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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1963
Number 139
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2 Youths May Win
Merit Scholarships
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Students and faculty representative initiate Corps, Howard Head, MSC Council pres-
Piimas. new billiard tables in the recreation room of ident, Dr. John M. Skrivanek, faculty rep-
the Memorial Student Center. From left to resentative, Richard Moore, Civilian Stu-
right, Paul Dresser, Cadet Colonel of the dents Council president.
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1 VOTE IS 271-155
Tax Cut Bill Through House;
Faces Rough Senate Action
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WASHINGTON (A 3 )—The House
passed Wednesday the biggest tax
IJcut bill in history—President Ken
nedy’s proposal for an $ll-billion
{'slash with a share for practically
P every U. S. taxpayer.
1 The measure now goes to the
Senate where it faces a tough and
ancertain future.
It holds out the prospect of $100
ito $200 more take-home pay every
year for the majority of tax pay
ing families.
THE VOTE on passage was 271
to 155.
A total of 223 Democrats and 48
Republicans voted for the bill, and
■126 Republicans and 29 Democrats
against it.
I The administration wants to put
the cut into effect in time for the
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increased pay to begin showing
next January.
The House action \$as a double
triumph for President Kennedy
who had called the measure the
keystone of his economic program.
BEFORE PASSING the bill, the
House defeated, 226-199, a Repub
lican motion that would have made
the tax cut conditional to Ken
nedy’s submission of reduced
spending budget for this year and
next year.
Chairman Harry F. Byrd, D.-Va.,
of the Senate Finance Committee
announced that his group will start
closed-door briefings on the bill
Oct. 3 with congi-essional staff
experts.
Byrd indicated the public hear
ings will not begin until the week
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SANTO DOMINGO —The Do-
m'nican Republic armed forces and
police overthrew President Juan
D. Bosch today and summoned
{{leaders of opposition parties to
pick a “resnectable man” to suc
ceed him. Military leaders charged
Bosch’s administration was cha
otic.
Members of Bosch’s Dominican
Revolutionary narty and their al
lies were not invited to the ses
sion aimed at setting up a provi
sional government.
BOGOTA, Colombia — Presi
dent Guillermo Leon Valencia
Wednesday blamed a terrorist
plot of emergency proportions
for the 36 bomb blasts that
shook five Colombian cities
Tuesday night.
One bomb shattered windows
at the U.S. center in Manizales.
Another exploded in front of the
presidential palace here damag
ing the presidential guard’s dor
mitory. Police said the explo
sions caused no injuries.
★★★
LONDON — The long-awaited
Denning reooi’t on sexual high
jinks and security risks iu Britain
Wednesday cleared Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan and his govern
ment of blame in the John Pro-
fumo-Christine Keeler scandal.
Lord Denning commented, how
ever, that the case may have dam
aged U.S. confidence in Britain.
U.S. NEWS
MIAMI, Fla.—Hurricane Edith
spun 80-mile an hour winds
through the Caribbean toward
Puerto Rico today and the Mi
ami Weather Bureau said the
storm may grow stronger.
A hurricane watch was in ef
fect for Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands and the Dominican Re
public. Hurricane warnings were
discontinued for the Windward
and Leeward islands from Guad
eloupe to St. Vincent.
★★★
TUSKEGEE, Ala.—One of 13
Negroes ”'bo desegregated the
Tuskegee High School on Sept. 10
has been expelled, the Montgomery
Advertiser said Wednesday.
The Advertiser quoted “respon
sible sources” as saying that Ed
die Mathews, a 9th grade pupil,
was expelled possibly for “insub
ordination.” It could not be con
firmed immediately.
TEXAS NEWS
GALVESTON, Tex.—A Coast
Guard helicopter on a search
and rescue mission crashed in
the Gulf of Mexico about noon
today, operations personnel at
the Coast Guard station report
ed.
Another helicopter, dispatched
to the scene, said the helicopter
floated when it hit the water
and that the two men it carried
were in no danger.
★★★
AUSTIN—Gov. John Connally
named today a 13-member Govei’-
nor’s Committee on the Eradica
tion of Tuberculosis in Texas.
Dr. Charles A. LeMaistre, Dal
las, was named chairman.
The committee will recommend
a long-range plan to the legisla
ture for case finding, treatment
and follow up on tuberculosis care.
of Oct. 14. He has said the public
hearings may run six weeks al
though the schedule has not yet
been made out.
The Virginian is opposed to any
tax reduction without off-setting
spending cuts.
THE KENNEDY timetable calls
for two-thirds of the tax reduction
for individuals to begin with the
new year, and the rest in 1965.
Ultimately the cut for average tax-
paying families is estimated in
the $100- to $200-a-year tax range.
Time is a big problem, even if
Congress i-emains in session
through the fall—as expected.
The Senate faces a long wrangle
over the administration’s civil
rights program.
