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^agiie r ‘> one McKin. M Ply out the ' s once ; '1 in. H. L, i'ee f w e > while -ed two a total :h like. Humphrey, Hruska Open SC ON A The Battalion Volume COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1961 Number A two-car collision yesterday iming at the corner of Hubbard id Spencer streets sent two A&M Qdents to hospitals. A third stu nt was not hospitalized. In Bryan’s St. Joseph Hospital ‘Danny R. Mason, a seventh year lication major who lives at •1-B, Hensel. Treated at the Col- fe Hospital and later released ns Henry L. Allen, ‘65 electrical lilgineering major from Bryan. Uninjured was James C. Riggs, a engineering major from College tation. Mason’s physician said yesterday ilernoon a cut lip was his only aown injury. Hospital attendants iraied his condition “satisfactory” td added that he is being held for mther observation. a ** IM Wrecked Autos Draw Onlookers Curious students gather around the scene of an accident yesterday that sent Danny R. Mason and Henry L. Allen, loth A&M students, to area hospitals. Allen’s 1962 Ford tnd the 1960 Volvo driven by Mason were both heavily lamaged. (Photo by Johnny Herrin) JHIRD NOT HURT Two Students Hurt In Campus Crash ISC Leaders Set Plans For Austin Meeting A delegation of 16 Memorial Student Center student activity fiogram leaders is going to the University of Texas Saturday to ittend the annual Association of College Unions Convention for re- Jion nine. The group will be headed by Hike Schneider, president of the 'ISC Council. The students leaders’ meeting Kill be an effort to discuss and solve problems confronting student ooions on various campuses. "Since A&M is recognized as one olthe leaders in this field,” Schnei- fcsaid, “the Association has ask- *il two of our representatives to load group discussions.” "The Union: A Flexible Force ® a Changing World” is the feneral topic of the discussion. Schneider will lead the discussion oa “The Union’s Role in Inter national Understanding,” and Bill Cashiola, chairman of the MSC Wing committee, will be in (large of the discussion on bowl- iag programs. The meeting is not to be all *ork. Following committee reports Friday the representatives will Hake a trip up Lake Austin via Texas-size canoes” for a picnic aad entertainment. Several previous injuries suffer ed by Mason were determinnig factors in the uncertainty of his injuries, the doctor added. College Hospital officials said Allen was examined and released, with no apparent injuries. The accident occured as a 1960 Volvo driven by Mason was travel ing east on Hubbard Street, and Allen’s 1962 Ford was heading south on Spencer Street. The cars collided at the intersec tion, sending the Volvo onto the front lawn of the Animal Industry Building and propelling the Ford onto the curb and against a stop sign. The driver’s side on the Volvo was extensively damaged. William H. Hood, a seventh year education student from College Station, owned the Volvo. Mason had carried Hood to the Academic Building and was en route to the College Golf Course when the ac cident occured. East Germans Steal Train, Flee Commies BERLIN (AP) — A group of East Germans led by a daring young railroad engineer stole an East German train last night and drove it at high speed past startled Com munist guards into West Berlin. The locomotive and eight cars, carrying 32 persons, roared past the East German guards at 50 miles an hour and screened to a halt three-fourths of a mile in side the Western sector, West Ber lin police reported. Harry Deterling, the 28-year-old engineer, his 18-year-old fireman and 23 passengers-all friends and relatives-announced they were re fugees from communism and would not return to East Germany. Seven others, including the angry train conductor, chose to return to the Communist sector. Earlier a company of U. S. troops crossed Red-ruled East Ger many unhindered despite concern aroused by vague Communist threats of dangerous consequenc es. The hijacked train was driven over trackage unused by passenger trains since the Communists start er building their wall through Ber lin Aug. 13. East Germany oper ates the railroads both inside and outside of Berlin. Deterling told a 1’eporter he had heard the line would be blocked completely next week so he start ed planning the escape last Thurs- dany with the fireman, Hartmut Lichy, his family and friends. He said all 25 who stayed in West Berlin were in on the plot. Lichy shoveled coal onto the fire and Deterling opened the throttle as the train rushed through its normal terminal station, Albrecht- shof, without stopping. The engine crew leaped into the coal tender for protection from expected gun fire when the train rushed past border guards, one-fourth of a mile farther on. But there was no shoot ing, Deterling said. He said they fled East Gei-many because political pressure under communicm was unbearable. “Everything went perfect, ac cording to plan,” Deterling report ed. “The line is not on my regular run. I asked my superiors to let me make an acquaintance run on the Oranienburg-Albrechtshof line. We must do one such run every year. They gave me