Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1967)
Che Battalion Weather jj: SATURDAY — Cloudy to partly £: g: cloudy, chance of thundershowers late g: :$ afternoon, winds southerly 15 to 25 :£ .xj m.p.h. High 81. Low 63. :$ g: SUNDAY — Partly cloudy, winds :$ southerly 15 to 25 m.p.h. High 79. i-ij •j: Low 56. ig Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1967 Number 415 !|llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllllllll!lllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllll!lllg : the outside world l iS VIETNAM Record American combat losses and a record number ^of defections from Viet Cong ranks emphasized rising pressures in the Vietnam War. WASHINGTON The Senate beat down an attempt Thursday to amend the consular treaty with the Soviet Union by a vote of 53 to 26. NATIONAL A DC-9 jetliner and a private plane crashed in Ohio, 50 miles from the scene of a Sunday crash. No survivors vere reported among the 25 aboard the jet. District Attorney Jim Garrison took his Kennedy ssasination probe before Orleans Parish grand jury. He called up a lawyer who said that he was asked to defend —Lee Harvey Oswald after Kennedy’s death. W INTERNATIONAL Mao Tse-Tung is said to have launched a drive to gain control of Peking, where fighting has been reported. Congressmen demanding the ouster of President Su- pJcarno lined up Thursday against their military collegues, ™who fear dismissal will mean an orgy of bloodshed in - er Indonesia. TEXAS ij A former convict clad in a bright red sports coat J took $4,510 from a downtown Houston bank Thursday and was arrested by police 10 minutes after a chase in which a bank president and former state senator took part. H A lawyer for Ernest Medders, owner of financially ^troubled Colonial Acres Farm in Cooke Country, answered ■jin federal court today two involuntary bankruptcy peti- Wtions alleging debts of $83,074. Uggi High School Career Day To Draw 3,500 Visitors mm i|g : Mai " ■■■ Academic Fair Set . V: In G. Rollie White ie Band Dance Scheduled jFor Saturday Night In Sbisa The Texas Aggie Band will ( , hold its annual dance in Sbisa it Hall Saturday night. Highlight r of the dance will be the selection — of the 1967 Band Sweetheart. [3 B-CS Residents Jj Among Students On Houston Trip Three Bryan-College Station residents are among 30 Texas A&M University student leaders who will participate in a leader- .. ship trip to Houston Saturday W and Sunday. • They are Joe B. Harris and Kenneth A. Lampkin of Bryan and Michael F. Flahie of College 0! j Station. , Sponsored by the A&M Mem- LO’lorial Student Center Student c ,Leadership Training Committee, >3' the trip features tours of Jones Hall, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Astrodome and Preston Bol ton’s Townhouses. Dennis Hohman of San An- Itonio, committee chairman, said the group also will hear the (Houston Symphony at Sam Hous ton Coliseum, and attend a play at the Alley Theatre. Sweetheart finalists are Bette Hale, 19, of Austin, escorted by David E. Herrington; Belinda Carpenter, 18, of San Antonio, escorted by Danny Dunlap; Dar lene Wiggins, 19, of San Antonio, escorted by Scott Beck. Also entered as candidates are two finalists of the Sophomore Sweetheart competition, Miss Diane Nunnelly, 18, of San An tonio, whose escort is Michael Sheets, and Gay i Scherz of San Angelo, escorted by Clarke Ers- kine. The girls were selected by a committee comprised of two Band members from each class plus Jack E. Myers, danch chairman. The Sweetheart, however, will be chosen by the entire band at the dance;, and will be crowned by last year’s Sweetheart, Patsy Reading. The theme for the dance will be “The French Quarter in New Orleans” said Myers. Decora tions include two brick walls, wrought-iron work, and a garden like entrance near the doorway. The uniform for the dance will be Class “A” Winter and dates will wear formals. Entertain ment will be provided by Ed Ger- lach’s orchestra. Jjlygl jjl ( \M > % — n MARITIME CADETS ON “DEUTSCHLAND” German Naval cadet explains fire control dets who recently toured the “Deutschland” system on Swedish-made 40mm Anti-air- in Houston, craft gun to Texas Maritime Academy ca- U. S. Losses, VC Defections Emphasize Rising Pressures By JOHN CANTWELL SAIGON (JP) Record American combat losses and record defec tions from bloodied Viet Cong ranks emphasized rising pres sures in the Vietnam war last week, the U. S. Command dis closed Thursday. GIs sought fresh contact in 15 