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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1962
Number - 17
roken Homes,
llergy Hit
y MSC Panel
J Juvenile delinquency i-esulting'
tom broken homes and alleg-e<i
bmplacency of the clergy in cer-
Biia areas came under pointed
Hticism Wednesday.
JThe criticism arose in a panel
■isrussion during the first day of
Re 17th annual Town and Country
jhurch Conference being held in
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Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
I MOSCOW—The Soviet Union
jnd ■nnounced Wednesday night it had
3 d fiRrded out two days of successful
| yaA&OO-mile rocket shoots into the
Tacific.
One of the two impact areas in
e Pacific was declared tempo-
Jarily open again to ships and
|!anes. The announcement indi
cted that the area, near the Mar-
pall Islands, would be closed
[gain later. The Soviet Union
ad asked ships and planes to stay
lear of the area beginning Tues-
ay.
U.S. NEWS
WASHINGTON — The United
States is trying to interest
France in buying a nuclear sub
marine to cut down the U.S.
foreign trade deficit, according
to the latest version of a re
ported deal.
An earlier report was that the
United States had practically
completed a submarine deal with
France to fulfill a promise made
to President Charles de Gaulle
four years ago by former Presi
dent Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Another informant said the
sale was still only in the talk
stage and Eisenhower had noth
ing to do with it.
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BACCHUS, Utah—An explosion
if 4,000 pounds of missile fuel at
powder plant killed three men
Wednesday and injured 18.
| The blast at the Bacchus plant
f the Hercules Powder Co. leveled
20x30 foot building and was
heard 15 miles away in Salt Lake
City.
An explosion at the plant last
4ug. 23 killed three men. Some
1,000 pounds of experimental rock
et propellant exploded that time.
The company said it didn’t know
exactly what happened Wednesday
except that liquid solvent used to
jell casting powder for the solid
rocket fuel apparently exploded
in the manufacturing process.
the Memorial Student Center.
ON THE panel were Mrs. Max
ine Burlingham, superintendent of
the Gainesville State School for
Girls; Dr. George J. Beto, director
of the Texas Department of Cor
rections; Charles O. Betts, judge
of the 98th District Court; and
Clinton Kersey, director of parole
of the Texas Youth Council.
The panel and the ministers
present agreed that broken homes
are the major cause of youngsters
getting into trouble.
Mrs. Burlingham, answering a
question on what help is being
offered by ministers, said, “Only
two ministers have come to
Gainesville in 14 years with an
offer of help.”
SHE SAID the school asks min
isters to counsel with girls who
are returned to home areas. Only
about one per cent of the ministers
contacted have responded, she
added.
Kersey said that some boys at
Gatesville come from homes so
bad that they are much better off
at the state school. They prefer
to remain at the school rather
than return to their parents, he
said.
The conference will continue
through Friday.
Pair Compete
In Post Try
A run-off election for sophomore
Arts and Sciences representative
to the Student Senate is scheduled
for Oct. 25, according to the elec
tion commission.
Facing Cecil M. Bourne in the
contest is James M. Roberts. The
pair tied in last spring’s election.
According to the commission
only sophomores enrolled in the
School of Arts and Sciences will
be eligible to vote. One voting mac
hine will be set up in the Memorial
Student Center for the voting.
Newly named election commis
sion chairman Albert N. Wheeler
said the decision to hold the run
off was made yesterday. Other
new commission officers are Ken
Stanton as vice chairman; Jimmy
Johnson, secretary; and Wayne
Smith advisor.
Today’s Thought
To me the highest thing, after
God, is my honor. —Ludwig Van
Beethoven.
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Town Hall Stars
Tom and Dick Smothers, as the Smothers the Town Hall show Friday nig-ht in G.
Brothers, and Leon Bibb (inset) headline Rollie White Coliseum.
Non-Communist Oath Cut
As Education Loan Must
WASHINGTON CS 5 )—No longer
will a student have to sign a non-
Communist oath to qualify for a
government loan under the Na
tional Defense Education A.ct.
President Kennedy signed legis
lation Wednesday wiping out that
requirement and declared “I am
glad” to do so.
When he was a sen \tor, Ken
nedy twice tried and Failed to
have the affidavit repeal’d.
