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Sully Gets Bath And Shining Armor
Freshmen of Company G-3 give “Sully” a bath and a bright
countenance Wednesday night as they soak the statue in
Brasso and Ajax. The old man, who had become somewhat
tarnished over the summer, had a new appearance about
him after Wednesday’s polishing.
BELLUNO, Italy OP)—The 873-
oot high Vaiont dam collapsed
nder the weight of torrential rain
nd mountain landslides Wednes-
ay night and loosed millions of
ons of water on sleeping 1 Piave
iver Valley communities, authori-
es reported.
The Italian news agency Ansa
aid first information was that at
!ast several score of people were
tilled.
It was described immediately as
major disaster.
Longarone, a community of 2,000
eople close to the dam, was re-
orted completely submerged. At
east six other communities were
it by the gigantic gush of water
rashing down into the Piave.
talian Dam Falls;
amage Rate High
Wire
Review
By The Associated Press
PARIS — France’s controversial
uclear strike force has come into
eing and supersonic French
lanes are being armed with atom-
bombs, authoritative sources
aid Wednesday.
The informants said a concrete
eginning has been made with
flirage IV planes rolling off as-
embly lines and receiving atomic
Ombs.
This was described as phase No.
of France’s nuclear program,
ter, France is aiming to develop
lydrogen bombs and missiles to
any them.
★★★
MIAMI, Fla. — Hurricane
Flora left at least 200 dead in
Cuba before darting into the
North Atlantic and probably
self-destruction, radio messages
intercepted here indicated Wed
nesday.
★★★
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Les-
er B. Pearson told the House of
Commons Wednesday his govern-
lent is letting the United States
tore nuclear warheads for Amer-
:an jet interceptors at two Ca-
adian bases.
NEW YORK—Mrs. Ngo Dinh
Nhu launched her American
speaking tour on a pugnacious
Bote Wednesday, charging that
the U.S. Information Agency is
aiding in a plot to overthrow the
South Viet Nam government.
TEXAS NEWS
AUSTIN—The Texas Supreme
lourt took under consideration
Wednesday arguments on whether
ities have power to regulate con-
truction by independent school
istricts.
SAN ANTONIO — Republican
Sen. John Tower Wednesday
said he will join Southern Dem
ocrats in a filibuster against the
public accommodations section of
President Kennedy’s civil rights
bill.
Texas’ junior senator was fre
quently interrupted by applause
at a Rotary Club luncheon as he
outlined his view on civil rights,
the tax bill, federal aid, Mrs.
John Ngo Nhu of South Viet
Nam, the wheat sale to Russia
and other matters.
COMMUNICATIONS in the dam
area 10 miles north of here were
completely wiped out and officials
said they feared the casualty toll
must be much higher than the
Ansa report indicated.
At the community of Ponte Delle
Alpi, halfway between Belluno and
Longarone, a policeman found a
phone that was still in order to
report that the community was
under three feet of water, but that
as far as he knew there were no
serious injuries there.
He said there was no contact
with communities farther north,
and added: “The flood waters hit
this place with such speed that I’m
afraid something terrible must
have happened to the places north
of here, especially Longarone.”
THE POLICEMAN reported that
most of Ponte Delle Alpi’s 6,000
inhabitants were asleep when the
Piave River suddenly smashed over
its banks.
The Vaiont dam, finished in
1960, was the third highest con
crete dam in the world. A high
tapered structure narrowing down
to a thin base, it was situated
about 10 miles north of Belluno.
The dam was not on the Piave
River itself but held back water
in a side reservoir.
THE VOLUME of water re
leased by the collapse was so great
in Belluno that the level of the
Piave suddenly rose 16 feet, flood
ing fields and roads in this area
before subsiding.
In the immediate hours after
first word of the disaster reached
the outside, there was uncertainty
over whether the dam had given
way or whether a massive moun
tain landslide had dropped into the
reservoir and sent a catastrophic
flood plunging over the dam into
the valley below.