drives, one in the Meking River delta. The Americans, with their ranks now swelled to 417,400, suffered 1,617 casualties in action Feb. 26-March 4—232 dead, 1,318 IT WAS A week marked by many small skirmishes and a wounded and four missing. sharp increase in the enemy’s use of mortars, particularly in the sector U. S. Marines guard below the demilitarized zone between North and South Viet nam. Lt. Gen. Victor H. Krulak, commander of all U. S. Marines in the western Pacific area, told a news conference in Da Nang the war looks good from the al lied side, but the possibility of a major Communist attack cannot be ruled out. “I THINK they need some thing to boost their morale,” he said. Three divisions of Hanoi Fish To Defend Drill Trophy r »l« W '' ? m Jth Top candidates to march off r ith the championship trophy at die fourth Texas A&M Invita- jtional Drill Meet Saturday are SJi Sam Houston State, Texas A&I, the University of Houston, Texas, 'St. Mary’s or A&M’s Fish Drill teams will compete for eight trophies in the competi tion, with the A&M freshmen de fending possession of the overall trophy. A 33-member girls team, the ROTC Sponsor Corps of the Uni versity of Texas at El Paso, will present and exhibition drill at 1:25 p.m., Saturday, on the main parade ground, where all com petition will be held. SAM HOUSTON’S L o m a n Rifles pose the most distinct threat to the Fish Drill Team’s retention of the rotating cham pionship trophy. The SHSC team won the Sixth Regimental Invi tational meet at Fort Polk, La., Iphe ROTC Sponsor Corps of the University of Texas at El Paso, a girls drill team, will perform an exhibition drill Saturday dur ing the 1967 Texas A&M Invitational Drill ADDED DRILL ATTRACTION Meet. The Texas Western cuties will appear on the main drill field at 1:25 p. m. before 13 competing teams enter the precision phase of the day-long meet. last weekend and narrowly missed taking the 48-inch overall trophy in 1966. The Cougar Rifles of U of H, A&I’s King’s Rifles, UT Buccan- neers, and St. Mary’s Marian Guard are consistent top perform ers. President Earl Rudder and Ag gie Sweetheart Kathi Austin will present winners’ trophies between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Saturday. COMPETITION will be judged by Maj. Arthur J. Cates, com mander, and four non-commis sioned officers of the Fourth Army N.C.O. Academy at Fort Polk. Points will be awarded for inspection at the Trigon parking lot, basic and precision marching on the Memorial Student Center drill field. Awards for first, second and third in basic and precision drill and a trophy for the team judged best in inspection will be pre sented, according to Larry G. Rice, sponsor of the Association of Former Fish Drill Team Mem bers. The association. Military Sci ence and Aerospace Studies De partment are sponsoring the meet. ALSO COMPETING will be the Keathley Rifles of Cameron State College, Arkansas Polytechnic In stitute, Ware Rifles of McNeese State, New Mexico Military In stitute’s Centaurian Guard, Com pany C-7 Pershing Rifles of Ok lahoma State, Sam Houston Rifles of West Texas State Uni versity and Company H-10 Persh ing Rifles of Texas Western. regulars are reported massed above the demilitarized zone. U. S. Marines were heavily en gaged last weekend with infiltra tors who mortared their posi tions and sought vanily to knock out 175mm guns which shell North Vietnamese targets across the demilitarized zone. The American death toll last week was not the war’s highest. A total of 240 were killed Nov. 14-20, 1965, the week of the la Drang Valley battle. THE RECORD losses stemmed from an unusually high number of wounded, nearly seven men living through their injuries for every man killed. The normal ratio is about five to one. The previous high in American casu alties was established two months ago — 1,194 in the week of Jan. 8-14. Losses among the other allies last week were lighter. South Vietnam’s armed forces report ed 199 men killed and 18 miss ing; the others, six dead and 25 wounded. The South Vietnamese do not list their wounded. Against the allied toll, spokes men said 1,736 Communists were killed and 1,168 switched sides under the Saigon govern ment’s open arms program. THE RED turncoats, number ing 60 more than in any previ ous week, brought defections this year to 6,357, compared to 3,845 in the same period of 1966. The Communist dead were the equivalent of more than a regi ment and uncounted thousands of others were obviously wounded. But far more were killed in the previous week, a record 2,449. Decell Will Speak At Math Meeting NASA Manned Spacecraft Cen ter official Dr. H. P. Decell will lecture here Thursday. The deputy chief of theory and analysis will speak on “Topologi cal Groups and Measure Theory” in a Mathematics Colloguium, an nounced Dr. Morris Ostrofsky, Math Department head. The 4 p.m. colloquium will be in room 208 of the Academic Building and the public is invit ed, Ostrofsky said. