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Texas A&M University llepreseii ter ;: At Journalism Workshop 100 PER CENT CONTRIBUTORS The United Chest campaign moved into its final week Mon day with 59 per cent of the goal already in. Mrs. Jean Staf ford, left, and Mrs. Imadel Bachus display the blue star their group at the School of Veterinary Medicine received for a 100% contribution. Anyone wishing to make a contri bution may call R. L. Hunt at VI 6-5776. UF Campaign Hits $11,275; Closes Friday The College Station United Chest fund campaign spurted into its final week by reaching $11,275.69 Monday. The record first - of - the - week climb assured 59 per cent of the $19,000 goal. The campaign will close Friday. Several A&M University depart- | ments have turned in more con- | tributions this year than ever be- | fore, Pieter Groot, Chest treasurer, | pointed out. The Counseling and Testing Cen ter was added to the growing list of 100 per cent participation de partments. The volunteer workers received the thanks of campaign leaders who forecast a possible early at tainment of the goal. ‘The attitude of both the work- || ers and contributors has been re- P markable this year,” R. L. Hunt, f Jr., campaign director, declared, p “We are indebted to all of the | workers and all who have contri- i* buted for the successful progress | of the drive.” Anyone wishing to make a con tribution and has not been con tacted may call Hunt’s office, VI 6-5776. I Soviets Hold 4 Takes Top Prize By BRUCE SPINKS Special Writer Select journalists from 10 junior colleges across the state attended annual newspaper and workshop sessions during the Texas Junior College Press Association Conference held on campus Monday and Tuesday. Monday’s session was highlighted by the Awards Ban quet at which Victoria College was presented the 1964 Sweepstakes Award for capturing 10 individual merit certifi cates and 26 points. Dr. David R. Bowers, TJCPA Conference Director made the presentations. The conference was kicked-off Monday morning in the Assembly Room of the Memorial Student Center with an address by Dr. Warren Agee, professor of journalism and ■fDean of the Evening School Military Attaches By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Three Ameri can and British military attache were held for hours in their hotel rooms while Soviet “officials” searched their effects and con fiscated some of their personal belongings — including a wrist watch—the State Department re ported Monday. This incident, which occurred in a Russian city on the Chinese Club Aid Meeting Scheduled Today A meeting of representatives from departmental clubs eligible for club aid funds will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Social Room of the Memorial Student Center. Request sheets for aid will be distributed at the meeting, and these must be returned to the Stu dent Finance Center in the MSC before Saturday. Club aid ad visors will review all requests and will submit them to the Exchange Store Advisory Committee for final approval. border, was the latest in a series indicating stepped up Russian cloak and-dagger activity. The State Department and the British Foreign Office both delivered strong protest to Moscow. The United States called it a “flagrant violation” of diplomatic immunity. The attaches were on their way through Siberia to Tokyo and Hong Kong. The incident began at mid night, local time, Sept. 28 in Kha barovsk, an important city in far east Siberia on the River Amur, on the Manchurian border. This is an area which the Red Chinese re portedly claim from Russia, a claim rejected by Moscow. State Department press officer Robert McCloskey gave the follow ing account: A group of 15 Soviet officials “forcibly entered” the hotel room occupied by Lt. Col. Karl R. Liewer, assistant Army attache at the Moscow Embassy, and by as sistant British naval attache Nigel N. Laville. The Russians “forcibly searched” the room and the personal effects of the attaches. General Calls Corps ‘Fine Group 9 The Corps of Cadets “passed” the year’s first review Saturday in front of a General. General Hugh P. Harris watch ed the review of the Corps and marveled at its performance after only three weeks of preparation. Briefings by top staff and fa culty members caused the com manding general of the Contin ental Army of the United States to commend the University on "its good progress in the pursuit of excellence in education.” The much-decorated general from Fort Monroe, Va., visited with student leaders after the re view. He told them that the Corps of Cadets is “one of the finest groups that has come to my attention.” Harris attended a luncheon after the review honoring J. B. (Dick) Hervey, who resigned recently after 17 years as execu tive secretary of the Association of Former Students. Others attending the luncheon at the Briarcrest County Club were Chancellor M. T. Harring ton, President Earl Rudder, L. F. Peterson, members of the Board of Directors; Harold Dunn of Amarillo and John Lindsey of Houston. Lindsey heads the Former Student Association and Dunn is a former association president. Harris was briefed on A&M’s transition to meet the Space Age challenges by Dr. W. J. Graff, dean of instruction; Tom Cherry, director of business affairs; Dean of Students James P. Hannigan, and the Department of Military Science. A&M SUMMIT MEETING General Hugh P. Harris visits with student leaders after reviewing the Corps. at Texas Christian University. Agee was introduced by Bob Felling, TJCPA president. Agee, co-author of a best selling textbook, “Introduction to Mass Communications,” spoke to the junior writers on the changes in the world of journalism during the past five years in connection with a revision of his textbook. Also speaking was Mrs. Edith King of San Antonio College who explained the virtues and defects of editorial writing. Proper techniques of sports writing was the theme of a dis cussion by Britt Martin of the A&M Information office. Mrs. Maxine Wells of San Angelo Col lege discussed news writing and Herchel Stephens talked on good feature material. Robert Knight of A&M, spoke on photography. D’Eon Priest of the Taylor Pub lishing Company and Dr. Max Had- dick, Director of Journalism of the Interscholastic League, led the yearbook sessions. Haddick pre sented critiques to the various junior colleges who had submitted annuals in competition. Guest speaker for the evening was Hermis Nye, a Dallas attorney and folk singer. Nye entertained the group by singing several selections of hu morous folksongs including “Sum mer is Coming In,” “Skewbald,” an old Irish racing ballad, and “Roger the Miller.” Nye was born in Chicago but was reared in Kansas and holds BA and LLB degrees from the University of Kansas. He has authored a novel, “Fortune Is a Woman” and has worked as a book reviewer for many years with both the Dallas Morning News and the Dallas-Times Herald. Colleges attending the confer ence were San Antonio, San An gelo, South Texas, Odessa, Howard County, Wharton, Navarro, Ama rillo, Texarkana and Victoria. These schools sent 49 students and spon sors to the conference. COEDS AT PRESS CONFERENCE . Carolyn Nizzi, Karen Daniels and Sandy Webb, left to right, from Amarillo. ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAILS Catholics Rap Humphrey; Hubert Criticizes Barry Sen. Hubert H. Hunphrey went from a campus of northern Cali fornia to the old Republican for tress of Nebraska Monday night and declared it was only myth that this midwestern state was in Barry Goldwater’s corner. “The Goldwater party,” he said, offers a choice “between the un questionable disaster of the candi date’s initial statements, or the probable catastrophe of his later clarifications.” The St. Louis Roman Catholic archdiocese and more than 160 telegrams have criticized Sen. Hu bert Humphrey’s appearance Tues day before the National Conference of Catholic Charities in St. Louis. Sen. Barry Goldwater said Mon day that if elected president be “will ask former President Dwight D. Eisenhower to head up a group of qualified experts to go to South Viet Nam and report back to me on the situation in Southeast Asia.” In' a statement released by Re publican National Committee Head quarters here, the GOP candidate said: “I am convinced that only through a careful study by the best qualified experts this country has to offer can we meet the situation in South Viet Nam. Republican running mates Barry Goldwater and William E. Miller conferred privately Monday at the midway point in their campaign for the presidency and vice presi dency. The Arizona senator and the New York congressman, taking a brief campaign breather, sat down together at Republican National Headquarters to take stock and look ahead in their battle against President Johnson and Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey. ‘Advances In Communications’ First Lecture Series Topic The Graduate Lecture series opens 4 p.m. Wednesday with a lecture on “Advances in Communi cations,” Graduate Dean Wayne C. Hall announced. The public is invited to hear Dr. Herbert Trot ter Jr., lecture in the Architecture Building Auditorium. Trotter, a physicist, has served since 1962 as chairman of the board, General Telephone and Elec tronics Laboratories, Inc. In June, 1963, he was elected a national vice president of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. Trotter, who lectured here in May, is a graduate of Hampton- Sydney College and received a Ph. D. degree in physics from the University of Virginia. From 1936 to 1941 he was associate profes- The World at a Glance By The Associated Press International SAIGON, South Viet Nam—Americans were in structed to stay off the streets of the central Viet namese city of Da Nang over the weekend after demonstrators threatened the residence of two civilian U. S. aid mission officials. ★ ★ ★ BERLIN—From Saturday until early Monday, 57 East Germans in small groups fled through a long tunnel beneath the wall to West Berlin, city officials announced. National TUSKEGEE, Ala.—The scene was set Monday night for the installation of two Negroes—a clergy man and a college professor—on the city council, climax of a long struggle for Negro voting rights. ★ ★ ★ PAWTUCKET, R. I.—For the third time in 13 years a teachers’ strike Monday closed the public schools in this city of 81,000. Texas SAN ANTONIO—A district judge Monday de layed until Nov. 30 the trial of Paul Amos Sand- blom, suave Corpus Christi financier accused of bilking millions from investors coast to coast. ★ ★ ★ CORPUS CHRISTI—Gov. John Connally told Texas county judges and commissioners today he would like to increase their burdens. ★ ★ ★ HOUSTON—Five Democrats asked a three-judge federal court today to grant a summary judgment declaring Texas’ legislative districting unconsti tutional. ★ ★ ★ DALLAS—Texas congressional reapportionment is going to disappoint many Texans who think it will give urban areas more representation auto matically, Byron Tunnell, speaker of the Texas House, said today. ★ ★ ★ ARLINGTON—Pickets continued today at Gen eral Motors installations here and in Dallas although a new contract was reached today with the company in Detroit. ★ ★ ★ DALLAS—Sen. John Tower, R.-Tex., said Mon day that he does not believe what he called “the full truth” in the politically hot Bobby Baker and Billie Sol Estes cases will be made public until after the Nov. 3 election. ★ ★ ★ Republican George Bush campaigned hard in West Texas Monday, while most other candidates for statewide office were much quieter. sor of physics at Washington and Lee University and then became a development physicist at The Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Phy sics Laboratory. In 1942 Trotter joined Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. and served for three years as manager of en gineering and development of the company’s V-T or proximity fuse program. For this work he re ceived a United States Presidential Certificate of Merit. Trotter is a member of the American Physical Society, the In stitute of Radio Engineers and Sig ma Xi. Council Adds 4 Engineers Four Bryan-College Station men have been named to the Student Engineers’ Council at A&M Uni versity. The new council members in clude Preston A. Scott, Robert H. Boyd and Roland O. Davis of Bryan, and Larry Allen Maddox of College Station. Maddox is senior representative to the American Institute of Chem ical Engineers. He is the son of L. H. Maddox, Jr., 1002 Munson Drive, College Station. Scott is president of the Amer ican Institute of Industrial Engi neers. Boyd is junior representa tive to the same organization. Scott is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Scott, 1511 Burt, and Boyd is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Boyd, Route 3. Davis is senior representative to the American Institute of Indus trial Engineers. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy A. Davis, 311 Trant Street. The council works to improve relations between students and fa culty and coordinates the annual high school Career Day for the College of Engineering.