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Volume. 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1967
Number 447
SINGING CADET OFFICERS
Newly elected Singing Cadets Officers include (from left)
librarian Rod Ellis, publicity manager Fred May, business
I manager Jerry Holbert, vice president Jeff Cooper, and
president Lee Millikin.
rainit;
Chairmanships
Up On Three
‘C Committees
Cadet Corps Polishes Up
For Parents’ Inspection
Mrs. J. R. Rehmet
Honored Mother
Chairmenships for the Mem
orial Student Center Council
Bridge, Talent and Travel Com
mittees are still open, according
to President Scott Roberts.
“These chairmen will plan and
direct student programs for the
particular areas of bridge, tal
ent and travel,” he said.
The Bridge Committee provides
j opportunity for people interested
in bridge to play or learn to play.
The Talent Committee plans the
annual Aggie Talent Show and
provides for the enlistment and
presentation of performing stu
dent artists enrolled at Texas
A&M.
The Travel Committee provides
organized student and faculty va-
| cation tours and low cost trans
portation abroad during the sum
mer.
j A minimum overall grade point
ratio of 1.4 is required of all ap
plicants. Applications should be
j turned in before May 19, at 5 p.m.
Ring Activities Set
For A&M Seniors
Texas A&M’s Senior Ring Ban
quet and Dance is set Saturday,
May 20, announced Terrell Mul
lins, class president.
The banquet will be at 6 p.m.
in Duncan Dining Hall. The
Claude Gordon Band will play
for the 8:30 p.m. Ring Dance at
Sbisa Hall.
Mullins urged all members of
the graduating class to partici
pate in both activities. Tickets
are available through May 18 at
the Memorial Student Center
Program Office.
PRACTICE FOR PARENTS’ DAY
The Corps of Cadets line up for practice Thursday afternoon in preparation for Review at 2 p. m. Sunday for Par
ents’ Day. (Photo by Russell Autrey)
Aggies Elect Senators Tuesday
Balloting is Tuesday for the
Student Senate representative
elections in the basement of the
Memorial Student Center from 8
a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Candidates in the College of
Agriculture are: Seniors: David
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VIETNAM
The switch in American pacification efforts to more
military control left little doubt among officers Thursday
that U. S. troop strength in Vietnam will have be vastly
expanded if the war is to be prosecuted successfully.
Secretary-General U Thant declared Thursday that a
direct confrontation between the United States and Red
China is inevitable if the present trend in the Vietnam
is to continue.
WASHINGTON
The Kennedy Round trAde negotiators at Geneva ap
pear heading toward an agreement that would leave Ameri
can grain growers just where they were when negotiations
began several years ago.
The United States announced Thursday that for the
second day in a row a Soviet destroyer sideswiped the
U. S. destroyer Walker in the Sea of Japan.
Cost is a major factor holding up a decision on whether
to recommission a World War II battleship for the Vietnam
war, Pentagon sources said Thursday.
INTERNATIONAL
Violent fighting swept at least four cities of Red
China’s rice-basket province, Honan, Japanese reports from
Peking said Thursday.
The European Common Market Council completed
Thursday its stand for the final phase of the Kennedy
Round of talks on lowering customs duties and eliminating
other barriers to world trade.
TEXAS
Cassius Clay was ordered Thursday to stand trial
June 5 on a charge of refusing to be drafted into the armed
services.
A power blackout hit almost without warning in 18
Southeast Texas counties Thursday.
John Boethel, Jack Ronald Cole
man, Edgar Lee Ohlendorf, and
Carroll Henry Rabel; Juniors:
Glenn Keim, Stephen Boyd Mad
dox and James E. Mudd; Sopho
mores: Robert J. Burford, Rich
ard J. Hodge, Terry Jungman and
Frank Mantalbano III.
Contesting the three seats in
the College of Engineering are:
Seniors: Alan W. Backof, David
L. Burrus, Jack W. Downing and
Leon Edward Travis; Juniors:
Carlos Almaguer, Garland H.
Clark, Carl J. Hansen, Stephen A.
Holditch, and Donald A. Swof-
ford; Sophomores: Larry A.
Bowles, Phillip R. Frye, John R.
Gingrich and Stephen H. Simpson.
In the College of Geosciences,
candidates are: Senior: John
Charles Thomas; Juniors: James
Michael Looney, David W. Ruck-
man; no one filed for sophomore
representative.
