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Eisenhower Victorious by Landslide;
Mid East Police Force Organizing
Russians Propose
Egypt Intervention
LONDON—(IP)—The Soviet Union offered yesterday to
send forces to throw the British, French and Israelis out of
Egypt if the United Nations approved.
The new Russian threat of armed intervention, voiced
by Marshal Georgi Zhukov, came on the heels of British and
French orders to their troops in the Suez Canal zone to cease
fire unless attacked.
The first word of Egyptian acceptance of the British-
French cease-fire came after daylight in a broadcast by the
government-controlled Cairo radio. It told the neople of Port
Said an order to ston fighting had gone into effect at 2 a.m.,
but asserted Egyptian civilians and armed forces were free
Aggi
R
:ie Band
To Perform
In Cotton Bowl
Halftime activities at the
Cotton Bowl Saturday by the
A.g'gie Band will commence
from the hollow center forma
tion used at the Arkansas
game.
After a delayed countermarch
from the outside, the Band will
split and return to mid-field. There
the halves will criss-cross, employ
ing the principle of the minstrel
turn.
Reforming on the northeast end
of the field, the Band will counter
march and form a series of six-let
ter words, band width high and 50
yards long.
Saluting SMU, the Band will
first form the word PONIES. Fol
lowing AGGIES, the Band will
spell TESSIE, playing the alma
mater of TSCW.
While Gary December, consoli
dated band drum major, presents
her a bouquet of roses, and Corps
Commander Jack Lunsford “sa
lutes” her, the Band will spell the
1957 Aggie Sweetheart’s first
name to the tune of “Tonight You
Belong to Me”.
The band will leave the field on
the north side from this formation.
Due to the formation of the “T”
by the Cadet Corps, the Band will
not march at the Rice-A&M game
the following weekend.
Safety Conference
Re-elects Hill
John W. Hill was recently re
elected vice-chairman for the
Higher Education Section for col
leges and universities at the 44th
National Safety Conference in
Chicago.
This is the third consecutive term
that Hill, director of workmen’s
compensation insurance for the
A&M System, has been named to
the position.
The Chicago meeting was spon
sored by the National Safety
Council and was attended by more
than 12,000 persons.
to resume the fighting “if the
enemy shoots at anyone or
advances one inch.”
Zhukov, the Soviet defense
minister, told a Moscow cele
bration of the Bolshevik R e v-
olution anniversary that his
government “calls on the United
Nations resolutely to stop the
armed aggression of Britain,
France and Israel against Egypt.”
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
OP) — The United Nations press
ed last night the final organiza
tion of a Middle East peace po
lice force as Britain and France
agreed to stop fighting in Egypt.
U. N. diplomats conferred pri
vately on the problem in prepara
tion for an emergency meeting of
the 76-nation General Assembly
tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m.
(EST). The plans were expected
to be approved at that time.
Eight countries were quick in
announcing their readiness to
contribute. They were Canada,
New Zealand, Colombia, Den
mark, Norway, Pakistan, Sweden
and Finland.
Others are expected to be added
as the peace momentum of the
force grows. U. N. officials ex
pressed the hope the police patrol
can be on the spot within a short
time, maybe, in two or three days.
At least they would like for the
United Nations Command under
Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns of Cana
da, to set up headquarters in the
area at the earliest possible mo
ment.
As these developments occur
red, diplomats expressed deep
worry about the Russian threat
to intervene in the Middle East
in force. The cease-fire agree
ment appeared to ease the situ
ation somewhat but this did not
allay the apprehension that the
Russians might try some other
way to exert a stronger influ
ence in the troubled zone.
Adlai Concedes;
Amendments Pass
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dwight D. Eisenhower won re-election to the presidency
early today by the massive, overwhelming vote of a nation
that heard and heeded his pledge of peace and prosperity.
Deep beneath an avalanche of Eisenhower victory votes
were buried the presidential ambitions of Democrat Adlai E.
Stevenson—now and probably for all time.
Stevenson conceded at 1:20 a.m. (EST), a defeat that
had been obvious and inevitable almost from the moment the
ballot counting from yesterday’s election got under way.
Control of Congress, now in Democratic hands, still
dangled in tantalizing doubt.
Stevenson conceded his defeat in these words, addressed
to Eisenhower: 4 ‘
You have won not only the
BE PREPARED—Going by the weather the past week, these freshmen in Sqdn. 2 are
shown as they illustrate the many different types of uniforms needed to be prepared for
the weather. Left to right they are Kenneth McGee of Palestine, Joe Hughes of Arp,
Gene McGee of Houston and Dan Thompson of Overton.
State Department Expresses
Concern Over Soviet Plans
WASHINGTON, <A>)_President
Eisenhower, in a telephone call to
Britain’s Pi’ime Minister Eden, ex
pressed “delight” yesterday at the
prospect of a cease-fire in the
Middle East. But the State De
partment voiced new concern about
Soviet plans in Central Europe.
