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THE
BATTALION
Poland Reports
New Violence
Soviet Consulate, Police
Headquarters Attacked
WARSAW, {IP) —New antigovernment violence was report
ed in Poland today in the wake of the mob attack on the Sov
iet consulate at Stettin. Eighty-eight persons, many o± them
youths, were reported jailed for the Stettin riot.
Trybuna Ludu, official organ of the Polish United Work
ers Communist party, disclosed a crowd attacked a Pphce
building in Olecko, a town near the northeastern city ot Pi-
^The Communist paper reported that crowds demolished
municipal offices at Nowy Ciechocinek in the northern mic-
Other demonstrators beat up a local Communist party
secretary at Nieszawa, in the 4
same district. . .... ^aldt SHOW
Scheduled For
Monday Night
w.c ^ — The stage is being set for
the outburst at Stettin Szczecin the annual Talent Show to be
The paper added: “More
such incidents can be report
ed.”
Poland’s nationalist Communist
government, seeking to avert any
repetition of the Soviet military
intervention in Hungary, sped an
apology to the Soviets for the at
tack on the Russian consulate in
Monday night.
Newspapers which first played
down the riots as drunken hooli
ganism reported that the demon
strators attacked police headquar-
9 ters and the local prosecutor’s
office and tried to break open the
jail.
I These reports said the rioters
were dispersed from the jail by
security troops and police using
tear gas.
The attack on the Soviet consu
late followed two hours later. The
demonstrators got inside the build
ing and damaged furniture. The
papers did not report what hap
pened to the consulate staff.
Among those reported arrested
were many pupils of city techni
cal schools who started demon
strating to protest against Russian
intervention in Hungary. The
papers said others held included
“unemployed, known hooligans
and up to a score of common
criminals released from jails in
the recent amnesty.”
All-College Dance
Slated In Athens
Couples from all .schools are in-
* vited to an All-College Dance which
will be held Saturday Dec. 22 at
8 p.m. in the National Guard Arm
ory in Athens, Tex.
The dance is sponsored by the
Henderson County Texas A&M
Club. Proceeds will be used to pur
chase a page in the Aggieland ’57,
in memory of J. D. Martin, Athens
businessman and former student
of A&M, who died in November.
Dance tickets are $1 per couple
and may be purchased at the door.
Vet Deadline
Korean veterans should sign
pay forms for December before
leaving the campus for the
holidays, Bennie A. Zinn, vet
erans advisor said yesterday.
Forms may be signed Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday o f
next week in the Housing Of
fice in the basement of the
YMCA.
held Monday, at 8:30 p.m. m
Guion hall, according to Shir
ley Cannon of the MSC Direc
torate Office.
Ten amateur actors are scheduled
to present acts which range from
impersonations to group singing.
Bobby Woodard, a senior, will
be the master of ceremonies. Tom
my Smith and Jasper Lynn of the
Second Regimental Staff will be
co-chairmen.
Slated to perform are David E.
Woodard with a magic act; J. M.
Murt who plays the guitar and
sings; Pat E. Resley, a balled
singer; William Treude will do
a comedy act, Ed J. Burkhead sings
light classical music, Freddie Gibbs
will play the guitar and sing west
ern songs.
Jerry H. Matfield will imperso
nate people and noises, Gerald S.
Williams will do popular singing,
E. M. Dellinger will sing and play
the guitar, Kenneth Dye will im
personate Elvis Presley, and The
Several”, a group singing act, will
perform.
“The Several” consists of Lary
Wester, Howard Harwell, Don
Fredericks, Walter Raynaud,
Heard, and Frank Larkin.
Bill
Jaeger Injured
In Auto Mishap
Keith D. Jaeger, a senior stu
dent from Corpus Christi, was in
jured Saturday night in an auto
accident in Bryan.
Jaeger, a veteran, was trans
ferred from Bryan Hospital to the
VA Hospital in Marlin Sunday for
surgery. One knee cap will be re
moved according to Donald Hatter,
his ex-roommate. There were sev
eral cuts on his face and on one
hand and possible chest injuries,
Hatter said.
