The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 02, 1968, Image 5

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    Chief Defends Men
During Riot Duty
SAN ANTONIO ^ Pol.o*
CW G*oix* BichMl
dafcixUd actions of his men In
•a April 22 distartoancs down
town and said ha was “not inrit-
«*” to appear at a Tuesday nirht
meetin* In which Necroes assert-
*d that police were brutal in
quel line a aeries of fights.
Janek
(Continued Proa Pace 1)
12 showmen by Ray Helm of
Southwest Texas State College in
San Marcoe.
The show was divided into three
classes: Jersey heifers owned by
AAM Dairy Science Club mem
bers, Jersey heifers owned by
AAM, and Holstein heifers owned
by AAM. Classes were judged for
type and showmanship.
In the first class of chib mem
ber-owned heifers, Janak won
first in both type and showman
ship, while Paul Castenaon of
Bryan received the second place
ribbons and Melvin Ashorn of
Brenham collected third piece rib
bon* in both events.
In the second class of Jersey
heifers, Harold Luedecke of Bry
an won first in type and second
in showmanship; Leonard A.
Switser of Sunnyvale won second
in type end third in showmanship;
Dale Lonsford of Pasadena, Tex
as, won third in type and first in
showmanship; and Leon Amcri-
cue of Tampico, Mexico, won
fourth in both events.
In the Jersey heifers event,
Janak won Grand Champion in
both showmanship and type, while
Luedecke won Reserve Champion
in type and Lonsford won Reserve
Champion in showmanship.
Ribbons and breed trophy* were
donated by the Holstein-Prieaian
Association of Texas and the
Texas Jersey Cattle Club.
The Rev. C. W. Black told the
meeting the Negro community
was shocked to find out that San
Antonio police sport riot equip
ment, such ea baseball bat length
stick* called “baton*,” mace, tear
gas and hard hats.
“What else doee the city have
to deal with theae disorders?” he
•*id “Has this dty got a tank?”
Bkhael said hi* men have
equipment that “is becoming
standard” over the nation, like
the chemical mace, tear gas, riot
stick for use in crowd control and
the like. Bichsel said there have
been no purchases of unusual
equipment but added, “I don't in
tend to give a fill) inventory of
eur equipment. It’s not logical
and shouldn’t be expected.”
Bkhael said he knew the Tues
day meeting of Negroes and the
Community Relations Commission
was scheduled “but I hadn’t been
notified when it waa to be held.
I wasn’t asked to be there.”
City Mgr. Jerry Henckel turned
down Wednesday five demands
voiced by the Negroes. The Ne
gro group indicated they wanted
establishment of a civilian review
board to handle charges of police
brutality; a promise that charge*
be dropped against all “innocent”
persona involved in the melee;
medical damages for those in
jured; assurances that those who
tcBtified Tuesday would not be
“harassed” by police, and an ac
counting of money spent by po
lice on riot equipment.
The city went on record last
week with an apology to “inno
cent persons” caught up in the
April 22 disturbance, which saw
hundreds of riot - clad and
squipped officers converge on
downtown. The incident resulted
in arrest of 34 persons, 29 of
whom were released without the
filing of charges.
Thursday, May 2, INI
THE BATTALION
Collage Station, Texas
Page 6
Town Hall Series:
A Year Of Work
OLD 249 ALMOST READY TO FLY AGAIN
J. W. ''Bill" Hackbarth, right former mail plane pilot at Rock Springs, Wyo., supervises
putting: back together “Old 249,” reputedly the laat of the poet office department’s eariy
era mail planes. The reconstruction is taking place at Santa Paula, Calif. Hackbarth hopes
to fly the old DeHaviland DH-4 to San Francisco, thence east along the old mail route
with an ultimate destination of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. (AP Wire-
photo)
Aerial
Useful
Photos May Provide
Facts For Farmers
Aerial photography may soon
help direct fleet* to achooia of
fish and tell aeegoing skipper*
about height of wave* and ve
locity of wind.
It may also be able to provide
fanner* with valuable informa
tion about the presence of insects
or disease infectationa on agri
cultural crops long before they
could be detected by the naked
eye during a walk through the
fields.
Dr. Robert N. Colwell, profes
sor of forestry at the University
of California at Berkeley, predict
ed the developments Wednesday
Go 1,600 miles
during a visit to Texas AAM. He
was on campua to address the
600-member Society of the Sigma
Xi.
