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12 th Man Bow!
Practice Starts
Practice sessions got under way
Wednesday for the annual Twelfth
Man Bowl game, this year a bas
ketball game in G. Rollie White
Coliseum Saturday, April 9, at
8:30 a.m.
12th Man Bowl Practice
Members of the Air Force ROTC team in the coming 12th
Man Bowl Basketball Game were working out Wednesday
afternoon in DeWare Field House. Coaches for the Air
Force are Wilmer Cox and Kelly Chapman, Aggie cagers
of last season’s squad. The 12th Man Bowl will be Satur
day, April 9, at 8:30 a. m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
F A A Approves
Easterwood Grant
The Federal Aviation Agency
(FAA) recently approved a grant
offer of $8,000 for Easterwood
Field, it was announced at the
FAA’s Region Two Headquarters
in Fort Worth.
This Federal Aviation Agency
participation is a part of the Fed
eral Airport Aid Program through
which local governments are of-
Carl Lyman Plans
To Attend Meeting
Dr. Carl M. Lyman, head of the
Department of Biochemistry and
Nutrition, will attend a meeting of
the National Cottonseed Products
Assn, to be held April 25-26 at
New Orleans, La.
Lyman will serve as scientific
advisor to the association’s research
committee.
fered financial aid up to 50 per
cent <jf the total allowable con
struction cost.
According to the agreement,
A&M will at least match the FFA
$8,000 sum with local funds, there
by'bringing the total of $16,000 for
this airport work.
The money offered by the Fed
eral Aviation Agency, along with
the local funds, will be used to
rehabilitate the runway lights on
the east-west runway and install
taxi-way turn off signs and mark
ing.
FAA District Airport Engineer
A. E. Dyatt, who has supervised
the planning of this project at his
district airport office in Fort
Worth, commented that Easter
wood Field with its improved facili
ties, will do much to increase
safety and encourage the air
traveler to realize the progressive-
ness of College Station.”
ATOMIC
(Continued from Page 1)
perimental research in controlled
thermonuclear energy as part of
the world’s first and largest pri
vately-financed program in the use
of nuclear fusion for the genera
tion of power and energy.
Nuclear fusion is the process re
sponsible for the tremendous pow
er of the hydrogen bomb and the
energy in the sun and the stars.
The research being conducted at
San Diego may eventually lead to
the harnessing of the hydrogen
bomb for peaceful purposes, in
cluding the generation of electric
power.
“Aid and Foster Knowledge”
In announcing the awarding of
the scholarships, Cunningham said,
“One of the purposes of the Texas
Atomic Energy Research Founda
tion is to aid and foster scientific
knowledge in Texas. We feel that
these fellowships will serve this
purpose by bringing into the state
some of the knowledge and experi
ence being developed by scientists
at General Atomic.”
Paid Regular Stipends
Recipients of the fellowships
will be paid a regular stipend while
working at the General Atomic
laboratory during the summer and
each plans to continue his studies
at a Texas college or university.
Robert G. Cochran, head of the
Department of Nuclear Engineer
ing at A&lil, said the flexible pro
gram offered students in nuclear
engineering the particular course
of study they want to follow. He
added that Walker is interested in
going into research in thermonu
clear dynamics, and that the sum
mer’s work should give him more
background for his field.
Fehsenfeld, the University of
Texas student, is studying for a
Ph.D. in the field of gaseous elec
tronics and the physics of metasta
ble systems. He is from Troup and
received his bachelor of science de
gree from Rice Institute in 1957.
Ramer, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Houston, is working
there now as a graduate student
research assistant in physics. He
is a member of Phi Kappa Phi.
KGDL KROSSWORD
ACROSS
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5. Haywire
9. Crewdrivers
10. This is poison
11. Sport for
Willie the
Penguin
(2 words)
13. Seat-of-the-
pants condition
14. They go
with outs
15. Grand, hand
or band
17. Small accounts
20. Little
organization
21. Strike out
26. With dames
29. Hayseedy
man’s name
30. What Harvard
men fish for
31. A little less
than many
32. A kind
of Abner
33. Between you
and the
mattress
35. Gin alternative
37. Everyone
Kool’s
Menthol Magic
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42. “Jernt”
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in Italy
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48. An age
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4. Cricketers’
craving
5. This is basic,
in basic
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to Kools
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7. Upright
(2 words)
8. Necessity for
Pop’s car
12. Traveling
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figure
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the hole
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educational (pi.)
