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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1962
Number 42
Poll Commission,
Senators Chosen
Freshmen voting yesterday set up four run-offs, ap
proved five Fish for Student Senate posts and picked five
freshmen to the election commission.
A turnout of only 32.6 per cent of the freshman class
♦’brought 861 to the polls. In addi-
A&M Scientists Eye Stratoscope Balloon Lofting
NCAIi Project Set
To Lift Off Today
Near Palestine
H Test launching of the Strato
scope II research balloon scheduled
today near Palestine holds great
interest for A&M scientists.
The big plastic balloon, filled
with 14,500 pounds of helium and
carrying a dummy payload of some
6,300 pounds, is slated to be lofted
some time after 4 p.m. from the
Scientific Balloon Flight Station
established by the National Center
for Atmospheric Research.
A&M is a member of the Uni
versity Corporation for Atmos
pheric Research which established
NCAR to encourage scientific bal
loon projects. Trustees of NCAR
include Dr. John C. Calhoun, vice
chancellor for development of the
A&M System, and Dr. Dale Leip-
pef, head of the Department of
Oceanography and Meteorology.
Leipper and Dr. Vance Moyer,
professor of meteorology, visited
the balloon launch site Wednesday
to observe pre-launch preparations.
The Stratoscope II project is
sponsored by Princeton University
scientists. Their purpose is to put
aloft a 6,300-pound package with
a 36-inch telescope to 15 miles
altitude.
This will enable them to photo
graph several planets from above
96 per cent of the earth’s atmos
phere.
Data obtained by the balloon
projects are available through
NCAR to A&M meteorologists and
astronomers. The NCAR organ
ization provides the know-how for
ballooning, Leipper said. Various
projects are supported by the Na
tional Science Foundation, .Office
of Naval Research and NASA.
Smog Chokes
London Area;
Dummy Payload Is Ready
Dr. Dale Leipper (left) and Dr. Vance Moyer, visiting the
Scientific Balloon Flight Station near Balestine Wednes
day, look at the mock-up of the Stratoscope II slated to be
sent aloft today.
Stratoscope II Telescope System
The 6,000 pound Stratoscope II telescope 30-inches apart at a distance of 1,000 miles,
system—approximately three-stories high It will be sent aloft early next year from the
—is capable of distinguishing two objects NCAR flight station near Palestine.
Hospitals Wait Additional Awards
LONDON <AP) — A choking smog
tightened an icy grip on London
Wednesday night and 200 hospi
tals were told to stand by for a
major disaster.
The Weather Bureau said the
sulphurous pall was as thick and
polluted as the great killer smog
which caused at least 4,000 deaths
exactly 10 years ago.
Scotland Yard i-eported more
than 40 cases of sudden death
since Tuesday morning, most of
them chest or heart sufferers.
Some had collapsed and died on
/the streets.
VISIBILITY OVER most of
southern England varied from 50
yards on the coasts to zero in some
London suburbs.
Dense fog stretched over south-
em Scotland.
The Weather Bureau reported no
sign of the fog lifting.
‘‘This is as bad as the 1952
siiog,” a spokesman said. “It has
lot lasted as long yet but the fog
■s as thick and polluted as it was
then.”
The 1952 smog was at its peak
for four days. This one set in
Tuesday.
THE HEALTH Ministry warned
°W people and children and all
Persons with chest or heart dis
uses to stay home if possible.
The capital’s airport and 60
’’'iles of docks stood silent and
an usable for the second straight
^y. Huge traffic jams piled up in
foe evening rush hour.
The deadly element in smog is
5 Plphur dioxide poui’ing out in the
sr noke of factory chimneys and
domestic coal fires. Ordinarily it
^ses and dissipates. But fog and
a tmospherie inversion can com
bine to hold it close to the earth,
hie London County Council said
foe atmosphere’s sulphur content
noon was 10 times the winter
•verage.
Open To Graduates
The A&M Graduate School has
been awarded 10 additional grad
uate fellowships with an eventual
value of more than $90,000, Dean
Wayne C. Hall announced Wed
nesday.
Formal notification of the Na
tional Defense Education Act fel
lowships action was received from
Dr. Everett Walters, chief of the
fellowship division, Office of Edu
cation, U.S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.
A&M has participated in the
NDEA program since Congress
passed the act in 1958 and cur
rently has 32 students holding
these fellowships.
