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HICnCFIM'CiSTEH, T»p P.O. BOX 451^6 TC * DALLAS, Battalion Weather fridaf A Saturday — Cloudy to partly cloudy, winds Southerly 10-20 m.p.h. Hlfh 79. low 68. t:i /p *■ M i - V VOLUME 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1968 Number 576 Demos, GOP Set Polling Places^ Sims Plans Wider Both the Republican and Demo cratic parties in Braxos County will conduct election primaries (Saturday. Voting qualifications for the election are : 1. The voter must be at least lU years of age the day of the election. 2. He must be an American citiien. S. He must have resided in Texas for at least one year pre ceding May 4 and for at least six months in Braxos County before that date. 4. Finally, he must have a 1968 Voter Registration Certifi cate. THE RESIDENCE of a man is where he sleeps at night and that of s married man is where his wife resides. Voters can vote only in the precinct in which they live. I In the Bryan-College Station area, the Democratic precinct numbers and the appropriate poll ing places are Pet. 3 (A4M Con solidated High School cafeteria), Pet. 10 (Ben Milam School), Pet. 11 (Travis Elementary School), Pet. 13 (Crockett School), Pet. 14 (Fannin School), and Pet. 15 (American Legion building). Also, Pet. 16 (College Hills Elementary School), Pet. 17 (Bowie School), Pet. 18 (Stephen F. Austin High School), and Pet. 19 (Central Fire Station). The Republican precincts snd polling places are Pets. 1, 2, 8, 5, and 16 (AAM Consolidated Ad ministration Building), Pet. 13 (Crockett Elementary School), Pets. 4, 6, 7, 8. 9. 10, 11, 12. 14, 15,17 snd 19 (Fannin Elementary School), and Pet. 1*1 (Stephen F. Austin High School). Both Democratic and Republi can parties in each precinct in the Bryan-College Station area will conduct precinct conventions at the polling locations at 7:30 p.m. on election day. Coming MSC rams Great Issues Asks v Big Budget Raise t Janak Named Top Showman A1 C. Janak, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Janak of Weimar, waa selected the Grand Champion Showman of the Spring Dairy Show at Texas AAM. The event was sponsored by the AAM Dairy Science Club. Janak was selected best of the (See Jaaek, Page 5) Telephone Strike single Progress Seen m0 ’ ht WASHINGTON Iff* — Union negotistors in the nationwide telephone strike reportedly have won wage increases of sbout 6 per cent a year for three years, but other issues delayed a con tract settlement Wednesday night. The wage agreement between the AFL-CIO Communications Workers and the Bell Telephone System will apply to some 200,000 strikers and become a pattern for about 400,000 other telephone workers. But bargaining in New York, Washington and 16 other cities was snagged on other union con tract demands in negotiating sessions that continued through the night , The strike, first nationwide telephone walkout in 21 years, is ending its second week. “We're keeping an all-night vigil,'* said a spokesman at the union’s international headquar ters. “We would like to wrap it up.” The reported wage agreement in the year’s biggest set of in dustrial labor negotiations would boost average pay for telephone workers from $2.79 to about 33.29 per hour over the three-year contract. By DAVE MAYES Battalion Staff Writer Several of the 12 Memorial Student Center committees are expanding their scope of opera tions for greater student involve ment, according to Benjamin Sims, president of the 19th MSC Council and Directorate. Great Issues, chaired by David Maddox, has doubled the number of programs it sponsored this year and is asking for an added $6,000 appropriation, raising its budget to $21,000. Tom Ellis, chairman of Con temporary Arts, is expanding his committee from a film series- Wm ■mmi WOULD YOU BELIEVE ‘AH, SPRING! ’ AGAIN? An architecture student leans against a convenient lamp post as he sketches the Academ ic Building for a class. The summerlike weather has also brought out increasing numbers of sun-worshippers at Mitchell Beach and other dorm areas. (Photo by Mike Wright) Rocky Wins Surprise Victory In Massachusetts Primary By HOWARD F. ANGIONE Associated Pres. Writer BOSTON (iov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York won a surprise victory on the Republi can ballot in the Massachusetts