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IN MSC TONIGHT
$700,000 Raise Studied For A&M
A legislative conference com
mittee is now studying the $3.1
million Senate appropriations
measure passed last week. The
hill includes a $700,000 raise in
general funds revenue funds for
A&M and provides for the Texas
Maritime Academy.
The House refused to accept
Senate amendments in the bill
and thus sent the measure to
the conference committee. The
TMA provision was among these
amendments, after being deleted
from the House’s appropriations
bill.
These lawmakers were named
to the committee Tuesday.
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith named
Sens. George Moffett, Chilli-
cothe; Grady Hazlewood, Amaril
lo; A. M. Aikin, Paris; Martin
Dies Jr., Lufkin; and Dorsey
Hardeman, San Angelo, to the
10-member conference committee.
Speaker Bryan Tunnell named
Reps. W. S. Heatly, Paducah;
Henry Grover, Houston; Bob
Johnson, Dallas; Gus Mutscher,
Brenham; and Maurice Pipkin,
Brownsville.
Both houses passed $3.1 billion
appropriations bills for the 1964-
65 fiscal years, but the Senate
version contains several million
dollars in added money to finance
higher education.
In the Senate version, A&M
would receive $6,545,456 from the
general revenue fund for the
fiscal year. The college was al
located $5,840,538 for the fiscal
year ending this Aug. 31.
Total funds for the 1964 fis
cal year would be $8,745,120,
with $8,738,120 appropriated for
1965. The total current budget
is $8,045,989.
$390,000 was appropriated for
the Maritime Academy, $9,000
less than the new A&M branch
requested. The figure includes
federal help and assistance which
means that the state would be
spending slightly less than $100,-
000 per year for 1964 and 1965.
Other times specified in the
Senate measure were salary in
creases for Chancellor M. T. Har
rington and President Earl Rud
der, a healthy increase in teach
ers’ salaries and sizeable boosts
for the Texas Agricultural Ex
periment Station.
Total funds allocated for the
experiment station were $7,755,-
198 for fiscal 1964 and $7,750,-
505 for 1965.
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Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1963
Number 96
Registration Begins Today
For Aggie Blood Donations
OAS Representative
Opens Pan Am Week
Pan American Week Activities
frill begin Wednesday with a talk
ly the United States ambassador
to the Organization of American
States, DeLesseps S. Morrison.
The former mayor of New Or
leans will speak on “New Horizons
in Latin America” at 8 p.m. in
the Ballroom of the Memorial Stu-
ient Center.
MORRISON WAS named OAS
tepresentative by President Ken
nedy, He became mayor of the
Crescent City following World
lar II.
A major general in the Army
Reserve, he received the Bronze
Star for his staff work in the
Normandy invasion and was a-
Karded the Legion of Honor for
service in Belgium and France.
An accomplishment as mayor
was his development of the New
Orleans International Trade Pro
gram, which boomed the port of
New Orleans to second place in
the United States in annual busi
ness. To get the program organiz
ed, Morrison made 60 different
trips to Latin America.
EFFORTS TO broaden trade with
Latin America earned decorations
from 15 foreign governments for
him.
A major 1 magazine, discussing
Morrison’s appointment by Ken
nedy said his 15 years as mayor
“resulted in more changes in New
Orleans than had occurred in the
previous half century.”
Morrison has served as presi
dent of the American Municipal
Wire Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
LONDON—Prime Minister Har-
•!d Macmillan took a personal hand
Tuesday in the search for “the
tremists who made public important
spies for peace,” ban-the-bomb ex-
tivil defense secrets.
Angered by this latest breach
® security, Macmillan cut his
Easter holiday short and hurried
«ck to London from Birch Grove,
te country home in Sussex.
★ ★ ★
VIENTIANE, Laos—Neutral
ist forces suffered more setbacks
Tuesday in the struggle with the
Pro-Communist Pathet Lao in the
fast-central highlands, increas
ing fears that all-out civil war
may again engulf Laos.
