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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, January 16, 1968
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Russian Fleet
Challenges U.S. 6th
State Capital Roundup
If there is one thing clear in the post-June-war Middle
East, it is the growing challenge of Russian influence and
shipping in the Mediterranean.
William Beecher, of the New York Times News Service
in London, reports that in talks with diplomatic and mili
tary leaders in Washington, Brussels, Paris, London, Cairo,
and Tel Aviv, there is concern over a Soviet “move to build
its non-nuclear military strength far from its borders.”
Beecher says until recently there was no permanent
Russian fleet in the Mediterranean, and no willingness to
challenge the Western military dominance on the waters
of the Middle East.
While the British are withdrawing from the Suez area
the Russians now have a fleet of between 30 to 45 vessels.
“Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the former prime minister
of Britain, recently warned: ‘The Soviet Union is now per
manently established in the Mediterranean and is astride
the northern exit of the Suez Canal. They have, as pre
dicted, been offered a base in Aden, which gives them an
opportunity, should they wish to do so, to interfere with the
only other trade route to Europe round the shores of South
ern Africa.’ ”
Beecher reports that the North Atlantic Treaty Orga
nization (NATO), and President Johnson have separately
called for comprehensive studies of the implications to the
Western Alliance, and effect on Western influence in the
oil-producing Arab countries, with the growing Soviet fleet
in the area.
The U. S. 6th Fleet, with 50 to 60 war ships, is pres
ently considered more than a match for the Soviets.
“There have been reports that the Soviet Union is
negotiating to take over the naval base at Mers-El-Kebir,
Algeria, after the French pull out, probably next month.
The base can control the strait of Gibralter on the western
end of the Mediterranean,” Beecher says.
The whole matter points to the importance of a settle
ment between Arabs and Israelies which is agreeable to
both sides.
For as Beecher notes, after a settlement “The UAR
and other Arab states may ask the United States, Britain
and France to increase their economic and technical and
perhaps military activities to counter Soviet influence over
the destiny of the Arabs.”
Defiance to a peaceful settlement on both sides has left
the Suez Canal filled with trapped and sunken shipping,
an economic loss to Europe, America and the UAR, and
provides an increasing influence for Russia, invited or not.
By VERN SANFORD
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN, Tex.—Texas Liquor Control Board
activities occupy a widening spotlight.
Complaints of wrong-doing by some board em
ployees will be aired at a hearing before LCB mem
bers and Administrator Coke Stevenson Jr. here
January 29.
Gov. John Connally has praised the board for
firing of seven men over incidents involving ques
tionable sale of a confiscated truck and alleged mis
handling of 11 bottles of contraband liquor.
Dallas Dist. Atty Henry Wade called on the
Texas Department of Public Safety to investigate
the LCB after his staff came up with what he
termed a “protection’ scheme involving board agents.
Grand jurors in Smith County also are probing a
claim that one liquor license was so quickly granted
that local law enforcement people had no chance to
object.
“He said something about two major quizzes this week,
but he must have been kidding! He wouldn’t give two
majors in th’ last week, would he?”
Sound Off
Bulletin Board
THURSDAY
The Waco - McLennan County
Hometown Club will meet at 7:30
p.m. in the Reading Room of the
YMCA.
The Orange County Hometown
Club will have pictures made for
the Aggieland at 8 p.m. on the
steps of the MSC.
The Student AVMA Auxiliary'
will meet at 8 p.m. in the South
Solarium of the YMCA.
The Amarillo Hometown Club
will have pictures made for the
Aggieland at 8:15 p.m. in the
Lobby of the MSC.
The El Paso Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room
3C of the MSC.
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The San Antonio Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 145 of the Physics!Buildings
The College Station 1 Chapter of
the American Meteorological So
ciety will elect officers at the
regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 305 of Goodwin Hall.
Editor
The Battalion:
Recently opinions, pro and con,
having to do with proper attire
have appeared in the student
newspaper. It seems undergrad
uates are in search of an identity.
Search no more—you are an Ag
gie. I attended and graduated as
a non-reg much to my sorrow
now.
