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By JOHN WRIGHT
Asst. News Editor
Twenty-five girls have been se
lected to participate in the Aggie
Sweetheart semi-finals to be held
at Texas Women’s University this
weekend.
A selection committee consist
ing of Robert L. Boone, faculty ad
visor; David Anderson, president
of the senior class; Frank Muller,
president of the junior class and
Richard Dooley, president of the
sophomore class, will fly to Den
ton to interview the girls Satur-
II. S. Action
In Viet Nam
May End Soon
WASHINGTON <^> — Secretary
of Defense Robert S. McNamara
and Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor told
President Kennedy Wednesday
they believed the need for major
American involvement in South
Viet Nam’s anti-Communist guer
rilla war will be ended by De
cember, 1965.
The White House said Mc
Namara and Taylor, just back
from an on-the-spot inspection
tour of South Viet Nam, are con
vinced that the Communist Viet
Cong can be licked by the end of
next year or that the security
forces of the Vietnamese govern
ment will be able by then to sup
press the Communist guerillas
without outside assistance.
In a five-point statement of
American policy, the White House
said that repressive actions
against Vietnamese Buddhists by
the government of Ngo Dinh Diem
had not significantly affected the
military effort.
THE STATEMENT said, how
ever, there could be an adverse
nffect in the future.
“The political situation in South
Viet Nam remains deeply serious,”
the statement said. ’’The United
States has made clear its con
tinuing opposition to any repres
sive actions.”
In addition to reporting their
judgment that the major part of
the U.S. military task in Viet
Nam can be completed by the end
of 1965, McNamara and Taylor
said that 1,000 American military
personnel probably can be with
drawn from South Viet Nam by
the end of this year. These would
be personnel used to train Viet
namese troops.
KENNEDY APPROVED the poli-
jy statement on the basis of re
commendations received from Mc
Namara, Taylor and Henry Cabot
day morning.
The committee will select 13-15
finalists who will be notified next
week.
THIS YEAR the finals will be
held on the A&M campus Oct. 13,
Harlan Roberts, president of the
Student Senate, said Wednesday
night.
The finalists will arrive here
Oct. 11, have dinner at Duncan
Hall, attend Town Hall to hear the
Brothers Four and then attend
the midnight yell practice.
They will be treated to a picnic
at Hensel Park Oct. 12 and a
formal dinner proceeding the foot
ball game with the University of
Houston.
After the game, which the final-
sists will attend, they will be
honored at a formal dance.
The next morning the final se
lection will be made. The commit
tee’s choice will be announced at
the Texas Christian University
game in Fort Worth.
THE SWEETHEART will be
chosen by a 12-man committee con
sisting of the President of the Stu
dent Senate, the Corps commander,
the president of the Civilian Stu
dent Council, the president of the
senior class, the social secretary of
the senior class, the deputy Corps
commander, the vice president of
the Civilian Student Council, the
chairman of the student life com
mittee of the Student Senate, one
wing commander, one brigade com
mander and two civilian dorm
presidents.
The twenty-five contestants for
the semi-finals are: Pat Stone,
Nursing major from Rosenburg;
Carol Lynne Cater, occupational
therapy major from Waller; John
nie Jones, sociology major from
Clarksdale, Miss.; Nancy Gabriel,
fashion merchandising major from
El Paso; Mary Lynne Disiere,
speech education major from De
Berry; Caula Jane Rich, education
major from Brookfield, Mo.; Carol
Nereis, H.P.&R. major from Bee-
ville; Judy Mary Hawkins, educa
tion major from Fort Worth;
Marilyn Louise Godwin, home
economics major from Colorado
City; Julia L. Miller, foods and nu
trition major from Ozona; Judy
Allen, nursing major from Hous
ton; Susan Kay Bush, advertising
design major from Richardson;
Sharon Truscott, speech-education
-sociology major from Gledo; Su
san Berry, occupational therapy
major from Austin; Francis Jack-
son, nursing major from Cameron;
HARRIET Ann Crump, cloth
ing and costume design major from
Irving; Carol Crosby, clothing and
costume design major from Den
ton; Martha McKee, nursing ma
jor from Huntsville; Bobbie Sue
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The White House said McNama
ra and Taylor gave Kennedy and,
later in the day, the full National
Security Council, a report that
“included a number of classified
findings and recommendations.”
These will be the subject of further
review and action.
