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Hogs Best On Paper . „. See Page 5 Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1962 Number 9 »&****- lT‘i (SrOmk ! item! km I 40 30 20 iq O l4v\ VS. TEXAS TECH u. p >, xj.^ pp:Ui L J SB WtOP? -'••■••-’•'••••••• ' aSttflMA ' ' ■. ■ • ; ■. •: ‘ b' v- ^c<vx>j-X»xcccxc»x a>x ’62 Football Seating Arrangement Cartoonist Jim Earle depicts the plan approved by the from the 15 to end zone sophomores from end zone to first Student Senate for seating at Kyle Field football games turn and freshmen from first turn to last rail. Civilians this fall. The plan, to be used for the first time Saturday will be seated behind corps juniors and seniors, night, puts seniors between the 50 and 15 yard line, juniors Wake Of Mississippi Riots Continues To Make News OXFORD, Miss. 05>>—James H. Meredith plans to leave the Uni versity of Mississippi briefly after jompleting his initial week as the first formally admitted Negro stu dent in the school’s 114-year his tory. The announcement came Wednesday from federal officials, who are concerned about possible disorders during the coming foot ball weekend. Nearly 4,000 troops were with drawn from the university as Meredith went through his third day as a student. Some 8,000 heavily armed soldiers remained Wire Review By the Associated Press WORLD NEWS WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Dean Rusk and 19 Latin American foreign ministers agreed Wednesday night that further eco nomic and security measures are necessary to cope with the threat of Soviet-backed Cuban commun ism. At the windup of a two-day con ference, the foreign ministers un animously denounced the Cuba Communist alliance. Rusk had called the foreign min isters of Latin American republics to the informal, closed door ses sions here because of the Soviet arms buildup in Cuba. U.S. NEWS WASHINGTON — The Senate Passed by voice vote Wednesday the compromise hill raising post al rates $805 million a year, in cluding a penny hike on letters and airmail, and raising pay of 1.6 million federal employees. The measure, agreed to quick ly by Senate-House conferees Tuesday, now goes to the House. That branch is expected to send it on to President Kennedy on Thursday. The 5-cent stamp for letters and the other penny increases in first-class mail will take ef fect Jan. 7, 1963. TEXAS NEWS GILMER—The Upshur County grand jury began an investigation' Wednesday of East Texas slant hole oil well drilling. Among those called to- appear *ere Asst. Attys. Gen. David S. McAngus and Frank Maloney; the Department of Public Safety’s Bill Cavanaugh; George Reed of the Railroad Commission; and Rep. Charles Ballman of Borger, chair man of the Texas House General Investigating Committee. to keep tight control of the oak- encircled campus, where early week rioting claimed two lives. ★ ★ ★ SPRINGFIELD, Mo. UP)—Edwin A. Walker, former major general arrested in the University of Mis sissippi rioting, was stalled Wed nesday in his bid for freedom, and one of his attorneys asked for a Senate investigation. Walker’s corps of attorneys ga thered to petition for a writ of habeus corpus seeking his release from the U.S. Medical Center here. But late in the day there arose a question of jurisdiction—whether the action should be filed in the l federal district court here or at Kansas City, headquarters of the judicial district. While a ruling was awaited, Rob ert Morris, one of his attorneys, telegraphed Sen. James O. East- land, D-Miss., chairman of the Senate Judicial Committee, asking it to investigate. The telegram de scribed Walker as the nation’s “first political prisoner.” Walker, who led U.S. Army troops sent to Little Rock, Ark., during the integration crisis in 1957, was flown here Monday after his arrest in Oxford, Miss., on charges of inciting insurrection and seditious conspiracy. The charges stem from the struggle Don’t Ignore This Advice- Yon May Be Sorry Saturday Local fans will avoid the after- the-game traffic jams following the home game Saturday if they follow the advice of Campbs Se curity Chief Fred Hickman. Hickman suggested that local fans park in staff parking areas near the Academic Building and walk to the stadium. He points out that those who park in this area will be able to leave the cam pus before streets are crowded by out-of-town fans who normally park nearer Kyle Field. Fans who must park at the sta dium should approach from-south on Jersey Street, the chief sug gested. He said this was particu larly important immediately befoi’e