Neutralist sources said the
bthet Lao had driven neutralist
troops from Ban Kosi, a strong-
bid on the main road between
Aieng Khouang and the nearby
Elaine des Jarres. They retreated
J long a jungle path to Ban Boua,
south of the road.
U. S. NEWS
PALM BEACH, Fla.—A Soviet
Wler carrying antennas and
0 fter signs of electronic gear
'miised down the Florida coast
Wsday within sight of President
Kennedy’s seaside holiday home. It
mroained just outside U. S. terri-
torial waters.
A. U. S. Coast Guard patrol boat
^oed out and circled the vessel
had no exchange of communi-
^tions with it.
The Coast Guai*d said the Soviet
T sssel was about four miles off
store.
★ ★ ★
PORTSMOUTH, N. H.—Two ad
mirals say they have a theory on
loss of the nuclear submarine
Thresher with 129 men aboard but
tttnot make it public at this time.
I Rear Adm. Lawson P. Ramage,
deputy commander of the Atlantic
Fleet submarine force, testified
before a court of inquiry Tuesday
that his opinion is “not one I’d
care to state in open session.”
NEW YORK—Price increases on
steel touched off last week snow
balled through the industry Tues
day.
U. S. Steel, by far the biggest
producer and three other major
steelmakers joined the selective
price rise parade in a matter of
hours.
With four companies that an
nounced markups earlier, they
produced more than 55 per cent
of the nation’s steel in 1962.
Association, the Inter-American
Muncipial Organization, and the
Reserve Officers Association.
Other honors include the Na
tional Junior Chamber of Com
merce award as one of 10 out
standing young men of the country
in 1948, the National Municipal
League’s All America City A-
ward, the LaGuadria award and
an honorary degree of doctor of
law by Loyola University.
HE EARLIER received two de
grees from Louisiana State Uni
versity and was graduated cum
laude both times. He practiced
law before election to the Louisi
ana Legislature in 1940.
Latin American music will be
played over the central sound sys
tem of the MSC throughout the
week. Free coffee, donated by
Columbian Coffee Growers Associ
ation and Anderson Clayton Co. of
Houston, will be served during the
event.
Val T. Billups, retired oil man,
will show pictures made in Latin
American countries at 8 p.m. April
18. Billups has traveled through
out Mexico, Central and South
American, New Zealand and Aus
tralia during the last 10 years.
A VARIETY of foods from sev
eral Latin American countries will
be served at a somrgasbord at
6 p.m. April 19. Tickets are $2.25
and must be purchased in advance.
Following the smorgasbord, Billups
will present another picture tour
of the Western hemisphere.
At 1:30 p.m. April 20 the South
western Intercollegiate Soccer
Tounrnament will be held on the
soccer field east of Kyle Field.
A 30-minute fireworks display will
be presented in the football sta
dium at 7:45 p.m.
Donors’ Families
May Also Benefit
Aggies will have the opportunity again this year to
participate in the blood drive for the protection of them
and their families.
Ken Stanton, chairman of the student welfare commit
tee, said Tuesday that all students who donate blood to the
Aggie Blood Bank will be eligible to draw from it in the event
of injury or disease to them or their immediate families.
Service fraternity Alphi Phi Omega will assist the wel
fare committee in the drive, and Charles King, president,
said that all members have pledged to give to the drive. He
issued a challenge to all other campus organizations, clubs,
and military units to give 100 per cent.
STANTON ADDED that*
last year Aggies gave more
Third Installment
Payment Due Now
The deadline for payment of
third installment fees is Wed
nesday, according to Allan M.
Madeley, assistant housing man
ager. The fees due are $50 with
board and $14.81 without board.
The installment may be paid
at the college fiscal office.
Madeley said fourth install
ment fees would be due next
month.
blood to the bank than did all
other Southwest Conference
schools together.
“There will be no limit on the
amount of blood a student or his
relative would be able to obtain,”
Stanton said, “and there will be
no charge at all for the blood it
self.”
