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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1957)
READERS IS umber 44: Volume 57 El ATT A I BATTALION Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Church COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1957 Price Five Cents to Act on Man n.ed Sat el! S te; Mystery Object Worries West Texas ‘Thing’ Appears, Lights Up, Leaves BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LEVELLAND,—The Air Force today began investiga ting a mystery object that landed near this West Texas city Monday, then took off again in a flash of light and with a rush of wind. Texas military and other authorities said yesterday they knew nothing of the object and did not appear greatly in-1 terested. But this afternoon, the Air Force said a preliminary | investigation has been ordered. A spokesman, asked as to the significance of such an order, would only say: “We don’t investigate all of them after all.” Such investigations are made by air force personnel in ♦in the area. General jurisidic- fH • tion over reports of flying Prime Minister Says US Can’t ‘Stand Alone’ LONDON, —Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said yesterday that the United States now realizes it can no longer stand alone at this “real turning - point in history.’* Macmillan ushered in a new session of Parliament with a re view of his recent talks with Pres ident Eisenhower in Washington and an appeal for a tighter U. S.- British alliance to heat the forces of communism “bent upon the mastery of the world.” “The American people,” Mac millan told the House of Commons, “are no longer confident that even their great country can do every thing itself, without allies, to se cure its own survival-and still less to secure the survival of the ideals for which they stand.” The theme of closer links be tween the world’s free nations led by the United States and Britain dominated glittering ceremonies surrounding the traditional royal opening of Parliament. Reading a speech written for her by Macmillan’s Conservative Cabinet, Queen Elizabeth II said in a firm, clear voice: “It will be the constant endeavor of my government to foster this unity of sentiment and purpose among the free peoples, that they may be confirmed in their resolve to defend the right and to sustain those values on which our civili zation is founded.” The Queen said Macmillan’s talks with Eisenhower “will greatly further the achievement of this saucers and the like belongs to the air technical intelli gence center at Wright-Pat- terson Base, Ohio. Some who telephoned police ap peared terrified, police patrolman A. ,7. Fowler said. “They seemed to agree that this something was 200 feet long, shaped like an egg and was lit up like it was on fire-but looked more like neon lights,” he said. “They said it was about 200 feet in the air, and when it got close car motors and lights would go off,” Fowler added. Col. Barney Oldfield of the Noidh American Air Defense NORAD said today that “the ob ject, whatever it was was not picked up by radar. It did not seem to be traceable.” He said the provost marshal at Reese AFB at Lubbock, Tex., made an investigation but failed to find anything. “We have had reports in the past about such things and the ob jects geneixilly turn out to be weather balloons,” Oldfield said. “Intelligence units will check out all they can about the object. “Balloons sometimes come down to earth in weather like we are now having, and when they get warm they rise again, but they certainly don’t rush around with noise like thunder and are not lighted with neon lights.” That was the story of Ronald Martin ,18, a Levelland truck driver. He said his engine died and the lights went out “when a big ball of fire dropped on the high way” east of here early Monday. Martin said the object changed to a bluish green color when it settled on the roadway, then changed to fireball again, when it rose straight up and disappeared. Senate Ordered To Probe Missle BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, —A Senate investigation of the U. S. satellite and missile program was ordered today as Sputnik II, the Soviet’s second satellite, sailed on through space with a furry dog aboard. Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex) announced that the satel lite and missile probe will be launched this month by his Pre paredness subcommittee, to unit of the Senate Armed Ser vices Committee. Johnson is the Senate’s Democratic leader. He said the Russian achievement in hoisting two satel lites into the skies has “handed us both a technological and a propaganda defeat.” His subcommittee is not particularly interested in blaming anyone in the Eisenhower administra tion for the situation, he add-* ed, but it is not going to ac- Spur Gives Clatter A elded at Aggieland Spirit to Fish By ROBERT WEEKLY Visitors Impressed, Amused By A&M A group of Yugoslavians here to study administration and operation of the A&M Agricultural Exten sion Service were first amused then impressed by the traditions of A&M. “Everyone seemed to be telling us to hurry, hurry, hurry,” said their interpreter, Dr. Julius Do- hany. “So we began to say ‘hurry’ back to them. Then we stopped a student and he explained that they wei-e saying ‘howdy’ to us.” “We like the friendliness of the Aggies and are very impressed by their customs,” Dohany said. The seven members of the tour ing group, which includes two Brazilians, were also puzzled at first by. the spurs freshmen are wearing this week. However, when they were told that it was in 'connection with the football game this weekend with Southern Methodist University, they were amused. The group which is here through the technical assistance program of the United States government, is a part of a progi’am to bring groups from 57 countries to the United States to study develop ments in various fields. The pro gram is directed by the Interna tional Cooperation Administration. “There are about 2,000 people here under this program,” Dohany said. “The purpose of the program is to help people help themselves. This will raise the standard of liv ing in these countries; a man that is strong will be free.” The gi'oup came to A&M after visiting Kentucky and North Caro lina. They plan to visit Prairie View A&M College, Houston and the Rio Grande Valley before con- tinuing their tour. They are go ing to Illinois next. The group was very impressed by the Memorial Student Center. “I got spurs, that jingle, jangle jingle” is A&M’s theme song this week as those fighting Texas Ag gie fish are decked out with spurs to ride those Southern