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Aggie Football Team Has Mighty Mo No Mo’ See Story Page 4 Che Battalion Saturday—Clear, partly cloudy, winds £: easterly 10-15 m.p.h. High 73, low 43. Sunday — Partly cloudy to cloudy, g winds southerly 10-15 m.p.h. High 76, :£ low 52. VOLUME 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1967 Number 493 4th Army chief !Football, Johnny Rivers To Review Corps ';i: Gen. Lawrence J. Lincoln, Fourth U. S. Army commander, will be reviewing officer for the graded Corps of Cadets march-in to the 1:30 p. m. Texas A&M- Baylor football game Saturday. The Texas Aggie Band will be gin playing Corps units onto the Kyle Field track at 12:20 p. m., announced Col. Jim H. McCoy, A&M commandant. On the reviewing stand with General Lincoln will be President Earl Rudder, Col. McCoy and Col. Vernon L. Head, professor of aerospace studies. Corps Staff, headed by Cadet Colonel of the Corps Lonnie C. Minze of Houston, the band, 14 squadrons and 16 companies will participate in the march-in. A 1933 U. S. Military Academy graduate, General Lincoln was appointed 4th Army commanding general last July, from deputy thief of staff, logistics, at De partment of the Army head quarters in Washington, D. C. He was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers and received his degree in civil engineering from Princeton University. The general, 58, served ip. the Southeast Asia Command and Asiatic Theater in World War II. He also served in Korea, Moroc co, Italy, Ryukyu Islands and Okinawa. Following WW II he was one of five U. S. commission ers on the Joint U. S.-Soviet. Commission in Korea, seeking X* X* charter agreement for unification of North and South Koreo. General Lincoln was command ing general and commandant of the Army Engineer Center at Fort Belvoir, Va., and was also director of plans and materiel and assistant deputy chief of staff, logistics, for programs and budget at Washington, D. C. His last Pentagon assignment carried general staff responsibil ity for world-wide management of Army logistics. AF Test Deadline Set Wednesday Students wanting to take the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) must contact Capt. Samuel J. Boles in the Aerospace Studies Department by Wednesday. The test will be administered Nov. 4 to freshmen who failed to qualify on the pre-enrollment test for AFROTC, applicants for the Air Force two-year pro gram, applicants for an Air Force contract who previously failed the test, students desiring to upgrade to pilot or navigator status and applicants for Of ficer Training School (OTS). Students retaking the test must have allowed a full calen dar year to elapse before being eligible, and those pilot and navigator candidates must re take the whole test. NAVY BRONZE STAR AWARD U. S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. David J. Wright, a Texas A&M oceanography graduate student, receives the Bronze Star with “V” for combat duty in Vietnam. The Naval award Was presented by Col. Jim H. McCoy, A&M commandant. bright Receives Bronze Star From Texas A&M Commandant A Navy lieutenant commander, David J. Wright of Albany, Ore., Was presented the Bronze Star Medal for valor by an Army offi cer in the presence of an Air force colonel. Col. Jim H. McCoy, Texas A&M commandant, made the presenta tion to Commander Wright, an oceanography graduate student at A&M, for the U. S. Pacific Fleet commander in chief. Those attending the Thursday ceremony included Air Force Col. Vernon L. Head, professor of aerospace studies. Wright was cited for service >s operations officer for a delta fiver patrol group in Vietnam, file citation stated that “out standing success of U. S. Navy itiver Patrol Force units in the eKong Delta can be largely at tributed to his exemplary efforts and his perceptive grasp of com plex tactical situations. Com mander Wright was instrumental in conceiving and testing many of the riverine warfare tactics and concepts which are standard today.” THE 30-YEAR-OLD Navy of ficer participated in 12 combat Head Weekend Schedule Sellout Expected For Baylor Game TEXAS ASSEMBLY LEADERS Five panel members for “Texas Assembly—’67” being held here this week look over the conference schedule. From left, they are C. A. Tatum Jr., president of Texas Utilities; L. F. Peterson, president of the Texas A&M University System Board of Directors; H. C. Heldenfels of Heldenfels Brothers Construction Co. and also a member of the A&M Board; H. G. Austin, senior vice president and director of Brown and Root, Inc., and Ab ner McCall, president of Baylor University. Lieutenant Governor Warns Against Federal Authority m Bryan Building & Loan , Association, Your Sav- , ings Center, since 1919. L —Adr. river patrols, six joint U. S. and Vietnamese operations and over 70 armed helicopter missions, often under heavy enemy fire. Wright is working on his master’s degree thesis in chemi cal oceanography at A&M and will be assigned to the U.S.S. Worden, a cruiser-size guided missile frigate as chief engineer in January. He has been at A&M since 1964, was a Student Conference on National Affairs delegate, ad visor to the Great Issues com mittee for the 1966 Hydro-Space Fiesta, cubmaster for a Cub Scout Pack at Crockett Elementary School in Bryan and instructed an A&M SCUBA course. WRIGHT IS member of the American Society for Ocean ography, American Polar Society and the U. S. Naval Institute. The 1958 Oregon State gradu ate has been in the Navy nine years and has served on three vessels as chief engineer, execu tive officer and navigator in ad dition to his Vietnam post. He wears the Secretary of the Navy Commendation for Achieve ment ribbon, the Navy Com mendation Medal with combat “V” and