The drive is open to faculty and
staff members also, he said.
Stanton said that any student
who is interested in donating to
the annual blood drive can regis
ter Wednesday through Friday at
the desk between the Post Office
and the MSC Gift Shop in the Me
morial Student Center.
Donations will be taken Wed
nesday, April 24, from 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
DONORS will be given cards
describing their blood types and
factors, so reference will be im
mediate.
The blood will be stored in Dal
las by the Wadley Research In
stitute and will be available for
use for a year, until April 24, 1964.
After that, all that is not used
by students will be used in the
study of blood diseases.
Nurses will be on hand to ad
minister the donations, and tests
will be given to all donors before
blood is accepted. Cookies, orange
juice and coffee will be served all
donors.
The donations will be adminis
tered in the lower level of the
Memorial Student Center.
NASA
Space
Chief Views
Craft Plans
Former Students President
To Head Muster Speakers
L. F. Peterson, president of the
Association of Former Students
will be main speaker at the Aggie
Muster to be held in front of the
Memorial Student Center Sunday
at 2 p.m.
Peterson, Class of ’36, recently
completed two years of service on
the A&M Century Council and is
a member of the Board of Di
rectors.
The National Capital Club has
arranged for Gen. Bernard A. Sch-
riever, Class of ’31, and commander
of the Air Force Systems Com
mand, to speak at its muster.
Rep. Olin Teague, D-Tex., is
chairman of this year’s muster in
Washington, D. C. Teague is
from the Corsicana-Bryan dis
trict.
MORE THAN 140 musters will
be held in Texas, while 35 other
states and 18 foreign nations will
join in the observance.
THE AGGIE BAND will open
the campus ceremony with the
state song, “Texas Our Texas,”
after which the invocation will be
given by Reggie Richardson, Stu
dent Senate Chaplain.
Bill Nix, Colonel of the Corps,
will present the muster tradition.
A band quintet will play “Will You
Come to the Bower?,” which was
the rallying song after the Battle
of San Jacinto.
The vice president of the Associ
ation of Former Students, Jack A.
Crichton of Dallas, will give greet
ings from the association. He is
to be introduced by Sheldon Best,
student body president.
“The Twelfth Man” will be sung
by the Singing Cadets following
Crichton’s speech. President Earl
Rudder is scheduled to introduce
Peterson for the highlight speech.
FOLLOWING THE A&M alma
mater, “The Spirit of Aggieland,”
roll call for the absent will be read
by Head Yell Leader Bill Bra-
shears.
The Ross Volunteers will fire
a 21-gun salute. Silver Taps will
be played, and “Auld Lang Syne”
will be sung, as friends of the de
ceased Aggies answer for them in
the roll call.
Andre J. Meyer Jr,
the Project Gemini Administration
Office of NASA’s Manned Space
craft Center in Houston, discussed
Project Gemini Tuesday night in
the Chemistry Building.
Meyer said that the Titan II
launched Gemini will be a second
generation space craft that will
attempt to rendezvous in space
with a previously launched Agena
craft.
A crew of two will man the
Gemini.
TO ACCOMPLISH its mission,
the Gemini craft will be equipped
wtih a radar-computer combination
that will enable the two crewmen
to guide their craft to a visual
contact at a 20 mile range.
For the actual mating of the two
craft, the Agena will be equipped
with a light that will enable the
crewmen to guide the Gemini into
a cone on the front of the Agena.
When the Gemini is finally in
position a locking system will
secure the two craft.
Meyer said it is possible that a
crewman will try leaving the
Gemini for experimental purposes,
but this has yet to be decided upon.
Upon separation of the two craft,
gas jets will adjust the Gemini
capsule into the correct position to
enable the heat shield to attain
optimum efficiency during re-entry.
TWO POSSIBLE systems for
landing are being considered, said
Meyer. One will be an 84-foot
parachute that will be deployed in
such a manner so as to allow that
edge of the heatshield to minimize
de-acceleration during a water
landing.