Che Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1963
Number 147
Local United Chest Nets
$4,425 In First 3 Days
Drive Scheduled
Through Oct. 17
By MIKE REYNOLDS
Battalion Staff Writer
The College Station United Chest drive had collected
$4,425.80 or 24.9 per cent of the projected goal of $18,000
late Wednesday night after three days of collecting, said
Chris H. Groneman, campaign director. The campaign runs
through Oct. 17, with 7 days remaining for collections.
“We are just about where we were last year at the end
of three days, when our goal was $17,000,” said Groneman.
IT IS TOO EARLY to have received a report from the
federal agencies, business houses, the community of College
Station, and College Station Public Schools, Groneman added.
Nor have many of the departmental and agency repre-
sentitives had a chance to follow up after giving out campaign
♦materials, but a trend has
been set and the goal will be
Valachi Insists
Past Prison
Threat Useless
WASHINGTON (Ah—Joseph Va
lachi spun a tale of murders and
gangland power struggles Wed
nesday, but the underworld in
former insisted the threat of 100
years in prison would not have
pried such secrets from him in
the days when he served the syn
dicate.
The vengeance-seeking informer
told Senate crime investigators
about a modem gang war still
raging in Brooklyn, about the
death of underworld boss Albert
Anastasia, and about his own as
signments to kill for the syndi
cate he calls Cosa Nostra.
Testifying in level tones with no
show of emotion, Valachi said he
was the brains behind the 1952
murder of a gangster suspected
eral Narcotics Bureau, with two
other hoodlums as trigger men.
He named the victim as Eugene
Gianinni, and said his killing had
been sanctioned by mobster boss
Vito Genovese who suspected that
Gianinni was an informer.
Valachi is under life sentence
for another murder, and says he
turned informer on Cosa Nostra
because he thinks Genovese, his
former boss, marked him for
death.
Valachi testified earlier that
during his 30 years in the crime
syndicate, he was true to his oath
of secrecy about its dealings. But
he said gangland has its weak
lings, and that with a promise of
immunity from prosecution
“they’ll talk and talk plenty.”
Republicans Nix Wheat Sale
As Kennedy Deals With Reds
WASHINGTON (JP)—A Repub
lican clamor against the U. S.-
Russian wheat deal arose in Con
gress Wednesday night, toned
down somewhat by Midwestern
voices from the big wheat states.
Most Democrats followed the
lead of President Kennedy and ap
proved the transaction.
One Republican, Rep. Steven B.
Derouian of New York, said the
trade “simply means that the
American housewife will subsidize
the Moscow housewife.”
Workman Reported
In Fair Condition
Reuben Howard, a workman de
molishing the smokestack at A&M
University, is reported to be in
fair condition after being injured
in an accident at 4:30 p.m. Tues
day.
Howard, 35, is an employee of
Hobbs Demolishing Co.
He was taken to St. Joseph’s
Hospital where he was reported to
have sustained a bruised knee, left
shoulder and hand.
Howard’s date of release from
the hospital has not been an
nounced.
R-
the
Sen. Kenneth B. Keating,
N.Y., said, “This deal is at
wrong time and on the wrong
terms. The Soviets are just trying
to take advantage o f bargain
prices now.”
Sen. Frank Carlson from the
Kansas wheatlands did not join
the chorus of his fellow Republi
cans.
“The sale of wheat to Russia
for payment in gold is in the in
terests of the United States,” he
said.
Applause also came from Senate
Democratic leader Mike Mansfield
of Montana and Sen. Allen J. El-
lender, D-La., chairman of the
Senate Agricultural Committee.
Rep. Charles B. Hoeven of Iowa,
ranking Republican on the House-
Agriculture Committee, said he
strongly questioned the propriety
of the deal.
Former President Dwight D.
Eisenhower said sale of U.S. wheat
to Russia “might be a useful
thing.”
