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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1964
Number 82
'JiNSF Grant 1
'TjWill Expand I
9 1 1 Data Center 1
A&M has been awarded a $173,150 grant from the Na-
^%*|ional Science Foundation for expansion of the Data Process-
■jlJing Center.
Announcement of the grant was made Friday by Pres-
■ M Ident Earl Rudder, following notification by John T. Wilson,
m leputy director of the NSF in Washington.
The grant is for a period of approximately two years
land will be under the direction of President Rudder.
Under terms of the grant A&M is to provide matching
lunds. Allocation of these*"
on-federal funds must be
ade by the Board of Direc-
;ors.
Plans call for the new addi-
;ion to the Data Processing Center
|o house the graduate program in
iomputer science and the graduate
|rogram in statistics.
Construction is expected to be-
in within 18 months.
The addition will be a three-story
asonry structure and a basement,
t is to be built on the east side
|>f the existing building.
Prof. Robert L. Smith Jr. heads
;he Data Processing Center.
“The new addition to the Data
’recessing Center will give addi-
ional space for offices and for the
wilding of space to provide rooms
'or the graduate students,” Smith
aid.
"The plan calls for the building
;o be spaced with 2 or 3 separate
ooms for each graduate to work
n,” he said. “This will be done
Jecause most graduates will do
most of their work in this building
ind it will give them enough room
to work individually.”
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Journalism Prof,
Students Attend
Fflifum In Dallas
Robert P. Knight, acting head
of the Department of Journalism,
will accompany two A&M students
to the Southwest Journalism Forum
at Southern Methodist University
in Dallas Friday.
The forum is sponsored by The
Press Club of Dallas Foundation
and the SMU Department of Jour
nalism for the purpose of encour
aging high school and junior col
lege students who are interested
in the field of journalism.
The two students attending the
forum are Eddie Joe Davis, a
sophomore agricultural journalism
major, and Ray Harris, a senior
journalism major. Both students
hold scholarships from The Press
Club of Dallas Foundation.
Knight will participate in a
journalism education workshop in
which nine colleges will be repre
sented. Knight said that after the
workshop Davis and Harris would
have an opportunity to speak to
the students about attending Texas
A&M University.
Knight added that the head
speaker would be Harry Reasoner
of Columbia Broadcasting System
who has his own Sunday night pro
gram and who has presented many
CBS special reports.
Jazz Pianist
Added To List
For Town Hall
A jazz pianist, Peter Nero, has
been scheduled as an added attrac
tion to the Town Hall series for
April 3, Civilian Student Weekend.
Paul Oliver told the Civilian
Student Council Thursday night
that Robert Boone had contacted
him about the added attraction
after a CSC committee had studied
the project. Oliver said that since
the activity was additional to the
regular series, a $1 charge would
be made.
In other business, the council
voted to send a letter of apology
to Texas Tech regarding conduct
of certain civilian students at the
A&Mt-Texas Tech football game
Saturday. Darrell Smith, council
representative, said the civilians
carried what could have been “good
Aggie bull” a little too far in re
gard to a sign in the Tech section.
The council also voted to extend
the selling of activity cards until
Oct. 22 in order for the newly
organized dormitory councils to see
the residents in the new dorms.
A proposal for the re-establish
ment of the Corps-Civilian Better
Relations Committee was defeated
after Oliver exercised his vote
when the council vote ended in a
tie. Oliver said the committee was
not a standing committee and had
been ineffective in the past.
Jim Benson, vice-president of
the council, suggested that a com
mittee be appointed to study the
possibility of the CSC president
and vice president being elected
by the entire civilian student body.
In the past, the council has
elected the executive branch of the
group. Oliver appointed Benson,
Travis Voelkel and Don Warren to
meet with the council advisor to
study the proposal.
Other action by the council in
cluded lodging a formal complaint
with the Aggieland about leaving
a number of CSC members out of
the yearbook, and a discussion on
the seating arrangement at the
Tech game last weekend.