Methodist Ponies. And those fish like it. “I get a great kick out of seeing all those fish walking down the sidewalk rattling like h . . .” said Reagan Clark, freshman from Rich mond. “It’s a privilege to wear them and help boost the team.” A touch of sentiment was felt by one long time resident of Bryan, now an Aggie fish. “It wouldn’t seem like the week before the SMU game without the sound of spines,” commented Rich ard Reiser. Wearing spurs might get old before the fish get to take them off at mid-night yell practice Friday, but most freshmen look at it with a touch of optimism. “Hasn’t gotten old yet. Have to wait till the end of the week and see,” was voiced unanimously and enthusiastically by most of the spurred crowd. Tommy Smith, freshman from No Ags Injured During Weekend No accidents were reported to the commandant’s office t^his week end, according to Col. Taylor Wil kins, assistant commandant. “The Aggies were well behaved in Arkansas,” he said. “They were treated very fine by the Arkansas people both before and after the game.” Weather Today College Station residents can look for more rain and thundershowers today ani tomorrow, the college weather station reports. The local weather is associated with a front lying over northern Gulf of Mexico and southern Texas. Precipitation during the 24-hour period ending at 8 this morning totaled .89 inch. Relative humidity at 8 was 100 per cent, and the temperature, 57 degrees. A low of 56 degx*ees was recorded at 7 this morning. Yesterday’s high reading was 74 degrees at 2:15 p. m. Jefferson, thinks that the whole thing helps strengthen A&M and the class of ’61 in particular. “The work and ti-ouble put into making the spurs and then all the freshmen wearing them without ex- MSC Alleys Uo Modern Soon By Automation Construction of the auto matic pinsetters for the Mem orial Student Center bowling alleys will begin next week, John Geiger, MSC bowling and Games manager said Monday. College administrators author ized the MSC to purchase eight automatic pinsetters from the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. of Chicago. Total expenses for the equipment plus construction work will be between 60 and 70 thou sand dollars. Installation of the automatic pinsetters will be a major improve ment in the facilities offered to students and staff, Geiger said. George Price, a member of the MSC building superintendent’s staff is now in Chicago studying operation of the pinsetters so that the staff will be acquainted with their operation and maintenance. ception helps unite the class into a strong unit.” “Adds to the spirit! Fun to think up ways to make them,” was about all one stimulated freshman could say. But some spurs get lost, as seen last night at yell practice. Dozens of pairs of spurs littered the ground proclaiming the sad fact that today some unhappy fish are pounding hottle caps to make a new set. Inventive members of the fresh man class have designed some pret ty sharp numbers—sharp in ap pearance that is. Sets range from bottle cap rowels to some of the more elaborate ones decked out with beer cans, halloween rattles and flags with unit numbers proudly painted in large numerals. cept an attitude “that papa knows best and everything is all right.” Moscow reported that Laika, the flying dog, is still alive-which was followed by a demand from the Tail Waggers Foundation of America that the animal be “res cued.” The foundation did not sug gest how. Soviet spokesmen contend Laika is making a valuable contribution to science. Any protests, Moscow radio said today, should be worded like this: ‘To all humanitarians who are bombing Yemeni villages, shooting nationalists in algeria, persecuting Negroes in Little, Rod and exterminating the indigenous people in South Africa, we. dog- lovers, call for a condemnation of the Russian barbarians. ft u! let in LONDON, UP)—A Soviet scient ist said last night Russian tech nologists “already have created conditions” for round-trip space flights to Mars. It’s pretty techni cal. Moscow radio quoted Dr. Vitaly Romadin as saying the speed neces sary for an object to break loose from the grip of Martian gravity is 3% miles per second. The speed needed to break the grip of the earth’s gravity is about 7 miles per second. Western sci entists believe Soviet rocket tech nique now is equal to achieving such speeds. The speed of the two Soviet Sputniks now circling the globe is about 5 miles per second. Radio Network Says US Ready To Fire Missile NEW YORK, 5 UP) — The Mutual Broadcasting System said today it had been reliably informed that the United States would launch its first satellite next iveek. The network, in a coast-to-coast radio broadcast, Said its Philadel phia news bureau had been in formed of the launching by a “leading scientist,” described as an expert on insects. The scientist was not further identified. The mutual broadcast said: “The tip came into the mutual newsroom at WIP, Philadelphia. The news bureau in Washington then checked a high Pentagon official for con firmation or denial and was told: ‘We cannot substantiate the story.’ If the Defense Department has any plans for some dramatic move before Nov. 7, the 40th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, it ap parently is not in the field of satellites. A Defense Department spokes man, in answer to a question by an Associated Press reporter, said tonight that no satellite equipment in place for launching from Cape Canaveral, the Florida Missile Test Center. He said it required weeks of preparation for the test firing of just the first rocket engine stage of the Vanguard vehicle. Graduation Orders Now Being Taken The Office of Student Activities has begun taking orders for grad uation announcements, and Dec. 4 has been set as the deadline for turning in orders. Three different types of an nouncements may be ordered, in cluding leather bound announce ments for 75 cents each, cardboard type for 40 cents each and paper announcements of the folding va riety for 10 cents each. Namecards for the inside of the announcements are also available. Engraved cards bear a price tag of $2.50 per hundred and printed cards sell for $1.50 per hundred. Tempers Flare In The Hasty Heart Battalion Staff Photo Sister Margaret, center, restrains Yank, left, from lashing out at Lachie, right, a fellow patient in the World War II British field hospital which is the scene of the Ag gie Players surrent production “The Hasty Heart.” Yank is David Dannenbaum, Sis ter Margaret is Alice Gene Butler and Don R. Reynolds plays Lachie. The play ends tonight with a performance in the MSC Ballroom at 8.