t, ige ; °mb and i ansfer ked the t!) °f frestti race Mcfe R on Thou )oks and| 'ation’s ta ■port apps island. Co t force bet ; >lf SUCCe;; ut next a t succeid t year we it of the a un.” MUM 9 r More Roll 25| 9 iase Each » s Ea. 3S( : + f 1J Lb. I ....uJf . Lbft J5( Lb. 9(Jf, Bag J71 y Bab,' Your 5EK Che Battalion Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1963 Number 48 CIVILIANS DO IT AGAIN! . . . Bill Gibbs, senior PE major, prepares to vote Ex-Commandant To Speak At Commissioning Ceremony Civilians Take Lead In Senate Election Gen. Guy S. Meloy, Jr., (retired) of San Antonio -will return to the A&M University campus May 23 to speak at commissioning exer cises, Col. D. L. Baker, command ant, announced. General Meloy was commandant here in 1946-48. More than 160 seniors among the 850 candidates for degrees at Commencement May 23 have ap plied for commissions as regular or reserve officers in the armed forces. To be awarded at the commis sioning exercises at 3:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum are ap proximately 100 Army commis sions, 60 Air Force, 3 Marine and 1 Navy. Gen. Meloy retired last July 31 and now serves as regional vice president for Freedoms Founda tion at Valley Forge, Pa. The general’s final assignment included three commands in the Far East. He was commander-in chief, United Nations Command; commander, U. S. Forces Korea; Wire Review By The Associated Press WORLD NEWS VIENTIANE, Laos — Pro-Com munist Pathet Lao forces severe ly mauled a right-wing raider force withdrawing after recent fighting in a remote jungle area near the border with Communist North Viet Nam, Western military sources said Thursday. The sources reported the right ist force of about 1,200 men suf fered 25 per cent casualties. If confirmed, this could be the worst setback suffered by the rightists in the entire Laotian civil war. U. S. NEWS WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said Thursday it may be necessary to send more U. S. troops to South Viet Nam on training missions be cause of stepped-up Communist guerrilla terror attacks. And it may be necessary later to reconsider American plans to withdraw most of the 15,000-man U. S. force from South Viet Nam by the end of next year, McNa mara told newsmen at the White House. TEXAS NEWS EDINBURG — The 21,000 resi dents of this Lower Rio Grande Valley city were jumpy Thursday night because there were 10 to 20 rattlesnakes loose in town. Someone, possibly a practical joker, released 25 to 35 of the snakes from a wooden box Wed nesday, and the best efforts of snake hunters have resulted in the killing of only 15. and commanding general Eighth U. S. Army. Meloy was commissioned a sec ond lieutenant of infantry upon graduation from West Point in 1927, and in the 1930s was as signed to the first tank destroyer battalion organized in the Army. He was one of the first five officers joining the Tank Destroyer Center at Ft. Hood early in 1942 and became chief of staff there before going to Europe with the 103rd Infantry Division. His assignment to A&M fol lowed brief tours with army aviation and airborne units. General Meloy commanded the 19th Infantry Regiment of the 24th Infantry Division until wounded early in the Korean fighting. Later assignments include com mandant of the Infantry School, commanding general of the First Infantry Division in Europe and chief of information. Department of the Army. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general Oct. 1, 1958 and took command of the Fourth U. S. Army with headquarters at Ft. Sam Houston. WASHINGTON LP> — As any spy can plainly see, everything is outwardly peaceful at the string of U. S. military bases dotting Florida. In brief, on the basis of on- the-spot inspection, the United States seemingly is not prepar ing to give open armed support to raids by Cuban exiles against Fidel Castro’s Communist Cuba. One such raid against Port Pilon in Oriente Province was announced Wednesday by an ex ile group in Miami, Fla., and sub sequently confirmed by Prime Min ister Castro. A State Department spokesman denied Thursday that there was any U. S. involvement in the Pilon raid. He denied also that the fo ray was financed by the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency. Despite the absence of warlike preparations in Florida, there are still a couple mysteries about the Pilon raid. The raiders came in from the sea and disappeared into the sea after, the exile group reported, linking up briefly with guerrillas ashore. The raiders said they landed at 3:50 a.m., fought for three hours and left. That would have placed their departure well after dawn. Where did they go? There is n’t much place to hide around those parts and, presumably, they could have been tracked from the air. Europe before assuming his final command. His lengthy list of citations and decorations include the Distin guished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Commendation Ribbon with Medal Pendant, Purple Heart and decorations from foreign coun tries. The YMCA neds 20 counselors to fill positions at the eleventh annual Freshman Camp to be held at the Lakeview Methodist As sembly Grounds near Palestine, Sept. 5-8. The camp uses a total of 60 counselors and all positions are filled but 20, said J. Gordon Gay, coordinator of religious life. Those interested may pick up applications at the front desk in the YMCA Building. Oriente is the easternmost of Cuba’s provinces and the site of the U. S. naval base at Guantan amo Bay. Still, it is extremely doubtful that the United States would openly permit the raiders to en ter that harbor, which is over looked by Cuban observation posts. WASHINGTON