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BATTALION
Tony Martin
Show Tonight
Number 180: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1956
Frice Five Cents
HUNGARIAN REBELLION
RAGES AGAINST SOVIET
Dr. Butler Heads
A.II. Department
WHEN WILL THIS END—Miraculously alive after plowing-into the rear of a semi-trailer
truck on Highway 21 west of Bryan early Wednesday morning, Carroll D. Hungerford,
25-year-old junior electrical engineering major from Houston, is in the College Hospital
recovering from cuts and bruises. He is the third Aggie injured in as many days in car
crashes.
By Tony Martin Show
Top Entertainment Tonight
By JOE TINDEL
Battalion News Editor
Top entertainment is in store
for Ag-gieland tonight at 8 as the
Tony Martin Show swings into G.
Rollie White Coliseum to the mu-
uc of Tex Beneke and His Orches
tra and the Jodimars.
No sooner than the fun and mu
sic of this show have completely
died away, Fred Waring and His
Pennsylvanians will enter White
Coliseum Monday night to present
the first Town Hall attraction of
the year.
Rich jrdson Voted
To UiL Council
L. S. Ric ardson has been elec
ted a ijv t year member of the
Uni vers, ' hterscholastic League’s
Legislat /e Council.
Richa If /n, superintendent of
A&M C piGllidated schools, repre
sents a t Class A schools of Re-
gion V 1 which is centered along
the Gu 1 Coast. The UIL controls
the atb j tic activities of more than
ji the/, vjt'd Texas public schools
and is the largest state organiza
tion for schoolboy athletics in the
U. S.
Tonight a full evening of music,
song, comedy and variety enter
tainment is scheduled as Tony Mar
tin provides the highlights of a
promotion attraction sponsored by
the Department of Student Activ
ities. The show will feature his
song offerings and the personality
that has made him a long-standing
star of movies, radio, TV and the
supper club circuit.
CHS Play Cast
Starts Workouts
A cast of seven females and five
males has been chosen for the 1956
A&M Consolidated' Senior Play,
“The Great Big Doorstep,” accord
ing to directors Robert Boone and
Mrs. Edgene Rush.
The group will begin work on
the play immediately, Mrs. Rush
said. Production date is Dec. 7.
Members of the cast include
Mary Lou Ergle, Patsy Williams,
Rosanne Phillips, Ida Lou Felty,
Evon Parker, James Couch, Char
les Delaplane, Larry Leighton,
Betty Ruth Felty, Bill Darrington,
David Webb and Jo Ann Walker.
Martin’s talents will be only a
part of the show, however, as the
renowned orchestra of Tex Ben
eke will be on hand to offer back
ground music for Martin.
Rocking and rolling in the show-
will be the Jodimars, a sizzling
new Capital recording group that
was formed by three former mem
bers of Bill Haley’s Comets. The
Jodimars have already made a
name for themselves even though
they are comparatively new en
tries in the rock ’n roll field.
Last but fey no means least in
the show are the Petticoats, a trio
of eye-pleasing girls, who will ren
der musical interpretations that
have made a stir by way of cut
tings on unique records.
Tickets for the show which is
not a Town Hall presentation*, are
on sale at the Student Activities
Office on the second floor of the
YMCA or at Waldrop’s in Bryan.
Prices are $2.50 for main floor
seats, $2 for courtside seats and
$1.50 for bleacher seats.
Monday at 8 p.m. in G. Rollie
White Coliseum, Fred Waring will
present his Musicade with all the
Pennsylvanians and featuring Nor
ma Douglas, Patti Beems and the
Girl’s Glee Club. This is a Town
Hall attraction and student season
tickets will be honored.
SCONA II Budget
Set At $13,979
Budget for SCONA II has been
set at $13,979.30 by the Budget
Committee at a recent meeting,
accoi-ding to Alvin Richey, chair
man of the committee.
The biggest single cost in the
; budget was for transportation of
the delegates and speakers. The
; money was raised solely by con
tribution. So far, $7,000 has been
collected. The largest contribution
by one company is $3,000. Three
different sources have donated this
amount and 26 donors have con
tributed to SCONA II.
Dr. O. D. Butler has been nam
ed head of the coordinated Animal
Husbandry Department at A&M,
according to Dr. J. C. Miller, dean
of the School of Agriculture.
Dr. Butler succeeds Dr. Miller
as head of the department. Dr.
Miller resigned to become dean.
The appointment becomes effective
November 1, 1956.