THE OATH requirement, Ken
nedy said in a statement, has
caused 32 colleg-es to stay out of
the student loan program and
many others participated reluct
antly. The reason, as pointed out
in testimony by several spokes
men for colleges, the President
said, was that the oath “discrim
inated against college students
and was offensive to them.”
The legislation amends the Na
tional Science Foundation and Na
tional Defense Education laws. It
Aggie Sweetheart Will Make
First Official Visit Friday
Lynn Parks will he on campus
for the first time as this year’s
Aggie Sweetheart Friday when
she heads a delegation from Texas
Woman’s University that will visit
over the weekend.
The new sweetheart and seven
other Tessies will arrive here at
6 p.m. Friday and be busy until
after Saturday afternoon’s game.
They will be greeted on arrival
with a saber arch at the Memorial
Student Center, eat dinner in Dun
can Dining Hall and then attend
the Smothers Brothers-Leon Bibb
Town Hall show.
They will also be guests at Cafe
Rue Pinalle and midnight yell
practice Friday. Then Saturday
they will be escorted around cam
pus on an administrative tour,' at
tend a sportsmanship luncheon
with TCU students and then watch
the Aggie-Frog game.
Members of the party, other
than Miss Parks, wall be Ann Ed
wards, last year’s sweetheart;
Lynn Gresham, president of the
student council of social activities;
Beech McAllister, student body
president; and class representa
tives Marilyn Jordan, Mary Lou
McCallum, Betty Langford and
Paula Rich.
knocks out a provision that any
scientist, teacher or other student
applying for a loan or grant had
to sign an oath declaring he nei
ther believed in, belonged to, or
supported any organization that
taught or believed in overthrow
of the government by force or il
legal means.
INSTEAD, the law now makes
it illegal for anyone to apply for
a loan or grant if he is a member
of a Communist organization reg
istered under the Subversive Ac
tivities Control Act.
It also requires those who re
ceive fellowships or advanced for
eign language training funds to
furnish a list of any crimes they
have committed or serious crim
inal charges pending against them.
First Tdwn Hall
Will Present
Two Vocal Acts
The year’s first Town Hall presentation featuring- the
Smothers Brothers and Leon Bibb is set for G. Rollie White
Coliseum Friday night.
Tom and Dick Smothers, described as having a “brash
irreverent approach to folk music, with a genuine comic
flair,” have been constantly gaining in popularity since their
nationwide debut on television’s Jack Parr Show early last
year.
Bibb is a veteran of Broadway, including such shows as
“Annie Get Your Gun,” “Finian’s Rainbow,” and “Lost in the
Stars.” He has also played many big-league straight acting
roles in New York and has had many appearances on the Ed
Sullivan Show and the To-+i
night Show.
CURTAIN time for the
double-barrelled performance
is 8 p. m. Admission is free
with student’s activity cards.
The Smothers Brothers were
born in New York, on Governor’s
Island, where their father was an
Army officer. They moved to the
West Coast, taking up residence
in Southern California, where they
attended high school.
Both were active in school the
atricals and entertainment ven
tures, and subsequently displayed
their musico-comic proclivities at
San Jose State College. They
worked with small groups on and
off-campus, before auditioning as
as a duo at a local beer-and-pret-
zel establishment, which utilized
their services for three weeks.
THEIR NEXT stop was San
Francisco, where an audition at the
Purple Onion yielded them a fif
teen-month booking.
They worked alternately in Den
ver and San Francisco, before com
ing East for an engagement at the
Blue Angel, in New York, where
they were warmly received and
brought to the attention of the
Paar Show.
Now in his thirties, Bibb was
born in Louisville, Ky. After two
years at the Louisville Municipal
College, during which time he was
featured soloist with the college
glee club, he was inducted into the
Army. When . his tour of duty
ended, he came to New York to
study voice and work towards a
theatrical career.
For the past three and one-half
years, Bibb has pursued a career
as a concert and njght club per
former.
President’s Reception Tonight
The president’s reception for faculty and staff will be
held Thursday in the ballroom of the Memorial Student
Center.
President and Mrs. Earl Rudder will honor Chancellor
and Mrs. Tom Harrington. Hosts and honorees will receive
guests from 7-9 p. m.
