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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1961
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KENNEDY SAYS
U S To Lose
Space Race
By The Associated Press
PALM BEACH—The United States will probably lose
the race to free a manned space vehicle into orbit around the
earth, President-elect John F. Kennedy’s space task force
reported Wednesday.
The group called for an urgent ♦ ■
effort to develop a more powerful
thrust for spacecraft — the field
in which the Soviet Union has been
i consistently ahead—and said bet-
Proccessing
Center Adds
New System
The Data Processing Center an
nounces the addition of an IBM
709 Data Processing System to its
complement of data processing
equipment.
This 709 brings to the A&M
; campus the largest computer cur-
j rently used in any university in
! the United States and makes the
Data Processing Center facility
second to none in the field of data
1 processing.
There are no plans for a formal
I open house but all faculty, staff
! and friends are invited to drop by
! and see the new system at their
own convenience.
The 709 consists of nineteen
| units interconnected by cables to
| form an integrated data process
ing system. This particular sys-
j tem has the ability to read, write
and compute simultaneously, there
by greatly speeding the computa
tion process.
It also has peripheral equipment
which permits the preparation of
magnetic tape from punch cards
and the printing of magnetic tapes
off-line, thereby relieving the com
puter of the reading and printing
: chore. This approximately triples
! the amount of work which can be
put through this particular sys-
; tern.
The 709 will be available to the
faculty and staff on the same ba-
’ sis that the 704 was available.
ter leadership of the whole mili
tary and civilian space program
is imperative.
The task force pictured this
country as lagging not only in the
prestige-packed competition for
the first man in space, but in de
veloping military missiles needed
for a secure deterrent force and
supersonic commercial craft for
the tasks still left to winged air
planes.
Kennedy headquarters here made
the task force report public with
out saying what Kennedy thought
of it—but announced naming of
the task force chairman, Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology
the incoming President’s special
scientist Jerome B. Wiesner, to be
assistant for science.
Kennedy returned to the family
home in Palm Beach early Wed
nesday after flying down from a
busy half-day in Washington,
which included delivery to him of
the space report.
His engagements were a golf
game and a call on former Presi
dent Herbert Hoover, who came to
Florida for the dedication of a dike
named for him.
Kennedy arranged to see Hoover
at the home of Loy Anderson,
Palm Beach banker.
His only announced business for
the next few days is work on the
address he will deliver at his in
auguration Jan. 20.
However, appointment of George
W. Ball as undersecretary of state
for economic affairs, completing
the top echelon of the new State
Department, was announced. Ball,
a Washington lawyer specializing
in international practice, is also a
close political associate of Adlai
E. Stevenson, the 1952 and 1956
Democratic presidential candidate
who will become ambassador to the
United Nations in the new admin
istration.
World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
Communist Party Statuted To Be Revamped
MOSCOW—A large-scale revision of the Communist
party statutes seems in prospect this fall. Premier Khrush
chev is piloting his party toward a new and important con
gress meeting.
★ ★ ★
White House Committee Delegates Quited
WASHINGTON—The chairman of the White House
Conference on Aging had to settle a disagreement yesterday
among delegates over the medical bills of older people.
★ ★ ★
Eleven Americans Reach South Pole
AUCKLAND, New Zealand—Eleven jubilant Americans
arrived at the South Pole yesterday to become the first
American to travel overland to the bottom of the w'orld.
★ ★ ★
Sub-Launched Missile Explodes In Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla—A Polaris missile veered
out of control and eploded in flight yesterday shortly after
it was launched from beneath the Atlantic by the atomic
submarine Robert E. Lee.
★ ★ ★
Foreign Shrimp Packer’s Pay Low
WASHINGTON—A witness told the Tariff Commission
yesterday that on a recent inspection tour through several
foreign countries he found very low wages were paid workers
in shrimp packing plants.
★ ★ ★
Senate Sidetracks Move
WASHINGTON—The Senate yesterday indefinitely side
tracked a move for a change in rules to make it easier to
shut off filibusters.
★ ★ ★
Cuba Faces Labor Shortage
HAVANA—Cuban agencies have appealed for volunteers
to help in sugar and industrial production, lagging because
of the call-up of thousands of worker-militamen.
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It appears that the Aggies cocky little guard, him. In the background, Aggie scoring ace,
Wayne Annett may be leaving something Carroll Broussard seems to be reminding
behind as the ball almost gets away from Annett that there’s something behind him.
Kiwanis Club
Installs Keel
As President
Lloyd Keel of College Station
was officially installed as Presi
dent of the College Station Kiwanis
Club Tuesday in the Memorial Stu
dent Center. Keel is an Assistant
Professor in the Department of
English and resides at 1210 Wind
ing Road in College Station.
