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Campus Chest Drive Begins Monday Che Bdttdlion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1962 Number ‘Kick - Off Held Last Fete Night “Aggies have always felt a deep necessity and deep desire to help other Aggies,” Sheldon Best, president of the Student Senate, told approximately 75 persons who attended the kick-off smorgasbord of SAT, ^7 Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS NEW DELHI, India — Prime Minister Nehru pledged India will fight invading Chinese “until final victory is achieved.” As he spoke Thursday, the Defense Ministry an nounced that Communist troops captured the key trading and Bud dhist town of Towang — 17 miles inside India — in bitter fighting. The Indian leader suggested a possible dramatic shift in govern ment policy, with the possibility of accepting help from “friendly nations” instead of insisting on Raying cash for arms. In London, British Prime Minister Harold Mac Millan told the House of Com mons Britain is ready to provide practical help to India to defend itself against the Chinese Com munists. U. S. NEWS INDEPENDENCE. Mo. — Har ry Truman said today in his opinion international summit meetings “don’t amount to a damn.” The former president made the comment at a press conference in which he announced he was canceling the remainder of his campaign speeches. Asked if he though anything could be accomplished in a sum mit conference on the Cuban situation, Truman said: “I don’t believe in them. They don’t amount to a damn. I have been to two of them and nothing was accomplished.” Truman said he did not like the attitude of Canada in the Cuban situation. The Canadian prime minister has refused to associate the country with other nations in the Western Hemisphere in sup port of the American stand a- gainst arms shipments to Cuba. ★ ★ ★ PITTSBURGH — Former Presi dent Dwight D. Eisenhower called the 21 months of the Kennedy ad ministration Thursday night one of sluggishness, in economy, continu ed unemployment, deficit spend ing and abusive ridicule. However, Eisenhower urged the nation to make personal sacrific es whenever and to whatever ex tent is needed, in the Cuban cri sis. “Until this urgent problem is solved to the satisfaction of our nation,” Eisenhower said, “every loyal Ameracn will, without hesi tation, carry out and conform to any instructions, pertaining to it, proclaimed by the commander in chief.” Navy Reports Feared On Ships Retreat WASHINGTON (A 3 ) — Soviet ships which turned back from Cuba were reported today to in clude most of those suspected of carrying offensive weapons. A huge vessel designed to transport missiles was reported among them. Informed government sources said no new Soviet ship had been sighted moving toward Cuba and the fleet of blockading U.S. war ships strung out acx-oss a broad area of the Atlantic. It appeared likely that the Navy might intercept one of the on coming Communist cargo ships during the day. This could bring the first actual order to halt and be searched. THE DEFENSE Department an nounced Thursday that at least a dozen Soviet vessels had turned back “presumably because they might have been carrying offen sive materials.” This apparently left about 13 Communist cargo-type ships still on course toward Red Cuba. Sec retary of Defense Robert S. Mc Namara had. said just after Presi dent Kennedy ordered the block ade into effect that an estimated 25 Communist vessels were moving toward Cuba. “Most of the ships the Navy is interested in have turned around,” one government official said. IT WAS indicated that among the dozen Red ships divei'ted from Cuba was one identified by in formed authorities as the Polo- tavia. Three days ago, the Navy was reported keeping an especially close areial watch on this big, mod ern Soviet ship which experts said is rigged to carry missiles. Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Sylvester told reporters late Thursday. “I don’t have any idea” what direction the dozen ships were traveling after altering course away from Cuba. Informed authorities said they believed the ships were steaming back toward Europe. SYLVESTER SAID the vessels are being kept under surveillance, but he did not indicate how far or how long they would be trailed by patrol planes. i The government made it . clear Thursday that the quarantine blockade will continue, despite any diplomatic discussions that may take place with Moscow over the issue of Red arms supplies to Fidel Castro’s Cuba. Sylvester said, “We have no way of knowing,” what is in the Soviet ships still headed for Cuba. Ob viously, the quarantine alone will establish that. “Furthermore, on Cuba itself the missile site work is progressing at the same rapid rate and you will recall that the President in his proclamation said the ultimate objective was the removal of those missile sites,” he added. After Game Parties Planned For Ags Two after-the-game parties will be given in Waco Saturday night. One is being- given by the Waco Aggie Wives Club, Waco Aggie- exes, and the Waco-McLennan County hometown club, fi'om 11 p.m.