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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1967
Number 441
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WASHINGTON OP) — The
United States will draw up to 35,-
000 troops and almost 100 air
planes from West Germany next
year, saving an estimated $100
million spent abroad, under an
agreement reached last week
among this country, Great Brit
ain, and West Germany.
THE AGREEMENT, announced
Tuesday, was reached after five
months of negotiations on the cru
cial issue of keeping as many
American troops in Germany as
possible while cutting back on the
drain of America’s gold reserve.
According to the announcement
Britain will withdraw about 5,000
soldiers and about 20 planes from
West Germany.
THE AGREEMENT was wel
comed by Sen. Mike Mansfield, D-
Mont., an advocate of substantial
troop reductions in Europe, who
described the pact as a “sound
foreign policy decision—an initial
step in the adjustment of our
NATO commitments.”
The agreement, which now goes
as a three-nation proposal to the
Defense Planning Committee of
the North Atlantic Treaty Orga
nization, is expected to end a
period of uneasiness among the
President Delays
Railroad Strike
WASHINGTON <A>) — As Con
gress waited for President John
son to recommend ways to settle
the railroad wage dispute, he
signed into law Tuesday a bill
delaying for 47 more days any
strike by craft-shop workers.
WHITE HOUSE press secre
tary George Christian said the
President would submit his legis
lative proposals soon.
THE UNIONS are demanding
a two-year agreement with a six
per cent general wage increase,
plus 12.5 cents an hour for skill
ed men the first year and a five
per cent pay raise and 12.5 more
cents for skilled workers the sec
ond year.
The railroads have offered a
six per cent general wage in
crease, plus a five-cent per hour
skill increase for an 18-month
agreement.
three allies which started in the
summer of 1966.
THAT WAS when the West
German government made clear it
would not continue the practice
of offsetting the cost of keeping
Anglo-American troops on its soil
by purchasing military hardware
in the two countries.
U. S. officials stressed that the
tense atmosphere in which the
talks started last October gave
way quickly to a friendly climate
in which all three sides cooperated
in seeking an answer to the tick
lish problem which boils down to
this:
CAN THE TWO “troop dis
patching countries,” the United
States and Britain, ease their bal
ance of payments problem with
out jeopardizing what the mili
tary calls the combat potential
of the alliance ?
Corps Battalion, Group
1967-68 CO’s Announced
3 Tyler Juniors
Official To Speak
To Junior, Senior
Air Force Cadets
First Lt. Henry E. Haliasz of
the Wright-Patterson AFB For
eign Technology Division will dis
cuss the Air Force Systems Com
mand with Texas A&M junior
and senior AFROTC cadets
Thursday.
The 7:15 p.m. film and slides
presentation will be in Room 145
of the Physics Building, announc
ed Col. Vernon L. Head, Aero
space Studies Department Head.
A 1964 A&M graduate and
former Squardon 9 commander,
Lieutenant Haliasz is contract
monitor for one of the Foreign
Technology Division’s civilian con
tracts. His first Air Force as
signment was as a signals analyst
for FTD.
The officer received a bachelor
degree in electrical engineering
at A&M and is working on a
masters in business management
at the University of Dayton on
non-duty time.
THE THURSDAY presentation
will cover Wright-Patterson, U.S.
and overseas base facilities, Sys
tems Command and Haliasz’ ex
periences as a new Air Force
officer. He is from Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Get 2 Diamonds
PERILS OF WAR IN VIETNAM
Young Vietnamese woman holds crying child and two older Vietnamese women wail as
they are questioned at gunpoint by a Vietnamese soldier. The young woman was later
arrested as the wife of a guerrilla. (AP Wirephoto)
Trophies Await Top Drivers
In Car Club’s Time Trials
By WINSTON GREEN
Battalion Editor
More than $100 in trophies
will be awarded to top drivers
in this weekend's “Targa Time
Trials,” sponsored by the Brazos
Singing Cadet Concert Set
In Civic Auditorium Friday
The annual concert of Texas
A&M’s Singing Cadets is set for
8 p.m. Friday in the Bryan Civic
Auditorium.
Director Robert L. (Bob) Boone
said the two-hour program will
feature a sermon in swing, folk
songs, and songs of the Civil War
and World Wars I and II.
FEATURED IN the first por
tion of the concert will be “The
Spirit of Aggieland,” “The Prodi
gal Son,” “Gwine to Hebb’n,”
‘The Water is Wide,” “Go’Way
From My Windows,” and “I’m
Rollin’ Along.”
Other songs include “Appari
tions,” “When Johnny Comes
Marching Home,” “Tenting To
night,” “Aura Lee,” “Dixie,”
“Battle Hymn of the Republic,”
“Pack Up Your Troubles in Your
Old Kit-Bag,” “Over There,”
“How ’Ya Gonna Keep Em Down
on the Farm” and ‘Hinky Dinky
Parlay Voo.”
