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ocssx Cbc Battalion :*:• Saturday & Sunday — Clear to partly £: cloudy, winds southerly 5-10 m.p.h. :£ High 76, low 51. Baton Rouge — Clear to partly cloudy winds northwesterly 5-10 m.p.h. 76°. VOLUME 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1967 Number 477 Senate May Re-Issue Civilian Seat Cards By CHARLES ROWTON Battalion Editor The Student Senate decided Thursday to check the possibility of reprinting football seating tickets issued to civilian students. The which issued DISTINGUISHED STUDENT RIBBONS Fourth Group Commander Anthony Groves, left, congratulates Joe Mahoney Squadron 11 senior, after presenting Mahoney with a Distinguished Student ribbon in Thursday’s cere mony. The presentation was the first such ceremony in Corps history. tickets, which determine ramp students use, were in some instances to the wrong students, Student Life Committee Chairman Don Mc Leroy said. Married freshmen were given tickets to sit in the senior section, and some veteri nary students were given the wrong tickets also. McLeroy said some fifth-year seniors are un happy because they were placed in the same section wth graduate students. Fourth Group Gives Ribbons V..7& tcHAtt Twenty-two Air Force cadets in the Fourth Group received Dis tinguished Student ribbons in a ceremony Thursady. They are Gerald Babb, Glenn Armstrong, Richard Moley, Char les Stephens and Robert Foley of Squadron 10; Joe Mahoney, Bob Hammonds, Charles Stephenson, Bob Norman, Michael Reed, David Thompson, Mike Goss and Jerry Richardson of Squadron 11; Randy Decker, Greg Garrett, Tom Chestney and Buddy Mason of Squadron 12; and Harry Morgan, Richard Couch, James Boswell, Berry Morgan and Miles Sawyer of Squadron 13. Cadet Lt. Col. Anthony Groves, Fourth Group commander, made the presentations. Ribbons were awarded to every student who posted at least a 2.25 grade point rotio during the 1967 spring sem ester. EES Sets Class For Instructors In Civil Defense Leabo To Address Kansas Seminar C. J. Leabo, Journalism De partment head at Texas A&M, will be guest speaker Thursday for a college publications seminar at Washburn University in To peka, Kan. Leabo will conduct a short course for newspaper editors from an estimated 40 colleges in the Kansas-Missouri area. A former Associated Press Heswman, Leabo came to A&M this fall after six years as as sistant director of the National Scholastic Press Association and the Associated Collegiate Press. Mrs. Leabo also is on the pro gram. She will discuss yearbook publications. Bonfire Leaders Begin Planning If the cost is not prohibitive, the tickets will be reprinted and distributed to allow students to sit in the same section with other students of the same classifica tion, he added. OTHER SENATE business in cluded discussion on Religious Emphasis Week, the Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Award, and qualifications for the Aggie Sweetheart. Corps Chaplain Clarence Daugherty said a Senate proposal for a Religious Emphasis Week, wtih services each morning of the week, had been rejected by the Executive Committee. The Senate unanimously voted to present a new motion to the Executive Com mittee calling for a week with services after evening meals. Bill Carter, Student Senate vice president, said he had re ceived a letter from Lindsey Enderby of the Sportsmanship Award Executive Committee, commending the A&M Student body on their conduct at the SMU- A&M football game. IN CONJUNCTION with this, the Senate agreed to invite stu dent leaders from Baylor and Bonfire 1967 started to become a reality in the Corps conference room Thursday night. This year’s bonfire is organiz ed under Neal Adams with Mike Beggs as its executive officer. Area commanders will be stack ing, Wayne Poter, and cutting, Mike Baggett. Trucks and chain-saws will be needed. Those that can supply these items should contact Adams as soon as possible. An equipment chief will be responsible for all equipment. Greater security will be enforc ed this year, said Adams. No one except authorized personnel will be allowed in these areas, he said, ed. Starting November 15 until time to leave for the Houston Corps trip, all Corps students will be working on the bonfire, said Adams. All day Sunday and Mon day work in both stacking- and cutting areas will be in full operations, he added. In order to get everyone in the spirit for bonfire, the movie, “We’ve Never Been Licked”, will be shown. Other bonfire meetings will be held to organize the respective areas and assign the various crews. The center pole will arrive Tuesday, November 14 and will be guarded by Spider D. Civilian students will be or ganized into work companies, said Tom Osborn civilian student com mander. Any civilian junior, seni or, or fifth-year man interested in working on the bonfire should contact Osborn in Dormitory 16, room 136. Faculty. Staff Reception Set Texas A&M President and Mrs. Earl