A fellowship is on a continuing
basis for the three years of study
necessary for a student with a
bachelor’s degree to complete a
doctoral program. The stipend
is $2,000 for the first year, $2,200
for the second and $2,400 for the
final year of study, plus an allow
ance of $400 for each dependent.
Fish To March
In Bryan Parade
A&M’s precision freshman drill
team will participate in Bryan’s
gala Christmas parade tonight at
7.
There are about 30 entries in
the parade.
Six bands, eight drill or march
ing units and 13 colorful floats
top the list, which also includes
a large number of cars, trucks,
boats, horses and wagons.
A special attraction to the chil
dren will be the arrival of Santa
Claus, who will ride on the Cham
ber of Commerce float and throw
candy to the youngsters.
In addition, A&M receives an in
stitutional allowance from which
each student’s fees and tuition are
paid.
Additional fellowships available
for 1963-64 and the number in
each field are as follows: Indus
trial education, four additional
fellowships; plant cytogenetics
(grass), soil and crop sciences,
tw r o; physics, one; and plant phys
iology, three.
THE INDUSTRIAL education
program at A&M is the only one
in the nation recognized for NDEA
fellowship purposes, Hall said.
The NDEA program was insti
tuted in response to the critical
need for additional college teachers.
A college must expand existing
doctoral programs or institute a
new program to qualify for par
ticipation.
A total of 1,500 fellowships was
awarded on the national basis ac
cording to the announcement re
ceived here.
Hall said national studies show
that 90 per cent of the persons
who have completed a doctorate in
the program are now teaching.
The departments with fellow
ships available for 1963-64 will
select their candidates and make
the nominations to the Department
of Health, Education and Welfare
by Mar. 6, Hall said. Successful
candidates will be notified in April
of their acceptance.
Departments with NDEA fel
lowship holders currently enrolled
include animal husbandry with two
fellowships; soil and crop sciences,
four; chemistry, four; civil engi
neering, three; industrial educa
tion, three; oceanography and me
teorology, eight; physics, four; and
plant sciences, four.
IN CHRISTMAS SEAL DRIVE
Giving Called Spirit
A&M’s spirit of giving was
called a part of the, Aggie spirit
by Mrs. W. E. McCune, chairman
of the Brazos County Tuberculosis
Association’s Christmas Seal cam
paign.
The Christmas Seal drive annu
ally receives much support from
Aggies, she said.
The campaign to raise funds for
combating tuberculosis in Brazos
County brings in many letters,
said Mrs. McCune, in which the
Aggie spirit exceeds the actual
money contributed by Aggies is
no small sum.
Last year, according to Mrs. Mc
Cune, the Aggies contributed over
$700 to the campaign.
HERE IS a typical letter: “I’m
sorry this contribution can’t be
I more, but this represents a day’s
i meals for me. I hope this will be
] of some help, small though it be.”
Another Aggie wrote: “I regret
that my income is so small it
hardly covers my college expenses.
I am returning the Christmas seals
with the hope that the goal you
are striving for is reached.”
One Aggie sent in a dollar say
ing: “I sincerely wish that my con
tribution could be more, but I
simply don’t have the money.”
Another student sent in his let
ter with a fifty dollar check, a real
expression of the “Aggie spirit,”
said Mrs. McCune, but no less real
in spirit as the one, two and three-
dollar donations.
Last Chance Offer
For Polio Vaccine
Winds Up Friday
Dr. C. R. Lyons, director of
the college hospital, has an
nounced that Friday will be the
last day the Sabin Type II oral
polio vaccine will be offered.
Students, faculty and staff
members and Aggie wives who
have not received the vaccine
may do so by reporting to the
hospital before Friday, Lyons
said.
A donation of 25 cents will
be accepted for the service.
ANOTHER typical letter says:
“Thank you very much for includ
ing me on your mailing list for
this year’s Christmas Seal drive.
However, I regret that I am un
able to make a contribution, not
because of a lack of sympathy for
your cause, but because of a lack
of funds. Thank you again, and
good luck in your drive for this
necessary and worthwhile work.”
“Sorry I couldn’t afford to give
more,” said one Aggie, “but I have
only a limited amount of money
to see me through this school
year.”
Wrote one honest Aggie: “I’m
sorry that I can’t help. At the
present time I feel like I’m doing
well not to have to ask for help.
I’m returning the Christmas Seals
with the hope that they will be
used again to help in this worthy
cause.”
AND IN A similar vein: “I’m
sorry this is all I can afford to
give. It is not much, but maybe
it will do some good when put with
other small donations from folks
in similar circumstances to mine.”