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like a Kool
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27. Creme
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of Kools at your
favorite
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for instance
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38. America’s most
refreshing
cigarette
39. Prefix meaning
“within”
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CIGARETTE S
FIRST WEEK SUCCESS
NEW YORK CP)—The first week
of racing ab Aqueduct’s 33 million
dollar track proved a success. The
average daily attendance was 31,-
700. The' first week drew 189,598
fans who wagered slightly more
than 16 million dollars.
If I
The teams held their first meet
ings Tuesday night. One man froni
each outfit is eligible for the team.
The Army team will be the ma
roons for this year’s clash and will
be coached by Wayne Lawrence
and Dave Corson, both Aggie bas
ketball players last season. The
Air Force team—the white team—
will be coached by Kelly Chapman
and Wilmer Cox, also basketball
standbys on the Aggie team.
Lack of Equipment
I ack of football equipment this
year caused the Student Senate,
who is sponoring the event to
change it to a basketball game.
They decided not to have the game
in December because the month
was so full of activity, according
to Ben Cook, Senate Issues Com
mittee chairman.
Then in a meeting in February,
the groups discussed the possibil
ity of making the annual event a
basketball game instead of foot
ball. As the plans grew, the Sen
ate group searched for a date for
the game, and finally arrived at
the April 9 date.
Sekerka Coordinates
Senate President Jake Sekerka
coordinated with Col. Joe E. Davis,
commandant, and he arranged for
drill to be held from 7 until 8:30,
holding the 8:30 to 10 a.m. open
for the game.
Proceeds from the game will go
to a Senate-sponsored scholarship,
according to Sekerka. He said a
good turnout would be needed to
clear the $500 needed for the
scholarship fund.
Tickets for the game will be 50
cents each, and plans for sale of
the tickets either through com
pany commanders or at another
central place will be announced
later, according to Sekerka.
THE BATTALION
Thursday, March 31, 1960 College Station, Texas Page 5
Race Strikes, Riots
Spread Across South
To Marshall, Texas
A Living Legend
J. Frank Norfleet of Hale Center shown here with his wife,
still has zest for this world, although he’s 95 and ready to
argue he’s 100. Norfleet, an amateur, became a sensational
manhunter more than three decades ago after five swind
lers took $45,000 from him in Dallas. The West Texas
rancher saw all five placed in prison. And his activities
sent at least 61 other criminals to the penitentiary. (AP
Photo)
Argues About Age
Old Manhunter
Lives on Memories
Eleanor Puts ■
Value on Race
In Wisconsin Vote
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah UP)—
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt doesn’t
think winning the Wisconsin pres
idential primary next week will
assure the Democratic nomination
for either Sen. John F. Kennedy
(D-Mass) or Sen. Hubert Humph
rey ,(D-Minn).
“I shouldn’t think it would be
considered decisive,” she told
newsmen Wednesday night.
She said Adlai Stevenson and
possible Rep. Chester Bowles (D-
Conn) are the only men who could
break a deadlock at the Democratic
National Convention. She said al
though Stevenson says he isn’t a
candidate for the nomination, “he
might have to take it.”
M.E. Prof Attends
Chicago Meeting
Alan B. Alter, assistant professor*
in the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, attended the 22nd
annual American Power Conference
held in Chicago, Tuesday through
today.
He is attending as regional
associated university representa
tive and as such is a guest of the
conference.
The assistant professor has been
with A&M since 1948, having his
undergraduate work at the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh. He studied
for 18 months at the North Caro
lina State College in the field of
nuclear physics. He is recognized
as an authority in the field of
power generation.
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HALE CENTER, Texas (A*)—A
living legend, J. Frank Norfleet,
still has zest for this world, al
though he’s 95 and ready to argue
he’s 100.
Norfleet, an amateur, became a
sensational manhunter more than
three decades ago after five swin
dlers took $45,000 from him in
Dallas.
The West Texas rancher saw all
five placed in prison. And his
activities sent at least 61 other
criminals to the penitentiary.
“I’m 100 years of age, never
mind what the papers say,” he
shouted to Emmet Collins of The
Houston Post during a recent in
terview.
‘You’re 95,” his wife shouted to
penetrate his deafness. “He’s al
ways wanted to live to be 100, so
he says he’s 100. He’s 95. I’m 89.”
Argues About Age
Norfleet heard more than ex
pected.
“I’m 10 years older than you by
three days,” he declared loudly.
His saga began in Dallas in
1919.
