Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 17, 1969 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle “What’s wrong with these upperclassmen—all I did was say something about it being good to be back and he starts carrying on and slams the door on me!” 9 Americans Killed, 27 Injured In South Vietnam Fighting By George Esper Associated Press Writer SAIGON > — Nine Ameri cans and seven Vietnamese were killed in Vietnam war accidents in the past four days, the U. S. Command announced yesterday. Another 17 Vietnamese and 10 Americans were wounded in the incidents. Most of the American casual ties occurred Saturday. U. S. headquarters said eight men from the 1st Infantry Division were killed and 10 wounded when an explosive charge they were placing near an artillery base blew up. The accident occurred 33 miles northwest of Saigon and is being investigated. A U.S. Marine was killed Tues day six miles south of the de militarized zone when a helicop ter rotor blade hit him. The heli copter was lifting a Marine pa trol out after a brief fight. The 24 South Vietnamese were killed or wounded in an American gunship attack Tuesday in the Mekong Delta about 100 miles southwest of Saigon. The U. S. helicopter gunships Grad Council Organizes OrientationSet The Graduate Student Council organized Tuesday and planned a New Graduate Student Orienta tion program for Oct. 8. Council President Tony Bene detto said the program agenda will include an introduction of this year’s Graduate Student Council, a speech by Graduate College Dean G. W. Kunze on the re quirements for entering the Grad uate College and earning a de gree. Benedetto said he will also tell graduate students the A&M tra ditions surrounding football games. A meeting place for the ori entation program will be announc ed later Benedetto said. opened fire with rockets and ma chine guns on suspected enemy troops who turned out to be civilians 18 miles northwest of Bac Lien, a provincial capital. U. S. headquarters said four men and three women were killed and 12 men and five women were wounded. “The incident is being investi gated,” a communique said. The enemy forces supposed to be in the area were never located, and there was no fighting, spokesmen said. According to the U. S. account, South Vietnamese regional forces were landed in the area by Amer ican helicopters after intelligence reports that there were Viet Cong troops there. “As the regional force troopers were landed,” the U. S. Com mand said, “an unknown number of suspected enemy were observed evading from the area. U. S. Army helicopter gunships sup porting the ground force were cleared by the senior government of Vietnam representative on the operation to engage the evading personnel with aerial machine- gun and rocket fire. “The regional force soldiers searched the strike area and found seven Vietnamese, later identified as civilians, kille4 and 17 other Vietnamese, later iden tified as civilians, killed and 17 other Vietnamese civilians wounded by the gunship fire. There was no reported ground contact with the enemy, and there was no regional force or U. S. casualties.” Asked why the people were fired on if they had not been positively identified as Viet Cong, a U. S. spokesman said: “It is not a friendly area were probably making a that led the Vietnamese mander to believe they enemy. I don’t know whether the terrain was such as you could easily tell whether weapons were being carried or not.” Meanwhile, military sources said South Vietnamese troops will take over the entire defense of Saigon within the next 30 days, freeing a brigade of Amer ican paratroopers. They move com- were Bulletin Board Plant Pathologists To Travel to India Dr. R. A. Frederiksen will rep resent the university as one of three U. S. representatives at a grain sorghum disease workshop in India, Sept. 22-25. The workshop will be jointly sponsored by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural Uni versity and the Inter-Asian Corn Program. It will be held at Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University. Scientists noted for their work with the downy mildews of corn and sorghums will gather to ex change information, experiences, ideas and methods. They will dis cuss current research and future work contemplated in various parts of the world to plan and organize cooperative work. Frederiksen, assistant profes sor in A&M's Department of Plant Sciences, will present a pa per on “Downy Mildew Caused by Sclerospora Sorghi in the U.S.” He will describe how downy mil dew has increased in economic importance since 1961, and vary ing control methods for the dis ease. Graphics Department Authors 9th Workbook Eight faculty members of the Engineering Graphics Depart ment have produced their ninth design problems workbook in four years . “Engineering Graphics and De sign