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10
War Dead Figured
By Counting Bodies
By The Associated Press
How does the U. S. Command
in Saigon arrive at those figures
on enemy dead in Vietnam ? By
body count, say American spokes
men there. But the Pentagon con
cedes that sometimes they are
just estimates.
“When they can count, they
count,” said one high Pentagon
official. “Otherwise they esti
mate.”
Defense Secretary Robert S.
McNamara has suggested that the
figures of Communist casualties
be “used wtih a great deal of
Caution.” He added that they were
just as apt to be understatement
as exaggeration.
Milittary informants said the
U. S. casualty reports were be
gun in 1962 after McNamara
called for measurable indicators
of progress in the war.
Brig. Gen. Winant Sidle, U. S.
information chief in Saigon, said
recently that figures released by
the U. S. Command come from
regular reports issued every six
hours by American divisions.
from “estimates or guesstimates.”
These field counts are relayed
to battalion level, Sidle said, and
then up the chain of command
to division, which issues its situ
ation report to the force head
quarters.
Sidle insisted that casualties
resulting from bombings, straf
ing by planes and helicopter gun-
ships, as well as those caused by
artillery fired from great dis
tances were not estimated or
added into the totals “unless
someone actually gets in there
and counts the bodies.”
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Correspondents who have been
in the field claim that body counts
are questionable. The field com
mander has plenty to do after a
battle, securing his perimeter and
taking care of wounded, and
counting enemy dead is the least
of his worries. As a result, they
say, a subordinate usually makes
the count or, if the situation is
critical, a battlefield estimate is
made.
ROGERS SCHOLARSHIP
A donation by citizens of Rogers, Tex., for Texas A&M op
portunity awards presented seven Rogers High graduates
will become a scholarship itself. The unusual presentation
to Dorsey E. McCrory (left), development director, was
made by Darwin R. Schwertner and Travis Rosson, Rogers
school officials.
USDA Construction Bids
To Open For New Facilities
Sidle said the body counts may
be made by squad, or platoon-size
units, and never more than com
pany-size. This indicated, he said,
that the figures did not result
Military sources acknowledge
that it is impossible to get any
accurate count in cases where a
Communist unit is caught by an
artillery barrage or air strike
and only pieces of bodies litter
the area.
Rep. Olin E. Teague of College
Station announced recently that
the General Services Administra
tion will open bids March 21 for
construction of two U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture laboratories
at Texas A&M.
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And yet figures are given on
KBA, or killed by air. Such
counting is supposed to be done
by pilots of relatively slow, low-
flying spotter planes. But, it has
been pointed out that spotter
pilots cannot tell whether a Viet
Cong is actually dead or faking,
or perhaps wounded.
The facilities are the Southwest
ern Veterinary Toxicology and
Livestock Insect Research Labora
tory and the National Cotton Dis
ease Research Laboratory. Cost
of the facilities will be about $3.25
million.
Teague said the toxicology lab
will be the largest of its kind in
the United States. Most of it§ re
search will center on toxicity of
chemicals (including pesticides)
used in agriculture that affect live
stock. Other activities will be de
velopment of chemical and non
chemical methods of livestock in
sect control.
Dr. R.D. Radeleff, director desig
nate of the toxicology lab, said he
anticipates construction to start
about May 1.
He said the laboratories will con
sist of two main buildings and 12
smaller buildings to be built
across the road and south of the
A&M Dairy Center and north of the
College Veterinary Medicine com
plex.
HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MANY WINNERS!
Students Attending A&M
Prompt Action By Rogers
Rogers, a Central Texas town
of 1,000 population, has seven of
its high school graduates attend
ing Texas A&M on opportunity
award scholarships.
Citizens of the Bell County
community 11 miles southeast of
Temple decided recognition was in
order. A presentation was made
to A&M’s student aid office.
A plaque and $200 check were
presented by Darwin B. Schwert
ner and Travis Rosson, Rogers
school officials, to Development
Director Dorsey E. McCrory and
Robert M. Logan, student aid
director.
McCrory said the donation will
become a Rogers Schools Scholar
ship.
“The presentation is in appreci
ation of opportunity awards A&M
has made available to Rogers area
boys in recent years,” noted
Schwertner, principal of the
town’s elementary school.
“Our youth have won other
scholarships from businesses and
other areas,” pointed out Rosson,
school counselor. “These were the
first from a college itself.”
