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Che Battalio Cadets Fall To Cardinals... See Page 6 Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1962 Number 41 OAS’s New Chief IP ^ Slates Address H i To SCONA VIII Gonzalo J. Facio, newly elect- « president of the Council of the Irganization of American States, ill speak at A&M’s eighth an- f®Bual Student Conference On Na tal lional Affairs Dec. 13, according ftu Vic Donnell, chairman. I “We are lucky to have this man Jofnins to SCONA,” Donnell said. _ IWith the eyes of the world focus- lid on Cuba and Latin America, we Lions Open Yule Tree Lot At East Gate The College Station Lions Club las Christmas trees on sale at Hast Gate on Highway 6 for its mnual Christmas tree sale to sup- )ort club projects for the com- ng year, according to Lacy Mc- iall, chairman of the drive. All profits from the sale will ?o to sponsor projects designed to nake the community a better place in which to live, McCall said. The lot, located just north of tfeCall’s Humble Service Station, lad been prepared by groups of lions who met on Saturday after- 100ns to clear the ground. Publi- lity chairman Ernest Gregg said the sale is set up in a more con- renient manner for the customer than in the past. He added the juality of the pine and fir trees is as good or better than last year. Prices will range from $1.50 to S4.50 per tree. Lions Club members will work n two-hour shifts from 8 a.m.- 8 p.m. daily until all the trees are sold. couldn’t have gotten a speaker to provide a clearer view of what is going on in Latin America.” Facio, 44, is one of Central A- merica’s • most respected states men. His speech at 8 p.m. follows that of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson at 1:30 p.m. Speaking on “Tensions In Latin America,” Facio also holds the position of Costa Rican ambassa dor to the United States. He is a leading figure in Costa Rica’s National Liberation Party, which he founded, and has been mentioned as a candidate for the presidency of Costa Rica. IN JUNE of this year he was given the post of representative to the OAS and just last month was elected president of the OAS coun cil. He has edited several news papers and magazines and holds various academic degrees. From 1948 until 1952 he headed the Costa Rican delegation to the United Nations and he has had many other diplomatic duties. Other speakers at the four-day conference to be held on campus Dec. 12-15 are James J. Wads worth, former ambassador to the United Nations; Felix McKnight, executive editor of the Dallas Times-Herald; Gen. Frederic H. Smith, retired vice chief of staff of the Air Force; and Mason Will- rich, Arms Control and Disarma ment Agency counsel and delegate to the disarmament talks in Gene va from the U. S. Donnell said approximately 175 delepates from schools in the U.S., Mexico and Canada are planning to attend. Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS GENEVA — The Soviet Union killed all Western hopes Tuesday that an emergency nuclear test ban agreement could be rushed into operation by the end of the year. Soviet Delegate Semyon K. Tsarapkin told a subcommittee of the 17-nation disarmament confer ence there will never be any agree ment so long as the West insists on inspection of suspicious under ground disturbances. ★ ★ ★ UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. — France lined up Tuesday with the Soviet Union in rejecting a World Court opinion that all U.N. members should pay for Peace-keeping operations threat ening the organization with bankruptcy. U. S. NEWS KEY WEST, Fla. — Thirteen khaki-clad men were arrested Tuesday on a tiny island in the Florida Keys and accused of pre paring an armed expedition against Cuba. Wearing Marine battle fatigues, they were picked up as they boarded an arms-laden boat at Marathon Key, about 40 miles Northeast of here. All but three are Americans. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service took some of the steam out of angry business men Tuesday by announcing an easing of proposed regulations designed to curb expense account abuses. IRS Commissioner Mortimer M. Caplin drew applause from a critical audience when he dis- dosed the liberalization at the start of two days of public hear ings on the suggested rules. xemptions Vetoed Mrs. Texas A&M Entrants Pictured Pictures of Hi of the Mrs. A&M contestants are featured on page four of today’s Batta lion. There are 32 Aggie Wives enter in the contest. The other contestants will he pictured in the Thursday addition of The Battalion. Mrs. A&M will be selected from the field of 32 at a dance Saturday night which will be sponsored by the Aggie Wives Council. The Council also spon sors the contest. Planning Nears Completion For Air Force Ball Final coordination of plans is presently underway for the an- ual Air Force Ball, scheduled Fri day night in Sbisa Dining Hall. The ball will be staged from 8-12 p.m. with the John Sullivan Orchestra and the Leo Baxter Band providing continuous music. Tickets are on sale at the Cash ier’s Window in the Memorial Stu dent Center for $2. All Air Force cadets and Army cadet seniors will be able to attend. A World War II theme has been planned for dance decorations, featuring a false ceiling of para chutes and murals depicting World War Il-style aricraft. Highlight of the night will be the presentation of the Air Force sweetheart, scheduled at 10:30 p.m. The sweetheart will be named from one of the following five finalists: Suzanne Harper of San Antonio, Jinger Lewis of Edcouch, Tex., Lynn