The basic presentation made by
the defense secretary and the
chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff was unanimously endorsed
by the security council, the state
ment said.
The security of South Viet Nam
was labeled in the policy document
as “a major interest of the United
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1963
Number 143
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The Industrial Education Club
has elected its fall officers in its
first called meeting. Those elected
at the meeting were Bill Johnson,
vice president; Jim Adams, secre
tary; James Blaschke, treasurer;
Bert Thompson, social chairman;
Ken Abendroth, parlimentarian;
Ron Malone, reporter. David
Barkemeyer was chosen as Junior
Representative to the Engineering
Council. The Senior Representa
tive at this time has not been
chosen and will be announced at a
later date.
The president, Wallace Johnston,
and program chairman, Joe Whit
taker were elected at the last meet
ing of the past spring semester.
Johnston said, “I have been very
pleased with the response and en
thusiasm shown this fall and feel
this will be an outstanding year for
the club.”
The next meeting will be Tues
day, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m., Room 107,
M.E. Shop Building.
L. B. Hardeman and J. L. Boone
are co-sponsors for the club.
By JAMES ESTES
Battalion Special Writer
The proposed $250,000 school
bond issue, which will go to the
voters Tuesday, could result in a
$375,000 expansion of the facilities
of the A&M Consolidated High
School.
Proposed editions to the high
school are three new classrooms, a
library, a language laboratory, and
a health and physical education
building. The present library will
be converted into two more class
rooms.
If the bond issue is passed,
Superintendent W. T. Reidel said,
construction will start approxi
mately 30 days after the election.
Reidel said the program is nec
essary to take care of increased
enrollment and expanded curri
culum.
Reide said, “Enrollment at the
high school has increased from
266 in 1958 to 434 in 1963, and is
expected to reach 602 by 1968.”
THE PRESENT library is not
equipped to handle personal work
and research, he said.
“Individual research and use of
a library is one of the most im
portant parts of a high schol edu
cation today,” Reidel added.
The language laboratory is need
ed to make use of new methods of
language teaching, the superin
tendent added, and also to handle
the high school’s expanding curri
culum in languages. Three years
of Latin and two years of Spanish
are presently offered.
“French and/or German will be
added next year,” Reidel announc
ed.
The present health and physical
education building was built in
1941 when there were 88 students
enrolled in high school. This fac
ility is now used by 398 junior high
students and 434 high school stu
dents. This building will be used
solely by the junior high students
when the new health and physical
education building is built.
INFORMATION sheets will be
mailed to residents of the A&M
Consolidated School District giving
pertinent facts about the bond
issue.
“In order to continue to provide
our children with the best educa
tion possible, your School Board
urges your favorable vote and sup
port of this bond issue,” said the
Board of Education on the inform
ation sheet.
A surplus of $100,000 has been
accumulated over a six-year period.
This money, along with a $25,000
short term loan and the $250,000
bond issue, makes up the proposed
$375,000 building program.
THE BOND issue would result
in a tax rate increase of eight cents
per $100 evaluation. Valuation for
school tax purposes is 40 percent
of market value. To the average
homeowner — who has a $10,000
home — this will mean an increase
of $3.20 yearly over his present
school taxes.
Voting will be held in the Jun
ior High School Music Room from
8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Absentee
votes must be cast at the Brazos
County Clerk’s Office by 5 p.m.
Friday.
To be a qualified voter a person
must have a poll tax receipt or
exemption, have property on school
tax rolls, reside in the A&M Con-
colidated School District, and have
been a resident of Texas for one
year and of Brazos County for
six months.
Russian Wheat Deal Meets
With Approval Of Growers
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sentiment in favor of selling
U.S. wheat to the Soviet Union
appears to be increasing in wheat
growing areas.
However, some objections are
being raised.
Humanitarian reasons figure in
the favorable opinions as well as
the possibilities of profit and of
reducing the vast wheat surplus.
But some question the desirabil
ity of piping the Communist sys
tem, which has vowed to over
come the United States.
ALTHOUGH the Soviet Union
has not asked officially to buy
U.S. wheat, President Kennedy
was reported on the verge of ap
proving such a deal.
Leonid Matveev, head of the
Soviet Grain Board and chief ne
gotiator in his nation’s $500-mil-
lion purchase of Canadian wheat,
said in Winnipeg, Canada, Wed
nesday that Russia is not likely to
buy wheat from the United States.
