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VOLUME 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1968
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‘The Other Team’ Beaten
By Trotter Antics—Again
By MIKE WRIGHT
Battalion Staff Writer
As the tune of “Sweet Geor
gia Brown” filled G. Rollie
White Coliseum, Abe Saperstein’s
Harlem Globetrotters warmed up
by thrilling the crowd with their
famous “warm-up circle.” Mean
while, at the other end of the
court, an entirely different team
warmed up.
The Washington Generals, a
team entirely separate from the
Trotters, quietly shot their bas-
MEADOWLARK AT PLAY
Harlem Globetrotters’ clown prince Meadowlark Lemon
“bootlegs” a spare basketball as his teammates bring in
the “legal” ball at the other end of the court. The action
was part of Town Hall’s Globetrotters—Washington Gen
erals game, won here Tuesday night by—who else?— the
‘Trotters, 92-75. (Photo by Mike Wright)
Tanks Overrun Green Berets;
Recent Red Losses Announced
By EDWIN Q. WHITE
Associated Press Writer
SAIGON <AP> — Communist
troops using tanks and armored
cars early Wednesday overran
and occupied a U.S. Special Forces
camp near Khe Sanh, South
Vietnamese military headquarters
reported.
There was no immediate word
whether the fighting at the Lang
Vei Green Beret camp represented
the start of a long-expected ma
jor offensive by four or five
North Vietnamese divisions
massed along the northwest
frontier of South Vietnam.
If the South Vietnamese re
port is confirmed, it marks the
first time that the Communists
have been known to use tanks in
the Vietnam war.
IN SAIGON, the U. S. Com
mand announced that the intensi
fied attacks the Communists
launched across the country Jan.
30 cost the enemy 22,748 dead up
to midnight Tuesday. It said
1,768 allied troops have been
killed, including 614 Americans
and 1,130 South Vietnamese.
As U. S. warplanes kept up
their raids over North Vietnam,
the U. S. Command caid an Air
Force F4 Phantom fighter-
bomber shot down a MIG21 in
terceptor west of Hanoi Tuesday.
U. S. air power also was called
in near the Lang Vei battle ear
ly Wednesday. B52 bombers hit
enemy concentrations northwest
of Khe Sanh.
Grad Gets DFC
For Viet Combat
Combat heroism by Army Maj.
Clarence H. Woliver Jr. won the
Distinguished Flying Cross for
the 1954 Texas A&M graduate.
Major Woliver of Houston is
with the 1st Cavalry Division’s
20th Artillery near Qui Nhon,
Vietnam. As commander of a
rocket-armed helicopter, he di
rected an attack against enemy
positions. Numerous firing passes
were made through intense
ground fire.
After refueling and taking on
more ammunition at base camp,
the Battery A commander flew
his chopper back to the battle
area for more attacks.
Woliver was commissioned at
A&M and received his 1954 de
gree in business administration.
His wife lives in El Paso, his
mother in Houston.
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
—Adv.
THE U. S. Command said the
Lang Vei denfenders came under
mortar and artillery fire just
before midnight Tuesday.
As the enemy pushed through
the camp’s perimeter, the defend
ers, aided by artillery and tacti
cal air strikes, engaged in close-
quarter fighting from their
bunkers.
South Vietnamese headquar
ters said seven enemy tanks and
armored cars, supported by artil
lery, moved from the direction of
Laos for the attack on the camp.
Headquarters spokesmen said
four tanks were destroyed in the
fighting.
AS THE countrywide Commu
nist attacks went into their ninth
day, enemy forces continued to
hold out in Saigon and Hue, the
old imperial capital 400 miles to
the north. The allies were gird
ing for possible second-wave at
tacks.
A major fight that broke out
Tuesday one miles north of Tan
Son Nhut air base in the sub
urbs of Saigon was reported still
going on Wednesday morning.
The enemy, estimated at battal
ion strength, was pulling back
under the pressure of reinforced
South Vietnamese trooks.
AT HUE, Associated Press
correspondent John Lengel re
ported that Communists blew up
the main bridge connecting the
north and south sides of the city
early Wednesday. He said they
dropped the two center spans of
the six-span structure.
