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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1961
Number 90
TOWARD UNDERPASS
Council Takes
2 More Steps
By BOB ROBERTS
The much-discussed, oft-delayed FM 60 Underpass un
derwent more discussion Friday night, with the College Sta
tion City Council taking two steps toward making it a re
ality. _ i
First, the council voted imam'- - *
mously on a warrant issue proposal
to raise necessary funds. Second,
they voted to send Ran Boswell,
city manager to Austin this week
to discuss the matter with State
Sen. William T. Moore of Bryan.
The proposed warrant (College
Station Warrant 61) calls for
$100,000 in warrants to be isued
at such time as the city needs
money to acquire rights of way for
the underpass. The purpose of the
warrants is to make funds avail
able without the formality of a
bond election. Boswell said the
proposal does not say the warrants
must be issued; it only makes them
available to raise funds quickly if
needed.
At present, the College Station
city charter does not allow issu
ance of warrants. Consequently,
Boswell went to Austin yesterday
to discuss the matter with Sen.
Moore. To validate the warrants,
Sen. Moore must introduce them
in the legislature in the form of
a local bill.
If the bill is passed (and it prob
ably will be, a floor discussion be
ing all that is required) the war
rants will be available. But fail
ure will necessitate a bond ac
tion, or a city charted revision,
. to raise the funds.
The council began discussion on
■ an acceptance of the Highway De-
Ipartment’s Minute Order concern
ing the underpass. But discussion
Joseph’ A. Orr revealed that sev
eral property lines on the right
of way have yet to be located.
The Minute Order states the
Highway Department will sustain
all building costs and survey-plan
costs if the railroad companies and
other agencies concerned defray all
right of way and grade costs.
As part of the requirements,
College Station must furnish ah
necessary utility adjustments and
all right of way needed for con
struction of the railroad grade
within the city limits before May
1, 1961.
If the warrant bill passes, the
city will still he faced with the
problem of locating property lines.
As the situation now stands, the
council knows some land must be
purchased, but not how much.
It is estimated by engineers that
over a six-foot-wide strip on the
north side of FM 60 will have to
be bought. But' when the final
plans for the underpass are pre
pared, the strip may be less, or
it could be more. According to
Boswell, this is the problem that
faces the City Council.
Because of lack of knowledge of
property lines, no right of way can
be secured. Until the warrant bill
is passed, the city does not have
the funds to purchase the property.
And until the land is purchased,
the Highway Department cannot
consider construction of the under-
was stopped when Major Pro-Tern pass.
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World Wrap-Up
By The Associated Press
West Germans Block Bonn Movement
LONDON—West Germany’s allies have blocked, for the
inoment, Bonn’s request to build larger warships needed in
the missile age, diplomats said Monday night.
Despite support from Gen. Lauris Norstad, the supreme
.‘ Allied commander in Europe, the Western European Union
(council in London unexpectedly held up approval until Bonn
submits more data.
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Gromyko Echoes Peace Bid
WASHINGTON — Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A.
Gromyko at a momentous White House conference Monday
echoed President Kennedy’s bid for a peaceful solution of
the ominous crisis in Laos.
An air of hope, liberally laced with wait-an-see caution,
seemed apparent around the executive mansion after the
hour-long talk.
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Students Invade Florida Play-Ground
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Thousands of high-spiri
ted college students, here on Easter vacations, were warned
Monday the National Guard will be called if they get out of
hand again.
Mayor Edward Johns had announced plans to ask the
City Commission to close down seaside bars until the young
sters go home but said later he’ll wait and see how they be
have from now on.
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Laos Turns To Bier Powers
VIENTIANE, Laos — The pro-Western government of
Laos turned to the big powers and the Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization Monday to settle its'now dormant civil war.
Information Minister Bouavan Norasing said Laos could
not arrange a truce by itself because the rebel Pathet Lao
forces are under obligation to the Soviet Union, which is
supplying most of the rebels’ weapons.
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Liz Taylor Leaves Hospital
NEW YORK — Screen actress Elizabeth Taylor came
home Monday from London, where she suffered a critical
bout with double pneumonia.
Still convalescing, she was carried down the ramp of a
plane in a wheel chair after arriving at Idlewild Field. She
appeared tense, but she smiled faintly and waved to a crowd
of more than 100 onlookers.
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SEATO Mobilizes For Laos Trouble
BANGKOK, Thailand—Foreign ministers of the South
east Asia Treaty Organizations warned Monday they are
ready to make whatever sacrifices are necessary—including
war—to prevent the Communists from capturing Laos.
