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( *'l*-‘* * * t Che Bdttdlion Weather •:•: THURSDAY—Partly cloudy, winds :£ southeasterly 10 to 15 m.p.h. High 82. Low 63. :•>! FRIDAY—Partly cloudy to cloudy, £: g: winds southerly 15 to 20 m.p.h. High g* :£ 86. Low 66. Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1967 Number 449 the outs J± world ' 1 Students Elect Senators, Commissioners Tuesday Artillery duels which have been churning up the area of the demilitarized zone are regarded by U. S. Marine officers as a prelude to a long summer of bloody fighting. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne division battled guerrillas twice near the cost 315 miles northeast of Saigon with heavy support by helicopter gunships. Enemy ground fire hit 13 of the choppers, destroying one and disabling five others. U. S. Marines battled through banana groves and under brush Tuesday in an effort to root out entrenched North Vietnamese regulars menacing Con Thein, a forward com mand post two miles south of the demilitarized zone. WASHINGTON Two Pentagon officials are on record discounting sena torial suggestions that 20,000 automatic rifles under sale contract to Singapore might find their way to Red China. The government rejected as “not practical, feasible or economical” Tuesday a railroad union offer to move essential military and other goods and equipment in event of a nationwide strike next month. A proposal by Senator John Sherman Cooper, R.-Ky., to restrict the bombing of North Vietnam set off a fresh round of senatorial warnings Monday against military actions that might bring Red China into the war. INTERNATIONAL Charles de Gaule spared the veto but not the rod Tues day in appraising Britain’s new application for membership in the European Common Market. TEXAS Lawyers for labor organizer Eugene Nelson posted $2,000 bond Monday and the man who originated the farm labor union movement in the Lower Rio Grande Valley was released from Starr County jail. District Attorney A. R. Archer of Monahans said Tues day he will meet with lawyers for Billie Sol Estes in Tyler, perhaps early next month, to discus the former financiers’ retrial on state swindling charges. Top Honors Listed At Livestock Show “Tex” Nowlin, Mike Ritchey and Henry McQuaide took top honors in the Little Southwest ern Livestock Show and Exhibi tion here last weekend. The show, sponsored by the Saddle and Sirloin Club, consist ed of science exhibits, a livestock show and a ham show and sale. Contestants in the three shows are students here, and most are members of the club. The live stock used was furnished by the Animal Science Department. The science exhibits were con structed by students to illustrate different facets of animal pro duction and utilization. Ritchey, of Bryan, had the Grand Cham pion exhibit. Hugh Soap, of Troup, showed the Reserve Cham pion exhibit. The Grand Champion ham was shown by McQuaide, of Bryan, and was bought by Edgar Brown, of Orange, for $200. Reserve Champion ham showman was James G. Watkins, of College Station. The ham sale netted $2,858 for the club. Nowlin, of Harlingen, was the over-all Grand Champion Show man, and Buddy Adams of Hum ble, was the over-all Reserve Champion Showman. Jim Owings, of Beeville, ex hibited beef cattle to win the Grand Champion showmanship title in that division. Jim San ders, also from Beeville, won the Reserve Champion position. Judge for the beef cattle show manship division was Ronnie Pat terson, the vocational agriculture instructor at Brunet. Two brothers won the top po sitions in the sheep showmanship contest. Adams, the Reserve Champion Showman in the over all competition, won the Grand Champion place in the sheep di vision. His brother, Pete Adams, won the Reserve Champion in the same show. Obert Sagebiel, the vocational agriculture teacher at Wall, was the judge. Grand Champion swine show man was Mack Heald, of Anson. Roy Burk, of Valley Springs was the Reserve Champion Showman in the swine division. Euel Liner, from the Lubbock Swine Breed ers, Inc., was the swine show manship judge. Nowlin was the Grand Cham pion horse showman. Morris Straughan, the county agent at Conroe, was the judge for the horse division. STUDENT SENATE ELECTION Norris Henthorn (right), election committee member, gives instruction on the operation of voting machine in Student Senate College elections Tuesday. Aggie Scouters Develop Engineering Merit Badge Scouters in the College of Engi neering developed an official en gineering merit badge which has been accepted by the Boy Scouts of America National Executive Board. Professor Robert H. Fletcher of A&M’s Mechanical Engineering Department said the Arrowmoon Scout District, which includes College Station, was advised of the merit badge’s acceptance by F. R. Strothers, chief scout ex ecutive. Fletcher said the activity which led to development of the badge began in 1962 when the Engineer ing Council for Professional De velopment established an engi- MSC Arts Committee Meets Tonight The Contemporary Arts Com mittee of the Memorial Student Center will have its organiza tional meeting tonight at 7:30 in Room 3-D of