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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, October 16, 1962
THE BATTALION
COURT UPHOLDS DECISION
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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-
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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-
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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. "
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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
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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.
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