The Republicans proposed to
make the entire tax cut depend on
the President submitting spending
estimates of not more than $97
billion for the fiscal year that
started last July 1 and $98 billion
for the following yeai*. He could
either submit such statements at
the regular time in January or
else settle any doubts about the
tax cut by publishing them earlier
in the Federal Register.
If the spending limits were sub
sequently exceeded, the tax cut
would not be canceled.
Changes would take place in
two stages—Jan. 1, 1964 and a
year late) 1 .- The individual income
tax return due next April would,
however, reflect the old rates,
since they would be on 1963 income.
David Kent and Donald McCrory
| of A&M Consolidated High School
are semifinalists in 1963-64 Meilt
Scholarship competition.
Kent is the son of Mr. and Pdrs.
Jack Kent, 823 Rosemary Drive.
His father is an A&M mathematics
professor. McCrory’s parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey E. McCrory,
704 Pershing. His father, who had
been assistant to President Earl
Rudder,* was named this summer
as Executive Director of the A&M
Development Fund.
Consolidated Principal E. P. Oz-
ment said 25,000 students took the
test. Seven hundi'ed were selected
semifinalists in Texas. He added
that more than 16,500 high schools
participated in the March testing
program. \
MARGARET BROWN, Sam Hen
ry Creswell and Russell Hanna,
also of A&M Consolidated, re
ceived honorable mention in the
competition.
Kent and McCrory are among
13,000 high school seniors in the
status. Semifinalists in the com
petition are those making the
highest scores in each state and
U.S. territory,
The two College Station youths
are now a step closer to winning
a four-year, $6,000 scholarship to
the college or university of their
choice.
When asked for his reaction to
the honor Kent said, “Of course
I. am happy about it. The thing
I like best is thht I will have a
larger selection of colleges that I
can attend if I do get the scholar
ship.”
The tall younster said he ten
tatively plans to study physics at
the University of Michigan.
“I’M VERY pleased,” said Mc
Crory,, “I didn’t expect it.”
Civilian Student
Council To Hold
Meeting Tonight
The Civilian Student Council
will hold its first meeting this
semester Sept. 26, 7':30 p.m. room
3D in the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
Items on the agenda include in
vocation, roll call, additions or
corrections to the minutes, fol
lowed by treasurer’s report and
parlimentarian’s notes.
Also on the agenda is the Lake-
view report by Jeff Harp, followed
by the standing committees and the
sweetheart selection committee ap
pointments.
Next on the agenda will be the
student senate report by Jeff
Harp, followed by new business
and adjournment.
Coats and ties will be worn to all
meetings.
College Station
Adds 13 Miles
To City Limits
The College Station City Council
passed an annexation ordinance
earlier this week that added 4,100
acres of A&M University land,
increasing the community’s area
to 13 square miles.
Ordinance 378 provided that A&M
land on the city side of the Brazos
River be included in the city limits
of College Station. Until the or
dinance the town’s city limits had
included almost seven square miles.
The move was .made in advance
of changes in Texas law which
clamp down more on cities’ powers
of annexation.
According to Mayor Pro Tern
Joe Orr the ordinance was passed
at this time to avoid more compli
cated procedures required under
the new laws. He added that Col
lege Station has consented to re
linquish claim to land bordering
Bryan city limits which might fall
into the latter’s “natural sphere.”
The College Station council also
conducted a public hearing on re
zoning a tract of land in back
of the Saber Motel. Parts of lots
31 and 32 in the D. A. Smith Sub
division will be changed from a
business and apartment district
to a fii'st business district. City
Manager Ran Boswell explained
the redistricting was considered
necessary for an addition to the
Saber Motel to be constructed.
The council also approved a rec
ommendation that the Brazos
County Youth Counseling Service
charge fees for its services. The
low bid of $4,160 for Houston’s
General Electric Co. was accepted
for electrical supplies.
He added that he plans to at
tend either A&M or the University
of Texas. McCrory wants to study
architecture.
The Merit Program was estab
lished in 1955. Grants from the
Ford Foundation and Carnegie
Corporation of New York provide
the funds.
Almost 7,500 young scholars
have received the scholarships since
the program began.
DAVID KENT
DONALD MCCRORY
All Aggie Contest
To Open Tonight
About 1500 people are expeced to attend the three-day
All Aggie Rodeo this weekend, according to Dr. G. T. King,
sponsor of the A&M University Saddle and Sirloin Club.
The 42nd rodeo for A&M students only will begin Thurs
day at 8 p. m. at the Texas Aggie Arena and will continue
through Saturday night.
Seven events have been scheduled for the meet sponsored
by the Saddle and Sirloin Club, consisting of bareback riding,
bull riding, tie-down calf roping, ribbon roping, steer dogging,
a greased pig race and a girls’ barrel race.
Late Wednesday night, 29 students had been entered
in the bareback riding contest, 26 in bull riding, 20 in tie-down
calf roping, 20 in ribbon rop-"*
ing, 15 in steer dogging and j
10 girls in the barrel-race I
event. Deadline for entries
was to have been Thursday
noon.
