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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
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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.
URGENT BUSINESS
Volunteers rush to complete sandbag reinforcements on
levee aimed at keeping rising waters of Arroyo Colorado
out of downtown section of Harlingen. (AP Wirephoto)
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