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! L 7 !/ RARY 12 COPIES The Battalion Volume 69 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1961 Number 55 n e Aggi zz ‘ w — "jBianchi Named = To Speak At Symposium fies J r i!E. A. Bianchi, general manager of the Mason-Neilan Division, VG Wprthingtjon Corp., Norwood, Mess., wifi deliver a major address Jan. 25 at 10:25 a.m. He will speak at the 16th annual symposium on Infetrumentation for the Process Industries, to be held Jan. 25-27. | He will talk on “The Challenge of Foreign Competition,” Dr. J. D. Lindsay of the Department of Chemical Engineering, which will fek conduct the symposium, announced yesterday. I January Commissioning Speaker ^ ... Col. Jasper N. Bell Professor Moore -To Present Paper TAt Seminar 9 5 9 9 'Clarence A. Moore, a professor jin the Department of Agricultural Economics and Sociology, will pre sent a technical paper at the Sem inar of Southern Agricultural (leaders Jan. 23-26 at Raleigh, N. C. s ‘ The subject of Professor Moore’s paper is “The Long Term Competi- (tive Position of Grain Production in the South.” AIR BASE COMMANDER Commissioning Speaker Named The commander of Connally Air Force Base at Waco has accepted an invitation to deliver the address at commis sioning exercises here Jan. 21, Col. Jasper N. Bell, a command pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours, will speak to't the 78 applicants for commissions. There are 52 applications for Army Reserve commissions, 2 ap plicants for Regular Army commis sions, 22 applicants for Air Force Reserve commissions, one for a Navy Reserve comniission and one for a U.S. Public Health Service commission. The ceremonies will take place in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Georgia Native Bell is a native of Georgia and a graduate of flying training from the Army Air Corps in 1931. His present assignment is Wing Com mander, James Connally Air Force Base, Waco. During World War II Bell served overseas in Puerto Rico, Brazil, Northern Burma and India. From 1944 to 1946 he served as chief of the Airborne Liaison Branch, Requirements Division, Headquarters Army Air Corps. After that assignment he was chief of the Logistics Division of the Air War College at Maxwell World Wrap-Up I I 5 town crest By The Associated Press Laotians Continue Bombing Rebels VIENTIANE, Laos—Laotian pilots raided rebel lines Thursday for the second day in a row, flying four hastily armed obsolete training planes supplied by the United States. The biggest battle of Laos' six-year-old civil war was believed shaping up. ★ ★ ★ Cubans Plan “Victory Parade” HAVANA—Cuba turned from the task of repulsing a “Yankee invasion” that never came to planning a victory parade to demonstrate support for Prime Minister Fidel Castro’s revolutionary government. ★ ★ ★ Uruguay Expels Two As “Unwelcome” MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay—The Cuban ambassador and the first secretary of the Soviet Embassy here are being ex pelled from Uruguay as persona non grata unwelcome, a high government source said Thursday night. ★ ★ ★ Khrushchev Threatens Party Leader MOSCOW—Premier Khrushchev has bawled out the Communist party chief in the great grain-producing Ukraine for lying about corn production, warning, “You will pay for this lack of leadership.” Air Force Base. He held this post until 1949. Armed Forces Graduate Bell graduated from the Indus trial College of the Armed Forces in June of 1950. He was then as signed to the office of Inspector General at Kelly and Norton Air Force Bases until 1953. His next job was as commander of the 7300th Material Control Group at Chateauroux, France and at Wiesbaden, Germany. In 1954 Bell was appointed com mander of the U. S. Air Force Base at Burtonwood, England. In 1956 he became deputy com mander of Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Bell’s service prior to the war was primarily with operational bombardment units. i His decorations include the Le gion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Commenda tion Ribbon. Cagers Seek To Increase SWC Lead Against Tech Leading Ags Face Runner-Up Tonite Today is Friday the Thirteenth and the Cadet Cagers will play their 12th basketball game of the year as they meet Texas Tech in Lubbock. Tech seems to be the surprise team of the Southwest Conference since they are riding in the second place seat along with Texas and Rice University. All three teams have a 2-1 conference record with Texas knocking Tech out of a tie with the Aggies for first place last Tuesday -night in Austin. Texas’ loss was to Texas Christian in a game that went through four overtime periods. So far this season Tech has been led by Del Ray Mounts and Harold Hudgens. Mounts* is in the number five spot of SWC scoring with a 17 point average and Hudgens ranks 14th with a 14 point average. Hudgens presents a big threat to the Cadets since he is 6-9 and weighs 200 pounds. Impressive