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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 4, 1969 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Observers Say Nixon Has Confidence Of DeGaulle pen 69 “I guess you could say that my date to th’ Combat Ball was just that—combat!” ■■■■■AWARD The Battalion Award (which, lest we forget, is awarded more or less monthly to “some person in the public eye” who has displayed “those qualities . . . which distinguish inspired public-relations work from mere shoddy drumbeat- ing”) goes, more in pity than in censure, to Jack Gallagher, sports columnist with the Houston Post. LISTEN UP the bait forum Editor, The Battalion: To all Texas Aggies: Joe’s parents, brothers and sis ters and our daughter Robin and I wish to express thanks and ap preciation to all of you who helped and offered to help in the period preceding and following Joe’s funeral on Feb. 19. The presence of so many of you at the service was a comfort to us and also a great honor. Joe spent nine of the ten months of his tour in Laos and wrote many times of the war-tom land and of the people living there. His job was important to him and he won the respect and friendship of the Lao. He loved his freedoms and country so much that he tried to help the Lao es cape the strangling hands of the Communists. Our daughter Robin won’t be an Aggie like her father, but I hope she dates or marries one because that’s got to be the next best thing! Joe believed in everything A&M stood for. I hope it won’t change. We need more people like Joe and other good Aggies that are dedi cated and devoted to our country and its creed. By ANDREW TORCHIA Associated Press Writer LONDON CP> — The most re markable achievement of Presi dent Nixon’s European tour was his winning the confidence of President Charles de Gaule, some West European newspapers said today. But some said months must pass before it becomes clear whether Nixon’s personal triumph in five European capitals can be transformed into practical meas ures to improve contacts between Western Europe and the United States. WHILE WESTERN commen tators judged the eight-day trip a success, Communist reactions were guarded. The East German news agency ADN reported in a one-paragraph story, “during the trip there were powerful anti- American demonstrations, espe cially in Rome and Paris.*’ Pravda, the only newspaper published in Moscow this morn ing, ran two brief accounts by the Soviet news agency Tass. Soviet newspapers have avoided criti cism of Nixon’s tour, apparently because the government does not want to endanger negotiations shaping up between the Soviet Union and the United States. IN GENEVA, the independent La Suisse said: “The two days that Nixon spent in Paris show undisputedly that confidence has taken the place of suspicion, in transigence or systematic misun derstanding.” West Germany’s Frankfurt Abendpost said Nixon’s trip has improved “the climate of unity between two continents and the special climate between the U.S.A. We who knew and loved Joe will never forget him, nor will we forget the ideals by which he lived and died. Mrs. Joe K. Bush Jr. and daughter Robin and France.” Le Figaro, which usually re flects the views of the French government, Nixon and De Gaulle had started examining the world situation together “in a new spirit without reference to what Mr. Nixon called ‘old slogans’ and ‘old quarrels.’ ” BUT OTHER Paris newspapers said the atmosphere between 23 Apply For 2-Year Army ROTC At least 23 Texas A&M stu dents have applied for the Army’s two-year ROTC program. After six weeks special summer camp, the cadets will be credited for the first two years of the regular four-year ROTC program and may attend any college in the four-year ROTC program. “Most plan to return to A&M and will be in the Cadet Corps next fall,” remarked Col. Jim H. McCoy, commandant. He indi cated most of the two-year pro gram applicants are undergradu ates and pointed out the two-year program is more for the Army than A&M. Early application is necessary for students to be processed for the June camp. Applicants include both undergraduate and graduate students between 17 and 28 years- of-age with two years study re maining, 60 semester hours credit minimum and passing grades. McCoy noted the Corps gained several top cadets through the two-year ROTC program last year. THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. 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Lindsey, Arts ; F. S. W Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim hairman ; Dr. David Bowers, College of Liberal 3. White, College of Engineer! Ulark, college o lege of Agricultt Dr. David College of En irman ; Arts; r'. S. White, College of Engineering; Ur Clark, College of Veterinary Medicine ; and Hal Taylor, Col- Jge Dr. Donald R. The Battalion, a student newspaper tblished in College Station, Texas dail; published in College station, Texas d Sunday, and Monday, and holiday perio May, and once a week during summer Texas A&M is ally except Saturday, ds, September through school. Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicai Francisco. cago, Los Angeles and San EDITOR JOHN W. FULLER Managing Editor Dave Mayes Sports Editor John Platzer News Editor Bob Palmer Staff Columnists John McCarroll, Mike Plake, Monty Stanley, Jan Moulden Staff Writers Tom Curl, Janie Wallace, Tony Huddleston, David Middlebrooke Assistant Sports Editor Richard Campbell Photographer W. R. Wright MARRIAGE FORUMS How Can You Tell It's Love Dr. Sidney Hamilton Tonight — 7:30 p. m. Room 321 — Physics Bldg. Paris and Washington may be improved but problems persist. The conservative L’Aurore com mented: “Beneath the excellent words of courtesy, it escapes no one that the divergences subsist: NATO, European politics, Near East, the proposal was a mone tary conference. But finally, be tween Paris and Washington, there is — let’s admit it — a sort of thaw.” The London Times said: “Nixon seems to have brought off a coup that was beyond both of his pre decessors.” After nearly a decade of Franco-American discord. President Nixon has found in General de Gaulle a man he can listen to with interest, whose ideas about Europe are by no means to be brushed aside and whose presence in Europe can be given due weight.” AUSTRIA’S DIE Presse praised Nixon’s “sober, positive and friendly approach.” In Brussels, Belgian Senate speaker Paul Struye wrote in Libre Belgique: “We must re joice at the results achieved so far. The over-all atmosphere of international relations has much improved. From a human point of view, Mr. Nixon raised sym pathy by his direct, human, open attitudes, gestures, statements.” Struye concluded that the dan ger of a return to American iso lationism has been removed and that “Mr. Nixon looked like a statesman faithful to his electoral commitments, which is reportedly Read Battalion CUM Bulletin Board Menu Committee To Meet Friday TONIGHT Brazos Valley Kennel Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Pro ducers’ Co-Op on North Highway 6 in Bryan. Dr. M. R. Herron of the College of Veterinary Medi cine will present a program on “Infertility and Breeding Disor ders of the Dog.” WEDNESDAY Zeta Iota Nu will meet at 8 p.m. in room 321 of the Physics Building. Plans for banquet and field trip to Federal Reserve will be made. A philosophy discussion, “The A Priori,” will be held at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center. Aggie Wives Bridge Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the MSC. Intermediates Question Period begins at 7:25. Regulars, Inter mediates and Beginners with pre vious instruction are invited. Come and bring a friend. Aggie Christian Fellowship will meet at 5:30 p.m. in room 3-D of the MSC. Bob Montgomery, B.S. in geology, will speak on “My Uncle, the Ape?,” a discussion on evolution. Handball Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 232 of G. Rollie White Coliseum. Films will be shown. The Civilian Student Menu Committee will meet with univer sity food service officials at noon Friday for its regular monthly discussion of Sbisa dining op erations, announced Edwin H. Cooper, director of civilian stu dent activities. Cooper said the group will meet in the cash cafeteria and have lunch together. Any civilian student desiring to offer suggestions about the din ing operation is invited to contact one of the committee members and attend the luncheon meeting as his guest, Cooper said. Permanent members of the committee are: “Civilian Student Council President David Wilks, Davis-Gary 238, 5-5566; William Holt, 505A Culpepper, C. S., 846- 9280; Andy Scott, Walton G-10, 5-2160; and Graduate Represen tative Tony Benedetto, P. O. Box 4213, C. S„ 846-2130. THURSDAY Dallas Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in rooms 3-B and 3-C of the MSC. Members will elect club sweetheart and plan Easter party. Chemistry Wives Club will meet at 8 p.m. in Bryan Building and Loan. Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio will present a demonstra tion on the use and application of facial cosmetics. Architectural Wives Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Bryan Building and Loan. Professor Richard Vrooman of the Archi tecture Department will show slides and speak on Pakistan. Refreshments will be served. Cooper pointed out the Corps of Cadets has a separate menu committee. Tonight On KBTX Come To Bryan Gospel Church, 207 W. 28th St. Bryan, Texas every Sunday and hear some students from International Bible College, San Antonio, Tex as, who love the Lord. They play, they sing, they preach — Come one. Come all. 6:30 Lancer 7:30 Red Skelton 8:30 Doris Day 9:00 That’s Life 10:00 News, Weather & Sports 10:30 It Takes A Thief 11:30 Alfred Hitchcock BUSIER AGENCY | REAL ESTATE • INSURANCE F.H.A.—Veterans and Conveational Lout ARM & HOME SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Home Office: Nevada, Mo. 3523 Texas Ave. (in Ridgecrest) 846-3708 Would You Believe? 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