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Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
Number 108: Volume 57
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1958
Price Five Cents
‘ Summit Meet
. Will Cost US
Shirt-Dulles
WASHINGTON, (TP) — The
United States would lose its
shirt, Secretary of State Dul
les said Tuesday, if it went to
a summit meeting on the
latest Russian terms.
He declared the meeting would
# become something much worse
than a spectacle and that the U. S.
government would never pay this
“terribly high price.”
4 At the same time Dulles kept
the door open for further talks to
give the Kremlin an opportunity
to modify the conditions it has set
for a summit conference.
Addressing a news conference,
Dulles denounced and ridiculed a
note Moscow sent Monday. The
note renewed the Soviet demand
for an immediate heads-of-govern-
ment meeting without waiting for
lower level negotiations to ease
existing problems.
The Soviet note bluntly rejected
a U. S. demand that German uni
fication and conditions in Eastern
Europe be discussed at the par
ley.
“I would say that if those terms
were accepted it would turn the
summit meeting into something
much worse than a spectacle,”
Dulles said. “It would mean that
on the way to the summit we
would have lost our shirt.” Dul
les insisted that advance talks
through ambassadors or foreign
ministers are an indispensable pre
requisite to any meeting of world
leaders.
“If it is apparent that a summit
tneeting could only lead to a
sharpening of differences, then it
is better not to have one,” he said.
CHS Play Wins
First In District
' Competition
Consolidated High School’s
f Interscholastic League One-,
act Play cast breezed into first
place in the district with their
presentation of “The White
Dove” last Thursday night.
John Hamner won the award for
best actor in the contest, Billy
Cavanaugh won the 2nd place
award and Millie Caughlin won the
award for 3rd best actress.
The play is scened in Mexico and
portrays a bullfighter who believes
himself “born humble dust but not
wanting to crawl forever in the
dust of his beginning.” His inner
* struggle between his desire for the
romance and money of bullfighting
and the obligations of his marriage
and family life fill the plot of the
r story.
Director Robert Boone said the
play presents “gripping tragedy,
but in such a w r ay that it has life
and even the sad ending leaves the
audience with a good feeling.”
Last year, a Boone directed, one-
act play won first place in the
state contest for Consolidated, with
a version of “The Proposal”.
The cast will give a pei’formanee
of the play for the public here
sometime before the regional con
test to be held at the University of
Houston on April 19, Boone said.
Carolyn Wilson, Mike Walton,
Wayne Thompson, Cavanaugh,
« Hamner and Miss Caughlin make
up the play’s cast.
Group Asked to Aid
In Cities’ Growth
Students Receive Scholarships
Robert T. G. Lassiter and Gerald Ryan yes- picture, left to right, are George Keith and
terday received $250 scholarships from the George Lindsey, both members of the club,
Houston Sales Executive Club at the close of Lassiter, Ryan, and Sam Hay and Don Doni-
a sales clinic held on the campus. In the gan, also club members.
Two Grants Given
To Promote Selling
Two junioi’s majoring in busi
ness yesterday were awai'ded $250
scholarships by the Houston Sales
Executive Club to promote interest
in the selling field.
Robert T. G. Lassiter of Hamp
ton, Va., and Gerald Ryan of Bry
an, boasting grade point ratios of
2.0 and 2.1 in that order, were
given the grants as a conclusion to
a day-long sales clinic held in con
junction with the business ad
ministration department.
The awards were open to stu
dents in the department and were
given on the basis of integrity and
class performance. Lassiter is maj
oring in marketing and general
business, Ryan is majoring in
marketing and personnel manage
ment.
Recommendations have been
made to the Brazos County Plan
ning Commission that it form a
non-profit corporation to plan for
expansion of the Bryan-College
Station area, C. E. Dillon, attorney
for the commission, said last night.
“Such a corporation would give
them the authority to use legal
action and the power to make con
tracts, carry on negotiations and
employ business transactions,” Dil
lon said.
He added that his recommenda
tion would include the forming of
the corporation from members of
the four bodies making up the
planning commission. The four
groups represent Bryan, College
Station, Brazos County and A&M
College.
R. B. (Pete) Butler of Bryan,
head of a five-man executive com
mittee for the commission, said
last night the legal papers and
contracts were all that had been
Two Seniors Win
In Theme Contest
Two senior aeronautical engi
neering majors have been named
winners in the Institute of Aero
nautical Sciences student paper
contest, B. B. Hamner of the Aero
nautical Engineering Department
and sponsor of the students, said
Monday.
Gene Crubaugh and Jim Brown,
veterans living in College View,
are the winners in the contest.