Dr. Martin Cattoni
. . . Pan American Speaker
Noted Doctor
Pan Am Week
Guest April 14
Dr. Martin Cattoni, Consul of
Paraguay and chairman of the De
partment of Medcine, University of
Texas Dental Branch, will be prin
cipal speaker during Pan Ameri
can Week, delivering a talk at 8
p.m. Friday, April 14 in the As
sembly Room of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Born in Asuncion, Paraguay, Dr.
Cattoni came to the United States
in 1948 to do undergraduate work
in medicine at Northwestern Uni
versity. Prior to this, he had re
ceived the B.S. degree from the
University of .Asuncion in 1933,
and the D.D.S. at the University
of Montevideo in 1936.
The noted speaker has published
many articles on medicine and re
lated topics, both in the United
States and in Latin American
Countries.
Long-Awaited
Spring Recess
Around Corner
The spring recess will begin of
ficially tomorrow at 5 p.m. and
end next Tuesday at 8 a.m.
Students are urged to use great
care in going to and from the col
lege so that they can be here when
classes resume Apr. 4.
Easter Sunday is on Apr. 2 this
year, and Aggies will be attending
Easter Worship Services all over
the state.
Because of the vacation, today’s
issue of The Battalion is the last
one until after the holidays.
The recess marks the last vaca
tion period until the end of the
year and many students are ex
pected to leave early.
Many hometown clubs are plan
ning parties to be held over the
holidays, and most Aggies will
take the opportunity to get out
and kick up their heels. The
spring recess is a bright spot in
the second semester and students
are always ready to get home for
some rest and relaxation.
Engineers Set
Conference On
Relay Hinders
The 14th annual Conference for
Protective Relay Engineers, will
get under way here April 17
through 19.
The conference is sponsored by
the Department of Electrical En
gineering. L. M. Haupt of the De
partment, will chair the confer
ence.
“The purpose of this confer
ence,” Haupt said, “is to provide
an opportunity for the discussion
of joint problems by persons inter
ested in the design, application
and operation of protective relay
equipment as applied to electrical
transmission lines and electrical
machinery.”
Applications Filed By 177
For Class Officer Election
Initial Voting
Slated April 6
By GERRY BROWN
One hundred seventy-seven applications have been offi
cially approved and will be on the ballot for the spring elec
tion of next year’s class officers.
The election is to be held in the Memorial Student Cen
ter Thursday, April 6. Voting machines will be in opera
tion from 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. They will be stretched from
the Bowling Alley to the Fountain Room. ■
Bob Bower, chairman of the Election Commission, has
asked that voters decide on their choices before coming up
to vote. This is asked in order that the voting process will
be speeded up.
Candidates running for class agent of the Class of ’61
are Tom C. Reid, Ernest E. - *
Figari and Halley Oren Brad
ford.
Class of ’62
Juniors running for presi
dent of the Class of ’62 are Mar
ion Mai’tin Walton, John Stephen
Waddell, Jr., Roque Carlos Rodri
guez, Jr., Gardner Doyle Krumrey
and Michehl Roger Gent.
Juniors in the voting for secre-
tarv-treasurer are Gerald L. Webb,
Clifton E. Wolf, Ronald V. Smith,
Charles W. Moore, Jr., William
Royce Miller, Robert A. Miears,
Thomas J. Robert Low, Thomas
William Darney and Jan F. Ahart.
Malcolm B. Strole, William B.
Snead, Richard C. Smith, Charles
James Schwertner, Dean Kyle Pet
tit, Clarence Robert Pennington,
John W. Ham, Joe T. Easley,
Charles Lee Cochran and Cecil D.
Bailey are running for vice presi
dent.
Social Secretary candidates are
Stephen K. Rinard, James Laur
ence Reed, Lynn J. Ratcliff, Flo
rentine Ramirez, Jr., Thomas W.
Powell Johnny M. Martinez, Ben
J. Lednicky, Johnny Burrell Fen-
ley, Patrick K. Crouch and John
Dee Beasley.
Class of ’62 candidates for his
torian are Larry W. Wallace, Tim
othy Allen Pixley, Manley Mc
Gill, Hector X. Garcia, Donald L.
Dodgen, Robert Dodd Bates and
John R. Anthis.
Larry W. Wallace, Charles Wil
liam McClain, Jr., James Trice
(See CANDIDATES On Page 4)
Photo Contest
Deadline
Extended
The deadline for submitting en
tries in the Texas A&M Review
photo contest has been extended
to 5 p.m., April 14.
