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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1964
Number 72
A Presidential Greeting
New staff and faculty members were guests left, were hosts. The reception was in the
Tuesday night at a reception honoring new Memorial Student Center Ballroom,
personnel. President and Mrs. Earl Rudder,
ALONG THE CAMPAIGN^ TRAILS
Johnson Warns Of Ranting,
Promises Cut In Excise Tax
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President Johnson promised the
■ nation Tuesday a cut in excise
K taxes and warned of “those who
""rave and rant about the dangers
of progress.”
“We will not permit federal
[revenues to become a drag on
lour economy,” the President told
I steelworkers in reference to an
[excise tax cut.
Johnson spoke to the 12th bien-
[nial convention of the United Steel-
I workers of America in Convention
I Hall, the place where he was
I nominated for president last
(month.
| ; AFC Fellowship
l Details Available
Details of the Atomic Energy
1 Commission Special Fellowships
1 in Health Physics program for
I 1965-66 graduate study here and
I nine other universities have
i’ have been announced. The pro-
| gram is administered by the Oak
1 Ridge Institute of Nuclear Stu-
I dies at Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Dr. Vernon Bishop serves as
I the A&M fellowship advisor. He
1 is an assistant professor in the
|| Department of Nuclear Engi-
| neering and campus radiological
I safety officer.
The AEC fellowships provide a
basic annual stipend of $2,500
I with dependency allowances a-
I vailable. The fellowships are
1 renewable. Students fill sum-
f mer asignments at an AEC fa
cility with A&M students to
1 serve at the National Reactor
I Testing Station, Idaho Falls,
1 Idaho.
He said his administration would
help the poor, the helpless and
the oppressed of the nation through
a program of medical care for the
aged under Social Security,
through strengthened unemploy
ment compensation and minimum
wages, and through fair, just
and equal opportunity for all
Americans.
Republican presidential nominee
Barry Goldwater carried his cam
paign to Texas Tuesday night and
charged that the Democrats stum
bled into a war in South Viet Nam
they do not know how to end.
He made other charges:
That Secretary of Defense Rob
ert S. McNamara is trigger-hap
py and has recklessly committed
the United States to war in Viet
Nam.
That President Johnson is using
files of the Internal Revenue Serv
ice to coerce persons.
That Johnson’s vice-presidential
running mate, Sen. Hubert H.
Humphrey, wants to do away with
the oil depletion tax allowance.
That medical care for the
aged under Social Security system
would bankrupt the system.
‘They have lost the peace,”
Goldwater said of the administra
tion in a speech for delivery at
Odessa. “And what does my op
ponent have to say?”
“He says: ‘Let us continue.’”
Goldwater said President John
son’s urging means, “Let us con
tinue losing our sons and grand
sons in a war thousands of miles
away — a war this administartion
has stumbled into and does not
know how to end.”
Jack Crichton, Republican can
didate for governor, said Tuesday
Gov. John Connaily had tried to
mislead the people about GOP
presidential candidate Barry Gold-
water’s stand on law enforcement.
Dresser Named Top Cadet
Paul A. Dresser Jr., colonel of the Cadet Corps during
1963-64 has been chosen A&M University’s nominee for the
outstanding Army Reserve Officers Training Corps graduate
in the nation during the year ended Aug. 31.
The nomination of Dresser, former San Antonio resident
whose parents now reside in Corsicana, was announced by
Lt. Col. Thomas A. Hotchkiss of the Army ROTC instructor
staff.
Dresser was graduated last May with a degree in history.
He distinguished himself scholasti-"*
cally and through service as a class
officer and in other extracurricular
activities.
The son of Col. and Mrs. Paul
A. Dresser, 2003 W. Third Ave
nue in Corsicana, is a graduate of
Thomas Jefferson High School in
San Antonio.
Presentation of the Hughes
Achievement Trophy to the out
standing Army ROTC graduate of
the year is scheduled in December
by the Secretary of the Army.
Inquiries Invited
For Danforth Aid
Inquiries about the Danforth
Graduate Fellowships, to be
awarded next March, are invited
now, according to Dr. Wayne C.
Hall, dean of the Graduate Col
lege.
The fellowships offered by the
Danforth Foundation of St.
Louis, are open to men and
women who are seniors or recent
graduates of accredited colleges
in the United States, who have
serious interest in college teach
ing as a career, and who plan
to study for a PhD in a field
common to the undergraduate
college. Applicants may be sin
gle or married, must be less than
30 years of age at the time of
application, and may not have
undertaken any graduate or pro
fessional study beyond the bac
calaureate.
Approximately 120 fellowships
will be awarded in March. Can
didates must be nominated by
liaison officers of their under
graduate institutions.