They will go to Dallas and present
their papers before the Texas
Regional Student Convention of
the Institute of Aeronautical
Sciences, April 24-26. Regional
Brown's winning paper was titled
“Effects of Normal and Tangential
Accelerations on Climb Perform-
Crubaugh’s entry was labeled “A
Graphical Method for Determining
the Aerodymanic and Economic
Characteristics of Turbo Jet Air
line Transport Systems.”
holding up operations of the group.
“We do not have the power to
act until the legal side is cleared,”
he said. “As soon as it is finished
we’ll draw up a contract for the
work to begin.”
Dillon’s recommendation to the
commission cleared up this legal
action with the exception of having
the corporation approved by the
Secretary of State. Dillon remark
ed this would likely be only a for
mality and could be taken care of
quickly.
The commission has indicated
that Caudill, Rowlett, Scott and
Associates, of Bryan, would study
the aomplete situation with prob
lems of future expansion and draw
up a planned map for the solution
as soon as the planners had power
to authorize such action.
The studies and surveys would
cover utilities, sanitation, housing,
business districts, industries,
parks, schools, public buildings,
parking, streets, highways, rail
roads and all other aspects to be
considered in future expansion and
meshing of Bryan and College Sta
tion.
Easter Theme
Background Set
For Junior Ball
Frances Andrus
by Thomas H. Brav6nec
Ginger Gaede
. by John Sackett
An Easter theme, com
plete with “Harvey the Rab
bit”, will color the background
for the annual Junior Banquet
and Ball Saturday night in
Sbisa Hall.
Kicking off activities will be a
filet mignon banquet at 6:30. Fol
lowing the fete, Class of ’59 mem
bers and their dates will dance to
the music of Russell Jackson and
his Orchestra, an ensemble from
Houston.
During the ball, one of five
finalists will be named sweetheart
of the junior class. Finalists in-
•fclude Frances Andrus, Houston,"
sponsored by Thomas H. Braevnec;
LaDonna Perryman, Lufkin, spon
sored by Hugh C. Nonas; Patsy
Murrell, Dallas, sponsored by Ted
Ashby; Rita Jean Mathis, Waco,
sponsored by Albert H. Ormsby;
and Ginger Gaede, Muleshoe, spon
sored by John Sackett.
After the banquet, Max Stans-
bury, assistant manager of Con
tinental Oil Company’s Industrial
Relations department, will deliver
a speech entitled “The Man Most
Likely.” His talk is expected to be
of a humorous nature.
According to junior class secre
tary Bob Lassiter, tickets to the
dance may be purchased from class
representatives or the Student
Activities Office for $2.50 or for
$3 at the door. Banquet tickets are
already off sale.
Scholarships Open
In Ag Journalism
Donald D. Burchard, head of the
Department of Journalism, announ
ced recently that applications are
now being received for two Agri
cultural Journalism scholarships
for $500 each.
Requirements for the scholar
ships, sponsored by the Clayton
Fund, are completion of at least
two years of college work and
plans to enter some aspect of ag
ricultural journalism. Fifth year
students may be considered.
Deadline for applying for the
scholarships is April 21. Burchard
disclosed that job offers and op
portunities in agricultural journal
ism exceed the number of grad
uates by at least eight to one.
Weather Today
College Station can expect fair
weather today with increasing-
cloudiness tomorrow. The mercury
is expected to rise to a warm 75
degrees today, with a low of 53 to
night.
Rain totaling .15 inch fell dur
ing the 24-hour period ending at
8 this morning. At that time the
relative humidity was 83 per cent
and the temperature, 48.
Troops Clamp
Sumatra Rebels
Stronghold
Indonesians 9 Push
Nearing Padang
JAKARTA, (JP)—Indonesian commandos pushed within
87 air miles of the rebel nerve center of Padang and tightened
their economic noose on rebellious Central Sumatra, the gov
ernment claimed Tuesday.
The government troops seemed to be striking from two
directions. One Jakarta force was moving southward toward
Muaralembu from Pakanbaru, the U. S. oil center seized
March 12. Another force was pushing westward from Rengat,
another oil area taken over by the government. This force
apparently was seeking to link up with troops from Pakan
baru.
The immediate objective appeared to be the town of
♦Sungailangsat, which is at the
junction of roads coming from
May 1 Slated
As Final Day
For Draft Test
A&M students wishing to
qualify for student draft de
ferment next fall must take
and pass the Selective Service
College Qualification Test,
scheduled for May 1 in the As
sembly Room of the Memorial Stu
dent enter, Frank E. McFarland,
test supervisor announced yester
day.
Applications to take the test
must be submitted to the Examin
ing Section, McHem-y, 111., not
later than midnight, April 11.
Application blanks may be obtain
ed from Miss Reba McDermott and
Miss Pauline Malazzo in the
registrar’s office.