RV Banquet To Feature
Former Corps Commander
“I Solemnly Swear”
Corps Commander Neil Keltner swears in left to right, Murray Wortham, Hubert
four members of the Cadet Court in cere- Pounds, Garry Tisdale and Ray George,
onies Thursday night. Taking the oath are,
ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAILS
Claims
To Go
Johnson
Wants
By The Associated Press
President Johnson staged a get-
out-the-vote drive across Indiana
and Ohio Thursday that pictured
Republican rival Barry Goldwater
as a sort of phantom candidate
who wants to go backward instead
of forward.
“I’m not sure,” Johnson said,
“whether there is a real Repub
lican candidate to vote for this
time.”
Johnson said this in the same
area where Rep. William E Miller
on Labor Day attacked Demo
cratic immigration programs on
the grounds they would open the declared: “Sen. Goldwater and I
Goldwater
Backward
President Johnson’s drive for
re-election has passed its peak
and is sliding downhill, while the
Republican campaign is moving up
fast, Miller claimed Thursday.
Moving to counter any trend
toward defeatism in GOP ranks,
Miller urged Republicans across
the nation to pay no attention to
the Democratic President’s claim
that he is headed for a record
victory.
In a statement issued in Nash
ville as he wound up a three-day
campaign swing through the South,
the GOP vice-presidential nominee
flood gates
for jobs.
to foreigners looking
Senate Election
Slated Tuesday
Thet Student Senate election for
junior representative from the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences will be
held Tuesday in the Memorial Stu
dent Center. The polls will be
open from 8 a.m. to noon and from
12:30 - 5 p.m.
Late Thursday seven juniors had
filed for the office.
Any junior in the College of
Arts and Sciences with a g.p.r. of
at least 1.5 is eligible for the posi
tion and only juniors in arts and
sciences may vote.
Texas Industry Seekers
Welcomed In New York
By The Associated Press
BUFFALO, N. Y. — Business
men in New York’s second largest
city turned the tables Thursday
on East Texans seeking new plants
for their area.
The New Yorkers invited the
Texans to take a look at the
Niagara Frontier as a possible
“ideal place for Texas industry.”
“We’re very complimented that
you’re here,” Charles R. Diebold,
a past president of the Buffalo
Area Chamber of Commerce, told
75 business leaders from the East
Texas area at a luncheon, “but
all our cattle are branded.”
“We’re proud of our industrial
muscles,” Diebold said, noting that
the Buffalo area is a heavy in
dustry center of New York.
The Texans are members of
the industrial committee of the
East Texas Chamber of Commerce.
The group, traveling by private
train, visited Minneapolis, Chicago
and Detroit and will stop Friday in
Rochester.
“We’re not here to bundle up
your industry and take it back
with us,” said C Truett Smith,
a Texas banker and the luncheon
chairman, “but we want you to
know that East Texas is a prime
area for industrial expansion.”
“We might be locating up here,”
Smith said, after Charles F. Light,
executive vice president of the
Abbott Will Speak
On “Last Lecture”
Dr. John P. Abott, distinguished
professor of English, will speak at
the first of a “Last Lecture” series
at 6 p.m. Monday at the A&M
YMCA.
Abbott will speak as if this
speech was to be his last lecture
to a group of students.
The series is sponsored by the
YMCA Council.
Buffalo chamber, distributed copies
of a brochure prepared by the Erie
County Board of Supervisors and
the Chamber of Commerce. “That’s
the idea,” Light said.
“We are pleased and flattered
by your interest in the Niagara
Frontier,” said Jack E. Clark, Buf
falo chamber president, in a letter
to Dr. Robert O. Green, of Texas
City, president of the East Texas
chamber. “I am sure that you are
aware of the vast market available
to firms operating in Buffalo.”
“You’ll notice,” said G. Fred
Pool, executive vice president of
the East Texas chamber, “that
none of our boys is wearing boots
or a 10-gallon hat. We don’t wear
them at home. It’s all white shirts
with us.”
The Texans used the soft sell.
Smith had a list of each Buffalo
area businessmen who was invited,
with a description of the business
he represented, number of em
ployes and sales volume.
have news for Lyndon Johnson
and for any Democrats or Repub
licans who might be influenced by
his claim to think that we do not
have a chance.
