Che Battalion
Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1966
Number 381
Fish Runoffs
Set Thursday
By MIKE FLAKE
Casting over 950 votes in the
Memorial Student Center base
ment, the Texas A&M freshman
class elected eight ■ positions
Thursday.
The two candidates with the
greatest number of votes were
selected as runoffs for president,
vice president, secretary-treasur
er, and social secretary. There
was a tie for fifth position on
the election commission.
Gerald Geistweidt (299 votes)
and Joe M. Spears (247) were the
top candidates for president.
For vice president, Richard J.
Hodge (189) and Richard James
Reese (117) will face the run
offs.
The last two executive positions
had wider margins: for secretary-
treasurer, Robert Nelson Steven
son (219) ended with Alan
Thompson (165); for social sec
retary, James Jim St. John (206)
placed with Paul Hilliard Ed
monds (161).
Each of the four executive posi
tions will be decided in a runoff
election Thursday.
Panel Asks For
NATO Changes
ROUNDTABL E DISCUSSIONS
SCONA delegates discuss problems of Europe and the U. S. in one of eight roundtables Thursday.
Peace Corps Still Deferable
The recent military call-up of
two Volunteers from their over
seas posts in no way alters the
Peace Corps, status as a draft-
deferable service.
Charles Butler, the agency’s
college recruiting director, said
this week Peace Corps duty con
tinues to be considered as “serv
ice in the national intrest” by
the majority of the nation’s more
than 4,000 draft boards.
He said, however, that in
creased military manpower needs
have forced some draft boards to
be less liberal in issuing defer
ments to cover the two years of
Peace Corps service.
“The drafting of the two Vol
unteers came as no surprise to
anyone, including the men in
volved,” Butleh aid. “Both went
Park Service
Personnel Man
Here Monday
Ivan D. Parker, regional per
sonnel officer of the National
Park Service, Santa Fe, N.M., will
visit the A&M campus Monday.
Parker will be here to discuss
career employment, seasonal as
well as permanent, with students
in the Recreation and Parks cur
riculum. He also plans to become
acquainted with the program of
fered here.
Parker is the chief adminis
trator of the Southwestern re
gion of the National Park Serv
ice. He is head of 46 National
Parks and Monuments, five of
which are in Texas.
He will have information on
both professional and pre-profes
sional positions including: Park
aid, park technician, park spe
cialist and park manager. He
will have information and appli
cations for employment in all Na
tional Park Service administered
areas in the Southwestern region.
All applicants for both season
al and permanent employment to
the Washington office will be
routed through the Santa Fe re
gion in order that they will re
ceive special attention.
overseas knowing they had ap
peals pending and aware they
might have to return to the Unit
ed States for induction if those
appeals were denied.”
The two were Phillip J. Wag
ner, 24, of Felton, Calif., a Vol
unteer in Peru inducted into the
army last month and now in basic
training, and Fred S. Lonidier,
24, who returned from the Phil
ippines this past week.
Butler said both Wagner and
Lonidier had 1-A classifications
when they began Peace Corps
training. They are among 35
Volunteers sent overseas by the
Peace Corps with appeals of local
draft board denials still pending.
Of these, Butler said, 10 have
since received II-A (national in
terest) deferments and allowed to
continue their tours. Wagner
and Lonidier are the only Volun
teers who have lost their appeals.
The other cases remain unre
solved.
These cases represent only a
tiny faction of the more than 6,-
000 men — most of whom are
draft eligible — who entered
Peace Corps training in the past
year, Butler added.
“It may seem odd that we send
Volunteers overseas knowing
‘Snoopy, Baron’
Analyzed Tonight
At Coffee House
What is the significance of
“Snoopy and the Red Baron” ?
Today’s cartoons will be dis
cussed tonight in the A&M Meth
odist Student Center’s “Coffee
House.”
R. J. Cooper will lead the 7:30
p.m. discussion with slides and
movies of some of the cartoons
which are seen today. Comic
characters and their actions will
be analyzed.
“Peanuts” will be the main
cartoon discussed.
All students are invited to come
by the North Gate center to hear
tonight's program and join in the
activities following.
there is some chance we might
have to bring them back at Peace
Corpus expense,” Butler said.
“But when you consider the near
ly $5,000 it costs to recruit and
train a Volunteer, the $400 re
quired to return him for induc
tion is neglible.” The appeal
channel, which can include recon
sideration of a classification de
nial at the local, state and presi
dential appeals board level, some
times takes several months.
Volunteers have never been ex
empted from the draft and may
enlist or are inducted into the
armed services after completion
of two-year Peace Corps tours,
Butler said.
