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The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1960
Number 118
Armed Forces Day Tops
.Brazos Weekend Activity
Displays, Parade
Included In Event
A parade, TV program and special display will feature
the, Bryan-College Station area’s observance of Armed For
ces Day tomorrow.
This morning at 11 a special TV program was presented
featuring the eight commanders of the various reserve un
its which will take part in the observance.
Featured on the program were Brig. Gen. Spencer J.
Buchanan, commander of the 420th Engineer Brigade; Col.
Joe E. Davis, commander of the 358th Battle Group; Col.
Kay Halsell, commander of the 49th Armored Division
Trains.
Com. Norman F. Rode, commander of the 8-3 Naval
Reserve Research Co.; Col.
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Gates’ First
The eleventh annual Armed
Forces Day will be the first
for Secretary of Defense
Thomas S. Gates, Jr., since
he became Secretary of De
fense.
Pipeline Head
Summoned
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON—The president
of a big gas pipeline company was
summoned today to give his ver
sion of what he told a Federal
Power commissioner at a fashion
able swimming pool party.
The House Legislative Over
sight subcommittee turned to N.
W. Freeman, president of Mid
western Gas Transmission Co. af
ter two days of often angry ques
tioning of the firm’s Washington
attorney, Thomas G. (Tommy the
Cork) Corcoran.
Through frequent partisan ex
changes, Corcoran stuck to his
contention there was nothing im
proper or illegal about his off-the-
record chats with three FPC mem
bers last October. He sought only
to expedite, not to influence, their
action, he said.
Boot Ducats
Being Sold
Tickets are now on sale and
will remain on sale right up until
time to start the annual Boot
Dance, Saturday, May 28, in the
MSC Ballroom, according to W.
D. (Pete) Hardesty, student or
ganizations advisor.
They may be purchased for $2
per couple at the cashier’s win
dow in the lower level of the
MSC.
The dance, which will last from
9-12 p.m., is a semiformal affair
and all girls are urged to wear
cocktail or dinner dresses and
not formals.
The Aggieland Combo will
play for the dance.
Taylor Wilkins, commander of
the 1st Battle Group, 143rd
Infantrv. 36th Division; Lt.
Col. 0. D. Butler, commander
of the 1st Field Artillery, 19th Ar
tillery; and Lt. Col. William 0.
Davis, commander of the 9807th
Air Reserve Squadron.
Special Parade
Tomorrow morning at 11 a spec
ial parade through the streets ,of
Bryan will take the spotlight. The
units will form on 27th and Bryan
Streets, then to 28th Street, to
Main Street, to 23rd Street, to
Bryan Street, to 27th Street and
back to the starting point at 27th
and Bryan.
Units in the order of their ap
pearance will include a group of
local dignitaries not yet announ
ced; the Allenian Drill Team, Color
Guai’d, Band and Battle Group;
420th Engineer Brigade; A&M
Fish Drill Team; 386th Engineers;
recruiting vehicles from the Army
Navy and Air Force and the 358th
Battle Group.
Lt. Col. Wilkins will serve as
parade marshal.
In connection with the parade,
four different groups of airplanes
will fly over the city on special
display. There will be groups of
three C-119’s four F-86’s, four
F-lOO’s and eight T-33’s.
They will all fly in a north to
south direction and will appear
at 10:45, 11:15, 11:30 and 12 re
spectively.
The special display will be open
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Tower Toward Sky
Three US Army Nike-Hercules missiles, the first to be
raised in the Far East, tower toward the sky, The Nike-
Hercules, designed to intercept and destroy enemy planes
regardless of evasive action, can engage and, destroy either
single planes or formations of aircrafts.
TWO CITIES—A&M
Development Group
Promotes Relations
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Staff Writer
Since last November, the A&M Development Committee
has been organized for the purpose of assisting A&M and
the communities of College Station and Bryan and foster
ing better relations between the two cities and A&M in any
way it can, according to Marion - *
Pugh, member of the committee
and owner of the Marion C. Pugh
Lumber Co.
“The Committee is a branch of
the Bryan-College Station Cham
ber of Commerce, and it works
through the Chamber,” said Pugh.
“We want to help publicize the
advantages of coming to A&M as
well as foster better understanding
between the college and the two
communities.”
Composed of 16 members repre
senting a cross-section of the dif
ferent business in Bryan and Col
lege Station, under the direction of
Dr. Bill Carmichael, Superintend
ent of Bryan Schools, the Com
mittee has made available funds
to the college that A&M as a State-
supported school cannot be alloted
from the state, said Pugh.
Continuing, Pugh said, “The
Committee alloted funds to
send various members of the
faculty and staff of A&M to over
50 high school career days across
the state, to show the students
what A&M had to offer. In the
past, an ex-student usually repre
sented the college, since the school
could not get funds to send these
men from the college, being a state
school.”
“The professors and staff mem
bers were sent to locales across the
state where the major interest
would probably be in their own
departments, and more students
were able to become interested in
A&M this way,” added Pugh.
