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terday, 100 degrees.
CVER WITH A BANG—The Community Supper planned for Friday nigdit would not
be complete without the traditional fire works. Ran Boswell, City Manager and Bob
Cherry (right), Chairman of the Picnic Committee check the fire works while the
girls, left to right, Martha Ergle, Reba McDermott and Ann Hickerson hold their ears
and watch.
Thirty-Eight Known Dead
After Floods In Border City
Thirty-eight were known dead
Wednesday night as the falling
floodwaters of the treacherous Rio
Grande drained away from the
Mexican city of Piedras Negras.
First definite reports coming
from the stricken city of 35,000
across the river said there were
Electricity Off
Tuesday Night
The electric power in the south
part of College Station went off
for about one hour Tuesday night.
L. P. Dulaney, who was in
charge of the plant at the time,
§aid that the power failure was
paused by a burned out oil cut-out.
He does not know what caused the
cut-out to burn out.
CHURCH FORGIVES
FLINT, Mich.—(A*)—The Huron
Street Methodist Church board
voted to forgive whoever took
three containers of gasoline from
their Sunday school bus. The three
filled cans were found later with a
note attached. It read:
“Dear Sirs: I have taken this
gas, but now I am returning it
with regrets. Please forgive me.
P.S. It won’t happen again.”
GUATEMALA CITY—(AP)—The
anti-Communist ruling junta rush
ed troops Wednesday to Escuintla,
a hotbed of Communists, thirty
miles south of Guatemala City,
where a top Red leader was report
ed plotting an uprising among
farm workers.
Other Communist and leftist
chiefs still at large also were re
ported bent on stirring up troubles.
These reports came as Col. El-
fego Monzon, junta leader, and the
rebel chief, Col. Carlos Castillo
Armas, both intensely anti-Com
munist, flew to neighboring neutral
El Salvador for their peace con
ference. The Salvador talks are
expected to give this country its
fourth government in less than a
week.
Guatemala City was calm and
joyous Wednesday with the 12-day
shooting conflict halted under a
cease-fire.
For the first time in weeks the
radios were playing American jazz
—even the former Communist sta
tion. The main cloud on the hori
zon appeared to be the threatened
trouble at Escuintla, which long
has been regarded as a center of
Communist subversion.
Some uprisings also have devel
oped among Red - indoctrinated
farm workers. Word reached hefe
Wednesday that a police chief was
stoned to death Tuesday near the
village of Pinula. Trouble also was
sixty-five persons in hospitals with
more injured and disabled coming
in continually.
The report came from Sgt. Earl
Gossett of the Texas Highway Pa
trol after flying to the city and
talking to the Surgeon General of
Mexico, Salvador H. Vela.
Earlier there had been uncon
firmed reports of a death toil from
200 to 500.
Vela told Gossett that at least
15,000 residents of Piedras Negras
were driven from their homes and
from 6,000 to 7,000 were still living
in the hills around the city without
water, food or shelter. He said
80 per cent of the city’s homes
were flooded, with 40 per cent of
them destroyed- Many of the
Hospital Reports
Quiet Summer
This summer only four students
have been treated in the college
hospital. A sprained ankle with
cuts was the most serious of the
cases treated.
The students treated were Alvin
B. Gainer, Leroy D. Matthy, Mor
ris F. Rogers and George L. Tra-
bing.
reported at Concepcion, near Es
cuintla.
The junta continued its roundup
of Communists and pro-Commu-
nists who were a mainstay of the
regime of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman.
He resigned as President Sunday-
night under army pressure.
With the talks between Monzon
and Castillo -Armas under way, the
five-nation Inter-American Peace
Committee en route to Guatemala
to investigate charges by the pre
vious regime that it was being sub
jected to aggression from abroad
paused in Mexico City. The com
mittee, created by the Organiza
tion of American States (OAS),
decided to delay its departure
pending word from the new junta
on whether the committee would
g^et facilities to make the investi
gation.
(A Guatemalan Government ra
dio broadcast heard in Tegucigal
pa, Honduras, said Col. Carlos En
rique Diaz, who headed the one-day
junta that succeeded Arbenz, was
under arrest.
There was every indication Cas
tillo Armas could dictate the terms
of the forthcoming government. It
likely will be another junta in
which the rebel leader and Monzon
are the most conspicious members.
Monzon is the only member of
the first junta to survive political
ly, taking over from Diaz, who had
been accused of not carrying out
his promise to arrest the Reds.
homes were of adobe with thatch
roofs.
The surgeon general, one of a
group of high Mexican officials
who were rushed to Piedras Ne
gras, said about 200 cars and
trucks were washed into the main
section of the city.
Water purification equipment,
medical supplies and other relief
needs were being furnished Piedras
Negras by both the Mexican and
United States Governments.
The only communication between
the sister cities was by plane or
helicopter.
The new death count made a
total of at least fifty-five dead in
Hie wild Rio Grande flood—might
iest in history—and in the down
pours and flash floods inland that
started the usually sluggish river
on a rampage.
