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By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
Soviet Dep. Premier Anastas I.
Mikoyan has said that the Soviet
Union doesn’t want aiiy war over
the German issue, and that it is
up to the West to adopt an atti
tude which will avoid one.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles has made it clear that he
is going to tell the visiting offi
cial that the way to avoid it is
for the Soviets themselves not to
attempt to drive the Allies out of
Berlin or take other unilateral ac
tion trying to extend Soviet hege
mony in Germany.
That’s what it means when one
diplomat says he hopes another
government will not make any
miscalculations and accidental
mistakes.
The firm position taken by the
Western powers about their ten
ure in Berlin already has pro
duced a deviation in Kremlin
statements about its intentions.
Two months ago the Moscow em
phasis was on determination to
turn East Berlin over to the pup-
State Senate Plans to Close May 12,
Solving All Legislation in 120 Days
AUSTIN (A*)—The state Senate
took an unprecendented opening
day stand Tuesday saying in ef
fect that the complex problems
of the Legislature can be unrav
eled within the regular 120-day
period.
More than two thirds of the
Senate shouted “aye” to a resolu
tion by Sen. Frank Owen III of
El Paso which would end the ses
sion at 6 p.m. May 12. There
was a sprinkling of opposition.
“Our job is to get down here,
finish the work we have to do
and go home,” said Owen, who
had 21 signatures on his resolu
tion before the Senate formally
convened at noon.
One of the co-sponsors, Sen.
Abraham Kazen Jr. of Laredo,
commented that “The governor
said we can complete the business
without a special session. We
plan to and that’s why we passed
the resolution.”
Since voters turned down a
constitutional amendment last
November which would have paid
the lawmakers $7,500 a year with
yearly sessions there have been
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PAGE 2 Wednesday, January 14, 1959
Interpreting
Reds Say War Not Sought
Over Germany Question
CADET SLOUCH
pet regime in East Germany.
Now the emphasis is on nego
tiations and how the issue can be
settled. However, the conditions
put forward so far are as unac
ceptable as the original.
The Germans themselves, al
ways susceptible to any sort of
talk of unification, have been
quick to recognize what the So
viet Union wants. That is a neu
tralized Germany, shorn of de
fensive alliances with the West,
which would be helpless before
any blackmailing demands backed
by Communist military power.
Dulles points out also that an
attempt to isolate Germany in
such fashion would repeat the
mistakes made after World War
I which produced dangerous and
restive forces.
Dulles said the Soviet proposal
on Germany is stupid and will
not work. But it wouldn’t be stu
pid from the Communist stand
point if they could get away with
it. The important thing is that
he is letting them know they
won’t get away with it.
fy jim Earie Cancerous Mice
Being Developed
“Sir, I’m ready
to passing?”
to buckle down an’ study. What must I do to bring my 32 average up
Who’s Here at Aggieland
grumblings by some lawmakers.
Some have said they wouldn’t
work for nothing. At present,
after the expiration of the 120
days the senators and represent
atives daily wage of $25 is cut
off—a total of $3,000.
To become effective the resolu
tion of Owens must be passed by
the House.
Normally little important legis
lative work is accomplished in the
Senate for the first couple of
months. If the Senate is to fin
ish the bulk of the work ahead
of it before May 12 a different
tactical approach will be neces
sary. But despite the apparent
eagerness to get on with the task
at hand much legislation neces
sarily will be pending tax devel
opments in the House.
Gravel-voiced George Park-
house of Dallas, a workhorse last
session on the key water legis
lation, was honored by his col
leagues as president pro tempore.
His election came in a closed
caucus and was made official af
ter the Senate convened.
Thorton Went from ‘Jocks
To ‘Ducks’ to Civilians
By JACK TEAGUE
A former member of C “Jocks,”
A Composite, Squadron 23 and
now a member of A “Non-Regs,”
Billy J. Thornton, 23-year-old
senior marketing major from
Corpus Christi, has had a versa
tile existence as an Aggie.
Billy began his Aggie career
in September of 1954 as a C
“Jock” freshman. Having been
interested in A&M for many
New York Woman
Held for Kidnaping
NEW YORK (A 5 )—Jean lava-
rone is being held in $50,000 bail
in the kidnaping of a newborn
baby after the child’s reluctant
father was talked into signing
the complaint against her Tues
day.
“We bear this woman no
grudge,” the father, Frank Chion-
chio, said of himself and his 26-
year-old .wife. Their baby, Lisa
Rose, was found alive and un
harmed Sunday in Mrs. lava-
rone’s tiny Brooklyn apartment.
Police said Mrs. lavarone, 43,
abducted the baby from a Brook
lyn hospital Jan. 2, only 2%
hours after it was born, in a plot
to induce her boy friend to marry
her by passing the infant off as
their love child.
