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O' ^ * ould ^Present SS We suffers “idents in Te x . f 1962. Texas A&M University Che Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1964 Number 184 s Lb.) <)<) Lb. e)jc Pound 49c Pound 43c t ENTITY 3GHTS served i. m m i X-15 Astronaut To Speak Here At Space Fiesta Major Robert A. Rushworth, the U. S. Air Force's second winged astronaut and principal X-15 pilot, has been added to a list of prominent speakers for the second A&M Uni versity Space Fiesta to be held here Feb. 3-14. Wernher von Braun, director of NASA s Space Flight • * Center in Huntsville, Ala., and t k k /"'I • Willy Ley, who earned a world- MSA Lives A&M 12 Grants For $230,400 Part-Time Student Found Dead From Gun Wounds Guatemala Aggie A&M University has been a- warded 12 additional National Aeronautics and Space Admini stration predoctoral traineeships with a total value of $230,400. Rep. Olin E. (Tiger) Teague of College Station, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Manned Space Flight, notified A&M Grad uate Dean Wayne C. Hall Satur day of the new grants. A&M was among the first 10 universities to receive NASA pre doctoral traineeships. The latest grant raises to 32 the number of scientists and engineers receiving space-effort training at A&M, Dean Hall noted. Total value of the 32 grants is $614,000. The three-year traineeships were begun here in 1962. They provide for advanced studies in 15 fields of space-related science and tech nology, Hall said. The NASA scholarship provides $200 monthly for 12 months, an allowance for dependents and a cost-of-education allowance. The awards can be renewed for a total of three years of study, the dean added. A&M was one of seven Texas schools approved for the expand ed graduate study program financ ed by NASA. Over the nation, 131 colleges and universities will take part in the program for the next academic year. rest zas Ave Wire Review By the Associted Press LIMA, Peru — A Communist plot to spread terror in Peru has been uncovered in the coastal city of Trujillo, authorties report ed Monday. Officials in the city 310 miles north of Lima said they rounded up several suspects and seized dyn amite and Communist propaganda. ★ ★ ★ HAVANA — Cuba’s sugar har vest began Monday after being delayed for three days by heavy rains. Reports from the countryside in dicated the rains did no further damage to the fields of cane, some of which were hard hit by last year’s hurricane. To get in the sugar, 24,000 workers will be drafted from fac tories for the duration of the har vest. ★ ★ ★ TAIPEI, Formosa — Four min ers perished and five were ser iously injured by an explosion Sun day in a coal mine in suburban Taipei, police reported. ★ ★ ★ JOHANNESBURG, South Af rica — Three African miners were killed in a clash at their living quarters at a gold mine near Sp rings, east of Johannesburg, Sun day night. The Angloamerican Corp., owner of the mine, gave no reasons for the clash. Two of the men were stabbed, the other killed by thrown rocks. ★ ★ ★ MOSCOW — As Pope Paul VI flew back to Rome Monday, Mos cow’s press mentioned for the first time his historic pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Izvestia, the Soviet government organ, carried a 150-word report on the Pope’s meeting with Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras. wide reputation for his publica tions on conquest of space, are other speakers. The two co-au thored the “Exploration of Mars” book. Some of the nation’s most com plex space flight equipment and other electronic machinery will be displayed throughout the Fiesta, Harold C. Brown, a San Antonio senior and chairman of the student organization responsible for the space program, announced. RUSHWORTH, the X-15 pilot who has made 15 flights with the experimental rocket plane during his six years at Edwards Air Force Base in California, reached 285,000 feet (54 miles) earlier this year. The trip gave him his pilot astro naut rating, presented only to mili tary pilots who fly 50 miles or more high. The thrice-decorated World War II veteran proved the craft could withstand the heat of 1,250 de grees Fahrenheit on its speed brakes and 1,000-degree wing and fuselage temperatures in a separ ate flight. EARLIER HE FLEW the plane without the lower portion of its central fin for the first time. The flight was to determine if, as en gineers believed, the lack provided greater stability for re-entry to denser atmosphere from extreme altitudes. Rushworth has about 5,200 hours of flying time in his 20 years in uniform. A native of Maine, his military career began in 1943 as an aviation cadet in the Army Air Corps. He won a Distinguished Flying Cross and two air medals for 178 combat missions as a World War II troop and cargo carrier pilot in the China-Burma-India campaign. THE MAJOR was recalled to active duty with the Maine Air National Guard in 1951 for two years as a jet fighter pilot and later attended test pilot school. He was selected as an Air Force X-15 pilot in 1958. The tentative dates for the speakers are Feb. 7 Rushworth, Feb. 13 Ley and Feb. 14 v o n Braun. The hour will be 8 p.m. for each speaker. Winged Astronaut To Address Space Fiesta Major Robert A. Rushworth, the U. S. Air from the tight fitting cockpit which serves Force’s second winged astronaut and as his ariel office, principal X-15 pilot, seen here emerging Houston Owns Biggest Test Tube HOUSTON <A>> _ Texas, while second in area to Alaska, can still claim what is probably the biggest “test tube” in existence — 8,200 feet deep. It is an old oil well, long past its producing days, lo cated a few miles south of Houston. Pan Geo Atlas Corp. uses the shaft to