the MSC, announced Darrell Campbell, chairman. Anyone interested is invited to be present. The committee will be responsible for bringing pres entations and speakers to the campus during the next year. Areas encompassed by the Contemporary Arts Committee are Literary, Films, Painting and Sculpture, and Music. New com mittee members will be able to choose their areas of interest from the above. neering merit badge committee. The late Prof. J. W. Amyx headed a group which outlined areas of professional engineering appro priate for advanced Boy Scouts. Amyx and Fletcher worked out various requirements, finally re ducing them to one and an alter nate set which were reviewed by ECPD committee members around the country. The Boy Scout Executive Com mittee accepted the proposals aft er several years of study and con solidation. Also approved by the commit tee was an engineering merit badge patch designed by Fletcher and Professor Harvey Caddess. Fletcher said the patch is being artistically refined by Dr. James Earle, Engineering Graphics De partment head, before being sub mitted to the executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America. Arrowmoon District Chairman Walter Parsons, Jr., A&M Physi cal Plant director, expressed pride University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M” —Adv. in having a merit badge designed by the district’s scout leaders. Arowmoon Scout Executive Ernest (Dutch) Harvell said he believes the engineering merit badge is the first merit badge to be developed in Texas. Food Line Plans Set For Approval Tentative plans for the addition of four new cafeteria lines were presented to the officials of the Food Services Dept, for their ap proval recently. The plans call for the addition of new beverage machines and as sociated appliances not yet ap proved by the Food Services Dept. Plans of the department as of now include the installation of two of the cafeteria lines early this summer and adding the other two early next summer. Approval of the Sbisa expan sion plans has not yet been an nounced by the Food Services Dept. 4 Distinguished Alumni Announced Texas A&M’s 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th “Distinguished Alumni” awards go to Jimmie Aston, president of Republic National Bank, Dallas; Del Brockett, board chairman of Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh; Major General A1 Luedecke, deputy director of Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena; and Tom Sawyer, retired chairman of the board, Lone Star Cement Company, New York City. The awards, sponsored by Texas A&M and its Association of Former Students, will be presented at A&M’s commencement, May 27. President Earl Rudder released names of the honorees, saying the measure of A&M’s distinction and influence depends greatly on the achievements of her alumni. “These awards recognize our distinguished graduates and pre sent evidence of the effectiveness of A&M’s role in higher educa tion,” Rudder added. ASTON WAS born in 1911 at Farmersville, Texas, and was graduated from A&M in 1933. A Distinguished Student, he was captain of the 1932 football squad, president of the “T” Club, President of Senior Court, a mem ber of the Ross Volunteers and Cadet Colonel of the Corps. At age 28, he became Dallas’ city manager, the youngest man to hold such a post with a major American city. Brockett came to A&M in 1930. He was a member of “A” and “B” Company Engineers, the Scholarship Honor Society and the Petroleum Engineers Club. After receiving his degree in petroleum production engineering in 1934, he went to work as a roustabout for Gulf and learned the oil business from the derrick floor up. Luedecke was graduated from Texas A&M in 1932 with a de gree in chemical engineering and was commissioned a second lieu tenant in the Field Artillery. He transferred to the Army Air Corps in 1933. In 1943 he was named assistant chief of Air Staff for the China-Burma-India Theater and in 1944, at the age JIMMIE ASTON DEL BROCKETT TOM SAWYER AL LUEDECKE of 33, was promoted to brigadier general. LUEDECKE WAS named gen eral manager of the Atomic En ergy Commission in 1958 and in 1964 was appointed to his post with the Jet Propulsion Labora tory. He has been deputy direc tor of the Ranger, Mariner, and Surveyor space projects. Sawyer was born in Fate, Texas. At Texas A&M he ma jored in civil engineering and was editor of The Longhorn, a member of the Ross Volunteers and a Cadet 2nd Lt. of Company “E.” He enlisted for service during World War I and was commis sioned in the Corps of Engineers. Sawyer joined Lone Star Cement Corporation in 1925 as a service engineer in Dallas. With in six years he became vice presi dent of Lone Star, largest pro ducer of Portland cement in the Western Hemisphere. In 1952 he was elected president of the com pany. In 1959, he was also elected chairman of the board. He relin quished the chairmanship in 1964 but continues as a director and as a consultant to the corporation. 