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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1956
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Mid-East Tension
Felt A round World
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON—Britiah-French air forces hammered Egyptian
airfields through the night and again today in Suez zone and
Nile Delta; combined armada reported moving up to land
troops; planes, hangars reported destroyed in air strikes;
returning pilots report ineffective antiaircraft fire and at-
empted interception by one Egyptian fighter.
CAIRO—Egypt breaks relations with Britain and France,
4 and is reported considering withdrawing from United Na
tions; Egyptian communique claims Cairo, Alexandria, Port
Said, Ismailia, Suez attacked from air and charged French
planes join Israeli air force in strafing Egyptian forces in
Sinai; shipping turns back from canal; Egyptian high com-
^mand makes no mention of
Price Daniel
Talks Tonight
To Ag Workers
Senator Price Daniel will
make a speech in Sbisa Dining
Hall at a banquet for Agri-
lultural Extension Service
jvorkers at 7:15 p.m.
The group has arranged for
Daniel to talk at the function in
keeping with its policy of getting
a well known person for its an
nual banquet speaker.
The banquet will oficially end
the Extension Service Conference
which has been in progress on the
campus this week. Leaders of the
conclave say between 700 and 800
persons have attended.
During the week the delegates,
including County Agricultural
Agents, Home Demonstration
Agents, Home Economists, Exten
sion Service workers and leaders,
have been briefed in four phases of
their work.
The group has received instruc
tion in leadership, communications,
counseling, and office management.
Four sections of the group were
formed to get the classes small
enough for available meeting
rooms. Classes are held in the Me
morial Student Center, Guion Hall
and YMCA.
no
fighting in Sinai, but claims
fourth of Israeli air force
wiped out; Egyptians say sev
en persons killed in air raid
on Cairo.
BTRLTTT — Cairo radio claims
seven British bombers shot down.
TEL AVIV—Israeli calls upon
Egyptians to lay down arms in
Sinai and warns them they will
soon be encircled; Egyptians re
ported retreating in disorder as
Israeli forces reach Rafa, in drive
close to Mediterranean to but off
Gaza Strip.
UNITED NATIONS—U. N. Gen
eral Assembly prepares for em
ergency meeting to consider Yu
goslav resolution calling on mem
bers to use collective measures
“including force if necessary” to
stop British-French operations.
WASHINGTON—President Ei
senhower says United States does
not intend to get involved mili
tarily in Suez situation; calls Brit
ish-French aid Israeli attacks er
rors.
DAMASCUS — Syrian military
forces fight skirmish in brief in
cursion across Israeli border,
military spokesman says; Syria
recalls ambassadors from Britain
and Fi’ance for consultations.
BAGHDAD — Iraq orders full
mobilization in case of Israeli at
tack on Jordan.
AMMAN—Jordan warns Brit
ain not to use her airbases in Jor
dan for attacks on Egypt.
PARIS — New apprehension
strikes two million Frenchmen in
North Africa as general*strike call
goes out in Morocco and Tunisia;
many French families leaving.
SULLY GETS A BATH by freshmen of “A” Engineers.
Paint removers pictured are Wallace DeWitt, Walter Walla,
Dick Simmons, Jack Schmidt, Bob Halyell, Carlos Hickman,
John Goldman, Gus Giotes, Parry Center, Steve Edmond
son and Jon Swail, sophomore.
Bombed Warship
Stops Suez Traffic
LONDON—(IP)—British and French planes carried on
nonstop attacks on Egyptian airfields today and Cairo an
nounced attacking aircraft sank an Egyptian warship in the
Suez Canal—blocking traffic and cutting off oil shipping to
Europe.
Cairo said British and French warplanes raided Egyptian
troops at crossing points along the canal and in the operation
sank the Egyptian warship Akka in Timsah Lake just south
of Ismailia, midway point of the canal.
Britain and France launched military operations against
President Nasser’s regime last night with the declared pur
pose of protecting the Mideast waterway from fighting swirl-
"Mng between Egyptian and Is
raeli forces in the Sinai Pen-
QUICK REVERSAL—Here two freshmen celebrate Halloween by having all day to haze
sophomores. Sophomores left to right are Bob Skupin and Dan Poston. Freshmen left
to right are Bob Duke and Norman Wilson. All four cadets are in Sqdn. 3.
SCONA II Committees
Give Progress Reports
By JIM NEIGHBORS
Battalion News Editor
Progress reports commanded
the attention of all members of the
Executive Committee and commit
tee chairmen of SCONA II at a
meeting of that group in the Me-
moiial Student Center last night.
Each chairman gave a short im
port on the actions of his commit
tee following a general discussion
by Brad Crockett, chairman of
SCONA II.
Bryan Dedeker, chairman of the
Publicity Committee, announced
that publicity forms have been pre
pared and will be sent out to
schools sending delegates to the
conference and letters are being
sent to most of the editors or pub
lishers of Texas newspapers.
John Specht, chairman of the
Planning Committee, is in charge
of selecting speakers and round
table discussion. He reported that
several of the speakers have al
ready accepted including Chester
Bowles and Hem*y Tanner.
Housing Committee Chairman
After Game Dance
Will Have 3 Bands
Midnite in New Orleans, spon
sored by the Memorial Student
Center Dance Group, begins im
mediately after the ball game Sat
urday night.
The three bands playing- for the
dance are the Moonglows, Bob
Arevalos quintet and the Latin
American Combo. Each band will
be in a different room on the sec
ond floor of the MSC and the
dance itself will cover the entire
upper floor of the building.
Tickets for the dance ai - e $1.25
either stag or drag. The dance
ends around midnight.