The Peace Corps does not re
quest deferments for applicants,
trainees and Volunteers — a re
sponsibility of the registrant —
but does keep draft boards in
formed of his training and over
seas status.
Singing Cadets Entertain
SCONA Delegates, Guests
A& M Contributes To Study
A&M’s contribution to a major
study of 27 Northeastern utility
systems by Stone and Webster
Engineering Corporation has been
acknowledged.
John Denison, director of the
Electric Power Institute at A&M,
said the Northeast Interconnec-
tipn Study report will go to mem
bers of Congress and others.
Denison said the study recom
mends system improvements and
operating procedures which would
minimize the probability of a rep
etition of the mass system failure
which caused a major blackout in
the Northeast in 1965.
A&M’s Data Processing Center
developed digital computer pro
grams for load flow transient sta
bility studies by the firm. Don
Lyle, a joint programmer for the
EPI and Data Processing Center,
served as a consultant to Stone
and Webster for adapting pro
grams to the AVCO IBM 7094
computer.
Stone and Webster of Boston,
Mass, developed a model repre
senting the extensive Northeast
ern utility system. The model
required a computer with large
storage capacity and load flow
and stability programs capable of
representing several hundred ma
chines. These programs were de
veloped by A&M to accommodate
800 buses and 1,200 lines, Deni
son explained.
The Singing Cadets sang be
fore a warm and receptive audi
ence of SCONA delegates and
their guests Thursday night and
set the mood for a sacred and
worshipful holiday season.
The main lounge of the Me
morial Student Center, decorated
with the theme of Christmas in
mind, provided an appropriate
setting for the Cadets as they
sang songs depicting the Christ
mas season.
“Coventry Carol,” “I Wonder
As I Wander,” “Fanfare for
Christmas,” “Behold That Star,”
“Lullaby of the Christ Child,”
and “Jesu Bambino” were songs
presented by the group.
Delegates and guests sat on
the floor and relaxed during the
Four Debaters
Represent A&M
In Tournament
Four students will represent
A&M in the second Harding Invi
tational Forensics Tournament at
Searcy, Ark., today and Satur
day, announced Aggie Debate
Team Coach Carl Kell.
A&M’s team consists of sopho
mores Wayne Prescott and James
Byrd of Houston, Ronald Hinds
of Midland and freshman Robert
Peek of Jacksboro. Peek was the
Class 4A state debate champ in
1965 University Interscholastic
League competition.
A&M debaers will compete with
17 colleges and universities from
six states, according to Dr. Evan
Ulrey, chairman of Harding Col
lege’s speech department. He is
tournament director.
Sweepstakes, junior and senior
division first and second place
trophies, best debater awards and
individual recognition in persua
sive speaking, extemporaneous
speaking and radio talks will be
given.
Texas schools with teams in the
tourney are A&M, the University
of Houston, East Texas State,
Fort Worth Christian College,
Hardin-Simmons, McMurry, Lub
bock Christian and Austin Col
lege.
informal program which included
group singing of old traditional
favorites of the holiday season.
Bob Boone directed the cadets
and led in the group singing, and
Mrs. June Beiring provided the
piano accompaniment.
By BOB BORDERS
The North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization has great potential,
but this potential cannot be
reached until revisions are made
within the structure of the alli-
This was the common conclu
sion of Yves Rodrigues, consul
general of France, and Gerald
Simpson, British consul general,
as they gave their countries’
views in a panel discussion for
the 12th Student Conference on
National Affairs last night in the
Memorial Student Center.
Moderator for the panel was
Robert J. Smith, retired United
States Air Force general.
Smith opened the panel dis
cussion, “NATO — Revise or
Abandon,” with a short history
of the alliance.
He said several European coun
tries joined to form the Brussels
Western Union Alliance in 1948.
This forerunner of NATO estab
lished a military council to co
ordinate forces.
“The European countries were
prospering economically, but they
were weak militarily. The mili
tary aid of the United States
was needed,” Smith said.
He then set the stage for the
talks by Simpson and Rodrigues
Panel Will Discuss ASEE’s Goals
National goals of the American
Society for Engineering Educa
tion will be aired in a panel dis
cussion at a Texas A&M Univer
sity chapter meeting Tuesday.
The A SEE chapter will meet at
3:45 p.m. in Room 121 of the
Civil Engineering Building, an
nounced Dr. James H. Earle, En
gineering Graphics Department
head.
Earle said the meeting is in
terdisciplinary in nature and all
faculty members interested in en
gineering education are welcome.