Entrants for the greased pig
race will he chosen before each
night’s performance.
Tickets are being sold by the
some 100 members of the Saddle
and Sirloin Club. Advance tickets
ai'e selling for 60 cents for stu
dents and 75 cents for adults,
while prices at the gate will be 75
cents for students and 90 cents for
adults.
“Proceeds go to help pay ex
penses for livestock, meat and
wool judging teams at meets in
Kansas City, Madison, Wis., Chi
cago, Denver, Fort Worth and
Knoxville, Tenn.,” King- said.
A silver buckle will be given to
^the highest individual in each
event, King announced, and the
rodeo’s all-around cowboy will re
ceive a special buckle.
Judg-es for the meet are Jack
Ruttle and Ken Doris. Ruttle,
fi-om New Mexico State Univer
sity, is taking work toward the
completion of a doctoo-al degree at
A&M. Doris is a senior in the
College of Veterinary Medicine
and is a past president of the
A&M Rodeo Club.
Mike Drake of Alice is the Sad
dle and Sirloin Club’s general
chainnan of the rodeo. Officers in
the club include Joe Sagebiel of
Fredericksburg-, president; Billy
Harve Reagor, vice-president, and
Franklin Reagor, secretary, both
of Llano; Kenneth Radde of Me
ridian, treasurer; Tom White of
Canyon, reporter, and Stanley Mil
ler of Brady, the group’s Agricul
tural Council representative.
Band Boosters Meet Tonite
The A&M Consolidated Band Boosters Club will have
its first meeting of the school year Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
in the high school auditorium. According to Joe C. Brusse,
president, the group will plan the year’s activities, with
special emphasis on the annual band carnival which is
scheduled for Oct. 19.
Other officers of the Band Boosters Club are Mrs. Bill
Braddy, vice president; Mrs. George L. Huebner, secretary;
and B. F. Liles, treasurer. A reporter will be elected at
the Thursday meeting.
Band calendar sales began Saturday, with band members
canvassing most of the College Station vicinity. Orders for
calendars and listings still may be made by contacting Mrs.
Robert L. Whiting or any band member. Proceeds from the
calendar sales thus far amount to more than $250.
Talking Mobster At Capitol
For Chat With Investigators
WASHINGTON <A>) _ Joseph
Valachi, the talking mobstei’, came
out of hiding today and traveled
to Capitol Hill for a private talk
with senators investigating the
Black Hand of the Mafia.
The star witness’ appearance at
the closed session was billed as a
rehearsal for his testimony Fri
day when he gets his chance to
put the finger publicly on his for
mer bosses in the crime syndicate.
Reputedly the ruling commis
sion of La Cosa Nostra has put
a $100,000 price on his head.
Police believe any member of
the syndicate could collect the
bounty by killing the 60-year-old
convicted dope peddler and mur
derer.
But since the Capone era of
tommy guns spouting fire from
speeding sedans, the mobsters
have learned a little finesse. A
New Yoik police official reports
the gang was thinking of employ
ing public relations to repair the
damage Valachi may do to its pub
lic image.
THE SENATE Investigations
subcommittee arranged today’s
session to give its members a
chance to appraise the story Va
lachi was expected to tell of bru
tal murder, crime for profit and
terrorism.
DR. J. M. NANCE
A&M Profs
History Book
Labeled Best
“After San Jacinto,” a study of
Texas-Mexican frontier relations
in 1836-41, by Dr. Joseph Milton
Nance of the A&M University his
tory faculty, has been chosen as
the best Texas history book of the
year.
Dr. Nance will be among the
authors honored in Austin Oct.
19 at the 15th annual Writers
Roundup sponsored by the Austin
Chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, na
tional fraternity for women in
journalism.
“After San Jacinto” is the first
of three volumes Dr. Nance is
writing on Texas-Mexican rela
tions between the Texans’ War of
Independance and the annexation
by the United States'. The second
volume should be printed within
the next few months. The Univer
sity of Texas Press is the pub
lisher.
Dr. Nance heads the Department
of History and Government at
A&M. He joined the faculty here
in 1941.
The professor began collecting
material for the story of Texas-
Mexican relations almost as soon
as he came here.
“The members of this year’s
committee felt that the creative
excellence of your book made you
eligible for this award, and we are
proud to honor you at the 15th
annual Writers Roundup,” Round
up Chairman Anna Brewer of Aus
tin wrote to Dr. Nance.
$2,954,000 Paid
For UT Oil Leases
AUSTIN (A 3 ) — Leases on 153
tracts of University of Texas land,
totaling 50,621 acres, were ap
proved Wednesday by the boai-d
in charge of leasing. One sixth
royalty was reserved by the state
under all leases sold.
The leases brought a total bonus
of $2,954,000 with an average bo
nus of $58.35 an acre.
The largest bid was on a drill
ing block sold to the Union Oil
Co. of California for $214,000. Phil
lips Petroleum Co. topped all oth
er spending with a total of $900,000
in bids.
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