game-time when campus streets are blocked by the march-in of the Cadet Corps. Traffic patrolmen will be sta tioned at the North and East Gates as well as the FM 60-Circle to reg ulate traffic during all home games, Hickman said. over the admission of a Negro to the University of Mississippi. Walker was brought to the med ical center here and ordei'ed to undergo psychiatric examination. ★ ★ ★ MIAMI, Fla. UP)—The Univer sity of Mississippi has not been suspended from membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools but the trustees and Gov. Ross Barnett were warned such action might be forthcoming. Dr. Henry King Stanford, chair man of the southern regional ac creditation group, said here Tues day that the warning was sent after the executive council of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools commission on colleges met in Atlanta Friday. “There has been no further de liberation of our group,” said Standford, who is president of the University of Miami. “We believed a warning would be in order because the Ole Miss board seemed unable to control its own policies.” Today’s Thought It’s good to have money, and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and be stire you haven’t lost the things money can’t buy.—George Horace Lor- imer. College Utilities Due Big Boost $2.4 Million Tag Put On Turbine Plans of a basic step in the expansion of campus utilities were announced today. Preliminary estimates indicate a cost of $2.4 million to be met by the sale of revenue bonds. A contract for steam turbine generating equipment of 12,500 kilowatt capacity may be awarded at the November meeting of the Board of Directors. A contract for installation of equipment will be awarded later, President Earl Rudder said. The board has approved the expansion program. The expansion was recommended in an engineering report pre pared by the consulting firm. THE COLLEGE power plant utilizes the same steam twice to assure a lower than* average cost for electricity. The exhaust steam from the electrical generating process is used in the winter for the campus heating system and in the summer goes into water chillers of the central airconditioning sys tem. Since an increasing number of buildings are being airconditioned, two water chillers with a rated capacity of 1,000 tons each have been installed and plans cal] for two additional chillers as part of the new program. A sharp increase in electrical demand has resulted frorri the con struction of such research facili ties as the Nuclear Science Center and the Plant Sciences Building and the airconditioning of more buildings, according to Howard Badgett, head of the Office of Physical Plant. AFTER final specifications of the generator and related equip ment are ready next spring, bids will be called for installation of the generator and accessories and DR. JOHN B. DAVIDSON the building to house the addition al generator. This work should be finished by the time the generator is delivered, Badgett said. “This timetable should allow the new generator to go on the line in time to meet the peak de mand of the summer of 1964,” he said. Mrs. A&M Contest Set For J)ec. 8 This year’s Mrs. Texas A&M contest has been scheduled Dec. 8, Mrs. Nat Alvis, president of the Aggie Wives Council, an nounced today. The third annual contest will be held in the Ballroom of the Memorial Student Center. Any wife of a student enrolled this semester may participate in the contest. Wally Schirra Teels Fine,’ Day In Space Was Precision Preachers Cess — And Sailors Pray’ “Unconscious preachers cuss and unconscious sailors pray.” Dr. John B. Davidson, professor of psychology of religion at Bay lor University, made this point last night in a talk held in the All-Faiths Chapel. The topic of his address, “A Study In Motivation—Why We Do Not Follow Our Beliefs With Ac- Student Senate To Study Exam Exemptions The possibility of final examina tions will be pulled into the spot light tonight at the scheduled meeting of the Student Senate. The student life committee was charged at the Senate’s last meet ing with the job of studying the possibility of having* all students with 95 or above averages in each course exempted from taking the final exam in that course. Other items to be discussed at the meeting, which will be held at 7:30 in Room 3-B of the Memorial Student Center, Include the Aggie Sweetheart contest and a sports manship dinner for Texas Tech. Plans for two long-range programs —religious emphasis and awards for academically high ranking stu dents—will