967” here Oct. 26-29.
“Texas Assembly-1967,” jointly
sponsored by Texas A&M and
Columbia University’s American
Assembly, is one of 13 seminars
scheduled throughout the nation
exploring the same subject, “State
Legislatures i n American Poli
tics.”
A&M President Earl Rudder
will serve as assembly chairman
and Liberal Arts Dean Frank W.
R. Hubert, assembly director.
Jack Woods, a member of A&M’s
Government Department and for
mer state representative, will
serve as assistant assembly dir
ector.
HUTCHINSON is director of
the Texas Agriculture Extension
Service and Dr. Nance is head of
the Government Department. Da
vis is a government instructor.
Senator Moore, Hutchinson,
Nance and Davis will be among
approximately 80 state govern
ment, business, labor, agricultur
al, organization and academic
leaders who will serve on panels
delving into specific aspects of
the Texas Legislature.
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith, Speak
er of the House Ben Barnes and
Attorney General Crawford Mar
tin head the list of participating
state government officials.
Both Barnes and Smith will
make keynote addresses during
second-day activities.
OTHER AUSTIN participants
include Secretary of State John
Hill, former Attorney General
Waggoner Carr and State AFL-
CIO President H. S. Brown.
Herbert L. Wiltsee of Atlanta,
Ga., director of the Southern of
fice of the Council of State Gov
ernments, will be featured speak
er for the opening-day dinner
meeting.
The American Assembly was
established by Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower at Columbia Univer
sity in 1950 as a national, non
partisan education institution. It
is dedicated to the principles of
informed talk and is an instru
ment for voicing the opinions of
both the expert and lay citizen on
significant public issues.
THE “TEXAS Assembly-1967”
agenda includes three in-depth
panel discussions, in addition to
the opening plenary and various
meal sessions and a final general
meeting for debate and adoption
of recommendations.
Each panel session will have
three separate sections, all meet
ing simultaneously and discussing
the same subjects. The panels
are to be “balanced” with repre
sentatives from the Legislature,
business, labor, associations and
the professions.
In addition to serving as for
ums for different points of view,
a prime objective of the panel
discussions will be the recording
of the points on which all par
ticipants agree.
“Texas Assembly-1967” will
produce a publication on “State
Legislatures in American Poli
tics” for wide distribution
throughout the state.
Ballinger Attends
Honors Meeting
Dr. Richard H. Ballinger of
Texas A&M will attend the second
National Collegiate Honors Coun
cil Conference in Washington,
D. C., this week.
Dr. Ballinger, an English pro
fessor, chairs the University
Honors Program.
Dr. Lee J. Martin, English De
partment head, said the confer
ence will review recent trends in
honors programs at different
types of colleges and universities.
The council is an association of
faculty, administrators and others
interested in providing challeng
ing academic work for students of
superior ability.
A&M’s honors program was
initiated three years ago. The
program is currently confined to
the first two years of academic
work, with 55 freshmen and 51
sophomores participating.
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings certif
icates. —Adv.
MARTIN AGRONSKY
CBS News correspondent Martin Agronsky will speak on
“The Middle East—Political Crisis” at 8 p. m. Monday in
the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. The presentation
is sponsored by the MSC Great Issues Committee.
Corps To Parade
In Fort Worth
A military-like pincer move
ment will be executed on Fort
Worth Friday and Saturday by
the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets
and Texas Woman’s University
students from Denton.
They will converge on Cowtown
in Corps Trip fashion for the
Saturday night SWC football
clash between A&M and Texas
Christian University at Amon
Carter Stadium.
The 3,000-man Corps and TWU
dates will throng Fort Worth.
A 10 a.m. Saturday parade will
commandeer 25 blocks of Weath
erford, Houston, Main and First
Streets.
After the 7:30 pi.m. game,
cadets and their dates will swarm
on the Will Rogers Coliseum ex
hibition hall for a Fort Worth
A&M Mothers Club - sponsored
dance.
Miss Kathy Heldman of Cald
well, a sophomore music major
at TWU, will head the contingent
of “Tessies”. from Denton. She
will be presented as the 1967-68
Aggie Sweetheart during half
time activities in the TCU
stadium.
Cadet Colonel of the Corps
Lonnie C. Minze of Houston will
lead off the Saturday morning
parade. The A&M troops will
march west on Weatherford to
Houston, turn south for eight
Group To Boost
Ag Auto Safety
A student group has been
formed to try to prevent auto
wrecks during the Fort Worth
Corps Trip and other traveling
weekends.
