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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1962
Number 21
Students Tend
To Favor Hike
n Tuition
Otlei
By KENT JOHNSTON
Battalion Staff Writer
Most Aggies contemplating
doubled tuition cost favor the
increase from $50 to $100 per
semester proposed by the Texas
Commission on Higher Educa
tion, according to a poll taken
yesterday.
“Yes, I’m in favor of the in
crease,” said Joe Stearns so
phomore math major from Cor
pus Christi. “An increase may
be necessary if Texas colleges
are going to maintain high
standards. I would like to see
our schools rated higher nation
ally than they are now.”
The Texas Commission on
Higher Education has decided
that a record $162 million should
be spent on Texas colleges dur
ing 1964-65 with students help
ing more to foot the bill. The fu
ture budget is over $40 million
in excess of this school year’s
$111.6 million.
Jose Salinas, freshman elec
trical engineer from Alice, stat
ed, “Sure, I’m in favor of it. It
would mean more money for the
schools to budget.
“As far as the students go,
Texas schools are among - the
cheapest, and the increased tu-
tion will just mean they will
have to earn an extra $100
in the summer.”
“I would like to see the school
move forward. If the $50 in
crease can do it, I would like
to pay it,” maintained John
Rawley, Spring Branch junior
majoring in electrical engineer
ing.
What About Out-Of-State Tuition?
John Duran, a freshman math
major who paid the $200 out-
[|f-state tuition this semester,
might pay $250 next year. He
said: “Fifty dollars more per
semester is pretty cheap. It
doesn’t seem like a very large
increase.”
Asked if higher tuition would
cause him hardship, Duran ans-
[wered: “Well, I’m working my
way through college, but I don’t
think it will make much differ-
^ ence.”
A Baytown junior civil engi
neer, Bob Paulson, apparently
feels the way most students do
about the increase. He said: “I
wouldn’t like to pay more, and
I don’t guess anyone would.
But if it is for the good of the
school, I’m all for it.”
Will increased fees make it
harder or impossible for you
I to attend school ? “No, not real
ly,” answered Salinas, “I would
have to work harder to get it. It
may mean cutting down on ex
penses somewhere else, but an
extra $50 per semester isn’t
much.”
Streans said, “No, I don’t
think it is much more to pay.
Anyway, taxpayers are paying
a lot more for our education
than we are.”
Richard Wolters, a freshman
mechanical engineer fi’om La
Marque, took a lighter view. Fie
said: “No—if you want to come
to A&M bad enough, you can
pay the extra money.”
An out-of-stater, Malcolm
Rust, junior aerospace engineer
from Mobile, Ala., said, “Actu
ally it would be harder because
both of my parents are school
teachers. But camparing A&M’s
tuition with other Southwest
Conference schools, the increase
wouldn’t be very much.”
Could Hike Shut Education’s Doors?
Could an increase in tuition
shut the doors on higher edu
cation for some students who
have trouble meeting expenses ?
A sophomore electrical engi
neer from Marlin, Glenn Wat
kins, answered: “It’s almost
impossible for a person to work
his own way through four years
of school these days without
help. It may be a little harder
for these students.”
Salinas answered: “I don’t
think it would. If a person is
determined to go to school, the
increase shouldn’t 'prevent him
from going.”
Taking another side, Gary
Riner, junior architect from
Amarillo, said: “It probably
Would keep some people from
going to school, I know a lot
of people who can jusf barely
make it now.”
“Maybe in a few cases the
higher fees would keep some
people from going to school,
but I believe that if a person
wants to come, he can get the
money,” said Rust.
Sophmore Tony Cash, from
Houston majoring in business
administration answered: “No
—even with the increase, the
fees here are much cheaper than
at private colleges and about
the same as for junior colleges.”
Finance major William Bur
nett, a Terrell senior, maintain
ed: ‘ ‘No, I don’t think the in
crease would hurt other stu
dents. It will be to their advan
tage in the long run.”
Wire Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
NEW DELHI, India—Sweep
ing advances by Chinese Com
munist troops—ranging up to
miles—were admitted Wed
nesday by the Indians but they
claimed heavy casualties were
taing inflicted on the invaders.