Formerly, Dr. Butler was in
charge of the Meats Laboratory
of the Animal Husbandry Depart
ment, where he taught and conduc
ted research into various aspects
of meat production, marketing and
consumption.
His research, particularly in the
field of cut-out percentages from
livestock of various conformations,
is known all over the livestock
world.
“Dr. Butler’s training and ex
perience plus his all-round knowl
edge of livestock and marketing
industries, makes him well-quali
fied to direct the coordinated ac
tivities of the department in the
fields of teaching, research and ex
tension,” Dr. Miller said.
Dr. Butler was born at Orange
on Sept. 29, 1918. He received
his B. S. in agriculture from A&M
in 1939, and his master’s degree
in Animal Husbandry in February,
1947. He received his Ph.D. for
meat research at Michigan State
University in 1953. He attended
Michigan State on a General Edu
cation Board Fellowship.
His sei-vice with A&M dates
back to the time when he received
| his B.S. degree, and was placed
in charge of meat purchasing and
processing for the Subsistence De
partment (dining halls) at the
college. In 1941 he left to serve
with an Infantry division in Eu
rope, then returned to begin work
on his master’s degree.
He is a member of the American
Society of Animal Production, The
Institute of Food Technologists,
and is chairman of the Beef Car
cass Evaluation Committee of the
Reciprocal Meat Conference. He
also is a member of Sigma Xi,
honor society for original research
ers.
Dr. Butler is the author of sev
eral technical publications in his
field of work.
Negligence
Charges Filed
Against Aggie
James H. Bingham. Band
freshman from Hamilton, was
charged with negligent homi
cide in Caldwell yesterday, ac
cording to Burleson County
Attorney Jimmy Gray.
Bingham was drivei’ of one of
the cars involved in a two-auto
collision Sunday night in which
four persons were fatally injured.
Negligent homicide, a misde
meanor, carries a fine of from $1
to $3,000 and a jail sentence of
from one day to three years.
‘The trial date is pending,” Gray
said. “We want to wait until. Bing
ham has recovered his injuries and
feels up to facing the charges.”
Bingham, who suffered cuts and
bruises on the face, was to have
been released from Bryan Clinic
Hospital this morning, according
to Mrs. Dorothy Wallace, nurse.
Another Aggie who was with Bing
ham, Gary Elvin Clements of Al
vin, also 'suffered bruises and cuts
on the face and is still in the hos
pital.
“Both boys are in good condi
tion,” Mrs. Wallace said, “but they
are despondent about the acci
dent.”
Consolidated Carnival
Offers ‘Fun For AH’
SNAKES ALIVE!—Looking just a little bit wary himself
Ernest Tanzer displays two members of his live "snake col
lection which will be on display at the annual A&M Con
solidated Band Boosters Carnival Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
The affair is being sponsored by the A&M Consolidated
Band Boosters Club to raise money for additional band uni
forms. Variety acts and games of skill by members of the
College Station Lions and Kiwanis Clubs are included.
By WELTON JONES
Battalion City Editor
“There’ll be food and fun for
everyone” is the theme of the an
nual A&M Consolidated Band
; Carnival Saturday, and the Band
. Boosters Club really seems to have
j outdone themselves making it
' appropriate.
Co - Chairmen John (Dixie)
| Southern and Dr. John G. Mc-
; Neely have let no possibility by
j in their search for money-making
I concessions to gather funds for the
| purchase of additional uniforms
J and instruments for the Consoli-
i dated Band.
Feature acts at the show include
Mrs. Doris Goodrich Jones of Waco
and her puppets. Mrs. Jones was a
hit of last year’s carnival and will
present three shows Saturday night
at 7, 8 and 9 p. m. in the Consoli
dated gym.
Other attractions include James
Baldauf, a student, who will give
three magic shows in the audi
torium and another student, Ernest
Tanzer, who will show his collec
tion of live snakes.
Entertainment booths, sponsored
by College Station Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs will include baseball
and basketball thi-ow, dart game,
gong-ring strength test, pelnny
pitch, sponge throw, spook walk,
fortune teller, white elephant sale,
(See CARNIVAL, Page 3)
Dr. O. D. Butler
Car-Truck Wreck
Hurts Hungerford
Carroll D. Hungerford, 25, junior
from Houston, escaped serious in
jury when his car smashed into the
rear of a semi-trailer truck early
Wednesday morning.
Hungerford, of C-ll-B in College
View, was hospitalized with minor
cuts and bruises following the ac
cident.
A College Hospital doctor said
late last night Hungerford would
probably be released this afternoon.
He said Hungerford received leg
and body bruises and a minor cut
and bruises on his face.