Chionchio, a 28-year-old lawyer,
at first refused to sign a kidnap
ing complaint against the buxom
blonde widow, the mother of sev
en living children.
years, Billy fit into his Aggie
life very well, finally being se
lected best drilled “fislq”
After his first year, Billy left
school for one year to return to
Corpus Christi to rub elbows
with a few dollar bills. 'And it
was during this layout that Billy
decided to bring back to Aggie
land a new member of that elite
club, the Aggie Wives. Billy, was
married to the former Miss Peg
gy Jean Arnold on Aug. 18, 1956.
Billy met Peggy while a high
school student at Roy Miller High
School in Corpus Christi. While
at Roy Miller, Billy played foot
ball and was sports editor of the
school annual.
Billy returned to A&M in Sep
tember of 1956 to join A Com
posite, and from there to Squad
ron 23. Last year he was vice
president of the Corpus Christi
Hometown Club and a member of
the Marketing Society.
After leaving the Corps life
behind, Billy began thinking
about his future, and a popular
song came to his mind—“Uncle
Sam Needs You, Boy.” Seeing
the need for a higher degree in
and the shortest nights I’ve ever
known,” Billy said. “A&M helped
me out a lot, though. When that
Marine barber said, ‘I’m going
to cut your hair,’ a lot of moun
tain boys sure looked sheepish.
I just thought of the old days
at Aggieland.”
Besides doing a lot of sight
seeing in Washington, D.C., dur
ing his limited free time, Billy
said that one of the best experi
ences he had had was a summer
of hunting and fishing in Canada
at a fishing, lodge several years
ago.
“I had always heard about the
wounded animal, and its fighting
desire,” Billy said. “And I got
the straight facts when a wound
ed buck did his best to chase me
back to the U.S.”
A cancer research project in
volving mice is being conducted
at A&M by Dr. Fredrick H. Fas
ten, professor of biology.
His research is being conducted
using three different strains of
inbred mice. These strains have
been developed by making broth
er-sister matings for many gen
erations in order to eliminate the
genetic source of error in the
tests.
The strains of mice being used
are C-57, C-3H and dba. The
normal incidence of breast can
cer in the strain C-57 females is
0.5 per cent. In strain C-3TI the
normal occurence of breast can
cer is 90 p'>r cent among both
the breeding females and the vir
gin females. In strain dba fe
males, the incidence of breast
cancer is 75 per cent in the
breeding females while there is
no breast cancer incidence in the
virgins of this strain. T he dif
ference in normal bceast cancer
incidence among virgins of the
last two strains is contributed to
differences in hormone output.
The type of cancer useci in the
research is the ascites tumor.
This is the easiest type of tumor
to Avork with in that the individ
ual cells are suspended in liquid
in the body cavity.
The cancer cells are taken
from a sacrifice animal and are
used to inoculate test animals.
After inoculation of 0.2 mililiters
into the body cavity, these mice
can be expected to live oniy about
three weeks. Two mice that
Avhere inoculated with the can
cer cells Jan. 5 are On display
on the first floor of the Biologi
cal Sciences Building.
Much of the cancer research
that has been conducted has been
on autolysis, the process of cell
death.
“By studying the process of
cell death we may learn some
thing about the cancer which may
point to something which occurs
during normal growth,” Dr.
Fasten said.
In the process of autolysis the
li\ r e cancer cells are taken from
a mouse and placed in a test tube.
The test tube is placed in an
incubator and left for a certain
test period.
After the tube is taken out
of the incubator a cytochemical
analysis is run on the cancer cells
and also a reinoculation of the
cells is made in order to deter
mine if they are still living.
It has been found that after a
period of three hours in the in
cubator, the cancer cells do not
remain alive.
Work is also being conducted
Avith the use of radioactive iso
topes in cancer research. Al
though the degree of radioactivi
ty is slight in the experimental
work being done, extreme cau
tion is exerted in its use.
The experimental Avovk be-
stoAA r ed upon Dr. Fasten now in
volves mice, although the sources
of his grants, the National Can
cer Institute and the Atomic En
ergy Commission, hope that he
Avill contribute some valuable in
formation towards the cure of
human cancer.
Dulles Blasts
Red Proposals
For Germany
WASHINGTON (A*)—Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles Tues
day blasted the SoAdet Union’s
proposals for Germany as brutal,
stupid and probably unworkable.
Coupling this harsh criticism
with an implied promise of flexi
bility, Dulles added that this
country is willing to meet with
the Soviet Union, Britain and
France to discuss the German
problem.
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The Chemical Engineering
Wives’ Club will meet at 7:30 to
night in the South Solarium,
YMCA, Dr. J. D.' Lindsay will be
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There will be a called meeting of
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Marines’ Platoon Leader’s Class 7:30 tonight in room 5, Biological
for officer candidates at Quanti- Sciences Bldg. There will be an
co, Va. This past summer Billy election of officers, and plans will
attended the course for eight be made for a Valentine social.
Aveeks before a back injury
caused him to drop out.
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