Prime Minister Nehru rejected
overtures for cease-fire talks on
Peiping’s terms even though a
s Pokesman acknowledged the
military situation at points
nlong the flaming frontier was
not very cheerful.”
Palling back on several fronts,
bbe Indians said they were tak-
‘ n S a heavy toll among the Chi-
n ese but gave no figures. The
Indians were believed also suf
fering big losses.
A Nehru spokesman announced
fbe Communists overran Kibi-
1°°) an outpost in the Luhit Val-
e ? leading down onto the plains
°[ Assam near Diboi—one of In
in’s most important oil centers.
outpost, about 20 miles
northwest of the Burma border.
Teague Predicts
Russia To Retreat
Congressman Olin E. (Tiger)
Teague predicted here Wednes
day afternoon that Russia will
back down in the Cuban crisis.
“Unlike the Kaiser and Hitler,
Khrushchev will realize that we
intend to fight and defend the
Western Hemisphere,” he said.
He praised President Kennedy
for taking action to prevent the
Russian buildup of offensive
weapons in Cuba.
He and other members of the
Texas congressional delegation
were to be in Fort Worth Thurs
day for a briefing on the Cuban
situation by members of the
State and Defense Departments.
Red Tanker Steams
On After Interception
Singing Cadets
To Perform
On National TV
The Singing Cadets left today
for Dallas where they will appear
on the program of the nationally
televised “Miss Teenage of Amer
ica” pageant.
The event will be presented over
the CBS-TV network to 200 sta
tions and 30 million viewers. Bry
an’s KBTX-TV will broadcast the
pageant beginning at 9:30 p.m.
Friday.
“Miss Teenage of America” will
be crowned by last year’s winner,
Diane Cox of Richmond, Va. Six
semi-finalists and 90 queens from
cities over the United States will
appear in the pageant.
The Aggies will introduce the
program with “Miss Teenage of
America,” a song arranged by R.
L. Boone, director of the Singing
Cadets.
The 60-member chorus will pre
sent several other numbers, in
cluding a three-minute medley of
well-known songs by Richard Rod
gers.
The Aggies will be in Dallas to
day and Friday for rehearsals be
fore the Friday night performance.
The Dallas appearance is a “ter
rific opportunity,” Boone com
mented.
The Singing Cadets frequently
tour various Texas towns, in addi
tion to numerous appearances at
Aggieland.
SLATE NATIONAL TV APPEARANCE
. . . 60-voice Singing Cadets
STATE CAMPAIGN WRAP-UP
Coimally:
Cox Hits
Proud Of
Bulldozer
JFK? .
Politics
By The Associated Press
Texas gubernatorial candidates
battled to attract attention while
voters worried about the impend
ing • international showdown at
Cuba.
Republican Jack Cox invaded
his opponent’s home town of Fort
Worth where he told a luncheon
audience that he would not only
defeat Democrat John Connally,
but would carry Tarrant County.
Connally, who arrived at the
state capital at 2 a.m. Wednesday,
had only a few hours sleep before
Pentagon Reveals
New Cuba Photos,
Hints Direct Action
fell after heavy fighting, the
spokesman said.
Other Communist advances
were disclosed.
TEXAS NEWS
TAXER — The defense began
to reveal some of its tactics
Wednesday as it questioned
prospective jurors in the Billie
Sol Estes theft and swindling
trial.
The selection of a jury went
slowly. The court needs 32 ten
tatively accepted jurymen from
which the final 12 will be se
lected.
The state and federal govern
ments accuse Estes of inducing
farmers and others to sign mort
gages for fertilizer tanks which
the authorities say never ex
isted. Estes sold these mort
gages to finance companies.
Estes gave each farmer 10 per
cent of the listed value of the
tanks as a bonus for signing and
agreed to lease the tanks back
for a sum equal to the install
ment payments.
WASHINGTON (A 5 ) — The Pen
tagon said it has new aerial re
connaissance photographs of So
viet ballistic missile bases in Cuba,
“even more revealing” than those
which led President Kennedy to
order the quarantine action.