-2 p.m. at the Karem-Temple Ballroom, at 208 N. 7th St., in downtown Waco. Tickets may be purchased here or at the door. The second party is being given by the Baylor Law Wives Associ ation, at 10 p.m. in the Raleigh Ho tel Ballroom. Music will be pro vided by George Nethery’s Orches tra. Tickets will be sold at the door. Hannigan Donates First Dollar The first dollar of the 1962 Campus Chest the student welfare committee of the Stu- Drive was donated by James P. Hannigan, dent Senate. Sheldon Best, president of the center, dean of students. Receiving the senate, looks on. donation is Ken Stanton, right, chairman of STATE CAMPAIGN WRAP-UP Candidates Continue Tours As Race’s Pace Quickens the Campus Chest Drive last night. The group included unit com manders and dorm representatives. Special guests were Dean and Mrs. James P. Hannigan, Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Zinn and Col. and Mrs. Joe Davis. ORGANIZATION of the drive was reviewed by Ken Stanton, chairman of the student welfare committee of the senate. He said he and his committee hoped that greater effort than ever before to reach this year’s $8,000 goal. The goal can be reached easily if every Aggie will donate $1, Best pointed out. He went on to explain that the committee realized that some Aggies might feel that a dollar was too much. “In this case,” he said, “en courage him to scrape up 50 cents, 25 cents or even 10 cents. STANTON SAID donations will be handled by commanding officers in military dorms and by dorm, presidents and floor and ramp representatives in civilian dorms. During the week of the drive a chart will be displayed in the Me morial Student Center to list the progress of each outfit and dorm in the drive. A bronze plaque will be pre sented to the corps unit or civilian dorm that averag-es the most do nated per man. A certificate will be given to those corps units or civilian dorms that average a dol lar donated per man. The drive will officially start Monday and will continue through next Friday. The chairmen of the various committees of the Student Senate explained the functions of their committees to the group. Student body representatives were encour aged to be mindful of feelings of the students they represent and to feel free to approach any member of the various committees with any comments. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS You’ll probably get a chance to see one or more of the three Baylor Barricades Campus Against Non - Kissing Ags The Baylor campus in Waco will be guarded Friday night against Aggies—not by federal troops, but by freshman students. Freshmen traditionally guard the campus during Baylor’s homecoming weekend, which falls this weekend this year. They barricade all entrances to the campus and won’t admit a couple until they kiss. How two boys would be admitted is still a question. During the barricade, groups of freshman boys will handle three work shifts. The shifts will be from 9-12 p. m., 12-3 a. m. and 3-6 a. m. The barricades will be located between the bear pit and Student Union, between the Student Union and Science Hall, between Seventh and Speight streets, between Collins Hall and the adjoining parking lot, between Collins and Dawson halls and between Seventh and Kokernot streets. Central headquarters for the barricaders is in the park ing lot in front of Pat Neff Hall. 23 Students To Go On ‘Culture’ Tour . I don’t know why they’d blame the TCU game on me! Twenty-three A&M student lead ers will leave campus early Sun day for Houston to “broaden their cultural experiences and back- g-round.” The trip, sponsored by the IVfem- orial Student Center Council through the MSC directorate, re presents an experiment in the coun cil’s annual program for train ing student leaders. Accompanied by five faculty and staff members, the students will travel to Houston where they will register at the Shamrock-Hilton Hotel. Activities scheduled Sunday af ternoon include a tour of the ship channel and Port of Houston a- board the yacht “Sam Houston.” Sunday night the group will visit the Alley Theater, where they will see the play “Becket.” Monday the students will visit the Houston World Trade Center and Houston Museum of Fine Arts. They will conclude their trip by attending the Houston Symphony and will return to campus late Monday night. According to J. Wayne Stark, MSC director who will accompany , ^ ^ ree with an enemy and dis _ the students, ‘this represents a good cross-section of student lead ers from the various areas around , ... ...... i CONNALLY candidates for governor before the end of the week. The three candidates were in the midst of plane, bus and car tours that will lead them into almost every section of the state in the next few days. Democrat John Connally spent Thursday in the Houston, Port Neches and Beaumont areas. REPUBLICAN Jack Cox began a bus tour of Central and North Central Texas, including stops Thursday at Bastrop, Taylor, Tem ple and a Waco night rally. A Western band furnishing the music. Constitution Party candidate Jack