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Page 4 College Station, Texas Tuesday, October 16, 1962 THE BATTALION COURT UPHOLDS DECISION 6 It’s Still Muck,’ Judges Say WASHINGTON (A 5 ) _ The Su preme Court refused Monday to hear appeals asking it to spell out further its 1959 decision limiting the conviction of booksellers who offer obscene books. The appeal was by three New York City booksellers convicted under a state law which prohibits sale, or possession with intent to sell, any obscene books. All three claimed that the prosecution did not prove, as the 1959 ruling re quired, that they knew the con tents of the books were obscene. THE THREE WERE arrested by city detectives who purchased paper-backed books. Unlike Monday’s decision, the decree of three years ago set free some California booksellers. The New Yorkers’ appeal noted that the tribunal said then it was not ruling on what sort of mental ele ment is requisite in a constitu tionality permissible prosecution in such cases. The New York booksellers asked the court whether the prosecution must “prove knowledge by the ac- IN THE COLLEGE m&m fiotfiD-yp SffiP '!$*; miil PRIZES JWSBCOR ' WHO WI RULES: V AT THE EXCHANGE STORE J Is On Pack Drawn cused of the obscene nature of the book alleged to be obscene, as dis tinguished from knowledge of the contents of such publication.” THE HIGH TRIBUNAL made no comment in rejecting the appeal by Louis Finkelstein, a store own er, and two clerks, Louis Schaeffer and Harold Zucker. Only Justice William O. Douglas wanted to hear the appeal. This let stand the finding by the New York Court of Appeals in the case of Finkelstein and Schaeffer that the books were “muck for muck’s sake and nothing In this second decision day of the new term, the court also: —Agreed to rule on constitu tionality of a 1952 law which says a naturalized person who resides for,three years in the country of his origin automatically loses his American citizenship. —AFFIRMED THE antitrust conviction of the Utah Pharma ceutical Association for agreeing to maintain uniform retail prices for prescription drugs. A request for review of a smaller conviction of the Northern California Phar maceutical Association was turned down, letting the sentence stand. Aggies Receive 4-H Club Awards Richard McDonald, ’66 veteii- nary major from San. Benito, and Herky Killingsworth, ’65 from Pa ducah, have been named to receive 4-H Club awards. McDonald, a Cameron County 4-H boy, was ranked tops in Texas for achievement in 1962, announced Floyd Lynch, state 4-H leader. He added that McDonald would re ceive a certificate of recognition and woulcl have his record sub mitted for national competition. Nationally, 12 $400 college schol- - p $ - wiotiersV;. ,T&e:'.$5chn I a.rsh i ps are 'p$o- vided, by .the Ford Motor Co. Fund, donor for the achievement-program awards. McDonald’s beef calf exhibits have been consistent winners at the Rio Grande Valley livestock Show. In addition, he has com pleted demonstrations involving field crops, pastures and others. A seven-year member of the Harbenito 4-H Club, McDonald is the holder of numerous awards on county, district and state levels and last summer was elected chair man of the Texas 4-H Council. Killingsworth, a veteran of 11 years in 4-H work, was named the state’s outstanding 4-H boy in cit izenship for 1962. He will receive a $100 U.S. Sav ings Bond from the Transconti nental Gas Pipeline Corporation of Houston and a certificate of recog nition. Killingsworth is the holder of numerous awards for outstand ing achievement and leadership, including a national award in ento mology. " : — Plugging Newspapers Plugging national news paper week for the Hous tonian, Sam Houston State Teachers College’s news paper, is Miss Judy Fife, 19 year old history major from Huntsville. The theme for this, year’s national observ ance, being held this week, is “Newspapers Make a Dif ference in People’s Living.” ; Volunteer Secretaries Begin Christmas Seal Campaign 2-30—Volunteer Secretaries Begin used on the appeal letters t©. be sent out by the Brazos County jTB Twelve volunteers from the Bryan-College Station Chapter of the National Secretaries Associa tion last week completed the first phase of work in readying letters for the 1962 Christmas Seal Cam paign, according to Mrs. W. E. McCune, Brazos County campaign chairman. These volunteers typed over 7,000 address labels which will be THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES SALUTE: DON GEORGE Don George (B.S.E.E., 1957) is responsible for putting together a $20 million annual construction budget. Don is Senior Engineer for Plant Expansion in Southwestern Bell’s Oklahoma City office. On his first assignment, Don was an Assistant Equip ment Engineer. Then came a promotion to Senior Engineer and the .challenge of supervising eight people, including both non-management and management personnel. These earlier steps provided Don with opportunities and proved he could handle the difficult job he’s on