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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 Wednesday, April 24, 1957 Board Denies Parole For Bascom Giles AUSTIN, (TP) — Bascom Giles yesterday was denied a parole and must serve the re mainder of his prison term for felonies connected with the giant veteran’s land program. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles, considering the case of the 56-year-old former political figure as a routine matter, said its decision was “that the inmate serve the remainder of his term.” The board said Giles would have to stay in the penitentiary until Jan. 21, 1959 and the case would not be reopened unless new evi dence was brought to bear on it. Giles was called from his cell at the Huntsville State Prison aft er he had his supper tonight and informed of the board’s action by Huntsville newsman Don Reid Jr. Reid said Giles seemed “very much surprised and shocked.” He said Giles said he did not care to comment on the action. Giles was sentenced to serve six years in the penitentiary on con victions of consenting to accept bribes and being an accomplice to theft. Ross said no special hearing was held in the Giles case, and that there was no request for a hearing. Ross explained that when Giles entered the penitentiary in Jan uary, 1956, he became automati cally eligible for parole in April, 1957. However, he donated blood in April, 1956 to the M.D. Anderson Hospital and served as a trusty which moved his eligibility for parole to January. The board, Ross said, was be hind in its work and set the case for review Feb. 27. It began dis cussing it April 19. HOLZMANN (Continued From Page 1) that was all there was to the school.” Travelers riding on the left, go ing toward Dallas, or on the right, going toward Houston, often left College Station under the impres sion that the college physical plant consisted of a huge wooden build ing and its campus was a mass of mule lots and horse pens. Holzmann served as cashier for the College from 1922 until 1925, when he was made chief clerk for the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station. In 1926 he was nam ed comptroller of the college, and in 1948 he was promoted to comp troller for the A&M College Sys tem, consisting of four colleges and five major service agencies, with an annual budget of around $30,000,000. He went on modified service as assistant to the present comptroll er in June, 1953, and will retire from this position on April 30, completing 35 years service with the college and System. Federal Aid Given To El Paso School WASHINGTON, OP) _ Grants totaling more than 10 % million dollars to help school districts in 22 states relieve overcrowding re sulting from federal activities were announced by the office of edu cation yesterday. The facilities which the money will help build are needed mainly to care for children of families at tached to military installations, the announcement said. A total of $56,362,713 of such aid has been allocated thus far this fiscal year, which ends June 30. Additional applications are being received. Among the new grants: Texas: Independent school dis trict of El Paso, $438,170. The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, dally newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, Is published by students In the Office of Student Publications as a non-profit educational service. The Director of Student Publications Is Ross Strader. The governing body of all student publications of the A.&M. College of Texas Is the Student Publications Board. Faculty members are Dr. Carroll D. Laverty, Chairman; Prof. Donald D. Burchard, Prof. Tom Leland and Mr. Bennie Zinn. Student members are W. T. Williams, Murray Milner, Jr., and Leighlus E. Sheppard, Jr., Ex-officio members are Mr. Charles Roeber, and Ross Strader, Sec retary. The Battalion is published four times a week during the regular school year and once a week during the summer # and vacation and examination periods. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year and on Thursday during the summer terms arid during examination and vacation periods. Subscription rates are S3.50 per semester, $6.00 per school year, $6.50 per full year or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second-class natter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, ander the Act of Con gress of March 8, 1870. Member of: The Associated Press Texas Press Association Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., a t New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (VI 6-6618 or VI- 6-4910) or at the editorial office room, on the ground floor of the YMCA. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (VI 6-6415) or at the Student Publications Office, ground floor of the YMCA. JIM BOWER - Editor Dave McReynolds Managing Editor Barry Hart Sports Editor Joy Roper Society Editor Leland Boyd, Jim Neighbors, Joe Tindel News Editors Jim Carrell Assistant Sports Editor D. G. McNutt, Val Polk, Fred Meurer, Joe Buser, Jerry Haynes Reporters John West, C. R. McCain Staff Photographers Don Collins Staff Cartoonist George Wise Circulation Manager Bulganin Sends Peace Letter LONDON, — (TP)— Soviet Pre mier Bulganin has sent a personal letter to Prime Minister Macmill an expressing hope for agreement on all issues in the Middle East. He also promised to stop nuclear tests if the West will. Moscow radio tonight broadcast details of the letter delivered to Macmillan three days ago. Reli able informants in London said it was 8,000-words long. The letter appeared to be geared to the new Soviet campaign to de pict Moscow as a peace-loving friend of the Arab world. Today the United States leads the world in merchant steamship tonnage, with the United Kingdom second and Norway third. AERO WIVES HONOR SPONSOR—A surprise farewell party last week at the hpme of Mrs. B. B. Hamner, 111 Kyle, honored Mrs. Fred E. Weick (second from right). Mrs. Weick, who will make her home in Vero Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Hamner have been co sponsors of the Aero Wives Club, members of which gave the party. Mrs. Weick was presented with an honorary life membership in the club and a gift of Aggie frosted glasses. Gathered at the refreshment table with her are (left to right) the Mesdames Mary Leutzinger, Nora Cronk, Jan Gordon, Helen Miller and Hamner. Mrs. Cronk arid Mrs. Leutzinger were special guests for the evening. Annual Fish-Soph Judging Contests Planned for May 1 The annual Fish-Soph Judging Contests are expected to draw a “bigger than ever” participation, according to Mel Lebo, president of the Saddle and Sirloin Club which sponsors the contest. Preliminary plans have already been established for the May 1 event. Lebo says those freshmen and sophomores wishing to enter are to register on the different Health Director Speaks Her e Tonite Dr. Simon Btesh, Director-Gen eral of the Israel Ministry of Health, will speak tonight at 8 in the YMCA on “The Public Health Program in Israel.” Dr. Btesh has been the Director of the Ministry of Health since 1953. He graduated from the Uni versity of Beirut in Lebanon in 1932, and two years later joined the Palestine Department of Health. In 1943 he became the Chief Phy sician and Medical Superintendent at the Tel-Aviv Government Hos pital. He held this position until 1953, at which time he took over his present position. contest lists posted on the bulletin board of the second floor of the Animal Industries Building. The contests are designed to give those first and second-year stu dents experience in order to better prepare themselves for competi tion for a place on the Junior and Senior Judging Teams. General Superintendent for the Contest Jim Renich and his com mittee members have outlined a three-division contest for the oc casion and will include Livestock, Meats, and Wool Judging. . Don Johnson will supervise com petition in the Meats Division'; Dick Thomas will serve as superintend ent in the Livestock Division and Glynn (Jiggs) Chandler will be superintendent in the Wool Divi sion. Classes in the divisions are as follows: Livestock—fat steers; fat.lambs; breeding heifers; fat barrows. Meats—beef carcasses and pork carcasses. Wool—-medium wool; fine wool; class on fineness, length and shrinkage. Members of the junior and senior Livestock, Meats and Wqol Teams will pick the various classes, make the official placjrigs and take reasons. Any freshman or sophomore (academically) in the School of Agriculture is eligible to compete in the contest. Sophomores will be required to give two sets of oral reasons for their placings in the Livestock Division and freshmen will answer two sets of written questions. Freshmen and sophomores will be required to answer one set of written questions on one class the Meats Division. One set of written questions will be answered by both freshmen and sophomores in the Wool Division. Livestock competition will be held at the Rodeo Arena and Meats and Wool Divisions will be held in the AI Building. Joan Quasso Is Leggett Sweetheart Miss Joan Quasso of San An tonio has been chosen as Leggett Hall’s Sweetheart, according to Hugh McLelawd. 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