No casualties were reported at
Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, 100
miles down stream, after the crest
passed there today but about 7,000
homeless refugees huddled in the
high hills south of the Mexican city-
tonight.
Catarino Estrada of the Mexican
Red Cross reported that in Nuevo
Laredo itself there was no water,
no power and a shortage of medi
cal supplies.
Registrar Has
New Catalogues
Catalogues for the school years
1954-55 and 1955-56 are now avail
able at the registrar’s office.
The catalogues are now being
published for two year periods.
The bulletins were previously pub
lished every year.
Mumps, Measles
Lead Illnesses
Mumps and measles are the most
predominate diseases in College
Station with 14 cases of each, re
ported the Brazos County Health
Unit.
There were also two cases of
strept throat, one case of infant
hepatitis and one case of polio for
the week ending June 26.
THEY’RE TWINS
KEARNY, N.J.—CP)—The Don-
nellan twins Frederick G. and Ed
ward F., 48, w-ent to work for the
same firm at Boston on the same
day 30 years ago and were trans
ferred here together during World
War II to work on radar equip
ment. Both are test set techni
cians.
Each built his own radio equip
ment and operates a ham radio
station. Each is interested in pho
tography and sailing.
Both wear glasses — and their
hair is receding in about the same
proportion.
Guatemala Army Junta
Enforces Uneasy Peace
Firewor ksTo HigMight
Local Picnic Tomorrow
Highlight of tomorrow’s Third
Annual College Station Community-
Picnic will be a spectacular fire
works display.
Bob Cherry, picnic committee
man, said yesterday that some of
the newest arrangements in fire
works displays will be included in
the colorful exhibition. Included
will be patterns depicting the
American flag, shooting stars, the
Six Cars Barred
For Violations
Of Parking Rules
Six cars have been barred from
the campus since June 9 because
of excessive parking violations.
Robert O. Murray, counselor for
non-military students, said that
students whose cars are restricted
cannot bring their car on the cam
pus for three months after the date
of restriction order.
He pointed out that the restric
tion covers the area between the
following four highways: (1) high
way No. 6 to the east, (2) Jersey
Street (going past the golf course,
Episcopal Church, and Southside
Shopping Center) to the south, (3)
old highway No. 6 to the West, and
(4) Sulphur Springs Road to the
north.” He said that parking any
where inside these four paved
roads is considered a violation of
the restriction.
Murray said that should anyone
violate this restriction in any way,
he would recommend that serious
disciplinary action be taken by the
dean of men.
Mystery, Comedy
Next Showings
At Grove Movies
“Terror on a Train” will be
shown in the Grove at 8 p.m. to
night. Glenn Ford and Anne Ver
non will play the leading roles.
rising sun, a blazing sun, the Betsy
Ross shell, and loud aerial bombs.
The picnic is sponsored annually
by the College Statipn Recreation
Council in commemoration of July
4. It is being held tomorrow since
the Fourth falls on Sunday, and
people wishing to attend the picnic
will still have advantage of the
long weekend.
According to Cherry, over 2000
persons are expected for the picnic
and §100 fireworks display. He
Fountain Room
Will Stay Open
t To accommodate persons want
ing refreshments after the movies
at the Grove, the fountain room of
the Memorial Student Center will
remain open until later hours, ac
cording to Wayne Stark, MSC
director.
In the past, the fountain room
has closed at 9 o’clock. Stark says
it will still close at 9 o’clock
on Friday nights, since there are
no movies shown then. He added
that, in the future, the fountain
room wdll remain open in case of
any special night events.
Math Instructor
To Get Doctor’s
De gree At Rice
Howard Curtis, instructor of
mathematics, will take a leave of
absence this fall to attend Rice
Institute on a graduate assistant-
ship to work toward his PhD de
gree.
He intends to teach and study
part time. Curtis said he will be
gone for two ot three years.
He has been at A&M for four
years, doing graduate work for
the last two years.
Curtis is a native of Texas, his
present home being Ft. Smith, Ar
kansas. He received his B.S. de
gree from Oklahoma University in
civil engineering, and his M.A.
degree from the University of Ar
kansas in mathematics.
“Bonzo Goes to College,” star
ring Maurine O’Sullivan, Edmund
Gwen, Charles Drake and Bonzo,
a trained chimpanzee, will be
shown Monday night.
The Grove opens at 7 p.m. and
the movies start at 8 p.m.
Admission for those without sea
son tickets or student activities
cards is 25 cents for adults and 10
cents for children.
Upon his return, he will assume
duties as an assistant professor of
mathematics.
Class of ’38 Aggie
Returns to Campus
After 15 Years
Both Parties Lose
Income Tax Cuts
WASHINGTON—GP)—-The Sen
ate defeated both Republican and
Democratic plans for an income
tax cut Wednesday and thus pro
duced a big victory for the Eisen
hower administration, which says
the budget can’t stand any more
such reductions now.
The votes were 49-46 in both
instances but weren’t identical
except for the total.