Whether we non-regs like it or
not, Texas A&M is a different
school. It is no Berkeley, no Tu-
lane, no Texas U. If we want so-
called freedom of dress and con
duct, there are other institutions.
But ten or twenty years from
now, what kind of a code will you
live by as an Aggie? I just be
lieve an Aggie has more going
for him than a graduate of some
other school.
It’s too bad the Corps is losing
ground on the campus, because
the Corps is the very heart of
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1AHLEH «
GLOBETROTTERS
A&M. When the heart ceases to
beat, the body dies.
No more “Ole” Army, no more
Twelfth Man, no more spirit. All
that is left is just an empty
school where confused undergrad
uates grope in search of an iden
tity. Jim Hoy ’51
JUNIOR COLLEGE PROGRAM
Only minor objections were heard as the Co
ordinating Board, Texas College and University
System, held a public hearing on its new plan for
dividing the state into 52 regions. Plan would
allow each region at least one junior college.
Project envisions basic post-high school educa
tion at junior colleges, with upper-division college
work done at senior colleges and post graduate
work at the major universities.
Only objections to the plan were from Chambers
of Commerce and similar organizations. Some did
not like the way the board lined up the regions,
leaving them with little hope of having their own
junior college.
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OPINION
County commissioners courts are not bound under
the new open meetings law to permit live broadcasts
of meetings or the taping of proceedings for delayed
broadcast, Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin held.
In other recent opinions, Martin concluded that:
• Anti-lottery laws are not violated by service
stations which give away free cards entitling holders
to win prizes.
• A city can impose its building restrictions on
junior college districts and require them to pay
regular building permit fees.
• State Board of Examiners in Basic Sciences
does not have authority to deny certificates of pro
ficiency in chiropractic to an applicant otherwise
qualified by law who presents evidence of having
taken the required college credits.
• State Board of Registration for Professional
Engineers can employ an investigator to assist in
performance of duties.
• It is the obligation of the state tp buiyj
digent patients who die in state hospitals on
on furlough from state institutions.
• Local governments can bring suits to en(|
water and air pollution controls without appvT
of state agencies.
• Insurance companies subject to gross pre®
receipts taxes are also subject to sales taxes.
• County commissioners have right to erectj
tie guards paramount to that of landowner’s r|
to erect gates, when in best interest of public.
• Federal Bureau of Investigation cars an j
thorized emergency vehicles.
• Texas Water Quality Board may adopt t
prescribing fees for copies of documents filed j
it but has no authority to distribute free tl
papers and other documents affected by proceedrl
• Criminal trial witnesses are entitled tof
diem compensation for the one day only regaril
of the number of cases he testified in that da)|
• Peace officers’ fees in misdemeanor cascsj
governed by Article 5301 of Code of Criminal!
cedure, felony case fees by Article 1029 and!
trict clerks’ fees in felony cases by Article 10(1)1
STATEWIDE SCHOOL PLAN
U. S. Office of Education and the State j
of Education have given their approval to thelj
Education Agency’s plan for developing a state
program for coordinating the long list of fed
federal/state and local education programs.
Plan includes “integrating, coordinating ani|
using presently diverse educational programs i|
state on a limited number of high priority j
ties and populations.”
Idea is that local school districts — after tkj
decided that federal and federal/state programsf
want to participate in — file only one applies)
which would go through the state to the fej
level. Then, when it’s time to report back whil
grant money was used for, only one report (J
the various programs would be necessary from)
district.
DRAFT QUOTA SET
February draft quata for Texas is 1,1651
This is compared with 1,659 for January, 92l|
December, 1,159 for November, 977 for October!
1,180 for September, says Col. Morris Sdm|
State Selective Service Director.
February figure is five per cent of the naif
call of 23,300.
Local Selective Service Boards have beer|
structed to schedule 1,590 men for pre-imte
examinations in February — a reduction from'l
ordered in January.
Town Hall “EXTRA”
G. Rollie White Coliseum
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 1968
8:00 P. M.
TICKET PRICES:
Texas A&M Student (With Activity
Card) and Date $1.50 ea.
General Admission $2,00
Researved Seats $2.50 & $3.00
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