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aduate v n Suits flics ns incur J J t I Own ce y ink Che Battalion Wednesday — Clear to partly cloudy, winds northerly 10-15 m.p.h. High 68, low 49. Thursday — Clear, winds easterly 10- 15 m.p.h. High 66, low 41. Kyle — Saturday, cloudy, winds south easterly 10-15, 73°. 60% humidity. VOLUME 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1967 Number 490 Haiphong Railyard Hit By Navy Jets By LEWIS M. SIMONS Associated Press Writer SAIGON AP — U. S. Navy ets hammered Haiphong again Way in the campaign to par- ilyze North Vietnam’s main port. I, S. Army troops clashed with lie Communists in an intermit- ttnt seven-hour battle south of )a Nang. Carrier-based U. S. warplanes struck Haiphong’s railroad yard or the second straight day and ilso attacked a major highway Iridge in raids aimed at clog- [ing the city’s wharves and ware- iouses with supplies brought in iy sea. Elsewhere in the northern part if the country, U. S. Marines be low the demilitarized zone under- <ent another day of light, har assing mortar and artillery fire from North Vietnamese gunners. I!,S. spokesmen said 78 rounds of inemy shelling landed on Con Men and nearby forward base, rhich a month ago were being sit with bombardment of 500 to 1,000 rounds daily. In the latest shelling, two Ma- lines were wounded, spokesmen reported. The U. S. Command made no announcement immediately of any plane losses in the raids against the north. The North Vietnam News Agency claimed two Ameri can planes were shot down. Pilots reported they dropped one span of the previously hit highway bridge in Haiphong. The bridge is one of four major spans leading out of the city, all of which had been attacked earlier by American bombers. In the raids on Haiphong’s railroad yards, the Navy pilots reported their bombs touched off numerous fires among the box cars but said smoke prevented further assessment of damage. The U. S. pilots, flying in from aircraft carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin, also reported silencing two missiles sites and two anti aircraft gun positions as well as heavily damaging two more flak sites around the rail yards. In simultaneous raids, U. S. Air Force jets from Thailand bases struck near and above Hanoi, hit ting at the Hoa Lac airfield 20 miles west of the Communist cap ital and the Thanh Moi rail yards 59 miles northeast of it and about 25 miles below the border of Red China. Aggies Roll Over TCU, As Lady Luck Smiles «IWliWiiiii MIII1IW1M MfMfflfflm msrnmmmmmmM Driver To Speak At SCONA XIII William J. Driver, U. S. Veter- uis Administration head, has been lamed a featured speaker for the Student Conference on Na- lional Affairs Dec. 6 at Texas m Driver, appointed by President lohnson in 1964 to head the larg- ist independent agency in the ederal establishment, announced topic of “No Retreat From To- torrow.” A 1964 winner of the Career Service Award of the National Svil Service League, Driver holds lie Exceptional Service Medal and he Meritorious Service Medal, he two highest awards granted iythe VA. Driver, a native of Rochester, [. Y., was graduated with honors rom Niagara University with a legree in business administration, le added the bachelor of laws legree and a master’s degree in mb 1 i c administration from leorge Washington University. A veteran of World War II and he Korean conflict, Driver earned he Legion of Merit, the Bronze lar, Order of the British Empire id the Croix de Guerre. Driver joined the VA in Wash- igton in 1946 as special assistant & the assistant administrator for Mtract and administrative serv- te. He rose steadily and in 1956 fas named to direct the VA’s empensation and Pension Serv- *. Two years later he became (ad of the Veterans Benefits Apartment. In 1961, Driver advanced to (puty administrator, a post he held until the president named him administrator. The VA has more than 165,000 employes, annual expenditures of $6 billion, and the mission of serving eligible beneficiaries among the nation’s more than 25 million veterans. Driver serves on the Board of Foreign Scholarships, the Presi dent’s Committee on Health Man power, the Joint United States- Philippine Commission, and the President’s Committee on Em ployment of the Handicapped. On his appointment of Driver as the first career official to ad minister the affairs of America’s veterans, President Johnson com mented, “He is being promoted to this important post on the basis of outstanding achievement and demonstrated ability through the years in the VA.” Students from colleges in the United States, Canada and Mexi co will participate in SCONA XIII, discussing facets of the conference theme: “The Price of Peace in Southeast Asia.” AGRONSKY ON WORLD AFFAIRS CBS News Correspondent Martin Agronsky, center, answers students, questions following his foreign affairs address for Great Issues here Monday. At left is David Maddox, who introduced the speaker. Agronsky Urges Freedom For