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MU, Canadian-American, Ray Price Accent Weekend Che Battalion Vol. 65 No. 33 College Station, Texas Friday, November 7, 1969 Telephone 845-2226 TIS Set To Host Can-Am u Jr( JJy Richard Campbell I ysrfcttalion Sports Editor ieett|just nine short months ago, on blackland field from which a Ingle of scrub oak trees had Jen cleared eight miles south of lllege Station, began one of e biggest operations to hit Tex- in many a year. On March 20, a dynamite blast icially launched construction of fabulous Texas Internation edway, once just a dream. But Sunday it will become a real- ’ when the inaugural race, the nadian - American Challenge p Series, tests the TIS asphalt HUld f t ' ie f' rst ti™ 6 - g]g l [This race, a 210-mile classic, is final turn in the series and 11 provide a real test for the t drivers in the world when checkered flag falls at 2 p.m. OUt jTh 6 track itself is a marvelous pucture created by two men. wrence H. LoPatin, a Detroit ancier-businessman is the man th the money but it was Leo rgolian who made the dream e true. » isjfMargolian, who has built cham- nship golf courses, a super- edway in Las Vegas, and wiiuftny apartment complexes, took iug fit' task of constructing the $8 llion speedway with the dead- e of Nov. 9 and he has more [an done his job. The job itself olved dealing the land and moving 2.8 million cubic yards of dirt. There were often 25 pieces of heavy earth-moving equipment in operation for 21 hours daily and the other hours were devoted to maintenance to keep them run ning. To give an idea how big a job was involved in the moving of this dirt, four and a half times more was moved than when a hole was dug for the Astrodome in Houston. The track consists of a two- mile, 22-degree, high-speed oval; a three-mile road course; an in field road circuit designed for high-performance driving instruc tion and testing; and a skid pad within the oval for use by the driving school and for testing of several varieties. With this versatility, the TIS can be used for nearly any type of race, not just the big, Group 7 sports cars. In fact, the speedway will again be in motion on Dec. 7 when the stock cars converge on the Bryan-College Station area for the Texas 500, 250 laps of gruelling competition pitting such racing names as Richard Petty, Gale and Lee Roy Yarborough, David Pearson, Buddy Baker, and Bobby Allsion against each other. More than any other profes sional sport, the big money in racing attracts the greatest driv- (See TIS Set, page 6) nity of Majority Needed: Schriever ' re 1 \ anot By Hayden Whitsett n to Battalion Staff Writer he Ilf The “silent Americans” should SCiefinify and stand behind the Presi- snt, Air Force Gen. Bernard A. chriever (ret.) told a Great Is les audience Thursday night. The presentation, given in the rchitecture Building auditorium, fas titled “National Defense: olicies and Priorities.” The 1931 A&M graduate said 16 f®iat if the President doesn’t get nity from the silent majority, e can’t hope to maintain a bal- nce of power with other nations. Schriever urged the continua- and ion of the ICBM and ABM de- g fn ense projects as well as keeping yyi diversified front-line defense, gj-jiy le said that the United States yjoili 5 at a critical crossroads in his- ory and that mistakes made now ould result in unwanted happen- igs five to ten years from now. he fi ffize at ji e ri! One of these mistakes, he said, would be the discontinuation of the present ICBM system and stopping of the ABM system be fore it is deployed. “The primary objective of stra tegic weapons is to prevent war, not wage it,” the general said. “To stop development of these weapons would seriously upset the balance of power in the world.” In other efforts to help main tain the balance of power, he said, the Air Force and Navy are developing new fighter bomb ers, the Navy is being improved and modernized, and new classi fied space programs are being developed. Despite all this, he said, much depends on the American people. With the proper attitude and re- (See Unity of Majority, page 3) WILL APPE AR AT TIS These three cars will be part of the field Sunday at the new Texas International Speed way in the final turn of the Canadian-American Challenge Cup classic. The Group 7 M8-B cars are shown here at the Michigan International Speedway in an earlier turn of the race. Bruce McLaren, in car No. 4, is the designer of the cars, and Team McLaren is the one to beat — they’ve won every race so far. Weekend Roundup Many Activities Await Ags And Their Dates By Ram Troboy Battalion Staff Writer Country and western star Ray Price will begin A&M’s second football weekend tonight at 8 in a Town Hall performance. The show will be followed by a street dance in the Grove, spon sored by Alpha Phi Omega, and midnight yell practice. In addition, “The Basement,” a coffee house sponsored by the Memorial Student Center will be open this weekend. Beginning its first year of membership in the National Coffee House Circuit, A&M will present Dwain Story and Cheryl Dilcher from 10-11 p.m. on Friday and 8-12 on Sat urday. Admission includes free refreshments. Saturday morning at 9:30 a meditation garden and memorial honoring more than 300 Texas Aggies who have died in military CHERYL