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VOLUME 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1967
Number 516
| Soldiers Swarm
! Peace Marchers
•y
KILLEEN, Texas 6T*) _ A
swarm of some 300 uniformed
soilders from Ft. Hood surround
ed three peace demonstrators
and shredded their placards Tues
day as President Johnson pre
pared to make a speech only 300
yards away.
“We’re just lucky they the
demonstrators didn’t get hurt,”
Dormitories
To Be Closed
For Holidays
All dormitories except Dorm 22
and ramps E, F, G, H, I, J and K
of Walton Hall will be locked for
the Christmas holidays at 6 p.m.
next Wednesday, according to
Allan M. Madeley, housing mana
ger.
Students who will need dormi
tory accommodations at any time
during the holidays, should con
tact students in the specified
ramps of Walton concerning the
use of their rooms, he said. Dorm
22 will he available only to the
students currently living there.
“After obtaining a signed note
of permission from all occupants
of the room he expects to occupy
in Walton, the student should
take the note to the Housing Of
fice by 5 p.m. Wednesday,” Made-
ley noted. “Only students making
the proper arrangements will be
allowed to stay in a dorm during
the holidays. Students who live
in Dorm 22 or the specified vamps
of Walton should sign for their
rooms at the Housing Office al
so.”
Anyone found living in the op
ened dorms or in one of the locked
dorms without permission will be
subject to disciplinary action. If
a student must get into one of
the locked dorms during the holi
days, he should check at the Hous
ing Office for clearance, he added.
“Students are urged to close
the windows and lock the doors
to their rooms for security pur
poses. The dorms will be unlocked
at 1 p.m. January 2,” Madeley
said.
Any student who will have dif
ficulty clearing his room by the
time indicated for it to be locked,
should contact his dorm counse
lor for arrangements.
University Dining Halls will
close after supper Wednesday and
will remain closed until break
fast January 4.
“Plans for eating off campus
should be made by students re
maining on campus during the
holidays,” Madeley continued. At
least some of the eating estab
lishments adjacent to the campus
on the north and east will be open
(luring the holidays, including
Christmas Day.”
Roundtrip bus service involving
the campus or east gate and Bry
an will be available from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. daily except Sundays,
Christmas Day and New Year’s
Day, he said.
First Bank & Trust now pays
b'/f per annum on savings certif
icates. —Adv.
said Belton County Sheriff Les
ter Gunn.
The incident developed as John
son was on hand ready to de
liver an address on the campus
of Central Texas College The
campus is across a highway from
Ft. Hood.
A CROWD estimated by Gunn
to be above 25,000 had gathered
for Johnson’s speech. Many were
Ft. Hood personnel, many of
whom have seen action in Viet
nam.
Gunn said his deputies had
escorted two groups of three
peace demonstrators each from
the campus before the President
arrived.
Officers made their way
through the throng bunched a-
round the three Austin men who
displayed peace slogans on the
signs and arrested them after the
signs had been torn up by the
soilders.
“YOU COULDN’T tell what
had been the signs because they
were in a thousand pieces w'hen
we got there,” a deputy said.
No soilders were arrested. One
of the men demonstrating against
the war in Vietnam was said to
have been knocked down and
kicked by a soilder.
Charged with disturbing the
peace were John E. Morby, 28,
who said he was a history in
structor at the University of
Texas; James M. Damon, 30, who
said he was a part-time language
instructor; and Segmunt W. Smi-
gaj Jr., a graduate student at the
university. Austin, where the uni
versity is located, is 70 miles
south of Killeen.
Justice of the Peace A. M.
Turland set bond for the three
at $500 apiece, and all were in
custody in lieu of bond Tuesday
night.
YMCA To Help
Needy Families
Groups wishing to help make
this Christmas a more merry one
for needy families in the College
Station area may obtain a list of
such families at the front desk of
the YMCA, General Secretary J.
Gordon Gay announced.
The lists have been made
available annually through the
efforts of Gay and Bennie A.
Zinn, director of student affairs.
About 40 families from the list
were helped last year by different
dorm and outfit groups, clubs
and other organizations, Gay said.
All the names on the list are
carefully screened and the fami
lies are in real need,” he added.
Any organization wanting to
participate in the program may
receive help from Mrs. Alma
Lewis at the YMCA desk, he
noted. Information on the list
includes the number in each fam
ily and the ages and sexes of the
children.
