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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1961
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Junior Class Bali, Banquet
Top Weekend Social Events
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
The Class of ’62 will reign over
social events this weekend, with
the Junior Banquet and Prom
scheduled for tomorrow night in
Sbisa Hall.
Festivities will begin with a
reception from 2-4 p.m. in the
Assembly Room of the Memorial
Student Center. Refreshments
and music will be provided for the
afternoon event, with the reception
Extending onto the terrace out
side the Assembly Room.
At 6:30, the Junior Banquet will
k served in Sbisa Hall with
Thomas E. Turner, Chief of the
Central Texas News Bureau, Dal
las Morning News, as speaker.
Turner, originally from Hills-
loro where he graduated from
high school, was editorial assist
ant and columnist for The Daily
Texan at the University of Texas
while a student in 1941-42. Soon
after, he joined the staff of the
Dallas Morning News where he
las remained.
Malcolm Hall, president of the
Junior Class, is in charge of the
banquet and reception.
The Junior Prom will get under
lay at 9 p.m., lasting until 12
Jiidnight with music provided by
Jimmy Simon’s Orchestra, a popu
lar musical group from Houston.
Special feature for the prom is
])resentation of the Junior Sweet
heart; five finalists have been de
termined for sweetheart, and she
will be selected during an inter
mission at the prom. The selection
is under the direction of Cecil
Bailey, Junior Class social secre
tary.
Finalists include Misses Sydney
Stoughton, from Houston, escorted
by Benny Gillis of Leggett Hall;
Kay Millit, of Dallas, escorted by W
Bill Green of Dormitory 12; Julia Bl
Jo Smith, of New Orleans, escorted ||B||
by Monty E. Retallack, of Dormi-
tory 7; Kathy Rawson, of Houston,
escorted by Tommy Alexander of
Dormitory 16, and Sharon Silk of
Dallas, escorted by Kent Ellis.
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A second feature of the ball will
be the • decorations, under the
direction of Roque Rodriguez,
Junior Class vice president.
Across the dancing floor of
Sbisa will be a water stream, flow
ing from the kitchen out the side
door. Two bridges have been built
for Juniors and their dates to
cross, and above will be a revolv
ing college colored, lighted ball.
Japanese lanterns will be hanging
from the ceiling, a colored flood
lights will cast glows throughout
the ball room.
Charlie Moore, class secretary-
treasurer, has been a charge of
ticket sales. Banquet ducats went
off sale Wednesday, and Prom
tickets will be on sale until 12
midnight Saturday.
Kathy Rawson
. . . Houston
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World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
JFK Calls For Peaceful Laos Solution
WASHINGTON — President Kennedy stepped into the
ncendiary Laotian situation Thursday night with word that
“I know every American will want this country to honor its
gations” to the strife-torn kingdom in Southeast Asia.
In a news conference, Kennedy called for a peaceful so-
ution “at the conference table and not on the battlefield.”
said there “must be a cessation of the present armed at
tacks” by Communist forces against the pro-Western Lao
tian government.
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Stevenson Urges African Initiative
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—Adlai E. Stevenson Thurs
day called on the new African nations to seize the initiative
jn developing a broad aid program, “by, of, and for Africa.”
ti 6 said it should be divorced from the cold war, and pledged
support of the Kennedy administration to it.
. But the chief U. S. delegate clashed immediately with |
hja Wachuku, Nigerian economics minister, who demanded |
concrete proposals “that are not intended to hoodwink any- :
boc W that are not intended to me'smerize us.”
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Roberts Leaves Senate Race
AUSTIN—One of the best known of the so-called un- j
jown candidates battling the Big Six for a runoff slot in :
l 16 special Senate election bowed out Thursday. The sue- j
jnct summation of State Rep. Wesley Roberts: “It was like :
■ghting a world war with a confederate rifle.” Roberts an-
Dounced on the House floor he is giving his support to in-
erim U. S. Sen. William Blakley.
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^ S., Britain Propose New Nuclear Program
.GENEVA —The United States and Britain asked the
? 0vie t Union Thursday to join them in a program of peace-
u* nuclear explosions designed to give the world more safe
urbors and make deserts bloom. The Soviet delegate took
ai m view of the idea.
, Thg proposal was advanced by the American delegate,
‘ Ghur H. Dean, at a 17-minute meeting of the nuclear wea-
P 0ri s test suspension conference. Dean declared nuclear
J^'er deployed for peaceful uses would provide great bene-
uts for all mankind—not just for the three atomic powers.
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Portugal Walks Out of U. N.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—Portugal walked out of the
'WV General Assembly Thursday to protest against a pro-
Posal for debate on the situation in the Portuguese West
Bican territory of Angola.
nn i^ e assern bly ignored the protest and approved the pio-
F° s al, sponsored by 40 African and Asian countries and prev-
C' s y endorsed by the assembly’s 21-nation Steering Gom-
, “ ee - The vote to put the subject on the agenda was 79--.