Kennedy
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Favored
In Oregon
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORTLAND, Ore.—Oregon bal
lots today in a presidential pri
mary fired up by at battle between
a favorite son and a hard-cam
paigning candidate for the Demo
cratic presidential bid.
The election pitted Sen. Wayne
Morse, who has served Oregon in
Washington since 1944, against
Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massa
chusetts, victor in all six othe
primaries he entered this year.
Most people who did any pre
dicting at all picked Kennedy to
sweep up 17 more national' con
vention votes in the last major
primary contest of 1960.
Kennedy, out hustling at super
markets, factories and street cor
ners all day Thursday, allowed
himself finally to concede he was
“very much encouraged.” Whe
ther for buildup purposes or not,
he previously had taken the line
that Morse ought to win in his
own state.
Todd, Barber
Take New
Corps Posts
A transfer in the cadet non
commissioned officers in the
Corps of Cadets has been an
nounced, according to Col. Frank
Vaden, assistant commandant of
the college.
Edward Todd has been trans
ferred from sergeant major of
the 2nd Brigade to the position
of operations sergeant on Corps
Staff. And Harvey Barber will
assume the sergeant major posi
tion of the 2nd Brigade after
serving as the Corps operations
sergeant.
HE YE TO PRESENT GIFT
Shirley Fund Totals $1,275
Storage Open
For Summer
In Walton
Students may begin placing ar
ticles for storage during the
summer in the basement of
Dorm 3 and Ramp K of Walton
Hall starting Monday afternoon
and lasting through Saturday.
Schedules for storing personal
property run as follows: Mon
day, 4-5 p.m., and Tuesday
through Saturday, 11-12 a.m. and
4-5 p.m.
Students attending only the
first summer term may begin
storing property in Ramp K of
Walton Hall Friday, July 15 from
4-5 p.m., and all students who
will attend the second term of
summer school hut not the first
should follow the same above-
mentioned schedule for storing ar
ticles all summer long, starting
Monday.
Lamps will he stored at 40
cents each and all other baggage
will be stored at 40 cents for
containers not exceeding three
cubic volume feet. Other pieces
will be stored at proportionate
rates with a minimum of 20 cents
per separate article.
All large equipment such as
bicycles, typewriters, radios, TV
sets, etc. not stored in boxes will
be stored at $1 each.
All items stored must be re
moved by 5 p.m. September 23,
and all items not picked up will
be disposed of.
Opinion Implies
Way To Enter
Special to The Battalion
WACO UP) —The 10th Court of Civil Appeals again re
pelled a woman’s effort to enter A&M but left the door ajar
Thursday for action in the future. The opinion even hinted
how the girl could gain admission.
Ruling on an appeal from Bryan denying the entrance
to the all male citadel to Miss Margaret Allred of Bryan,
Justice Jake Tirey wrote in his decision:
“We think the trial court in Bryan correctly denied entry
to this woman. We feel it is our duty to say that in the event
Miss Allred makes application for admission to A&M to
pursue a course of study leading to a degree in floriculture
that she should be permitted to do so, and not be excluded
solely on the grounds that she - * -
is a member of the female
Nikky Warns
Commie Rulers
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN—Nikita Khrushchev’s
missions in East Berlin appears
to be to warn its Communist rulers
to be careful. The Soviet Premier
seems far from anxious for an
explosion over West Berlin in the
near future.
When Khrushchev blew up the
four-power summit meeting in
Paris before it could get started,
his thunder made the storm seem
elose at hand. In East Berlin
Thursday, it sounded more like an
ominous rumble well beyond the
horizon.
Khrushchev in a subdued mood
—as he surely was Thursday—
can be just as baffling as Khrush
chev roaring insults and threaten
ing mayhem. But there were a
few hints dropped.
Little by little the world out
side the Communist leadership
may get an idea of the factors be
hind the fantastic performance of
the Communist boss in Paris,
where he showered insults on the
President of the United States and
shook a pudgy fist under the nose
of Washington.
sex.
The appeals court ruled last
year that two Bryan married
women could not attend A&M be
cause equal facilities were pro
vided elsewhere by Texas for wo
men.
Only School Offering
Miss Allred said she wanted to
study floriculture and that A&M
is the only state-supported school
in Texas that offered courses lead
ing to a degree. She also wanted
to study law, available at A&M
and other schools. She brought
suit after making informal inquir
ies at which she wa§ told she
would be rejected.
“We feel that in view of past
developments and legal judgments
that should she so apply for flori
culture courses, and is qualified,
authorities of A&M will grant her
admission,” Judge Tirey wrote.
Lawyers for the college argued
that the school is all-male and
operated under military rules.
They denied that Miss Allred is
being denied her constitutional
right.
By THE BATTALION
NEWS STAFF
‘not legal directive ... ’
Leonard Passmore, lawyer in the
Attorney General’s office, said the
opinion affirmed the judgment of
the trial court in denying en
trance to women. In only indi
cated that she could qualify for
entrance.
“Justice Tirey’s statement is not
a legal directive. It just indicates
what the court might say if the
case were presented in that man
ner,” said Passmore.
He added that the A&M College
System Board of Directors must
admit women to the college, and
that at present they were under
no legal compulsion to do so.