Rogers High graduates pres
ently on opportunity scholarships
are sophomores Richard L. Green,
sociology; Darwin Schwertner Jr.,
liberal arts; Johnnie Lee Cooksey
and David Joe Sebek, education.
Also freshmen Edwin A. Smith
III, agricultural education; Ken
neth L. Doskocil, math, and Rob
ert J. Trampota, education.
“They are doing well,” Logan
said of their academic work.
Rosson, Schwertner and voca
tional agriculture teacher J. H.
Merka originated the donation.
“We felt something could be
done in return,” Schwertner com
mented. “You don’t realize what
these scholarships mean to our
high school.”
Rosson indicated many Rogers
citizens contributed, including
numerous Texas A&M graduates.
Schwertner studied business,
graduating in 1946. Merka re
ceived bachelor and master’s de
grees in agricultural education,
graduating in 1934. A 1955 grad
uate, Donald Godwin, coached
Rogers to the Class A Football
semifinals last fall.
“Some University of Texas and
Baylor graduates pitched in too,”
Schwertner noted.
Logan said the plaque contain
ing Rogers school officials’ names
and a statement of the presenta
tion’s meaning will be displayed
in the student aid office.
“This check does not represent
our feeling but is only a small
token of our appreciation,” it
reads.
Top Freshmen
Announced For
Corps Units
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Three Texas A&M fish, Willard
Frysinger of Harlingen, Craig C.
Martin of Wichita Falls and Fritz
Koehler of Cuero, have been
named outstanding freshmen of
their respective wings and bri
gades for the fall semester.
Koehler/ an accounting major,
is an Army ROTC cadet of Com
pany B-l, 1st Battalion, 1st
Brigade.
A Squadron 9 fish of the 2nd
Wing, Martin is studying mathe
matics and had a 3.06 grade point
ratio last fall.
Frysinger is studying Spanish,
German and Russian in modem
languages, with the view of en
tering Air Force intelligence
work when he is commissioned.
He is in Squadron 1, 1st Wing.
The outstanding freshmen were
selected from about 150 fourth
classmen in each wing or brigade
by company or squadron, battalion
or group and wing or brigade
cadet officers.
Outstanding corps freshmen
are selected by separate pro
cedure for presentation by the
Commandant’s Office on Mother’s
Day.
Baptists Hunting
Books For Asians
FFA WEEK PROCLAIMED
Governor John Connally has proclaimed the week of Febru
ary 17-24 as FFA Week in Texas. Left to right are George
Hurt, State Advisor of the Texas FFA, Governor Connally,
and Danny Burns, President, Texas Association of Future
Farmers of America.
GRE Registration Announced
The Graduate Record Examina
tions will be given March 29-30
to all seniors scheduled to gradu
ate in May and who register in
the Counseling and Testing Cen
ter prior to March 1.
Each student will receive
through the mail an admission
card telling where and when to
report. This card should reach
the student about five days be-
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Aggieland
All Seniors and
Graduate Students
fore testing. Any student not re
ceiving a notice by March 26,
should go by the Centex - .
Students who canot take the
tests at this time may register
for the national testing program
of the Graduate Record Examina
tions to be given on the campus
April 27. Applications may be
obtained from the Center. The
student’s completed application
must reach Princeton, New Jex - -
sey, prior to April 2.
The Texas Baptist Student
Unions ax - e undertaking the proj
ect of tx - ying to supply some
Baptist Student Union libraries
on universities in Indonesia with
books. At present, it is not un
common for one book to be shai - ed
by 10 students.
Nearly all books axe useful.
Medical books; any type of Eng
lish study, including paperbacks
of the classics; language study
texts such as French or German;
mathematics; all of the sciences
and engineering, architecture, and
other texts are needed. Devo
tional books, and others with a
Christian message ax - e also
needed.
This campaign began November
1, 1967 and will continue thx - ough
July 1, 1968.
Any pexson wanting to donate
books, new or used, should bring -
them by the Baptist Student
Centex - , 201 N. Main.
Thru Feb. 17.
University Studio
ALL JUNIORS and
ALL SOPHOMORES
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IT IS NOT TOO EARLY TO ORDER YOUR SUMMER
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Come by Today
MARCH 5
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^ I of JIM’S HAIRSTYLING
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Bart, formerly of California
and Washington, was ap
pointed to JIM’s staff to
help accommodate the in
creasing demand in this
area for distinctive and
creative men’s hairstyling.
Call 846-5541 today for an appointment.
Open from 10 a. m. to 7 p. m.
Hairstyling $6
Razor Cut $3
Regular $2
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