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THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Thursday, January 12, 1967 ■HIM CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Sound Off Editor; The Battalion: Dear Editor; This Saturday, Jan. 14, Texas Woman’s University’s Student Council of Social Activities is sponsoring a Final Fling Dance. We’d like to extend an invitation to all Aggies. The Final Fling will be from 8-12 p.m. in our Student Union Building Ballroom. Admission is 25c and the dress, casual. The Yaks will play. I hope all Aggies will be able to put aside their studies this Saturday to make it up for our Final Fling. Thank you, Jill Anderson SCSA Publicity Chairman TWU Experts Says Future Housing Limited Only By Imagination “Girlfriend! Are you kidding? That’s a guy I went to high school with who’s attending a well known university now!” Maddox Victory Not Funny Now Back in October, when Lester G. Maddox won the Democratic nomination for governor of Geor gia, an editorial in the Battalion called the situation “sad and shocking.” “The nomination ... may someday qualify for the alltime list of dubious achievements,” the writer remarked, “but it now turns out to be so funny it hurts.” It isn’t funny any more. What was then considered a fluke vic tory didn’t provoke more serious appraisals because most observers gave the voters of Georgia'credit for better judgment. The official canvass by the state legislature later seemed to strengthen that viewpoint: Maddox finished sec ond behind Republican Howard Callaway, and though the large number of write-in votes pre vented Callaway from getting a majority, there was reason for hope that cooler heads would pre vail when the race went to the legislators. They didn’t. Ignoring the re sults of their own canvass, some 182 representatives voted for Maddox, with just over a third of that number supporting Calla way. It could have been worse; 11 members abstained from vot ing. Maddox campaigned on issues that would make Jack S. Phog- bound blush. He was obliged to present himself as the only “true voice for patriotism, conserva tism, liberty, states rights and constitutional government, pri vate property rights and free en terprise” because he had abso lutely no governmental qualifi cations to emphasize. He said race would be a major issue, but he mentioned it rarely during the campaign. He didn’t have to; his flagrant defiance of federal law, backed up by the axhandle-wield- ing rednecks outside his cafe teria, had already built for him a far-reaching reputation. Unfortunately, judging from Tuesday’s election, that reputa tion was qualification enough for election to Georgia’s highest of fice. Concrete housing of the future will be limited only by the imagi nation of architects and builders, an expert said here Wednesday. Ted L. Edwards, district engi neer for the Portland Cement As sociation made the prediction at the Texas Ready Mixed Concrete Association Short Course. Forty-five participants and guests heard Edwards describe a bright future for concrete in housing. “Concrete is a pliable and ver satile material which can be pro duced in any form, shape or col or,” he said. “Not only is con crete attractive, but its use in building results in noteworthy savings in fire insurance rates.” Edwards showed color slides of concrete housing in the United States, England and Ireland. He described a unique 180-unit pre cast concrete motel on Padre Island near Corpus Christi. “Even the utilities were al ready installed when the motel was set in place by a crane,” he said. “H. B' Zachry, a former member of A&M’s Board of Di rectors, contracted the job.” Dr. Francis B. May, General Business Administration Depart ment chairman at the University, predicted a “good, but not a ban ner business year in 1967.” May was the first speaker for the three-day short course. “This year could probably be described as a Japanese reces sion,” May commented. “Business will grow at a slower rate, but without a depression or reces sion.” The speaker referred to Presi dent Johnson’s State of the Union message Tuesday. “A tax increase proposed by the President to take the ‘steam’ out of inflation is very likely to help the housing industry,” May remarked. “It will enable the Federal Reserve System to relax monetary restrictions and in crease lending capacity of banks. Indirectly, this will increase the MmlcoW Supply 'fidu/ve. 913 5a Col logo Arc - BtyAftTafes THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported non profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for epublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not ■therwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneoi rigin published herein. Rights of republication of all oth latter herein are also reserved. aid at College Station, Texas. matter here! Second-Class postage Members of the Student Publications Board Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. David Bowers, College of Arts ; John D. Cochrane, College of Geosciences ; Dr. Frank A McDonald, College of Science; Charles A. Rodenberger College of Engineering; Dr. Robert S. Titus, College of erinary Medicine ; and Dr. Page W. Morgan, College of Agricul ture. re: Jim Liberal s ; Dr. F Rodenberger, Vet- News contributions may be made by telephoning 846-6618 or 846-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA Building. For advertising or delivery call 846-6415. I subi £6.50 ons ull r sem All subscriptions Ivertising rate furnished on request. Address: Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building, College Station, Texas year; $6.50 per full year, sales tax. Advertising rati The - -- 7784 16 per abject to 2% est. Address: The ablishe per at ion, Texas daily except Saturday, nd holiday periods, September through The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M blished in College Station, Texas daily e Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Sej May, and once a week during summer school. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Publisher Texas A&M University Student Editor Winston Green Jr. Managing Editor John Fuller News Editor Elias Moreno, Jr. Staff Writers Patricia Hill, Mike Plake, Robert Borders, Jerry Grisham Sports Editor Gary Sherer Staff Photographer — Russell Autrey OM TOP’ ev TUfe MOtT MOM£\ TM£. Ul^-UfcST T42At7£- rae Vot)<? <y»ep eoc*s. liquidity of the money market," Dr. May said the President’s announcement that the Federal Home Loan Bank Board will make $1 billion available to build ing and loan associations at, rath er liberal terms will boost the building industry. “A better interest rate should be a positive factor in helping home building,” May continued. “The housing industry was at its lowest ebb in 20 years in 1966, but the rest of the building in dustry enjoyed a good year. En gineering contracts in Texas reached a peak of almost $1.5 billion.” Fireman’s School Schedules Class For 20 Trainees A five-day light-duty rescu class at Texas A&M’s Firemen’s Training field will be conducted for 20 Texas game warden trainees Jan. 30-Feb. 3. John R. Rauch, Texas Fire men’s Training School instructor, heads the school which features a night rescue operation Feb. 1 in “Disaster Village.” W. B. Dor man will assist Rauch in present ing the course. Rescue squad organization, re- connaisance, use of power rescue tools and equipment, fire-fight ing, casualty reports, visual aids and instruction methods £ among topics for the week. Guest instructors include Ted Felds, chief of the Houston and Harris County Civil Defense Res cue Service, and Harold R. Soren sen of the Brazos County Civil Defense Rescue Service. Course sponsors are the Office of Defense and Disaster Relief, Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association. 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