After picking a name, the
groups are asked to visit the
family before selecting the food
or other gifts. This will give the
organization a better idea of what
the families’ most serious needs
are.
Student T urnout Improves
As Blood Drive Continues
124 Units Given
By Ags Tuesday
BLOOD DRIVE CONTINUES
John C. Abshier adds his contribution to the Ag-gie Blood Drive as (from left) Roger
Baur, Ken McCue, Gerald L. Wellman and Blood Services of Houston Nurse Ann Bren-
nand look on. The drive to collect blood for soldiers in Vietnam continues through
Thursday.
Railroad President Stresses
Public Safety Responsibility
The president of the Associa
tion of American railroads Tues
day urged greater public respon
sibility in the safe operation of
motor vehicles at railroad cross
ings to reduce needless accidents.
Thomas M. Goodfellow, speak
ing to 175 men attending a three-
day grade crossing symposium at
Texas A&M, said the estimated
1,800 who have lost—or will lose—
their lives in crossing accidents
this year could be reduced to near
zero if a magic formula could be
developed.
The formula, h e contended,
would make motorists want to
stop, listen and live.
GOODFELLOW suggested
more advance warnings for dri
vers approaching grade crossings,
indicating several signs might be
Yule Present Show
Set By Architects
Need gift ideas for Christmas?
An exhibit in Texas A&M’s School
of Architecture may be helpful.
The exhibit, with materials do
nated by department stores over
the state, includes gift ideas,
wrapping paper, decorations and
Christmas cards.
Also of interest are festive
shopping bags from noted de
partment stores.
The exhibit is open to the public
from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. through
Saturday.
erected, with the first as far as
1,000 feet from the crossing.
The speaker cited a “crying
need” for more effective educa
tional and enforcement campaigns
aimed at making drivers obey
grade crossing warning signals
and devices the same way they
honor highway warning and stop
signs.
Goodfellow said additional fed
eral funds should be made avail
able and used for new construc
tion, reconstruction or improve
ment of grade crossing’s, separa
tions and protection. These funds,
he noted, should be applicable to
all public highways, roads and
streets.
THE FEDERAL program is
especially important at the local
level, Goodfellow observed, since
a high percentage of grade cross
ings are concentrated in heavily
populated communities where gov
ernments are hard-pressed to find
needed money for schools and ot
her essential community services.
Sponsors of the symposium are
the Texas Transportation Insti
tute at A&M and the U. S. De
partment of Transportation.
Wednesday’s program includes
a talk by Oscar M. Laurel, a mem
ber of the National Transporta
tion Safety Board.
Everett Hutchinson, under sec
retary of the U. S. Department
of Transportation, will address
the symposium Friday.
Participants include a cross-
section of safety experts from
state and local governmental ag
encies, the Federal Railroad and
Highway Administration, safety
associations, railroad and trucking-
companies, labor organizations,
and public and private research
organizations.
By BOB PALMER
The Aggie Blood Drive for the
American soldiers in Vietnam
will move into its third day
Thursday.
After taking Wednesday off
for freshman runoff elections,
Blood Services of Houston will
again be taking blood from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. in the basement of
the Memorial Student Center.
The drive is sponsored by the
Student Senate to raise “fresh”
whole blood for the fighting men
in Vietnam. Roger Baur, a
former operating room technician
in Vietnam, and currently an
A&M student, brought to the
Senate’s attention the need for
the blood.
Baur said that medics in Viet
nam often ran short on blood or
that some of the blood they were
forced to use was too old to be
effective.
Arrangements for collecting-
blood on Friday and Saturday
remain uncertain.
"THE COLLECTION team will
be in the area on Friday, and if
there is enough demand we may
be able to bus people to them,”
Drive Chairman John Daly said.
On the past two days 184 units
of blood have been taken. Only
60 were taken on Monday.
“On Monday we had a snafu
in communications,” Daly said,
“and the rumor got out that the
drive had been cancelled. When
things finally started rolling it
was almost 11 a.m.
Although the drive started
slowly on Monday, it went full
blast Tuesday, he noted.
“We had a line waiting to
give blood all day,” Daly re
marked. “We took in 124 units.
“I HAVE nothing but praise
for everyone connected with the
drive,” he added. “The people
Christmas Program Planned
By YMCA At System Building
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
BB&L
—Adv.
A special program, “Campus-
Community Christmas,” will be
held Tuesday night on the front
steps of the Texas A&M Uni
versity System Building.