Weather Today
Forecast is for fair weather. At
10:30 this morning the tempera
ture was 73 degrees. Yesterday’s
high reading was 80 degrees, and
last night’s low, 47 degrees.
Walter Raynaud said that rooms
in the MSC have been reserved for
all the delegates and that the Di
rector’s House is to be used by
members of the press.
Warren Johnson, chairman of
the Transportation Committee, re
ported that travel vouchers for
delegates will be prepared and
transportation money will be ready
for them to pick up when they re
port to the conference.
Program Chairman L. E. Shep
pard announced that the agenda
and round table discussion topics
are being- prepared by members
of his committee and will include
global defense discussions and
talks on the United States and Al
lied Powers.
Sheppard also said that Col. Joe
E. Davis has sanctioned a Corps
Freshmen Election
Filings Now Open
Filing-s for the election of offi
cers for the Class of ’60 began
today in the Office of Student Ac
tivities, according to W. D. (Pete)
Hardesty, of the Student Activi
ties Department.
The filings will close Nov. 8 at
5 p.m. The elections will be held
Nov. 14 at the post office entrance
of the Memorial Student Center.
Officers to be elected are: presi
dent, vice president, recording sec
retary, social secretary, treasurer,
parliamentaritn and sergeant-at-
arms.
Grove Gates Open
After Band Enters
Gates to the Grove will be lock
ed before midnight yell practice
Friday night and will not be open
ed until the Aggie Band goes in
and takes its plaoe.
Yell leaders have asked students
to follow the band in and form
behind them so they will have the
position which they should occupy
at yell practice.
The request is being made be
cause, in the past, the band has
not had enough room to play.
x-eview for the conference.
Alvan E. Richey, Finance chair
man, gave a brief run-down on the
budget and said that this year’s
budget exceeds last years by al
most $1,000.
Seci’etai’iat Chairman Jack Drey
fus explained the pre-conference
brochures which are being- readied
by his committee. He also said
that the post confex-ence brochux-e
will be prepared by an editor hir
ed for that specific pui'pose to in
sure a px-ofessional job.
James Dellinger, chaiiman of
the Arrangements Committee, re
ported on the px-ogress of his com
mittee and said that name plates
and cax-ds ax-e being- xxxade for each
delegate and speaker.
Students from A&M who want
to x'epresent the school as dele
gates to the convention are re
minded that intexwiews for pros
pective delegates will be held to
day and tomorrow in Room 107
of the Academic Building.
Meat Judgers
Bring Trophy
From Nationals
A&M’s Senior Meat Judging
Team returned to the campus
bringing home a trophy for
the high scoring team in
Lamb Grading Division of a
national contest held in KaYisas
City recently.
Competing with 16 teams from
over the United States, A&M came
in 5th overall in the contest, won
top honors in trfe La mb Grading,
foui’th in Beef Grading, complet
ing only 3 points out of the money
for the Beef Division, behind Okla
homa A&M, winner of that Divi
sion.
“The teams were all px-etty close
to each othex*,” Said Gene King,
coach. “Only 30 points separated
us fx-om the top teams in the over
all contest.”
Melvin Lebo was 8th highest in
dividual in the ovexall coxxtest and
high man for the A&M team. He
was followed by Kermit Wahr-
mund, who won top honox-s in the
Lamb Grading Division.
“Ovex-all competition was pretty
stiff this yeax-,” King said. “I am
very happy with the showing oux-
boys made on the trip.”
Members of the team making the
tx-ip included Lebo, Wahrmund,
David Terry and Don Johnson,
alternate.
insula.
The Egyptians gave out no
official information today on
the fighting with Isx-aeli troops.
But the Isx-aelis claimed Egyptian
ti'oops were in retreat and would
soon be cut off in the Sinai Pen
insula.
Even befoi'e Egypt announced
blocking of the canal, shipping
was reported turning back from
its approaches because of danger
fi'om military operations.
Egypt asked other Ax-ab states
to block another source for Middle
East oil-the pipelines fi-om the
maiix px-oduction centers to Medi-
terranean pox-ts.
Egypt broke off diplomatic i’e-
lations with Britain and France.
Jordan bx-oke x-elations with France.
Caix-o dispatches said five air
xaid alarms sounded in Cairo up to
eax-ly afternoon, and Egyptian
militax-y headquax-tex-s claimed six
British planes were shot down
over the Nile delta.
Troops of the two Westenx na
tions had not showed up in the
ax-ea of opex-ations, but their land
ing on Egyptian soil was expect
ed.
Bx-itish planes with cannon and
i-ocket fix-e wex-e repoxted in offi
cial announcements hex-e and at
Cyprus, their base, to be striking
hai'd at five Egyptian airfields in
the Suez zone and Nile delta in an
effox-t to destroy Nazzer’s Soviet-
built MIG airfoi-ces on the ground.
British pilots said they had de
stroyed 14 Egyptian planes on the
gx-ound.
Prankster
Plays Joke
On Ball Staff
Halloween px-anks came eax--
ly yestei’day at The Battal
ion office.
Someone who tried to play
a trick without first asking
for a txeat left a .22 caliber
rifle in the storeroom in the
office.
The pei-son or persons leav
ing- it most have been awaxe
of college regulation prohib
iting fix-earms from being-
kept in college buildings so
they placed the rifle in the
storeroom as a halloween
px-actical joke against the
staff.
After removing it from the
storei-oom the staff tuimed the
rifle over to Campus Security.
The owner may claim it thexe
without The Battalion staff’s
knowledge.
SHOOTING FOR THE MOON—Jack Tippit, publicity
chairman for the 1956 A&M College-College Station Com
munity Chest-Red Cross Drive, examines the sign erected
near the North Gate traffic circle.