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The Air Force describes the its tours throughout the United States. 1\M3 Agena as the workhorse of America’s space effort, having ng what killfully ’ords to : needed in Bell p bring s homes MIES iTH n Wire Review I By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS OTTAWA — Prime Minister ohn Diefenbaker’s Conservative government toppled Tuesday night onj a vote of no-confidence assail ing his indecision over accepting U.S. nuclear warheads. New elections for Parliament must be held within 60 days throughout Canada. ■ The vote was 142 to 111. A last-minute attack by Diefen- baker on so-called U. S. intrusions in tCanadian affairs failed to save his minority government. The op position Liberal, Social Credit and New Democratic parties combined forces in the House of Commons and voted the government down. ★★★ ■ NAM CAN, Viet Nam—Gov ernment forces estimated Tues day they have boxed 10,000 Communist supporters into a vast mangrove swamp at the southern tip of Viet Nam. The troops hope to starve them into cooperation within two months. U. S. NEWS RvASHINGTON — Calls for an investigation of just how much this country knows about what is going on in Cuba arose in both houses of Congress Tuesday. B&lembers grew increasingly edgy over charges that the Soviet mili tary threat in the island is more dangerous than the Kennedy ad ministration admits. TEXAS NEWS ■ GALVESTON, Tex. — The world’s first atomic service sta tion for merchant ships received its first caller Tuesday. ■ The NS Savannah eased into the docks of Todd Shipyards on Pelican Island, location of the I-first commercial facility for re fueling, maintenance and servic ing atomic-powered surface ves sels. 1 The 83,250,000 nuclear facility Was dedicated soon after the ar rival of the Savannah. Ifirazos Librarians Ijo Host Visitors ■ The Brazos Valley Association will host delegates to the Special Librarians of Texas meeting here Saturday. b An open house is scheduled Saturday from 8-9:SO a.m. in the Veterinary Medical Library. The |association meeting of the special librarians will be held in the Memo rial Student Center, beginning ; after the open house. Kennedy Eggs Lea thernecks, Salinger To Fitness Test WASHINGTON <A>)_A heated, even sweaty, rivalry threatened Tuesday to erupt between presi dential press secretary Pierre Salinger and the Marine Corps-over who can walk farthest and fastest. Fantastic as it may seem, this interesting possibility arose after President Kennedy suggested that Marine officers of 1963 be tested to see if they can meet the rigor ous fitness standards prescribed for Leathernecks in 1908 by Presi dent Theodore Roosevelt. T. R., the Roughrider, decreed in a long-forgotten executive order that every Marine captain and lieutenant should be able to hike 50 miles in 20 hours-with softies permitted to stretch the ordeal over a three-day period. In addi tion, T. R. ordered that officers do the last half-mile at a double time pace, and the last 200 yards at a dead run. When the Marine commandant, Gen. David L. Shoup, was shown a copy of this recently uncovered document, he promptly forwarded it to Kennedy as an historic curi osity. The President, a fitness advo cate, decided it was more than an academic matter. As commander in chief, he suggested Shoup find out “how well our present-day officers perform the test speci fied.” As a result, 20 Marine officers will take the T. R. test at Camp Lejeune, N. C., next week. But Kennedy didn’t leave it at that. He told Shoup that, if the Leathernecks were equal to the task, he would have his nimble footed press aid, Salinger, “look into the matter personally and give me a report on the fitness of the White House staff.” Salinger, who says he can fairly be described as portly, if not fat, was at least partly equal to the challenge-hut he did leave him self an escape hatch. If the Marines meet the test, he declared, “either I or some other fitting individual from the White House staff will see what we can do.” Asked if he meant to say “some other fit individual,” Salinger said his original statement did not need correction. The press secretary was a less- than-distinguished track man in college. However, reliable sources report that Salinger recently has been doing push-ups on a regular schedule in the privacy of his home. Astronaut’s Suit A space suit, of the type worn by Project Mercury astro nauts is one of the many features of the Space Fiesta being held in the Memorial Student Center. The space suit is part of a display presented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. INew Program Now Offered For School Administrators Wimbish To Head Leadership Meet Robert W. (Bob) Wimbish, jun ior from Milford, has been elected chairman of the 11th annual A&M Student Leadership Conference to be held this September. The meet ing is held annually during the second weekend of September at Lakeview Methodist Assembly in Palestine and kicks-off student ac tivities for the school year. Sponsored by the Memorial Stu dent Center Council and Director ate, it brings together student leaders from all areas of A&M campus life. Student delegates from other member colleges of the five state Region IX College Un ions are also invited to participate. The Leadership Conference has three main objectives: To develop an understanding of the concepts of student leadership and the use of leadership tech niques. To develop the leadership quali ties in the students who have al ready displayed traits of leader ship. To learn to apply these leader ship fundamentals to any leader ship situation whether it be school, community, nation, or world wide. Wimbish is active in committee and organizational work. He is chairman of the MSC’s Great Is sues Committee this year. The MSC Council, composed of eight students and seven faculty members, selected Wimbish as an outstanding example of student in terest in student affairs, according to council president James Ray. ROBERT W. WIMBISH A program for school business administrators leading to a Mas ter of Education degree has been started by the Depai-tment of Edu cation and Psychology. Dr. Paul Hensarling, head of the department, said the program is unique in Texas. HE SAID ABOUT a third of the program is in general public school administration and supervision. Another third applies to