THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, March 2, 1960
9,000 Miles
Air Force Cancels
Flans for Shot
Of Super - Atlas
WASHINGTON UP)— The Air
Force has canceled plans to shoot
, a Super-Atlas nearly 9,000 miles
from Cape Canaveral past the
i tip of Africa over the Indian
. Ocean. One unconfirmed report
• was that President Eisenhower
personally turned down the idea.
The Air Force has had the
beefed-up Atlas missile on a
, launching pad at Canaveral for
; days. Actual firing times were
set several times and then post
poned because of weather con
ditions.
No Public Notice
When these plans became
known in high Washington cir
cles, the State Department re
portedly raised the point that no
public notice had been given so
ships could avoid the impact
area. Air Force officials argued
this wasn’t necessary because the
rocket was intended to burn up
in the atmosphere at the end of
the' trip and so would pose no
danger.
The unconfirmed report said
the matter was brought to the
President’s attention during his
current South American tour,
and he turned thumbs down, at
least for the present.
Over 2,000 Miles
i The long shot, if it had gone
off as planned, would have
traveled more than 2,000 miles
further than any previous U. S.
missile. It also would have out
distanced recent Soviet missile
. shots from central Asia into the
Pacific Ocean. The Soviet Un- _
ion claimed a range of 7,760
miles, for one of these shots and
sa-ttk the missile landed within
14 miles of its target.
Speculation Centered
No reasons were learned for
the top-level cancellation, but
speculation centered on these
ideas:
1. Such a military demonstra
tion might strike a jarring note
during the President’s Latin
American goodwill tour.
2. The President noted at a
Jan. 13 news conference that the
United States has always given
advance warning of missile tests
over international waters. The
Soviets gave advance notice on
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by Jim Earle
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their Pacific shots, and outlined
the target area.
3. Such a long-range Atlas
flight might be viewed abroad as
a propaganda stunt, trying to
outdo the Soviets in a distance
race.
The Atlas already is opera
tional in small quantities at Van-
denberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Normally its range is about
6,000 miles. The longest announ
ced shot has been 6,325 miles.
Social Whirl
Wednesday
Civil Engineering Wives Club
will hold a business meeting in
the South Solarium of the YMCA
tonight at 8 o’clock. Refreshments
will be served by Jeanne Tolleson,
Martha Porterfield and Pearl
Harper.
Wildlife Wives Club will hold
their monthly business meeting
at 7:30 p.m. in the Cashion Room
of the YMCA.
Thursday
Aggie Band Wives Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. at C-12-W Col
lege View, College Station, in the
home of Mrs. Jerry Don Smith.
Saturday
The Aggie Wives Council and
MSC Dance Committee are co
sponsoring an informal dance for
all married Aggie student couples
in the MSC Ballroom from 7:30
p.m. to 12 p.m. Tickets are avail
able from all wives’ clubs on the
campus, the Aggie Wives Council
members and at the door for 75
cents per couple. Free baby sit
ting can be obtained at the A&M
Methodist Church from 7:15 p.m.
until 12 p.m.
Monday
Mechanical Engineering Wives
Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
the Cashion Room of the YMCA.
On March 27, the Mechanical
Engineering Wives Club and
Joyce’s will present a fashion
show in the MSC Ballroom at
3 p.m. The tickets are 50 cents
each and may be obtained from
any member of the Mechanical
Engineering Wives Club, or at
the door. Reserve tickets may be
obtained by calling VI 6-6527.
INTERVIEWS
The following companies will
interview graduating seniors
Thursday in the Placement Office
on the second floor of the YMCA
Buildirfg:
Oklahoma City Air Material
Area will interview candidates in
all degree levels in aeronautical,
electrical and mechanical engi
neering to' provide all in-service
engineering required for weapons
systems projects.
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing
Co. will interview candidates for
the B.S. degree in chemical and
petroleum engineering, B.S. and
M.S. degrees in mechanical engi
neering, M.S. degree in electrical
engineering and M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees in chemistry for posi
tions in design, research and de
velopment.
The Bell System will interview
graduates in aeronautical, chem
ical, civil, electrical, industrial
and mechanical engineering, in
dustrial technology, business ad
ministration, economics, mathe
matics and physics for manage
ment training and jobs in re
search, design and development.
‘I’ll bet A&M is the only school where I can go barefooted to Bull Text class!”
Among the Faculty and Staff
Barney Welch Thinks More
Of Passes Than First TB
By BEN TRAIL
Assistant News Editor
Although he is mostly known
as the first Aggie to make a
touchdown in Memorial Stadium
at Austin, Barney Welch, Intra
murals manager, says he is
prouder of the day during a
game with SMU that he threw
three touchdown passes to Willie
Zapalac, now assistant football
coach.
Boss of the intramural pro-'
gram in which 85 per cent of the
Corps participates, Welch was
born in Hico, Tex., in 1922. As
a boy growing up in Stephen-
ville, he actively participated in
football, basketball, tennis, track
and softball.
During the summers and after
graduation from high school he
worked in the East Texas oil
fields along with 20 other future
Aggie football players. When
it came time to enter college,
Welch spent two weeks at Rice
Institute, but never enrolled. In
stead he decided to take a foot
ball scholarship to A&M and ar
rived at College Station in Sep
tember, 1941. ■
Football' was the only sport
he actively participated in at
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tained the team in 1947. In 1943,
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only Texan in his regiment of
the predominantly Yankee 99th
Infantry Division. He landed in
Europe just in time for the Bat
tle of the Bulge and left the
Army in 1946 with the Combat
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and three battle stars.
Returning to his wife, the for
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1942, and a neglected college ca
reer, Welch, graduated in 1948
with a B.S. in agricultural eco
nomics. In 1950, he received his
master’s degree in education
from A&M. Welch is the father
of two children, a son, Russell,
16, and a daughter, Lynda, 11.
The day after graduation in
1948, Welch became Intramurals
Director for A&M under the De
partment of Health and Physical
Education, and holds that job
now.
Welch said, “A&M and TU
are the only schools in the South-
west Conference with intramural
departments that they can be
proud of.”
According to him, three dis
tinct programs are offered to
the students. These programs
are for upperclassmen, freshmen
and one for civilian students.
Fifteen different sports are of
fered under these programs and
approximately 85 different teams
participate.
Welch said that so far this
year at least 1,600 games of
these different sports have been
played with about 630 partici
pants in rodeo and 500 in swim
ming.
SUMMER JOBS
The following companies will
interview juniors and seniors
Thursday in the Placement Office
on the second floor of the YMCA
Building:
The Bell Telephone System will
interview aeronautical, chemical,
civil, electrical, industrial and
mechanical engineering, indus
trial technology, economics, busi
ness administration, mathematics
and physics juniors and seniors
who plan to do graduate work
for summer employment oppor
tunities.
Jones and Laughlin Supply Di
vision will interview graduates in
electrical, industrial, mechanical
and petroleum engineering, agri
cultural economics, economics and
business administration who aie
interested in a sales career.
The Philco Corp. will interview
candidates in all degree levels of
electrical and mechanical engi
neering, mathematics and physics
for positions in areas working
with radio, radar and other elec-
tronics fields.
Union Oil Co. of California will
interview candidates for the B.S,
and M.S. degrees in geology,
geological and petroleum engi-
neering; M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
in chemistry and B.S., M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees in chemical engi-
neering for opportunities in ex
ploration, oil field production,
manufacturing and research.
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