Dr. Joel H. Johnson of Brenham
installed the 1961 officers and
board of directors of the College
Station Kiwanis Club at the noon
meeting. Johnson, a physician, is
the new Lt. Governor of Division
IX of the Texas-Oklahoma District
of Kiwanis International.
He succeeds Dr. Charles LaMotte
of College Station who held this
position and honor in 1960. Kiwani-
annes, wives of the local Kiwan-
ians, and a delegation from the
Bryan club also attended the in
stallation ceremonies.
Besides Keel, other officers in
stalled were: W. F. Krueger, 1st
Vice President; R. E. Leighton, 2nd
Vice President; Isaac Peters, Sec
retary, and E. S. Packenham,
Treasurer. The Board of Directors
for 1961 will be Dave Franklin,
Maurice Futrell, Harrison Hierth,
Doyle Letbetter, Ed Segner, Mur
ray Brown, Jack Sloan and Dick
Vrooman.
Junior High
Delegation
Visits Saturday
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The A&M Student Chamber of
Commerce is making big prepara
tions for the arrival Saturday of
30 junior high school students.
The group is from Houston’s
Fonville Junior High School. They
are members of the science club
there.
Clifford Jackson, president of
the Student Chamber of Commerce,
said that all members of his or
ganization are requested to con
tact him if they are interested in
guiding the science club members
around the campus.
Tentatively scheduled for the
youngsters to see are the electron
microscope, a cloud chamber dem
onstration, a nuclear reactor and
facilities of the Oceanography De
partment.
They may also possibly see the
wind tunnel, the data processing
center and the museum.
RETIRED PERSONNEL
Military Program
Interest Is High
Interest in a 15-month college program for retiring or re
tired military personnel to prepare them for a second career
as high school teachers of science and mathematics is high,
according to Dr. E. B. Middleton, director of the program.
The program, sponsored by the^
National Science Foundation, is
scheduled to begin in June of 1961
and last through August of 1962.
Middleton said today that sev
eral hundred brochures and appli
cation forms have been mailed in
response to request from military
men throughout the world.
Deadline Changed
He emphasized that the applica
tion deadline has been changed to
Mar. 1, 1961 to allow more men to
apply, thus creating a more homo
geneous group.
Primarily the program will con
sist of approximately 58 semester
hours of class and laboratory work
spread over a 15-months period.
Forty semester hours of the work
will be in science and mathematics,
most of which is applicable to the
Master of Education degree, science
option.
Approximately 18 semester hours
will be in education and psycholo
gy, all of which are required course
for teacher certification.
“It is significant,” said Middle-
ton, “that such a program is in the
offering, because it is a recognized
fact that many retired military
personnel can admirably fill the
critical need for qualified teachers
of science and mathematics in our
secondary schools.”
Preference
The special program will give
preference to those men who are
retiring or who have retired, who
are under 47 years old and who
hold a baccalaureate degree with
the emphasis on science or mathe
matics.
“All branches of the armed forc
es,” said Middleton, “have been
for many years encouraging their
men to consider teaching as a sec
ond career.”
He also pointed out that partici
pants in the program will be eligi
ble for financial assistance under
Public Law 550.
Applications will be studied and
60 men selected to take the Se
quential Test of Educational Prog
ress or the Schools and College
Ability Tests. Notification of ac
ceptance of participants and alter
nates will be made Apr. 1. Later
the group will be given a series of
guidance and placement tests.
Information about the program
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and application forms may be had
by writing C. M. Loyd, Retired
Military Program, A&M College,
College Station.
TU Cautions
Ag Students
About Tickets
Texas University has cautioned
all Aggies who are planning to
attend the basketball game in
Austin Monday that tickets will
be on a first come-first served
basis.
The problem of tickets for the
Texas-A&M game arises each
year whether the game is in Col
lege Station or Austin because of
the large number of students who
attend.
Last year the Aggies had trou
ble getting seats in Austin and
several hundred people were
turned away at the game in Col
lege Station.
Probably the best assurance for
a ticket to Monday night’s game
is to get to Austin as early as
possible and get in line. The
freshman game starts at 6 and
the gym usually starts filling
fast
Four Freshmen
Present Unique
Music Styles
Program On Tap-
Tonight At 8
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
A unique style of harmony, both instrumental and vocal,
will be heard in G. Rollie White Coliseum tonight as the
Four Freshmen, renown recording artists for Capital Records,
perform at Town Hall starting at 8 p. m.
Mixing vocal solos with instrumental, the produced ef
fect has been dubbed the “Four Freshmen” ensemble blend,
and the special style has surpassed all other vocalists in the
field of musical entertainment.
