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AF General Who Stirred
Congress Coming To A&M
Klin P. Doyle, retired U. S. Air
forte major general, whose recent
social report to the Senate Com-
jittee on Interstate and Foreign
(ommerce raised a furor in both
Congress and the transportation
iodustry, will head a group of
of the nation’s top transporta-
lion experts who will speak at
0 Mar. 27.
The occasion is the third Trans-
(ortation Conference, sponsored by
ilM, the Texas Transportation
Institute and the Institute’s Ad-
bund Observers
Sought For Radar
feather Project
Meteorologists at A&M are seek-
iig volunteer ground observers to
issist in a project to determine
Aether hail storms, tornadoes,
tind storms and heavy rain can
k recognized by the use of radar.
Radar is now being used by the
| S. Weather Bureau as an ex-
jerimental instrument. Severe
dorm warnings are issued only
liter they have been verified by
pound observers.
The A&M scientists need volun
tas living within 200 air miles
([College Station. Observing du-
tis are simple and involve filling
at a post card questionnaire each
lime a thunderstorm occurs in the
ferver’s area.
visory Committee. The confer
ence will be held from 9 a.m.-5:15
p.m. at the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
Gen. Doyle headed a special
staff for the Senate Committee
charged with evaluating govern
mental policies for the transport
industries. His report has caused
some Congressional leaders to talk
in terms of a new department of
transportation and a widespread
overhauling of federal regulatory
acts relating to transportation.
The report grimly predicts that
traffic snarls in the big cities will
get worse, that railroads will lose
further freight business, that
trucking services will decline con
siderably and that the economy
will suffer greatly, in the near
future, unless drastic changes are
made by both government and in
dustry, and soon.
Doyle’s staff pointed out that
in the next fifteen years some 74
billion dollars in federal funds will
probably be ear-marked for var
ious aids to transportation—42
billions of this amount going to
highways, 19 billions to airports
and airways, 12 billions for rivers
and harbors and a little less than
2 billions to the merchant'marine.
At the Texas Transportation
Conference, Gen. Doyle will dis
cuss his special report to the Sen
ate Committee, and its recommen
dations for both the federal reg
ulatory agencies and the transport
industry.
At a noon luncheon, delegates
will hear Paul G. Hoffman, for
mer president of the Studebaker
Corp., wartime head of the Com
mittee on Economic Development,
former president and trustee of
the Foi'd Foundation and now man
aging director, Special Fund, the
United Nations.
Hoffman will discuss the broad-
guaged philosophies of transpor
tation outlined by the late Thomas
H. MacDonald, who was for 34
years chief of the U.S. Bureau of
Public Roads, and who was for
the last four years of his life a
distinguished research engineer for
the Texas Transportation Insti
tute. Hoffman will also discuss
the impact upon Texas’ economy
of the Texas Transportation Insti
tute and plans for the Institute
outlined by MacDonald prior to
his death.
Other speakers at the confer
ence will include A. C. Ingersoll,
Jr., president of Federal Barge
Lines, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., who
will discuss inland waterways and
their relationship to the overall
economy of the nation. Leland
D. Smith, assistant director of
transportation for Stauffer Chem
ical Co., Houston, will speak on
transportation needs of industry.
The conference is under the di
rection of Fred J. Benson, director
of the Texas Transportation Insti
tute, and Gibb Gilchrist, chairman
of the Institute’s advisory commit
tee.
THE BATTALION
March 14, 1961
College Station, Texas
Page 3
MILITARY, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Military Weekend Again Impressive
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Spring Military Day is over, but
thoughts of the various weekend
activities and events will linger in
the minds of over 5,000 partici
pating people for months to come.
Activties got under way Friday
afternoon, with the arrival of Gen.
Clyde D. Eddleman, Vice Chief of
Staff, Department of the Army,
The officer inspected the Ross
Volunteers, honor military guard,
and then attended a reception
given by President Earl Rudder
at 7 p.m.
The Intercollegiate Talent Show,
featuring top acts from five states,
began at 7 p.m. in G. Rollie White
Coliseum, with a large crowd on
hand for the occasion.
The show had 10 acts plus open
ing and closing numbers by the
Kilgore Rangerettes, accompanied
by the Aggieland Orchestra in
stereophonic sound. Presenting the
best in talent selected from 20
colleges, the show lasted for two
hours and was followed by the
Combat Ball and Cafe Rue Pinalle.
Theme of the Combat Ball this
year was “Warfare in the Near
East,” and decorations were in
accordance with the theme.
Also, various “harem girl” and
other Near Eastern costumes
dotted the dance floor, blended
with starched fatigues and polished
combat boots.
Playing for the Combat Ball was
“Cookie and the Cupcakes,” a
rock-n-roll combo from Lake
Charles, La., achieving recent
fame for their recording of “Ma
tilda,” which sold over 1,000,000
copies. The group has recorded
various other numbers, and pro
vided “swinging sounds” from 9
until 12 p.m.
Meanwhile, Cafe Rue Pinalle
was in progress in the Lower
Level of the Memorial Student
Center, featuring “The Jokers,”
dance band from Louisiana State
University, along with three other
ITS performers providing a floor
show for the French night club
setting.
At 1 a.m. breakfast was served
to those still at Cafe Rue Pinalle,
consisting of coffee, orange juice,
donuts and sweet roles.
Saturday was a full day of ac
tivities, with most of the morn
ing marked by rest and sleep,
after a big first night for the
weekend.
At 1:30 p.m. Satruday, more
than 5,000 persons stood by as
the Corps of Cadets marched in
military review during the Spring
Military Day afternoon event.
Taking the salute was Gen. Eddle
man, chief visiting dignitary for
the occasion.