U. S. Marines were fighting
through an area on the south
side of the Perfume River and
South Vietnamese troops wei*e
battling for the walled Citadel
on the north side.
BB&L,
Soph Sweetheart
Nominations Due
Friday In MSC
Filing for Sophomore Class
Sweetheart will close Friday in
the Student Program Office of
the Memorial Student Center.
Photographs, wallet size or
larger, should be turned in with
the application, according to Jim
St. John, class social secretary.
Judges will select seven final
ists from the applicants. Finalists
will be honored with a reception
in the Birch Room of the MSC
on Feb. 17 at 2 p.m.
The sweetheart will be an
nounced that night at the Sopho
more Ball in Sbisa Dining Hall
featuring Neal Ford and the
Fanatics.
kets, minding their own business.
Owned and coached by Louis
“Red” Klotz, the Generals have
furnished the Basketball Clowns
opposition over 20 years.
“WHEN THE Trotters came to
play, the town used to provide a
team to play them,” explained
Klotz. “Well, they would put
their best against the boys and
when they’d start with their tricks
it would embarrass them in front
of their friends and families. A
lot of fights often got started in
these games.”
Then Klotz and his team came
along and started offering first
class opposition against the
Trotters. He pulled his players
from the top college teams and
out of the armed services.
Tuesday night's game, present
ed as a Town Hall “extra” was
no exception in the way the Gen
erals play. They played well and
lost points only on the trick plays
of the Trotters. The 92-75 score
doesn’t really indicate the close
ness of the game. Sam Sawyer
paced the Generals with 23 points,
while his counterpart, Meadowlark
Lemon, led the Trotters with 23
points also.
“WE PLAY the game straight
when we have the ball,” team
captain Ed Maher said. Maher
attended Mississippi Southern
before joining the Generals in
1966, after two years in the
armed services.
“Most of the players who play
for me could easily play in either
the NBA or the ABA”, noted
player-owner-coach Klotz.
“Take Maher for example. He’s
one of the best set shooters
around and I think he could
make it on any professional
team.”
The only thing Maher has
against him in his height. He
stands only 6 feet.
“A small man is often an as
set to a team. He is often the
sparkplug of a pro team,” ex
plained Klotz.
KLOTZ PLAYED in the NBA
with the Baltimore Bullets and
several players have made the
NBA and the ABA from the
Generals.
“Since there are no real minor
leagues in professional basketball,
a place is needed to provide a
place for some players to im
prove before stepping into the
professional ranks.
“Some of the players that
played tonight could very well
play big-time professional bas
ketball next year,” commented
Klotz.
“The Globetrotters are a great
group of guys to work with, and
we both really enjoy playing,”
Maher said. “We play eight
games a week, one each day, with
two on Sunday”.
“IT’S ALSO a great way to
meet people and see America and
we also get to see a lot of Eur
ope and Asia from April to Aug
ust,” commented Sawyer.
“The Globetrotters cut up on
the court and have fun, but they
leave it on the court. They are
just like average guys in real
life and behave extremely well
as a group,” Klotz remarked.
The Globies were the stars,
however, and they played their
role tremendously. They partici
pated in dunk shots (both side
ways and behind the back), “base
ball”, “football”, and in haras
sing the referees — obviously, all
in good fun.
The Globetrotters and their va
riety show of jugglers, ping-pong
experts and trampoline artists
left after the Aggie show for
Sheveport, La., where they will
present their unique type of bas
ketball sportsmanship to fans
there.
Hydro - Space Fiesta
PraisedByHumphrey
Biology Dept. Gets
349 Microscopes
The Biology Department at
A&M has added 349 new micro
scopes to its instructional equip
ment.
Dr. William P. Fife, acting
department head, said the $45,000
worth of instruments will be in
stalled in various laboratories for
graduate and undergraduate use.
Manufactured by Swift and
Vickers, the microscopes are
scheduled for multiple and single
person use in invertebrate, zo
ology, botany and oceanography
labs in the department. The
equipment is capable of 30 to 500
times magnification.
Demonstration
Of Gas Laser
Set Thursday
Vice President Hubert M.
Humphrey has congratulated
leaders of the Sixth Annual Hy
dro-Space Fiesta here for recog
nizing “the rapidly increasing im
portance of our nation’s oceano
graphic efforts and their national
and international implications.”