Even as a big break came in
Secretary General Dag H a m -
marskjold, reminded the reporters
that Egypt and Israel already had
accepted an unconditional cease
fire. He said he was convinced
that if the Assembly accepted the
proposals he had made regarding
the international police force “the
force will be competent to secure
and supervise the attainment of
the objectives” set out by the As
sembly on Nov. 2.
Second Town Hall
Has Small Crowd
By JIM NEIGHBORS
Town Hall’s second attraction of
the 1956-57 season, “The Mikado”,
played to a sparse but seemingly
appreciative audience last night in
the G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Hampered considerably by the
language barrier, the operetta was
sung in English by the Japanese
cast, the production of Gilbert and
Sullivan’s light opera displayed
moments of communicating to the
audience.
Several of the featured perform
ers in the cast sang the more
familiar songs in the operetta and
were received favorably. The songs
included “Willo-vy, Tit-Willow” and
“A Wandering Minstrel I.”
1 Conducted by Allen Jensen, the
small orchestra supplied the
familiar strains of the famous
operetta and added to the enjoy
ment of the show. Jensen is also
director of the production. Yoichuro
Funkunaga is chorus master and
assistant conductor.
The Coliseum does not appear
to be the most ideal surroundings
for holding ligt opera. A show of
the type performed by the
Fujiwara Opera Company of Japan
would have been better suited for
Guion Hall.
Next show scheduled for Town
Hall is Eydie Gorme with Buddy
Morrow and his orchestra, Tuesday,
Nov. 13.
Kent Tells Kiwanis
‘Moonwatch’ Plans
“Within five years, someone,
either us or Russia, will have a
man on the moon,” Jack Kent
of the A&M math department told
the College Station Kiwanis Club
at their weekly luncheon in the
Memorial Student Center yester
day.
Kent told of plans for Col
lege Station’s “Moonwatch” post
being set up to aid in the world
wide watching of the artificial sat
ellite to be launched by the US this
summer. He also told other de
tails of the “International Geo
physics Year” which begins next
summer.
Guests at the meeting included
Tom Harmon of Amarillo and G.
E. Van Doren, Superintendent of
the State Conservation Experi
ment Station.
negotiations to end bloodshed in
Egypt, the United States ques
tioned Soviet intentions toward
neutral Austria.
Any attempt to violate the terri
torial integrity and internal sov
ereignty of Austria would be re
garded by the United States as
“a grave threat to the peace,”
the State Department said.
A department statement used
these blunt terms in denouncing
as “grossly false” Soviet charges
that persons sponsored by the
United States, and operating from
Austrian goil had encouraged the
anti-Communist revolt which Rus
sia apparently has crushed in
Hungary.
Eisenhower talked to Eden a
few moments after the President
ended an urgent 75-minute White
House conference on developments
in Egypt and Hungary.
LONDON CP)—An authorita
tive British source said yester-
B os well Selected
LTM Director
Ran Boswell, city manager of
College Station, was named one
of four regional directors at a
recent convention of the League
of Texas Municipalities held in
Lubbock.
Other officers elected for the
League include Dick G. Pipin, city
manager of Odessa, president;
Elgin E. Crull, Dallas, vice presi
dent; Jack Shelley, Garland, di
rector of region one; Boswell,
region two; J. M. Orman, Mid
land, region four; and Whitt F.
Johnson, West University Place,
region four.
$10,000 Needed
For CS Chest Goal
The A&M College-College Sta
tion Community Chest-Red Cross
reached the $4,000 mark in the
1956 drive yesterday, according to
co-chairmen Bob Reed and John
Milliff, leaving only $10,000 lacking
for this year’s $14,000 goal.
Four of the College departments
have been reported as 100 per cent
contributers, according to the co-
chairmen. These include Dean of
Graduate School office, Department
of Veterinary Anatomy, Texas
Feed Control Lab and the Chancel
lor’s office.
The drive closes next Monday.
day Prime Minister Eden’s gov
ernment takes “very seriously”
Russia’s warning to Britain and
France to end the fighting in
Egypt.
Bulganin’s message kept Eden up
almost all night. He consulted with
Mollett by telephone. British and
French consultations are believed
taking place also with the United
States.
The informant said Bulganin
and Communist party boss Nikita
Khrushchev, when they visited
Britain last April, plainly served
notice on British leaders that they
considered themselves to be vital
ly interested in Middle East sta
bility.
At the time, Eden declared
Britain was ready to fight in de
fense of what it considered to be
its national interest in the Middle
East. The Russians, according to
the informant, responded by say
ing that they too are vitally in
terested in the preservation of
stability in the Middle East, which
they argued would affect the safe
ty of their own oil resources in
area of Baku.
election, but also an expres
sion of the great confidence of
the American people. I send
you my warm congratulations
“Tonight we are not Republi
cans and Democrats, but Ameri
cans.
“We appreciate the grave diffi
culties your administration faces,
and, as Americans, join in wish
ing you all success in the years
that lie ahead.”