To do battle in the College of
Liberal Arts are: Senior: How
ard M. Hensel, Stephen C. High
tower and James Howard Leh
mann; Juniors: Willard R. Bry
ant, David Thomas Maddox, Lar
ry E. Henry, David Melvin How-
Pacification Switch Expands
U, So Troop Strength In War
By JOHN T. WHEELER
SAIGON (A*)—The switch in
American pacification efforts to
more military control left little
doubt among officers here Thurs
day that U. S. troop strength in
Vietnam Will have to be vastly
expanded if the war is to be
prosecuted successfully.
SOME SAIGON estimates of
requirements ranged up to
700,000 GIs even before U. S.
Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker
announced the transfer from civil
ian hands of the American phase
of the allied program to win the
hearts and minds of Vietnamese
villagers.
Actual operation of the revolu
tionary development teams pri
marily assigned to bring this
about is in the hands of the Sai
gon government, with American
assistance in aid materials.
U. S. Vessel Rammed Again
WASHINGTON <A>)—The
United States announced Thurs
day that for the second day in a
row a Soviet destroyer side-
swiped the U.S. destroyer Walk
er in the Sea of Japan. Wash
ington delivered tough-worded
protests calling on the Kremlin
to promptly “halt such harass-
ments.”
The surprise news of the sec
ond naval collision apparently
shifted the matter from the sta
tus of accident to serious inci
dent marking further worsening
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
of U.S.-Soviet relations already
strained over the Vietnam war.
ALTHOUGH NO formal re
sponse to the U.S. protests has
yet come from Moscow, it was
understood that the Soviets here
rejected out of hand the U.S. ac
cusation of deliberate harass
ment.
As of late Thursday, neither
incident had been reported in
Moscow newspapers.
American diplomats wondered
whether Moscow deliberately has
stepped up its naval interference
in retaliation for the expanded
U.S. bombing of North Vietnam.
SOME U.S. admirals likened
the maneuverings of the rival de
stroyers to a game of “chicken”
at sea — holding on collision
course to see who would give
way first.
The Pentagon gave out a brief
U.S. version of Thursday’s naval
contact while the State Depart
ment hurriedly called in the top
Soviet here to deliver what it
termed a second severe com
plaint.
The Pentagon reported: At
1:33 a.m. Washington time 2:33
p.m. Tokyo time the Walker and
a Soviet Krupnyi class destroyer
“brushed together about 300 nau
tical miles 345 statute miles -west
southwest of Hokkaido Island,
Japan.”
UP TO NOW protection of
these teams has been primarily
the responsibility of Saigon’s own
armed forces, although more than
15,000 U. S| troops have been in
volved to some degree in Ameri
can pacification work headed up
by the U. S. mission’s Office of
Civil Operations.
Some American military units
have had their own pacification
programs.
Now more apparently will be
assigned in the over-all project.
“This will happen in varying
degrees from time to time,” Gen.
William C. Westmoreland said
when asked if the number would
increase.
WITHOUT THE added respon
sibility, the U. S. commander in
Vietnam has been having to rob
Peter to pay Paul in juggling
his troops to meet increased
Communist threats, largely in
the northern st Corps area.
He has 442,000 men at present.
Washington has approved a boost
to the half-million mark by the
end of this year.
BATTLES LAST week empha
sized the rising tempo of the war.
ard, Carroll Wayne Schubert,
James Howard Thurmon, Monroe
Goddy Wells and James Hall Will-
banks; Sophomores: Gary Mau-
ro, Kenneth H. Fenoglio, Gerald
Geistweidt, Mac Spears, and Ron
ald S. Torn.
Vying for the opportunity to
represent the College of Science
are: Seniors: Wayne J. Baird;
Juniors: James Mobley, Robert L.
Pennington, Ralph Rayburn and
Darrell Schwab; Sophomores:
Neal M. Ely, Harry Lesser Jr.,
and Ronald Edward Masterson.
In the College of Veterinary
Medicine are: Senior: Joseph M.
Wright; Juniors: Kenneth Can
trell and Blaine Purcell.
Running for Election Commit
tee representatives are: Seniors:
Anthony Richard Benedetto, Jer
ry A. Ferguson and Michael D.
Noonan; Juniors: Gary Lynn
Davis, Barbara Sue Staten and
Robin Alan Young; Sophomores:
Richard Dee Garret and Michael
Douglas Mueller.
Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets
is polishing everything in sight
as it prepares for Parents’ Day,
Sunday.
INDIVIDUAL and unit award
presentations will highlight the
day. The naming of units win
ning the Gen. George F. Moore
Trophy for the best overall unit
and Corps of Cadets Academic
Achievement Award are major
designations among 26 honors.
Awards will be made in G.
Rollie White Coliseum at 9:30
a.m. and a Corps review on the
Memorial Student Center drill
field at 2 p.m.
Cadet flower pinning cere
monies in dormitory areas initi
ate the tight schedule. After the
mother of the squadron or com
pany commander or first sergeant
has pinned each member of the
unit, the best drilled sophomore
and freshman for each unit will
be named. Also at 9:30 a.m.,
unit commanders awards will be
presented.
PRESIDENT Earl Rudder will
greet visitors in a 9 a.m. Student
Senate program in the Coliseum.
Student Body President Wayne
(Barney) Fudge of Burkburnett
will preside for the half-hour
program.
A&M’s “Mother of the Year,”
Mrs. Joseph R. Rehmet of Alice,
will be presented. Corps Chaplain
Jerry Don Stevens of Happy
will pay tribute to mothers, Stu
dent Life Committee Chairman
Terry Aglietti of Idaho Falls,
Idaho, will present Mrs. Rehmet
with a bouquet of roses and
James T. Oliver of Grapeland,
Civilian Student Council presi
dent will recognize fathers.
THE AGGIE BAND will play
for the program, with individual
and unit awards to follow. Out
standing cadets and units will be
recognized with awards from the
Reserve Officers Association,
Caldwell, and Federated A&M
Mothers’ Clubs plus other tro
phies.
Following church services and
lunch in Duncan Dining Hall, the
Ross Volunteers, A&M’s elite
honor drill unit, will make its
only precision marching appear
ance of the year on campus.
The 1:30 p.m. drill of the unit
commanded by Thomas C. Stone
of Donna immediately precedes
the Corps of Cadets review.
At 3 p.m., the Fish Drill Team,
recent winner of the second high
est drill award in the nation, will
perform. All three events will be
on the main parade ground. The
FDT, commanded by Justo Gon-
zalesof San Antonio, was second
in the national drill champion
ships in Washington, D. C., and
has garnered 21 trophies this
year.
AN RV PROGRAM in the
MSC Ballroom will run concur
rent with cadet dormitory open
house, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
The weekend program heralds
conclusion of the 1966-67 school
year. Commencement, commis
sioning and final review May 27
follow the last regular day of
classes.
Ross Volunteers
In Special Drill
For Parents’ Day
The 85-cadet Ross Volunteer
Company will present a special
drill Sunday along with other
activities concurrent with Par
ents’ Day at Texas A&M.
RV Commander Thomas C.
Stone of Donna said the elite
honor drill unit will present its
special drill at 1:30 p.m. at the
Main Drill Field. The presenta
tion will immediately precede a
Cadet Corps review.
Stone, a senior architectural
construction major, said senior
platoon leaders John Tyson of
Timpson, John Willingham of
Austin, William Haseloff of
Vernon and juniors will be in
volved in the drill. The organiza
tion is comprised of juniors and
seniors.
The drill is the RV’s only com
pany appearance on campus dur
ing the school year. Firing squads
are utilized for Silver Taps and
the annual Aggie Muster April
21. The entire unit marched at
the Cotton Bowl Parade, Gover
nor’s Inauguration and Mardi
Gras.
Outstanding juniors for each
platoon and the company will be
announced at an RV program in
the Memorial Student Center
Ballroom at 3:30 p.m. Sunday,
Stone went on.
Seniors will be presented keys
and a photographic program cov
ering the unit’s appearances in
Dallas, Austin and New Orleans
will be shown.
Weather
SATURDAY — Cloudy to partly
cloudy, few rain showers late
afternoon, winds southerly 15 to
25 m.p.h. High 92. Low 74.
SUNDAY — Cloudy to partly
cloudy, few heavy thundershow
ers late afternoon, winds souther
ly 15 to 30 m.p.h. High 93. Low
74.
5% per year paid on all
savings at Bryan Build-
B l, & Loan Assn. Adv.
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
A candidate in the College of Liberal Arts finishes placing his poster on the grounds across
from the MSC while trying to influence a voter. Elections are Tuesday for Senate Repre
sentatives from the six colleges.
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