permission. Lichy and I told the fireman to take the day off and keep it under his hat. He just went home, so we had the train all to ourselves.” Earlier the U. S. troops rolled into West Berlin without incident. SCONA Representatives Welcome Hruska Nebraska Senator Roman L. Hruska is welcomed at Easter- wood Airport after arriving - last night for his address to night to delegates of SCONA VII in the Memorial Student Center. Welcoming the visitor are (left to right) MSC Director J. Wayne Stark, Roundtable Co-Chairman Fred Pool, Jim Schlotzhauer, ’62 from Falls Church, Va., and SCONA Chairman David Spencer. (Photo by Johnny Herrin) Deed Restrictions Extended At Polls College Hills Estate lot owners extended deed restrictions on the College Station addition for an other 25 years, and passed all 12 proposals to modify the restric tions “overwhelmingly” in a deed restrictions committee election held Saturday at City Hall. Deed Restrictions Committee member Clayton A. Greer said the committee had just completed tab ulating the votes on the compli cated four-page ballot, and that all the proposals had passed. Greer said 57 lot owners voted in the election. There are about 350 property owners in the addi tion east of Highway 6. The elec tion was not an official city election, but concerned only the property owners in the College Hills Estates addition. The vote extended property re strictions for the area for 25 years past Mar. 1, 1963, the date the SCONA CO-CHAIRMEN—6 Journalist, Discussion Educator Among Group Leaders (Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a series of articles on roundtable co-chairmen who will be directing discussion groups during the seventh annual Student Conference on National Affairs which began today.) An outstanding journalist and an equally outstanding educator are on the list of roundtable co-chairmen for SCONA VII. The first is Robert T. Cochran Jr., and the second is Dr. Edmundo O’ Gorman. Cochran is currently managing editor of the Houston Chronicle, coming to Houston after wide ex perience in the field of journalism. Born a native Texan, he was reared in Dallas and attended Texas Christian University for one year. His second year of college, he transferred to Columbia Univer sity in New York City. After a year of study at Columbia, Coch ran entered the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Wash ington, D.C., where he graduated with a B.S. degree. He received an M.A. degree from Georgetown University in 1949, and then studied law for three years at the George Wash ington University Law School. During this time, he was also legal assistant in the firm of Cov ington and Burling, Washington, D.C. From 1952-53 Cochran was edi tor of the Fauquier Democrat, Warrenton, Va., and from 1953-57 he edited the Loundon Times- Mirror, Leesburg, Va. In 1958, he became assistant to Arthur Godfrey, and then was appointed to the post of assistant to the editor, National Geographic Mag azine, Washington, D.C. During this period, Cochran had numerous articles published in Na tional Geographic Magazine. From here he returned to Texas to as sume his present position as man aging editor of the Houston Chron icle. Dr. Edmundo O’Gorman was born in Mexico in 1906, and grad uated from the National Univer sity of Mexico with a law degree. He then practiced law for 10 years, after which he returned to National University and took Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy and history. He became professor of history and philosophy at National Uni versity in 1936. Presently, O’ Gorman is a member of the Col lege Philosophy and Letters, a member of the Board of Governors of the National University, which is the highest position to be held by a professor on campus. He has made over 20 lectures at major universities in the U.S. and is author of a number of books, including “Invention of America,” University of Indiana Press, June, 1961. original 25-year restriction period expires. The “early” vote was necessary because outcome of the election must be filed with the county clerk a full year before the existing restrictions expire. Members of the College Hills Estates Deed Restrictions Com mittee responsible for the election were Greer, Grady P. Parker, T. J. Mattern and ex-officio member, Developer J. C. Culpepper. Senators’ Talks Kickoff Meeting By TOMMY HOLBEIN Battalion Managing Editor Senators Hubert H. Humphrey, Democrat from Minne sota, and Roman L. Hruska, Republican from Nebraska, opened the seventh annual Student Conference on National Affairs today in the Ballroom of the Memorial Student Cen ter. Hruska arrived at approximately 9:30 last night, and Humphrey landed at Easterwood Airport today at 11 a. m. Immediately after his arrival and a short press conference, Humphrey observed a military review in front of Duncan Dining Hall, and then ate dinner there. The two senators’ topic is “The Role of the Federal Government in Education, Social Security, General Welfare and Labor-Management Rela-* - tions.” Humphrey’s speech was at 2 p. m., while Hruska will speak at 8 tonight. Both senators have had wide experience in the field of government and their active po