Eisenhower discussed the mat
ter at Gettysburg, Pa., in an in
terview with Associated Press re
porters before the President’s an
nouncement.
met on Oct. 17, continued
Groneman.
The money collected from
the drive will be distributed along
the following lines if the goal is
met: The College Station Chest
Fund, $1,000; The College Station
Community House, $550; The Col
lege Station Recreation Council for
the financing of summer programs,
$1,750; The College Station Boys
Club, $1,500; Brazos County Al
coholic Committee, $250; Brazos
Valley Rehabilitation Center, $200.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS to
receive the following include:
YMCA for care and upkeep of
Hensel Park, $500; Brazos County
Hospital Fund, $300’; Brazos Coun
ty Youth Counseling Center, $1,600;
Salvation Army, $900; Girl Scouts,
$2,000; Boy Scouts, $2,000; Texas
Rehabilitation Center, $500; Ameri
can Red Cross, $2,000; United
Fund, $450, and funds for operation
of the United Chest Drive, $700.
EVERYTHING IS MOVING
along on schedule, and it is hoped
that a later report will give a more
realistic statement after the can
vassers have had an opportunity
to turn in more results, concluded
Groneman.
He emphasized the fact that all
College Station residents have been
asked to contribute one day’s pay
and that they should do their best
to fulfill this obligation.
Tom W. Leland’s
Last Rites Pending
Funeral services for Tom W.
Leland, 68, retired head of the
Division of Business Administra
tion, are pending at Hillier Funeral
Home in Bryan. Rites probably
will be held Friday or Saturday.
Leland died Sunday night in his
hotel room at Minneapolis, Minn.,
where he had gone on a business
trip. He resided at 1307 East
Walton Drive in College Station.
A member of the A&M faculty
since 1922, Leland retired in 1961
as head of the Division of Business
Administration. He played a key
role in organizing the Accounting
Conference held annually on the
campus. The 1962 program was
dedicated to him.
Survivors include the widow; a
daughter, Mrs. Mary Leland of
Bryan, and a son, Tom, Jr., of
Houston.
STUDENTS CAN PICKET, TOO
Several A&M students march in protest to th e policies of a South College Avenue service
station.
GAS STATION REFUSES CHECK
Alleged
Pickets,
Discrimination Gets
Protests, Profanity
By JOHN WRIGHT
Asst. News Editor
Several A&M students picketed
a service station on South College
Avenue Wednesday claiming al
leged discrimination against Ag
gies.
Howard E. Pumpelly, an A&M
student, said that at approximately
7 p.m. Monday, he and another
student, Nathan W. Pippin, stopped
for gas at the service station on
the way to the annex.
Upon receiving the gas Pumpelly
presented a check for $2.50 on an
Austin bank in payment for the
gas. The station attendant, Vir
gil J. Daniel, refused to cash the
check, said Pumpelly.
“I OFFERED the attendant the
check and he refused to accept
it. He said that I would have
to pay cash for the gas.
“I told him that I had always
been able to pay by check in Bryan
and College Station before, and I
did not see why he could not accept
the check.”
Daniel said that Pumpelly used
profane language and had a smart
attitude.”
Daniel said the station had a sign
posted over the cash register that
said: “No Out Of Town Checks
Accepted; Local Approved Checks
Accepted for Purchases Only.”
Pumpelly denied seeing the sign.
DANIEL TELEPHONED the
day manager of the station, H. C.
Smith, to ask him about the check.
Pumpelly said he offered to
cash another check elsewhere, but
the attendant would not allow him
to leave without paying in cash.
Pumpelly said he then took the
check and walked over to another
service station across the street.
Old B&U Replaced By New Name Too
University Services is the new facilitate the teaching and re
name for what has been known on
campus as the Buildings and Utili
ties Building, Tom D. Cherry, di
rector of business affairs, an
nounced Wednesday.