Warren Commission Report
To Be Released Sunday
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Warren
commission report on the assassi
nation of President John F. Ken
nedy will be released for use by
newspapers, television, radio and
other media at 6:30 p.m. Sunday,
the White House announced Tues
day.
Press secretary George Reedy
announced the release hour at a
briefing attended by about 15
newsmen.
Chief Justice Earl Warren and
TASA To Discuss School Relations
The first meeting of Area 1-C
of the Texas Association of School
Administrators will be at 9 a.m.
Thursday in Room 425 of the
Academic Building on the A&M
campus.
Approximately 20 area school
superintendents will attend the or
ganizational meeting to hear a
discussion of the topic “Superin
tendents and School Community
Relations.”
Calvin Hibler, consultant from
the Texas Education Agency, will
be a special guest at the meeting.
It
Three members of the Aggie Players re
hearse their parts in “The Death of Satan”
to be presented Nov. 9. Practice for the
Players Begin Playing
production began this week. Pictured are,
left to right, Harry Gooding, Vic Weining
and Richard Jenkins.
the six other members of the presi
dential investigating commission
created nearly 10 months ago are
scheduled to present the massive
report — known to be more than
700 pages long — to President
Johnson at the White House on
Thursday.
The report will go on sale at the
government printing office Mon
day, immediately after publication
of its contents in Monday morning
newspapers.
Hard-bound copies will sell for
$3.25 and paperback copies for
$2.50 each.
This includes only the commis
sion’s “summary report,” covering
a chronology and analysis of the
tragedy in Dallas last Nov. 22, the
commission’s findings as to the
perpetrator, and other subjects of
investigation, together with a num
ber of illustrations and appendices.
The commission’s findings are
expected to support the conclusions
of Dallas police, Texas authorities,
and the FBI that the assassin was
Lee Harvey Oswald.
The new, perpetual award trophy
weighs more than 100 pounds. Ap
propriate mementos will be pre
sented to the winning individual
and to his school for permanent
retention.
The selection process begins at
the university level and continues
through each of the six Army
Commands to the national level,
Hotchkiss said.
Dresser began active duty as
a Regular Army second lieutenant
of artillery after graduation from
A&M and is attending professional
schools before taking an assign
ment in Germany. He goes to
the basic airborne school at Ft.
Benning, Ga., for final training
before going overseas late in Oct
ober.
As a student he completed his
academic career with an overall
grade point ratio of 2.54 on a
scale of 3 and won membership
first in Phi Eta Sigma, freshman
honor society, and then in Phi Kap
pa Phi, senior society honoring
students within the top one-tenth
of their class scholastically.
NEW ARMY ROTC TROPHY
A&M nominates Dresser for award.
Application Deadline Nears
For Fulbright Scholarships
Students interested in study
abroad next year with a Fulbright
Scholarship or other U. S. Govern
ment grants under the Fulbright-
Hays Act need to act quickly.
Completed applications are due
not later than Oct. 25 in the office
of Dr. J. M. Nance, campus pro
gram adviser. He heads the De
partment of History and Govern
ment with offices in 203 Nagle
Hall.
Details of other programs for
study in Latin American nations
or for teaching assistantships in
India and Italy also are available
at Nance’s office.
“The Fulbright grants are pri
marily for first year graduate
study, although many advanced
students are given awards,” Nance
said.
Chosen as a Fulbright Scholar
ship winner for 1964-65 was Wil
liam Dean (Bill) Letbetter, an
A&M graduate in physics. He was
named to a scholarship at the Uni-
vresity of Oslo.
Approximately 9 0 0 Fulbright
grants, 45 Joint U. S.-Other Gov
ernment grants, and 89 Travel-
Only grants will be available to
scholars who wish to pursue grad
uate study in 51 foreign countries.
“For most of these countries,”
Nance said, “a working knowledge
of the language of the country in
which study will take place is re
quired, but for others only English
is necessary.” Other requirements
include United States citizenship
and a bachelor’s degree by the be
ginning date of the grant.
Selections are made on the basis
of academic and, or professional
record, the feasibility of the appli
cant’s proposed study plan and per
sonal qualifications. Preference is
given to candidates who have not
previously lived or studied abroad
and are under the age of 35 years.
Nance said additional grants for
Latin American study in 1965-66
will be available. Recommended
fields of study for the grants are
the social sciences, political science,
history, law and the humanities.
Among the countries involved are
Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Ecua
dor, Guatemala and Venezuela.
Organization Completed
For Peace Corps Council
Organization of the university
Peace Corps Advisory Council has
been completed for the new year,
Dr. G. M. Watkins, council chair
man and director of agricultural
instruction, announced.
A&M President Earl Rudder
named the original faculty-student
council to coordinate planning for
visitations of Peace Corps teams,
the testing programs and related
matters.
