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Number 192: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1956
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I’LL GET ME A TURKEY BY HOOK OR CROOK muttered our “expert” marksman
Robert Sims Moody (right) as he draws a bead getting his “shootin’ eye” ready for
the Range and Forestry Club’s annual Turkey Shoot which will be held Monday after
noon from 2 until 8 at the Kyle Field Rifle Range. Dean Bibles from Burnet, (1. to r.)
and Fritz Landers from Menard heading the committee in charge of arrangements for
the shoot are holding the bird for Sims.
TB Association Launches
Christmas Seal Drive
A host of volunteers and Brazos
County Tuberculosis Association
leaders this week will launch the
1956 Christmas Seal drive.
Distribution of letters contain
ing seals to citizens and business
firms will begin Thursday morn
ing, according to local drive chair
man Mrs. John Q. Hays.
Seals will also be available to
A&M students and personnel at
Senate Slate Set
For Session Tonite
The Student Senate meets in the
Senate Chamber in the MSC to
day at 7:30 p.m.
Included on the agenda are re
ports from standing committees,
seating committee, and 12th Man
Bowl, ■ committee, according to re
cording secretary Jon Hagler.
Action on the budget will come
up under old business. New bus
iness is to include a memorial for
James Sarran, Reveille, seating at
out-of-town games, charging for
parking lots at home games and
a traffic committee report, Hag
ler said.
Bryan Air Force Base, Mrs. Hays
says.
“This year marks the 50th an
nual Christmas Seal Sale and is a
fine time for all to learn what has
been accomplished so far as well
as the job that lies ahead,” Mrs
Hays says.
Among things accomplished,
Mrs. Hays lists millions of saved
lives, a drop in the United States
death rate by 53 per cent and ad
vances in TB treatment and diag
nosis.
Awareness of the disease is
growing’ yearly, Mrs. Hays says.
More than 1,200 persons turned
out each day of the TB chest X-
ray survey last summer, she says.
Sale of Christmas seals made
these advances possible, Mrs. Hays
says.
“Much work remains yet to be
done before TB can be conquered,”
Mrs. Hays says.
Still to be solved are problems
of research.
Christmas Seals financed 40 dif
ferent TB research projects dur
ing 1955 in laboratories and clinics
over the country, Mrs. Hays says.
Sixty-Nine Qualify
For Ross Volunteers
Sixty-nine corps juniors were
approved for the Ross Volunteer
Company according to John H.
Specht, commanding officer.
To be eligible the members
needed to be academically classi
fied as a junior, have a 1.5 grade
point ratio with a 2.00 in air sci
ence or military science.
Over 100 applied.
New members are: Rayford
Gaines Anthony, James W. Anz,
Brady Douglas Armstrong, Rob
ert John Balhorn, Robert Ellis
Blake, Ray M. Bowen, James Al
len Burke, Harold W. Byars, Ray
mond Everett Camper, Jr., James
Calvin Caston, James A. Clark,
Robert Dunn Cleland, Philip B.
Collier.
J. Paul Costa, Dixon W. Coul-
boum. Ford George Daab, Frank
lin Demuth, Donald Dean Dunlap,
Jerry Wayne Ellington, John W.
Foster, Bartolome Garcia, Jr.,
Clarence William Garrard, Jr.,
James Dennis Gower, Alvin Ho
ward Grantham, Jr., James R.
Groves.
Jon L. Hagler, Thomas R. Har
ris, Phil Calep Hurley, Donald
Brent Kirby, Carroll Frank Lam,
Charles S. Lessard, John Leroy
Ligon, John Mallory Long, Arlen
Don Lummus, Don D. McGinty.