litical lives on the two sides of the political spectrum have made each a notable record. Humphrey Humphrey was born in Wallace, S. Dak., May 27, 1911. He en tered the academic world as pro fessor of political science at Mac- alester College in St. Paul, Minn. After two terms as mayor of Min neapolis, he began his senatorial career following his election in 1948. The senior senator has been chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Disarmament and was a United States delegate to the United Nations General As sembly from 1956 to 1957. In 1960, Humphrey was a major candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, and on Jan. 3, 1961, he was elected assist ant majority leader of the United States Senate. This is Humphrey’s second visit to SCONA. In 1956, he was a fea tured speaker for SCONA III. Hruska Hruska was born in David City, Nebr., Aug. 16, 1904. His ad vanced education began with a pre- legal course at the University of Omaha, 1923-25. He attended the University of Chicago Law School in 1927 and 1928, and graduated from Creighton University College of Law, Omaha, Nebr., in 1929. He practiced law in Omaha until election to Congress, and since 1942 he has been national vice president and legal counsel of the Western Bohemian Fraternal As sociation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From 1944 to 1952, Hruska was a member of the Board of Doug las County Commissioners, and its chairman from 1945-52. In 1950- (See SCONA on Page 3) Pinky, Mrs. Downs Mark Anniversary “We have tried to set an example for Aggies and their wives and show that a man and his wife can live happily together for 45 years.” These were the words of P. L. ‘Pinky’ Downs Jr., as he announc ed that he and his wife will ob serve their 54th wedding anniver sary tomorrow at their home on East Dexter. Special guests of the Downs at their anniversary celebration will be the five A&M yell leaders. James T. “Jim” Davis Jr., head yell lead.er from Mertzon, will cut and serve the anniversary cake. He will be assisted by yell leaders Gene Anderson, Tom Ralph, Tom Nelson and Bill Brashears. Both Mr. and Mrs. Downs were born in Temple, where they were married in 1916. They have one daughter, Grey Downs, who will also be present at the anniversary celebration. Downs, who is a member of the class of 1906, has been connect ed with A&M for many years. He served for ten years as a mem ber of the Board of Directors of the A&M College System (1923- 33). Currently, “Pinky” is the offi cial greeter of the college and assistant representative in the De- partment of College Information and Publications. The Downs’ home is located just off the campus and its doors have always been opeh to Aggies and their wives. “My wife and I are happy that we have been able to offer help to Aggies down through the years,” commented “Pinky”. When asked what he attributed his long life to, he replied: “Spend your life helping other people who need your help and you will never grow old.” Aggies In Dark About SCONA, Says Batt Poll By RONNIE FANN Battalion Staff Writer SCONA? What’s that? That seems to be the universal reply of many freshman, when asked if they knew just what the Student Conference on National Affairs was, and what it stood for. “Oh, that’s that deal they are having over at the MSC, where all the foreign people come isn’t it?” “SCONA VII. Isn’t that the big panel discussion that someone is throwing for all sorts of people from all over the world?” “Yeah, seems that I read about SCONA the other day in the paper. Are freshman allowed to attend?” These are replys from freshman whose acquaintance with the work ings of SCONA is certainly very limited. While they might not re present the majority of the fresh man, they do represent many. When asked if they planned to at tend the round table discussion, most said no. Very few can get out of class to attend, and those who can generally don’t know the ses sions are open. Those who have been around the campus longer do not necessarily take a greater interest in SCONA, it is just that they know a little more about it. “Up until this year SCONA has been. too theorietical and out of reach, of the average person” is the opinion of most upperclassmen. Max Rowe, a senior in Company C-l summed up the apparent pro blem of past SCONA’s, “Most col lege students are just plain ignor ant of political affairs.” What makes SCONA VII so different? “This seems to be the first year that the problems under discussion are real and down-to earth to the average college stu dent.” Paul Ashley, from. Company F-l, expressed a desire to attend the meeting this year. “This year SCONA promises to be much more interesting than in years past. I am glad to hear that they have gone to trouble to get pro minent speakers this time.” he said. Since many students had little idea of just how SCONA works, (See IN DARK on Page 3) Pinky and Mrs. Relive Memories Mr. and Mrs. Pinky Downs brouse through an Aggieland as they look back on the many experiences that have been theirs at A&M. The Downs’ observe their 45th wedding anniversary tomorrow and are planning a get-together at their home on East Dexter Street.