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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1967
Number 419
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WASHINGTON
The Senate ratified the consular treaty with the Soviet
Union Thursday. Before it takes effect, however, the
Soviet Presidium must also ratify it.
Senate Ethics Committee withheld a decision on wheth
er to accept affidavits that contributors to Senator Dodd in
tended him to use the money as he saw fit.
Congress should defer judgement on President John
son’s recommendation for a general income tax increase,
said the Senate-House Economic Committee.
The nation’s jobless rate remained at 3.7 per cent
last month and total employment held virtually steady, the
Labor Department reported.
Smack on the eve of St. Patrick’s Day, a Dublin born
scientist said Ireland has a very serious problem, a brain
drain.
NATIONAL
Perry Russo testified that he was hypnotized three
times in the Orleans Parish coroner’s office, but denied that
he has been under hypnosis during his testimony.
VIETNAM
President Johnson is developing a strategy of max
imum military and diplomatic pressure against the Com
munists in an effort to end the Vietnam war at the earli
est possible time.
Communist gunners shelled a U. S. merchant ship near
Saigon and used mortars in attacks against seven Ameri
can and Vietnamese positions.
U. S. intelligence officers have uncovered the most
graphic proof yet that a shadowy North Vietnamese general
directs the Communist war in South Vietnam. The proof
fell into American hands because the Red general, like
many generals the world over, liked to have his picture
taken.
INTERNATIONAL
Fifteen Greek army officers were convicted Thursday
of conspiring to overthrow the monarchy, but the man the
government accussed of heading the leftist plot escaped
trial. He is Andreas Papandreou, once an American citi
zen, son of a former premier, and a member of Parliament.
TEXAS
Texas’ draft quota for May is 885 men, Colonel Morris
Swartz, state draft director, said Thursday. This com
pares with quotas of 675 for April, 761 for March, and
675 for February.
The Railroad Commission reduced the Texas Oil allow
able for April and listened Thursday as the nation’s leading
oil company executives spoke with cautious optimism of
industry conditions.
Republicans who complained of odd-shaped congres
sional districts that fragment big city counties were told
Thursday that redistricting bill writers have to think
about what can pass.
Texas senators muzzled a 20-hour filibuster Thursday
while House member approved an anti-bugging bill. Sleepy
eyed senators quit until 10:30 a.m. Monday after an after
noon and night of parliamentary jockeying over a House-
approved local option city sales tax bill.
Four Vocal Soloists Perform
At Town Hall Show Sunday
Four vocal soloists will per
form with the Dallas Symphony
Orchestra in a joint presentation
with the University of Texas Con
cert Choir here Sunday.
They include bass-baritone Ed
ward A. Baird, soprano Claire
Brooks, contralto Juanita Teal
and tenor Grant B. Williams. All
have vast professional experience.
The performance, sponsored by
the Memorial Student Center’s
Town Hall Committee, is set for
Engineering Convocation
Attracts Students, Faculty
Two-Day Meeting
To Begin Tuesday
SINGING CADETS REHEARSE
A&M’s Singing Cadets reheayse for a con- Baytown and Spring Branch Friday and
cert tonight in the Jones Hall for the Per- Saturday,
forming Arts at Houston. They will sing in
Singing Cadets
Houston Jones
Slated For
Hall Show
Apartment Council
Plans Egg Hunt
The Apartment Council has
planed an Easter egg hunt for all
children of College View and
Hensel apartments at 2 p.m. Sun
day in Hensel Park.
There will be no charge for
activity card owners, but there
will be a charge of 50 for all
other families.
3 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coli
seum.
Director of the 67-year-old Dal
las Symphony is youthful Donald
Johanos. At his request, both the
symphony and choir will function
at less than full capacity.
Prompting Johanos’ request
was the work to be performed,
Bach’s B Minor Mass, said to be
one of the most demanding works
ever written. Johanos has direct
ed the Dallas Symphony since
1962.