.Some of the new series of pic
tures were described as having
been made at compax-atively low
level.
THIS new reported evidence of
a nuclear threat aimed at the
United States increased specula
tion that this country might even
tually decide to take direct action
aimed at eliminating the bases, in
addition to stopping by blockade
the arrival of any more offensive
weapons in Cuba.
Basic blueprints for invasion,
for air attack and for many other
types of operation exist in the
huge stack of ’’contingency plans”
kept in constant readiness by the
joint chiefs of staff for all fore
seeable situations. Thus, both in
vasion and air attack plans foi
a possible Cuban operation almost
certainly are in this stand-by file.
A PENTAGON spokesman would
say only that it is proposed to get
rid of the rockets and other offen
sive weapons in Cuba and that we
will use whatever action appears
necessary to accomplish that end.”
Asked if this included bombing
of the sites, the spokesman noted
that “the President simply said
that we will take further action—
whatever further action is required
to achieve that objective.”
Congressional leaders of both
parties made it 'dear that they
realized the risk of nuclear ex
change was not only possible, but
great. They seemed disposed to
accept the risk.
HERE and there, though the
secrecy curtain which had been
dropped over all military activi
ties, there were glimpses of exten
sive preparatory moves being
made.
beginning strategy conferences the attitudes and determination of
with his campaign leaders.
Connally then rushed to Alice
for an afternoon parade before
journeying to Victoria for a night
rally and then an overnight stay
in Houston.
Cox said in Fort Worth that a
majority of Tarrant County votefs
will mark their ballots Republican
because “they are sick and tired
of bulldozer politics, fed up with
one-choice or no-choice public of
ficials . . .”
Following his Fort Worth talk,
Cox went to Abilene for another
in a series of television appear
ances where he answers questions
telephoned to the TV studio.
Meanwhile, Connally’s h e a d-
quarters announced plans for a
48-hour Connally “campaignathon”
as a climax for his drive for the
governorship.
A Connally aide said the event
will begin Nov. 1 and end Nov. 3
after touching every portion of
the state. Details of the “cam
paignathon” itinerary will be an
nounced later, the aide said.
Speaking in Alice, Connally said
he is “proud of the President’s
action on the Cuban situation.”
The Democratic nominee was
met by a group of supporters at
the Alice City-County airport.
“The President’s action reflects
Sabin Type II Oral Vaccine
To Be Offered Here Nov. 4
R. Lyons, director of the Student
Health Service at the College Hos-
Sabin Type II oral polio vac
cine will be offered to residents
of The Bryan-College Station area
Nov. 4 from 1-5 p.m.
Stations will be set up in all of
the Bryan elementary schools, us
ing help from the Brazos-Robert-
son County Medical Association
and the Bryan Jaycees, a drive
spokesman said.
A&M students will be offered
the vaccine at the same hours in
a program headed by Dr. Charles
One Chlorine Tank
Raised From River
NATCHEZ, Miss. CP) — In 29
tense minutes, workmen brought
up the first of four tanks of dead
ly chlorine from the bottom of
the Mississippi River Wednesday. This allows the person with the
U. S. Engineers reported no J Salk vaccine to be a carrier of the
signs of a leak that could allow; disease. On the other hand, the
the lethal green fumes of chlorine ! Sabin vaccine is expected to kill
to drift over the Natchez area, I the virus in the intestines and not
endangering the live* of 80,000 j allow the virus to be carried by
persons. | the person inoculated, he explained.
the people of Texas,” Connally
said.
He said he reg - retted statements
of some Republicans, notwith
standing the statement o f ex-
President Eisenhower, that the
President’s action was politically
motivated.
Heating, Cooling
Project Completion
Expected By Nov. 1
Work on the project to provide
a year-round heating and cooling
system for six classroom buildings
on the campus nears completion.
“It will be about Nov. 1 when
the project is completed,” said
Howard Badgett, head of the Of
fice of Physical Plant.