^abstentions.
Sydney Stroughton
. . . Houston
Maddox Wins
Cattleman’s
Top Award
L. A. Maddox, Jr., animal hus
bandman for the Texas Agricul
tural Extension Service, Tuesday
was presented the Texas and
Southwestern Cattle Raisers As
sociation’s highest award. He was
the recipient of their first “Beef
Cattle Award” for outstanding
service to the beef cattle industry.
The award was presented in Ft.
Worth during the Association’s
annual meeting by First Vice
President Leo Welder of Victoria.
Maddox is a native of Roberts
County and was first employed by
the Extension Service in Septem
ber, 1954, as associate county ag
ricultural agent in District 1 with
headquarters, at Amarillo. His
primary responsibility was to ini
tiate a demonstration program on
beef cattle performance testing.
He was transferred to the head
quarters staff in June, 1956, as
animal husbandman and immedi
ately launched the testing program
on a much wider scale. Maddox
has received national recognition
for his work in beef cattle per
formance testing.
The award winner holds a BS
degree from A&M in animal hus
bandry and currently is on leave
completing work for a master's
degree. He is doing his graduate
work at A&M.
Kay Millet
. Dallas
Julia Smith
. . New Orleans
Forty Seniors
Slate Tour
Of Houston
Forty senior students majoring
in agricultural economics and rural
sociology will make an annual visit
to Houston next week for a two-
day inspection of the financial and
commercial institutions serving
agriculture in the Port City.
Accompanying the group will
be Dr. Tyrus R. Timm, Head of
the Department of Agricultural
Economics and Sociology; Dr. A. B.
Wooten and Dr. K. R. Tefertiller,
professors of agricultural econom
ics.
The group will be guests of the
Bank of the Southwest, Southern
Pacific Railroad, Port of Houston,
Anderson-Clayton and Port City
Stockyards. While in Houston
they will make their headquarters
at the Shamrock-Hilton.
Their itinerary the first day will
include a visit and seminar at the
Bank of the Southwest, an inspec-
j
tion of the Southern Pacific’s En
glewood Freight Yards, a tour of
Houston and the channel.
The second day will include a
seminar on world trade in cotton
and a tour of Anderson-Clayton
Co.’s facilities, and a tour of the
marketing facilities of the Port
City Stockyards.
Pakistan Importance
Stressed At Meeting
President Speaks:
To Student Group
By GERRY BROWN
The A&M Chapter of the Pakistan Students Associa
tion of America held their annual Pakistan Day Celebration
last night in the Memorial Student Center. Welcoming the
guests was M. Ahmad, president of the Pakistan Student
group on the A&M campus.
One of the high points of the evening’s program was
an address by President Earl Rudder. The subject of his
talk was “The Strategic and Political Importance of Pakis
tan to the Survival of the Free World.”
In his address President Rudder pointed out that Pakis
tan is one of the most important countries in many respects
in the area of South and Southeast Asia.
He went on to describe the - * -
fact that divided into two
completely separate areas,
Pakistan is bordered by Iran,
Afghanistan, Red China, In
dia and Burma. In its position
it is one of the outposts of free
dom.
President Rudder then related
Pakistan’s importance to the de
fense of the western world as a
deterrent to an all-out Red push
in Southeast Asia. Pakistan’s
membership in the Baghdad Pact
and Southeast Asia Treaty Organ
ization were listed by President
Rudder as showing the active par
ticipation that Pakistan has en
gaged* in the defense measures of
the free world.
Steps Forward
Following President Rudder’s
address Dr. Jack D. Grey, Coordi
nator of Foreign Programs, gave a
short talk on recent steps that
Pakistan has made in its march
forward.
Grey listed Pakistan’s greatest
advancements as occurring in
three main areas. These were
Pakistan’s basic democracies pro
gram, its improvements in the
field of government administra
tion and its education development
programs.
Other items on the evening’s
program were a talk by A. Ahmed
concerning “Pakistan Today” and
a Pakistanian Dance by Mrs. A.
Ahmed. The entertainment was
rounded out with the presentation
of two songs. These were sung
by M. A. Quddus and Mrs. A.
Ahmed.
Concluding the program was a
film concerning a visit which Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower made to
Pakistan during his second term
as president.
Following the film was a social
hour with refreshments being
served. During this time several
tables containing various items of
Pakistanian clothing, metal work
and hand carved articles of wood
were displayed.
During the 1959-60 school year
Pakistan had 534 students study
ing in the United States. A&M
had a total of 26 Pakistanian stu
dents in the fall semester and now
has 18 of these students studying.
Sunday Easter
Egg Hunt Plans
Now Complete
Five hundred happy children
will be the main ingredient in the
annual Easter Egg Hunt to be
held Sunday afternoon by the Col
lege Apartment Council.
The hunt, which starts at 3 p.m.,
will be held in Hensel Park and
will last approximately one hour.