“New and better uses of remote
sensing are being found almost
daily for inventory of the earth's
resources,” Colw-ell noted. “One
of the easiest things to determine
by remote sensing is the smount
of land being used for growing
crops or left fallow."\
Colwell, since 1964, has had
collateral duty as chief of the
NASA-USDA Forestry Remote
Sensing Laboratory. He has been
visiting scientist-lecturer for the
Society of American Forester*
and the American Society of Pho-
tognunmetry.
Pictures don’t lie, the speaker
stressed. He has photographs
which he says prove that land-
use checking can be accomplished
by photo# from earth orbit.
“With remote sensing,” Colwell
said, “you can conduct an inven
tory on livestock in a given area.
Using the proper techniques, you
can differentiate between cattle
and sheep on pictures taken frofc
altitudes of 5,000 to 6,000 feet."
Colwell noted most work of this
type is being done for the USDA,
the California Department of Ag
riculture or the division of for-
estry. Some research, however,
is underway for private industry.
For instance, the California
Wine Advisory Board ia interest
ed in the acreage of vineyards and
the number of raisin “trays" in
these vineyards, he explained,
adding that photos from 17,000
feet can bo interpreted to ascer
tain how many two-by-three-feet
raisin trays are in a particular
vineyard.
Other aerial photography proj
ects help wildlife experts deter
mine the number of deer in a spe
cific area, if the timber is not
particularly dense, Colwell point
ed o«tt. a
A highlight of the Sigma Xi
banquet was presentation of $50
graduate awards to Dr. Donald R.
Drew, AAM associate professor
of civil engineering and Dr. Jack
Rogers Gipson, who recently com
pleted a doctorate in plant physi
ology at AAM.
On this much gas
SPRING FESTIVAL OF FILM
Presents
THE KNACK
directed by Richard Lester, with Rita Tuahingham and Mkhael
Crawford.
Beat Picture, Cannes, 1966.
—Also the Academy Award Winning Short Film
Moonbird
STEYR ORTHWEIN
Battalion Special Writer
Who would you like to see in
next year’s Town Hail Series
Brenda Lea, Johnny Rivers, the
Rolling Stones’
It’s not quits that easy. To
schedule and present a successful
series requires nearly a year of
planning, hard work and a lot of
luek.
Preparation for next year’s
Town Hall Series began last fall.
J. Wayne Stark, Memorial Stu
dent Center director and tempor
ary Town Hall advisor, attended
a meeting of the National Associ
ation of Concert Managers in
New York.
STARK, WHO REPLACED
Robert L. Boone (the regular
Town Hall advisor now working
on his Ph-D.), made a list of the
acceptable talent available at cer
tain times.
“Stark knows what kind of
people to get,” Robert Consoles,
current Town Hall chairman said.
“Wa want performers of good
character who put on a show
that the whole family can go to.”
At this point the selection com
mittee goes into action. Members
first decide when they would like
to schedule Town Hall events.
Then from the list of entertainers
available at these times, the com
mittee makes a first and second
choice and submits a bid to the
performers. t
IF A PERFORMER ACCEPTS
a bid, he has a contract drawn
up and sent to thu. committee.
Harold W. Gaines, student group
advisor, acts as a behind • the -
scenes advisor and helps the staff
iron out contract difficulties.
Any necessary changes in the
contract are made; it is signed
and sent back to the performer.
Whenever he signs it, the con
tract is completed.
As each performance date rolls
around, throe staff committees,
each performing different duties,
begin to function at prescribed
tfaeoa.
“A couple of weeks before a
show, the publicity committee be
gins a public relations and adver
tising campaign thr4«fch Asdic,
television, newspapers and -por
ters,” Louis Adams, next year’s
Town Hall chairman, said.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE be-
to function the day before
the entertainers are to arrive.
This is broken down into three
sub-committees; the host com
mittee, the stage committee, end
the ushers and doormen.
“Being on the host committee
is one of the most envisblr posi
none,” Gonzales declared. “Their
job is to meet the performers at
a pre-set place and take care of
them, show them around and be
sure that the money situation ia
settled with the group.”
A stage committee ia in charge
of setting up the entertainers’
equipment before the show and
packing it afterwards. The staff
also serves as doormen and ush-
The final committee handles
the business matters. It pays the
performers, building and utilities
fees and tha advertising expenses
during the intermission.
Every spring the chairman for
the next year’s Town Hall Series
Is chosen from the staff juniors
The first action taken by the
new chairman is to eat up inter
views with sophomores wishing
to be next years Town Hall jun
iors. s
“The minimum grade point re
tie to be on any MSC staff is a
1.0 overall,” Gonzales said, "but
we feel that Town Hall is more
of an honored position, so we re
quire at least a 1.25 overall, a 1.25
the past semester, end a 1.25 in
future semesters.”