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M” —Adv. Prospective students will see a cross-section of Texas A&M dur ing Career Day activities Friday and Saturday. The inside look at the univer sity and its programs will be afforded by an Academic Fair at G. Rollie White Coliseum and departmental tours. Forty-six departments in agri culture, business administration, engineering, architecture, geo sciences, liberal arts, science, veterinary medicine and the Texas Maritime Academy will participate. More than 3,500 visitors are expected for the Career Day ac tivities, conducted by the Student Inter-Council. Among visitors will be 700 delegates to a Junior Engineering Technical Society meeting Friday and about 2,000 stock judging team members. The 4-H and FFA members will be participating in practice judging sponsored by Agricultural Ex tension Service, Dairy Science and Agricultural Education De partments. Jersey and Holstein heifer sales will be held Saturday for he young breeders. Saturday will also see about 300 drill team members on the campus. The Academic Fair will pro vide visiting high school and junior college students, as well as A&M students, a pulse of A&M activities. The coliseum will house 66 exhibits and displays, according to Ulrich Crow of the Counseling and Testing Center. The fair will be open from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Career Day guests will be greeted by John Beckham, chair man of the intercouncil and offi cially welcomed by Texas A&M President Earl Rudder. The stu dents will then be arranged into groups according to academic fields of interest. The depart ments will have guided tours of their respective academic facili ties scheduled at 1:00 p.m. that afternoon. The students will remain in their assigned groups guided by an A&M Senior and will eat lunch at the University dining halls for a nominal fee of $1.00. Groups will meet at the follow ing locations: Agriculture—Room 146, Phys ics Building. Business Administration — Room 202, Francis Hall. Engineering and Architecture —Deware Field House. Geosciences — Room 105, Ge ology Building. Liberal Arts—Biological Sci ences Building Lecture Room. Sciences—Lecture Room, Chem istry Building. Texas Maritime Academy — Room 210, YMCA. Veterinary Medicine—Assem bly Room, Memorial Student Center. Instructional equipment, ex periments and other exhibits will be set up by agriculture, busi ness administration, university admissions, liberal arts, science, veterinary medicine, engineering, the YMCA, Heavy Equipment Operators School, James Connally Technical Institute at Waco, (See Career Day, On Page 2) Yaks To Audition For USO’s Tour Of Europe, Asia “The Yaks” — a popular music band composed of Texas A&M cadets — is hoping to go inter national this summer if their music falls on receptive ears. The popular and busy dance band will audition March 28 at Houston for eight-week USO tours in Europe and Southeast Asia. Acceptance means the Air Force ROTC cadets will get a preview of their possible military assignments in Vietnam follow ing graduation and commission ing. “We got the idea from a maga zine article,” explained lead gui tarist Patrick Gamble of Ram- stein, Germany. “It said enter tainers in Vietnam were having trouble finding bands that played our kind of music.” THE YAKS received initial contacts through Capt. Deward Johnson of the Aerospace Studies Department, who made inquiries on a Washington, D. C., trip. The band’s business manager, Sammy Pearson of Calvert, talked to the USO director in Houston and worked out an engagement. Yaks leader is Mike O’Hara of Lone Oak who is the lead singer, guitar and organ. Bruce Smith of Longview plays the rhythm guitar, Dick Horner of Longview drums and A1 Hamilton of An chorage, Alaska, the bass. O’Hara, Smith, Gamble and Pearson are math majors. Girl Watchers’ Corner MARY SUE PROPES Mary Sue is a 19-year-old home economics major from Kilgore. The Texas Woman’s University junior enjoys playing the piano and sewing. I In