The other system will use a para
glider technique that will allow the
pilot to maneuver the capsule to
a flared landing at a definite spot
on land.
Meyer said that the para-glider
system is entirely practical but is
behind schedule in development.
There are presently five Gemini
craft being assembled by McDon
nell Aircraft. The Titan launch
vehicle is already undergoing up
right vibration tests, Meyer said.
THE DIFFERENCE between the
Gemini and Mercury craft, apart
from physical considerations, is the
fact that Gemini will not- be an
automated vehicle. The crew of
the chief of two will have many opportunities
to maneuver the craft, using the
gas jet system.
The re-entry capsule will contain
only absolutely necessary equip
ment for the functioning of the two
crewmen. The other gear will be
carried in a separate module behind
the capsule.
At the end of his lecture Meyer
answered several questions from
the audience.
C of C Begins
Annual Drive
For Members
Faculty and staff members at
A&M are high on the list of pro
spective new members for the
Bryan-College Station Chamber of
Commerce’s membership drive
launched today.
Charles D. Hart, chairman of the
campaign, said that every effort
will be made to contact college
staff personally to enlist them as
individual chamber members.
“We know the staff at A&M
recognizes the need for a progres
sive, modern community. As home-
owners, parents and citizens, they
have a vested interest in the Bryan-
College Station area and I am sure
they are anxious to see it proper,”
he said.
Hart explained that college per
sonnel could join the chamber for
a reduced rate since they are em
ployed by a state agency. Mini
mum dues is $18, payable monthly
or quarterly, he said.
The 10-day membership cam
paign had raised over 41 per cent
of its $61,350 budget by 5 p.m.
Tuesday and Hart predicted an
ovei’whelming success by April 26.
Diefenbaker Delays
Liberal Takeover
OTTAWA (Ah—Prime Minister
John G. Diefenbaker delayed his
resignation Tuesday and Liberals
were reported planning to assume
power Monday instead of Friday,
the original target date.
Liberal party leader Lester B.
Pearson had predicted he would
take over Friday from Diefenbaker
and his Conservatives.
Diefenbaker gave no reason for
his delay.
HE HAD been expected to hand
in his resignation to the ailing gov
ernor-general, Georges P. Vanier,
Queen Elizabeth IPs representative
in Canada, after a meeting with
the outgoing Cabinet Tuesday
morning.
But before going into the Cabi
net meeting Diefenbaker told news
men he did not plan to see Vanier
until noon Wednesday.
After the two-hour Cabinet ses
sion, Diefenbaker said his Cabinet
will meet again Thursday morn
ing. He added that he did not
know whether this would be the
last meeting.
A reporter asked if this meant
that he would submit a postdated
resignation to Vanier. Diefenbaker
replied that he couldn’t answer the
question because he did not under
stand it.
The reporter explained that the
assumption was that Diefenbaker
was going to see Vanier to resign.
“THAT’S WHAT you wrote,”
Diefenbaker told the reporter. “But
your assumption was not well-
founded.”
The procedure in a changeover
of governments is for the outgoing
prime minister to submit his resig
nation to the governor-general
who names a successor.
In this case it will be Pearson
if normal procedure is followed.
Pearson’s party took 130 seats in
the 265-member Parliament in the
national election April 8.
Diefenbaker conceded defeat
Saturday, after tabulations of
servicemen’s votes gave the Lib
erals two more seats in Parliament
and six members of the small
Social Credit party pledged their
support to the Liberals.
Consolidated
Wins Regional
Play Contest
A&M Consolidated won the
Region 3-AA play contest Tuesday
in Guion Hall with scenes from
“Anastasia” by Marcelle Maurette.
Consolidated won the honor over
nine other schools which were
represented. The cast will go to
Austin in May for the state meet.
They won the state title last year
and this is the fourth year they
have won district honors.
Three Consolidated students
were named to the All Star Cast
for the contest. They are Joe Jaros,
Karen Stuverud and Nancy Inglis.