The “Four Freshmen” were brought into the world of
professional music on a recording basis 10 years ago, through
the efforts of Stan Kenton, one of America’s foremost popular
and jazz musicians’ supporters.
D. Barbour
‘Fulfilled Prediction’
Kenton, in a letter to the
four musicians, said, “I am
delighted that the “boys” ful
filled my prediction ten years
ago that they would rise to the
top. Since they and their talent
did the work, I’m sure they would
have been equally successful with
out my prediction, but I am happy
to see they have vindicated my
judgement.
The group has recently released
their latest album, “The Freshmen
Year,,’ which recaptures the origi
nal “Freshmen” sound. The album
is the growth of this sound, en
hanced by 10 years of polish,
growth, and showmanship.
Each Excellent
During their instrumental num
bers, each of the members demon
strates his ability as an excellent
musician. Don Barbour handles
guitar, Ross Barbour takes care of
drums, base and trombone are
played by Bob Flannigan and Ken
Albers holds down trumpet and
mellophone.
Arranging for the group are
Ken Albers and Dick Reynolds, who
specialize on the vocal numbers,
and instrumental scores are drawn
up by the entire group, making
full use of their collective talents
as vocalists and instrumentalists.
Songs for the program will be
selected from a list of over thirty
possible numbers. Among these
are “Somebody Loves Me”, “Holi
day”, “There’ll Never Be Another
You”, “Day by Day”, “Charmaine”,
“Granada”, and “Sometimes I’m
Happy.”
Other selections include “In This
Whole Wide World”, “There’s No
One But You”, “How Can I Tell
Her?”, “Graduation Day”, “Blue
World”, “Street of Dreams”,
“,Sophistocated Lady”, “Poinciana”,
“Angel Eyes” and “Julia Is Her
Name.”
Two Grants
For $10,250
Given College
Two National Science Founda
tion grants for a college teacher
research participation p r o g r a m
have been received by A&M. The
grants total $10,250 and are for
physics and chemistry.
The research program lasts from
June to August, and the partici
pants must be teaching in college
or junior college and have an MS
degree.
Applicants should apply to C. M.
Loyd of the Department of Physics
and associate director for research
participation program. Each grant
will pay for two participants.
The research in physics will be
under the direction of Dr. J. B.
Coon and Dr. J. S. Ham. The re
search in chemistry will be under
the direction of Dr. A. F. Isbell
and Dr. R. D. Whaley.
Qualifying
Exam Slated
Saturday
The Army ROTC Qualifying
Examination will be administered
Saturday at 8:30 a.m. in Room 109
of Bagley Hall.
This examination is for those
students that are applying for
contracts in the spring semester.
Flannigan
Albers
IN PORT ARTHUR
Chief Of Police Resigns Post
By The Associated Press
PORT ARTHUR—Police Chief
G. B. Douglas resigned Wednesday
after state probers revealed wide
spread vice in this coastal city.
City commissioners sought to fire
the assistant chief but without
immediate success.
A chaotic commission meeting
saw the council chambers packed
with citizens, some weeping and
others heckling the commissioners
with catcalls.
One commissioner tried to fire
City Manager Charles Brazil, and
most of the commission showed
reluctance to dismiss the police
chief and his aide at this time.
The chief was the second to fall
in two days in this important in
dustrial area.
City Manager Jack Jeffrey of
nearby Beaumont fired Jim Mulli
gan, 64, for failing to enforce the
law as directed.
The Texas House General In
vestigating Committee last week
heard 'V’itnesses relate that gamb
ling, prostitution and illegal liquor
sales were widespread in Port
Arthur and Beaumont. The prob
ers also heard stories of huge
cash payments to law enforcement
officers from unidentified persons.
Port Arthur’s Chief Douglas has
been ill and much of his duties
have fallen to his top assistant,
D. P. Moore.
Douglas testified before the
state crime probers that cash do
nations to him in the last five
years amounted to $65,584. He
said he did not know the source
of the money.
City Manager Brazil, noting
that the commission did not plan
to act immediately, declared:
“That letter—Douglas’ resigna
tion—is addressed to me, not to
you, and I’ll now accept. I’ll also
accept Mr. Moore’s resignation,
and if he doesn’t resign, I’ll fire
him.”
The commission voted to accept
the resignations of both Douglas
and Moore.
But Moore said he had not re
signed, and under city ordinances,
neither the commission nor the
city manager can fire him. That
is a function of the civil service
commission.
Brazil later announced appoint
ment of Detective Chief Glenn
Hammonds as acting head of the
police department. And the city
manager said that he would see
that Moore is suspended until an
investigation is made.
A crowd of citizens, standing in
all available spots and spilling
into corridors, emphasized the
seriousness with which some of
them view the revelations of vice.