To be eligible to take the test
students must intend to request
deferment as a student, he satis
factorily pm-suing a full-time
course of instruction and must not
have previously taken the test. Re
sults of the test are used as
evidence by local boards in deter
mining draft deferments.
An undergraduate can satisfy
deferment requirements by making
a satisfactory scoi-e of 70 on the
test or by being ranked in the
upper half of the freshman class,
upper two-thirds of sophomore
class or the upper three-fourths of
the junior class.
SHSC Coeds
To Sell Cash
On Campus
Several co-eds from Sam Hous
ton State College will be in the
Memorial Student Center Thurs
day afternoon conducting one of
the most unusual sales in the his
tory of A&M.
The girls will be selling “money”.
The currency is Round-Up mon
ey, the official coin of the realm
for the Sam Houston Round-Up
April 17, 18 and 19, and will be
legal tender for Round-Up activ
ities on that campus.
The money sale will continue
until 5 p.m. Thui'sday in the MSC.
Resolutions Honor
Deceased Staffers
Two recently deceased former
members of the A&M System staff,
Dr. Hubert Schmidt and Ross Sher
wood, have been honored by reso
lutions commending them by the
Board of Directors.
May Bi
Sergeant Major
e Named
Late Tonight
Corps sergeant major should
be announced late tonight, Jon
Hagler, corps commander, said
last night.
The cadet colonel com
mented that six of the thirteen
candidates for the ranking NCO
office had already been interviewed
by a panel of officers and seven
more remained to be screened to
night. The juniors considered for
the position were recommended by
the Corps staff and various tactical
officers.
Junioi’s vieing for the position
are Don Cloud, Randy Curtis, Mel
Glasscock, and Tom Reddin, all of
the Corps staff; Chai’les Robinson,
Raymond Darrow and Jay Roland,
1st Wing; Bob Wilkins, Larry
Urban and Herby Whalen from the
1st Regiment; Carl Thompson from
the 2nd Regiment; and Elmer
Kunkle and Joe Bills, 2nd Wing.
Selection wjll be based on schol
arship, integrity and character,
extra curricular activities 1 , military
bearing and personality, Hagler
said.
the west, north and south.
Muaralembu is about 87
air miles from Padang on the
Sumatran west coast. By road
through rugged mountain jungles
it is about 125 miles.
In uneasy North Sumatra, the
government claimed it reoccupied
three small towns between Prapat,
on Lake Toba, and Siantai’.
In Jakarta, President Sukarno,
whom the rebels seek to opsi,
told a delegation of government
employes that the government was
not fighting a war but vr^s
engaged in a “police action”
against the rebels who set up their
own government Feb. 15.
U. S. Ambassador Howard Jones
told a group of demonstrating
Indonesian students outside his
embassy the United States is not
involved in any shipments of
weapons to the rebels.
Indonesia’s intelligence chief has
charged that arms dropped to
rebels at Pakanbaru came from
Formosa.
PMS&T to Leave
For European Duty
Col. Delmer P. Anderson, pro
fessor of military science and tac
tics, has received alert orders from
the Department of the Army, in
dicating that he will be assigned
to the U. S. Army Element, Allied
Forces of Southern Europe, with
headquarters in Naples, Italy, Col.
Anderson said Monday.
This organization is part of the
NATO forces. ’
The PMS&T, who has been here
three years, will probably report
to the Now York port of embark
ation for transportation and de
part sometime during May, he
said.
Rita Jean Mathis
... by Albert H. Ormsby
LaDonna Perryman
... by Hugh C. Norris
Patsy Murrell
. . by Ted Ashby
Ike Proposes
More Aid For
Unemployed
WASHINGTON, (^—Pres
ident Eisenhower Tuesday
proposed more aid for people
long out of work and laid
plans for faster government
spending to help end the economic
slump.
In taking these steps, the ad
ministration veered farther away
from using tax reduction as a
means of stimulating the economy.
Eisenhower sent a special mes
sage to Congx-ess calling for a 50
per cent extension of the pei’iod
ip which the unemployed may draw
jobless benefits.
Also, Republican leaders in Con
gress said after a White House
confei'ence that Eisenhower will
ask authority to speed up govern
ment buying by another 600 mil
lion dollars.
Seri. Knowland of Califoxnia, the
Senate Republican leader, said this
x-equest will be in the form of a
letter going Wednesday to House
Speaker Rayburn, D-Tex.
The White House estimated that
the cost of the extension arrange
ment—a federal supplement of ex
isting state benefit programs —
would run to 500-600 million dol
lars.
Workers who have used up their
benefits in states which pay for
26 weeks could collect for 13 more
weeks, if they were out of work
that long. In states which make
payments for 20 weeks, the jobless
could get the benefits for another
10.
Under Eisenhower’s plan, the
necessary extra money would be
advanced by the federal govexm-
ment.