Defeat for the Republican plan
came at the hands of 47 Demo
crats, Sen. William Danger, R-ND,
and Sen. Wayne Morse, Ind-Ore,
against a solid lineup of 46 GOP
senators.
The Democrats’ plan fell before
a combination of 45 Republicans
and four Democrats—Harry Byrd
of Virginia, Spessard Holland of
Florida, W- A. Robertson of Vir
ginia, and Edwin Johnson of Colo
rado. Supporting it were 43 Dem
ocrats, plus Danger, Morse and M.
R. Young, R-ND.
Sen Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis.,
was the only absent senator.
Briefly, here is what the oppos
ing sides maneuvered over in a
long and busy session:
The Democratic plan. Offered
by Sen. Waiter George, D-Ga., it
would boost ail personal exemp
tions from $600 to $700, but the
tax benefit on each $100 of ad
ditional exemption would be limit
ed to $25. Thus, a man and wife
with one child could get a reduc
tion of as much as $76 a year.
Tandy P. Chenault, class of ’38,
returned to Aggieland after a 15-
year absence. He was on the cam
pus last week and his first impres
sion was the hard top roads on the
campus and the surrounding com
munity.
He said he was completely lost
because of the new buildings and
the disappearance of the gravel
roads. “I am very impressed with
the friendliness and the courtesy
of which the community has show
ed me,” said Chenault.
“I do not feel like I lost a coach,
but have gained one with Paul
(Bear) Bryant coming to Texas
A&M. Bryant was ‘my coach’ in
Kentucky, although I was against
him, and now he is still ‘my coach,’
but I am for him,” said Chenault
in expressing his approval of Bry
ant’s coming to A&M.
Chenault and his wife were vis
iting here from Mount Sterling,
Kentucky, where he is in the jew
elry business.
FEUD IS COSTLY
NEW BEDFORD, N.J. — UP) —
Fred Lowitz paid $2,500 for a strip
of land worth about $100 by his
own estimate. He just wanted to
be sure the 30-foot lot didn’t fall
into the hands of a neighbor. The
neighbors haven’t spoken to each
other for years. Their homes are
on adjacent sides of the strip of
fered for sale by the township.
The tract was formerly a railroad
right of way.
“I would have paid up to $5,000
for it just to make sure they didn’t
get it,” Lowitz said.
said that everyone is to bring his
own lunch, and that cold drinks
and popcorn will be sold at th©
picnic by the Recreation Cownpil.
“We would like for qyerypne to
buy their drinks at the picnic,”
Cherry urged. “The finances taken
in will help to pay for the fire
works and other expenses.”
The picnic will be held on the
Consolidated High School football
field. Raymond Rogers, director
of the fireworks exhibition, says
every precaution is being taken to
assure the safety of the onlookers.
Ran Boswell, city manager, said
that last year’s fireworks were so
impressive and loud that persons
from College Hills and College
View were attracted by the noise
and light and came to watch the
show.
Begun as an annual affair three
years ago, the picnic shows evi
dence of becoming more popular
with each year. Last year’s crowd
was larger than the first, and to
morrow’s expected attendance in
dicates an even larger crowd this
year.
Air Conditioning
For Library May
Be Put In Soon
To add to the many improve*
ments already completed or under
way at the Cushing Library, the
long awaited air-conditioning proj
ect is being planned. Specifications
are being drawn up by J. W. HaU,
Jr., consulting engineer in Bryan.
It is expected that bids will be
taken and presented to the Board
of Directors at their September
meeting here on the campus. This
means that work cannot begin be
fore October or November of this
year.
Since the building was designed
without air conditioning in mind,
many construction problems bad
to be overcome in the planning
stages. This has taken consider
able time.
The present plan is to air condi
tion all of the building except the
basement and the stack levels. The
stack wing is to be added to in
the future. Three additional levels
of bookstacks will be installed, in
creasing the capacity of the library
by 100,000 volumes.
Before this work can proceed, it
will be necessary to stabilize the
slab upon which the stack levels
rest. Since the slab is indepen-r
dent of the foundation, it was not
reinforced when the building wag
raised last fall. This stabilization
work may get underway later this
summer.
Newsom Requests
Absence Leave
For PhD Work
D. E. Newsom, assistant profes
sor of journalism, has asked for
a year’s leave of absence to do
work for a graduate degree at Ok
lahoma A&M.
He will be seeking a doctor’s de
gree in education.
Newsom, a specialist in adver
tising and typography, has been
with the journalism department for
five years.
“He is considered one of the
half-dozen best young advertising
teachers in the country,” said £).
D. Burchard, head of the journal
ism department.
Two years ago Newsom was
awarded an annual Battalion ap
preciation award for faculty mem
bers.
TIME TO DUCK
DAVENPORT, Iowa <& — An
annual rivalry goes on here with
out decision. The swans in Vender
Veer Park lagoon attack the semi-
tame ducks which share the pond
with them.
The swans presumably ate trying
to clear a nesting area. But th©
ducks plunge under water when at
tacked, swim submerged 10 or 1$
feet and come up again out of sight
of the attacker.