the Republic of Viet nam Medal of Honor. A general warning against con tinued delegation of authority to the federal government and loss of legislative independence on the state level was sounded here to day by Lt. Gov. Preston Smith. ‘T know of no greater trend which we must reverse than that of delegating to the federal gov ernment those decisions and obli gations which have inherently be longed to the .states,” Smith told more than 80 state leaders parti cipating in “Texas Assembly- 1967” at Texas A&M. HOUSE SPEAKER Ben Barnes addresses the group tonight. While noting that the federal government appears all too ready to assume authority of the states, the lieutenant governor observed it is also a fact that the states, have been far too willing to part with certain responsibilities, es pecially in recent years. “In order to insure the con tinuance of state governmental authority,” Smith remarked, “we must accept the fact that changes are taking place in our state at a fantastic pace, and we must quickly adapt to these changes.” “If we are not willing to pay the price, if we cannot change where change is required,” he continued, “then we have only one recourse, and that is to pre pare for an orderly transfer of our remaining responsibilities to the federal government.” SMITH hastened to point out he was not “one of those disen chanted with the legislative pro cess.” “I think that in most areas our Texas Legislature has done an excellent job,” he empahsized. Turning to the relationship be tween the legislative and execu tive branches of state govern ment, the lieutenant governor cited a National Legislative Con ference recommendation that leg islatures should re-establish greater independence from the executive branch. He said he was recently asked if he thought legislation was needed to provide the Texas Leg islature greater independence from the executive branch. He replied, “No.” “I THINK the Texas Legisla ture has all the checks and bal ances need to maintain its in dependence from the executive,” he said. “I do think, however, that some of our members must become less timid in their dealings with the executive,” Smith asserted. He said he realized that many of them have been under “great pressures” from the executive to vote certain ways on various bills. “And I would be less than can did if I didn’t point out that these pressures on the membership have greatly increased in the past few years,” he continued. “The fact remains, however, that these attempts by the executive to further its power can be success fully frustrated by members vot ing their own and their constitu ents’ convictions.” ANOTHER NATIONAL Legis lative Conference recommendation cited by Smith concerned the size of committees. The confer ence report states that, in many states, the size of committees should be reduced in number . . . and should be organized with due regard to related subject matter, equalization of work load and reduction of undue burdens on individual members. Smith said he is in complete accord with this recommendation. He noted the Texas Senate has 24 standing committees and the House 44. There also are 55 inter im committees which require the year-round attention of the Legis lature. “It is not uncommon for a standing committee to involve as many as 13 members,” he said, “nor is it a rarity for one senator to serve on 15 to 17 committees.” FaH Yet Magazine Available At C Y’ The fall issue of The South western Veterinarian, maga zine of the College of Veter inary Medicine, is now off the press. Copies are available to pre- vet and vet medicine students and have been paid for by student activity fees. They may be picked up at the Office of Student Publications in the basement of the YMCA. University National Bank “On the aide of Texas A&M” —Adr. “THE EXTENT of these bur dens becomes obvious when you study the legislative history of the past session where 41 Consti tutional amendments and 628 bills were introduced in the Senate, while the House was introducing some 63 amendments and 1,367 bills.” Smith expressed amazement that 181 members can study such a large volume of legislation and, in the final action, pass such a relatively few number of bills. “I wonder how long we can continue in these fortuitous ways,” he remarked. “I suppose the Legislature is about like the old women and the shoe,” he jested. “It’s got so many committees it doesn’t know what to do.” “But it does deliberate,” he concluded. “This is its function. This is the best guarantee I know of for wise legislation.” The trend in state legislatures is toward annual sessions and in creased emphasis on committee work, a Council of State Govern ments official noted at the group’s Thursday night dinner meeting. Joseph Moylan of Atlanta, Ga., assistant director of the South ern office of CSG, said only four state legislatures met annually at the close of World War II, but 21 now meet on this basis and several others are considering it. The biennial session of the Tex as Legislature is one of the topics on the “Texas Assembly” agenda. Reason for the switch to annual sessions, Moylan said, is that the broad range of problems requiring legislative solutions can no longer be neatly compacted into the forepart of the add-number years. Turning to the subject of leg islative committees, Moylan said they will become more and more the center of decisional action, as has long since been the case in Congress. “Their work will go far beyond the traditional work of studying only those bills referred to them,” he added. “They will be expected to identify present and future problem areas, undertake needed research concerning them, call in expert witnesses and assemble testimony and hold hearings at appropriate