Town Hall Chairman Sammy
Pearson said the Dallas Sym
phony plans to use 35 musicians
in the program. The University
of Texas Concert Choir, directed
by Dr. Morris Beachy, will bring
60 mixed voices to Aggieland.
Associate conductor of the Dal
las Symphony is Charles Black
man, formerly a concert violinist.
He is the author of a book about
the philosophy of conducting.
By PATRICIA HILL
Battalion Staff Writer
The Singing Cadets, directed
by Robert L. Boone, left today
for Houston where they will pre
sent a concern at the Jones Hall
for the Performing Arts.
Curtain time is 8 p.m. The con
cert, sponsored by the A&M
Mother’s Club, is already close to
a sell-out.
The program will include “The
Prodigal Son,” “Battle Hymn of
the Republic,” and “Testament of
Freedom.”
Mrs. June Beiring, accompanist
for the organization, will be as
sisted during the program by
Albert Maenche on the piano,
Clinton Coston on the string bass,
and Gordon T. Hill on the guitar.
200 Cadets View
Tinker Air Base
Approximately 200 A&M Air
Force cadets will make a field
trip to Tinker Air Force Base,
Okla., April 13, 14 and 15, ac
cording to Capt. Samuel J. Boles
of the Aerospace Studies Depart
ment.
Boles said sophomores are cur
rently signing up.
Junior and senior cadets will
also be included in the excursion.
Mrs. Beiring will also give a
piano solo of “Theme from War
saw Concerto.”
Boone will sing “G’wine to
Hebb’n,” a Negro spiritual.
After the Friday night concert
the group will travel to Baytown
where it will give a program
Saturday and wind up the trip
with a “sermon in song” at the
First Baptist Church at Spring
Branch Sunday.
Neal Ford, Fanatics Slated
For Junior Ball Performance
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IT’S ALMOST SPRING
With spring still five days away, coed takes and also accomplish studying in a most
advantage of the warm weather to get a tan leisurely manner. (Photo by Russell Autrey)
Neal Ford and the Fanatics
will entertain at the Junior Class
Ball in Sbisa Hall Saturday night,
starting at 8:30.
A 6:30 banquet will precede the
ball. Ball tickets are available
Draft Board
Head Never
Saw Changes
“I never thought that there
would be any changes in the
present system,” J, M. “Ben”
Daniel, head of the local Selec
tive Service Board, said recently
at the Methodist Student Center
in a discussion of the proposed
Selective Service bill.
The bill would eliminate the
local boards, replacing them with
500 area boards. The second
phase of the bill is the so-called
“youngest first” plan whereby
the youngest eligible men would
be called first, rather than the
older men as now.
Daniel expressed some doubt as
to whether the bill would be
passed in its entirety and stated
that the bill, if passed, would
provide for the “youngest first”
clause and also a rigid tightening
of student deferment. The White
House committee has proposed
elimination of student defer
ments, as well as reserve and
National Guard deferments.
Daniel then read the last state
director’s advice to local boards,
which states that ”2S classifica
tions had to be considered a ne
cessity to the maintenance of the
national health and that a pass
ing grade on the deferment test
did not necessarily mean auto
matic deferment, but rather
leaves it up to the discretion of
the local board.” Daniel, how
ever, assured that “mpst boards
will try to go along with the
students.”
for $3.00 per couple at the Stu
dent Programs Office today or
at the door. Banquet tickets went
off sale at 10 a.m. today.
The class will also announce its
class sweetheart. Finalists for
the title are Janet Wilson, who
will be escorted by William H.
Hughes; Madeline Wilson, the
escort of James H. Averett; Car
olyn Anderason, the date of B.A.
Wolfe; Carol Jane Bell, escorted
by Clarence T. Daugherty and
Melinda Malone, the date of Rob
ert R. Merritt.
The theme for the ball will be
“Partytime U.S.A.”
Dress will be midnights with
battle scarfs and midnights for
the banquet. Semi-formal attire
should be worn by civilian stu
dents.
MSC Committee's
6 Old Army' Movie
Set For Tonight
“We’ve Never Been Licked,” a
movie filmed at A&M during
World War II, will be shown in
Guion Hall at 7:30 tonight.
