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THE BATTALION PAGE 2 Friday, January 8, 1960 Soviets Set Tests In Central Pacific MOSCOW —The Soviets are invading- America’s favorite testing ground in the Central Pa cific to try out a powerful new rocket built for launching heavy earth satellites and space flights to the planets. The Soviets Thursday night staked out a broad, deserted area 1,100 miles southwest of the Ha waiian Islands for test firings to begin between Jan. 15 and Feb. 15. Foreign ships and aircraft were warned to steer clear of the target zone— roughly a rec tangle 280 miles long and 160 miles wide—during the tests. There was no indication how long they would continue. Soviet missiles have been sighted coming into the North Pacific in recent months. Shift ing the target south into the region of American interest was viewed in some Washington cir cles as a deliberate move to im press the West with the reliabil ity and accuracy of the Soviet Union’s new missile weapons. The Moscow announcement came less than six hours after President Eisenhower told Con gress American intercontinental balistic missiles have been hitting within a two-mile area from a launching point 5,000 away. The Soviets did not specify the firing site for their new rocket. The announcement by the official Soviet news agency Tass said only that the tests will be to de velop “a more powerful rocket to launch heavy earth satellites and undertake space flights to planets of the solar system.” “With a view to perfecting this rocket with a high accuracy What’s Cooking Friday Freshman Engineering Society will meet tonight at 7:30 in the Biological Sciences Lecture Hoorn. Saturday American Society of Mechani cal Engineers will have a Bar- B-Que for all mechanical engi neering students at 6:30 p.m. at the Brazos Valley Former Stu dents Clubhouse. Tickets are $1 for members and $1.75 for non members. MSC Film Society Presents THE BIG BROADWAY MUSICAL COMES DANCING TO THE SCREEN! GENE KELLY VT VAN JOHNSON CYD CHARISSE M *■■■■■14 Friday 7:30 MSC Ballroom Admission Only 25c of flight, its launchings without the last stage will be made with in the coming months of 1960 in to the central part of the Pacific Ocean, removed from places of intensive shipping, air lines and fisheries,” it added. The Soviets indicated they were confident of pin-pointing the rocket landings by announc ing that Soviet ships will be sent into the target area to carry out measurements. But the Soviet Government through Tass asked “govern ments of nations whose ships or aircraft may find themselves during this period in the vicinity of the area where the rockets might fall” to instruct the ship masters and aircraft captains to refrain from entering the aqua- torium water area and air space of the Pacific designated. The range for the Soviet test firings^ could approximate that for the U. S. Atlas, missile. One possible Soviet launching site is the Kamchata Peninsula protruding between the Bering Sea and the Sea ^of the Okhotsk in the northern Pacific. This would be about 3,800 miles from the impact area designated by Moscow for the new tests. The Soviets followed the same procedure as that used by the United States in warning before- 1 hand of test firings in open in ternational waters. The U. S. rocket test ranges have stretched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif, to Eni- wetok and Bikini Islands in the Central Pacific and from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. U. S. government legal authori ties said there are many prece dents for use of the high seas for such experiments as long as they do not interfere unreason-, ably with activities of other na tions and advance notice is given of the danger zones. However, the zone marked by the Soviets is one used by Jap anese tuna fishermen. Leaders of the industry declined comment for the time being, but one spokesman indicated a strong protest would be forthcoming. The nearest lands to the test ing space are two American- owned islands—Palmyra about 250 miles to the east and Johns ton Island 400 miles to the north. jH322SII3G522I5iE22I3Sj|-| r ^ ’?^HIU>REN UNDER 12 YEARS" FRIDAY “THE ANGRY HILLS” With Robert Mitchum Plus “BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE” With James Stewart LATE SHOW - FRIDAY “THE FOUR SKULLS OF JONATHAN DRAKE” and “INVISABLE INVADERS” SATURDAY “SPACE MASTER X-7” “GANG WAR” “THE FOREST RANGERS” Plus 4 Cartoons THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by studeyits as a community newspaper 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 ; Dr. A. L. Bennett, School of Arts and Sciences ; Dr. K. J. Koenig, School of Engineering; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and Dr. E. D. McMurry, School of v'eterinary Medicine. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M. is published in College Station. Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office in College Station. Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 8. 1870. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Ass’n. Represented nationally by N a t i o n a 1 Advertising Services. Inc., New York City, Chicago. Los ^An geles and San Francisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news i 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 here- | in are also reserved. Mail subscriptions are $3.60 per semester. $6 per school year, $6.50 per full year. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion Room 4, YMCA, College Station, Texas. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415. JOHNNY JOHNSON EDITOR David Stoker Managing Editor Bob Week ley — Sports Editor Bill Hicklin, Robbie Godwin News Editors Joe Callicoatte Assistant Sports Editor Jack Hartsfield, Ken Coppage, Tommy Holbein, Bob Sloan, Bob Saile, A1 Vela and Alan Payne Staff Writers Joe Jackson Photographer Russell Brown CHS Correspondent CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earl* ~ | "imm ; -if “Considering the $7.50 parking fee, the lousy parking space I was assigned and the inconvenience, I did the only logical thing .... I sold my car!” Horticulture Show Begins; To Continue until Saturday at 5 The 1959 Texas State Pecan and Horticulture Show opened at noon today and will continue through 5 p.m. Saturday. Approximately 210 entries of some of the best pecans grown in the state of Texas will compete for the grand* championship award Saturday morning. A large collection of other important hor ticultural crops, such as Texas citrus; Hemstead, Fla., sub tropical and tropical fruits; and some high-quality Te^is vege tables will also compete. A col lection of tomatoes currently be ing harvested on the A&M cam- Wee Aggies We Aggies like to read about Wee Ag gies. When a wee one arrives, call VI 6-4910 and ask for the Wee Aggie Edi tor Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Booth, ’60, of C-6-Y College View, are the proud parents of a future Aggie Sweetheart. She is Shar on Kaye Booth, born Jan. 1 at 3:11 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Hospital. Another future Aggie Sweet heart, Rebecca Jean Rector, was born Dec. 31 at 1:25 p.m. in Crockett Medical Clinic. The proud parents are Mr. and Mrs. James A. Rector, Jr., ’60, of D-4-A College View. Due to typographical error, Linda Diana Lay, yesterday’s fu ture Aggie Sweetheart, is men tioned again. She was born Dec. 22 at 12:09 a.m. in Bryan Hos pital, and weighed 8 lb., 3 oz. The proud parents are Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lay, ‘61, of A-2-Y, Col lege View. pus will also be featured in the collection. The pecan entries will be judged on the basis of kernel percentage, size, kernel color and several other factors contributing to the high quality of Texas pe cans. The 1960 Texas state pecan queen will be selected on the basis of points earned by pecan entries from various counties. She will be crowned in July at Brownwood. Judges for the show will be F. R. Brison of the Department of Horticulture, Bluefford Han cock, Texas Agricultural Exten sion horticulturist and a repre sentative appointed by the di rector of the Texas Pecan Grow ers Assn. 5th Yr. Architects Portrait Dates Set 5th year architects will have their portrait made for The Ag- gieland ’60 at the Aggieland Studio between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. according to the following schedule. Coats and ties should be worn. (5th Year Architects) Jan. 6-7 A-D Jan. 11-12 E-K Jan. 13-14 L-R Jan. 18-19 S-Z PALACE Bryan Z-8SW TODAY & SATURDAY DUN ANTHONY MARTIN * FRANCIOSA SHIRUY CAROLYN MacLAINE * JONES Sat. Nile Prev. 11 p. m. GREGORY PECK DEBORAH KERR OflltCTEDtY HENRY KING *>UkScOO£z COL©** by DC LUXE STEREOPHONIC SOUND JERBY WALD’S v ItaDO-CTKin vC A. BEIPVED INFiDEL Show Opens Weekdays 6 p. m. Saturday and Sundays FRIDAY IBRYNNER WOODWARD 20- MABOARCT 1 LEIGHTON SATURDAY iHRAl Ibaroni | COLOP by DE IUXE C:n-'iC'^.»,Scog>e| Plus Preview Saturday 10:50 p. m. Also Sunday and Monday (y* 9 BIG STARS! 1001 THRILLS'- & [the bxcSi i cmcws An AIDED ARTISTS Picture Air Force Airlifts Group From Shrinking Ice Floe FAIRBANKS, Alaska The Air Force went calmly about the task today of airlifting a group of scientists and servicemen from a research camp on a shrinking ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. “No sweat,” said one officer— the Air Force’s way of saying the situation is under control. “There’s always a potential that when you are on an ice floe like that it could break up,” said Maj. Phillip Peacock, public in formation officer at Ladd Air Force Base here. “An operations plan was de- Social Whirl Saturday Little Sprouts will meet in the YMCA at 9:30 a.m. Mrs. R. E. Odom will be the speaker. M«piday Aggie Wives Council will meet in the Cushion Room of the Y r MCA Monday at 7 p.m. It is very important that all members are present. The offi cers for the spring semester will be elected. The charity for the fall project wil be picked. vised some time ago. We' are putting into effect one phase of it.” Evacuation of military and civ ilian personnel at the camp, known as “Station Charley,” was ordered Thursday after the big chunk of ice began disintegrat ing. The Air Force said it believed there were about 25 men at the camp. Radio transmissions were so garbled that it wasn’t known here exactly how many. Some of the civilians were believed to have returned recently to the University of Washington in Seattle. Two men were flown here from the camp Thursday night by a twin-engine C-123J cargo plane from Ladd. The Air Force said the rest would be brought out in a series of flights over the next five to seven days. It will take several days to pack up the camp’s equipment, Peacock explained. The identity of the two men brought out was not known. The camp, established last May, is 400 miles northwest of Barrow, Alaska, and some 600 from the North Pole. The sci entists were studying the depths of the ocean and the earth’s mag netic currents. The floe, four miles long by two wide, crumbled to one-fourth its original size night before last. But the Air Force said the 3,700 feet of runway remaining was plenty for airplanes to land on. ^ The buildings at the camp re mained firm. “There is absolutely no dan ger,” said an Air Force spokes- i man. Students Receive Manager Lesson A&M’s senior poultry science students will be given an oppor tunity to learn poultry show man agement first hand from Feb. 29 to March 6 when they serve as assistants in the junior market division of the Houston Fat Stock Show. The students will assist in weighing-, cooping, shifting and judging hundreds of entries ex hibited in the show from all areas of Texas. * The whole is equal to the sum of its parts (But some of its parts are more equal than others!) Even Euclid had to admit... 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