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VOLUME 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1967
Number 486
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BEFORE . . .
The Jones Stadium clock summed up a grim situation for the Aggies as they took over
following what appeared to be Tech’s winning touchdown. With the Red Raiders lead
ing, 24-21, and 53 seconds remaining, Tech fans were as jubilant as the Aggies had been
in a similar situation against SMU four weeks earlier.
. . . AND AFTER
But seven plays and 59 yards later, the Aggies had won in a frantic final play that saw
fidd Hargett race across the goal line as the clock ran out. Here, in the A&M dressing
(oom, Coach Gene Stallings (upper right) is mobbed by celebrating Aggie players and
Ians following the 28-24 win.
76 Ross Volunteers Named;
Initiation
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[New Ross Volunteer members
Wl be initiated into the 80-year-
•Id honor military unit tonight.
The initiation banquet will be
16:30 p.m. in the Memorial Stu-
Mit Center Ballroom with Dr.
Herbert M. Barnard, electrical en-
fineering professor and former
IV member, as speaker.
RV Commander Francis J.
ourgeois of New Braunfels said
winguished guests will include
Resident Earl Rudder; Dean of
tudents James P. Hannigan; Col.
b H. McCoy, commandant of
Wets; Dr. Wayne C. Hall, aca-
emic vice president; Richard B.
feirus, Association o f Former
tudents executive secretary; Dr.
h T. Harrington, International
fograms coordinator; Mrs. Eliz-
Beth Cook, former secretary to
Be commandant, and Mrs. Irene
Baghorn, retired A&M hospital
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A 1955 A&M graduate, Dr. Bar-
ard was first sergeant of his
Met company as a junior and
i regimental staff member his
tailor year. He was Third Pla-
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
—Adv.
Scheduled Tonight
toon sergeant in the Ross Volun
teers.
The profesor received his mas
ters at A&M in 1960 and the
Ph.D. at the University of Illinois
in 1964. Barnard is Tau Beta Pi
faculty advisor, member of the
Memorial Student Center council
and instructs an extension course
at Kelly AFB.
Bourgeois, who will serve as
master of ceremonies at the ban
quet, will administer the oath of
office to 76 juniors becoming
members of the Ross Vounteers.
RV operations officer Scott H.
Roberts of Austin, platoon leader
Carl V. Feducia of Shreveport,
John R. (Butch( Baldridge of
Bossier City, La., and James R.
Thompson of Alice have program
parts.
Initiates include John G. Adami
Jr. of Freer; Louis W. Adams and
Benjamin J. Sims, Kingsville;
Michael P. Becket, Orlando, Fla.,
Fred M. Blumberg, Seguin; Rus
sell L. Boggess, Gerald A. Linder
and James M. Richards, Baytown;
Don W. Bonifay, Beeville; Robert
J. Buske, Shiner; Bill Carter, De
catur; Houston L. Cavin, Odessa.
Also James C. Christian, Frank
Davis III, David M. Howard, Ar
thur B. Lane, Michael H. Malloy,
Melvin D. Sanders and Robert S.
Smith, Houston.
From San Antonio, Stephen A.
Collins, B. E. Davis III, Robert
A. Maddocks, Paul M. Mebane III,
Larry C. Napper, Robert E. O.
Nickle, Robert L. Nida, Robert
O. Segner and Douglas M. Vasil-
chin.
James A. Creel, John W. Mc-
Gowen and Timothy W. Davis,
Fort Worth; Garland H. Clark,
Glenelg, Md.; Walter R. Coble,
College Station; Charles R. Dillon
and James R. Horner, Longview;
Jack L. Edwards and Tery Wayne
Harvick, Tahoka; Robert J. Foley,
Premont; Clarence T. Gore, Arp;
Ray F. Grisham, Bailey; Hector
Gutierrez Jr., Laredo.