The vice president’s telegram
was received by Fiesta Chairman
Larry D. Scott as officials braced
for the influx of thousands of
school children and other visitors.
“Neato!” shouted Tommy Mur
ray, a fourth-grader at Sul Ross
School in Bryan as he emerged
from a model of the submersible
ALVIN which located and recov
ered the missing H-bomb off the
coast of Spain.
“I wouldn’t be scared to go
down in that, but I’m scared to
go high,” chimed in classmate
Chuck Haynes.
OTHER MODELS of oceano-
graphic craft, more than a score
of films, and a batch of related
exhibits are set up in the Me
morial Student Center for the
week-long affair which ends Sat
urday.
The vice president’s message
was:
“I am happy to extend congrat
ulations to you, your fellow stu
dent committeemen, and the other
participants in the Sixth Annual
Hydro-Space Fiesta ’68.
“I consider it significant that
the Great Issues Committee has
chosen this year to recognize the
rapidly increasing importance of
our nation’s oceanographic ef
forts and their national and in
ternational implications.
“The oceans and space have
many common characteristics.
They are susceptible to many of
the same technologies. People
with skills and training in the
physical sciences can apply them
to either field or to both. A lead
ing institution such as Texas
A&M University offers curricula
in the ocean sciences and engi
neering and in the space sciences
and engineering. Together, these
fields constitute one of our great
est manpower magnets for the
next decade.
“AS CHAIRMAN of both the
National Council on Marine Re
sources and Engineering and the
National Aeronautics and Space
Council, I heartily concur in your
efforts to stimulate wide public
awareness of the national signifi
cance of both fields.
“The oceans are destined to
serve many of this nation’s basic
needs and national purposes—
such as expanding international
cooperation and understanding,
accelerating use of food from the
sea, and strengthening military
programs for national security.
“My best wishes for a success
ful Hydro-Space Fiesta ’68.”
Chairman Scott said around
40,000 visitors are expected to see
the exhibits and hear presenta
tions.
AT 10 A.M. and 2 p.m. Thurs
day, Richard Dear, engineering
associate with Southwestern Bell
Telephone Co., will demonstrate
a gas laser, transmitting music
on the beam of light.
“Training Porpoises for Fun
and Science” will be the topic of
a talk at 8 p.m. Thursday by Mrs.
Karen Pryor, training director
and curator for Sea Life Park in
Hawaii.
A highlight of the Fiesta will
be the 8 p.m. Friday talk of Wal
ter Sullivan, science editor of The
New York Times.
Sullivan will discuss movements
of the ocean floor, including con
tinental drift, a subject which has
intrigued geophysics for decades.
The Hydro-Space Fiesta is pre
sented as part of the Space Fiesta
Series, sponsored by the student-
operated Great Issues Committee
of the Memorial Student Center
Directorate. Objective of the
series is to provide students and
A&M and the public with an an
nual “report” on the nation’s
space and oceanographic activi
ties.
CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES
Construction crews work on the re-surfacing and widening of Jersey Street. This is one of
many construction jobs taking place on and around the A&M campus since a $25 million
schedule was authorized over the next three years.
A&M’s Economic Influence
Vital To B-CS Community
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part
two of a series describing the
influence of Texas A&M on the
Bryan-College Station com
munity. Using facts from the
Industrial Facts Book, Bryan-
College Station, it will show the
economic area of influence.
A survey of administrative
attitudes and policies of dif
ferent college administrators
will form the third part of the
series, to be published Tues
day, February 13, in The Bat
talion.
By MIKE PLAKE
Battalion Feature Editor
TEXAS A&M began as an iso
lated 2,000 acre campus, three
buildings, 40 students, and six in
structors. It now has 12,000 acres
of land, a $10 million physical
plant, and 946 instructional per
sonnel.
What about it influence on the
B-CS community? How many
dollars are injected into the area
by the University?
According to the Bryan-College
Station Industrial Facts Book and
figures from the A&M registrar's
office, the University “ . . . em
ploys some 5,400 persons ...”
According to the Fiscal Office,
the payroll for university system
employes living in the B-CS area
is about $34 million.