now. Don George and other young engineers like him in Bell Telephone Companies throughout the country help bring the finest communications service in the world to the homes and businesses of a growing America. Association NoV. 13, apening "date of the campaign. A total or 6S hours, or the equivalent of 8% eight-hour days, was devoted to this job. Most of this work was done after office hours, arS these work ers were busy at their regular jobs during the day. Mrs. Orlena Newton, civics com mittee chairman for the NSA, directed the work. Others who helped were Mines. Merle Buchanan, Anna Beaty, Florence Hall, Imadel Bachus, Marjorie Leinhart, Ruby Dishman, Nettie Crenshaw, Myrtle Beth Dyer, Marie Francklow, Mary Beth Gandy and Miss Dorothy May. Typing add*ess labels is just one of many jobs done by volunteers for the Christmas Seal Campaign each year. Other groups will be working at the TB office every week until the letters are out. Sedative Drug Reported Useful In Nature Study MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (A*)— Thalidomide, the sedative drug linked with birth deformities, may help explain nature’s own mon strosities, it was reported Monday. A University of Pennsylvania researcher said that the sedative drug for pregnant women—blamed for thousands of malformed ba bies in Europe—promises to be a useful experimental tool for study ing the experimental production of birth deformities in animals. In a report to the 90th annual Aero-Space Club Will I lear Scientist The A&M section of the Insti tute of Aero-Space Sciences will present Dr. Philip Oetking, as guest speaker at its Tuesday night meeting. Oetking will speak on “Geologi cal Aspects of the Moon.” His lec ture will be supplemented by a seri es of slides, maps and rock samples. Oetking graduated from the Un iversity of Wisconsin in 1946; ob tained his MS in 1948 and his PhD in 4.952. At present, he is a Research scientistjit Chance Vought Corpor ation, Astronautics Division, Space Sciences Branch. Membership in the IAS Chapter is open to anyone in any of the engineering or scientific majors. Anyone who wishes to attend any lecture is welcome. Jerry Bob Haltox, chairman, will briefly discuss his experiences on a recent trip to Atlanta, Ga., to at tend a national branch meeting of IAS section chairmen and their sponsors. Also, the revised by-laws will be presented to the members. Ag Wives Council Requests Nylons The Aggie Wives Council has asked women to contribute old and worn nylon stockings to be used as stuffing for toys for children in state TB hospitals. Mrs. Bernice Smith, council spokesman, said hose ruined by runners and snags were needed by Nov. 1. She said the Wives Council had placed boxes in five locations to receive the hose. Boxes are in the following places: Pruitt’s, Southside; Pen ny’s, downtown; Sew’n Sew, Townshire, Orrs, Ridgecrest; and the YMCA on campus. meeting of the American Pc Health Association, he india that the experiments could explain how comparable defot ties sometimes occur naturali; man. The doctor said that defonc; of the type linked with tkal mide—including arrested devc ment of limbs and monstrous! placement of feet and ki: were seen long before thalidoi was marketed and no doubt will be seen sporadically nowt the drug has been withdrawn^ the market. BUT HE SAID that while! periments with the drug ste promise, the best potential bei: understanding the basic print; underlying natural human e strosities consists of studyingc mals exposed to such condit: as lack of oxygen. Ingalls said that experk with the “zebra fish” indii that embryonic fish have a requirement for oxygen and ! i ical episodes of oxygen depn tion may distort subsequent ds opment of the embryo.” He said the fish and otherc perimental studies indicate i blood vessel mechanisms ma; involved in the production of a mal and human birth mouse ities. Brazos County Former Students Schedule Dinner Former students from Be County have been extended asp ial invitation to attend the Ocifc dinner meeting of the iBe bounty A&M Club Wednesday 7 p.m. at the A&M Clubhoast Ehlinger Drive in Bryan, The meeting will features port on proposed amendment' the state constitution by B. Dewey Jr., as well as filmedtj- lights of the 1961 football sea according to U. M. Alexander, club president, who issued the- peal for attendance. Alexander said the club was! tempting to increase its ffi# ship to provide more money club-sponsored scholarships for gies from Brazos County. He t that membership was at an time high of 190, but far s of the 500 goal set by member!: chairman P. L. (Pinkie) Dc r Jr., ’06. BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES 7” ■ U ; '',VU I: jj§! Sw^ TELEPHONE WIAN-OF-THE-MONTH ' % v ■Hp; i ■■ ■ ■ ■ !*,: 'A A WANTED - RIDERS IN THE SKY Students and Faculty The Varsity Shop Invites You To Fly FREE With Them To Dallas Each Friday Afternoon, Weather Permitting. We Have Room For 3 Come By The Varsity Shop And Register—Next Flight October 19. SllOJ! ^ :U:: Townshire