Addison of New Boston, Tex., Carolyn Fish of Nederland and Jan Sharp of Sinton. A nine-man committee of Air Force and Army cadets has co ordinated plans for the dance. Chaired by Reggie Richardson, the committee also included Randy Jones, George Wiederaenders, Ro bert Thornton, Frank Townsend, Carl Vanderheider, A1 Simmons, Jimmy Johnson and Tim Jaeckle. Senate To Hear Reason Thursday Thumbs-down action by the Executive Committee has killed a Student Senate proposal for a final exam exemption for students with a 92-or-better average, at the discreation of the professor teaching the course. The committee’s de cision was released Tuesday night by Shelton Best, student body president. : A complete report explaining the reason for the nega tive action will be presented at the Senate’s regular meeting Thursday night, Best said. However, he did reveal that the main objection voiced by the committee was concerned with the “at the discretion of the professor” phrase. The Senate voted to seeik approval of the proposal on Oct. 4, and asked James P.* 1 Hannigan, dean of students, In Mid-Season Form Coach Bob Rogers shouts commands to his five cagers on the court during last Saturday’s Centenary game with a skill that would suggest that he has had much pre-season training. Safety Week Features Traffic Safety Films Next week will be observed as Safety Week, according to Henry Lyles, A&M business administration instructor. The Insurance Society and The Battalion will co-sponsor the week’s events, which will be aimed at preventing acci dents over the Christmas holidays. Monday at 7:30 p. m. a program encouraging safety will be presented in Guion Hall. A film, “Code 30,” will be shown after Floyd Tippit, safety officer for this area of the Department of Public Safety, speaks on a related field. “Code 30” is similar to last year’s safety film “Death on the Highways”. 17 Texas Towns Lose Army Units GONZALO J. FACIO Today's Thought Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. —Revelation 3:8. IAS Group Hears ‘Centaur’ Lecture “Development of the Centaur Vehicle” was the topic of a lec ture given Tuesday night by Harry Whitmore, a General Dynamics Astronautics engineer, before an open meeting of the Institute of Aerospace Sciences student chap ter. Whitmore, manager and co-ordi- nator of the Centaur.space vehicle system, related the history of the system’s development and the prob lems which were encountered. Work on the system began in 1956 to fill a need for a high energy second stage to place on top of the Atlas missile, he explained. Development of the Centaur provided important information on the use of liquid hydrogen as a rocket fuel, according to Whit more. The Centaur is the first missile to use the combination of Final Installment Payments Due Now Fourth and final installment fees are now payable at the Fiscal Office. Payment without penalty may be made until Dec. 19. The amount due is $60.80. liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen together. The engine when tested had more specific thrust than any en gine of its size thus developed, Whitmore said. MANY STRUCTURAL problems resulted due to the use of the liquid hydrogen, he added. Be cause of the size of the hydrogen molecules, the problem of leaks became severe, he stated. One of the possible uses of the Centaur system is to place a pay- load on the moon. One Centaur vehicle has been fired but flew for only 51 seconds before failure occurred. The second Centaur is scheduled to be fired after the first of the year. Whitmore supported his lecture with a film entitled “History of Project Centaur,” in addition to numerous slides. # A 1942 graduate of A&M, Whit more later earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at Pur due. During an Army career he was chief of the Wliite Sands Proving grounds systems test division and later deputy director of the Ballis tics Research Laboratories at Aber deen Proving Grounds. AUSTIN UP> — Texas reserve and National Guard officials sized up Tuesday military reorganiza tion as little affecting Texas units. The major brunt of the reorgan ization plan announced by U. S. Defense Secretary Robert Mc Namara will be borne by 17 Texas fities where units will be vacated. These are all VIII Army Corps reserve units. The cities are* Beeville, Dainger- field, Jasper, Hebbronvilie, Junc tion, Sonora, Cleveland, Burnet,' food. to present the proposal to the Executive Committee. THE COMMITTEE said time would be needed so that the proposal could be discussed prop erly and presented to the faculty. The committee’s decision came after more than six weeks of study. The purpose of the proposal, as presented originally by the Senate issues committee, was to lend sup port to the goal of “academic ex cellence.” Best said that students are wel come to attend the Senate meet ing to hear the committee report. He said that students would prob ably be interested in also hearing John G. Peniston, head of the dining hall service, discuss the policies of his staff. The talk by Peniston was brought on by a report given by Doug Hotchkiss at a Nov. 15 meet ing of the Senate. At that time he told the group that there had been many complaints about the quantity and quality ef food being served in Duncan Dining Hall. Hotchkiss said people at the tables near the rear of the hall are not getting enough to eat and that the food that gets thebe is not hot. TOMMY ARNOLD, Senate re cording secretary who also works as a waiter, was called on by Best to gdve the waiters’ point of view on dining hall