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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, February 17, 1954
News Flashes
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—Sen. Bricker (R-Ohio) said today if
the Senate rejects his version of a proposed constitutional
amendment to curb treaty powers, he will back a substitute
offered by Sen. George (D-Ga.). “If we can get any proposal
through the Senate I think the House will strengthen it be
cause all the members there are up for re-election this year
and they are responsive to public sentiment,” he said in an
interview.
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COLUMBUS, Ind.—A 45-year-old former taxicab
driver killed his wife, his daughter and three step-child
ren as they slept yesterday, prowled his silent home for
hours and then killed himself. Coroner Joseph Dudding
said the five members of Kyde Ricketts’ family had been
dead from 12 to 24 hours when the bodies were found
last night. The coroner said Ricketts had killed them
and spent several hours in the small house alone before
killing himself.
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WASHINGTON—Sen. Douglas (D-Ill.) said today new
government unemployment statistics support his contention
that the nation already is in a recession. The Commerce De
partment announced last night that a new method of gather
ing data indicates unemployment in early January totaled
3,087,000 or 728,000 more than a previous report showed.
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NEW YORK—Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
has filed a two-million-doliar damage suit in federal
court here against actor Marlon Brando, alleging he “re
fuses to perform his current contract and contemplates
working for others.” A spokesman for Brando said last
night that the actor had no comment on the action.
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LA CYGNE, Kan.—Three persons were killed last night
in the flaming, head-on collision of a Continental Trailways
bus and an auto transport truck whose driver was believed
to have gone to sleep at the wheel.
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CHICAGO—A disc jockey was fired yesterday for
kissing a Hollywood starlet for more than two minutes on
his television program in >vhat he termed an experiment
testing the reaction of TV audiences. The reaction, said
an official of station WBKB, an American Broadcasting
Co. affiliate, came from hundreds of women viewers
after the marathon kissing episode involving Jack Eigen,
radio and TV veteran, and Cleo Moore, film starlet.
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OSLO, Norway—Norway accuses a Soviet Embassy
attache who headed back to Moscow from Oslo Monday night
of having had “lasting, regular and unusual contact” with a
dozen Norwegians now being prosecuted on espionage char
ges. The Foreign Office last night rejected a Soviet comt
plaint that Norway’s security police chief had tried to induce
the attache, Boris Machevitinov, to refuse to return home.
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CRYSTAL CAVE, Ky.-—Unknown canyons deep in
the earth beneath the rolling hills of southern Kentucky
were reached today by a tired band of Crystal Cave ex
plorers. Great cave rooms, decorated with spider-like
stone formations, were found by three male members of
the National Speleological cave study Society expedition.
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SAN PEDRO, Calif.—The Coast Guard reported last
night that the Florida racing yacht Dirigo II, missing since
Feb. 8 with four men aboard, was found 90 miles north of
Galapagos Islands. The Dirigo called the marine operator at
the Coast Guard station here and said the passengers were
well and not in any danger.
Ballinger Added Cadet Sloucli
To Basie Division
• • •
by Earle
Dr. Richard Ballinger has been
named educational advisor for the
Basic Division. Before coming to
A&M, Ballinger was executive of
ficer of naval ROTC and associate
officer of naval science at Tulane
university.
Befoi-e entering at Tulane, he
was assistant professor of Eng
lish at the University of Texas
from 1947 to 1951.
Dr. Richard Ballinger
Educational Advisor
Ballinger, born in Dallas and
reared in Heame, first entered
college at A&M in 19o0. After a
year here, he received an appoint
ment to the United States Naval
Academy. After three years at
Annapolis, Ballinger resigned due
to defective vision. He was a dis
tinguished student at both A&M
and Annapolis.
In 1936 he was graduated from
the University of Texas with a
BA and MA degree. He did grad
uate work at TU and Harvard, re
ceiving his PhD from Harvard in
1953. lie was a member of Phi
Beta Kappa and Phi Gamma Delta
at Texas.
Ballinger entered the Navy in
1940 as a Lieutenant junior- grade
and advanced to commander.
