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Che Battalion Volume 60 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1964 Number 185 wards Lenos ■ )ick String^ 5 at forward; -he center per. lve been adt:; highly regs- ; powerful Squadron Id udents lead tl? •s the intram to the last* >efore the ent "lass A ''compf; is five points; -e. Company f n fourth is Co; W 1-3 isinffl d Company t ace behind St vities. Squat ace. In fiftt Vets leads® I by 10 points ! the only on over into !l League play II ends Frit ball finishes s A horsesk January 12. Corps Leaving Old Area On Completion Of Finals • Center" i for eugeot or Cars —Service Foreign Cars" TA 2451; JSE steaks. I BRICKLAYING BEGINS ON NEW DORMS Buildings are slated for completion by September. Grads To Hear LSU President At Ceremonies Dr. John A. Hunter, president of Louisiana State University, will deliver the commencement address to approximately 557 candidates for degrees at commencement ex ercises to be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 18, in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Hunter, a native of Louisiana, is well known in educational cir cles, having been named president elect of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1962. Prior to going to LSU, he served as an instructor and commandant at Gulf Coast Military Academy, worked as a geophysicist for Stan- olind Oil and Gas Co., was educa tional advisor for the Civilian Con servation Corps, and served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. HUNTER WAS ALSO super visor of the State of Louisiana Department of Education and di rector of classified personnel at i: Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS BHUBANESWAR, India—Weak and weary, Prime Minister Nehru went to bed Tuesday under the care of doctors concerned about his tendency toward high blood pressure. The doctors expressed hope for a quick recovery but they advised their 74-year-old patient, modern India’s first and only chief of gov ernment, to take a complete rest and cancel all engagements for two weeks. Accumulated strains of govern ment, .politics and diplomacy caught up with Nehru at the an nual meeting of his ruling Con gress party in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa State, near the Bay of Bengal 800 miles southeast of New Delhi. ★★★ ELISABETHYILLE, the Con go — Katanga, once the mav erick of the Congo, has become a full-fledged province under the central government in Leo poldville. President Edouard Bulundwe of East Katanga province an nounced Tuesday the final step in returning the former seces sionist province to the fold—the end of the mandate of Joseph Ileo. U.S. NEWS WASHINGTON — The embat tled $3-billion foreign aid approp riation bill, which had such a struggle getting through the last session of Congress, went through its final stage Tuesday. It was signed by President Johnson. The funds, for the fiscal year which began last July 1, are $600 million below the ceiling previously voted; $1.5 billion under President John F. Kennedy’s original request of last spring, and far below the $3.6-billion level Johnson had said would represent “a dangerous re duction in our security.” LSU before becoming registrar and associate professor of educa tion at LSU in 1951. The 49-year-old educator was promoted to Dean of the Junior Division in 1956 and was named Dean of Student Services and pro fessor of education in 1959. He became LSU president in 1961. Hunter is the author of “School Board Service,” “Teacher Welfare Laws of Louisiana,” and “A Hand book for Louisiana School Board Members.” He also writes a monthly column on school law and general educational information for “The Boardman,” the official journal of the Louisiana School Boards Association. HUNTER WAS CITED for his educational and administrative contributions by the LSU chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, national leadership society for men, in 1957. While serving as LSU registrar, he was president of the Southern Association of Registrars and Ad missions Officers and of the Lou isiana Registrars Association. Hunter is a member of the Lou isiana Commission of the Aging Advisory Committee and the Board of Control for Southern Regional Education. In 1963 Governor Dav is appointed Hunter Louisiana State Coordinator for the Southern Regional Education Board, of which he is now a member of the executive committee. The Terrebonne Parish native has a reading knowledge of both French and Spanish. His is listed in “Who’s Who in America,” “Who’s Who in the South and Southwest,” and in the “Directory of College Presidents and Deans.” LOUNte // loi/zvce LouncE IT < I t i /<s / / i 11/1 /////! I i ! ///// ~ / 7 7 7 1 7 7 7 7 7 7 HEN PE RS ON STRELLT III//'/ 1/ / I ! / / / /V^ /fy/ttfj/vfr /9/?fss ty. OP H//UTON t &OAM /&> Z C/AtAMA/Tf# &AOCKS P£A/ore /Vseits OoAAfS 3- Do 77f/D Z/AtfS Df/vors COVPAPO b/AArfh/jyS. Scheduled Repair Must Begin Feb. 5 Students who now live in Dormitories 14, 15, 16 and 17 and who will be in the Corps during- the spring semester may begin moving to their rooms in the new area as soon as they complete their finals, announced Dean of Students J. P. Hannigan Tuesday. The change of rooms must be completed by Feb. 4, the first Tuesday after registration. The move to the new area will clear the way for re modeling the old dorms which is scheduled to begin on P^b. 5. AT THE PRESENT time there are 527 empty rooms in the new