MRS. JUNE BIERING, pianist-
accompanist for the Singing Ca
dets, will play a solo, theme from
“The Warsaw Concerto.”
The Cadets also will sing “When
Irish Eyes are Smiling,” “Won’t
You Play a Simple Melody,” “K-
K-Katy,” “The World Outside,”
“My Buddy,” a medley of George
M. Cohan tunes, “Sentimental
Journey,” “Praise the Lord and
Pass the Ammunition,” and “Corn
in’ in on a Wing and a Prayer.”
Other numbers are “Accentuate
the Positive,” “Lilli Marlene,”
“I’ll Be Seeing You,” “Nothin’
Like a Dame,” “Mam’selle,” “Old
King Cole,” and “Testament of
Freedom.”
BOONE SAID the concert will
feature more soloists than in past
years.
Tickets are available at the
Memorial Student Center Program
office. They also will be avail
able at the door Friday night.
LAST CONCERT
The Singing Cadets will perform their last public concert at 8 p. m. Friday in the Bryan
Civic Auditorium.
Sports Car Club, announced club
president Delbert Stanley.
ALSO LOCAL automobile deal
ers will present five special
trophies.
Corbusier Chevrolet will pre
sent a trophy to the time trials'
fastest Corvette. Hickman Gar
rett Motors will give a trophy to
the fastest Volkswagen and Stub
blefield Imported Cars will award
trophies to the fastest Datsun,
Sunbeam Alpine and Triumph.
Time trials are at the Bryan
Air Force Base, seven miles west
of Bryan on Highway 21, Satur
day and Sunday.
“REGISTRATION begins Sat
urday morning at 10,” said Stan
ley. “The rest of the day will be
open for practice runs on the 1.5
to 2-mile course. Saturday eve
ning there will be a party for
participants where racing films
will be shown.”
Late registration begins Sun
day morning at 8:00 with driv-
throughs beginning also at 8:00 he
SCONA XIII
Sets Six-City
Aid Drive
A six-city finance drive by lead
ers of Texas A&M University’s
Student Conference on National
Affairs is set June 5-9, announced
Finance Chairman Henry Cis
neros of San Antonio.
Cisneros said student teams
will visit industrial and business
leaders in Houston, Dallas, San
Antonio, Tyler, Corpus Christi
and Austin to seek pledges to sup
port the 13th Student Conference
on National Affairs Dec. 6-10 at
A&M.
THE FINANCE chairman said
SCONA workers hope to receive
approximately $9,000, about the
same sum pledged in an Easter
drive.
Cisneros noted that the SCONA
budget exceeds $18,000. Funds
will be used to pay expenses of
180 delegates from colleges and
universities in the United States,
Canada and Mexico, as well as
speakers and roundtable co-chair
men.
5% per year paid on all
savings at Bryan Build-
b l ing & Loan Assn. Adv.
continued. “Competition starts at
9:30.
“The course is open and very
quick—similar to a road course,”
he added.
ACCORDING to club secretary
Roger Meads, “There will be
eight men’ and two women’s
classes.
“The cars are placed competi
tively,” he continued. “We don’t
feel a TR-4 should run against
a Lotus Elan, a TR-3 against a
Porsche, or a Minnicooper “S”
against a Volkswagen. Also,
Porsches will not be allowed in
sedan classes.”
He noted that there will be a
special “GT” class for American
“V-8” sedans. “This eliminates
Corvettes from the same class as
Camaros and Mustangs,” he said.
STANLEY reminded drivers
that each car “must be in safe
working condition” and that each
much have seat belts.
Jim Ray, winner of the club’s
last time trial, explained that
time trials are “different from a
rally or a regular race.
“In a rally, the driver and a
navigator follow prescribed di
rections given to them by race
officials,” he said. “It is their
ability to follow directions, not
the performance of their car that
is primarily important.
By BILL ALDRICH
Battalion Staff Writer
The Texas A&M Corps of Ca
dets named Battalion and Group
commanders Tuesday. These men
are designated cadet Lt. Colonels
for 1967-68.
The two-diamondmen are Ric
hard G. McCann, John Corcoran,
Reese W. Brown, Robert B. Boldt,
Donald M. Savage, Hal M. Horn-
burg, Wayne J. Baird and An
thony W. Groves.
McCANN WILL command the
First Battalion in the Army
ROTC program. He is the son
of Burton C. McCann. He is
from Tulsa, Okla., and is a zoo
logy major.
Corcoran will have charge of
the Second Battalion. The Tyler
native is a junior petroleum engi
neering major, the son of John
Corcoran.