And finally this from a sincere
Aggie donor: “I’m sorry that I
cannot afford to send more, but
my financial standing is not the
best light now. I hope what I’m
sending will help a little bit.”
Mrs. McCune pointed out that
it was the many one, two and
three-dollar donations from those
who can not afford more that
makes the Christmas Seal cam
paign a successful community
project each year.
tion to the freshman election a
total of only three votes were cast
for Edward A. Todd, junior in the
School of Veterinary medicine run
ning unopposed for the Student
Senate.
In the run-off for president of
the freshman class will be Michael
D. Ashworth and Charles W. Milli-
kin III.
Running in a field of 17 candi
dates, Ashworth polled 94 votes
and Millikin polled 73.
Sixteen candidates for vice pres
ident were narrowed to three, two
of them in a tie. Ellis C. Gill re
ceived 84 votes, Michael E. Denney
and Richard M. Dooley both took
82 votes.
From 12 men competing for sec
retary, Harris J. Pappas received
184 votes and Miro Pavelka re
ceived 139.
FROM A TOTAL of five candi
dates running for social secretary,
Early B. Denison rated 273 votes
and Elliott L. Higgins Jr. pulled
123.
Four out of 23 were approved
for Student Senate posts. With
their votes, they were:
Bill Camp, 188; Robert G. Cole,
210; Boyd I. Miller, 172; and Wil
liam S. Moore, 176.
Five candidates from a total of
12 were elected to the election
commission. They were:
Randolph C. Aldridge, 374; Peter
B. Belinsky, 344; David E. Gra
ham, 347; James C. Hansen, 313;
and Larry R. Martin, 289.
Run-offs are scheduled 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Friday. Voting will be
conducted under the supervision of
the election commission on voting
machines located in the Memorial
Student Center’s bowling alley
breeze way.
Airs. A&M’ Due
A Special Reward
A special reward for the Ag
gie wife chosen “Mrs. Texas
A&M” this Saturday was re
vealed Thursday night.
Fifty bright silver dollars will
be presented to the winner, said
Mrs. Nat Alvis, president of the
Aggie Wives Council, which
sponsors the annual Mrs. A&M
Dance and Contest.
First runner-up will get $30
and the second runner-up will
get $20, she said.
The dance and contest is set
Saturday night in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom from
8:30-11:30. Tickets are $2 per
couple and may be purchased
at the main desk in the MSC
or at the door.
Thirty-two Aggie wives are in
the running for the title. The
Battalion published pictures of
16 contestants Wednesday. The
remaining 16 photos are on
pages five and six today.
Wire Review
By The Associated Press
U. S. NEWS
WASHINGTON — President
Kennedy Wednesday stepped into
the controvei’sy swirling around
Adlai Stevenson’s Cuban crisis
views with a letter making clear
the U. N. ambassador would con
tinue in his post.
“. . . It goes without saying
you have my fullest confidence
and best wishes,” Kennedy wrote.
He expressed admiration for
Stevenson’s work at the United
Nations.
★ ★ ★
DENVER, Colo. — A wide
spread earthquake jolted the Den
ver area and eastern Colorado on
Wednesday, the second in two
days.
Tremors were reported as much
as 125 miles from Denver.
No serious damage was report
ed.
★ ★ ★
NASHVILLE. Tenn. — A
slender young man walked calm
ly into the James R. Hoffa con
spiracy trial Wednesday, whipped
an air pistol from beneath his tan
trench coat and fired point-blank
at the nation’s most controversial
labor leader.
The pellets bounced harmlessly
off the stocky Teamsters Union
president’s body and Hoffa sp
rang at his assailant, knocking
him to the courtroom floor.
Authorities identified the man
as Warren Swanson, 28, a Wash
ington, D. C., dishwasher. Swan
son described himself as a form
er mental ^patient who had a
vision “that told me to do it.”
TEXAS NEWS
SAN ANTONIO — An Air Force
court trying Col. John A. Herring
ton on charges of slaying his wife
and wounding a son recessed Wed
nesday night without reaching a
decision.
The either-officer court, the
I same as a jury in a civil trial,
j had deliberated 7 hours and 13
i minutes before it announced it
j would halt for the night and re
sume its work at 8 a.m. CST
Thursday.
Herrington, 46-year-old decorat
ed combat veteran, is charged
! with murder in the fatal shooting
! Aug. 9 of his 41-year-old wife and
j for assault with intent to murder
in the shooting of his 19-year-old
I mentally retarder son, Joseph.