The general and other distin
guished guests had previously
been taken on a tour of the campus
Saturday morning, and were guests
of Cadet Col. of the Corps Syd
Heaton and his staff at a noon
luncheon, along with brigade and
wing commanders. Following the
review, a reception was given by
President and Mrs. Rudder, fol
lowed by an open house and buffet
supper.
The annual Military Ball, be
ginning at 9 p.m., ended the
activities for Spring Military Day,
being held in Sbisa Hall with
music provided by the Buddy
Brock Orchestra from Houston.
Decorations were ultra-modern,
consisting of mobiles, rock gardens
and multi-colored lights cast on
the hall filled with striking uni
forms and flowing formats.
The ball ended at 12 p.m., termi
nating one of the most active
weekends of the year at A&M.
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Rhea H. Williams
. . . speaks tonight in Coliseum
i&M Senior Only
Texan In Exchange
Joe Wilson, an outstanding Cot-
fcCounty 4-H Club member prior
bills college days, will be the only
Itxan participating in the 1961
iternational Farm Youth Ex-
(iange. He has been assigned to
if group visiting Ireland-North-
® Ireland.
The state 4-H Club office an-
Hincement also stated that Wil-
fn was the first Texas partici-
Xit in the program since 1954.
ffl'E, they said, is a 4-H Club
Uple-to-people program conduct-
^by the Cooperative Extension
We and the National 4-H Club
fiundation. Forty states will
delegates this year and in
bin will be hosts for the foreign
Mi who visit the United States.
The exchange is financed by the
Wary contributions of 4-H
members and leaders, busi
es and industrial firms, founda-
tos and interested individuals,
fte state share of Joe’s expenses
til come from funds provided by
Texas 4-H Club Recognition
Wit tee.
Joe is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Grover R. Wilson, Rt. 3, Paducah;
is a senior student at A&M, ma
joring in agricultural education
and has completed 9 years of out
standing 4-H Club work in his
home county. For the past four
years he has been a member of
the Collegiate 4-H Club at A&M
and currently is serving as its
president.
UIL Director
To Address
PE Majors
Rhea H. Williams, assistant di
rector of the University Interschol
astic League and director of ath
letics of the University Interschol
astic League, will speak to the
health and physical education ma
jors at a special meeting tonight
at 7:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
The public is invited to attend
the address by Williams.
Williams graduated from Clarks
ville High School after lettering
in football, basketball and baseball.
He attended Southern Methodist
University and lettered three years
in basketball and baseball.
After graduation, Williams
served as principal and coach at
Avery High School and Franklin
High School and as director of
of health and physical education
at Pan Amei’ican College in Edin
burg and at Southwestern Univer
sity in Georgetown. He then en
tered the Navy before he returned
to the University of Texas where
he received his PhD. While in
Austin, he served as assistant to
the director of the UIL for 14
months. He later went to North
Texas State College as a professor
of health and physical education
before accepting the present posi
tion of state director of the UIL.
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President’s Reception
. . . Gen. Eddieman greets guests
The Popular Kilgore Rangerettes
. . . open and close Intercollegiate Talent Show
Reception For Visitors
Gen. Eddleman talks with Col. Davis, cadet leaders
JFK Urges Latin American
Support For Improvements
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WASHINGTON—President Ken
nedy summoned all of Latin
America Monday night to join
this nation in a vast 10-year plan
to spread hope, freedom and a
better life through the Western
Hemisphere.
The United States, Kennedy
pledged, will do its part “to com
plete the revolution of the Amer
icas—to build a hemisphere where
all men can hope for the same
high standard of living—and all
can live out their lives in dignity
and in freedom.”
But, the President cautioned,
great dangers as well as great
challenges lie ahead, because of
“alien forces which once again
seek to impose the despotisms of
the old world on the people of the
new.”
At the same time, he repeated
words of special friendship for
the people of Cuba and the Do
minican Republic—with which the
United States has broken diplo
matic relations. He added his hope
they “will soon rejoin the society
of free men, uniting with us in
our common effort.” This com
mon effort, he said, must be in the
direction of eliminating “tyranny
from a hemisphere in which it has
no rightful place.”
The new administration’s major
pronouncement on policy toward
Latin America was delivered by
Kennedy at a reception in the
East Room of the White House.
Some 250 persons were invited—
the Latin - American diplomatic
corps and wives, representatives
to the Organization of American
States, members of the administra
tion and of Congress particularly
concerned with relations with the
nations to the south.
No representatives of Cuba or
the Dominican Republic were in
vited.
Kennedy’s talk came as a pre
view of a special message he is
to send to Congress Tuesday. In
that he is expected to cover some
what the same ground but with
more specific recommendations for
legislation.
Beyond saying he’d start spend
ing an already-projected $500-
million Latin-American aid fund
as soon as Congress votes it, Ken
nedy made no mention of costs
for the long-term under-taking.
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STRENGTH
IN EXPERIENCE
District Attorney, Dallas County,
two terms, 1946-50; Associate
Justice, Supreme Court of Texas,
1950-56; Attorney General of
Texas, 1956 and now serving.
ACCOMPLISHMENT
Won in I960 for Texas school
children clear title to their two
million acres of Tidelands;
Chosen the outstanding attorney
general of the nation in I960
by National Association of At
torneys General; Received na
tionwide acclaim for his
against loan sharks, quack doc
tors and syndicated gambling,
anti-trust violation and organ
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BACKGROUND
In combat during World War
II commanded field artillery
battalion in the Philippines;
decorated for leading volunteer-
patrols behind enemy lines; ac
cepted surrender of General
Yamashita's forces.
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