Work on the $1 million project
would have been completed earlier
but for a prolonged strike of the
insulation workers and delays in
the arrival of necessary equipment,
he said. The contractor is Har-
Con Engineers of Houston.
Airconditioning is being ex
tended to the buildings. The new
system also provides for heating
requirements and existing heating
facilities are being removed.
Work on the Agriculture and
Animal Industries Buildings was
described by Badgett as virtually j nuclear war.
Blockade Ships
Report Vessel
Carried Oil
WASHINGTON UP) — A
Cuban-bound Russian tanker
was intercepted but was al
lowed to proceed, the Defense
Department announced today.
The department also said that
at least a dozen Russian ships
apparently have turned back from
their original course to Cuba, pre
sumably because they were carry
ing offensive weapons and would
run the risk of the U.S. blockade.
Arthur Sylvester, assistant sec-
tretary of defense read this an
nouncement:
“It now appears that at least a
dozen Soviet vessels have turned
back, presumably because, ac
cording to the best of our infor
mation, they might have been
carrying offensive materials.
“However, the first Russian ship
that proceeded through the area
patrolled by our naval forces was
a Soviet tanker.
“It was ascertained by the U.S.
naval vessel which intercepted her
that the tanker had only petrole
um aboard.
“Since petroleum is not present
ly included as prohibited ma
terial, under President Kennedy’s
Read what top Associated Press
news analysts rate as the top and
vital issues in the current red-hot
Cuban crises on Page 5.
proclamation setting up the quar
antine, the tanker was allowed to
proceed.
“The Navy satisfied itself that
no prohibited material was
aboard this particular ship.
“The encounter took place short
ly before 8 o’clock, day light time
today.”
Sylvester said he could not pro
vide any further details at this
time.
President Kennedy was reported
holding the door open for a crisis
conference with Soviet Premier
Khrushchev if the right conditions
developed.
U Thant, acting secretary-gen
eral of the United Nations, ap
pealed to Kennedy to suspend the
blockade and to Khrushchev to
hold up arms shipments while the
disputants meet and try to settle
their differences.
Khrushchev wrote British phil
osopher Bertrand Russell that
“the question of war and peace is
so vital that we should consider
useful a top-level meeting - to do
everything possible to remove the
danger of unleashing a thermo-
completed. Almost as far along is
improvement of the older part of
the Chemistry Building.
Equipment delays have slowed
progress on Francis Hall and the
ing Buildings.
Airconditioning capabilities come
from central chiller facilities in
the Power Plant.
Khrushchev denounced the U.S.
blockade as “piratical” and ig
nored the reason given by Ken
nedy for setting it up—the estab-
j lishment of Soviet - built missile
| bases in Cuba.
British Prime Minister Harold
; Macmillan accused Khrushchev of
j staging a deliberate adventure in
* Cuba to test U. S. determination.
Football Train Cancelled-
Rumor Says Troop Use
pital. Complete site information I Biolo J ica !. Sciences and Engneer-
will released in the near future.
All three types of the Sabin
vaccine can be taken in any order.
Residents, therefore, can take the
Type II vaccine whether or not
they have had Type I or the Salk
vaccine.
“The Sabin vaccine has an ex
pected advantage over the previous
Salk vaccine,” the spokesman said.
“The advantage lies in the fact
that the Sabin vaccine is a living I GALVESTON (/P)—Santa Fe Railway spokesman said
virus and has the expected ability | Wednesday that a special train to carry football fans from
to enter the digestive tract.” San Angelo to Brown wood Thursday has been cancelled.
The Salk vaccine is administered The spokesman said the train was to have carried about
by injection and, therefore, ren- 500 students, the band and faculty to the game,
ders no immunity at this level, he i The official declined comment on whether cancellation
said. resulted from diverting the equipment to possible military
use. But in San Angelo, General Agent E. A. Tusha said the
cancellation came because military officials requisitioned the
equipment.
Another special train is scheduled to leave Dallas Friday
carrying 650 fans to the Southern Methodist game against
Texas Tech. The railway spokesman said plans for this
train “are unchanged as of this time.”