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I South Korean Frigate Repels Torpedo Boat SEOUL, South Korea OP)— A - South Korean navy frigate today repelled a' North Korean torpedo boat attack which the navy claim ed was designed to cover an at tempt to land Red agents. The navy said the encounter was over in less than five minutes and the three attack craft fled into dense fog when the 1,200-ton fri gate returned fire. The frigate suffered no crew casualties or ma- , terial damage, a spokesman said. It was not known whether the at- ‘ tackers were hit. The Reds attacked 15 miles off the east coast, about two miles , south of the truce demarcation line separating North and South Korea, the navy said, The navy communique express ed belief the Communists were trying to land spies or saboteurs in South Korea to “take advantage of the April 26 political upheaval.” Such naval clashes have taken place in the past, but it was the first Red attack since the upris ing following the March 15 presi- w dental elections forced the resig- " nation of President Syngman Rhee. The navy gave this account: “Taking. advantage of dense fog, i three Communist North Korea tor pedo boats surrounded and closed in on our PT66 frigate and fired five torpedoes and a round of 40 millimeter machinegun bullets ip two attacks. * “Our vessel immediately coun- tered with fierce shelling while zigzagging to dodge the torpedoes and repulsed the three Communist boats.” The navy said it had increased „ its patrols off both the east and west coasts to block Red attempts w to land agents behind the land frontier patrolled by South Ko- , Tean and U. N. forces. Winning Theme Edwin Mauzy (left), of Pocatello, Idaho, en- Pi Assn. Donald R. Phariss of Breckenridge, gineering student, is presented a cash prize (right), president of the A&M Delta Chap- for having the winning theme at the initia- ter of Tau Beta Pi Assn., presents the award, tion of 46 A&M students into the Tau Beta Range Excursion Underway In South, Southwest Texas A three-day field excursion to study ranching practices in south and southwest Texas opened Mon day and will continue through to day, according to Don Huss, Pro fessor in the Department of Range and Wildlife Management. Forty students in the department will pai’ticipate. The theme for the field trip is “Range Management for the Prac tical Ranch.” Emphasis is being placed on deferred grazing sys tems, brush control through root plowing, range and pasture reseed ing, range management research and livestock production. The group left College Station Model Drawings of Hospital Chosen for Convention, Exhibit The model and drawings for a 208-bed hospital by three fifth year students in the Division of Architecture have been chosen to be on display at the annual con vention and exhibit show of the Texas Hospital Assn. The conven- r tion will be in Dallas May 10-12. The graduate level students who designed the 7-story hospital are ,W. T. Cox of Houston, Nicholas lettani of Camden, N. J. and John D. Carpenter of Dallas. The hospital is designed for the patient, the co-designers point out and is around a concept of pro gressive patient care, that is, in tensive, general or intermediate, self, long term and home, care. The design was selected for ex hibit at Dallas by the director of the Texas Hospital Assn, and was made for a town of 100,000 popu lation or in a medical center of a larger city in the southwest area. The design took about eight weeks to complete. Bonds That Unite * mmrn is? t > By L D. Warren, Cincinnati Enquirer The Battalion at 5:30 a.m. Monday to visit the E. D. Combs stockfarm near San Marcos. The group observed and studied reseeding practices used by Combs. Alan Anderson of the Soil Conservation Service is assisting the group. Monday afternoon the group toured the Holt Machinery Plant and Farm. Jack Fletcher of the Holt Machinery Co. served as host to the group. The students ob served grass improvement studies by the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station and the Holt Machin ery Co. at the Holt Farm. Fletcher covered the management aspects of root plowing and reseeding. A Bar-B-Que dinner was served by Holt Machinery Co. Tuesday the group visited a ranch near San Antonio to observe range improvement through root plowing and reseeding. The class then visited the Leona Valley Ranch near Uvalde. Bohmfalk of the Soil Conservation Service made arrangements for this vipit. Here, range improvement through brush control and deferred grazing was stressed. Also, the group studied the interrelationships of livestock production and forage manage ment. Today, the class visited Sub station 14 of the Texas Agricul tural Experiment Station near Sonora. The group was shown the various grazing management stud ies. The group studied the effects of various grazing rates on live stock and forage production. The group studied comparisons of graz ing cattle, sheep and goats in com bination. The four-pasture deferred rotation was observed. THE BATTALION Wednesday, May 4,1960 College Station, Texas Page 3 VOTING BEGINS AT 8 A. M. County Primary Set Saturday By ROBBIE GODWIN Battalion Managing Editor At 8 a. m. Saturday the first Brazos County Democratic Pri mary will get under way with 20 general offices plus each precinct’s official offices to be voted on. The polling places will be open until 7 p.m., and precinct conven tions are scheduled at polling places in the afternoon and eeven- ing. Primary voting in May is new to Texans, according to Glynn