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THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, April 29, 1964
BATTALION EDITORIALS
New Space Center
Reveals Modern Trends
The announcement of A&M’s new million-dollar space
center, coupled with the cyclotron construction program
revealed recently will probably be the greatest step forward
the university has taken in many years.
A&M is fast becoming a noted institution in the fasci
nating field of space travel and is already attracting inter
nationally known scientists and technicians to lead research
investigations in this truly space age field. Plaudits from
such people as Wernher Von Braun and Willey Ley are proof
enough that A&M is coming into its own right as a space
technology leader.
And yet the benefits are not the University’s own.
They will belong to Bryan-College Station and to the whole
Brazos Valley, as well as the State of Texas.
The transition from a predominately agricultural
school in a predominately agricultural area to a noted
scientific institution specializing in everything from
cattle genetics to lunar geology is somewhat of a para
dox. The college that was founded “90 miles from
nowhere,” and the only state university that is not
located in a major population center, may have that
very fact to attribute to its fantastic new growth.
One of the major prerequisites to many of A&M’s new
programs is land. Good, flat relatively inexpensive Brazos
Valley bottom land unhampered by the growth of large
cities. Where else can you construct nuclear reactors and
cyclotrons with such ease? What other school has the facili
ties, minds and that m^gic ingredient, land, to conduct the
agricultural research necessary to make the United States
the best fed nation in the world?
Those who were hasty to criticize the “cow college on
the Brazos” are now eating those words as one project after
another is captured by A&M. And the progressive minds
of the University System who won’t take no for an answer
are furnishing the salt and pepper.
Mental, Physical Exams
Taking Toll Of Draftees
(Special to The Battalion)
DALLAS — Nearly half of all
Texas draftees are being disquali
fied by preinduction examina
tions, and a movement is under
way to salvage them.
About half of the Texas “fall
out’' is attributed to the physical
examinations, the remainder to
the mental tests. Some men fail
both mental and medical examin
ations.
For rejectees found to be edu
cationally deficient, a cooperative
effort initiated by the Selective
Service System and the Depart
ment of Labor swings into oper
ation.
Young men who fail are re
ferred to the Texas Employment
Commission for special testing,
counseling, and placement serv
ice. If unemployed, they are re
ferred to available jobs or to
training or educational programs
needed to fit them for jobs.
Last month, the first full
month of the plan, more than
4,000 notices went to rejectees in
Texas.
Early figures from TEC indi
cated that Texas rejectees who
reported last month were unem
ployed in the ratio of 5-2 and that
most of them were ready to ac
cept help from the new program.
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Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
In the Tuesday issue of The
Battalion (April 21) you printed
an article concerning Silver Taps
for John L. Cleaves, freshman
swimmer. In the article you
stated that the Louisiana State
Police charged Henry Miller,
driver of the Harrison car, with
careless and reckless driving. We
feel that if you had checked on
the story before publishing the
article you would have found out
that this was incorrect. In any
case we do feel that the true
story should be told. Miller was
absolved of all guilt by a coron
er’s inquest which charged that
the driver of the other car was
at fault. Charges are now be
ing made against the driver of
the other car on various counts.
The Aggie Swimming Tern
See story, page 1.—ed.
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Having just finished reading a
recent article by Mike Reynolds
entitled “Reynolds Rap,” I slip
ped the knife from between my
17th and 18th vertebrae and sat
down to write a letter in de
fense of myself.
First, I would like to compli
ment Mr. Reynolds on his column.
I must say I enjoyed reading it;
however I was very distressed at
what I am sure was oversight
on his part. If Mr. Reynolds
had bothered to check my latest
psychological tests, he would
realize that I am not clever
enough to issue forth with a
quotable quote like the one he
attributed to me. I only wish
that I had been in possession of
my faculties at the time so that
I could have realized what a
giant intellect I had.
Thank you very much, Mr.
Reynolds, for giving me credit
for wit which, I must admit, I
do not possess.
Sandi Pratt
TWU
Antipoverty Plan
Expects Changes
In Legislature
WASHINGTON <A>) — The
administration was advised Tues
day by Rep. Adam Clayton Pow
ell, D-N. Y., to expect some
changes in its antipoverty pro
gram as it goes through Con
gress.
Powell is chairman of the
House Education and Labor Com
mittee, which wound up hearings
on the $962.5-million package.
The group starts working out
a bill Thursday.
“This bill is going to be
changed,” Powell told Sargent
Shriver, named by President
Johnson to direct the antipovetry
campaign. Shiver was the con
cluding witness at the hearings,
which began March 17.
Late Tuesday, Johnson sent
to Congress a special $228-mil-
lion program for the 10-state
Applachian region, which he
said had been bypassed by “the
visible economic progress of
the nation.” This would be in
addition to $34 million for the
area included in the anti-pov
erty bill before Powell’s com
mittee.
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Filibuster Threatened
WASHINGTON <A>) — Notice
was served on Southern senators
Tuesday that a move will be
made to cut off debate on a jury
trial amendment to the civil
rights bill unless they agree to
vote on it by next Tuesday.
Republican Leader Everett M.
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Dirksen told newsmen he would
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It takes a two-thirds majority
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