John Yeager, investigating offi
cer of the Bryan Police Depart
ment, said that the accident occur
red at the intei'section of Fin-
feather and Tui’k Creek Road at
7:40 p.m. Jaeger failed to make
the turn and plunged into a ditch.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1956
5 More
Class Days
'til Christmas
Price Five Cents
r
TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED just east of G. Rollie White Coliseum, the proposed new
athletic dormitory will have a swimming pool, private dining facilities and will b
conditi^ed Definite facilities and site of the dorm have not yet been fully decided.
Dr Chris H Groneman, athletic council head, said the Athletic Department was payi g
for the dormitory. The above pictures on this page are two of the many ideas submit
ted by architects.
Tuberculosis Drive Recruits
College Station Children
By WELTON JONES
Two College Station youngsters
are doing their part to help put
over the 1956 Tuberculosis Christ
mas Seal Sale which has entered its
fifth week dragging behind the
1954 all-time record for sales.
Linda, 8, and Jim, 5, children of
Mi\ and Mrs. A. F. Isbell of Col
lege Station, through an idea
di-eamed up last week have become
Brazos County’s “Christmas Seal
Kids”.
When the annual parade wel
coming Santa Claus was held in
Bryan last week, Mrs. Isbell and
Mi’s. Robert Stevenson of College
Station were appointed to design a
float for the parade by Mi-s. John
Q. Hays, chairman of the Bi’azos
County Tuberculosis Association.
Since this year’s model of the
seals shows two healthy young
children carrying the double-barred
cross emblem of the TB di'ive, the
women decided to di’ess Linda and
Jim in the same type of clothes.
The float px-oved an instant
success and many persons were
heard asking about the “Christmas
Seal Kids”.
Then Friday night, at the A&M
Consolidated High School senior
play, the childi’en were presented
CHRISTMAS SEAL KIDS — Dressed as replicas of the
children shown on the 1956 Tuberculosis Association
Christmas Seals, Jim Isbell, 5, and his sister Linda, 8, mail
a letter bearing the seals. The children of Mr and Mrs.
A. F. Isbell of College Station, they are currently adver
tising the drive.
to the audience as a living symbol
of the drive.
. “We are making plans for some
more appearances by the childi’en,”
Mrs. Hays said. Any group wish
ing a visit from the childi’en are
asked to contact Mrs. Hays or
Mrs. Isbell.
Linda wears a dark green beret
and jacket and a light green
flowered skirt. Jim’s hat and
jacket are dark green and his pants
light green. Both children carry
the double-barred cross.
The local sale, which opened
November 15, will continue until
Christmas day. Present collected
total for the drive exceeds $4,000.
CS Kiwanians
List Chairmen,
Hear Reports
Chairmen of 10 standing Kiwan-
is committees for next year were
named and reports from last year’s
activities committee were given in
a mixture of out-going and in
coming administrations at the
weekly College Station Kiwanis
Club luncheon yesterday.
President-elect W. E. (Woody)
Briles gave the following list as
committee chairmen already nam
ed:
Boys and Girls, R. O. Berry;
Business and Public Affairs, Char
les LaMotte; Kiwanis Education
and Fellowship, Harry Thiers; Un
derprivileged Children, Luther
Jones; Church Support, Muiray
Brown; Community Physical Im
provement, Bob Davidson; Agri
culture and Conservation, Bill
Krueger;
Attendance and Membership,
Dial Martin; Circle K and Key
Club, Rudy Leighton; and Inter
club relations, Ralph Rogers. Name
of the new Vocational Guidance
chairman is being withheld until
he is notified and accepts.
A board of directors meeting
was held at Briles’ home last night
to organize the club’s leaders for
next year.
Johnson’s Talk
Starts SCONA
JV7 Schools To Attend
This Year’s Conference
Sen. Lyndon Johnson started SCONA II activities with
a speech which followed Pres. David H. Morgan s welcome
to the delegates and leaders this afternoon. ^ T ^„ OTT _ Q
At 3 this afternoon Congressman Walter H. Judd gave a
speech entitled “Where do we stand now in our world rela
tions?” This talk climaxed the first open session ot the
conference whose registration opened this morning at 10 ;
Tonight at 8, Clarence E. Manion, director of Mamon
Forum of Opinion,” will speak on the “U.S. and Communism.