Carswell began his planned flying campaign of 40 Texas cities Thursday. “I calculate, on the basis of what I have learned from getting up earlier and staying up later, that Connally has lost this race and that Jack Cox will be the new governor of Texas,” Cox told a breakfast group in Bastrop. “BY EVERY sign I have seen, I have no hesitancy in predicting that Texas’ greatest gains in near ly a century lie just ahead. Less than two weeks from this very day, Texas will have ended for ever its tradition of one-party man rule,” Cox said. Connally told a breakfast meet- nig in Houston that as governor he will make his own decisions. I “And when I make a decision j you won’t have to look beyond i the governor’s chair,” he haid. “I have enough confidence in myself been in Washington this year but his Republican opponent, Cox, has been there three times. “I don’t go to Gettysbux'g to get my signals,” Connally said. “Dur ing this campaign I have tried to stay with the dominant theme with which I stai'ted — the issues and problems of Texas.” Atty. Gen. Will Wilson said he has a team of investigatox*s in South Texas to check absentee voting. “This is simply a precaution to make sure no irregularities oc cur,” he said. In July, Wilson obtained coui’t ox’ders that all general election ballots in Duval, Zapata and Starr county be impounded at once after being counted and taken to a Cor pus Christ! bank for safe keeping. Today’s Thought The size of a man can be measured by the size of the thing that makes him angry. — J. K. Morley Students To Obtain Oral Polio Vaccine Nov. 4 In Coliseum Sabin Type II ox-al polio vaccine will be offered to A&M students Nov. 4 fx'om 1-5 p.m. A station will be set up in G. Rollie White Coliseum according to Dr. Charles R. Lyons, director of the college student health serv ice. Brayn-College Station ax’ea re sidents will be offered the vaccine at the same hours in stations set up in all of the Bryan elementary schools. Students wives and children may be innoculated here or at one of the Bryan elementary school stations. All three types of the Sabin vaccine can be taken in any order, and students can take Type II vac cine 'whether or not they have had Type I or the Salk vaccine, Dr. Lyons said. “Sabin Type III will not be given because there is some disagx’ee- ment among doctoiTS. Bonfire, Student Dress Pose Hurdles For Civilian Council agree with a friend, if that appears necessary. said he had not the campus.” Students making the trip will I be David C. Coleman, J. Don Mor-j T^meS M. Roberts gan, Gilbert H. Forehand, James j " E. Ray, Teri'ence A. Oddson, Keith 'y^ing Sdlclte Post P. Watts, Richard Moore, Arthur! R. Richardson, Charles L. Blasch- j J ames M. Roberts, economics ma- ke, Alfred’ W. Hughlett, Donnie jor from M ichita, Kan., was elected Rudd and Bobby Ken Robertson. 1 sophomore Arts and Sciences repre- Also Victor L. Donnell, Frank ; sentative to the Student Senate j M. Townsend, Joe W. Windley, I in a special run-off held yester-1 Fred Kirk Blackard, Gerald M. Brown, Donald E. Willis, Sheldon J. Best, Raimundo Riojas, James A. Dotson and Huley J. Horn. Faculty and staff membei*s ac companying the group are Dr. H. O. Kunkel, Claude Bitner, Maxwin Butler and Bill Hite. day, accoi'ding to Albert N. Wheel er, election committee chairman. He defeated Cecil M. Bourne, a pre-vet student from Marquez. Ro berts received 59 votes while Bour ne got 19. Only sophomores -en- x-olled in the School of Arts and Sciences were eligible to vote. By KENT JOHNSTON Battalion Staff Writer The Civilian Student Council, main problem-solving group for over 50 per cent of the student body, had a large share of A&M’s woes on its back in last night’s meeting. Civilian status in the building of the bonfire is one of the coun cil’s biggest hurdles. Members di- sected the problem into these parts: 1. Most civilians do not have enough information about bon fire planning and work to ac quire the high amount of interest needed for successful participa tion. 2. A strong and well-supported organization spearheaded by dorm itory councils will be necessary. 3. The long weekend preceeding the bonfire will be a major obstacle to civilian participation. It was stressed that the Saturday of the Rice football game will be an ideal time for maximum effox-t. 4. Accomplishments made by ci vilians will desexwe publicity and should be credited to them. 5. Civilians should recognize the fact that plenty of woi'kex*s are needed — enough leaders are al ready available. A goal, undeveloped so far, is to organize as many 50-100 man log-carxying crews as is possible from each dormitory. Council members asked for an all-out effort on the part of dorm itory councils and civilian leadei’s to fui'ther the drive for a bonfixe which can be labeled as one which was, to a sizeable extent, built by civilians. Second most important topic of discussion was poor dress habits of a small minority of students who prefer to wear shower shoes rather than street shoes on campus. Sbisa Dining Hall was named as a site of many violations of proper dress.