Gonaales also said that any
sophomore could apply if he has'
the grades. It’s not limited to^
Corps sophomores, but only shout
five per cent of the applicants'?!
are civilians.
“We don’t want any groads,”
Adams said. “Many people base
their opisions of Town Hall on
the appearance of the ushers and
doormen.” I,
THIS YEAR THERE HAVE
been or will be a total of 19 shows,
presented in connection with Town
Hall. This includes six Town Hall
regulars, four Town Hall extras,
five shows in the Rotary Com
munity Series, and four presenta
tions of the Artist Showcase Se
ries.
The Town Hall extra series
brings added entertainment to
the students at lower prices than
can be found anywhere. The stu-
I dent activity card entitles him to
a 50 per cent discount on these
tickets.
“Students at Texas AAM Uni-
vanity were admitted to the Town
Hall Regular Series programs
with their student activity card
which entitled them to see the
Standells, A1 Hirt, Montovani,
Fred Waring, the Association,
and the Fifth Dimension for less
than 15 cents s show,” Gonzales
With this new Honda
This sleek Honda Super 90 delivers an incredible 160 mpg
on regular gasoline, but economy of operation isn’t Honda’s
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Ride any of Honda’s 23 models and you can forget high
insurance and maintenance costs. Forget parking
problems too.
And when you ride Honda you go in style. Every time.
The Honda Super 90, for instance, combines big bike looks
with easy lightweight handling. Its dependable Honda
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impressive 8 bhp @9,500 rpm; speeds up to 65 mph. And
the Super 90 is priced at what you want to pay.
The smooth Honda Super 90. Is there a better way to
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Now Honda has soki its millionth motorcycle! See your Honda dealer today and gat in
on the second million. And for free color brochure and safety pamphlet, write: American
Honda Motor Co., Inc., Dept. C-12, P.0 Box 50. Gardena, California 90247. ©1968, AHM.
Connally C iven
City
By Mayor, May 26
A key to the City of College
Station will be presented to the
Honorable John Connally, Com
missioner General of HemiaFair
'68, at special Air Force Reserve
Day May 26 in San Antonio, May
or D. A. “Andy" Anderson re
ported today. _ .
Delivery of the key to San An
tonio will be made by Lt Col. W.
K. Henry of College Station,
Commander of the 9807 ^ir Force
Reserve Squadron.
Keya from cities throughout
the world will be arranged in a
symbolic display depicting the -
theme “Confluence of Good Will
—The Key?” and will be on dis
play at the Pair.
Lt. Gen. Henry Viccellio, Com
mander of the Continental Air
Command, will present the keys
to Governor Cennaliy, Mayor An
derson said.
The event will commemorate
the 51st anniversary of the found
ing of the first air reserve unit,
the Mayor concluded.
NOTHING BUT A MAN
an award winning film to be presented by
The Contemporary Arts Committee and
The Unitarian Fellowship
| % J • ’ )
Friday, May 3
Memorial Student Center Ballroom, 8 p. m.
“A great movie. A revolution in the cinema.”—Ufa
“One of the great American movies.”—New York Herald Tribuna
“The splendid thing about this picture is the simplicity and honesty with which the conflict is drawn.
A film of which this country can be proud."—Now York Times
“There is sqtaslor and deprivation, photographed with semi-documentary brillance (by Robert Young),
especially in the street ranF>lings; the workers’ginmill; the bar where Duff goes with hie discon
solate father. Will (Julius Harris) and Will’s common-law wife. Las (Gloria Foster); and in tha
spattered, unkempt house whore Duff's abandoned young son (by a previous marriage) ia tended by
a slatternly, womout girl In the little church, Roemer captures tha fervent hysteria and •motional
religious frustration of the singing congregation . . . and he is not too engrossed in streets and
faces to miss s detailed glimpse of a flying cockroach or bottletope on a broken checkerboard. All
of these are fine humanistic cinema, part of a traditional sense of storytelling.”—Albert Johnson,
Film Quarterly
Adatiasloa — SO#
The Lower Falls of Yelloerstone
River, in Yellowstone National
Perk, is twice as high as Niagara
Falls.
HELP US TO ELECT
JUDGE JAMES G.
DENTON
TO THE TEXAS
SUPREME COURT
18 Years
of Texas Jadteial Experience
»T Dimursili srtMirt,
1* 1*1. A4n hr IHm* J. a Daetaa