area and 828 students living in the old area. “Students are beginning to*~ worry that they may be OLD AREA DORMITORY COMPLEX Architect’s view of completed structures. PLANS REVEALED TODAY Administration To Attempt Tax Cut Before Civil Rights WASHINGTON (A*) — The i est State of the Union Message in Johnson administration decided 30 years. Tuesday to try to give the vot- The opening sessions Tuesday were brief, formal, and weight- ers an $ll-billion tax cut before grappling with the explosive civil rights issue. This word came out of a White House conference of Democractic leaders as the second session of the 88th Congress convened in the politically charged atmosphere of a national election year. PRESIDENT JOHNSON will start the legislative ball rolling shortly after noon Wednesday when he goes before a joint ses sion of the House and Senate to deliver what is billed as the short- East Berlin Reds Offer Negotiations BERLIN <A>)—Mayor Willy Brandt says the East German Communists had written him about re-opening the wall for West Berliners, but said a time and place for negotiations had not been set. His statement at a press con ference Tuesday verified reports that East German Deputy Premier Willy Stoph had been in direct communication with him—the first BSU Reschedules Athletic Banquet The Baptist Student Union athletic banquet has been post poned until sometime in Febru ary. The speaker will not be able to attend the event original ly scheduled for Wednesday night, said Larry Braidfoot, BSU president. Bill Glass professional foot ball player with the Cleveland Browns had been scheduled to speak to the group but he will be participating in the ProBowl this Sunday. The banquet is an annual event that is held in honor of the Baptist athletes of A&M. time a German Communist of such importance had done so. BRANDT DECLINED to com ment on other reports that the let ter demanded his presence at any future talks, a move the Western Allies have vetoed for fear the ne gotiations could be interpreted as an official contact. In Bonn, Chancellor Ludwig Er hard bolstered the Allied position by stating the West Germany gov ernment “will not go one step fur ther” in making any new conces sions to get the wall reopened. It closed Sunday night after the Communist regime opened it for 18 days during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays for West Ber liners to visit relatives in the East. IN REMARKS to a committee of his Christian Democratic govern ment, Erhard said the federal gov ernment is taking a rigid stand to guarantee “that the Soviet three- state theory is not helped to come in through the back door.” The West Gherman government, and members of the Atlantic Alli ance fear that further wall negoti ations, if carried out by political leaders instead of mere officials as in the past, would bolster the Red theory of three German na tions—West Berlin and East and West Germany. ed with things to come rather than with any immediate drama. In fact, the public galleries were less than half filled as the Sen ate went through the formality of adopting a resolution notifying the President that it was ready for business again after a week’s break between sessions. The Senate, which soon may become the scene of a bitter fil ibuster fight over civil rights legislative, met for 23 minutes and then adjourned until Wednes day. THE HOUSE, where it takes longer to call the roll for a quorum because if its much larg er membership, remained in ses sion for 5 minutes. It adjourned after hearing the melancholy news that another member had died as Congress was about to reconvene. Rep. Howard H. Baker, R., Tenn., 61, was stricken with a heart attack while shaving at his home in Knoxville and died. Baker’s death leaves two vacan cies on the House Ways and Means Committee, which is heading for what may he a close vote on a program of medical care for the aged under Social Security. Rep. William J. Green Jr., D-Pa., died Dec. 20. THE MEDICAL-CARE bill is Ruby Bond Date Moved To Jan. 20 DALLAS (A*)—Jack Ruby’s bond hearing will be moved up from Jan. 24 to Jan. 20, Dist. Judge Joe Brown said today after defense and state lawyers agreed to the earlier date. The move was initiated by Joe Tonahill of Jasper, a member of the five-man legal team which represents the killer of Lee Har vey Oswald, accused assassin of President Kennedy. The defense lawyer said he will seek various reports on the Ruby- Oswald case from local, state and federal authorities—and will ask for court orders to obtain them if necessary. expected to be one of the proposals that Johnson will lay before Con gress in his message Wednesday. Party leaders who went over the message with the President at a White House breakfast hud dle declined to discuss details with newsmen, but Johnson already has indicated he will press for the late President John F. Kennedy’s health-care program as well as for his $ll-billion tax cut and civil rights proposals. stacked three to a room if the entire corps is moved into Dorms 1-12,” said Hannigan, “but with the usual number of graduates and drop-outs due to grades taken into consideration, we should just about come out even.” SIXTY CIVILIAN STUDENTS are presently living 3 to a room but 82 civilians are scheduled to graduate at mid-term. Rooms in the old dorms will receive a complete treatment of new lighting systems, new chairs, new beds, new closet arrangements and new chest-of-drawers, while at the same time