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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Friday, December 7, 1962 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle TO HIKE TOTAL INCOME f- ■ ■ | Looking Back . . . At This Week SCONA SELECTS Delegates, Speakers Final plans rapidly neared com pletion during the week for the beginning next Wednesday of SCONA VIII. Main steps taken were the selection of 24 A&M delegates to the conference and the announcement that the presi dent of the Council of the Organ ization of American States will be among the speakers. The local delegates included 16 UJInS. citizens and eight interna tional students. They were select ed by a staff-student committee. The OAS president is Gonzalo J. Facio, who will speak next Wednesday night on “Tensions in Latin America.” Facio is also Costa Rican ambassador to the United States. The fellowships are on a con tinuing basis for the three years of study necessary for a stu dent 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 third year, plus an allowance of $400 for each de pendent. Graduate School Awarded Grants Ten graduate fellowships worth more than $90,000 were awarded to the Graduate School during the week from the National De fense Education Act. 9 Fish Win, 9 In Run-Offs Nine freshmen won class officer positions and nine others ad vanced to run-offs in Wednes day’s first election of the school year. Winning positions on the Stu dent Senate were Bill Camp, Ro bert G. Cole, Boyd I. Miller and William S. Moore, Named to the election commission were Rando lph C. Aldridge, Peter B. Belin sky, David E. Graham, James C. Hansen and Larry R. Martin. Run-offs next Friday will de termine winners for president, vice president, secretary and so cial secretary. Sound Editor, The Battalion: We feel it situation that Sales Tax Changes Due (Special to The Battalion) AUSTIN — Twenty changes in Texas’ two per cent sales tax law are recommended by the Texas Commission on State and Local Tax Policy. Some changes would result in decreased revenue and some would mean an increase. But the total outcome of a legislative put-and-take would produce an additional $10,500,000 a year from a tax that is expected to bring $170,000,000 into state coffers this year. A large addition to income — if recommendations are adopted — would come from applying the state sales tax to motor vehicle sales in place of the selective excise tax now levied on vehicles. The commission recommended repeal of the exemption of farm machinery and equipment. Some recommendations were: 1. Apply the sales tax to all clothing sales, which would up revenue $10,000,000 a year. 2. Exempt vending machine DANCE Snook Hall “ . . . I had no idea our sign would attract so much atten tion!” Bulletin Board time for the presently be ing so heatedly discussed on our campus to be explained. We, of course, are speaking of the inci dent which took place outside Sbisa Hall concerning the break ing’ off a civilian student’s car radio aerial. It seems the dis cussion is getting completely out of proportion and many untrue assumptions as to the true facts of the case have been made. First, the driver of the car was a member of the A&M varsity football team — & group whose school spirit we feel should not be questioned. Second, he was returning: from choW after a late pradtice prepar ing for the SMU game — which A&M (and I suppose it’s all right for the team to consider themselves part of A&M, even though most of them are civil ians) won, 12-7. Third, concerning another route that the driver supposedly should have taken. For anyone who has ever driven on the A&M campus, it should be quite clear that there are only two ways to leave the Sbisa parking lot — right or left. In this case the driver turn ed right trying to return to Hen derson Hall, which, despite, Mr. Armstrong’s recent recommenda tions, is still a dormitory. Fourth, since the driver of the car was, according to all other reports, about to commit mass murder, we feel it is time to present his side of the story. He wasn’t speeding through but, in fact, never put his foot on the accelerator and was moving by simply taking his foot off the brake. Unless his ear is quite different from any we have ever driven, it seems quite improbable that any tremendous speeds were accomplished by this action. If anyone was being pinned against another car, the driver was com pletely unaware of it and the National Safety Council does not recommend the. breaking off of car aerials as the ideal method of attracting a driver’s attention. Fifth, in regard to the driver’s inattention during the singing of the Spirit — we know he, as well as most other members of the team, is usually quite affected by the song, but since the mem bers of our team do not receive a $10,000 a year salary, as many people seem to think, the callous destruction of personal property can tend to overshadow the af fects of most anything. Sixth, it seems a shame that so small an incident, one that was settled by the participants within a matter of hours, has snowballed into such proportion as to cause a major misunderstanding on the campus. The fact still remains that whether we are members of the Corps, civilians or athletes, we are Aggies. — a group known for loyalty and friendship to each other. Is this characteristic slow ly disappearing ? In conclusion, the purpose of this letter is not to add fuel to an already-existing fire, but to try to clear up a bad misunder standing. We r*ealize that we may not have spoken for the entire team, but as past members, we feel that we are speaking for the great majority; and as per sonal friends of the driver of the car, we know we are speaking for him. Keith Huggins. ’63 Dallas Kuhn, ’63 ★ ★ ★ Editor, The Battalion: As is well known, India has been subject to the most provo cative aggression by communist China on the northern Indian border. There has been some mis understanding among our A- merican friends about Prime Minister Nehru’s China policy. A humanist by temperment, he has dedicated himself to the cause of welfare of some 450 million of our people since he took of fice in 1947. As a direct result, India’s re sources have been mostly gear ed toward economic development rather than on arms and am munition. Until four years back, the Chinese government has been making peace overtures, at least with India. Our country could not help but believe in the bona- fides of the Chinese out of the exigencies of Sino-Indian geo graphical proximity. But our trust and friendliness are being piad back with barbaric force. At this tragic turn of history in Asia, it would not help those who care for freedom to criticize Inda’s military unpreparedness to overcome the Chinese menace, or to take an unsympathetic view point. Therefore, on behalf of the Indian Students’ Association at A&M, I appeal to the readers of The B^talion for voluntary contributions to the following ad- mount may be, to India’s National Defense Fund. Donors may please send their contributions to the following ad dress by check' or money order dawn in favor of The National Defense Fund or The Border Operation Relief Fund, Embas sy of India, Washington, D. C. Mail to Debabrata Ghosh, In dian Students’ Association, Box 5502, College Station. Debabrata Ghosh Hillel Foundation will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Hillel Building. Range & Forestry Club will hold turkey shoot from 1 p.m. until dark Saturday and Sunday at the Research and Development Annex. Aggitj Wives Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Brooks Room of the YMCA Building. United Nations Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Dr. Sidney O. Brown will give a lecture and show slides. Church News A&M Presbyterian Sunday — Aggie welcome cof fee, 9:30 a.m.; Church school, 9:45 a.m.; morning worship, 11 a.m.; and youth fellowships, 5 p.m. Monday — Session meeting, 7 p.m. Wednesday —• Chancel choir rehearsal, 7 p.m. SATURDAY, DEC. 8 Music By THE JOKERS * CHIlORtN UNDER 12 Y€ARS- SATURDAY ONLY I AN ALBERT ZUGSMJIH,PRODUCTION • An No. 2 all ab£ WE REBEL set An ALLIED ARTISTS Picture _ No. 3 “THE LITTLEST HOBQ ,, FRIDAY & SATURDAY NO MOVIES SUNDAY “AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER” With Cary Grant And Deborah Kerr LAST TIMES TONIGHT DEBORAH ^ mi KilTCHUia PETER l $T!K0¥ — - GLYNIS Oiroctod by FRED ZINNEMANN- TECHNICOLOR* «uuu« v WARNER BROS. 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