Because of the considerable dis
tance between it and the large
industries and businesses of cities
such as Houston, Dallas, and Fort
Space Goals
To Be Topic
Of AF Talk
Major U. S. space developments
and goals will be described by a
team of Air Force lecturers at
A&M tonight.
An Aerospace Presentations
team from Air University, Max
well AFB, Ala., will brief A&M’s
AFROTC cadets at 7:30 p.m. in
Guion Hall, announced Col. Ver
non L. Head.
The professor of aerospace
studies said the public has an
open invitation and all interested
persons may attend.
Lt. Col. Elro M. Swindle, Maj.
Garrald H. Howland and Maj.
Ronald P. Bockius will give high
lights of the national space pro
gram. Team members will trace
major developments in space from
the first U. S. efforts several
years ago to future plans, includ
ing details of placing American
astronauts on the moon by 1970.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
Worth, much of that payroll re
mains in Bryan-College Station.
Whatever unknown figure ’is in
jected into this area, a logical con
clusion would have it a formid
able contribution.
Aside from strict monetary
figures, however, other factors
may be considered economically.
WATER ACQUISITION is an
important example. Texas A&M
supplies part of the water supply
for the city of College Station
in addition to its on-campus needs.
It draws water from six wells
located in the northwest campus
area. With a raw water capacity
of four million gallons of water
per day, the wells fulfill the
average two million gallons per
day demand on-campus as well
as the demands of College Station
residents.
The importance of the Univer
sity water supply can be realized
further as a yearly figure. From
October 1964 to September 1965
the wells pumped out nearly 800
million gallons.
ELECTRICITY is another in
direct yet important economic in
fluence in the community. The
university has five generators of
its own with a capacity of 22,250
kilowatts. It also has a standby
69 KVA line to the Bryan-College
Station electricity supply.
ONE LAST economic influence
of Texas A&M on its community
is the construction, on and around
campus. In 1965, the university
received a 60% increase in ap
propriations from General State
Revenue. The Industrial Facts
Book states that “new construc
tion under way and scheduled at
Texas A&M and modernization of
facilities amounts to more than
$25 million for the next three
years.”
The construction, a result ii the
increase in appropriations, also
brings additional economy into
the area by the hiring of more
workers and bringing in new
wages.
No tangible figure may be com
puted as an index of A&M’s in
fluence on the Bryan-College Sta
tion community. However, from
its payroll, water and electricity
supply, and the increasing con
struction and maintenance activi
ties related to it, one may con
clude that A&M forms the econo
mic nucleus of Bryan-College Sta
tion. Without its influence, the
Bryan-College Station community
would find itself a sprawling, low
land farm. With it, the growth
of the community is directly pro
portional to the growth of the
school.
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings certif
icates. —Adv.
Stallings, Baser, Libby Are
‘Outstanding Young Men’
Texas A&M graduates Gene Stallings, Joe Baser and
Billy W. Libby have been selected for the 1968 “Outstanding
Young Men of America” publication, an annual biographical
compilation of the nation’s leaders between the ages of 21
and 35.
Selection for inclusion is based on distinguished en
deavor in one or more fields to the point of being outstand
ing. A 14-man National Board of Editors headed by Doug
Blankenship, past U. S. Jaycee president, chose the 10,000
young men listed in 1968.
Nominations are from Jaycee chapters and college
alumni associations.
Coach of the 1967 SWC champions and Cotton Bowl
winner over Alabama, Stallings, 32, was named the state’s
coach of the year and then appointed athletic director. The
championship game three seasons following the 1956 grad
uate’s return to A&M as head coach.
Buser, 30, is assistant executive secretary of the
Association of Former Students and edits the organization’s
“Texas Aggie.” He wrote for newspapers, and A&M’s in
formation office and directed a public affairs program in
Washington, D. C. The 1969 graduate and Air Force of
ficers has been active in the Jaycees, and Boy Scouts and
is president of the Brazos County A&M Club.
Army Chaplain Capt. Bill Libby graduated in 1958.
He attended Drew Theological School, Madison, N. J., and
was ordained a Methodist minister in 1961. The 101st
Airborne Division chaplain recently returned from a military
pastorate in Munich, Germany, and has done social work in
Brooklyn housing projects. The Dumas native has been in
the Army six years.