“This change is in keeping with
the building’s purposes,” Cherry
said. “It is our desire to stress
the word ‘service.’ ”
Cherry explained that all per
sons located in the building are
engaged in performing services to
search functions.
“Therefore, it seems appropriate
that the word ‘service’ be incorpo
rated in the name of the building,”
he pointed out.
The building houses several de
partments including the Univer
sity’s Office of Physical Plant,
Buildings and Utilities, and Pur
chasing and Stores.
The structure was erected in
1960 at a cost of approximately
$473,000.
The attendant at this station
agreed to cash the check, and
Pumpelly returned and gave the
money to Daniel.
Smith arrived at this moment
and witnessed Pumpelly handing
the money to Daniel. “I saw the
boy hand the money to Daniel and
thought everything was all right,”
he said.
PUMPELLY THEN TOLD Smith
and Daniel, “You haven’t heard the
last of this. You are going to
lose business even if I have to
picket the place myself.’
Daniel said at the mention of
the word picket he called the po
lice.
According to Smith, Pumpelly
persisted in his use of insulting
language.
Pippon, Pumpelly’s companion,
said that he witnessed Smith say
to Pumpelly, “You get tough with
me and I will punch you in the
nose.”
WHEN THE POLICE arrived
both parties told their stories.
Pumpelly said that Daniel later
admitted as much.
Smith said the police officer
Lawson had to warn Pumpelly “to
cool down and conduct himself in
a proper manner.”
Pumpelly said “I was told by
the police officer that it was pos
sible that I could be charged with
disturbing the peace.”
After talking the situation over
neither party decided to press
charges.
“I had no desire to have a
English Fraternity
Presents Classics
Sigma Tau Delta, professional
English fraternity, will present
Grapes of Wrath, the first of a
film classic series Monday, at 7:30
p.m. in the Campus Theater.
The admission will be 50 cents
for adults and 25 cents for children
under 12.
Profits will be used by the frater
nity to bring noted speakers to the
campus.
The film series is designed to
provide educational and entertain
ing films that are based on out
standing literary works such as
Shakespeare, Jane Austin, and
George B. Shaw.
student arrested,” said Smith.
PUMPELLY ASKED the police
if he was free to go and the po
liceman said that he was. Pumpel
ly said that he had not told anyone
that he was going to picket. He
said that he meant what he had
said.
Pumpelly said at 4 p.m. Wednes
day, he gathered with other sym
pathizers, and after a brief wait
proceeded to picket the station.
THE ORIGINAL EIGHT pickets
Shortly increased to 14 as the stu
dents paced back and forth in
front of the station, but off the
public right-of-way.
After about an hour the pickets
broke up and left.
“Most of the merchants in the
Bryan and College Station area
treat Aggies well,” said Pumpelly.
“I merely wish to emphasize the
exceptions.”
UH, TU Head List
As State Schools
Raise Enrollment
AUSTIN UP) _ Enrollment in
Texas’ 20 state colleges reached
an all-time high of 134,488 this
fall, the Texas Commission on
Higher Education said Wednesday.
The increase over last year is
only 6.42 per cent, excluding the
newly-added University of Hous
ton. This is the lowest percentage
increase in four years.
The total compares with last
year’s total of 123,585, or 109,998
without Houston.
The total is 726 above that pre
dicted. Most of the unexpected in
crease came from the University
of Houston, which enrolled 17,430,
a whopping 28 per cent increase
over last year. Experts had pre
dicted a Houston enrollment of
15,500.
Other leaders in percentage in
creases were East Texas State
College, which jumped 17 per cent
to 4,502; S. F. Austin State Col
lege, which gained 21.8 per cent
to 3,334; Texas Western College,
which increased 13 per cent to
6,155; and West Texas State Uni
versity, which increased 11.7 per
cent to 4,169.
The highest total was at the
University of Texas, which regis
tered 22,200 for a 3 per cent gain.