school business management, and one- third is outside the field of pro fessional education, such as busi ness administration and economics. “Two special features are the interdisciplinary approach and the internship,” Hensarling said. “Lib eral use is made of specialists and technicians in various study fields. The internship gives a prospective business manager on-the-job ex perience in a selected school sys tem.” He said several groups of peo ple are “naturals” for the profes sional program for the school business administrator. These in clude a graduate with a bacca laureate degree in business admin istration, a graduate with'business experience, the superintendent of a small school or a county superin tendent who wishes to specialize and change to this area. RECENT RESEARCH, Hensar ling said, shows that the number of school business manager posi tions is increasing, and there is no source of supply of personnel spe cifically prepared for the jobs. Faculty-Staff Slate Year’s Third Event The third event this school year corations will be in keeping with of the College Faculty-Staff Din ner Club will take place in the Memorial Student Center Assem bly Room at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, announces Will Worley, committee chairman. Music will be furnished by Dick Baldauf’s Aggieland Combo. De- A&M’s Space Fiesta scheduled this week. Individual tickets may be pur chased at the MSC desk or from Dr. Russell J. Kohel, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences up to 2 p.m. Wednesday. He cited the main reasons for the increasing demand: Consoli dation of smaller schools into larg er districts, the increasing number of business matters required in school management and the im provement in school administra tion. Most of the new program here will be offered as evening courses and in the summer in three-week sessions. A Presidential Thank-You Mrs. Rudder, our children, and I would like to thank all of you who have been so helpful, kind and understanding during and after the fire which destroyed our campus home. Our sincere gratitude goes out to the members of the Fire Department, college faculty and staff, students, former stu dents and many others of our community. We want all of you to know that your kindness is appreciated more than you know. Our thank you is more sincere than words can ever tell. Earl Rudder President Negroes Regie SWTSC Classes Following IL S. Court Order SAN MARCOS, Tex.hP)—Five Negro students attended classes at Southwest Texas State College Tuesday, taking up their studies just 18 hours after the school was integrated on a U.S. district court order. The state-supported school is the alma mater of Vice President Lyndon Johnson. The Negroes were welcomed by the college president, Dr. J. G. Flowers, who predicted the school will become a model of peaceful integration. Immediately after an integra tion order Monday from U.S. Dist. Judge Ben Rice Jr., four Negi-o students registered and paid their tuition fees. A fifth appeared Tuesday morning. The new students include Dana Jean Smith, Austin, who brought the suit after she was refused admission to Southwest Texas State College last summer because of her race. The others are Mabeleen Wash ington, Gloria Odoms, Helen Jack- son and Georgia Faye Hoodte, all of San Marcos. Flowers promised the Negro students will be accepted as would any other academically qualified students. By DAN LOUIS JR. Battalion News Editor Dr. Herbert Trotter Jr., chair man of the board of General Tele phone and Electronics Corporation, will discuss “Communications in ' the Space Age” at 8 p.m. Wednes day in the Memorial Student Cen- : ter Ballroom. Trotter will be the first of four speakers to review the United States’ space achievements and fu ture projects at the Space Fiesta. He serves on policy and advisory groups of the Defense Department and other government organiza tions. He also acts as the princi pal point of contact between the General Telephone and Electronics System and engineering colleges and universities, as well as pri vate research and development laboratories. GIFFORD K. Johnson, president of Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc., will -speak Thursday evening on “Space: Greatest Adventure — Se verest Challenge.” Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations Manned Spacecraft Center, will present “Progress Report on Our Manned Spacecraft Center” Friday eve ning. At 8:10 a.m., 10:10 a.m. and 3:10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, Lt. Col. Paul L. Maret of the Air Force’s System Command will re view “The Air Force in the Aero space Program.” THE THREE days of talks will highlight the two-and-one-half week Space Fiesta, which is spon sored by the Great Issues Commit tee in cooperation with the Depart ments of Air Science, Aerospace Engineering and Electrical Engi- neering. The event got underway Mon day with ten of eleven scheduled exhibits being displayed in the MSC. Exhibits were completed Tuesday with the positioning of the Agena A, second stage vehicle for the Discoverer Satellite. A congressional subcommittee will make a brief stop on campus Friday to visit the Space Fiesta. REPRESENTATIVE O 1 i n E. Teague of College Station, who will accompany thq group, said the main purpose of the trip is to take a look at the Manned Space craft Center of the National Aero nautics and Space Administration in Houston. The Space Fiesta, scheduled to last through Feb. 22, is a recogni tion of the importance of outer space and the strides which have been made toward the achieve ment of sustained human life in outer space. Bob Wimbish, chairman of the Great Issues Committee, said the public as well as students have been urged to take advantage of the chance to be brought up to date on the U.S. space program. Appointments To Board Of Directors May Be Made By Connally This Week Three new appointments to the A&M System Board of Directors may be made this week by Gov. John Connally as the terms of three of the present members ex pire. At the end of their six-year terms are Eugene B. Darby of Pharr, L. H. Ridout Jr. of Dallas and William J. Lawson of Austin. The men are all eligible for reap pointment. The new directors appointed by the governor must also be con firmed by a majority vote of the Texas Senate. Three director’s terms expire every two years.