The decision to extend the clos
ing date was made due to the fact
that the original deadline falls
during the Easter vacation.
This extension will give every
one ap opportunity to make good
use of the holidays. The rules for
the contest will remain the same.
Any student with an ID card is
eligible to enter.
The photo entry may be of any
subject and on any type paper,
but the picture must have been
taken in Texas.
Pries will be $25, $15, and $10,
respectively, for first, second and
third places.
Each entrant should include his
name, mailing address and if de
sired a title for the print. Sub
missions may be left at the Stu
dent Publications Office in the
basement of the YMCA Building.
Winners will be announced in
the pre-summer issue of the Texas
A&M Review and winning photos
will be published at that time.
Those who have not already en
tered the contest, shouldn’t let
this second chance slip by.
ANNOUNCED BY RUDDER
Promotions Listed
College Academic
In Fonr
Schools
Promotions in the Schools of
Agriculture, Arts and Sciences,
Engineering and Veterinary Medi
cine have been announced by
President Earl Rudder. They in
clude :
Agriculture: Animal husbandry,
W. T. Berry, teaching and re
search, assistant professor to
associate professor; Entomology,
J. R. Brazzell, research, associate
professor to professor; Horticul
ture, J. B. Storey, research and
teaching, assistant professor to
associate professor.
Arts and Sciences: Biology,
Lawrence S. Dillon, teaching,
associate professor to professor;
Business Administration, Dan C.
Lowe, teaching, instructor to as
sistant professor; Chemistry, A. F.
Isbell, teaching and research, asso
ciate professor to professor; Ed
ward Meyers and Norman Rose,
teaching, assistant professors to
associate professors.
English, Louis F. Hauer, teach
ing, assistant professor to associ
ate professor; Allen Schrader,
teaching, instructor to assistant
professor; History, J. Claude
Roberts, teaching, assistant pro
fessor to associate professor;
Charles E. Wynes, teaching, in
structor to assistant professor.
OceanogTaphy and Meteorology,
Hugh J. McLellan, research and
Vance E. Moyer, teaching, associ
ate professors to professors; Wil
liam H. Clayton and Guy A.
Franceschini, teaching, assistant
professors to associate professors;
Physics, John P. Decker, teaching,
instructor to assistant professor.
Engineering: Architecture, W.
Graham Horsley and Alan L.
Stacel, teaching, instructors to
assistant professors; Civil Engi
neering, Hardy E. Fairbanks and
Robert M. Olson, teaching, in
structors to assistant professors;
Electrical Engineering, Michael G.
Rekoff, Jr., teaching, assistant
professor to associate professor.
Billie Joe Ball, teaching, instruc-
House Passes First Tax
Measure Of New Session
By The Associated Press
AUSTIN — The Texas House
gave preliminary approval today
to its first tax bill of the session,
a $32.6 million measure aimed at
slashing the state’s deficit in half.
The final vote on the bill (HB
334) is pending.
The House worked through the
afternoon enlarging an original
$7.7 million tax loop hole closing
measure into the major deficit
solving bill. The amended version
was given tentative approval (en
grossment) by an 83-61 vote. How
ever, an effort to get a two-thirds
vote for final consideration failed
90-54.
The bill raises taxes on juke
boxes, air conditioners, and auto
mobile registrations; changes pro
cedures for handling some school
fund incomes and hikes the state
franchise tax.
Total Raise
Rep. Charles Ballman, Borger,
author of the hill and head of the
House Tax Committee, said the
bill would raise about $32.6 million
for 1962 or a total of more than
$42 million for both 1962-1963.
The prelimnary approval was a
victory for Gov. Price Daniel and
Speaker James Turman, whose co-
Baseballers Top SMU, 11-8
alition has plugged throughout the,
session for settlement of the defi
cit before turning to permanent
financing.
The galleries of the House were
crowded throughout the day. Many
were witnesses and spectators in
Austin for a public hearing on
four general sales tax measures.
The hearing began almost immedi
ately after the tax bill vote.
The Senate held only a morning
session, adjourning until Tuesday.
Senators passed 30-0 a proposed
constitutional amendment (SJR8)
setting up a medical care program
for needy persons above 65 years.
By a 10-20 vote, Senators killed
another proposed constitutional
amendment (SJR10) that would
wipe out the State Court of Crim
inal Appeals.