Rudder will be hosts for the university’s annual faculty-staff reception Thursday, Oct. 5, in the Memorial Student Center ball- ARMY DECORATIONS The family of Maj. Charles C. Jones—Curtis, 9; Holly Ann, 7, and his wife Jo Ann—receives seven posthumous decorations for the Army helicopter pilot killed in Vietnam. Col. Jim H. McCoy, Texas A&M commandant, presented the Bronze Star, Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and Commendation Medal for the Army. A Civil Defense radiological monitor instructors course under direction of Texas A&M’s Engi neering Extension Service is set Oct. 24-27 in Gonzales. Classes are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at the Guada lupe Valley Electric Cooperative. Registration is being handled by 0. W. Davis, Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative manager, and Carlos Smith, city manager. Frank Malek and Bob Schnat- terly will teach the course. Dr. Willis R. Bodine, Civil De fense Training Division chief at A&M, said the course covers basic concepts of nuclear science and nuclear weapons effects; types and operation of radiological de fense equipment and practical ex perience in using this equipment in radiation areas; formation, de cay and forecasting of radioactive fallout; protection against fall out; source-handling techniques and monitoring operations. Bodine added that the course provides technical background necessary for advanced training as radiological defense officers. GOP Charges ‘Buckpassing’ On Postal Bill The 7-9 p.m. reception will honor new faculty and staff mem bers. WASHINGTON (IP) — Three Republicans charged Thursday that the House Post Office Com mittee and the Johnson Adminis tration engaged in “a masterful job of buckpassing” on legisla tion to raise postal rates and fedreal pay — “With the Amer- isan public a suffering victim.” President and Mrs. Rudder are extending a general invitation to all faculty and staff members and their wives and husbands, as well as to retired faculty and staff members and their wives and hus bands. The invitation also in cludes widows of faculty and staff members. Awards Given Posthumously To Family Of Aggie Major The fall reception provides an opportunity for the faculty and staff to meet colleagues and mem bers of the university adminis tration. Seven decorations awarded post humously to Maj. Charles C. Jones were presented to his wife and children at Texas A&M Univer sity Thursday. Major Jones, a 1957 A&M grad uate who received a masters de gree in industrial engineering here last January, was killed in a helicopter crash in Vietnam in May while on a combat mission. Reps. H. R. Gross, R-Iowa, Edward J. Derwinski, R - 111., and James A. McClure, R-Idaho, said “the American public should not be saddled with a postage rate increase until we can guar antee this same public an improv ed and efficient postal service.” Sources said that the legisla tions is likely to come up for House debate October 10 if it gets expected clearance from the Rules Committe next week. ' Gross, Derwinski and McClure were among six members who opposed the final version of the legislation. The three members said “the few meritorious features are far outweighed by its controversial and unwise provisions.’ Their chief fire was directed at raising first class postage rates on letters from five to six cents, air mail letters from eight cents to ten cents, post cards from four to five cents and air postcards from six to eight cents. They noted that these classes already bring in more than they cost and said that re cent increases in rates have been accompanied by “steady deterioa- tion of mail service.” Spencer Assigned To Army Hospital Bryan Building & Loan Association, Your Sav ings Center, since 1919. —Adv. WORKOUT WATCHERS Aggie football coaches watch the team scrimmage during Thursday afternoon’s workouts. Clockwise from lower left, they are Elmer Smith, Ralph Smith, Dee Powell, Jack Hurl- hut, Lide Huggins, Loyd Taylor and Bud Moore. A 1961 Texas A&M graduate, Capt. Roy E. Spencer, has been assigned to Kenner Army Hos pital at Fort Lee, Va. Captain Spencer, formerly of Gainesville, was made dispensary chief at Camp Pickett near Fort Lee. He received a degree in bi ology and was commissioned at A&M. His M.D. was awarded in 1965 at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. University National Bank ‘On the side of Texas A&M” —Adv. Texas to attend those games as guests of Texas A&M. Grade requirements for the Aggie Sweetheart had been a grade point ratio of 1.5 with no F’s, Carter noted. This was low ered to a minimum GPR of 1.2 with no more than one F, in order to get more applicants for the Sweetheart competition. The Aggie Sweetheart will be crowned at the Florida State- A&M game. A series of articles on Aggie traditions to be printed in the Battalion will be prepared by the Student Life Committee, in re sponse to a letter that appeared in the newspaper’s “Sound Off” column, calling