5% per year paid on all savings at Bryan Build ing & Loan Assn. Adv. 641 Votes Cast In Light Turnout By BILL ALDRICH Battalion Reporter A light turnout elected 16 Stu dent Senate representatives and 14 election commission members in Tuesday’s balloting. A total of 641 voters went to the polls. Election committee chairman Jack Myers said of the turnout, “Today’s was better than previous years for this election, but still poor as compared to the number of eligible voters.” STUDENT SENATE In the College of Agriculture, David John Boethel won with 20 votes. Edgar Lee Ohlendorf tal lied seven and Carroll Henry Ra- bel had the remaining vote. Glenn Keim was the winner of the junior election. His 17 votes beat out James E. Mudd who had four and Stephen Boyd Maddox with two. In the sophomore election, Rich ard J. Hodge won with 15 votes. Terry Jungman was a close sec ond with 11, Frank Montalbano III had four and Robert J. Bur- ford, one. In the school of Veterinary Medicine, Joseph Wright won the third-year representative office with 27 votes. Kenneth Cantrell won the second-year post with 51 votes. In the College of Engineering, Leon Edward Travis won the sen ior post with 39 votes. David L. Burrus was second with 10. Jack W. Downing had eight and Alan W. Backof had six. In the junior election, Donald A. Swofford won with 19 votes, while Carl J. Hansen had 12, Gar land H. Clark, nine, and Carlos Almaguer had three. John Richard Gingrich won the sophomore representative with 27 votes. Stephen Harbert Simpson had 19, Phillip R. Frye had 12, and Larry A. Bowles had nine. In the College of Geosciences, John Charles Thomas won the senior position with four votes, as David W. Buckman had only one. There were no entries in the sophomore race and the en tire college recorded only six votes. The College of Liberal Arts rolled up the most number of vot ers with 213. James Howard Leh mann won the senior balloting with 28 votes, while Howard M. Hansel had 13 and Steven C. Hightower, 11. David Melfvin Howard won the junior’s nod with 24 votes in the biggest field of competition. Larry E. Henry had 19, David Thomas Maddox had 15, and Wil lard R. Bryant had 12, James Hall Willbanks had seven, James How ard Thurmond had three, Monroe Student Center. Dallas Newspaperman Named To Information Staff Position Goddy Wells had two and Carrol Wayne Schulbert had one. In the sophomore voting, Ro land S. Torn won with 24 votes. Garry Mauro was second with 18, Gerald Geistweidt had 15, Ken neth H. Fenoglio had 12, and Mac Spears had seven. In the College of Sciences, Wayne J. Baird won the senior nod with seven votes. Robert L. Pennington won the junior election with six, while Ralph Rayburn had five, Darrell Schwab had five, and James Mob ley had three. In the sophomore balloting, Harry Kay Lesser had 19, while Neal M. Ely had 13 and Ronald Edward Materson had the other seven. ELECTION COMMISSION In the senior election commis sion race, the three persons listed on the ballot and two write-in can didates won posts. Jerry A. Fer- geson topped all vote-getters with 81 in the senior election. Anthony Richard Benedetto had 74, and Michael D. Noonan had 67 to round out the names on the bal lot. Write-in candidates Norris Henderson, with 19, and Loren Parsons, with seven, took the oth er two positions. In the junior contest, Gary Lynn Davis led all candidates with 63. Robin Alan Young had 57 and Barbara Sue Staten had 51. Write-in Gary Scheer had nine and the fifth position will be left vacant. Three write-in candidates won in the sophomore balloting. Rich ard Dee Garrett, with 60, and Michael Douglas Mueller, with 53, won on the ballot, and Lawrence Foxworth, with 15, Harry Snow- dy, with five, and Gerald Geist weidt, with two, were the write- in winners. “I wish to thank all the mem bers of the election commission for their help this year,” chair man Myers said. “I would also like to thank Mr. Alvin Houston and the personnel at the Student Programs Office.” Band Group Sets Meeting Saturday The Texas Aggie Band Associ ation’s executive committee will meet Saturday at A&M, an nounced Tom Murrah of San An tonio, president. He said officers and executive committee members will discuss TABA projects and an October reunion. The noon luncheon meeting will be in the Memorial Bn&i, Bob Fenley, staff writer for the Dallas Times Herald the past 12 years, has been named special projects editor for Texas A&M, announced Jim Lindsey, director of university information. Lindsey said Fenley’s responsi bilities will include preparation of brochures and coverage of sci ence and related research activi ties. Fenley, 39, has been associate editor of the Times Herald’s Sun day Magazine for two and one- half years. He previously served three years as the newspaper’s science editor, a position which included coverage of the nation’s space and science programs. Prior to moving to Dallas, Fen ley reported more than four years for the Lubbock Avalanche- Journal. A native of Frederick, Okla., Fenley graduated from Oklahoma University in 1950. While at the Times Herald, he also served as correspondent for Time Magazine and the London Daily Mirror. Fenley is married to the former Miss Sarah Phillips of Ralls. They have two daughters, Gail, 12, and Laurie, 9. inci P lip i§ I* 1 ir«.a ...V Ip x: p ic BOB FENLEY