stages of the pro cess.” By BOB PALMER Battalion Staff Writer Football, Johnny Rivers, Neal Ford, Midnight Yell Practice and many dances will highlight the last big football weekend for 1967. The Aggies will open their an nual battle for the Brazos Valley Championship against the Baylor Bears in Kyle Field at 1:30 p.m. bfeore an expected capacity crowd. The weatherman has given his blessing to the Aggie-Baylor clash, predicting “m i 1 d, sunny weather with 10 to 15 miles per hour winds. A weak cool front is expected to move through the area Friday, however. The Student Senate decided Thursday night that the large number of Baylor students com ing to Saturday’s football game has necessitated a rearrangement of student seating. GRADUATE students will be moved into the senior section, giving the Baylor fans more seats south of the 50-yard line. The senior section has been widened from the 50 the end of the end zone. The sections included are 128 through 132. Juniors will sit in sections 125 through 127, sophomores will sit in sections 121 through 124 and freshmen will be in sections 116 through 120. GEN. LAWRENCE J. LIN COLN, Fourth Army commander, will be reviewing officer for the Corps march-in prior to the game. Aggies will get ready for Sat urday’s clash with a Midnight Yell Practice starting at 11:30 p.m. Friday in the Duncan area and weaving through the campus, ending at Kyle Field. One of the featured points of the game will be the induction of former Aggie sporting greats in to the A&M Athletic Hall of Fame. The four inductees will be Dutch Hohn, T2; the late Siki Sikes, ’28; Uncle Bill James, and Wally Moon, ’51. SATURDAY night following the game, a host of activities await the Aggies and their dates. Town Hall will present Johnny Rivers, singing hits such as “Secret Agent Man,” “Memphis,” ‘Mountain of Love” and “Baby, I Need Your Lovin’.” Rivers will be double-billed with Neal Ford and the Fanatics, who will also play for the All-Univer- Adams To Lead 168th Halftime Six and three-quarters action- crammed minutes will feature the Texas Aggie Band Saturday on Kyle Field. The band's halftime perform ance at the 1:30 p.m. A&M-Baylor football game will be the 168th performance under the direction of Lt. Col. E. V. Adams, dean of Southwest Conference band directors. Prominent features of the drill will be four field-wide interlock ing V’s, a five-way continuous countermarch and orientation of the band’s signature block “T” reading to the sidelines. Guiding the band’s third home appearance of 1967 will be drum majors Richard C. Westbrook of Beaumont, Marc A. Sheiness of Alice and James W. Criswell of Brady. Band commander is Henry G. Cisneros of San Antonio. Colonel Adams said formations to be employed will be effective for high angle viewing. The drill is being installed in one week of practice. Adams said the organization will install the Rice Corps Trip and Texas game drills during two off-weeks following Baylor. sity Dance, sponsored by the Civilian Student Council in Sbisa Dining Hall, following Town Hall. Other dances, including the architects’ “Tomb Boom” and sev eral hometown club events, are planned for after the game. BAYLOR STUDENT body rep resentatives will be the guests of the Texas A&M Senate Executive Committee Saturday for the foot ball game. Bubba Moffitt, president of the Baylor student body, Vice-presi dent Martha Smiley and other leaders will join the A&M repre sentatives for coffee and a social session Saturday morning in the Memorial Student Centei\ The two groups will have a luncheon in Sbisa Dining Hall and the Baylor students will sit with the A&M committee members during the game. The guests will be introduced to the crowd over the public address system at half time. Big Problems Plague State, Legislator Says “Considering the problems fac ing Texas,” commented State Rep. David Crews of Conroe, “you would think they would have to run an advertisement to get a governor.” Crews was referring to the up coming governor’s race which is certain to involve Lt. Gov. Pres ton Smith, but less certain to in clude Gov. John Connally. The youthful Crews, chairman of the House Committee on Insur ance, was a Political Forum speaker at noon Thursday in the Memorial Student Center. “There is a definite possibility that Gov. Connally will run for a fourth term,” Crews remarked, “but I don’t think he’s planning to at this time.” Crews told about 25 persons at the luncheon that the trend for a two-party system in Texas is not as strong as it was 10 years ago. “The two-party system is sim ilar to church,” he joked. “Peo ple are going more and enjoying it less.” Crews said many Republicans in Texas are largely independ ents. “You analyze their politi cal thinking and learn they are independents, he remarked. “No matter what the political party, the name of the game is win ning.” Despite Crew’s feelings about the two-party system, he favors friction in legislative bodies. “Disagreement is good in gov ernment,” he emphasized. “Don’t get mad at legislators when they are filibustering or fighting. The result may be a better Texas.” The Conroe attorney touched briefly on automobile insurance laws and predicted further changes in Texas. “In Texas,” Crews grinned, “We think the freedom to drive follows closely the freedom of speech. If a person is 40 or over, chances are that he has never had a driver’s test.” “And there are some nice old ladies who think the yellow stripe on their side of the road is some sort of color scheme,” he con tinued. In a more serious vain, Crews predicted the day is coming in Texas when it will be compulsory for people 65 and over to take driver’s tests. First Bank & Trust now pays 5% per annum on savings certif icates. —Adv.