A. (Buddy) Williams, county Demo cratic chairman. He said that in years past, first primaries had been held in July. Absentee Voting Closed Voting places have been set up in each precinct, with the absentee ballots being mailed from and re ceived at the county clerk’s of fice. The deadline for absentee votes was midnight last night. To be eligible to vote in the Democratic primary this Satur day, a person must be at least 21 years of age on the day of the election, a citizen of the United States, must have resided in Tex as one year and Brazos County six months prior to May 7, according to Williams. Tax or Exemption Another qualification is that the person must have a 1959 poll tax or a 1959 exemption certificate se cured prior to Feb. 1, said Wil liams. Williams said the residence of a single man is where he sleeps at night and that of a married man is where his wife resides. All persons must vote in the election precinct in which they re side, added Williams. If a per son has moved into a new voting prpcinct since paying the poll tax, ELECTIONS (Continued from Page 1) liff, a junior education major from Silsbee. Ratliff, running unop posed, polled 658 votes. Decus D. Garner, a junior civil engineering major from Livings ton, was elected civilian yell lead er in the most contested race in the entire-elections. Garner polled 151 votes to oust Octopus' Jack- son, Ben E. Johnson, Jimmy F. Tucker, Stan J. Wallace and Bill L. Whitney by an overwhelming majority. In the lone Class of ’60 position, Allen N. Burns, a chemical engi neering major from Houston, was elected Class Agent over George M. Hail. Burns polled 66 votes to Hail’s 38. an affidavit of residence must be signed. Williams added that illiteracy is not a cause for disqualification of a voter. Aid is permitted only to those who are physically unable to write or see, he added. No marked ballot can be used and one voter cannot help another, such as husband and wife marking ballot? together. Precinct Conventions Williams said the precinct con ventions in the nine rural pre cincts would begin at 2 p.m., and the ten precincts in Bryan and College Station would begin their conventions at 7:30 p.m. Precinct locations for this years’ voting and conventions aree: Precinct 1—Millican Community Center. Precinct 2—Wellborn Commun ity Center. Precinct 3—A&M Consolidated School, College Station. Precinct 4—Steele Store school house. Precinct 5—Harvey Community Center. Precinct 6—Kurten School House Precinct 7 — Tabor Community Center. Precinct 8—Edge Community Center. Precinct 9—Smetana, in Foun tain Hall. Precinct 10—Bryan at Ben Mil am School. Precinct 11—Bryan at Travis School. Precinct 12—Reliance Commun ity Center. Precinct 13—Bryan at Crockett School. Precinct 14—Bryan at Fannin School. Precinct 15—Bryan at the Amer ican Legion Hall. Precinct 16 — College Hills, at the Culpepper Building. Precinct 17 — Bryan at Bowie School. Precinct 18—Bryan at Stephen F. Austin School. Precinct 19—Bryan at the Cen tral Fire Station, 801 N. Bryan. The twentieth polling place, the absentee polls in the county clerk’s office had received 140 ballots at 5 p.m. yesterday. When the Democratic Executive Committee meets Tuesday in the , , DOES IT: f \U'- NEW DUAL FILTER 1. It combines a unique inner filter of ACTIVATED CHARCOAL ... definitely proved to make the smoke of a cigarette mild and smooth... 2. with a pure white outer filter. Together they bring you the best of the best tobaccos—the mildness and taste that pay off in pleasure! Council Room of Bryan City Hall | the second primary will be held, to canvass the returns, plans for I said Williams. Subsidy Attacks Highlight Meeting The 21st annual meeting of the American Cotton Congress con cluded yesterday and was high lighted by a general attack on federal subsidies. Burris C. Jackson, general chair man of the congress, who gave the keynote address Monday morn ing noted that, “A leading adver tising agency predicts possibly 12 million more U. S. households in 1970 as compareed with 1958, that personal incomes after taxes will be up 55 per cent and that a fourth of all U. S. families will enjoy in comes over $8,000.” Musn’t Be Restricted He declared that “the cotton in dustry can realize its share of this market provided the industry is not unduly restricted.” William Rhea Blake, executive vice-president of the National Cot ton Congress, noted in the after noon session Monday that “the cotton industry cannot afford to have its future rest on the ‘risky, precarious foundation’ of govern ment subsidies.” Can Be Lost “Any foundation of competitive strength based on subsidies could be swept out from under us at al most any time,” he added. Along with an adequate build up in research, Blake stressed the necessity for greatly strengthen ing sales promotion programs for cotton at home and abroad and for finding a sensible answer to the textile import program. Blake’s report on the demand for U. S. cotton was encouraging. Half-Million Bale Increase “If foreign consumption fulfills it,promise, and if we can keep for eign production from going up too fast, it’s easy to envision our ex ports trending up perhaps a half million bales a year. The fidtoltook SCRIBE' is the Ball Point made to write best on PAPER! Here is a piece of paper. Clip it out and try this test: write on it with an S&t&lilook and all, other ball point pens, and by golly you’ll see what we mean. Stifedwok scribe nm *r.M.-Tlic Uwibiooi fen Cm ESTERBROOK PENS May Be Purchased THE EXCHANGE STORE “Serving Texas Aggies”