Thf. children will be divided into
three age groups so that all chil
dren will have an equal chance in
the hunt.
In addition to. the usual candy
eggs for the children to find,
there will be various large plastic
eggs scattered over the area. Each
of these plastic eggs will hold a
number.
These eggs will be good for
special gift prizes; the child who
finds a plastic egg will exchange
it and the number it contains for
a prize or for a gift certificate at
the starting point of the hunt.
Each child is requested to bring'
his own basket or sack in which
to carry the eggs he finds, and all
children in the hunt will receive
eggs. There will be over 2,000
candy Easter eggs placed in the
park.
The hunt is an activity furnished
by the purchase of tl|e Student
Government Activity Card.
Marines Move
Toward Laos
By The Associated Press
BANGKOK, Thailand—U. S. Marines and units of the
7th Fleet were on the move in the Far East Thursday, rais
ing - the belief they are on alert in event of an East-West
showdown over Laos.
Military strategists of the anti-"^
Communist Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization held a secret six-
hour conference and reportedly
heard U. S. Adm. Harry D. Felt
once again urge them to “get
tough.”
Washington imposed one of the
strictest security clampdowns on
military movements since the Ko
rean War but it was obvious
something was up.
The aircraft carrier Midway and
two destroyers steamed out of
Hong Kong with a few hours’
notice just after dawn. Other 7th
Fleet units in the South China Sea
—with 1,400 Marines aboard—
were reported moving toward the
Indochina coast.
Leave Film
Two thousand Marines taking
part in a movie being filmed in
Tokyo were suddenly shipped out,
leaving the film company without
troops for a big combat scene.
There was no official word on
the destination of the Marines,
who are based on Okinawa, and
officials said only that their de
parture was a “routine operational
readiness test to see how fast
they could get from one location
to another on short notice.”
A responsible source at the
SEATO meeting said a U. S. Ma
rine maintenance unit of 100-150
men is being sent to Udorn, Thai
land, 50 miles south of the Laotian
administrative capital of Vietiane,
to service helicopters supplying
the royal army.
There were reports the pro-
Communist Pathet Lao offensive
in central Laos continued to gain
ground even though the govern
ment commander, Gen. Phoumi
Nosavan, publicly assured King
Saving Vathana the royal army
“uncontestably now is the master
of the situation.”
Thailand’s defense minister, Gen.
Thanom Kittikachorn, said he
learned the rebels captured the
government stronghold of Muong
Kassy and attacked north toward
the royal capital of Luang Pra-
bang.
Cut in Half
The rebels, carrying Soviet
arms under the guidance of Com
munist “advisers,” have cut Laos
nearly in half.
The defense minister said as
many as 14 Communist North
Vietnamese battalions are in rebel-
held areas of Laos. He did not
reveal the source of this informa
tion or say how many men 14
battalions represented.
How far the United States goes
in matching the Communist build
up appeared to hinge on Soviet
Premier Khrushchev’s reaction to
an urgent appeal for an immedi
ate cease-fire.
British Ambassador Sir Frank
Roberts delivered a note to the
Soviet Foreign Ministry in Moscow
saying Britain accepts the Soviet
proposal for an international con
ference on Laos—if the Soviet
Union helps secure an effective
truce.
The note—delivered after con
sultation with the United States—
proposed that the British and
Soviet foreign ministers appeal to
Laos’ warring factions to stop
fighting. If the appeal was suc
cessful, the note said, an Indian-
Canadian-Polish control commis
sion should go into Laos to super
vise the truce.
Barber Connects For Homer
Adventure Series
To Begin Monday
Sharon Silk
. . . Dallas
The first discussion meeting for
participants in the Great Adven
tures Series has been set for 7:30
p.m., Monday.
More than 160 persons regis
tered to read Sinclair Lewis’s
Elmer Gantry” and have been di
vided into nine discussion groups,
according to Tony Giardina, presi
dent of the Arts & Sciences Stu
dent Council, program sponsors.
Groups were arranged whereby
the meeting place will be the
lounge of one dorm in the group.
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Each discussion group will have
approximately 17 participants and
a discussion coordinator will meet
for one hour, Giardina said.
Dorms 1, 2, 3, 4 will meet in
Dorm 1; 5, 6, 7 will meet in Dorm
6; 8, 10, 12 will meet in Dorm 10;
9, 11 will meet in Dorm 9; 14, 17
will meet in Dorm 14; 15, 16 will
meet in Dorm 15.
Civilian Dorms Mitchell, Legett,
Milner will meet in Legett; Law
and Walton will meet in Walton;
and Puryear and Hart will meet
in Puryear.
Giardina said dates for the
second and final meetings are
Thursday, April 27, and Monday,
May 15.
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Outfielder, Pitcher, Slugger
Big Bryon Barber, who shuttled between sota Gophers, swats a seventh-inning homer
the outer-gardens and the pitcher”s mound to account for the final Aggie run. See the
in yesterday’s losing effort to the Minne- complete story on Page 4.