The accident happened on High
way 21 three miles west of Bryan.
Driver of the truck Manuel
Martinez of San Antonio was not
injured.
Highway patrolmen say Hunger-
ford’s car crashed into the rear of
the empty truck. They say Hunger-
ford’s 1952 Ford car was com
pletely demolished.
Life Story
To Include
Ag Pictures
Wildcatting Aggies may
find their images in print when
when the Oct. 29 (Thursday)
issue of Life come off the
press.
Texas football will be fea
tured and a large part of the
story will deal with scenes of
the tornadic A&M-TCU game
last Saturday.
Life photographers have
been present on the campus for
the past two games gathering
material for the story and
a peak was reached at the
Saturday’s game when 90-
mile-per-hour winds and 11
Aggies beat TCU 7-6 on Kyle
Field.
Hundreds Reported Killed;
Soviets Say Order Restored
VIENNA—UP)—Bloody rebellion against Soviet domina
tion and Hungary’s Communist regime raged through its
second night Wednesday in Budapest and spread from the
capital into the provinces.
Soviet planes, tanks and troops were brought into battle
against the uprising Hungarians.
Hundreds were reported killed. Buildings in the center
of Budapest were blazing.
Hungary’s official Communist radio in Budapest broad
cast a government, claim last night that, “We are master of
the situation.”
But the statement acknowledged “order has not been re
stored everywhere” and thatt
disorder spread to the hinter- ba*
Bryan Rotary
Honors Guests
On UN Day
United Nations Day was
celebrated at the Bryan Ro
tary Club’s weekly luncheon
meeting yesterday at Maggie
Parker’s Dining Room.
C. C. Doak, chairman of the local
Rotary International Service Com-
on mittee, presented the program and
introduced several foreign citizens
who were guests of the club at
the luncheon meeting. Another
guest of the* rotarians was Henry
Batten, high school rotarian of the
week.
As a part of the program, Doak
exhibited Rotary flags from clubs
all over the world and displayed
lands.
Late last night the Moscow
and East Berlin Red radios
said the uprising was quelled and
order had been restored in Buda
pest.
In Berlin, the Communist East
German government radio said in
its 11 p. m. broadcast that the Bu
dapest violence had been sup
pressed.
But it added fights were going
on at three spots in the capital. It
did not give further details.
Moscow radio broke its silence
on the uprising to blame it
“underground reactionary organi
zations” and assert that “this en
emy adventure obviously has been
in preparation some time.”
It said, “Enemy elements made
use of a student demonstration
which took place Oct. 23 to bring
into the streets groups previously
prepared by them which formed
the nucleus of the revolt. They put | ^ ^ c j ub ‘ m e' mb ers^
into action agitators who strove to
call forth mass disorder.”
Joy Roper Hired
As Society Editor
Mrs. Joy Roper has been em
ployed as Society Editor for The
Battalion replacing Mrs. Bernice
Schnerr, who has resigned to teach
school in Bryan.
Mrs. Roper is the wife of Earl
Roper, a graduate student in Wild
life Management working toward
a Ph.D. here at A&M. The Ropers
have one son, Mike, 21-months-old.
They live at C-21-B in College
View.
A graduate of the University of
Colorado, Mrs. Roper received a
bachelor’s degree in journalism in
1953. She worked for the Boulder
Daily Camera three years prior to
coming to college Station.
Honored guests of the club in
cluded Dr. and Mrs. H. Raj. of
Bombay, India; Zilmar Marcus, of
Sao paulo, Brazil; H. G. Reddy,
of Bangelor, India; Mi - , and Mrs.
M. A.' Zeitoun, of Cairo, Egypt and
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvio Navarro, nat
uralized American citizens.
Members of the International
Service Committee, besides Doak,
are Dr. Ide Trotter, Nat Allen,
Robert House and Dr. Tyrus Timm.
Mistaken Identity
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — UP)—
An Albuquerque motorist saw a
new hat on the sidewalk. He
investigated and spotted a pair of
legs sticking out from under the
lower end of a ramp up to an over
pass. He hustled to the police sta
tion and reported finding a “Dead
Man.” Police found three “Dead
Men” in a row—dead drunk.
Weather Today
Scattered thundershowers until
afternoon, clearing late this after
noon. The temperature at 10:30 a.
m. was 74 egrees.
MAGICIAN AT CARNIVAL—James Baldauf, son of Dr.
and Mrs. Richard J. Baldauf, will be among featured per
formers at the annual A&M Consolidated Band Carnival
to be held on the school campus Saturday night.