He confirmed that the Russians
held preliminary talks with Amer
ican grain dealers in Ottawa, but
told an interviewer Russia now
feels it has enough wheat to last
until next summer.
DESPITE this second Soviet
knockdown of a possible wheat
deal with America — Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev said much the
same Tuesday — the subject was
still very much alive in Washing
ton.
A joint statement by presidents
of the Farmers Union in North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana,
Minnesota and Wisconsin said that
since the Soviet Union becomes a
signatory of the international
wheat agreement with the 1963
crop year it would be reasonable
to explore the possibilities of sale
of wheat for dollars or gold.
“The Farmers Union has his
torically taken the position that as
long as here is hunger in the
world we should seek every way
to make our abundant production
available to the people,” it said.
Local Duo Pushes
Industrial Growth
By The Associated Press
Local Chamber of Commerce
members Hill Westmoreland and
Jacob Beal were among touring
East Texas businessmen who were
guests at a luncheon Wednesday
sponsored by the Equitable Life
Assurance Society in New York.
The luncheon was part of an
East Coast tour sponsored by the
East Texas Chamber of Commerce.
The tour has the purpose of pro
moting the general growth of in
dustry in the East Texas area.
COLLEGE STATION Chamber
of Commerce president Ford Al
britton Jr. said the local repre
sentatives will be concerned with
this area and will split from the
rest of the group over the weekend
to work on industrial prospects
gained during the past year.
Leading the Texas group are
E. B. Germany, chairman of the
Lone Star Steel Co.; Fred Pool,
general manager of the East Tejxas
Chamber of Commerce; and Alf
Jernigan, assistant general man
ager.
At the luncheon, given by the
Equitable Life Assurance Society,
the president, James F. Oates Jr.,
said it has more than $1.5 billion
of life insurance in force in Texas.
He said the company also has
more than $215 million invested in
Texas real estate and mortgages.
ASSISTING as host at the
luncheon was J. J. Fraley, member
of the East Texas Chamber of
Commerce and Equitable’s agency
manager in Dallas.
Merle A. Gulick, senior vice
president, described the company’s
exhibit for the 1964 New York
World’s Fair-a demograph-which
gives a minute-by-minute, state-
by-state count of the U. S. popu
lation.
After the luncheon, the group
was taken on a tour of the com
pany’s 2 - year - old headquarters
building at 1285 Sixth Avenue.
Research Group
Receives 2 NSF
One-Year Grants
The A&M Research Foundation
has received two National Science
Foundation grants totaling $101,-
300 for studies by the Department
of Oceanography and Meteorology.
The total includes $90,000 to sup
port a project titled “Operating
Research Vessel Alaminos” and
directed by Dr. Hugh J. McLellan.
The “Alaminos” is a research
ship being readied for the De
partment of Oceanography and
Meteorology.
Research titled “Trace Elements
in Antarctic Bottom Sediments”
will be supported by a grant of
$11,300. Directing the project is
Dr. Ernest E. Angino.
Both grants cover a period of
approximately one year, according
to Dr. C. R. Sparger, vice director
of the Research Foundation.
Stephenson, health and physical
education major Trom Denton;
Nancy Beamer, nursing major
from College Station; Charlotte
Smith, general curriculum major
from Alvord; Betsy Larkin, Eng
lish major from Dallas; Sallye
Marie Stapleton, interior design
major from Tripoli, N. Africa;
Jane Sullins, advertising design
major from Crossett, Kansas; Dee
Anne Dyke, fashion design major
from Karachi, Pakistan, and Vicki
Lynn Caster, merchandising major
from Bryan.
Double Murder
In Caldwell
Shocks Town
CALDWELL LP)—Bullets from a
small Italian-made pistol killed
County Judge Ed Bravenec, 51, and
County Treasurer Joe Dan Philp
Sr., 47, Wednesday in a mystery
shooting here.
The shooting in this quiet county
seat town 25 miles southwest of
Bryan and College Station left au
thorities groping for a mtoive.
Both men were popular, highly
respected, church workers and civic
leaders.
“IT BROUGHT the town to a
stunned, sudden standstill,” said
A. C. Pape, editor of the Burleson
County Citizen.
Pape said he talked to nearly a
dozen county and district officials
and none of them was aware of
any difficulties between the two
men.
Between them, they had four
children who were classmates at
Caldwell High School. A fifth was
a recent graduate.