for some stories to help inform those who don’t know about the traditions of Aggieland. Student Senate President Jerry Campbell reported that the an nual Christmas fruit drive, con ducted in the past by the late P. L. “Pinkie” Downs for patients of the Temple Veteran’s Hospital, has been discontinued. Residents of Temple provide enough fruit, according to Campbell. Marketing Society To Sponsor Team Mrs. Jones, a son, Curtis, 9, and daughter Holly Ann, 7, re side at 1202 Skrivanek, Bryan. Col. Jim H. McCoy, A&M com mandant, presented Mrs. Jones the Bronze Star, Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Cluster and Army Commendation Medal. She also received a Gold Star pin which the Army provides next of kin. The major’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Jones of San Antonio, and friends of the family were present for the ceremonies. Citations accompanying the de corations described Major Jones’ “untiring efforts, professional ability and energetic application” in ground operations against hostile forces and 25 aerial miss ions in suport of counterinsur gency operations. Major Jones was born in Corsi cana, grew up in San Antonio and was a cadet lieutenant in Com pany “A”, Engineers in the A&M Corps of Cadets. Mrs. Jones expects to graduate from A&M next spring with a bachelors degree in elementary education. The A&M Marketing Society will be the state's only represent ative in the National Intercol legiate Marketing Competition next month, Jerry DeHay, Mar keting Department instructor, said Thursday. A four-man team, to be selected by DeHay in the next two weeks, will attend the special conference in Kellogg Center on the campus of Michigan State University, April 26 and 27. There, compet ing against 50 other college teams, they will decide the winner of a seven-month duel of wits with a Sylvania Corporation computer. Each month, starting Oct. 17, the computer will send each team details of a simulated business situation. Based on the informa tion furnished, each team will try to out-maneuver its computerized “competitor” by making key de cisions on sales, advertising, pro motion and pricing. FINAL DECISIONS made dur ing the special two-day seminar in Michigan will decide the na tional champion. DeHay hopes that this year’s team will have the experience necessary to better the 1966 team’s second place finish. “In past years,” DeHay added, “we have been able to finance the Michigan trip by pooling the Mar keting Society’s funds with money solicited from the university. This year we are seeking the sponsor ship of several community indus tries to raise the necessary $500.” One of the largest student or ganizations on the campus, the 50-member society has also sched uled a number of distinguished speakers for its fall semester meetings. C. R. Newlin, Houston district sales manager for Proctor and Gamble, will speak Oct. 3; Jim Hetherly, McCann - Erickson, Oct. 31, and Robert H. Lakamp, special assistant to the president, J. C. Penney Co., Nov. 28. “HEATHERLY should prove very interesting,” DeHay said, “because he is an expert in the use of the newly developed eye a variety of shapes and colors, such a camera can tell not only what is appealing to the eye but also that which the eye sees first. President of the marketing society is Mike Lowrey. Other officers are Robert Edgecomb, vice president, Charles Slovak, secretary, and Pat Stewart, treasurer. Johnson Calls South Texas Disaster Area By gauging the size of the eye’s retinal opening when exposed to First Bank & Trust now pays 5% per annum on savings certif icates. —Adv. By GARY GARRISON Associated Press Writer HARLINGEN. (IP) — President Johnson declared 24 South Texas counties a major disaster area Thursday after making a dra matic tour of the flood-and- hurricane devastated area by plane, helicopter and school bus. Overall damage in the stricken area has been estimated in ex cess of $1 billion. Johnson told a news conference here that dam age to public facilities alone was more than $20 million. A total of 54 persons died in the storm and floods. MEANWHILE, the crest of the great flood spawned along the Rio Grande, its tributaries and man-made diversion channels ap peared to have passed this bat tered, usually sparkling, city of 41,000. Brownsville and Matamoros, Mexico, near the Rio Grande’s mouth, braced for the flood- water’s rise expected there. THE PRESIDENT flew into Harlingen Air Force Base at 4:29 p.m., CDT, went by school bus to a high school gymnasium where 2,500 refugess are lodged and thence by helicopter to Rio Grande City. Johnson bent down to shake hands and offer words of encouragement—to mothers, old men and children. “Keep your chin up,” the President said. “This may pull us all closer to gether. Help is coming.” He left Harlingen at 7:38 p.m. for the LBJ Ranch near Johnson City in Texas’ picturesque Hill Country west of Austin. 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