The nation’s election picture at
8:30 this morning:
President: Popular vote: Eisen
hower 29,503,903; Stevenson 21,-
376,316 in 123,908 of 154,844 pre
cincts.
Eisenhower led in 41 states with
457 electoral votes; Stevenson in
7 with 74.
Senate: 35 races Republicans
elected 15. Holdovers 30, total 45.
Democrats elected 15. Holdovers
31, total 46. Needed to control 49.
. House: 435 races Republicans
elected 176; Democrats elected
210. Needed to control 218. Unde
cided: 49, with Democrats lead
ing in 24, Republicans in 25.
DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 7 (^Pi-
Returns to the Texas Election
Bureau at 1:45 a. m. from 244
out of 254 counties in the state,
including 57 complete, show the
following totals for state amend
ments in Tuesday’s General
Election:
1. Aid to Missentenced - Ap
proval 760,230; Against 125,999.
2. Tax Reallocation — Approval
542,676; Against 277,545.
3. College Fund-Approval 628,-
085; Against 189,326.
4. Teacher Retirement - Ap
proval 867,457; Against 116,710.
5. Veterans Land Fund-Ap
proval 628,390; Against 261,537.
6. Oath of Office - Approval
637,291; Against 130,423.
7. Jury Trial Waiver - ap
proval 688,046; Against 137,497.
8. Denial of Bail - Approval
644,390; Against 172,755.
Rescue School
Conducts Class
On Campus
The Texas Rescue Training
School, which trains men over
the state to organize rescue
teams which will serve in the
event of enemy air attack or
natural disaster, is being conduc
ted at A&M.
The school is sponsored by the
state division of defense and dis
aster relief and the State Fire
men’s and Fire Marshal’s Associa
tion. It is conducted by the Engi
neering Extension Service of the
A&M System.
This year for the first time in
struction will be given in radia
tion effects and monitoring in
struments, according to Henry D.
Smith, coordinator of firemen
training for the Engineering Ex
tension Service. He said the need
for this instruction had become evi
dent with the increased use, stor
age and shipment of radioactive
materials.
With this new training, Smith
says, fire and rescue workers will
be able to evaluate radiation haz
ards and protect operating per
sonnel working in and around con-
tamipated areas.
Tlie State Health department
will furnish one instructor and the
Federal Civil Defense Adminstra-
tion another for the radiological
monitoring course.
Stole the Show
CHARLOTTE, N. C. <A>)—M. L.
Johnson of Danford gave the odd-
smakers something to figure on
during the Carolinas Beauty and
Harvest Festival. Six fur stoles
were given away during the show.
Johnson’s name was drawn three
times out of a box that contained
thousands of tickets.
Weather Today
Forecast calls for cloudy skies
with occasional thunder-storms and
rain. Showers in the vicinity.
Temperature at 10:30 a.m. was 69
degrees. Yesterday’s high and low
readings were 67 and 60 degrees,
respectively.
Langford Retires
After 23 Years
W. B. Langford, research assist
ant in the industrial economics
section of the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station at A&M, went
on retirement Oct.. 30 after 23
years of service.
Prior to coming to A&M in 1933,
Langford served with the Cotton
Belt Railroad, the Fort Worth and
Denver Railroad, the Trinity and
Brazos Valley Railroad, and the
Burlington and Rock Island Rail
road. He then went into banking
for 10 years before joining the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station. Seven years later he ac
cepted a position with the TEES
where he served until his retire
ment.
Langford plans to live in San
Antonio with his son.
County Strong for Ike;
Totals Still Incomplete
By DAVE McREYNOLDS
With Brazos County returns still
incomplete as of 11 this morning
the trend shows the county going
strong for Eisenhower with a total
of 4,101 votes cast for President
Eisenhower compared to 3,010 for
Adlai Stevenson.
Box 16, Culpepper box in College
Hills, returns came in at 10 this
morning giving their total as fol
lows: Stevenson-194; Eisenhower-
475; Andrews-7; Dies-580; Daniel-
542; Bryant-84 and O’Daniel-34.
Returns from A&M Consolidated
box are not complete and the only
report from them was last night at
8 p.m. with 166 votes going to
Stevenson and 523 votes for Eisen
hower.
These were not total votes in the
presidential race in the A&M Con
solidated box however, but just
their totals at that time.
Brazos County had a possible
11,000 voters eligible to cast bal
lots in this election, but with the
returns so far from complete it is
hard to predict whether or not this
was a record election'or not. In
1952 a total of 8,900 voters cast
ballots in that general election.
An interesting sidelight to the
election yesterday was the appear
ance of Amendment 9 on the Braz-
as County ballots.
This amendment is supposed to
be voted on next week, but the
Brazos County Commissioners met
and decided to include the amend
ment in yesterday’s election “to get
it over with” and save time and
money.
Whether or not the legality of
the Amendment 9 vote will be
questioned is subject to specula
tion. Texas Election Bureau of
ficials said last night they doubted
the election would be allowed to
stand. However, if no one contests
the outcome the Commissioners’
Court can take a bow for saving
the taxpayers money.