DILCHER service since World War II will be dedicated by Air Force Gen. Bernard A. Schriever (ret.) The Corps will stage a march- in before the A&M-Southern Methodist University football game at Kyle Field at 12:20 p.m. Reviewing officers will be Schriever and Army Maj. Gen. Francis J. Murdoch Jr., Fourth Army deputy commander general for reserve forces. Other events this weekend will include a meeting of the board of directors of the Association of Former Students, a Class of 1934 reunion and the Canadian-Ameri can Challenge Cup race. Price, a Cherokee cowboy, Dies out a new style, “Easy Listen ing,” in Town Hall tonight, using a polished, more sophisticated stage act proven on the night club circuit, and sweeping ar rangements of a 21-piece orches tra. Winner of Columbia’s first Gold Guitar award for his million sell er “Crazy Arms,” Price sings a wide range of songs from his own compositions to traditional bal lads. A 25-cent donation to the Campus Chest fund will be the admission to APO’s street dance with music provided by the Ghost Coach. The dance will begin after the Ray Price show and will last until midnight yell practice. Collections for Campus Chest will also be made at the doors of G. Rollie White Coliseum Fri day night at Town Hall and the gates of Kyle Field Saturday after the SMU football game. Over $560 has been collected so far. Today is the last day for dorm presidents to turn in nomi nations for Miss Campus Chest to Bill Cronxath, Dorm Mclnnis, room 201. Styled along lines of the fam ed Aggie Muster, the dedication ceremony of the meditation gar den will be conducted between the wings of Duncan Dining Hall. The Aggie Band, Singing Ca dets and Ross Volunteers firing squad will participate. Among the distinguished guests who have accepted invitations to the ceremony is Congressman Olin E. Teague of College Sta tion. About 6,500 persons are expected to attend. Thirty-six orphans from the Depelchin Faith Home in Hous ton will be guests of A&M stu- (See Activities, page 2) DWAIN STORY Ags Meet Mustangs Saturday By Richard Campbell Battalion Sports Editor It seems like the Fourth of July about this same time every year, because the Texas Aggies and the Southern Methodist Mustangs set off plenty of fireworks when they collide. This Saturday should be no exception when the Ponies invade Kyle Field riding the talented arm of Chuck Hixson, tied for the national lead in passing. But the throwing of Hixson may not be all that the Mustangs’ stable holds, because diminutive Daryl Doggett, a 5-6, 175-pounder, is also the leading rusher in the conference. But the Aggies should enter the 1:30 p.m. contest with a long memory, especially of runners and such, because in last year’s collision, A&M effectively put a stop to Hixson’s overland tactics, but forgot to check the ground action. Mike Richardson, now graduat ed, tore into the Aggies’ pass stopping defense for 244 yards, the best performance of the sea son by a SWC back on the ground. The Mustangs went on to win, 36-23, and eased into the Astro- Bluebonnet Bowl where they beat Oklahoma. But that was last year and things have changed consider ably for the Ponies. They return ed 34 of their 43 lettermen and 16 of 22 starters from an 8-3 team and they were expected to at least repeat their performance in 1969. But football, like women, is unpredictable and Pony-Power has come at a premium all year as they have staggered to a 2-5 mark and 2-2 for conference play. Hixson, though his hairline doesn’t show it, throws with the zip of a youth and has connected on 151 of 254 for 1,722 yards and eight touchdowns, slightly off his record-setting performance of last year. But there are two other re ceivers besides Hammond who come out of the starting gate for the Ponies whom Hixson numbers among his best friends. Sam Holden, his flanker, and Ken Fleming, the tight end, are cur rently fourth and fifth in con ference receiving. The Aggies, a team seemingly just a year away because of the many sophomores that dot their starting roster, will counter the offensive attack of the Ponies with the fourth best defense in the conference. The Cadets rank third in both passing defense and rushing defense. Larry Stegent continues to show the way for the Aggie of fense as he knifed into second place behind Doggett in SWC rushing with 128 yards against Arkansas last week. The tough tailback has 493 yards for the year despite missing one whole game and part of another because of a pulled hamstring muscle. Hayden Fry’s Mustangs will at tempt to shore up their porous defense to chop down the Aggie aerial game led by sophomore quarterback Rocky Self and senior Ross Brupbacher and Barney Harris. Self has gone aloft 155 times and completed 70 for 896 yards and four touchdowns. Har ris has caught 27 for 388 yards to rank third among conference receivers, while Brupbacher has caught all four scoring tosses among his 18 receptions. Board, Registration Payments Must Be Paid By Thursday Students who haven’t paid their second board installment, or reg istration fees incurred as a result of adding or dropping courses, have until Thursday to do so, Ro bert Smith, assistant comptroller in the Fiscal Office, announced yesterday. The second installment was due Oct. 22, Smith said, and the last day to pay