‘have it open ... ’
“Yes,-the door is ajar, and I
think we will have it open by next
year.”
This was the view expressed by
Bryan attorney John M. Barron,
lawyer for the women who are
seeking admission to A&M.
Barron made the statement af
ter receiving the 23-page opinion
issued in Waco yesterday by Tirey.
He said he was a little “surprised”
that the Waco court expressed
even part of the opinion in his
favor, but was pleased at its fair
ness.
“There are, however, a number
of ‘stumbling blocks’ in the opinion
which I will try to. have removed,”
Barron said.
The “stumbling blocks” Barron
referred to include having to phys
ically try to enroll the women at
A&M next fall, when “I have a
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Red Minister
Seeks Halt
To Spy Flights
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko flies to New York today
in pursuit of a U. N. prohibition
against American spy flights that
will be binding after President
Eisenhower leaves the White
House.
In a telegram to the U. N. Se
curity Council Thursday night,
Gromyko brushed aside Eisenhow
er’s statement in Paris that U. S.
flights over Soviet territory had
been halted and would not be re
sumed.
Gromyko said Eisenhower could
not promise the aerial spying
would not be resumed after he
leaves office in January and there
fore the president’s statement was
only “a tactical step” taken “with
the object of deluding world pub
lic opinion.”
The Security Council meets
Monday afternoon to take up the
Soviet charge of U. S. aggression
based on the U2 reconnaissance
plane which the Soviets brought
down on Soviet territory on May
Day. Gromyko was due in New
York tonight from Paris to rep
resent the Soviets in the council
debate.
SCC Conducts
Visitors Tour
Four members of the Student
Chamber of Commerce took 57
students from St. Joseph’s Par
ochial School in Bryan on a tour
of the campus yesterday after
noon.
The group was taken to the Me
morial Student Center, the Data
Processing Center and the campus
museum in the morning. Staff
members and students at the cen
ter showed them how the process
ing machines operate. From there
they went to Kyle Field for a pic
nic lunch.
In the afternoon the group vis
ited the chapel and then returned
to school.
Conducting the tour were Bob
Roberts, executive secretary of the
SCC; Clifford Lane, chamber mem
ber; Robbie Godwin, representa
tive from the School of Arts and
Sciences and Sam Spence.
The tour was handled by the
Visitors and Information Commit
tee of the chamber.
Aggies dug deep into their pock
ets for about right at $1,275 to be
presented to the family of Carole
Jeanne Shirley.
Cadet Col. of the Corps William
Heye said he would go to San An
tonio this weekend to present the
money to N Mrs. Lee A. Shirley,
mother of the girl.
Miss Shirley was killed last Fri
day night when the car in which
she was riding went out of control
and overturned 1.4 miles west of
Bryan.
The final count includes some
$1,240 collected from the Corps of
Cadets and $35 donated by civilian
students.
Heye spoke to the Corps of Ca
dets Monday afternoon before
lunch at Duncan Dining Hall. Heye
asked the cadets to contribute
what they could to help the fam
ily out financially.
Collections were made in Dun
can and Sbisa Dining Halls and
civilian students made donations
through their dorm presidents
Thursday night.
“We never expect the money to
make up for that girl’s life,” Heye
told the Corps Monday, “but we
want her family to know that the
A&M Corps ’of Cadets wants to
help.”
Heye said said a spray of flow
ers was sent to Boonville, Mo., for
the funeral Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Shirley worked for the
United Service Automobile Assn,
in San Antonio. Heye said he be
lieved she was the only member
of the family working at the time
of the accident.
Her father suffered a stroke
some time ago, Heye said, and is
confined to bed. Her mother has
been staying home to cai - e for him.
Prior to the time he suffered
the stroke, Shirley worked for the
Red Cross.
The Shirley’s moved to San An
tonio recently from Missouri, Heye
said. Miss Shirley attended Sam
Houston State College for a year.
Besides her mother and father,
Miss Shirley is survived by a
younger brother, 12.
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McClelland, Lux In Good Condition,
To Be Released From Hospital Soon
Mike McClelland, senior in Squadron 10 and Ed Lux, sen
ior in Squadron 8 who were injured in an accident last Friday
which proved fatal to Miss Carole Jeanne Shirley are reported
in good condition by Dr. C. R. Lyons, Director of Student
Health Services.
The two seniors were released
from St. Joseph’s Hospital in
Bryan Wednesday. They are in
Room 4 of the College Hospital
and will probably remain there for
the rest of the week, according to
Lyons.
Lyons said they are showing
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steady improvement and will be
able to graduate. He said they
would be able to go to class today
if they felt like it.
The accident occurred Friday
night about 12:51 a m. on Highway
21 west of Bryan where the road
way changes from a divided high
way to a single right-of-way.
The accident was investigated
by Highway Patrolman Don Sybert.
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Campus Visitors
This group of St. Joseph’s Parochial School
grade school students visited the campus
yesterday and were shown interest points
by members of the Student Chamber of
Commerce. They visited the Memorial Stu
dent Center, the museum, the Data Process
ing Center and the Chapel.