The 8 p.m. presentation featur
ing the Singing Cadets is spon
sored by the YMCA, announced
Corps Chaplain Clarence Daugh
erty of San Antonio, who will
direct the activities.
Daugherty said the program
will be moved to All Faiths
Chapel in case of bad weather.
A narration following a
Christmas theme is scheduled by
Ken Nicolas, assistant to the
commandant of cadets at A&M.
Another major event of the
evening will be the lighting of a
Christmas tree. Daugherty an
nounced the tree will remain
lighted throughout the Christmas
holidays as a symbol of the best
wishes of A&M’s student body
to the Bryan-College Station
community.
Daugherty emphasized that the
community will participate
through group singing of tradi
tional Christmas carols.
The Singing Cadets will offer
“Fanfare for Christmas,” “Little
Drummer Boy,” and “Do You
Hear What I Hear?” Solos
slated include “Lullaby of the
Christ Child” by Ernie Knowles
of Bryan, “Mary Had a Baby,”
by Bill Tharp of Bryan and “O,
Holy Night!” by Robert L.
Boone,” director of the glee club.
Mis. June Biering is pianist-
accompanist for the Singing
Cadets.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
that worked for Blood Services
stayed on their feet from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m., taking only a 15 min
ute lunch break.
“We organized this drive in
only 13 days instead of the usual
month or more,” he continued.
“It is surprising that it has come
off so smoothly. We did have
some trouble Monday but the im
portant thing is that it went well
today,” Daly explained.
Daly described the turnout of
Aggies as “outstanding,” and
looks for an even larger partici
pation on Thursday.
“Chances look really good for
a second drive in February,” Daly
said. “If the Aggies keep coming
there will be no problem in hav
ing the second drive.
“I also hope .that this will not
be the last year for the drive,” he
noted. “If we can get this start
ed on an annual basis, it will be
a real credit to A&M.”
Solons Agree
To Raises In
Postage, Pay
By TERRY T. BAULCH
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON 'A 3 )—Congress
sent to President Johnson Tues
day Christmas present raises for
2 million federal workers and
SVij million servicemen and one
penny boosts in the costs of mail
ing letters and postcards.
With Johnson expected to sign
the legislation quickly, the first
of three stages of the pay raises
will be retroactive to Oct. 1, with
further increases next year and
in 1969. The letter, postcard and
several other postal rates go up
Jan. 7 and others will rise in
1969 and 1970.
The pay raise for federal work
ers, expected to cost $2.7 billion
a year by 1969, and the postal
rate increases are in one bill
which the Senate passed 72 to 0.
The House had approved it Mon
day 326 to 62.
The military pay raise, ex
pected to cost another $2.7 bil
lion a year by 1969, was passed
by the House by voice vote after
only 18 minutes of consideration.
The Senate had passed the com
promise version last Friday.
With both House and Senate
pushing toward a hoped-for
month of adjournment starting
Friday, they worked speedily to
clear remaining major legisla
tion.
The House passed 306 to 77
without debate and sent to the
Senate the last money bill, a
$1.61-billion appropriation to fi
nance the antipoverty program
for the current fiscal year. It is
$370 million under the authoriza
tion measure approved earlier.
Collegian Comment
What Do Students Think Of The Aggie
Blood Drive?
Roger B. Boatwright, Company
E-l: “Giving blood for use in
Vietnam gives one at home the
opportunity to do something for
the men over there. It is good to
know that such a small gift as
one’s blood can do so much.”
James M. Bradshaw, sophomore,
Maroon Band: “I believe that it
is the best way we can show our
appreciation of what they are
doing in Vietnam.”
Howard S. Griffin, Company G-2:
“I feel that it is one of the small
ways that we at home can help,
and I want to help all I can.”
Carl Feducia, commander, Sec
ond Brigade: “It is an excellent
opportunity to demonstrate about
Vietnam, but instead of signs,
we’re using something a little
more worthwhile.”
Zane C. Steininger, Victoria: “I
feel, since they’re giving their
blood for me, the least I can do
is give them a pint back.”
Richard Hansen, Squadron 3:
“By donating blood for the men
in Vietnam, we are expressing,
in a small way, that they have
our complete support.”
Earl C. Rodenberg, First Wirtg
Staff; ‘‘After all of the demon
strations on other campuses
throughout the U.S., I feel that
giving blood for the men in Viet
nam is a great way for Aggies
to support U. S. policy.”