primary on write-in support that developed with the announcement of his presidential candidacy. Gev. John A. Volpe, running unopposed as a favorite son. had been expected to win, but the 7 Staff Members Agree / New Hospital Building Needed By JOHN JAMES Battalion Special Writer u It’s a disgrace to the univer- aity," said Dr. Julius D. Fuaeiier in speaking about the university hospital. “It’s really an eyesore on the university campus,” he continued, “because the building is in real need of replacement" According to Dr. Fuaeiier, a staff physician at the hospital, and Dr. Kenneth L. Nelson, di rector of the hospital, the Uni versity Hospital building waa first constructed in 1916, with an ad dition built in 1936. “The roof of this building has been leaking since 1949,” said Lonxell Payton, university hospi- tal head cook. THE ROOMS on the second floor average three or four leaks in the ceiling,” Mrs. Joseph Gar cia, a nurse’s aide, said “’Hie second floor is, of course, the in firmary, where patients are hos pitalised,” she added. The leaking roof is not the only problem caused by the old budd ing; there also are the problems of poor wiring, leaky plumbing, inadequate heating and falling paint and plaster. The water fountain on the sec ond floor has been out of order for nine months,” said Mrs. Anne Middleton, registered nurse. TVs been using a pitcher and toms paper cups on a small table for a water fountain for the pa tients,” aba added. . THE TREATMENT room on the first floor has a leaky ceil ing,” added Mrs. Louisa Amyx, nursing supervisor and head nurse. “The fault lies in the show er located on the second floor." The wiring Is inadequate,” Mrs. Amyx said. “We have so many appliances working on one cir cuit that when we have several of thorn in operation simultane ously the circuit breaks.” “In the physiotherapy ward, we can't use the cast cutter and any additional piece of equipment at the same time without over loading the circuit,” said Mrs. Mary F. Gough, registered nurse and mother of Aggie varsity foot baller Carl Gough. WHY DO conditions like this exist at a hospital which cares for humans while the Texas AAM Veterinary Hospital has a modem building and the latest equip ment? Before asking this ques tion it it important to take a cloae look at the university hospi tal to see what equipment it has, what it lacks, and what condition the 50-plus year old structure is in. When a student enters the hos pital, he sees the nicest part of the building first—the waiting room. Once he is taken down the hall to the cold clinic, physiother apy ward, treatment room, doc tor’s office, etc., he sees piaster snd paint peeling from the ceiling and walla The patient might even stumble on the loose linoleum flooring. “EVERY MORNING I have to brush the chipped paint and plas ter from the counter of the first floor emergency room," Mrs. Gough said. If the student is in need of s physical examination he will find that the h oa pi tal has modem equipment such as a sound audio meter to teat hearing, an electro cardiograph to record heartbeat, and a lensometer to teat the pre scription of glaaaes. If the patient needs an X-eay, he finds that the hospital has some of the latest equipment in cluding a film processor which develops X-rays in 90 seconds. The laboratory, the patient dis covers, is complete and modem including the use of disposable equipment HOWEVER, IF the patient needs physiotherapy, he finefts that the hospital lacks a diather- UatversMy Natiaaal Baak “On the side of Texas AAM. —Adv. IENTS VIEW A metal pan, placed in the corner of a second-floor Uni versity Hospital room to catch water W aking from the roof, sits amid bits of plaster which have fallen from the ceiling. A nurse’s aide said the rooms average three to four leaks in the ceiling. (Photo by Mike Wright) my machine for deep heat treat ment, and the ultraviolet snd in frared lamps, as well as the whirlpool baths, are quit# anti quated. Any patient requiring hospita lisation finds he must use three or four blankets and an electric heater to keep warm in winter while two doors away is another patient who has kicked away him sheet because the radiator in his room works too well. The patient who needs surgery must be taken to St Joseph's Hospital in Bryan as the univer sity