policies. He told the Senate that the current pro gram has been employed to cut down on the • waste that has been prevalent during the' last few years. He went on to say that one pos sible reason for people at the back tables not getting enough to eat is that those at the front tables often send their waiters back fov seconds and thirds before the ; people in the back have gotten any Deadline Set On Day Student Spring Permits Day students not living in their family home must file a letter of application not later than Dec. 15 if they wish to reside off cam pus during the spring semester, according to Bennie A. Zinn, Di rector of the Department of Stu dent Affairs. “The Department of Student Af fairs will accept these letters through Dec. 15 and before the | end of the fall semester will notify | each student of action taken on | the application,” Zinn said. The Dec. 15 deadline is necessary j to allow time for processing the | applications during the holiday I period, Zinn explained. Students may call at the Stu- ! dent Affairs office the last week | of the fall semester to learn ac- j tion on applications. The college policy requiring all I students to live on campus will be strictly enforced, Zinn added. Stu dents are advised to plan on j dormitory assignments unless they have approved day student permits, Zinn said. ; Caldwell, Georgetown, Sherman, ] I Cleburne, Hamilton, Taylor, Tern- ; I pie, Killeen and Uvalde. ANOTHER unit at Portales, New ! Mexico will be vacated. The VIII ; i Corps includes New Mexico. Maj. Gen. Thomas Yancey, i ! commanding general of the corps, \ \ said the reorganization plan will j have little effect on the actual ; i strength of the reserve here. Yancey said a n objective | ! strength of 1,480 for New Mexico j and 14,656 for Texas “closely i parallels what we have.” State Adjutant General Thomas j | S. Bishop said the shuffle will | have little effect on National j i Guard personnel and none on the ' state’s armory construction pro gram. • ‘ YANCEY said that 73 Texas i units will be affected by vacat ing, relocation, activation and re designation. Reservists in cities where units I are being vacated or otherwise I j changed will have a chance to join other area units, Yancey said. Reservists with military obliga tions automatically will be re- ; j assigned. Older reservists, Yancey said, will be offered assignments even though they are not under a mili- : tary obligation. Yancey said the Washington action will make the reservists j> “more responsive to military re- ; quirements” by better organiza tion. Yancey said recruiting stand ards will now’ be the same as the active Army. He said 90 per ; cent of the reservists in each unit will have to be proficient in their I fields. Other topics slated to come be fore the Senate during the Thurs day njght meeting include a report on the freshman primary from the election commission, a discussion on ways to obtain favorable pub licity for A&M and a report by the Brazos County Tuberculosis Com mittee. Indians Get Promise Red MIGs Coming NEW DELHI (A 3 ) _ A Soviet promise that token MIG21 jet fighters are on the way gave the Indians a lift Tuesday — more psychological than military — in their fight against the Red Chi nese. Prime Minister Nehru told Par liament a few of the MIGs will come in December of this year, a few in 1963 and a few in 1964- scarcely enough or in time to play an important military role. Nehru’s announcement — com ing 13 days after Peking’s unilat eral cease-fire brought a suspen sion of shooting on the Himalayan front — ended weeks of speculation whether Moscow would live up to its long-standing bargain. HIGH SOVIET sources in Mos cow had said the deal was off shortly after the Chinese launched their drive across the border — but the Kremlin attitude toward the Chinese attack has changed. The Soviet determination to go through with its aid to India seemed likely to sharpen the snip ing between Moscow and Peking which has been growing more hos tile since the Russian backdown in the Cuban crisis. Indian leaders showed suspi cions over Peking’s long-range in tentions along the border despite Chinese claims Oummunist forces are withdrawing. Indian troops have been cau tious about probing to determine the extend of the Communist pull back promised on Dec. 1. Indian forces appeared under orders to avoid provoking the Reds to get more time to build up their own battered defenses. Freshman English Change Discussed Possible changes in the fresh man English course are being con sidered by a faculty committee. Dr. I John Q. Anderson, Department of English head, has announced. Serving as the committee chair man is Dr. Lee J. Martin. A basic thought of the commit- ; Q. ANDERSON tee, Martin said, is to develop the two-semester course so that it has a unity and classroom em phasis upon written English. “A command of English is es sential to all educated persons and freshman English cuts across the lines between the students major ing in different fields,” Martin said. “This is another basic con sideration in the committee’s plan ning.” Other committeemen include Dr. H. E. Hierth, Hugh Luke, Joe Mattern, Staley Cre swell, Curtis Schatte and Sidney Cox. The committee is investigating the possibilities of laboratories for students needing additional help to make up deficiencies. The use of overhead projectors, so an instructor may lecture ef fectively to as many as 100 stu dents, is another possible develop- memt. Some changes may become ef fective next September if the committee’s hopes materialize.