Tour of Duty
During his tour of duty in the
Navy, which took him to Nor
mandy and Okinawa, he won the
bronze ctar and the navy commen
dation ribbon.
When asked about Basic Division
policy, Ballinger said, “I am thor
oughly convinced of the importance
of the work of the Basic Division.
Dr. A. J. Kingston, director of
guidance for the Basic Division
said, “We arc very fortunate to
have such a man in our school.”
Ballinger is married and lias two
children, ages five and two.
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Juniors Name
Esten Speaker
C. K. Esten of the English de
partment was named last night as
speaker for the junior class ban
quet March 20.
The banquet will be follo^ved by
the class dance from 8 to 12 p. in.
both in Sbisa dining hall.
Menu for the banquet will be
filet mingon, french fried potatoes,
green beans, tomato juice cocktail,
pineapple salad, apple pie and cof
fee.
Esten was named as speaker by
the junior class oficcrs and dance !
committeemen, meeting last night
Profs Will Get French
Look for Rue Pinalie
A&M faculty members will don
French costumes in informal spirit
for the second annual Faculty Rue
Pinalle to be held March 18 at the
Memorial Student Center.
Dean Walter H. Delaplane, com
mittee chairman said “We are an
nouncing this feature of Rue Pin-
allc early so that everyone will
have plenty of time to plan ap-
propriate dress for the evening.
There will be prizes for the best
costumes.”
Cafe Rue Pinalle, so called be
cause of its location in the MSC
recreation x-oom adjacent to the
bowling alleys, is the A&M vex-sion
of Parisienne night club life.
Last year the faculty staged its
own Rue Pinalle event which
proved so successful that it is be
ing repeated by i-equest.
The gay and colorful garb of the
deans and other college dignitaries
who served as waiters at the first
Rue Pinalle contributed much to
ward the creation of a typical
Parisienne atmosphci'c. Since the
committee hopes to make this
year’s affair even gayer-, it was tic
cided to ask all pati'ons to wear
costumes.
Wayne Stark is manager of Cafe
Rue Pinalle. His assistant is Miss
Max-garet Long, px-ogx-am consult
ant for the MSC.
Music for the dancing will be
furnished by Dean Howard W
Barlow’s Brazos Bottom BoogTc
Bustex-s and talented faculty mem-
bci’s will appear as night club en
tertainers during the several floor
shows.
Kiwanis Hear
Talk on Korea
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A report on a Korean
preaching mission was given
yesterday to the Coliegc Sta
tion Kiwanis club.
Speaking to the group was
the Rev. Hayden Edwards, pastor
of the Polytechnic Methodist
church, Fort Worth. He returned
recently from a three and a half
month tour of air bases in Korea.
Edwards was one of four min
isters who visited 42 air bases
overseas. Edwards went to nine
basqs. While on the tour, he was
the personal guest of several gen
erals and ex-Aggies.
“I had a difficult time finding
anything good about that (Korea)
stinking place,” Edwards said.
Everything good in Korea has
the shadow of something from the
United States, he said. While on
the tour Edwards said he noticed
that the Communists cared more
for their MIG airplanes than they
did for their pilots.
“Our planes are about two tons
heavier than the MIGS, but this
extra weight is safety devices not
found on the MIGS,” he said.
The United States is fighting the
greatest battle in history, said
Edwards. ,
“However, this is not a war with
with guns, but a battle for the
souls and minds of men, not only
in Korea but across the world,” he
said.
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Harri Baker
Bob Boriskie
Ion Kinslow
Jerry Estes
Bob Hendry
Barbara Rubin
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Managing Editor
Campus Editor
Sports Editor
City Editor
Basic Division Editor
Feature Editor
Society Editor
Jerry Wizig - Associate Sports Editor
Frank Hines, Jerry Neighbors, Bob Domey, Jim Collins, Ray Wall,
A1 Eisenberg, Arnold Goldstein, BUI Parsons, Bill Warren,
Jack Farley, John Linton, King McGowan, Jay Ireland,
Charles Kingsbury, George Manitzas, E. B. McGowan Staff Writers
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Bob Palmer, Tom Skrabanek Advertising Staff
James Earle Staff Cartoonist
Seymour Smith, Will Holladay, John Maacher. .Staff Photographers
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Shaffers Will Move
To New Location
Shaffer’s book store will move
during March to the building va
cated in February by the A&M
Grill, said Herbert Shaffer, owner.
