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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, March 22, 1968
CADET SLOUCH
Election Fever
Strikes Campus
It is heartening- to note the extraordinarily large num
ber of students who are running for class office in the
March 28 general elections.
By Tuesday, 151 students had filed for class offices.
And that’s saying a lot when you consider that each
candidate had to meet certain character and grade quali
fications in order to be eligible to run.
Although few have the opportunity to be baby kissers,
most Aggie candidates are notorious hand shakers and love
to make personal visits to dormitory rooms on the even
ings before the election.
A man’s name who has visited you remains in your
memory longer than one that does not, providing that an
Air Force cadet does not visit an Army outfit, or an Army
cadet visit an Air Force outfit, or a civilian visit the Corps—
unless you are lucky enough to be Jerry Campbell.
But most candidates do make contact with a remark
ably large number of classmates and invite questions from
them while running a little scared that they won’t have
the right answers.
The large number of candidates on the campaign trail,
the large number of their friends and of others who will
have been persuaded to hustle over to the MSC should in
sure one of the largest turnouts ever for an election.
The observer of the past several years might note that
this is one of the richest election campaigns in years—
candidates are not sparing the lumber or pain for quality
signs placed near Guion Hall.
Favorite tactics also include handouts and calling cards.
And if you’re a Corps freshman it helps to have a CO who
demands that all you fish buddies vote and for their out
fit’s home-grown representatives—you.
Perhaps the fever of presidential elections is sweep
ing college campuses too. From A&M may emerge a Nelson
Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, or another Lyndon Johnson
or George Wallace (heaven forbid).
The infighting and hot competition for class office
hasn’t been this good in years, and at campaign head
quarters throughout the campus, the candidates will wait
with eager anticipation.
by Jim Earle Pl anes Bother
His Chickens
6'P) — Walter King, 68, told
authorities he began shooting at
low-flying aircraft because the
planes disturbed his squawking
chickens “and I ain’t had no rest
at all.”
King, a chicken farmer, who
also operates an auto junkyard,
was arrested by state troopers
who caught him blasting away
with a rifle at a circling airplane.
“There’s been a solid buzzing
of me night and day for two and
a half years,” King explained,
“it’s just wore me out.”
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Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
O. K. Aggies. You have had
time to crawl out of your holes
and look around. Right?—Right!
You saw a few people? Maybe
even enough to . . . ? To What
Aggies ?
If you read our school paper
Thursday and just happened to
glance over the advertisements,
you saw a rather large block that
said something about a majority.
— Remember ?
Do you know what a majority
is Ags ? You do ? . . . You’re on!
What else do you know ? Do you
know what a majority can do if
it acts as a body ? That’s right,
Group! Keep thinking. It’s not
hard.
ALL JUNIORS and
ALL SOPHOMORES
Pictures for 1968 Aggieland
T - Z Mar. 18-23
ALL MAKE - UP
March 25 thru April 6
UNIVERSITY STUDIO
Do you know where you can
do something—say on March 28 ?
Would you believe, in the base
ment of the MSC?
Again, for you who missed it
last time, — responsibility. Re
sponsibility as Ags is the key.
Does it ring a bell? You might
even use a little bit of responsi
bility and read the next three
issues of the ‘Batt,’ and see what
it has to say.
Paul Clore ’70
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Editor,
The Battalion:
I want to compliment Bob
Solovey on his reporting of Dr.
Bowman’s marriage forum talk
carried in your March 20th edi
tion. It is the best piece of re
porting I’ve read in your paper
during my two year assignment
here.
Gibbs Dibrell,
Air Force Graduate Student
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SAIGON (A*) _ President
Nguyen Van Thieu said today
South Vietnam’s allies are in
creasing their military and eco
nomic commitment here to his
country, and to share the sacri
fice he has ordered 135,000 men
be added to the South Vietnamese
armed forces.
In a major policy speech, Thieu
also itemized government plans
to crack down on corruption,
which he labeled “a shame for
the whole nation and population.”
He announced the creation of
new agencies for national plan
ning and administrative reform.
“Our allies in the free world
will giv6 us more military and
economic assistance,” the presi
dent said. “But for our part, I
think that we must make greater
efforts and accept more sacri
fices, because, as I have said
many times, this is our country,
the existence of our nation is at
stake, and this is mainly a Viet
namese responsibility.”
Thieu did not say what the
increased allied aid would be.
U.S. Congressional sources in
Washington say the White House
plans to commit another 35,000
troops to Vietnam above the 525,-
000 now authorized. U.S. troop
strength here at last official
count was 509,000 men.
South Vietnam has already be
gun a partial mobilization to fill
the expanded military quota. The
program involves drafting 18-
and 19-year-olds, recalling reserv
ists and veterans and stopping
The increase would bring South
Vietnam’s men under arms to
909,000, including both regulars
and militiamen. The regular army,
navy and air force now total
340.000 men, and the bulk of the
125.000 extras will be assigned
to these forces. The United States
will equip the new troops.
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