No individual invitations have been sent to guests,
who include all members of the campus staff and their hus
bands and wives.
Retired faculty and staff members are cordially invited
to attend the reception. »
DR. G. M. WATKINS
C. S. United
Chest Reveals
$17,000 Goal
A goal of $17,000 for support of
15 agencies was adopted this week
by the Board of Directors of the
College Station United Chest, Inc.
Dr. G. M. Watkins, general
chairman of the Chest for 1962,
announced the $800 increase over
the 1961 appropriation.
The fund-raising drive will open
Nov. 1 and continue until Nov. 15,
with Dr. William J. Graff as cam
paign committee chairman.
Agencies to be supported and
the amount allotted to each by the
Board of Directors:
The American Red Cross, $2,000;
Texas United Fund, $450; Bryan.
Boys Club, $500; Boy Scouts,
$2,000; Brazos Committee on Al
coholism, $500.
Brazos Valley Therapy Center,
$2,000; Brazos County Hospital
Fund, $300; College Station Com
munity House, $450; Brazos Coun
ty Youth Counseling Service,
$1,500.
Girl Scouts, $2,500; College Sta
tion Recreation Council, $1,700;
Salvation Army, $900; Texas Re
habilitation Center, $400; YMCA,
$500; College Station Local Chest
Charity Fund, $1,000, and United
Chest Campaign Expenditures,
$300.
Campos Poll Shows GOP’s Cox With Slight Edge
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JOHN CONNALLY
. . . poll shows he’s lagging
By KENT JOHNSTON
Battalion Staff Writer
(Editor’s Note: The Battalion
was interested in finding out just
how A&M students rated guber
natorial candidates Jack Cox and
John Connally, Reporter Johnston
polled 18 student at random —
admittedly not enough on which to
base any positive statement or
claims. However, this sampling of
opinion does give an insight to the
thinking that may elect a governor
of Texas.)
Breckenridge oilman Jack Cox is
slightly ahead of former secretary
of the Navy John Connally in the
“everything goes” race here a-
mong students to fill the governor’s
mansion in Austin.
Republican Cox leads with 50 per
cent support of the students poll
ed. Democrat Connally followed
with 40 per cent of the straw
votes. Ten per cent were undecid
ed.
THE LARGEST portion of the
students polled were of voting age,
hut only a little more than half
were qualified voters. Two-thirds
of the qualified voters expect to
vote in the election.
In defending his stand, one stu
dent said, “I support Cox because
I think he is the lesser of two evils.
I also think Connally should have
debated with him.”
ANOTHER stated, “I believe
that Cox’s platform will benefit
Texas, and I also believe that,
under his dynamic leadership,
many of Texas’ problems can be
solved.
“Personally, I respect him more
than Connally. Cox impresses me
more than Connally does.”
When asked if they believed that
Vice President Lyndon Johnson
had excessive influence on Connal
ly, 55 per cent said “yes,” and 35
per cent said “no.”
Joe Wilson, senior P. E. major
from Bertram, said, “How does a
relatively unknown Fort Worth
lawyer get appointed Secretary of
the Navy without having some help
from somewhere? Everybody
knows Connally is friendly to John
son.”
HOWEVER, none of the students
polled feel the Johnson-Connally
question is the main issue in the
election.
Donnell Cole, senior physics ma-
| jor from Borger, said in reference
to to the Johnson-Connally rela
tionship: “The Republicans are try
ing to make it an issue. It’s just
the usual mud slinging. It is an
issue which the Republicans would
like to build up in the voters’
minds.”
Maurice Chapman, senior history
major from Bryan, listed hydro
electric power. Southwest water de
velopment and import-export re
gulations on oil as being the more
important issues.
OTHER issues students listed
were state debts, state spending
and Texas participation in the New
Frontier.
Charles Hunter, senior architect
major from Borger, held this opin
ion:
“The main issue is whether or
not people are tired of the way the
| Democrats are running the state
j government.”
When asked whether or not Con-
! rally is liberal, conseiwative or §?
in between, 60 per cent called him m
liberal with 10 per cent feeling
he is conservative. Thirty per cent
(See POLL, On Page 5)
GOP’S JACK COX
. Aggies favor him now