Robert Mitchum stars in the
full-length movie. Tickets are 50
cents.
Benefits from admission will go
to the Memorial Student Center
Overseas Scholarship Committee.
“The purpose of the committee
is to review and select candidates
for scholarships and loans for
overseas travel,” Steve Gummer,
MSC Council president, said.
The movie, Gummer comment
ed, shows what student life was
like 20 years ago at A&M and
concerns Mitchum, who becomes
involved as an American counter-
spy.
All College of Engineering
classes will be dismissed Tuesday
and Wednesday to allow maxi
mum student and faculty partici
pation in the university’s “Engi
neering for the 1970’s” convoca
tion.
The Memorial Student Center
meeting poses the question: What
is the engineering outlook for the
next decade?
Providing the answers will be
an array of leading industrial,
governmental and academic engi
neers, headed by Sir John Doug
las Cockcroft of Cambridge Uni
versity, the 1951 physics Nobel
Prize winner who confirmed Ein
stein’s theory of relativity.
The two-day convocation, first
of its type ever held in Texas,
will focus on the Southwest and
explore new areas of anticipated
growth and opportunities in such
fields as materials, energy con
version and urban engineering.
Approximately 500 persons are
expected to attend the meeting,
including vice presidents or direc
tors of engineering from most of
the major technical firms
throughout the state.
Sir John, who, was recently
named a distinguished visiting
professor of engineering at Texas
A&M, will present the meeting’s
inaugural lecture at 9 a.m. His
“Engineering for the 1970’s” ad
dress will include a discussion of
the impact of technology on civi
lization.
THE OPENING address will be
followed by a round-table discus
sion entitled “What Should the
Engineering Colleges Do to Meet
the Challenges of the 70’s.”
A&M Engineering Dean Fred
Benson will serve as moderator
for the panel, composed of Paul
Purser of the NASA Manned
Spacecraft Center in Houston;
State Highway Engineer D. C.
Greer of Austin; H. B. Zachry of
San Antonio, chairman of the
board, H. B. Zachry Co., and R.
C. Blaylock of Dallas, vice presi
dent and technical director for
Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc.
An afternoon round-table,
“How Should Industry and Gov
ernment Cooperate with the En
gineering Colleges in Their De
velopment During the 70’s,” will
be moderated by Dr. J. J. Mc-
Ketta, dean of engineering at the
University of Texas.
PARTICIPANTS in this dis
cussion include J. H. Dunn of
Amarillo, board chairman, Sham
rock Oil and Gas Corp.; Robert
H. Widmer, vice president for re
search and engineering at Gen
eral Dynamics in Fort Worth; K.
M. Tolleson of Freeport, plant
technical services manager, Dow
Chemical Co., and Dr. William B.
(See Engineers, Page 2)
SIR JOHN COCKCROFT
Journalism Head
Attends Meeting
In San Francisco
Dr. Delbert McGuire, head of
the Journalism Department, will
attend the spring meeting of the
American Council on Education
For Journalism at San Francisco
Friday and Saturday.
The meeting will include the
report from accreditation com
mittees on thier visitations to
several schools made during the
previous year. The committees
will submit a list of journalism
schools or departments for their
accrediting under ACEJ stand
ards.
Twelve schools were visited and
the members will vote on each
and then submit thier results to
the parent body of the ACEJ for
a final decision. Fourteen edu
cators and 10 professional news
media personnel will attend and
vote on the accreditation pro
posals.
“I have prepared a report on
journalism curriculums in junior
colleges in Texas which I made
a study of last year,” Dr. Mc
Guire said. He explained that the
ACEJ wish to make a detailed
study of future accreditation for
junior colleges.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
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First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings cer
tificates.
-Adv.
.
1967 AUTO PLATES
License plates are on sale in the Post Office area of the
MSC for the convenience of students and employes of
Texas A&M. The plates will be available March 20-23 and
March 28-29 between 8:30 a. m. and 4:15 p. m.
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