hospital has no facilities for surgery. “Any hospital which does not offer surgery isn't redly a hos pital at all, but merely an in firmary,” Dr. Nelson noted. THE STAFF of the University Hospital is adequate to serve the current enrollment of the school. The hospital employs 10 regis tered nurses snd three staff phy sicians and has the services of one of the finest surgeons in the area, Dr. Henry D. McQuaide; an ear, nose and throat specialist. Dr. Truman O. Mricher; and a urologist. Dr. Richard H. Harrison in. “The nursing staff is flexible enough that we haven’t run short of help," Dr. Fuselisr said. "How ever, I think we need another doc tor.” “We have held back on pur chasing new equipment because we wanted to have all new equip ment and a new building,” Dr. Nelson said. "IN 1958 or 1959 the real im- petus on getting a new hospital huiMmir waa started,” Dr. Nelson said, “But the enrollment was only six or seven thousand at that time and our pleas fall on deaf ears." Last year, plans for a new hos pital building were drawn up by students in the Architecture School. The plans were submitted 'to the university administration and were approved. However, the U. S. Departmest of Health, Edu cation and Welfxre did not match the $250,000 passed by the uni- ve»sit|. tabulation of returns showed Wednesday that Rockefeller won by about 1,000 votes on the same day that he entered the race. Sen. Eugene J, McCarthy of Minnesota, the only candidate on the Democratic ballot, received slightly more than 50 per cent of his party’s vote. Sen. Rpbert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., ran secend, out distancing Vice Preeident Hubert H. Humphrey by a 3-2 margin in write-ins. FORMER VICE President Rich ard M. Nixon was third in the Republican column, about 5,000 votes behind Rockefeller, and Mc Carthy was fourth, gaining write- in votes on almost 10 per cent of the G.O.P. ballots. Rockefeller will get the state's 34 votes on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention, and McCarthy sewed up the state's 72 first ballot votes at the Democratic convention. A new state law requires convention delegates to vote on the first ballot for their party’s prefer ence winner. ROCKEFELLER had no cam paign organisation in the state. Volpe said Rockefeller’s victory was “an impressive demonstra tion of the high regard which the people of Massachusetts have for . him." Volpe ran as a favorite son in hopes of winning the vice presi dential nomination. Gerhard D. Bleicken, chairman of the Nixon for Preeident Com mittee in New England, said he thought Nixon would have won if he had not declined to enter the primary out of deference to Volpe. McCARTHY was alone on the Democratic ballot because Presi dent Johnson had declined to have his name entered and the filing deadline came before either Kennedy or Humphrey became candidates. •_ Unofficial returns from 1,722 of the state’s 1,734 precincts showed the following totals: Republican: Rockefeller 30,908, Volpe, 29,663, Nixon 26,021, Mc Carthy 9,501, California Gov. Ronald Reagan 1,826, Kennedy 1.400. Democratic: McCarthy 116,- 416, Kennedy 64,662, Humphrey 41,934, Johnson 6,589. The unreported precincts were all in Arlington, where the town clerk said difficulty with a com puter would prevent final tabu lation of the votes before Thurs day. Three films — two Friday and one Monday — will be pre sented by the Memorial Stndent Center Contemporary Arts Committee at 8 p.m. in the MSC ballroom. Friday’s features are The Knack,” an imaginative British film starring Rita Tashing- ham, snd “Moonbird." “one of the moat widely praised ani mated films ever made.” "Nothing But A Man.” “the story of a young Negro couple trying to live a life of peace and dignity in the South to day.” ia Monday's attraction. Admission to both showings ia 59 cents per studeat. Council are Benjamin Sims, pres ident; Jim Finane, vice president; Keller Webster, executive vice president of operations; Wayne Prescott, executive vice president of programs; Joe (Mac) Spears, vice president of programs; Har ry Snowdy, vice president of pro grams; Robert Buske, senior rep resentative; Dean Eshelman, jun ior representative; Donald Bran son, sophomore representative, and David Maddox, Student Sen- '' ate representative. New faculty and