Vietnam War Critics University National Bank "On the side of Texas A&M” —Adv. Services Held For H. L Earle Funeral services for Hubert L. Earle, father of Dr. James H. Earle of Texas A&M’s Engineer ing Graphics Department, were conducted Monday afternoon in Jacksonville. Mr. Earle died Sunday in a Jacksonville hospital. In addition to Dr. Earle, sur vivors include Mr. Earle’s widow and one other son. By JOHN W. FULLER Battalion Managing Editor A veteran Washington news correspondent Monday empha sized the need for free and con structive criticism of American policy in Vietnam because that represents “the road to hope” for an end to the fighting. Martin Agronsky, Columbia Broadcasting System news ana lyst, urged a Great Issues Series audience at A&M to “give atten tion to all possible answers” to ward peace, adding that “if there ever was a time when construc tive criticism was necessary, now is that time. “American citizens should nev er forget how important it is to exercise the right of free speech,” he continued. “Those who disa gree with policies have an obli gation to s a y so loudly and often.” AGRONSKY ADMITTED that the situation poses a dilemma—a choice between “an unattainable victory and an unacceptable peace”—and that he could offer no clear-cut solution. But he warned against becoming too set in a policy that could be in error. “I’m fed up with the conten tion of supporters of the Admin istration that criticism can be equated with lack of patriotism,” he went on. “The ability to ques tion governmental policies is a basic democratic right.” At the same time, Agronsky defended the Administration against its more violent attack ers. “It is stupid and mistaken to portray President Johnson as a bloody warmonger,” he said. “If the President seeks any charac terization, it is that of the peace maker. I fully accept his sincer ity in believing what he is doing is necessary. “PM FULLY aware of the Presidential burden,” he added, “and I don’t think it should be added to by undue criticism. What some Americans have for gotten is that the responsibility is not that of the President alone. These are times that demand in dividual responsibility in seeking solutions.” Agronsky pointed out that the nearly 500,000 American troops in Vietnam exceeds the maximum number of 400,000 committed to the Korean conflict. He noted that the war is costing some $24 billion per year, or $66 million a day—“and we’re not winning.” He went on to summarize the history of U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia, quoting Defense Secretary McNamara and Presi dents Kennedy and Johnson on the “limited involvement” during the first few years. He blamed the apparent contradiction be tween limited purposes and grad ually increased involvement for the so-called “credibility gap.” “REPORTERS quote officials,” he said, commenting on charges that newsmen brought about the “gap.” “We don’t write their ob servations.” Agronsky explained the appar ent inability to negotiate a settle ment on U.S. bombing policy. “The Administration’s position has been to offer immediate peace talks whenever the Com munists agree to talk,” he noted. “We tried temporary bombing halts, and offered to cease bomb ing with certain conditions, as indications of good will. “We’ve been told that we can’t stop the bombings again because this en dangers our troops in the field,” he continued. Yet, Secretary Mc Namara recently told a Senate committee that bombings haven’t stopped troop and supply infil tration. “If this is so, how could our troops be placed in greater dan ger by bombing pauses?” Agronsky, a graduate of Rut gers University, joined NBC News in 1940. He also worked for the American Broadcasting Co. before joining CBS. He has been a Washington correspondent for 25 years. R V’s Name NCO’s LOVE THOSE TOUCHDOWNS Aggies kiss their dates following an A&M touchdown in the game against TCU. Ross Volunteer non-commis sioned officers appointments for 1967-68 have been announced by Col. Jim H. McCoy, commandant. RV Capt. Francis J. Boui’geois of New Braunfels commands the 110-member elite honor military unit which inducted 76 junior members last week. NCO assignments are for three cadet master sergeants, two tech nical sergeants, 12 staff ser geants and six sergeants. Michael P. Booker of San An tonio; Lonnie C. Minze, Houston, and Dennis S. Bailey, Mineral Wells, are first, second and third platoon sergeants, respectively, with the RV rank of master ser geant. Technical sergeants are James E. Glynn of Garland, supply, and Richard L. Engel of Elm Grove, Wis., public information. Drill assistants for the three Ross Volunteer platoons are John T. Corcoran of Tyler; John W. Morgan, Fort Bragg, N. C.; and Donald M. Savage, Fort Worth, with staff sergeant rank. With the same rank are right guides Dennis R. Parrish, Agua Dulce; Brian E. Heckman, Hum ble, and Michael P. Hoffman, Denison; supply sergeants Leon E. Travis III, San Antonio; John H. Daly III, Corpus