it was Wednesday. University regulations provide for a $1 per day late payment fine, he said, which means that stu dent on the 7-day plan now owe $76 plus $10, or $86. Similarly, he added, students on the 5-day plan owe $78. Those students who have not paid the fees incun*ed in the add- drop process are considered to have not paid their fall fees, Smith said, and thus are not of ficially registered at A&M. In either case failure to pay by Thursday, Smith stressed, can re sult, according to university pol icy, in a student being dropped from the university roles. For Bryan-College Station Area Heaviest Traffic Load Ever Expected This Weekend ly Payne-Harrison battalion Staff Writer The Bryan-College Station area :an expect the heaviest traffic on fecord this weekend because of the A&M-SMU game and the Canadian - American Challenge Cup Race (Can-Am) at the Texas International Speedway (TIS). Morris A. Maddox, assistant chief of campus security, said that traffic on and around the campus on Saturday shouldn’t exceed the normal volume of football week ends. The only special action campus security will take, Maddox noted, is in increasing the number of of ficers at Easterwood field to su- University National Bank "On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. pervise security for the record number of private planes that will land there this weekend. Bobby Clay, chief of Easter wood tower, said that the largest number of planes the university- owned airport has ever accom modated was 300 for an Arkansas game several years ago. He noted that there is no way of being certain as to the number of planes that will fly in this weekend, but aded that if the field becomes too saturated with air craft it will be closed off and pilots will have to land at alter nate fields. Melvin Luedke, College Station police chief, said he did not fore see any increase to the normal football traffic, usually 37,000 cars. Luedke commented that all of the department’s 10-man force will be working Saturday, and Sunday also to handle traffic en route to TIS. He cited Texas Avenue and Jer sey Street as the major point of congestion after the game, and added that there will be 14 or 15 Texas Department of Public Safety officers to assist his de partment in directing traffic. Luedke said traffic control was handled so well at the Baylor Campus Security has an nounced that all student ve hicles must be moved from parking lots 31, 48, 49, 30, and 9 to parking areas north of Ross Street by 10 a.m. Satur day. Officers said the parking space is needed for out-of-town guests attending the A&M- SMU game. Lot 31 is bounded by G. Rol lie White Coliseum to the north and Kyle Field to the west; 48 is just South of lot 31; 49 runs parallel to Highway 2154 on the west side of the campus; 30 is the lot behind Guion Hall; and 9 is located along Main Street behind Henderson Hall. Ross Street runs from Bizzell Street to the Fish Pond and passes in front of The Ex change Store. Parking areas north of the street include the hospital lot, the student lots along FM 60, diagonal parking on Ashbury Street, a lot across Ashbury from Sbisa Dining Hall, and the parking lot in front of the cyclotron building. game that, out of 37,000 vehicles traveling in and out of the cam pus, not one accident was re ported. “We will have additional offi- cers on duty to handle the situ ation,” commented Joe Ellisor, Bryan police chief, noting that the police auxiliary and reserve will also be on hand to help with the traffic. The auxiliary is a group of citizens that supplements the regular police force when needed, and the reserve is a limited num ber of auxiliary members who have received extensive training in police work, Ellisor said. Traffic usually doesn’t build up in Bryan until 30 or 40 minutes after the game, Ellisor noted, then it tapers of and builds up again after out-of-towners have returned to their accommodations and left again. Ellisor cited College Road and South College as the major point of congestion in Bryan as well as all of Texas Ave. Ellisor requests that local resi dents and students give the out of town traffic time to leave be fore taking to the highways. This will facilitate better traffic con trol and safety conditions. “We’re going to have our hands pretty well full for this game Saturday,” commented DPS Sgt. Paul L. Allen, adding that DPS officers are being brought in from as far as Austin and Georgetown to help cope with the traffic. Allen said the extra officers and a helicopter will be used to keep the cars moving along State Highway 6 between B-CS and TIS. “No magic can be used to make it a smooth operation,” he said, but noted that people going to the Can-Am race Sunday could help matters by using FM 2154 to relieve the load on highway 6. FM 2154 runs from the west side of the A&M campus into 6 just north of Navasota. As for parking at the speed way itself, TIS General Manager Leo Margolian said the speedway grounds have facilities for 25,000 cars which will be supervised by the track’s own security force and Allen Military Academy cadets. Margolian said that to avoid congestion on the highways and parking lots, spectators should get to the speedway early as possible. Bryan Building & Loan Association. Your Sav ing Center, since 1919. 33 B & L —Adv.