Jerry N. McGown, Dewitt L. Mc-
Lallen, Theron Dodd McLaren,
David R. Mayo, William Keith
Meals, Frank M. Nail, Jack E. Nel
son, John Walter Ochterbeck,
James Robert Partridge, George
M. Ragsdale, James L. Rankin,
William Marvin Redditt, III, Jerry
C. Rhea.
Charlie W. Rice, Bill Richard
son, Milton R. Roberts, Raymond
Earl Roycroft, Harter Ben Sch
mid, George Thatcher Shepard,
William Bates Sides, Charles Rob
ert Skinner, Bobby Ray Smith,
Charles R. Smith, Jack Solka, Dar
ryl Michael Springs, Bob L. Suro-
vik.
Gary E. Thomas, Marvin Lee
Trice, Jr., Tom, J. Upchurch, Jr.,
Alan Ward Vencil, Jack Vernon
Walker, Curtis Sinclair Wells, Je
rome LeRoy Winkler, Jr. and Rip
ley E. Woodard, Jr.
Major Is Pinned
At Reserve Meet
Reserve officer Harriott O. Kun-
kle received the gold leaves of
major during drill of the 343rd
Field Artillery Battalion Wednes
day.
He is operations officer of the
unit. Major Kunkle is associate
professor of biochemistry at A&M
and has served over 13 years ac
tive and reserve military duty.
Commissioned at the Artillery
Officers Candidate School, Fort
Sill, Okla., he wears the Philippine
Liberation Medal, As-Pac Cam
paign Medal and American The
ater Campaign Medal.
Research must be expanded until
an effective vaccine is developed
to protect against tuberculosis, she
says.
An estimated 22,000 Texans now
have active tuberculosis. More
new cases of TB were found in
Texas last year than ever before,
Mrs. Hays says.
The local chest X-ray survey is
in part financed by the Brazos TB
Association. The sole support of
the TB Association is the Christ
mas Seal Sale, Mrs. Hays says.
Of the funds raised by the seal
sale, 82 per cent are kept in Brazos
County. The Texas TB Associa
tion gets 12 per cent and sends
half of the 12 per cent to the na
tional TB association.
US Questions Nasser
Over Red Volunteers
Groneman Says
Circumstances
Affected NCAA
Several factors weighed
heavily against A&M in the
NCAA’s decision against us,
Dr. Chris H. Groneman said
upon returning yesterday
from the body’s meeting in De
troit.
“The fact that another insititu-
tion, the University of Miami, was
seeking to have a similar probation
lifted at the same time certainly did
not help our cause. The situation
was not helped by the fact that a
number of other schools were up
for severe penalties at this same
meeting,” he said.
He also said that the NCAA
council has an announced policy
“not to terminate a probation be
fore it expires.” Groneman said
that under these circumstances the
ruling would not have been in
A&M’s favor even if another
charge of rule violations had not
been made against us at this meet
ing.
“We have made a thorough
investigation of the charges made
against A&M in the case of a
basketball player, Jack Moreland,
of Minden, La., now enrolled at
North Carolina State,” he went on.
“We are convinced that the charges
of having offered financial aid
made against an alumnus of this
institution are incorrect and we
have a sworn statement, backed
by a lie-detector test, as evidence.”
Groneman concluded by saying
that this case will be investigated
and decided on by the Southwest
Conference at an early date, after
which it will be passed by the
NCAA.
Class ’60 To Pick
Leaders In Runoff
j
Freshman voters gave no one
candidate a majority in each of
the races for class officers yester
day in the election held in the Me
morial Student Center.
Runoffs will be necessary for all
the offices and this election will
be held Dec. 5, according to Tom
mie Hennard, election commission
member.
In the run-off for president are
Bruce B. Johnson, 68; Charles R.
Nourie, 66 and Floyd H. Christ
ian, 61.
Vice presidential candidates still
in the race are Don R. Burns, 76;
Ralph Peterson, 59 and Bill D.
Jobe, 59.
Remaining candidates for secre
tary are Efraim Armendariz, 74;
Jerry Don Smith, 72 and Pete T.
Scamardo, 50.