also be presented to the group. tion,” was in turn simplified to “Why do I act not like I believe.” DAVIDSON, who appeared on the campus last year in the pop ular Marriage Forum Series, ex plained: “The problem is the direction of life. Sin is not just an action of the body, it is a way of life.” Approximately 75 persons were present for the talk, which was followed by a question-and-answei* period and then a social session in the YMCA Building. Davidson, who holds degrees in theology and psychology, an swered the topic question this way: “SOLUTIONS are legion. They are as numerous as the number of individuals who attempt the Christian way of life. “I am, however, convinced of several things: a belief in God always structures a system of val ues . . . and conscious concern is not a prerequisite for belief . . . “An unconscious preacher cusses and an unconscious sailor prays.” He defined a believer this way: “The believer is one who has ta ken all the values at various levels of his life and is able to . . . weave them into a common pat tern and then face in the right direction.” He said the individual could ask himself this question: . “Which way am I faced when I am moral ? “Morality being the ability to be honest with oneself, before one self, in the presence of God.” By RALPH DIGHTON ABOARD USS KEARSARGE IN PACIFIC (A 5 )—Astronaut Wal ter M. Schirra Jr., smiling broadly and saying “I feel fine,” stepped from his capsule Wednesday after a precise six orbits of the earth and a landing within three miles of this prime recovery carrier. Schirra, in the Sigma 7 space craft, hit the center of a mid^ Pacific bullseye 250 miles north east of Midway Island. The astronaut, still inside the capsule, was hoisted safely aboard this carrier in less than 43 min utes after landing. The vast deployment of ships, planes and men in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to insure his safe recovery had proved unnecessary. Schirra came in right on target. THE HATCH was removed from the space capsule, which had the words “United States” visible on its side, and the 39-year-old Navy commander stepped onto the flight deck. From the time his cone-shaped craft was launched in the nose of an Atlas booster rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla., at 7:15 a.m. (EST) until he touched down in the Pacific at 10:28 a.m. (Midway time) (4:28 p.m. EST) Schirra was aloft' nine hours and 13 min utes. This was just two minutes longer than predictions, demonstrating precision control of the orbital flight. IT . WAS IN marked contrast with previous space trips of John H. Glenn Jr. and Malcolm Scott Carpenter. Both landed out of sight of the recovery vessels. President Kennedy telephoned the Kearsarge from Washington while Schirra was still inside the capsule. He had to hold the line 10 minutes until Schirra could get to the phone. The capsule, hoisted from the water by a crane, was lowered through the flight deck on a has tily arranged bed of old boxes and mattresses. Schirra appeared slightly tired but told William Hayes, senior space agency representative aboard: “I feel fine. Just fine. A great trip. What a sweet little bird!” SCHIRRA WENT quickly below deck for a medical examination. Extensive tests and “debriefing” are scheduled while the Kearsarge makes a leisurely 72-hour trip back to Pearl Harbor. One of the first things he did after reaching the ship hospital was to talk to his wife by phone. Jo Schirra and their two children followed the flight by radio and television in Houston, Tex. The flight and recovery were tremendous feats of precision. Schirra came down after the 160.000- mile flight so precisely on target that his capsule and big- red and white striped main para chute were clearly visible over head. Within four minutes of the sighting, the capsule splashed into a calm sea off the port bow of the 41.000- ton Kearsarge. Three frogmen leaped from heli copters into the ocean near the capsule five minutes later to at tach a bright orange flotation col lar to the capsule. Thx*ee minutes i later, Schirra radioed to the Kear- [ sarge that he wanted to stay with I the capsule and be lifted aboard the carrier while still inside. Down The Hatch Walter Schirra Jr. enters the hatch of his “Sigma 7” space capsule before the six orbit shot Wednesday. The Mercury spacecraft sits high atop its Atlas booster. Beneath Schir- ra’s chin is a small packet containing a life vest, while the line on his helmet is to be attached to communications lines inside the tiny compartment. (AP Wirephoto)