Corps Public Information
Officer Robert Gonzales said
four members each of the sen
ior, junior and sophomore
classes were named to a Traf
fic Safety Committee Wednes
day. The group’s first project
will be to encourage students
to drive to Fort Worth with
headlights on, in order to re
mind other drivers to practice
defensive driving.
Gonzales said the message
will be carried over local radio
stations and in the dining
halls, ..and ..posters ..will ..be
placed in dormitories remind
ing drivers of the “lights-on”
policy.
Police Jail 10
In Sit-Down
Demonstration
OAKLAND, Calif. (A*)—Police
broke up a sit-down Wednesday
in front of the Oakland Army
Induction Center by dragging or
escorting 10 antidraft demon
strators to paddy wagons while
nearly 3,000 others peacefully
picketed the area.
Among these arrested was Da
vid Harris, former student body
president at Stanford University.
It was the third straight day
of confrontation between law en
forcement officials and demon
strators at the induction center.
No early attempt was made,
in repetition of the Tuesday dis
orders, to block the streets for
use by buses bringing in Army
inductees. Instead the pickets
formed lines on both sides of the
street, marching and shouting
“Hell no, we won’t go.”
The antidraft demonstrators
had capped a violent 24-hour pe
riod Tuesday night by deciding
to avoid new battles with police
and shift the emphasis to peace
ful picketing.
blocks and cross on 8th Street to
Main for an “eyes right” at the
reviewing stand in front of the
Texas Hotel. The parade, about
40 minutes long, will continue
north on Main to a right turn on
First and disband on Grove and
Pecan Streets.
Brig. Gen. Robert L. Pou of
Dallas will be the reviewing of
ficer. A 1937 A&M graduate in
marketing and finance, he is
program coordinator, procure
ment and management service,
of the Southwestern American
Business Administration. The
chief of staff—air, Texas Nation
al Guard, attended graduate
school at Harvard and SMU and
moved to Dallas in 1921.
The Texas Aggie Band, first
unit in the parade, will salute
Miss Heldman with special ma
neuvers in its halftime show,
announced Lt. Col. E. V. Adams,
dean of SWC band directors and
head of the A&M organization
going into his 22nd year.
The band will drop letters from
a six-company front movement to
spell the Aggie Sweetheart’s name
in 10-yard wide, 18-men high
letters—largest the band has used.
The all-senior front rank will
form a corridor of bugles for
Miss Heldman to enter the field.
She will be escorted by Bill
Carter of Decatur, Student Senate
vice president. Minze will present
the traditional bouquet of roses.
Fort Worth A&M mothers have
scheduled the post-game dance
10 p.m. to 2 a.m. A bx-eakfast
will be served at its conclusion
and the Mothers Club will pro
vide travel for TWU students to
Denton.
Reveille III
To Make Trip
To Ft. Worth
A new first lady will be intro
duced in Fort Worth Saturday.
Reveille III will make her first
Cowtown Corps Ti'ip appearance
with the 3,000-man Corps of
Cadets Saturday morning.
The 7:30 p.m. A&M-Texas
Christian clash will be her first
visit to Amon Carter Stadium.
The Alaska-born collie was pre
sented to the university in the
spring of 1966 by Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Husa of Fairbanks. Their
sons, Randy and Steve Andes,
were then seniors in the corps.
Rev, as she is known to her
12,029 admirers in the A&M stu
dent body, will turn the Down
town Fort Worth parade route
with Company E-2, commanded
by Cadet Maj. Loren J. Parsons
of Alice. The 16-month-old col
lie’s handler is David Jacoby of
Ozona, sophomore range science
major.
Fort Worth is also Rev Ill’s
first road game appearance this
fall. She romped at the A&M-
SMU opener and the Aggies’ en
counter with Florida State at
College Station. The registered
collie, sired by Ch. Merrie Oaks
Black Locks out of Wicknere
Sweet N’ Wine, missed trips to
the Cotton Bowl for A&M vs.
Purdue, Baton Rouge and Lub
bock. Heat and moisture con
trived with the shedding season
to keep her in the A&M veter
inary medicine hospital with min
or illnesses.
Even so, “Miss Reveille,
Ma’am,” as freshmen address the
mascot, is an experienced trav
eler. After an Anchorage, Alas
ka, to College Station trip, she
made 1966 jaunts to Baton Rouge,
New Orleans, Dallas, Austin, Wa
co and Houston.
cgvan Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav-
ings Center, since 1919.
—Adv.