“I worked my way up,” said
Norfleet in the interview. “I was a
ranch hand, then a foreman. I
saved my money. I began to do
a little trading to make more
money. And I was able to get
more. I later got my own ranch,
with a wonderful home, then I de
cided to expand my ranch. That
was why I went to Dallas.”
At the time he was 54.
Dallas Trip
Norfleet journeyed to Dallas to
sell f a piece of land and buy a
larger section.
He met one of the swindlers,
Reno Hamlin, who roped him into
a stock market swindle, using the
other four men. He handed them
$20,000 payment on a sure thing,
then demanded $25,000 more before
they would cash in his winnings,
which he expected to be $160,000.
The man took the money and
disappeared.
Little Help
Norfleet received only nominal
help at the time from officers.
His first clue, a name in a book,
led him to San Antonio. From
there, the trail led him over most
of the United States.
In California, he saw two mem
bers of the ring placed in jail. They
were Charles Gerber and E. J.
Ward.
One Caught
Authorities caught Hamlin in
Oklahoma City. But Georgia had
priority on trying him, and he
went to prison there.
The ringleader, Joe Furey, still
eluded the rancher. Finally he re
ceived a tip that Furey was in
Jacksonville, Fla.
While Norfleet was bringing
Furey back to Texas, the confi
dence man crashed out of the
window of the train and jumped
on a switch engine going back to
Jacksonville. But officers were
alerted and soon picked up the
escapee.
Furey was tried in Fort Worth
and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Only W. B. Spencer remained at
large.
Vigil in Montreal
Norfleet collared him on a
wintry street in Montreal but
Spencer broke away. He finally
was found in a Salt Lake City jail
on a narcotics charge. After 'jle
served time, Norfleet had him
brought back to Fort Worth for
trial for the swindling and Spence:
drew another eight years.
Little Left
There is little left for Norfleet
now during his aging years except
to remember those exciting times.
He would like to watch quarter
horse races more. He owns some
good ones.
But the memories are still
strong.
He shakes his head and a little
smile creases his mouth.
“I did have some fun,” he says.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Powerful streams of water from
fire hoses churned into a group of
several hundred young Texas Ne
groes.
A thousand others chanting the
Lord’s Prater paraded through
the streets to Louisiana^ 34-story
state capitol at Batdn Rouge for a
protest assembly.
Those were major developments
Wednesday in the unfolding cam
paign of the South’s Negro youth
to obtain service at lunch counters
traditionally reserved for white
patrons.
The fire hoses went into play at
Marshall, a town of 30,000 in the
East Texas oil and farming re
gion, to break up an assemblage
at the courthouse square protest
ing lunch counter incidents which
had brought arrests.
The incidents started as Negroes
tried for the third time in a week
to patronize lunch counters. Po
lice made 55 arrests for unlawful
assembly, then took into custody
200 more who gathered at the
courthouse singing the “Star Span
gled Banner,” “God Bless Amer
ica” and similar songs.
Crowd Re-forms
The crowd re-formed faster than
it could be thinned by arrests, at
pne time pressing forward to the
courthouse steps only to be warned
by the district attorney. When
officers started freeing those
who had been taken into custody
and they joined the 1 crowd outside,
fireman turned loose the hoses.
Ordpr was restored.
Shortly after the 1,000 students
of Southern University, Negro
state college and. supporters staged
their rally on the capitol grounds
at Baton Rouge, the university
announced the ousting of 18 from
its rolls.
Disciplinary Action
Dr. Martin L. Harvey, univer
sity dean, said the disciplinary ac
tion was taken for “violating uni
versity regulations, relating to in
subordination, and conduct unbe
coming to Southern University stu
dents.”
The march on the capitol byr the
crowd singing “What a Friend We-
Have in Jesus” was to protest seg-.
regation practices which had , .re
sulted in the jailing of several
Negro students after Louisiana’s
first sitdown at a white lunch-,
counter.
Other Stories
Other developments nationwide
in the sitdown story:
1. Issuance in New York of an
advisory document, for the guid-,
ance of the Episcopal Church’s
three million members, expressing
general sympathy with the sit-in.
movement.
2. A 42-15 vote of the California.
Legislature to commend the dem-
monstrators in the South.
3. A news conference statement
by President Eisenhower of con
fidence that eventually America’s!
conscience will give equal rights
to all. He declined to pass judg
ment on stores which sell Negroes"
goods in some departments but"
•bar them from lunch counters.
4. A plea by New Orleans seg
regationists for a boycott of ma
jor league baseball games there
April 9-10 because seating will be'
integrated.
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