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, Here is a different view of the construction now beginning rathe A&M’s new engineering complex located across from the cyclotron. It will be completed by the summer of 1971. (Photo by Monty Stanley) ’67 Grad Oates Dies In Vietnam Army Capt. Eugene C. (Gene) Oates III, Texas A&M graduate and son of a student counselor at the university has been killed in a helicopter accident in Vietnam. The 1967 A&M graduate in civil engineering died Monday. Captain Oates, a combat engineer, had been in Southeast Asia since January. He is survived by his wife, the [ormer Sharon Walding of Bryan; parents, Col. and Mrs. Eugene C. Oates Jr., of Jones Bridge Rd., and sister, Shirely. Colonel Oates is a member of A&M’s Student Affairs Office staff. Captain Oates was serving with Company “C” of the 65th Engi neer Battalion, 25th Infantry Divi sion in Vietnam. He was commis sioned in the Regular Army at A&M in May, 1967. The Ross Volunteer went to Fort Hood for his first duty assignment, then attended jungle warfare school in Panama, the engineer officers basic course at Fort Belvoir, Va., and Range School at Fort Bragg, N. C. A&M,PrisonCooperate THE BATTALION Wednesday, August 6, 1969 College Station, Texas Page 7 State Officials Join TMA Cruise Two tax-supported Texas insti tutions have an operation going in which everybody wins. Espe cially Texas taxpayers. The Texas Department of Cor rections and Texas A&M have co operated in an interagency con tract for nearly two years, to their mutual benefit. A&M's College of Veterinary Medicine sends clinicians and stu dents to the state prison sys tem’s various units for herd health training and work in TDC's Agri culture Department. Students gain practical experi ence. The college gets access to a vast quantity of livestock for elinical practice purposes. TDC secures a great amount of They are located at four points in Brazoria County, two in Fort Bend County, one in Harris Coun ty, three in Walker County and one each in Madison, Houston and Anderson counties. The system headed by Dr. George J. Beto has a dozen units scattered over a 170-mile strip of Texas from west of Palestine to near the Gulf Coast at Freeport. “There are other herd health programs,” Price remarked, “but none as large nor diverse.” Object of the contract arrange ment, he explains, is preventive medicine. Aggie vet teams work with herds to prevent serious problems, rather than treating individual already-stricken ani mals. Actual workings of the arrange ment are supervised by Dr. W. M. Romane, A&M vet medicine and surgery professor who arranges instructor - student groups for work in the system. Three or four teams consisting of a clinician (instructor) and four students are in the system each day, involving daily a total of 16 students and four or more instructors, he noted. Student training varies widely. It includes palpating mares dur ing and following breeding season, worming, vaccination, sterility checks and eye surgery on the department’s Herefords, among many others. Several legislators and other state officials have accepted in vitations to participate in the final leg of the Texas Maritime Academy’s summer cruise, a one- day jaunt Sunday from Port Arthur to Galveston. The “Texas Clipper,” TMA training ship carrying 196 stu dents, will be returning from a 10-week, 13,676-mile Mediter ranean cruise. Adm. James D. Craik (USCG- Ret.), TMA superintendent, said the legislators and other guests are being invited aboard to give them a first-hand look at the academy during operations at sea. TMA, a division of A&M is one of six major maritime acad emies in the nation and the only one on the Gulf Coast. Port Arthur civic leaders will roll out the red carpet for the Friday arrival of the 15,000-ton converted oceanliner, with five area mayors and a band group. needed assistance with its more than 33,000-herd and 101,000-plus poultry flock. “Taxpayers receive a very real benefit through direct tax savings and improved efficiency in the state-owned livestock operation of the Texas Department of Correc tions,” commented Byron W. Frierson, assistant director in charge of agriculture. “The program has been very important to us in view of our doubled enrollment,” A&M’s vet erinary dean A. A. Price referred to recent expansion of the col lege’s professional course. “It fills a great need for our addi tional students and enables the college to maintain a high-stand- ard clinicl training program, even under the rather sudden and dras tic enrollment increase.” “This kind of training can’t be bought,” Price pointed out. Frierson noted the prison de partment’s herds are subject to every sort of health hazard. Com pounding such inherent problems for the system’s one fulltime veterinarian, Dr. A. G. Ollre, is widespread dispersion of the de partment’s 15,745 beef cattle, 2,401 dairy animals, 13,938 swine, 763 horses, 428 dogs and 101,337 fowls. WOODSTOCK MUSIC & ART FAIR presents AN AQUARIAN EXPOSITION WALLKILL.NY. 3 DAYS °f PEACE &MUSIC SUN., AUG.,17 Joan Baez Keef Hartley The Band Arlo Guthrie Canned Heat Jeff Beck Group Tim Hardin Creedence Clearwater Blood, Sweat and Tears Richie Havens Grateful Dead Joe Cocker Incredible String Band Janis Joplin Crosby, Stills and Nash Ravi Shankar Jefferson Airplane Jimi Hendrix Sweetwater Mountain Iron Butterfly Santana The Moody Blues Johnny Winter The Who All programs subject to change without notice Art Show—Paintings and sculptures on trees, on grass, surrounded by the Hudson valley, will be dis played. Accomplished artists, "Ghetto” artists, and would-be art ists will be glad to discuss their work, or the unspoiled splendor of the surroundings, or anything else that might be on your mind. If you're an artist, and you want to display, write for information. Crafts Bazaar—If you like creative knickknacks and old junk you'll love roaming around our bazaar. You'll see imaginative leather, ce ramic, bead, and silver creations, as well as Zodiac Charts, camp clothes, and worn out shoes. Work Shops —If you like playing with beads, or improvising on a guitar, or writing poetry, or mold ing clay, stop by one of our work shops and see what you can give and take. Food—There will be cokes and hot- dogs and dozens of curious food and fruit combinations to experi ment with. Hundreds of Acres to Roam on — Walk around for three days without seeing a skyscraper or a traffic light. Fly a kite, sun yourself. Cook your own food and breathe un spoiled air. Music starts at 4:00 P.M. on Fri day, and at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday and Sunday—It'll run for 12 contin uous hours, except for a few short breaks to allow the performers to catch their breath. 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