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Che Battalion Election Time Nears... Pages 4 and 5 Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1962 Number 25 6-5I Aggie Trackster Dies In Houston Donations Mount As Deadline Nears For Campus Chest Squardon 1 became the first of the corps units or civilian dormi tories to meet its goal of a 100 per cent contribution to the 1962 fampus Chest Wednesday. The First Wing Staff and the Fifth Battle Group Staff, who also made 100 per cent contributions Wednesday, are helping to set the pace for the A&M emergency as sistance fund which has a goal of !8,000 for its week-long cam paign. Yesterday’s three contributions irought the number of 100 per cent irganizations to seven. Each mem- iier of the First Brigade Staff, the Second Brigade Staff, the First Battle Broup Staff and the Civilian Student Council has also donated \ dollar or more to the fund. “If each group does as well as ley did, we’ll meet our goal,” said Ken Stanton, chairpian of the student Senate Welfare Committee. Sheldon Best, commanding offi- :er of the 85-man Squadron 1, said !he group’s Campus Chest donation &as supplemented by using squad- ion funds. This was done to give !he squadron members more time :o make their donations. As more noney is received, he said, the :und will be reimbursed. Best, also president of the stu- lent body, said, “The squadron lelt a desire to start the pace and set an example. By contributing 100 per cent, we feel we have lone this.” Commending Stanton, Best said, ‘The organization is being handled letter than it was last year. There has been a lot of interest Car-Wash Planned By Council Friday The Arts and Sciences • Council is sponsoring a car-wash Friday “rom 1-6 p.m. at W. T. Franklin’s Sinclair service station on High way 6. Three cars will be washed simul taneously for $1 per car. Council members hope to wash one car per 15-20 minutes. Funds will go for scholarships ind awards to arts and sciences students and professors. The touncil will attempt to raise $1,300 luring the year, with other fund raising projects to follow. shown on campus. I have been ap proached personally with questions about the drive.” Tomorrow, the last day of the drive, will reveal whether or not last year’s results will have been exceeded, Stanton said. By talking to first sergeants, he concluded, “Almost everyone had star'ted or at least would have started their drive by Wednesday night.” SS Sweetheart Selection Study To Be Debated Aspects of the selection of the Aggie Sweetheart will be dis cussed at the Thursday night meeting of the Student Senate at 7:30 in Room 3-D of the Memorial Student Center. Selection of the sweetheart has been under study by the student life committee of the senate. The study came about as the result of a meeting Oct. 20 between A&M and Texas Woman’s University representatives. The joint greeting followed stu dent polls at both schools that revealed general dissatisfaction with the present selection method. A survey of criteria to be used at TWU to select semifinalists and the formation of a selection team of A&M students to select finalists has been conducted by the student welfare committee, headed by Jerry Vion. TWU students select their own semifinalists, but have never had an established criteria from A&M to use in the selection. The past three years a group of Memorial Student Center staff members has named the finalists. Also on the agenda for the meet ing is a talk by Paul Daly, Peace Corps representative who will be on campus through next Tuesday. Daly, an animal husbandry gradu ate of the University of Florida, is currently on loan to the Peace Corps from the Agency for Inter national Development. Amendments to the Senate con stitution and conduct at midnight yell practice are also slated for discussion at the session. Encephalitis Claims Bobby Gilbreath By RONNIE BOOKMAN Battalion Managing Editor HOUSTON—Aggie hurdler Bobby Gilbreath died at 10:45 this morning in Hermann Hospital. His mother, Mrs. T. E. Gilbreath of Iowa Park, was with him. He was being treated for encephalitis. Gilbreath, 20, held the fastest freshman time in the na tion last year in the 400-meter low hurdles. He won eight gold medals in state high school track and field events as a student at Iowa Park High School. The six-foot trackster became ill last Friday. He was first taken to the college hospital then transfered to Bryan’s St. Joseph Hospital. HE WAS moved to Houston ;.0§ Monday after a tentative di- •-h : ‘Trick or Treat* Mrs. Berry Ward of A-12-D College View College View children went “trick or treat- administers the “treat” to Tami McClary ing.” and Russell Ward Wednesday night as the OVER ONE MILLION Record Vote Predicted For Governor’s Race By The Associated Press A record general election vote was predicted Wednesday as the Democratic and Republican nom inees for governor sprinted into the final lap. Robert L. Johnson, head of the Texas Election Bureau, estimated the Nov. 6 vote will be more than one million. If that figure is reached it will be the largest off- years poll in Texas history. The highest total vote for gubernato rial races in non-presidential elec tion years was in 1958, when 789,865 ballots were cast. JOHNSON SAID the record vote probably would be reached Tues day because of the hot contest between Republican Jack Cox and Democrat John Connally. Cox spoke to a Junior Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Dallas Wednesday then moved on to Lub bock and Amarillo. Connally was in Galveston and Houston. “I am for development of the Trinity River Canal,” Cox told the Dallas group. “If you want me to write it out in big, bold letters, I will ... I want what is best for Texas. If this is what is best, I will stand behind the project.” THE GOP CANDIDATE said the opportunity for new growth, new industry, new income and new po litical freedom is closer now than at any time before. Don’t miss this chance,” Cox said. In Galveston, Connally said that i , Sff i .