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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1967
Number 449
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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.
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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.
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