Watkins succeeds Dr. Dan Rus
sell, who retired in late summer,
as council chairman.
Represented on the council are
the four colleges and military, ci
vilian and graduate students.
The faculty members include
professors J. P. CoVan, engineer
ing; W. D. Kutach, agriculture; A.
R. Stephens, arts and sciences, and
R. D. Turk, veterinary medicine.
The University Information Office
is represented by Henry L. Als-
meyer Jr.
Students serving this year in
clude David Graham of Bay City,
representing the Corps; Frank E.
Berngen of Chillicothe, civilian
representative, and Larry J. Ring
er of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, graduate
student member.
The World at a Glance
By The Associated Press
International
SAIGON, South Viet Nam —
Premier Nguyen Khanh’s political
situation brightened somewhat
Tuesday. A compromise agree
ment ended a general strike in
Saigon. The threat of a new anti
government demonstration faded.
★ ★ ★
MOSCOW — Soviet Premier
Khrushchev met Tuesday with Cu
ban Ambassador Carlos Oliveras
Sanchez, Tass said. The Soviet
news agency gave no indication of
what was discussed.
★ ★ ★
LONDON — Soviet planes, sur
face ships and submarines shad
owed North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization naval exercises Tues
day despite an effort to keep their
whereabouts secret. But Western
commanders said the Russians
would be more of a help than a
hindrance.
National
WASHINGTON — Secretary of
Defense Robert S. McNamara Tues
day awarded the highest civilian
medal the Pentagon can give to
Gov. John B. Connaily Jr. of Tex
as, former secretary of the Navy.
tAt
WASHINGTON — Acting Atty.
Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach promised
Tuesday full cooperation from the
Justice Department in the newest
Senate investigation of the activi
ties of Bobby Baker.
★ ★ ★
WASHINGTON — Le-Roy Col
lins, head of the federal Communi
ty Relations Service, said Tuesday
he wished Republican presidential
candidate Barry Goldwater would
urge the American people to com
ply with the civil rights law.
★ ★ ★
MONTGOMERY Ala. — With
his own legislature solidly behind
him, Gov. George Wallace promised
Tuesday a fighting campaign
across the nation to outlaw federal
control over the schools.
tAt "A"
MATERO, N. C. — With its
highest winds dropping slightly,
hurricane Gladys hovered off the
North Carolina coast Tuesday as a
potentially dangerous lady uncer
tain of its course.
★ ★ ★
Texas
AUSTIN — Mrs. Jerre S. Wil
liams, an Austin attorney and wife
of a University of Texas law pro
fessor, will direct women’s activi
ties for the Texas Johnson -
Humphrey campaign, state cam
paign chairman Hunter McLean
announced Monday.
★ ★ ★
DALLAS — Secretary of De
fense Robert S. McNamara said
Tuesday the United States can
now and will in the future be able
to “insure the destruction of both
the Soviet Union and Communist
China, under the worst imaginable
circumstances accompanying the
outbreak of war.”
A Peace Corps team from Wash
ington, D. C. will visit here from
Sept. 28 to Oct. 4.
Peace Corps staff members, in
cluding returned Volunteers, will
be on hand to explain the purpose,
programs and future plans of the
organization and to accept appli
cations from interested juniors,
seniors and graduate students.
Non-competitive aptitude tests
will be given several times daily
to applicants. Questionnaires must
be completed before taking the
tests. They are available at most
post offices and may also be ob
tained in advance from Watkins.
If an organization, group or club
wishes to have a Peace Corps rep
resentative speak and answer ques
tions, arrangements should be
made at once by calling Watkins
at VI 6-5701.
Tuesday Night
Silver Taps
Honors Aggies
Silver Taps was held Tuesday
night for Roberto Payan, Elmer
Henry Beutnagel and Mohammad
T. Islam, A&M students who died
during the summer.
Payan was killed in a bicycle-
car accident in the 2000 block of
Texas Ave. at 3 a.m. May 30.
The 20 year old freshman archi
tecture student from Matamoros
was struck from behind. Accord
ing to Bryan police, the impact
took place 13 feet, six inches from
the curb in the inside line.
At the time of the accident Pay
an was accompanied by two fellow
Mexican students. Neither was in
jured.
Islam, 27 year old graduate stu
dent in agronomy, became seriously
ill and died Aug. 28. He was from
East Pakistan.
The nature of Islam’s disease
and cause of death were not deter
mined.
Details concerning Beutnagel’s
death are vague. It is believed that
the junior chemical engineering
major from Blanco died in a swim
ming accident in the Gulf of Mexi
co sometime late in August.
Sources state that he was sucked
under by the undertow of some
type of vessel.