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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas
Thursday, May 4, 1967
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“IT WAS A RATHER NORMAL DAY AND THEN
Taking revenge on the senior Ross Volunteers for all the “suffering’' they endured this
By JOHN T. WHEELER
SAIGON (A*) — Manpower needs
are forcing the Communists to
put more women into their guer
rilla and main-force units.
U. S. troops who have opposed
women in isolated clashes give
them credit for being good fight
ers.
In some areas, most notably the
Mekong Delta, the Viet Cong are
recruiting and impressing 14-year-
old boys into their service. U. S.
sources say captured Viet Cong
have run all the way down to 12
years old.
THESE SOURCES say that, as
a consequence the Viet Cong are
recruiting up to 25 per cent of
their replacements from women,
creating a women’s army corps
that is fairly formidable. The
exact size is unknown.
Although some of their tasks
involve little risk — such as cook
ing and clerical duties — increas
ing numbers are being used as
sentries, couriers through govern
ment-held areas and as intelli
gence agents.
There have been reports of
shootouts between Vietnamese
government forces and small, all
women Viet Cong forces.
A U.S. SOURCE says Ameri
can GIs have yet to run into such
European Troops
Not Destined For
South Vietnam
year, the junior RVs dragged, tossed, hauled, stomped or burned their upperclassmen in
the “Quad” Tuesday afternoon. (Photos by Russell Autrey)
Churchill Downs
Grad Challenges
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The Texas A&M class of 1967
was challenged Monday to become
graduates through which the uni
versity will be recognized “not as
the MIT of the South, but MIT
will be made the Texas A&M of
the North.”
“HERE’S MUD IN YOUR EYE”
Another senior Ross Volunteer receives a little bit of extra
attention as he is dropped into the mud.
The phrase was used by Don
Cloud, 1959 A&M graduate and
Cadet Colonel of the Corps. He
issued the challange to more than
600 seniors at an Association of
Former Students’ banquet honor
ing the class.
The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology is known as one of
the great technological institu
tions of the world.
“Actions of A&M alumni are
many person’s only knowledge of
A&M,” Cloud stated. He is mer
chandising manager for Allied
Mills in Fort Worth.
President Jack Crichton of Dal
las welcomed the class to the as
sociation. The group elected
Tommy Stone of Donna, class
agent.
Gets KKK Helpers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. UP) — Mem
bers of the Ku Klux Klan, some
dressed in white robes and hoods,
arrived today “to help police keep
order” at Churchill Downs.
They made a quick trip to the
racing strip but were denied ad
mittance. The group was told
the track wasn’t open and that
no help was needed.
One of the Klansmen then pre
dicted that “thousands like me
will be back here Saturday to
help out you fellows.”
Open housing supporters have
threatened to disrupt the Ken
tucky Derby this weekend to call
attention to their demands for
such a law in Louisville.
Before the trip to the track,
two officials of the Klan and five
hooded members told a news con
ference in a downtown restaurant
that “we are here to offer our
support.”
Justin Lynn Smith, interna
tional organizer of the Klan from
Huntsville, Ala., said, “We are a
nonviolent organization.”
He said no decision has been
made yet whether Klansmen
would wear their robes and hoods
at the track Saturday but said
they probably would not.
WASHINGTON <A>) — Secre
tary of State Dean Rusk said to
day 35,000 American troops due
to be pulled out of Western Eur
ope are not destined for duty in
Vietnam.
“This is not the idea at all,”
Rusk said after a two-hour, closed
door report to a Senate panel con
sidering the troop reduction issue.
“It is not anticipated that these
brigades will be involved in Viet
nam in any way,” he said.
INSTEAD, Rusk said, they will
be assigned to home-front posts,
will remain committed to the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion, and will be ready for swift
return to Europe if they are
needed.
President Johnson, asked at a
news conference whether the
troops would be available for duty
in Vietnam, said the decision af
fecting force levels in Europe was
not related to the war in South
east Asia.
RUSK APPEARED before a
closed session of a special Sen
ate committee headed by Demo
cratic Leader Mike Mansfield of
Montana. The panel is studying
a series of resolutions including
one sponsored by Mansfield and
43 other senators that would have
the Senate declare itself in favor
of substantial troop reductions in
Europe.
Rusk said he has no informa
tion to indicate that the Com
munist powers of Eastern Europe
contemplate troop reductions of
their own. He said he would be
glad if they took reciprocal ac
tion.
SEN. HENRY M. Jackson, D-
Wash., and Sen. George D. Aiken,
R-Vt., said they do not anticipate
further troop reductions soon.
“They have no other plans,”
Jackson said.
“That’s probably about all we
can expect at this time,” Aiken
said.
confrontation with an all-woman
unit. However, pistol-packing
Viet Cong women have stood with
Communist troopers and fought
against advancing American
units. In some cases they fought
very well.
These Viet Cong women sol
diers have been given tough mili
tary training that American serv
ice women do not get.
Much of the pick and shovel
work is done by the women who
must fortify and repair base
camps while the men are out
patroling or fighting.
SOMETIMES women are among
the special units that clean up the
battlefield. Often this means run
ning under fire to grab weapons
or help drag bodies of woutj
or dead soldiers back to the li;
Sullen-faced women seen
American and government GIs
villages abandoned bymenoS
are Viet Cong women. Theyti
fully count the number of a
troops, note how they movei
observe their tactics if pos;
The information could prove
uable in a later Communist
bush try.
LOVE, GENERALLY, is
for the w'oman soldier. Ut N a *
Communist doctrine, love isst:
thing for another time and [I (.they
and the Communist women
men troops are ordered to
sider themselves as brothers
sisters.
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ALCOA AIDS TEXAS A&M
H. F. Chrisco (left), Alcoa Rockdale works manager,pt
sents a $5,500 check from the Alcoa Foundation to &
Rudder, Texas A&M president, to cover four $750 engine!
ing scholarships and a $2,500 chemical engineering
ship for 1967-68 at Texas A&M.
Bulletin Board
TODAY
Bell County Hometown Club
will meet in room 205 of the Aca
demic Building at 7 p.m. for the
election of officers.
El Paso Hometown Club will
meet in room 3-C of the MSC at
7:30 p.m. also to elect officers for
the new year.
Falls County Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the!
Houston Hometown Cluh
meet in room 201 of the Pkj
Building at 7:30 p.m.
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