test its oil-detecting and well perforating devices under actual field conditions. Wainerdi Joins The Of Outstanding ’63 Ranks Texans Dr. Richard E. Wainerdi, associ ate dean of the A&M University College of Engineering has been named one of “Five Outstanding Young Texans of 1963” by the Texas Junior Chamber of Com merce. The other men named for the honor were Jerry L. Brownlee, Fort Worth city manager; Will David Davis, Austin attorney; Donald Eastland, Hillsboro city at torney and Richard Blair Gemmer, Houston construction company ex ecutive. WAINERDI, a research scien tist and director of the Activation Analysis Research Laboratory at the A&M Research Annex, came to A&M in 1957, and he and his staff designed and built the first automated, computor-coupled acti vation analysis laboratory in the world. As one of the youngest Ph.D.’s ever engaged on the engineering Hannigan Exchange Figures were released Tuesday by Dean of Students, James P. Hannigan, with the approval of President Earl Rudder, for the dis tribution of the Exchange Store profits for the fiscal year 1962-63. The figures were decided upon by the Exchange Store Advisory Board at their meeting on Novem ber 12, and had to be approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting on November 27. THE EXCHANGE STORE showed a profit of $82,608.18 for the year, and the store will retain $51,608.18 of the amount for oper ating expenses and improvement of present facilities. The remaining $31,000 in profits are slated to “go back to the Ag gies.” They have been allocated to various groups and organizations as follows: Student Activities, club aid, the bonfire, the Student Sen ate, the All-College Calendar, Yell Leaders, and the Who’s Who Com- Releases Profits mittee, $800; the Religious Life Program, $1,500; Hensel Park im provements, $750, and the Pistol and Rifle Team, $1,500. Others receiving funds included the Cadet Corps Headquarters, $500; Civilian Student Govern ment, $600; dormitory athletic equipment, $1000; Band awards and trips, $2000; the Ross Volun teers and the Freshman Drill Team, $1,800, and the Aggie Play ers, $1,900. THE REMAINING AMOUNT will go to the Rodeo Club and Quarter Horse Show, $1,500; P.E. Recreational Club Equipment and travel funds and supplies, $3,800, Singing Cadets, $1,250; Cadet Corps Awards and Trophies, $8001 and the parachute Club, $600. The distribution of funds also had to be approved by the Chan cellor of the A&M University Sys tem, M. T. Harrington. staff of the university, he has been directing extensive research under a contract from both the Atomic Energy Commission and NASA. The work for NASA concerns the designing of a probe that is ex pected to analyze the surface of the moon by remote activation. THE YOUNG MAN, no stranger to Bryan-College Station residents, is an active member of the Bryan- College Station Junior Chamber of Commerce, Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Brazos A&M Club and Pi Epsilon Tau. In 1961, Wainerdi was named by the Bryan-College Station Junior Chamber of Commerce as the most Holiday Fire Sends Lou To New Post In North Gate Area An electrical short in a jewelry case caused smoke and fire damage to Loupot’s Trading Post at North Gate Dec. 26. By Monday afternoon no esti mate on the extent of damage had been made, said J. E. Loupot, own er of the bookstore. The temporary location of Lou’s Trading Post is in the old Post Office Building on Church St., one block north of Lou’s original loca tion. The alarm was sounded at 1 p.m. and the fire was extinguished by the College Station Fire De partment. “We feel very fortunate in find ing a vacant building in the area and after repairs are completed, we hope to return to our old loca tion where we have been for 23 years,” Mrs. Loupot said. “We ap preciate the cooperation of the fire department, policemen, city officials, friends and neighbors in helping move the merchandise from the burning building.” Fireman wearing gasmasks en tered the smouldering building and saved the records and accounts. The Loupots hope to be open for business in their new loca tion on Wednesday. outstanding young man in the area. WAINERDI has written more than 85 technical articles for pub lication. With Norman DuBeau of the A&M University System as a co-author, he published an article in Science, the official publication for the American Association of Science. The article on activation analysis brought more than 250 requests for reprints from more than 20 countries all over the world. The young scientist is now help ing to set up an activation analy sis laboratory in Grenoble, France. Who,s Who Aggies Certificates Here Certificates for the 37 A&M University students who were selected to Who’s Who Among Students in American Universi ties are now obtainable from Dean of Students James P. Han nigan. The students were selected by a nine-man committee consisting of faculty, staff members and students. To be eligible for listing in Who’s Who, a student must be a senior and have a grade point ratio of 1.5 or better. Also Meets Death A 26 year-old part-time A&M University student, Donald Ray Carpenter, was found shot to death Monday at his home on Turkey Creek Road just west of College Station. Peace Justice Jess McGee ruled that the fatal gun wounds were self-inflicted. Carpenter, a laboratory mechanic with the Texas Trans portation Institute, would have been 27 Jan. 19. Fellow workers from the Texas Transportation Institute went to Carpenter’s home when he failed to report to work Monday morning. A high-powered rifle was found near Carpenter’s body. HIS WIFE and two children, aged five and one, were 41 visiting in Waco with his wife’s parents at the time of the