“This thing is just a shell,” pro
tested Rep. Ben Atwell, Dallas,
in arguing against the tax meas
ure. “We’re just shifting money
around.”
“I admit this is not the type of
bill we would like to send to the
Senate,” said Ballman, “but it’s
more than a shell. We can send
some more bills over later.”
“Where’s our major tax bill?”
asked Rep. Ben Jarvis, Tyler. “I
haven’t seen the speaker’s pro
gram and the good Lord knows
the governor doesn’t have one. I
understand a conference was held
at the mansion and it was decided
to send this to the Senate where
a conference committee could put
in the farm to market road fi
nancing. You vote for this and
you will have the ten men of the
conference committee and the
governor writing the tax bill for
you.”
Road Bill Pending
A plan to gain $15 million a
year by changing the financing of
rural road construction is pending
in the House Tax Committee.
Only three major amendments
were made in the original $33,-
152,000 plan presented today by
Ballman. One took $300,000 a
year from the proposal by elim
inating a planned increase in taxes
on bowling alleys. Another drop
ped $290,000 a year by taking off
a plan to eliminate the 2 per cent
discount given liquor distributors
for placing state tax stamps on
liquor.
The third major amendment
added $350,000 a year to the bill
by setting a state motor vehicle
registration minimum fee of $10
for all vehicles of 2,500 pounds or
less. Rep. Lloyd Martin, Norman-
gee, author of the amendment,
said this would cover many for
eign and compact cars which now
pay smaller registration fees than
some motorcycles and motor
scooters because of their limit
weight.
tor to assistant professor; Nuclear
Engineering, Richard E. Wainerdi,
research, associate professor to
professor; Petroleum Engineering,
Paul B. Crawford, research, asso
ciate professor to professor.
Veterinary Medicine: Veterinary
Medicine and Surgery, James H.
Denton and Edwin W. Ellett, teach
ing, assistant professors to associ
ate- professors; Gene W. Cowing
and Harry B. Naylor, teaching,
instructors to assistant professors.
Veterinary Microbiology, Rich
ard W. Moore, research, assistant
professor to associate professor;
John W. Huff and Chester F.
Meinecke, research, instructors to
assistant professors; Veterinary
Pathology, Prank A. Fear, teach
ing, instructor to assistant pro
fessor.
Analog Computer
Added To Center
The U. S. Army Signal Research and Development Lab
oratory, Fort Monmouth, N. J., has authorized A&M to pro
cure a $250,000 general purpose analog computer to be in
stalled at the collegers Data Processing Center, it has been
announced by President Earl Rud-'^
der.
The new computer facility to be
provided by Computer Systems,
Inc. Monmouth Junction, N.J., con
sists of four 5800 DYSTAC analog-
computers. This computer is the
only system with dynamic memory,
high-speed repetitive operation and
time-sharing of computer elements.
Capable of providing up to 500 so
lutions per second, the computer
quickly and economically solves
such problems as: partial differ
ential equations, multiple integra
tion, difference differential equa
tions, etc.
Its addition to existing digital
facilities in the A&M Data Proc
essing Center will give the college
computational capacity and poten
tial unmatched by any other edu
cational institution.
Completion of the installation is
anticipated for June, 1961. The
contract for it was negotiated by
the A&M Research Foundation.
Computer usage for the first
few years is primarily committed
to research in objective meteoro
logical forecasting on USASRDL
contracts with the Department of
Oceanography and Meteorology.
The computer has the capacity ado
quate to handle any known oi- cut-
rently anticipated problem in me.
teorological forecasting- and pro«
vides capabilities for virtually any
known computation techniques.
Student training and industrial
research under the direction of Dr.
William H. Clayton are also
planned.
The 5,800 DYSTAC computer
instantaneously solves such for^
mer “trial-and-error” problems as
automatic optimization, automatic
correlation, data fitting, probabili
ty distribution, Fourier analyses,
convolution and superposition inte<»
grals, eigenvalue, and a host o^
others.
Vets Checks
Now Available
Veterans who are attending
A&M under the G.I. Bill should
sign for their pay at the Veterans’
Advisor’s Office. The forms must
be signed by Apr. 4, according to
Bennie A. Zinn, Veterans’ Advisor.
Junior Sweetheart
Julia Smith, Junior Sweetheart
Julia Smith, a blonde from New Orleans, Saturday night was
elected Junior Sweetheart at the annual Junior Ball and
Banquet in Sbisa Hall. Miss Smith won over four other fin
alists, all natives of the Lone Star State.