Problems No. 4” is specially structured by the faculty for students in Engineering Graphics 105, a freshman-level engineering course. Students started using the book Monday. “We think this is a rather unique project where the engi neering graphics faculty prepares two books per year,” noted Dr. James H. Earle, department head. “The first editions are publish ed by us so we can work the bugs out,” Dr. Earle said. It is then released in the spring to Addison - Wesley Publishing Co. for general distribution next fall. Previous editions are being used in approximately 40 engi neering graphics departments throughout the United States. President’s Reception Slated for Tuesday The annual Texas A&M presi dent’s reception for faculty and staff members will be held Tues day in the Memorial Student Center ballroom. New faculty members will be honored at the 7-9 p.m. reception, but A&M President Earl Rudder emphasized all faculty and staff and their wives and husbands are invited, along with retired per sonnel, their wives and husbands and widows of faculty-staff mem bers. President and Mrs. Rudder will head the receiving line. “We cherish opportunities to meet with the faculty and staff,” Rudder noted, “because such fel lowship contributes significantly to our university.” Architect Grad Wins $3,000 Scholarship James Brinkley, graduate stu dent from Houston, has been awarded a $3,000 scholarship sponsored jointly by the Amer ican Hospital Association and the American Institute of Architects. AHA-AIA annually awards two scholarships on a competitive ba sis to outstanding young profes sionals who desire graduate study in areas related to design in the health field. Brinkley, who received his un dergraduate degree in architec ture here in lO'eS, will be involved in research and development of pre-school facilities for mentally retarded children. The work will be conducted at the Research In- Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. 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Goode, Pam Troboy Goode, Steve Forman Columnist Monty Stanley Sports Editor Richard Campbell Photographers Bob Stump, Bob Peek Sports Photographer Mike Wright stitute for Systems Development, part of the College of Architec ture & Environmental Design. ★ ★ ★ Phone Announcement System In Operation A&M’s phone announcement system is now in operation for the school year, announced Logan E. Weston, YMCA general secre tary and religious life coordina tor. Any announcement that applies to the majority of the students may be made on the system, Weston said. To have an an nouncement put on the system, it should be called in by 3:30 p.m. the working day preceding the day of the activity to the YMCA at 845-1626. Students wishing to hear about the activities for the day can call 845-6311 and hear the recorded announcements, Weston said. The service may be used by students both on and off campus. ★ ★ ★ LD Phone Agreements Available in MSC Representatives from the Gen eral Telephone Company of the Southwest’s business office will be in the east corridor of the Memorial Student Center (next to the Post Office) this week to make long distance phone privil ege arrangements with those stu dents having phones that are part of the A&M Centrex system who desire the service. B. A. Erwin, General’s division manager in Bryan, said that the company will have representa tives in the MSC from 8 a. m.- 5 p. m. through Friday. After that, he said, anyone wishing to sign a student long distance tele phone agreement will have to go by the business office in Bryan. THURSDAY The Association of Students from Mexico will present its pro gram for the fall semester at 7 p.m. in room 3B of the Memorial Student Center. The El Paso Home Town Club will meet after yell practice, room 2-A in the MSC. FRIDAY The A&M Rugby Club will meet in room 2-C in the MSC at 8 p.m. to elect officers and collect money for letters. TUESDAY All new Army ROTC cadets and their wives are invited to a welcoming party, 7:30 p.m. Tues day at the home of Colonel Jim McCoy, 2702 Burton, in Bryan. (Eole-'Haan SHOES 4>tm Stnrnca unibertfitp men’s; turar 329 University Drive 713/846-2706 Collette Station, Texas 77840 BUSIER AGENCY REAL ESTATE • INSURANCE F.H.A.—Veterans and Conventional Loans ABM & HOME SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Home Office: Nevada, Mo. S523 Texas Ave. (in Ridgecreet) 846-3708 DEL MONTE SP&cfALS THrUn.S'- F-fti+SflT SGPT. IV-n-Zo ROUND-UP SALE ALL QMMrn CKtSOP 489 P&L. !V\eNTU VS’LL.OU/ caHG HALV£*- ntOA/TE C-OT LANS moNTt 57YVWS P TDM/1 TVE S FLOUR 5-Lb. Bag DEL MONTE ROUND-UP SALE pa tnDHre GOLoerf cKtnm oa t/imui srvtf CORN PEAS 3PiMA C H ico FREE! FREE! NOTHING TO BUY U.S.D.A. CHOICE HEAVY BEEF ROUND WT. APPROX. 90 LBS. TO BE GIVEN AWAY SAT., SEPT. 20. ALL YOU DO IS REGISTER. 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