The Third Battalion will be
under the command of Brown.
He is a civil engineering major
from Tyler, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Reese W. Brown Jr.
BOLDT, also of Tyler, is the
new commander of the Fourth
Battalion. He is the son of Mrs.
Lanelle S. Boldt and is an in
dustrial technology major.
In the Air Force ROTC pro
gram, the First Group will be
commanded by Savage. He is a
government major from Fort
Worth, the son of Luther G. Sav
age.
The Second Group will come
under the supervision of Horn-
burg. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Homburg of Dallas.
He is a junior business admini
stration major.
A JUNIOR physics major from
Big Springs, Baird will be the
new head of the Third Group. He
is the son of Lt. Col. Julian B.
Baird.
The Fourth Group will be com
manded by Groves. He is an
aerospace engineering major from
Universal City. He is the son of
Lt. Col. A. W. Groves.
THE NEW commanders will
start organizing their staffs after
Mother’s Day and will officially
assume their posts at Final Re
view.
Many Expected
To Cast Ballots
In Korean Race
SEOUL, South Korea <A») —
A turnout of about 10 million
voters — nearly 80 per cent of
the electorate — is expected in
South Korea’s presidential elec
tion Wednesday. Advance indi
cations are that it will be the
nation’s most peaceful postwar
election.
Forecasters say President
Chung Hee Park, 49, an army
general turned politician, will
be re-elected to a four-year
term. They say he will win by a
margin of 500,000 votes.
Park is opposed by Yun Po-
sun, 69, a former president, and
four splinter candidates who are
not expected to come close.
Winding up a bitter one-month
campaign, Park told a news
conference Tuesday he needs to
be re-elected to complete his
economic program for the
country.
Park’s major achievements
have been political and econom
ic stability — things South Ko
reans have not had since inde
pendence from Japan in 1945.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
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VIETNAM
The Marine’s loss of nearly 100 dead and 276 wounded
in a week’s fiKhting- around two jung-led hilltops underlines
their proportionately high casualties in the Vietnam war.
WASHINGTON
Sidelining a critical staff report, Senate Republicans
announced Tuesday they were standing foursquare behind
President Johnson’s Vietnam war course.
The Senate wound up a bitter six-week floor fight Tues
day by voting against a plan to help finance presidential
election campaigns with $1 income tax contributions.
NATIONAL
Cassius Clay asked the fifth U. S. Circuit of Appeals
Tuesday to enjoin his draft board from declaring him a
delinquent and instituting criminal action for his refusal
to heed its call.
TEXAS
Texas Telephone and Telegraph Co., the largest pri
vately owned telephone system in the state, has been sold
to Continental Telephone Corporation.
State Selective Service headquarters said Tuesday that
Texas will supply 975 men for the Army as part of a national
draft call in June for 19,|800 men.
Marines Take Hill From V.C.
In Tuesday’s Border Action
SAIGON <A>> _ U. S. Marines
claimed possession of the south
ridge of Hill 881 Tuesday night
and battled on to drive North
Vietnamese regulars from other
high ground overlooking enemy
infiltration routes from Laos.
“WE THINK Hill 881 South is
physically occupied, but not se
cured,” said a spokesman at the
big Marine base at Da Nang.
Heavy action in the hills be
low the border demilitarized zone,
in the central highlands and in
the Mekong River delta coincided
with an announcement of the
war’s biggest blow by U. S.
fighter-bombers against North
Vietnam’s MIG fleet — destruc
tion of 11 of the Soviet-built
fighters.
THE U.S. Command said Amer
ican planes shot down three and
destroyed eight on the ground
Monday at two air bases — Kep,
37 miles northeast of Hanoi, and
Hoa Lac, 20 miles west of the
Communist capital. The total of
11 compared with the previous
high of seven Jan. 2. All the
latter were destroyed in combat.
IN A DELAYED report, how
ever, the U. S. Command an
nounced the loss of three Air
Force F105 Thunderchiefs and
their crewmen over North Viet
nam Sunday and said MIGs
downed two. This brought to 528
the number of planes officially
listed as lost north of the border.
The dogfighting record stood at
48 MIGs shot down against the
destruction of 15 American
planes.
FOLLOWING THE first at
tacks on MIG bases April 24, re
ports from Washington said the
strikes were intended only as
warnings to North Vietnam. The
intensity of the air blows since,
however, appeared to indicate a
concerted effort is being made
to knock out North Vietnam’s air
power.
U. S. OFFICIALS here would
not comment on this prospect, but
it is common knowledge that some
military men have long been urg
ing such action. The Hanoi re
gime is estimated, with replace
ments for at least some battle
losses, to have from 100 to 150
MIGs, six IL28 bombers and a
few Soviet transport helicopters.
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