■SKarF ' < SSSW SS55W : < x-kV *5*18, <K mt s» :> < *» StF ■<m>. :*i-**\ msm *■'< ■<■ m <*&** sss** fcj? '■.■wet r-' « '9*^ Xi Sf jMSfew* '• S SV' XKS: m ^ '• mm : *vC m . .JjPRN ■Slip && ,w... SS? 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HE SAID THERE are two in stances of what he called election law violations in Tarrant County by the Republicans. He said the GOP failed to hold a primary in 29 of Tarrant County’s 151 pre cincts and thus disfranchised more people than voted for Cox in the county primary. He also said the name of a Republican candidate for county commissioner in one precinct was on the ballot in the entire county in violation of the law. “They talk a good game, but they won’t even abide by the laws we have,” Connally said. In response to questions at a news conference Connally said he would think seriously about ad vocating moving the party pri maries back closer to the general election, possibly even to August and September. Presently primar ies are in May and June. agnosis of encephalitis was made. The disease, sometimes called sleeping sickness, was de scribed by Dr. Charles R. Lyons, college hospital director, as “an infection on the surface of the brain.” Dr. Lyons said such a condition could be caused by many things since there are many varieties of the disease. He said such an iso lated case as Gilbreath’s was not contageous. The physician added: “This type of thing can follow the flu, mumps or a number of other illnesses. “Trying to define encephalitis is like trying to describe the A&M campus in 10 words.” DR. LYONS said there was no treatment for the malady. ♦ Gilbreath’s coach, Charlie Thom as, said: “He was an extremely hard worker, a good student and a fine leader. And, he had a lot of natural ability. We will miss him both as a person and as a team mate.” Thomas said Gilbreath had pro mise of being one of the nation’s outstanding hurdlers. He made his record run last year at the Meet of Champions in Houston. He took the 400-meter low hurdles with a 54.2 to claim the national record. AT IOWA Park he was a state meet star with 19.1 low hurdles and 22 feet eight inches broad jump in 1961. Also in 1961 he won the state 180-yard low hurdles and anchored the mile relay. In 1960 he led the Iowa Park team to a Class A state championship. Majoring in entomology, Gil breath was a member of Company H-3 and lived in Hart Hall. In addition to the hurdles, Gil breath was a member of the Ca det cross country team. Today’s Thought If man does find the solution for world peace, it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known. —George C. Marshall BOBBY GILBREATH Funeral Rites Slated Friday For Baugh Funeral services are scheduled Friday for Orville L. Baugh, A&M mathematics professor, who died Wednesday morning after a heart attack. He was 46 years old and had served at A&M since 1956. Survivors include his wife, Sa rah, who teaches in the A&M Con solidated Junior High School; his father, V. I. Baugh of Houston, a brother, Verner S. Baugh, Clarenda, Iowa; and a half brothel*, Lester Baugh, who is in the U. S. Army. Services are set for 2 p.m. Fri day at the Memorial Funeral Cha pel in Bryan, with the Rev. Byron L. Lovelady, pastor of the A&M Methodist Church, officiating. In terment will be in the College Sta tion Cemetery. Baugh became ill shortly before he was to teach a class Wednesday, and was rushed to a local clinic by ambulance. He died about 10:30 a.m. Baugh was born at Wizard Wells in Jack County. He resided at 500 Park Place Blvd. in College Sta tion. Folio Oral Vaccine Offered Students, Local Residents Students and College Station re sidents will be offered Type II Sabin oral polio vaccine on campus Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Dr. Charles R. Lyons, director of the college hospital, said the immunization clinic would be set up in the lobby of G. Rollie White Coliseum. He said: “Everyone is invited to take the vaccine — students, faculty, their wives and children or anyone else.” Dr. Lyons said the vaccine would be placed on sugar cubes in the normal manner. He said college hospital staff doctors and nurses would man the clinic. He added: “There will be no waiting. We will be running four separate lines, and at that rate we could give the vaccine to the entire student body in one hour.” Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS PARIS — President Charles de Gaulle has called the results of Sunday’s referendum satisfactory — clearly showing that he has no present intention of quiting. During the referendum campaign, de Gaulle pleaded for a big “yes” vote for his proposal to elect his successors by universal suffrage. He said he could not carry on if the results were “weak, mediocre, or doubtful.” ★ ★ ★ NEW DELHI, India — Prime Minister Nehru, facing up to charges that V. K. Krishna Me- non has bungled India’s prepared ness, ousted him as defense mini ster Wednesday night. Nehru himself, almost 73, took over the key post with its urgent responsibility of staving off Red China’s attacks on India’s north ern borders. U. S. NEWS WASHINGTON — The White House announced Wednesday night the naval arms quarantine of Cuba will be resumed at daybreak Thurs day. Air surveillance of the Rus sian missile sites in Cuba also will begin again. The decision was reached Wed nesday night by President Kennedy after a conference with his top advisers and after the departure of United Nations Acting Secre tary-General U Thant from an attempt to arrange U. N. verifi- ciation of the dismantling of the bases. The attempt apparently was not successful. TEXAS NEWS TYLER, Tex. — The appearance of Ruel W. Alexander, a onetime associate of Billie Sol Estes, as a witness in Estes’ theft and swind- | ling trial set off a storm of agru- I ments between attorneys Wednes- | day. i Alexander pleaded guilty to fed- | eral fraud indictments in a case in which he was charged along ' with Estes. He faces a 6-ye*r | prison sentence. Estes pleaded innocent in that [ case and is yet to be tried. ■ 4