te A ] bl r< « ti 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 MID TERM GRADUATES For Commissioning Exercises FOR Officer Lt. Bars U.S. Collar Ornaments O’Seas Caps Visor Caps Ties Belts and Buckles Cap Ornaments Air Force Or Army ZUBIK'S UNIFORM TAILORS North Gate THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu- de-nt writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a community neicspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at ' Texas A&M College. Members of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Student Publications, chairman ; J. W. Amyx, School of Engineering; Harry Lee Kidd, School of Arts and Sciences; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and Dr. E. D. 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Address; The Battalion, Room i, YMCA, Col lege Station, Texas. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the Jiitorial office, Room 4, YMCA. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415. JOE BUSER EDITOR Fred Meurer - Managing Editor Gayle McNutt Executive News Editor Bob Weekley Sports Editor Bill Reed, Johnny Johnson, David Stoker, Lewis Reddell....News Editors Bill Hicklin Sports Writer Robbie Godwin, Jay Collins, Ken Coppage, Jack Teague, Henry Lyle Staff Writers The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas 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. Get WILDR00T CREAM-OIL Chariie! G. Washington, famous father, saysi "Makes your hair look real Georgel” I Just a little bit of Wild root and ...WOW! Social Whirl The Chemical Engineering Wives’ Club will meet at 7:30 to night in the South Solarium, YMCA, Dr. J. D.' Lindsay will be the guest speaker. There will be a called meeting of military science, Billy joined the the Fifth Battalion Wives’ Club at 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. “Those were the longest days A New Policyholder Every 22 Seconds Let me show you why so many are insured so often by State Farm Mutual. You’ll be glad you did. U. M. Alexander, Jr., ’40 I * t