shooting. Carpenter moved to College Station this fall and was en rolled at A&M for three semester hours in civil engineering. SURVIVORS other than his widow and two children include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Carpenter of Waco. The body was taken to Hillier Funeral Home in Bryan and then transferred to Connally Funeral Home in Waco. Funeral arrange ments were pending late Monday. CARPENTER’S DEATH mark ed the second student to die since the Christmas recess. Rodolfo Aragon of Guatemala died at his home Dec. 27. A fellow student from Guate mala said Aragon supposedly died from food poisoning. ARAGON was a graduate agro nomy student who lived in Room D-6 of Hart Hall. Silver Taps have been scheduled in honor of Aragon for 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Famous Aggie Dies In Bryan After Illness One of A&M’s most eminent men, Edwin Jackson Kyle, 87, of 800 S. Bryan, died Dec. 26 in his home following a long illness. Kyle served as president of the Athletic Association, Dean of the School of Agriculture and United States Ambassador to Guatemala. Kyle, who graduated from A&M in 1899, was the highest ranking military officer as a junior, and as a senior he acted as command ant for over one month and was given a seat and vote in the facul ty. HE RECEIVED his bachelor of science degree in agriculture from Cornell University in 1902 and was presented an honorary doctorate in 1941 by the University of Arkan sas. Starting in 1902 he served for 11 years as president of the Ath letic Association. He then resign ed to become dean of the School of Agriculture. AS DEAN of Agriculture in 1944, he became dean emeritus and began work to organize the A&M Research Foundation and promote La tin-American relations. Kyle was appointed United States am bassador to Guatemala by presi dent F. D. Roosevelt from 1944-48. Kyle was appointed in 1942 by Cordell Hull and the Department of Agriculture as an official dele gate to the second Inter-American Conference on Agriculture, which was held in Mexico. He was first to advocate agriculture in high schools and his elementry text on agriculture was used for 30 years. AN OIL PORTRAIT of Kyle was presented to school officials in 1950. During the ceremony he was described as “Mr. Texas A&M.” Relatives have requested that all memorials to him be sent in the form of donations to the Dean E. J. Kyle Scholarship Fund at A&M. This scholarship is given to two students each year in the field of agriculture and was set up about three years ago by his daughter and her children. Civic Group Meets A regular meeting of the Col lege Station Council of the Knights of Columbus will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, in the St. Mary’s Student Center. The coun cil group picture will also be taken for The Aggieland. All members have been asked to make a special effort to attend. Renovation Program Begins At College View Apartments “Texas A&M is starting a pro gram of renovating the 464 Col lege View Apartments” said James P. Hannigan, Dean of Students. This program covers replacing of wallpaper where needed, plac ing new shelves in the closets, re pairing damaged tiles in the floors, installing proper faucets and drains in the washer alcoves, re painting the apartments and in stalling special wall plugs to facili tate air conditioning, Hannigan said. The rent will remain the same, despite the fact that approximate ly $500 will be spent on each a- partment. One “model” apartment has al ready been completed. Workmen are currently working on four others. No students will be moved from their apartments for this program. As the apartments be come vacant renovation crews move in and begin work. Plans call for the eventual modernization of all of the College View Apart ments, said Hannigan. Library Collection Honors Templeton A&M University has accepted a memorial library collection, honoring the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Ben Templeton, Jr., who were killed Nov. 26 in an airplane crash near New Orleans. The “Templeton Memorial Freedom Collection” was estab lished by the Dallas Freedom Forum and will be housed in the University’s Cushing Memorial Library. Volumes on the free enterprise system, private prop erty, limited government and continuation of the American way of life will be included. Templeton was vice chairman of the Dallas Freedom Forum and president of the Aggie Club, an organization that supports university athletics. A 1950 civil engineering graduate and a Ko rean War Veteran, Templeton was president of Templeton Co., a Dallas building and investment firm. President Earl Rudder and Dorsey E. McCrory, director of the development fund, accepted the memorial. Pete Gifford, foundation chairman, made the presentation. Congress Race Taking Shape Jerome (Jack) Zubik of Bryan informally announced Saturday that he will be a candidate for the U. S. House of Representatives, Sixth District. Rep. Olin E. Tea gue of College Station is expected to announce his candidacy soon for another term. A merchant in the North Gate area of College Station, Zubik said he would have a formal announce ment of his candidacy at a later date. Zubik has been elected to two terms as a Bryan City com mission member and is presently serving his second term. If elect ed to Congress, Zubik plans to re sign from his present position. On the state level, the first to announce as candidate for repre sentative in the 28th District was B. H. Dewey, Jr., who is seeking the position now held by Rep. David G. Haines. Haines said he plans to file soon. As of Saturday eight applica tions for the 13 county and five district offices had been filed for the May 2 Democratic primary.