Also Robert L. Hale Jr., Dallas;
Jerry Half ant, Galveston; James
J. Hall and Larry B. McNeese,
Corpus Christi; Gary L. Hanes,
Linden; Carl J. Hansen, Walling
ford, Pa.; Conrado M. Hein, Zapa
ta; William E. Heitkamp, New
Braunfels; Patrick G. Hill, Bridge-
(See RV’s Page 3)
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
Hargett Gets TD
As Gun Sounds
Hilsman To Talk
For SCONA XIII
By GARY SHERER
Battalion Sports Editor
Forget Alfred Hitchcock, for
get Rod Serling, forget Ian Flem
ing—the Texas Aggies football
team can give you as many thrills
as any of the three writers’ best
efforts.
Saturday night in Lubbock, the
Maroon and White gridders saved
the best spine-tingler for last—
the last three seconds of the game,
that is.
Edd Hargett gave the latest
episode of the Aggie “thrillers”
a happy ending for the first time
when he won a three-second race
with the Texas Tech defense to
give the Aggies a 28-24 victory
over the Red Raiders.
IN THREE of the four pre
ceding games, the Aggies have
provided spectators with some
thrilling endings—all unhappy!
With 53 seconds to go in Satur
day night’s cliffhanger, it looked
as though the Maroon and White
were set to add to their list of
thrilling but heart-breaking
finishes.
The Tech-men had just scored
their 24th point and it was three
better than the Aggies’ 21. Why?
That was the only thought as an
0-5 record was staring the Aggies
in the face. Why indeed had this
season been a string of bad
breaks? Were the Maroon and
White to maintain their “short
end of the stick” rating or per
haps . . . ?
BUT HOW could optimism en
ter one’s mind at this moment?
This was the fourth down right
to the wire game for the Aggies,
and what could possibly happen
to change the string of bad luck ?
Even Joe Bftsplk, the Li’l Ab
ner character with the vowel-less
name and ever-present black
cloud, managed to smile now and
then; but the breaks just . . .
BUT WAIT!
Everything was ready for an
other last minute loss for the
Maroon and White. One important
thing was left out of this setting,
however; nobody bothered to tell
Edd Hargett and 10 determined
teammates.
THE record - number 48,240
fans (about 2,000 had left when
the Aggies took a 21-17 lead
earlier) could not have guessed
what was going to happen in
the next few moments. The dream,
or nightmare for Tech fans, start
ed with a “squibble” kick to half
back Ross Brupbacher. A&M’s
ball on their own 41, time left:
51 seconds.
Hargett then hit Larry Stegent
at the Tech 38-yard line with a
21-yard first down aerial, time
left: 42 seconds. A completion,
five-yard penalty and two incom
plete passes followed and it was
fourth down. Time left: 11 sec
onds.
AFTER A time out, Hargett
faded back at the Tech 43-yard
stripe. The junior passer spotted
Bob Long open at about the
Raider 25. Hargett let the ball
go in the direction of Long. Two
Tech defenders converged on the
Paris, Tex. halfback as he angled
under the pass.
To the disbelief of everyone ex
cept Long, it was first down on
the Tech 15 after a brilliant catch
by Aggie No. 42. With three sec
onds left on the clock, the Aggies
called time out.
Coach Gene Stallings’ after
game statement, “We knew we
were not going to go for a tie,”
answered the question that now
entered the minds of the specta
tors. So it was first down for
the Aggies, as they went into
their final huddle of the game.
IT WASN’T hard to see that
Tech anticipated a pass as only
three red-shirted Raiders lined up
on the line of scrimmage.
Hargett dropped back to pass,
but suddenly the young signal-
caller started racing toward the
Tech goal line. Hargett veered
to his right as he crossed the five-
yard line because two Tech de
fenders were blocking his path.
Then came a flash of white with
the numerals 25 on the back. The
white blur was Stegent, cutting
back from his pass pattern to cut
down the defending duo with a
crushing block. Hargett crossed
the goal line and bedlam erupted.
IT HAD happened! The Aggies
had turned last minute defeat in
to last second victory. The Ma
roon and White had authored an
other thrilling ending but with an
altogether different and ever so
sweet climax.
On this night, the Aggies wore
their white uniforms for the first
time this season. For 57 seconds,
it looked as if this fact was not
going to make any difference.