Run-off candidates for social
secretary are Alden J. Smith, 109;
Thomas L. Sutherland, 83 and Nor
man Dowdy, 80.
Still in the race for treasurer
are Bobby J. Newsom, 84; Dennis
Zimmerman, 81 and James H.
Bingham, 78.
Parliamentarian run-off candi
dates are Kenneth R. Mudd, 118;
Jay P. Gatlin, 76 and Robert G.
Allen, 72.
Candidates still in the race for
sergeant-at-arms are Paul Bar-
sotti, 73; Jimmy Davis, 63 and
David Johnson, 56.
In the run-off for reporter are
Don H. Gilbert, 195; James L. Hel
ler, 79 and David Dannenbaum,
72.
Weather Today
College Station area forecast
calls for cloudiness this afternoon,
with northerly winds. High and low
readings yesterday were 84 and
69 degrees. The temperature at
10:30 this morning was 62 de
grees.
Candidates closest in votes to the
ones in run-off are as follows:
President: Thomas R. Hamilton,
44; Dwight D. Smith, 40 and John
N. Wilkinson, 36.
Vice president: Jay D. Hirsch,
40; Norman K. Dyson, 38 and Wal
ter Peterson, 35.
Secretary: William Forst Jr., 44;
John H. Parks, 43 and Ronald Har-
rod and John T. Vaughn, 40 each.
Social secretary: Don B. Good
win, 77; Louis Lidz, 71 and George
M. Young, 67.
Treasurer: Gus Alexander, 73;
Bill D. McDuffie, 66 and Harmon
A. McDougal, 48.
Parliamentarian: Gerald D.
Griffith, 69; Randall Sanders, 65
and Merrill E. Womack, 56.
Sergeant-at-arms: John D. Cur
ry, 55; Luis N. Pena and Charles
L. Thompson, 49 each.
Reporter: Tommy L. Shannon,
71; James Bray, 70 and Leslie C.
Wilson, 54.
Bernard Smith won the Student
Senate seat from Bizzell Hall with
opposition from Bob Foster with
a write-in vote of 14.
Atom Test Problem
Told To Engineers
Engineering problems at an
atomic research plant were ex
plained to American Institute of
Electrical Engineers and Institute
of Radio Engineer members by
guest speaker Melvin (Maxie)
Newsom at a joint meeting of the
groups Tuesday.
Newsom used movies of the plant
and equipment at Sandia Atomic
Research plant at Albuquerque, N.
M. Precautions taken to protect the
public from experimental nuclear
blasts were also covered in the
movie.
Newsom, class of ’53, is an
electrical systems engineer.
Arab Source Says 1
Russian A id Sough t
WASHINGTON—UP)—U.S. officials expressed hope to
day that Egypt’s President Nasser has not actually asked for
Soviet volunteers.
Yesterday, an Arab source in Moscow said Nasser had
instituted a formal request for help. Today official sources
in Cairo were quoted in a dispatch to the New York Times as
denying that a formal request had been filed and adding
there was no need for volunteers since a cease-fire existed.
Some authorities here said the “Arab source” in Moscow
yesterday may have been spreading his version of events
either to try to frighten the West or to serve some Soviet
purpose with respect to the Middle East.
At this point, Americans
Chester Bowles
Is Key Speaker
At SCONAII
Chester Bowles, former gover
nor of Connecticut and ambassa
dor to India, is keynote speaker of
the second Student Conference on
National Affairs.
Other panel members are Henry
Tanner, political science writer
for the Houston Post, and Major
General Richard C. Lindsay, dep
uty chief of staff for operations,
United States Air Force.
These speakers will also be
presented to students, the faculty
staff and the college community
by Great Issues on Dec. 12, 13, and
14.
Members of the round-table in
clude Col. James A. Jordan, of
the department of social science,
U. S. Military Academy; R. W.
Akers, editor of the Beaumont En
terprise and Journal; Dr. John M.