Win A&M is fresh from an impres sive win over the Arkansas Razor- backs in G. Rollie White. In this last game the Aggies were polished in every phase of the game as a crowd of 6,500 were present. When Coach Bob Rogers learned about the much better than average crowd he said, “I don’t see why anyone would have missed a game like that, I even would have paid to get^ in if I. had to.” Tuesday night the Aggie, scor ing ace, Carroll Broussard tossed in 37 points to break the school scoring record and also put him self in the lead for the SWC. Broussard is now averaging - 30 points in three conference outings. His closest contender is Steve Strange of SMU with 24.7. Pat Stanley is also among the leading conference scorers with a 15 point average. Local Aggie fans will be able to hear tonight’s ballgame o v e r j KORA in Bryan. A short pre-1 game broadcast will begin at 7:55 j and the game will get under way at 8. Also Monday night’s game between Texas and A&M will be broadcast. Elsewhere in the SWC tonight, Texas will meet the Baylor Bears in Waco. Saturday’s action finds Rice at Arkansas and SMU at TCU. German Fete Scheduled By UN Club A program of German music, poetry and dances will be pre sented tonight to members and guests of the United Nations Club at 7:30 in the YMCA Building. A social hour has also been planned after the conclusion of the program. On the program are folk songs by Anneliese Gofer, Carola Felz, Vera Sorg, Ursula Adams, Trudie Adams and Mrs. H. E. Fietze. The poetry of J. W. V. Goethe will be read by Miss Adams. Piano music will be supplied by Mrs. Sue Medlen while color slides of South and West Germany and an exhibition of German arts and crafts will be shown. Translations of all songs and poetry will tie furnished. Radiation Lecture Slated Here Tonight “Radiation and Aging,” will be discussed in a graduate lecture to night at 8 p.m. in the Biological Sciences lecture room. The public is invited. The speaker, Dr. Leo K. Bustad, is manager of the Experimental Animal Farm, Biology Laboratory, General Electric Co., Richland, Wash. “The possible adverse effects of radiation upon biological phenome na, including aging, have received a great deal of publicity since the rather widespread testing and ex plosion of nuclear weapons and atomic devices,-” Dr. Wayne C. Hall, Dean of the College’s Gradu ate School, said today, in making the announcement of the lecture. Considerable Alarm The attendant problem of nu clear fallout created by this ex periment has caused considerable alarm, Hall says. “The exact cause or causes of aging in cells and living systems are still unknown. Many factors influencing the aging process are known and several hypotheses at tempting to explain the phenome non have been proposed. It is on ly natural that the possible associ ation between nuclear fallout, ion izing radiation and aging would receive attention,” says Hall. Bustad was born and received his education in the state of Wash ington. He received his BS de gree, MS and DVM from the State College of Washington in 1941, 1948 and 1949, respectively. His PhD was awarded by the School of Medicine, University of Wash ington in 1960. From 1949 to the present time he has served as Man- (See LECTURE on Page 3) TO INAUGURATION Band Rejects Parade Invite The 261-Piece Aggie Band has turned down an invitation to participate in the inaugural parade in Washington Jan. 20. The decision came following a final rejection by the Depart ment of Defense for air transportation for the trip. The Band was in readiness to-f — go. Plans had been made for raising of the $6,000 to $8,000, necessary for meals and costs other than transportation. It was a great disappointment to both Band members and to the College to learn that the Defense Department would not provide Air Force trans portation for the world-famous band. Original Hopes Original hopes were that Air Force Reserve units from Texas would be able to fly the Aggie band members to Washington. The Band, under the direction of Lt. Col. E. V. Adams, agreed to accept the invitation to participate, if extended, on this basis. Due to final examinations being sched uled at the time of the Presidential inauguration, flying was consid ered the necessary mode of trans portation. Commercial rates had been checked and revealed an approxi mate cost of $30,000. This figure, coupled with the additional esti mate of $6,000 to $8,000 for other expenses, would have upped the total cash outlay to $36,000 to $38,000. At a meeting of a College com mittee yesterday, composed of stu dents, staff members and former students, it was unanimously agreed that the money was an ex cessive amount to raise in the short time following the final turn-down for transportation by the Defense Department Jan. 9. Invitation Extended The invitation to participate in the parade was extended to the College by Byron Skelton of Temple, National Democratic Ex ecutive Committeeman from Texas. Th^ College expressed apprecia tion yesterday to Skelton, to Vice- President-elect Lyndon B. Johnson, Congressman Olin Teague and to Cliff Carter of the Johnson staff for the invitation and for their efforts in trying to secure air transportation for the Aggie Band. In a wire to Johnson, President Earl Rudder said: “We are great ly disappointed that the Band can not accept the invitation to march in the inaugural parade. Our ac ceptance was predicated from tlw beginning on transportation by Air Force. Upon learning defin itely on Jan. 9 that such trans portation was not available, we reluctantly concluded that the in vitation could not be accepted. We are deeply grateful to you for the invitation and your interest and efforts on behalf of Texas A&M.” President Rudder expressed sim ilar regrets and thanks in a letter to Skelton. Four Freshmen Present‘Blend’ By TOMMY HOLBEIN The sounds of smooth jazz blended with perfect harmony filled G. Rollie White Coliseum last night, as the Four Freshmen performed at Town Hall before a crowd estimated numbering well over a thousand. Mixing their superior musical ability with wholesome humor, the vocal group, dubbed as number one across the nation, presented a full two hours of entertainment. Their program was a splendid balance of fast and slow, haunting melo dies taken from the long list of albums they have recorded for Capitol Records since their start in professional entertainment ten years ago. Continuous hushed silences fell over the audience as the Four Freshmen sang favorites like “Poinsiana,” “Fools Rush In,” and “It’s a Blue World.” Spectators also swayed in rhythm -during quicker-tempoed numbers, includ ing “Route 66,” “Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World,” and “I’m In the Mood for This Oc- Soviet Charges Of Spying Expand By The Associated Press MOSCOW—Charges that U. S. warplanes are buzzing Soviet ships were expanded by the Soviet Union Thursday to other nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. British, French, Canadian, Norwegian and Danish ships or planes were accused by Viktor♦ Bakayev, Soviet merchant marine minister, of shadowing Soviet ves sels or swooping down over them on missions of photography or har assment. The Russians have often made such charges against the United States alone. “These provocations,” he told a news conference, “were of syste matic nature and were undertaken obviously on instructions from the U. S. War Department and with the knowledge and encouragement of the Eisenhower administration.” He charged that the incidents were aimed at preventing the de velopment of Soviet shipping and intimidating Soviet airmen. He warned that the Russians have “the strength and means” to in sure the safety of their shipping in international waters. Bakayev went into considerable detail. He displayed a map pur porting to pinpoint more than 200 simulated attacks by U. S. aircraft on Soviet merchant, research and fishing ships during the last five months of 1960 in the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, South China Sea and elsewhere. Bakayev charged a Canadian Lancaster bomber makes regular trips every few weeks to photo graph Soviet North Pole Station No. 7, a scientific post on an ice floe in the Polar Sea. He showed what he said was a picture of the Canadian plane just a few yards off the Soviet station. Today Is Friday, the Thirteenth The Four Freshmen Presenting ... “a unique blend” tober.” The group produced their own accompaniment with guitar, drums, bass violin, and alternating brass instruments such as trombone, trumpet and mellophone. Versatility well describes the “Freshmen,” for they were con stantly changing around on the various instruments. All did equally well on all instruments, in addition to the blended singing which holds unquestionable quality recognized nationally and interna tionally. Spicing the entire show with his wit and humor was Bob Flanni- gan, “Mr. Casual, himself,” who made love to his bass fiddle, made jibes at his comrades and the au dience, and kept everyone laughing throughout the performance. During the first half of the show, the group was attired in blue and grey sports apparel, with white .shirts and ties. But after the intermission, they ensued on stage wearing bright red tux coats, black bow ties, and black pants. “We just wanted to open the eyes of the few that always fall asleep during the first half of the show,” said Ross Barbour, drum mer for the group, following the performance. Immediately after the last num ber and their prompt exit, the four were swamped with auto graph seekers of all ages, from four to forty. They most willingly obliged signing card-size pictures of themselves for over a hundred people who flocked backstage to “see them up close.” Following the signing, the “Four Freshmen” drove on to Houston where they boarded a plane for their next performance in Chicago, leaving behind fond memories for all who saw them.