But, after the game was over,
one could only think . . . Maybe
good guys do wear white.
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings certif
icates. —Adv.
Dr. Roger Hilsman, noted au
thority on foreign affairs and
international affairs, has been
named keynote speaker for the
13th Student Conference on Na
tional Affairs here Dec. 6-9.
Announcement was made by
Pat Rehmet, SCONA XIII chair
man.
Dr. Hilsman, former assistant
secretary of state for Far East
ern Affairs, currently is a govern
ment professor at Columbia Uni
versity.
Rehmet described Hilsman as
both a man of thought and of
action.
“He is becoming kno wn
throughout the United States as
one of our leaders who is bound
to have a major impact on the
future of this country,” Rehmet
said. “Dr. Hilsman has a v/ide
range of experience wielded into
a unified and authoritative point
of view.”
SCONA XIII’s topic is “The
Price of Peace in Southeast
Asia.” More than 180 delegates
from universities and colleges in
the United States, Mexico and
Canada will probe the topic.
HILSMAN FIRST served the
government as director of the
State Department’s Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, analyz
ing current crises all over the
world as a guide to policy, and
conducting research for long
term planning.
In that post, Hilsman also
served as a troubleshooter, travel
ing to South Vietnam, where his
personal experience as a guerrilla
fighter was especially helpful;
to Laos, and to India in the wake
of the Chinese Communist at
tack. He was the first man in
the State Department to learn
that the Soviets had sent missiles
to Cuba, and he and his intel
ligence bureau were credited with
key roles in developments that
followed.
President Kennedy appointed
Hilsman as Assistant Secretary
of State for Far Eastern Affairs
in 1963. He held the post through
numerous crises: the Buddist up
rising in South Vietnam; the dis
pute between Malaysia and Indo
nesia; the Communist aggression
in Laos, and the violent quarrel
between Communist China and
the Soviet Union.
Town Hall Tickets Available
For Johnny Rivers Program
Tickets for the Oct. 28 Johnny
Rivers program at Town Hall are
now on sale in the Student Pro
grams Office of the Memorial Stu
dent Center, Town Hall Chairman
Robert Gonzalez has announced.
The show, which will replace
the canceled “Four Seasons” ap
pearance, is a Town Hall “Extra”
and is not paid for by student
activity fees, Gonzalez explained.
Tickets are $1.50 for A&M stu
dents and $1.50 for dates or wives
of students. They are on sale
from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. this week
and next week.
Also scheduled to share the
spotlight with Rivers are Neal
Ford and the Fanatics, a popular
combo in the Houston area.
Gonzales emphasized a change
in dates for the Town Hall pro
gram. Originally set Oct. 27, the
date was switched to Oct. 28 fol
lowing the A&M-Baylor football
game.
“We also changed the program
time to 7:30 to allow students to
attend an all-university dance at
Sbisa Hall immediately following
the Town Hall performance.”
Since 1963, Rivers has been a
smash in the recording industry
with more than 20 million records
sold. Among his hits are “Mem
phis,” “Seventh Sons,” ‘Mountain
of Love,” ‘Mabellene,” “Secret
Agent Ma,” “Poor Side of Town,”
and “Baby, I Need Your Lovin’.”
A native of New York, Rivers
moved at an early age with his
parents to Baton Rouge, La. Dur
ing his school days there, Rivers
formed his own group to play for
school functions and in local clubs.
After graduation from high
school, Rivers worked at writing
songs and cutting records in
Nashville, Tenn., then moved to
New York to continue his writing.
Transferring his base of oper
ations to Los Angeles in 1960,
Rivers switched from singing to
producing records for other vo
calists.
Rivers’ return to singing came
in 1963 when a friend asked him
to fill in for a jazz group at a
club. He became an instant hit
by playing the guitar and singing.
A&M was to be one stop on a
Four Seasons tour of the South
which the singing group recently
canceled, Gonzalez said.
A CATCH FO R MAXWELL
Aggie split end Tommy Maxwell hauls in a fourth-quarter subsequently called back because of an Aggie illegal pro
pass that gave the Aggies a first down. The play was cedure penalty.
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