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Aggie Graduate Is Awarded
Distinguished Flying Cross
Thursday, July 27, 1967
THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas
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FORMER TECHSAN
Kathleen Cotropia, of Hearne, will transfer to A&M this
: fall after attending- Texas Tech at Lubbock. Miss Cotropia
is a sophomore math major at A&M this summer.
Air Force Capt. Kenneth R.
Nimmo, a computer science grad
uate student at Texas A&M Uni
versity, received the Distinguish
ed Flying Cross Thursday for
heroism earlier this year in Viet
nam.
The medal was pinned by Col.
Vernon L. Head, professor of
aerospace studies at Texas A&M,
during ceremonies in his office.
Nimmo was awarded the DFC
for extraordinary achievement
while participating in aerial flight
as an RF-101 pilot over North
Vietnam April 20.
The citation reads in part:
“Captain Nimmo flew an unarm
ed and unescorted RF-101 air
craft into heavily defended hostile
territory to photograph bomb
damage against an active SAM
missile site. With unwavering
calmness and courage, Captain
Nimmo did not diviate from his
line of flight inspite of lively
hostile activity directed against
him.”
Education Materials Set
For South American Tour
A wealth of supplementary
educational materials from five
South American countries is
being fashioned into orderly
form this week at Texas A&M.
Handling the processing of
cultural, historical, educational
and philosophical information,
photographs and movies are 38
Programa de Educacion Inter-
americana participants who re
turned recently from a three-
week tour.
Texas school teachers and edu
cation specialists comprised the
touring teams.
Dr. Earl Jones, Programa di
rector for A&M and the Bryan
independent School District, said
the teams sought out hundreds of
items from Peru, Guatemala,
Argentina, Brazil and Mexico to
be used for school instructional
imaterial.
“A lot of adult material is
^available for these countries, but
[there is surprisingly little ready
[for use by children on the ele-
inentary school level,” Jones
[commented. “We have plenty of
naterial to help alleviate the
(situation.”
“Everybody on the tour men
tioned the amount of art available
in everyday life,” Jones con
tinued. “People make cooking
"ots, weave cloth for dresses, and
even use something of a colorful
pattern for painting their
shacks.”
Items collected by the groups
(include blankets, clothing, pic
tures, carvings and minerals.
Dr. Jones said the material will
be developed into a children’s
museum in the Bryan-College
Station area. Still other material
will be gathered for travel units
for use by school teachers
throughout Texas.
“While our color films may not
excite a regular movie audience,
it will teach certain things about
specific countries to children,”
Jones commented. “We are editing
about 100 hours of color movie
film and 100 long-playing records
(chock full of information.”
Jones heaped praised on the
participants, chosen for compe
tent and creative teaching.
“I am impressed by the tre
mendous understanding and seri
ousness of purpose of the group,”
Jones remarked. “The teachers
attained the goal of understand
ing Latin American cultures.”
Communication was a problem
since few of the teachers spoke
Spanish or Portuguese. Changes
of schedules caused only minor
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difficulties since participants
were learning so fast and en
joying themselves that they hated
to leave every place, Jones ex
plained.
Ruth Cedillo of Bryan, Pro
grama secretary, reported her
group collected numerous cur
riculum guides, wood carvings
and paintings during visits to
elementary and secondary schools
in South Brazil.
“We spoke with teachers,
pupils, doctors, Indians and even
the President of Peru,” said Mrs.
Anne Cunningham of El Paso. “It
was our privilege to observe
dances, festivals, entertainments
and church services. I especially
enjoyed the archeological ruins
of the Incas. The country has
taken magnificent care of the
I'ecognized work as far as world
culture is concerned.”
The people of Argentina im
pressed Mrs. Helen Flesher of
San Angelo.
“They were lovely, cultured
people,” she recalled. “We were
interested in observing a country
under a dictatorship. A number
of expressions of friendships to
the United States were voiced to
us.”
Caroline Penn, a Houston
Spring Branch teacher, clarified
some personal misconceptions
about Northern Brazil.
“We traveled six days in the
Amazon area and it’s not as wild
as we often thing of it. People
all seem to have boats by which
they go to church and market
areas. They lead., apparently
successful lives and handling the
boats for them is no more diffi
cult than for us to drive through
Houston.”
Alvin Stanches of Refugio
termed Mexico a country which
has hit the ground and is ready
to run.
“Mexico has the potential to
boom within 25 years,” Stanchos
observed. “Population presents a
problem, but the country’s trans
portation system is well estab
lished. Mexico has a number of
paved farm-to-market roads and
its communication and railway
systems are well built up. Wide
spread emphasis is on education.”
Robert Griffith of Round Rock
says the United States has tre
mendous influence in Guatemala.
Firefighters Are Registered
For Five Days Of Schooling
Firefighters from such distant
points as China, Lebanon, the
West Indies and Canada were
among 312 participants registered
this week for a five-day indus
trial fire protection school at
Texas A&M.
The roster also includes 40 in
structors, all specialists from in
dustry, municipal fire depart
ments, or the Firemen’s Training
Division of A&M’s hosting Engi
neering Extension Service.
Chief Henry D. Smith, school
director, said the men will divide
time between half-day classroom
sessions at the Ramada Inn and in
fire evolutions at Brayton Fire
men’s Training Field near Easter-
wood Airport.
All registrants heard two U. S.
Bureau of Mines officials speak
Monday morning. Larry Clark,
safety engineer from the Dallas
office, opened the school with
“The Magic of Fire.”
H. F. Browne, manager of the
Health and Safety sub-district in
Dallas, discussed “Propagation of
Flame.”
Among field assignments will
be overhead pipe rack fires, load
ing terminal and tank fires, oper
ation of wet type portable fire
extinguishers, breathing appara
tus, and process unit-line rupture
and flange fires.
Industrial accident prevention
courses are being taught through
out the week at the Ramada Inn.
W. B. Mansfield, supervisory de
velopment chief for A&M’s Engi
neering Extension Service, is pro
gram chairman.
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The citation continues: “Cap
tain Nimmo obtained outstanding
photo coverage that was used to
adjust the aiming point for sub
sequent strikes and aided in de
struction of the site. The profes
sional competence, aerial skill,
and devotion to duty displayed by
Captain Nimmo reflect great cre
dit upon himself and the United
States Air Force.”
Among other decoxations won
by Captain Nimmo is the Air
Medal with five oak leaf clusters.
A native of Newton, Iowa, Nim
mo earned a bachelor of science
degree in chemical engineering at
Iowa State College. He expects
to add a master’s degree at A&M
in June, 1969.
Entering the Air Force in 1958,
Nimmo seived from May, 1962, to
July, 1966, at Laon AFB in
France, befoxe being transferred
to Tan Son Nhut AFB in Viet
nam in August, 1966. He com
pleted his tour of duty thexe in
May.
Nimmo is married to the form
er Sylvia Weaver of Edinburg.
They have two children, Brian,
6, and Cris, 3.
Air Force Capt. Kenneth R. Nimmo (right) receives
Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism as a RF-101 pilot
in Viet Nam. Making the award is Col. Vernon L. Head.
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