all four dorms will be completely air-conditioned. The lounge in Dorm 15 and the band room in Dorm 16 will be made into extra rooms to raise the present capacity of the four dormitories from 988 to an even 1000. “THE GUARD-ROOM in Dorm 14 will be retained for the use of the corps students who will live in the new dorms. Since the air-con ditioned rooms will entail high er rent, Corps students will be given the choice of changing out fits either to escape the high rent or to escape the heat,” added Han nigan. The Department of Athletics has requested that it have use of part of the new dormitory across from Henderson Hall. “And the new dormitory behind Walton will probably go to the civilians. These new facilities will increase the total of students in the area from 1000 to 1120, and it will put us in a better position to appeal to the high school stu dent,” concluded Hannigan. Church Presents Shaw’s ‘St. Joan’ George Bernard Shaw’s “Saint Joan”, will be given by the Bish op’s Co., first repertory company of its kind at the A&M Methodist Church on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. This play by Shaw, considered by some to be the finest of the several plays about Joan of Arc, begins with Joan’s life as a simple farm girl who heard God’s com mands through her voices, giving her complete faith and purpose. “Saint Joan” finds heightened meaning in its new and vital form; a piece of theatric excitement that seems, if possible, more significant today than when it first appeared. The presentation reveals the es sence of the 19-year-old girl her self, depicting scenes with Joan and the men who had a key part in her road to total fulfillment. The versatility of the company, founded in 1952 by Phyllis Beards ley Bokar, will be demonstrated in a performance of Mrs. Bokar’s own play, “Occupied Territory.” As a preface to “Saint Joan,” whose own territory of France was occu pied, the players will provide thought - provoking insight into modern times, a time when a na tion of people can still be in con flict with the world around it. “Occupied Territory” is a story of Navajo Country; a story of a Navajo woman, her man, and a stranger who affects their lives. It becomes a personal thing, each man’s morning to his own under standing. The Bishop Co., internationally known touring group, has present ed over 5,000 productions in a 10- year touring record of one million miles. Local sponsors include: Cater- burg Association, Wesley Founda tion, Presbyterian Student Associ ation, Disciples Student Fellow ship, and United Church of Christ. Triple Truck Crash Kills Center Man A Center man was killed Tues day evening in a three truck col lision on State Highway 21 just west of Bryan. Houston Lamar Lathamer, 45, was dead at the scene of the accident. Lathamer was killed while driv ing one of three trucks driven by Center men and traveling in con voy. Highway Patrolman Don Sybert said the accident occurred when the hood on the lead ve hicle blew up in front of the wind shield. He said the lead, driver, Jack Alton Sherman, immediately applied his brakes. The second truck, driven by Lathamer, rammed into the rear of the first, and the third truck, driven by Gerrel Fred Snider, struck the rear of the second truck. Both the second and third trucks were following too close according to the highway patrol man’s report. Lathamer’s body was taken to Hillier’s Funeral Home in Bryan. Rusk, McNamara May Not Vacate Capital Together WASHINGTON — Presi dent Johnson has laid down the general rule that Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of defense Robert S. McNamara should not be away from the na tion’s capital at the same time, it was learned Tuesday. Johnson’s concern over the con tinuity of national leadership also has prompted him to reduce the number of Cabinet officers to par ticipate in high-level discussions in Tokyo late this month, govern ment sources said. There were six Cabinet officers, six assistant secretaries of major departments, and two members of the White House staff on the plane carrying the Washington delega tion to Tokyo on Nov. 22, when the meeting originally was sche duled. The plane, then west of Hawaii, turned back when news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was. radioed to it. The meeting was postphoned. Area Chamber Of Commerce To Host McFarland At Fete Dr. Kenneth McFarland will be the featured speaker for the an nual Chamber of Commerce ban quet Feb. 10, announced. H. L. Westmoreland, executive vi c e president and manager of the Elephant On Loose LAREDO <7P>—An elephant, be ing displayed at a grocery store, broke loose shortly before noon Tuesday. The full-grown elephant, chased by 20-odd officers, stomped through a three-mile-square sec tion of Laredo before heading into open country southeast of town. At least a dozen fences were knocked down and automobile traf fic became a snarled mass. Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce. McFarland, educational consul tant of the American Truckers Association Inc. and guest lec turer of General Motors, designed and built the McFarland Trade School in Coffeyville, Kan. The speaker has served as su perintendent of schools in Topeka. He has 24 years experience as a school executive. The banquet, scheduled for 7:30 at the Ramada Inn, will serve as the installation banquet for the new chamber of Commerce offi cers. Reservations can be made at the chamber office. Tickets are $4 per person.