“This election is not a plebi
scite we hold strictly for Lyn
don’s benefit. There are millions
of Americans who won’t carry a
rubber stamp into the polls.”
Sen. Barry Goldwater eyed the
stretch drive of the presidential
campaign Thursday, convinced he’s
ripping into President Johnson’s
strength on the “gut issue” of
ethics and morality in government.
The Republican candidate flay
ed away on this theme as he
Players Make 4
‘Satan’ Changes
Director C. K. Esten of the Ag
gie Players announced four cast
changes today for “The Death of
Satan,” the Players’ first pro
duction for this season which will
open Nov. 9.
Richard Jenkins, previously cast-
ed as Don Juan, replaces Wendell
Landman as Lord Byron, while
Clarence Frankes succeeds Jenkins
as Don Juan.
Judith Stewart replaces Lee
Chmelik as Evelyn, the wife of an
American businessman, and Mar
garet Curtiss replaces Miss Stew
art as a receptionist.
A&M High Chorus
To Sing At Fair
The A&M Consolidated High
School Chorus will travel to Dal
las to sing in the opening of the
State Fair of Texas. They will
leave by bus at 1 p.m. Monday and
will return Tuesday night.
The 70-piece chorus will repre
sent Area III in a program featur
ing similar groups from all over
the state. The chorus is under
the direction of Frank Coulter.
swung through the President’s
home state, hitting also at gov
ernment meddling in local affairs.
A source close to the Arizona
senator said he believes the grow
ing number of undecided voters
shows his own chances spiralling
upwards.
And it is the senator’s belief
that this is caused by growing
concern of the people about ethics
and morality, the single so-called
“gut issue” of the campaign in his
mind.
Deadline Is Today
United Chest Drive
Volunteer workers scrambled
Friday to reach the $19,000 goal
and successfully close the 10-day
United Chest fund driven in Col
lege Station.
Almost $3,000 was needed to
achieve the goal. Contributions
through Thursday totaled $16,
137.31.
Workers were urged to see all
remaining prospects and turn in
their money Friday for the dead
line tabulation.
Bourgeois Heads
Honor Company
Doyle Avant will be the main speaker at the Ross Volun
teer Initiation Banquet at 7 p. m. Tuesday in the Memorial
Student Center Ballroom.
Avant, Corps Commander here in 1950, graduated from
A&M with a BS in petroleum engineering. While a student
here, Avant received the Caldwell Trophy, Chamber of Com
merce Citation and was a member of the Ross Volunteers.
Avant was also a distinguished student, president of his
Junior Class and Best Drilled Sophomore.
He is now employed by L. A.+
Nordan of San Antonio.
The banquet will treat both
the senior members and the
newly-elected juniors in the
organization.
Juniors will be informed of their
acceptance this weekend and their
names will be released Tuesday.
Heading the honor organization
is James Earl Bourgeois, com
manding officer. Harrison Paul
Jones is executive officer, Edwin
H. Beckom, operations officer, and
Barney L. Hitt, administrative of
ficer.
Bourgeois also is commanding
officer of the Third Brigade and
president of the Arts and Sciences
Council.
Jones is commander of Company
F-l, Beckom is executive officer
of Third Group and Hitt serves
as public information officer on
Corps staff.
Other active seniors in the or
ganization include Gerald Buttrill,
Marvin Ted Hopgood and Charles
Edwin Burge, platoon leaders;
Glenn Schmidt, 1st sgt.; Kintner
Alverson, supply sgt.; Warren T.
Harrison, public information sgt.;
Eugene O. Triesch, Thomas M.
Fine III and Albert Clay, platoon
sgt.
Robert Palm, Ronald Owen and
Jay Jaynes, platoon guides; Wil
liam K. Rader, Phillip Scoggin,
A1 Vernon, Carter Frank, Randall
Smith, Pat Gibson, Ronald Furber,
Murray Wortham, Tom Forgeng,
Herbert Pounds, Bill Gibson and
Tom Cardwell, squad leaders.
Neil Keltner, John Fiegle, Joe
Fisher, Robert Warren and Hiram
Hall Burr, color guards.