Almost twice as much floor'space
which allows better merchandising
is our main reason for moving,
said Shaffer.
Storage on the premises instead
of in the present attic and sepa
rate warehouse and more aisle
space are other reasons for the
move, he said.
The new store will have over
2,000 square feet of floor space,
summer and winter air-condition
ing and new self-service shelves
aroilnd the walls.
MSC Organ Recital
Scheduled Sunday
Miss Margaret Berry will pre
sent an organ program Sunday at
4:00 p.m. in the lounge of the Me
morial Student Center.
Anycnt interested in playing the
organ should contact Miss Mar
garet Long, MSC program con
sultant.
MSC Dance Class ^
Signs 300 Students
Three hundred students have
signed up for spring dance classes
in the Memorial Student Center.
Only two classes remain open for
additional students. These are the
5-6 p. m. basic and the 9-10 p. m.
intermediate. Tuesday will be the
last opportunity to sign up for
either of the remaining classes.
Interested persons should con
tact Miss Margaret Long, MSC
program consultant, or Manning
Smith, dance instructor, at the
MSC.
Ail Senior Officers
Won’t Get Sabers
The plan to equip senior officers
with sabers has fallen through be
cause all seniors could not pay for
them, said Bruce Storzing, third
Battalion C. O.
All regimental and some bat
talion staff officers now have
sabers and will carry them at re
views and di'ill periods, said Kyle
Gruene, first regiment operations
officer.
A committee will be organized to
sec that all cadet officers have
sabers next year. A&M mothers
clubs and ,cx-studcnts may help
pay for the sabers, said Sterzing.
What’s Cooking
WEDNESDAY
6 p. m.—Old Squadron 7 (1950-
51), main intrance, MSG. To take
picture.
7 p. m. — Building Products
Marketing club meeting, assembly
room, MSC. A banquet will be
given by the Texas Lumberman’s
association for all BPM students
and those who have indicated they
are interested in BPM.
THURSDAY
7:15 p. ni.—Abilene club meet-
room 128, Academic building. Plan
Spring function and picture for
Aggieland.
El Paso A&M club meeting,
Academic building, Money for pic
tures in Aggieland must be in.
Plans for a party will also be dis
cussed. ✓
Houston hometown club meeting,
room 301, Goodwin hall. Important
pictures, beer party, dance plans.
7:30 p. m.—West hometown club
meeting, YMCA. To discuss pic
ture for annual.
English club meeting, room 319,
Academic building. Emergency
meeting to discuss Anthology.
Palo Pinto county club meeting,
top floor, north east corner room,
Goodwin hall. Preparations for
high school day.
UN Club To Meet
The United Nations club will
meet Friday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 p. m.
in the Y. M. C. A. to discuss a
constitution for the club and to
plan a club picture in the Aggie-
land. Refreshments will be served.
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Amarillo A&M club meeting,
room 125, Academic building. Im
portant. Rusk county hometown
club meeting, room 307, Goodwin
hall. To set a date for making a
picture in Aggieland.
Bee County club meeting,
Academic building.
Tyler - Smith county hometown
club meeting, room 2C, MSC.
Golden State club meeting, room
3B, MSC. Important-plcasc be on
time.
Palestine hometown club meet
ing, 4th floor, Academic building.
Organinational meeting.
Corpus Chris ti club meeting,
MSC.
Auto Registration
Totals 600 Tuesday
Six hundred motor vehicles haye
been registered at the Brazos
County Tax Assessor-Collector’s
office as of yesterday, according
to Mrs. Mabel Smith, deputy tax
colector.
To register a vehicle, the owner
must have the certificate of title
and 1953 registration receipt. The
license cost is based on the weight
of the automobile. The rate is 28
cents per 100 pounds up to 2000
pounds, 36 cents to 3600 pounds,
48 cents to 4500 pounds, and 50
cents for weight over 4500 pounds.
Deadline for registration is
March 31.
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