This second session, which is open to the P u hhc, will be held
in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. Manion served
as chairman of the Commission on Inter-governmental Re-
— tiations until his recall by
Creator of Pogo
To Speak He re
In March
Walt Kelly, creator of Po-
g^wiUbethe first speaker Communist Powers will be
at the Southwestern Journal- J™ d round .
ism Congress which opens
Thursday, March 21, accord
ing to Donald D. Burchard, head
of the Journalism Department. His
talk will be open to the public.
Speakers for the luncheon on
Friday will be W. R. Hearst, Jr.
and his task force is slated for
speeches at the congres. Hearst
is son of W. R. Hearst, Sr. who
created the Hearst newspaper
chain which became the nation’s
biggest chain of large newspapers.
This task force, as Hearst calls
it, is composed of Frank Conniff,
assistant editor of Hearst news
papers and Kingsbury Smith, gen
eral editor of International News
Service. These three men have
toured the world several times and
have interviewed people from Sta
lin to the man on the street.
They are on another world tour
now, Burchard said.
Other speakers for the congress
include Gay Pauley, women’s edi
tor for United Press Association,
James S. Wagner, managing edi
tor of the Houston Press, and Sig
Mickelson, vice-president in charge
of news for CBS.
Attending the congress will be
250 journalism students from 14
member schools.
Pres. Eisenhower.
Schedule of events for the
rest of the week is as fol
lows :
• 8:30 a. m., Thursday, Dec. 13,
the first round - table meetings
will be held. Topic of the first
discussion is the U. S. and Allied
Powers.
1:30 p. m., Thursday, the U. S.
Richardson Picked
For TIL Council
Dr. L. S. (Les) Richardson, sup
erintendent of A&M Consolidated
Schools, was named to the Legis
lative Council of the Texas Inter
scholastic League at the League’s
meeting last month.
Dr. Richardson was elected
representative of TIL District 5-A.
A graduate of A&M, Dr. Rich
ardson also holds a master’s degree
from A&M and a Ph.D. in edu
cation from the University of
Houston. Forecast calls for continued
Dr. Richardson joined the Con- partly cloudy skies today, with
solidated system as a teacher in cooler temperatures tonight. The
1946. In 1947 he was promoted to thermometer stood at 71 degrees
principal of CHS and in 1949 he at 10:30 this morning. Yesterday’s
assumed his present post as sup- high and low readings were 71
erintendent.
discussed at the second
table meetings.
• 4:30 p. m., Thursday, a Corps
review honoring the SCONA II
visitors is scheduled. Members of
the military panel will be on the
reviewing stand.
• 8 p. m., Thursday, the first
panel discusion open to the public
will be held in the MSC Ballroom
with the topic, “The Vforld-Dec.
13, 1956.”
Following the discussion, a re
ception, for all participants, honor
ing the panel members is planned.
Members of the panel include
Henry Tanner, Houston Post cor
respondent; William G. Avirett,
special assistant to Pres. Eisen
hower; Philip L. Graham, publisher
of the Washington Post and J. R.
Aston, chairman of the World
Trade Committee of the Houston
Chamber of Commerce.
• 8:30 a. m., Friday, the U. S.
and the Neutral Powers will be
discussed at the third round-table
meetings.
• 1:30 p. m., Friday, the fourth
round-table meetings have as their
topic the U. S. and Global Defense.
• 8 p. m., Friday, in the G.
Rollie White Coliseum, the final
panel discussion is planned. The
subject of the panel is the U. S.
and Global Defense.
Panel members will be honored
with a reception following the dis
cussion with all participants invit
ed. The reception will be in the
Birch and Assembly Rooms.
Richard Rubottom, assistant
secretary of state for Inter-Ameri
can affairs; Maj. Gen. Richard C.
Lindsay, USAF; Rear Adm.
Charles A. Buchanan, USN and
Maj. Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, USA,
are the members of the final
(See SCONA, Page 3)
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