Christi, and John D. McLeroy, Dallas. Also, public information ser geants Joseph P. Webber, Waco; Jack W. Downing, Fort Sam Houston, and Mark W. Davis, San Antonio. Color guard sergeants include Eldon J. Tipping Jr., Snyder; Reese W. Brown III, Tyler; Bar ry E. Morgan, Bryan; Hal M. Hornburg, Dallas; Neal J. Brous sard, Dickinson, and Burl E. Glass III, North Bay, Ont. The 23 Ross Volunteer NCOs are seniors. jfiVSA Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav- feSflkt, ings Center, since 1919. —Adv. Hobbs 9 Thievery Finishes Frogs By GARY SHERER Battalion Sports Editor The black cloud has moved! Saturday night, it moved about 185 miles due north from College Station and settled over Fort Worth’s Amon Carter Field and the football game being played there. The Aggies won the game, 20-0, over Texas Christian. They also lost something too . . . the title of hard luck champion of the Southwest Conference. TCU’s hard luck story really started the day before Saturday night’s game. The Aggies arrived at Fort Worth’s Meacham Field and were greeted with the news that TCU Coach Fred Taylor had booted three players off the Frogs’ team. Hard Luck fact No. 1. The second chapter of our tale of woe deals with all but the field lights going off in Amon Carter Stadium. Hard Luck fact No. 2. The third and final chapter was the game itself. The Horned Frogs totaled 336 total offense yardage and could not cross the goal line once. Hard Luck fact No. 3. On the Aggies’ side of the led ger, there were many good points and some bad. Halfback Wendell Housley looked like the all-SWC performer of last year. Billy Hobbs proved himself one of the fastest linebackers in the nation and the Aggies gained 187 yards on the ground. Overall, however, it was not the Aggies’ best effort of the year. TCU could not capitalize on the breaks that they got and in doing so lost the game. This is not to take away from the Aggies’ efforts, but the game could have been closer. The SWC’s most potent weapon, Edd Hargett to Bob Long, pro duced a 7-0 A&M lead for three quarters. Then, the first play of the final 15 minutes brought the crowd of 37,166 to its feet. Frog quarterback Danny Carter had brought his team to the A&M seven-yard line in the one real drive of the night for the Frogs. Carter fell back to pass and threw for the right side of the end zone. What Carter didn’t see was Bill Hobbs. Hobbs, however, saw everything including the ball, and the next thing the Frog team saw was Hobbs’ back as the Amarillo junior left them behind on a 102-yard jaunt to paydirt. The score made it 14-0 and the Frogs were just about finished. They tried to get back in the game, but penalties kept them from causing any threat to the Aggies’ lead. The final A&M score came on a burst up the middle by Housley. It had been set up by a 23-yard scamper by Larry Stegent who garnered 94 yards for the night himself. Housley blew through a big hole two plays later and raced the final 26 yards for the TD. In most stories, happy or sad, this one has a summation or epilog. It was the Aggies’ second straight victory since their dis astrous 0-4 beginning. The Aggie defense, which had shown some weaknesses in previous games, looked better in this game and the Maroon and White emerged as a definite contender for the SWC crown. The Frogs are now faced with the problem the Aggies had two weeks ago. How to recover from four straight losses. Their plight, however, is a little more different. They have been well-outscored in all four games. Save one, the Aggies were close in their quartet of losses. Aggie fans now know that Texas A&M truly does have an improved team. They can now say that the bad breaks were really bad breaks and not a true indication of this football team. But Horned Frog fans have to face a different thought process. Is this team that has not scored a touchdown at home since 1965 going to recover? Aggie fans can’t help them with that question. One thing they can tell TCU backers ... a team that never gives up can turn those bad breaks into good Partovi Elected ISA President Roohollah Partovi, a petroleum engineering graduate student, is the newly elected president of the Iran Students Association at Texas A&M. Partovi, a University of Okla homa graduate, taught two years at Pahlavi University in Shiraz, Iran, before enrolling for gradu ate study at A&M. His goal is a doctor’s degree and return to teaching. Other new officers include vice president Gholam R. Djavadi, sec retary Jalal Alavinia, treasurer Hossein Ava, and social chairman Higus A. Gasparian. Tentative plans call for a stu dent-faculty tea hour Nov. 11, visits with families in Houston, and a special campus program depicting life in Iran. First Bank & Trust now pays 5% per annum on savings certif icates. —Adv. C : - -V _-V,-- NEW SWEETHEART Kathy Heldman, new Aggie Sweetheart, is given the tradi tional kiss after being presented during half-time of the TCU game by Bill Carter, student senate vice president. i