Claunch, chairman of the depart
ment of government, SMU.
W. W. Armistead, dean of the
school of veterinary medicine,
A&M; Clayton D. Ford, director
of the school of government, Prin-
cipia College, Elsah, Ill.; Col. Al
len Haveman, of the Policy Divis
ion in Directorate of Plans, U. S.
Air Force.
James MacLeod, vice consul of
the British Consulate, Denver,
Colo.; and Jack D. Gray, formerly
with the state department in India
as an agricultural worker.
Parents Meeting
A&M Consolidated Hig-h School’s
Mother and Dad club will meet
Monday at 7 p. m. in the school
auditorium.
are particularly suspicious of
close associations of some Syr
ian diplomats and officials
with Russia.
The report from Cairo today,
coupled with the fact that Cairo
radio gave a very detailed ac
count yesterday of Eisenhower’s
opposition to Russian troops in the
Middle East, caused renewal of
belief here that Nasser might spurn
all offers of volunteers in the be
lief that he could handle the
situation through the U. N. Thus
he would avoid opening his country
to the dangers of Soviet control.
NAPLES—Orders for the U. N.
peace army to get moving to Egypt
were issjied last night after an
Arab diplomatic source had re
ported in Moscow that President
Nasser had requested Russia to
send volunteer forces to Egypt
immediately.
Moscow dispatches today said
Egyptian diplomatic sources there
still declined to discuss the report.
There was a complete blackout on
information at the Egyptian Em
bassy there. Requests for confir
mation or denial of the report
were met by “no comment” or
“no one is available who can dis
cuss this matter.”
CORRECTION
A mistake was made in yester
day’s story regarding the number
of date and student tickets avail
able for the Texas University
game.
There are plenty of tickets avail
able and they will go on sale at
8:30 a.m. tomorrow according to
Pat Dial of the Athletic Office.
Tickets will go off sale Friday,
Nov. 23.
CS Chest Drive
Donations Lag
Collectors Say
By WELTON JONES J
About 1,000 of College Station’s
8,000 residents, had given $8,500
to the A&M College-College Sta
tion Community Chest-Red Cross
Drive by 5 p.m. yesterday, accord
ing to a count made last night.
The goal is $14,000.
“Maybe our trouble is that we
haven’t reached everybody,” Jack
Tippit, publicity chairman said.
“We are constantly amazed at the
number of College Station people
who don’t think they have an ob
ligation to the drive.”
Tippit reported that partial re
ports had been received from all
but four departments on the cam
pus. These are the A&M Cream
ery, the Post Office, the AAA
building and the Easterwood Air
port and Testing Lab.
One department head contacted
said that the forms could be left
on his desk but that they would
still be seen when the representa
tive came again, collectors report
ed.
On the brighter side, five de
partments had reported 100 per
cent contributions. These are Basic
Division, Dean of Graduate School
office, Department of Veterinary
Anatomy, Texas Feed Control Lab
and the Chancellor’s office.
Mrs. W. M. Heritage, chairman
of business solicitations, reported
that all North Gate businesses
contacted contributed with the ex
ception of one. Girl Scouts dis
tributed stickers to all contribu
tors Saturday morning.
The stickers are maroon and
white, two by seven inches read
ing “We Gave To The A&M Col
lege-College Station Community
Chest-Red Cross Drive.”
“Several checks have come in
thi’ough the mail for amounts from
$10 up,” said Herb Thompson,
Chest treasurer. “People who
haven’t given to the drive are def-
(See CHEST FUNDS, Page 2)
Some Kiss!
HONOLULU (A>)—A fellow here
collected a good night kiss that
really packed a wallop. As he
hugged his girl friend, a coconut
fell 40 feet off a tree and smacked
him on the head. The amorous one
woke up in the hospital.
PUTTING UP ONE of the prize-winning pictures for the art exhibit that opens to
morrow are (from left to right) Paul Ross, William Newton and David Morris.