Deputy Sheriff Milton Lewis
said, “At this time we assume it
was murder and suicide but we
have no witnesses to the shooting
The chapter will provide a pic- | and must make a thorough ihvesti-
The Texas group is visiting fi
nancial centers to present the
possibilities for industrial develop
ment and expansion in East’Texas.
FF i Book
Pictures Set
For Monday
All agricultural education stu
dents will have their photographs
taken Monday between 9 a.m. and
6 p.m. in the Department of Agri
cultural Education for the Collegi
ate Future Farmer of America
yearbook. Photographers will be
Provine Studios of Houston.
ture for the yearbook whether the
student decides to buy any or not,
said Bill Irick, chapter advisor.
These photographs will also be
used to aid seniors with their job
placements.
Wives and children of agricul
tural education students may take
advantage of this opportunity to
gation before a verdict is rendered.”
Deputy Sheriff Edward Ward
said the limited evidence indicated
that Philp shot first and that the
pistol, which was described as .22
caliber, belonged to Philp.
THE JUDGE died almost in
stantly. Philp died later from a
have photos made, Irick said, but 1 bullet wound while undergoing an
these photos must be purchased. [ operation in Temple.
Dress for the photographs will
be coat and ties, except for corps
students whose dress will be the
appropriate uniform:
New ID Cards
At Coke Building
Many students have failed to
pick up their 1963-64 identifica
tion cards, H. L. Heaton, Direc
tor of Admissions and Registrar,
announced Wednesday. They are
now being issued in the Regis
trar’s Office, located in the Rich
ard Coke Building. The old
identification card will not be
honored after October 8.
Statistics Course
Replaces BA 303;
Starts In Spring
The Department of Agricultural
Economics has added a new course,
Agricultural Economics Statistics
406, for the next semester. To be
a four-hour course, it will take the
place of B.A. 303 which is now
required in the curriculum.
This new course is designed to
apply statistics to agriculture. At
present agricultural economics stu
dents must take a business course
which does not emphasize agri
culture. By taking Ag. Eco. 406
students will have the opportunity
to associate agriculture, instead
of such things as mining and in
dustry, with statistics a spokes
man said.
Officers said Judge Bravenec
suffered three shots in the chest.
Philp suffered two wounds in the
head.
Deputy Ward said that the of
fices, although blood - spattered,
showed no evidence of a struggle
preceding the shootings.
Ward said Bravenec’s body was
lying near his private office, with
Philp nearby. The pistol was on
the floor. The offices are on the
second story of the Burleson
County courthouse.
THE SECRETARY was in her
office but officers said she did not
witness the shooting.
County Clerk John Toupal, 49,
said he was the first on the scene
—his office is across the hall from
that of the judge.
Toupal said the judge’s secretary
ran into his office and said the
judge had been shot.
Toupal said he called the sheriff’s
office and then started toward the
judge’s office and heard two more
shots.
Wire Review
By The Associated Press
WORLD NEWS
WASHINGTON —- President
Kennedy tentatively has decided
to permit the sale of American
wheat to Russia but wants Repub
lican leadership approval of the
move before acting, an adminis
tration spokesman said Wednes
day.
Before he announces any such
decision, the President is expected
to invite GOP leaders of both
houses to canvass the situation
with him.
The administration is reported
to have been informed that the
Soviets are willing to buy $150
million worth of American wheat
for gold. This was some $100 mih
lion less than previously had been
indicated.
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LONDON—A crown prosecu
tor said Wednesday that Chris
tine Keeler committee perjury
and bribed another witness to
lie—in an attempt to put a dis
carded Negro lover behind bars.
A male witness at the hearing
told of getting into a fist fight
with her.
WASHINGTON — President
Kennedy’s program to help pre
vent mental retardation in chil
dren was passed by the Senate
Wednesday without debate or a
record vote.
Sen. Abraham A. Ribicoff, D-
Conn., gave a brief explanation of
the measure, approved Tuesday by
the Senate Finance Committee.
There was no audible opposition
as the bill passed by a voice vote.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—An ex
plosion ripped out the front of
a meat market in a Negro sec
tion of Birmingham Wednesday
night. Police said it was believed
to have been a fire bomb.
The police department said
that there were no reports of
injuries or disorder.
WASHINGTON — The Senate
passed Wednesday and sent to the
House a bill to transfer Austin,
Fort Bend and Wharton counties
from the Galveston to the Houston
division of the Southern Federal
Judicial District of Texas.