staff Council members are Wayne Stark, per manent secretary - treasurer; Dr. Haskeil Monroe, Dr. Marshall Godwin, Dr. William Fife, Dr. George Carter and R. Clark Die- be), faculty representatives; snd Troy Wakefield and Wayne Schmidt, former student repre sentatives. oriented program to one which will also sponsor lectures on the arts snd painting exhibitiona. The MSC Council is considering establishing s new committee, the Student-Faculty Committee. Ac- 1 cording to Mac Spears, vice pres ident of operations, the aim of the new organisation would be to create greater student-faculty- administration understanding by sponsoring informal discussion groups among the three factions. Members of the 1968-69 MSC Wallace Backers Said Eligible For Saturday Voting AUSTIN <** — Bard Logan, state chairman of George Wal lace’s American party, said Wednesday the former Alabama governor’s backers can register Saturday at party precinct meet ings in more than 180 counties. To get on Texas’ November election ballot as a presidential candidate, Wallace needs signa tures of 14,259 registered voters who did not vote in the Demo cratic or Republican primaries. Wallace flew around Texas for three days last week to drum up support for his third party effort. Those attending American party conventions will be asked to sign a voter participation roll. They also will get a chance to vote in the statewide voter opin ion polls on horse race betting, liquor by the drink and milk price fixing. “It looks very good,” Logan said, “although some of our people are getting a lot of pres sure to vote in the Democratic primary because of the governor’s race.” 10 Sophomores Get Stipends From AR0TC Ten sophomores have been awarded two-year Army ROTC scholarships, announced Col. Jim H. McCoy, professor of military science. Scholarship winners are chosen on the basis of scholastic achieve ment, leadership and military potential. The Army cadets include: Everto A. Villarreal, Company G-2 cadet corporal and business administration major of Edin burg; . John F. Small, Band cadet corporal and architecture major of Bandera; Albert J. Reinert, geology major of Fairfax, Va.; William E. Pearson Jr., Com pany D-l cadet corporal and history major of Yardley, Pa.; Jimmie N. Hughes, Company F-2 corporal and management major of Dallas; John R. Drewien, Company B-2 cadet and history major of Ana heim, Calif.; -t Charles L. Crow, Company B-2 cadet and architectural construc tion major of Detroit, Mich.; Matthew R. Carroll, Company G-l cadet and architecture major of Annandale Va.; Gordon Campbell, Company G-l cadet and industrial engineering , major of Fort Sam Houston; and 1 David P. Bailey, Company D-l cadet and pre-medicine major of Trona, Pa. Scholarships provide tuition, books, classroom msterials, fees snd $50 per month subeistence for recipients. The cadet under Army or Air Force scholarship qualifies to become a member of Wings and Sabres. Brv.n Building A Loan Asaociation. Your Sav- _ ings Center, since 1919. —Adv. Directors Approve Diploma Fee Hike A $5 diploma fee for Texas AM stndenta gradasting after this summer has been approved by the aaiveraity’s beard of directors. The board aathorised a $2 increase ia the diploma fee, noting high clerknl expenses involved In prepnrntinn of the doeameate. University officials empha sised the new rates will not apply to stndente graduating this spring or sammer. The board aathorised a simi lar increase at its last meeting for Tarlatan State College, which alas ia part of the Texas AAM System. Student Charged In Cheek Forgery Michael C. Moran of Westovei AFB, Mass., 21-year-old junioi architectural construction majoi hers, has been charged witli forgery on the examining docket of 85th District Court in Bryan Moran, a civilian student, wai arrested Friday and gave a state ment to Texas Ranger 0. L Luther and AAM Campus Secur ity Chief Ed Powell. He wai charged with forging a $240 ehecl at a College Station bank. Luther credited a bank teUei with providing information whlel led to the arrest within 24 houn after the forged check wai passed. * Powell said Me ran admitt* passing three other forged checki at the same bank during the pas yaar. Braxos County Attorney Brook: Gofer Jr. said Moran waa fra* on a $1,000 personal recognixaaci bond. /t: 1 ft 4