The Ross Volunteers are the
honor guard of the Texas gov
ernor. The company also serves
as honor guard for King Rex of
the Mardi Gras festival in New
Orleans.
Senior officers and non-commis
sioned officers are selected after
one year’s membership in the com
pany.
Primary criteria for election to
a position as an active RV senior
are proficiency at military drill
and leadership ability.
TU Cowboys,
Silver Spurs
Disciplined
By The Associated Press
AUSTIN — Two men’s service
organizations at the University of
Texas have been placed on indefi
nite disciplinary conduct because of
incidents at the Texas-Army foot
ball game last Saturday, the school
announced Thursday.
Jock Holland, dean of student
personnel services, notified the
Texas Cowboys and Silver Spurs
that “any evidence of misconduct
by either group at any athletic
contest would result in both groups
being denied the privilege of ap
pearing on our athletic fields.”
Holland said several members of
the two groups behaved discourte
ously to U.S. Military Academy
cadets at pre-game and half-time
ceremonies.
Before the game began, one of
the Cowboys attempted to take
a “Beat Texas” sign from four
cadets. He succeded in ripping a
portion of the sign, Holland said.
He also said just before the
second half, Cowboys and Silver
Spurs broke through Army sup
porters who had assembled to
welcome their team back to the
field and tried again to take the
sign away from the outnumbered
cadets.
Dr Harry Ransom, chancellor
of the university system, has sent
official appoligies of the university
to Maj. Gen. J. B. Lampert, acad
emy superintendent; the corps of
cadets, and the West Point athletic
department.
The World at a Glance
By The Associated Press
International
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo—Egyptian and
Algerian diplomats were allowed to quit their
blockaded embassies Thursday to go to the neighbor
ing Congo Brazzaville Republic. This apparently
cleared the way for the release from house arrest
of Premier Moise Tshombe in Cairo.
★ ★ ★
CAIRO—Premier Moise Tshombe of the Congo
bowed to President Gamal Abdel Nasser Thursday
and lifted the blockade of the Egyptian and Algerian
embassies in Leopoldville. Tshombe then was
granted permission to fly home after being held
two days.
★ ★ ★
MEXICO CITY—Juanita Castro, defector sister
of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, received a
visa Thursday to visit the United States. She is
expected to fly Friday to Miami, Fla.
★ ★ ★
SAIGON, South Viet Nam—The bodies of all
five Americans whose helicopter was shot down in
flames in a battle near Saigon have been recovered,
U. S. military headquarters reported Thursday.
The Army helicopter was one of two shot down
Wednesday in supporting a battle against Com
munist guerrillas 12 miles west of Saigon.
★ ★ ★
BERLIN—Political sources in Berlin say it
appears unlikely the necessary two-thirds majority
vote can be mustered in the West German Parlia
ment to restore the death penalty.
Taxi drivers have demanded restoration of the
death sentence. Their association claims 182 drivers
have been murdered since 1945, but the government
puts the figure at 50.
National
WASHINGTON—The Pentagon’s effort to work
out a tie-in with the commercial communications
satellite system for militatry messages was “ill
advised, poorly timed and badly coordinated,” a
congressional report said Thursday.
iAt "A"
WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Dean Rusk
brushed off as premature Thursday the prospect
that the United States and West Germany might
have to go it alone if the proposed nuclear surface
fleet for NATO is to become a reality soon.
★ ★ ★
BAXTERVILLE, Miss.—A contrary weatherman
Thursday again forced the Atomic Energy Com
mission to push back a nuclear test shot deep in
the Tatum salt dome beneath this southeast
Mississippi countryside.
★ ★ ★
DETROIT—A United Auto Workers strike
against General Motors continued Thursday as the
automative giant’s chief competitions—Ford and
Chrysler—scored production gains on 1965 models.
Texas
SAN ANTONIO—Police in a wide area searched
Thursday for Leslie Douglas Ashley, who along
with a girl friend was once sentenced to death in
the electric chair for the gun-torch slaying of a
Houston real estate man.
★ ★ ★
EL PASO—Two El Paso men wanted in con
nection with a large supply of weapons found in
their store again failed to show up Thursday for
arraignment on charges of failure to keep records
of receipts and sale of firearms.