J. G. McGuire, assistant dean
of engineering; Dr. Howard Furr,
civil engineering professor, and
Dr. J. G. H. Thompson, mechani
cal engineering professor, will
comprise the panel to discuss
“Roles of the National ASEE.”
Refreshments will be served at
3:45 with the program to begin
at 4 p.m., Earle said.
by naming some of the problems
which beset NATO.
Simpson, in his address, stress
ed the extent of the British com
mitment to the NATO alliance.
“All of our strategic bombers
are committed to NATO,” he said.
“Also, all our British-built Polaris
subs are going into NATO serv
ice as fast as they are being
built.”
He said the reason the alliance
was necessary to deter commun
ism is because success came to
the allies only when they were
able to plan together and aban
don national prejudices for the
common good.
“I do not think NATO should
be abandoned, but revisions are
necessary. These should not be
in the form concessions to any
one member,” he added.
Simpson said nuclear members
should be convinced that NATO
will not hinder autonomous use
of weapons if necessary, and non
nuclear members should be assur
ed that they will not become sec
ond-class members.
The last speaker of the panel,
Rodrigues, said a major reason
for France’s dissatisfaction with
NATO was that some members
were “more equal than others.”
“We are not suggesting that
there should be 30 fingers on the
NATO trigger, but there should
be cooperation and distribution
of authority among the members,”
Rodrigues said.
He said France decided to with
draw from the alliance because
the necessary adjustments were
not made.
“Our decision to leave NATO
has been reached after eight years
of negotiations. If the reforms
we tried ■ to promote would take
place, we would not necessarily
rejoin because many of the de
cisions and reforms can be made
outside the framework of the alli
ance,” he said.
A series of equal numbers flirt
ed with the final outcome of
election committee members.
Bruce A. Gilchrist (351), Michael
Douglas Mueller (344), Lawrence
Foxworth (75) and Richard Gar
rett (75) received the first four
places.
Thomas Harper and Charles
Gary tied for the fifth position,
with 72 votes each.
That write-in votes carried
much weight in the election was
noticeable: Foxworth, Garrett,
Harper, and Gary were not on
the original ballot.
The freshman race for student
senate turned closer than compet
ition for the preceding positions.
They were: Frank Montalbano
(268), James Benton Edwards
(265), Barry Scott Farber (229),
and Philip Randolps Frye (224).
Jack Myers, election committee
chairman, was both disgruntled
and perplexed at the outcome of
the election.
He said the election committee
had been hoping more than 37
per cent of the fish class would
vote. This was the figure set
last year.
The vote totaled 40 per cent
this year.
He added a puzzled note about
the write-in votes .
“827 votes were shown on the
voting machine recorders,” he
said.
“Subtract this from the total
950 and you get 123 write-in votes.
This is an unusual record.”
Revival Features
Two Missionaries
At First Baptist
Missionaries from Brazil will
feature the Youth Revival this
weekend at the First Baptist
Church, the Rev. Lloyd Elder,
pastor, announced.
Paul Bellington will relate ex
citing adventures in the Amazon
jungles. He is a former pastor
of Truitt Memorial Baptist
Church in Dallas.
A native of Missouri, Belling
ton was educated at William
Jewel College in Liberty, Mo., and
the Southwestern Seminary at
Fort Worth. He taught in the
Evangelism Department at the
seminary after serving as a Dal
las minister.
Mr. Bellington also will have a
role in the revival services. Serv
ices are planned at 7 p.m. Friday,
followed by a full schedule Sat
urday and the regular Sunday
services.
A youth conference will be held
from 9:30 til 11:30 a.m. Satur
day. The youth supper is set at
5 p.m.
EXCAVATIONS FOR PIPELINE REACH SBISA
The new air-conditioning pipeline stretches work continues. (Battalion photo by Russell
under Military Walk toward Sbisa Hall as Autrey)
Services Set For
Miss Jo Chancey
Funeral services will be held
for Miss Andrea Jo Chancey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar J.
Chancey of 307 Fidelity St., at
2 p.m. Saturday in the Memorial
Funeral Chapel.
Miss Chancey, 20, was found
dead Wednesday in her Houston
apartment, a victim of carbon
monoxide poisoning.
Her roommate, Miss Elinda
Plantt, also 20, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar C. Plantt, of 206
Fidelity St., remains in critical
condition at Ben Taub Hospital
in Houston.
Miss Chancey is survived by her
parents, her paternal grandmoth
er, Mrs. W. B. Chancey of Hous
ton, and her maternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Moss
of Wellborn.
Her father is a senior techni
cian in the Oceanography Depart
ment at A&M.
Miss Plant’s father is employed
by the food services department
at the university.
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