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•. - •;. ; _ ,A-A\V ■ ■ _ V- 111 11 Che talion liny Vol. 65 No. 44 College Station, Texas Tuesday, December 2, 1969 Telephone 845-2226 'haikl ntai) mlie 1 Mil • lari's | ! e only 1 ityoll Sept. 14 ‘Lucky No. 1’ 'td vdiill •1 dels: in tlicJ thera \ size oil Lottery Determines Order of Draft s playti aseball ome game, ers Stan Benjamin Gsociated Press Writer WASHINGTON <;P>—The first aft lottery in 27 years was Id Monday night, sending men n lorn on Sept. 14 to the head of ijCt » e l' ne f or 1970 draft calls. The first birth date number [as drawn by Rep. Alexander Jrnie, R-N.Y., ranking Repub- all fatu ian on a special House subcom- the 159 > ttee on the draft, whentt Men second in line for the s an 'i aft next year will be those i G, | irn April 24. The third birthday drawn was will fu ec. 30. rest Coy It was followed by Feb. 14, linst a en by Oct. 18. ily-rep,' Others will be called in the or- ie puHi r in which their birthdays 1 be ntlere drawn Monday night, until Be local boards throughout the JshmenBtion fulfill their 1970 draft leir -iotas. ec. 4. BThe list drawn Monday night 'est itfl applied to all men between 19 and 26 years of age as of the end of this year. Only those classified 1-A or 1- A-0 will actually be called. But men now deferred or ex empt would retain their place in this order of call should they later become 1-A or 1-A-O, that is, available for the draft. The lottery began at 8 p.m. when, after a brief invocation, draft director Lewis B. Hershey ordered the unlocking of a black box containing 366 blue plastic capsules and ordered them pour ed into a large glass jar. Inside each capsule was a slip of paper bearing a date—one for each of the 365 days of the year, plus one for Leap Year’s extra day, Feb. 29. The slips of paper had a gum med back, for pasting on a large blue board at one end of the small auditorium. whili • Collfji a. pnlit on u\ departo per ji SSIFil ‘Just Lucky,’ Student Says NG :2ki ' a wn. Hans Adam ittalion Staff Writer onday night two A&M stu- its found out what it’s like to a “winner.” Gary Hamilton and Doug John- n were picked No. 1 by Uncle m in Monday night’s draft tery; their birthdays fall on pt. 14, the first date to be The lottery was the first to be nducted since World War II d is in compliance with the draft law. “It figures; first thing I’ve 'er won in my life,” Hamilton Id The Battalion, when the re- |lts of the lottery were made own. The May graduate, who has a jb offer from a major steel com pany in Houston is now “unde cided” about his future. Hamil ton said that he is not married and has no plans for graduate school. Johnson, a freshman mechani cal engineering student from Groesbeck, said that his “win” may cause him to change his ma jor to sociology. “It (the lottery)) may cause me to study harder to keep my grades up,” he said. Johnson is engaged to be mar ried in December of 1970 but said that the date is now subject to change. Mrs. Johnson, when asked her reaction to the results of the lot tery, indicated surprise and said that “Doug is too young to be drafted.” CLA Med Prof 'o Give 2 Talks Two presentations on drug mse will be given Wednesday A&M by UCLA psychiatrist r, J. Thomas Ungerleider. The UCLA Medical Center taff member will appear at 8 m. in the Memorial Student %V01 en *' er k a M room for a Great Is- pes address. Great Issues chairman Tom itzhugh of Waco indicated the ilk is one of a Man, Morality nd Society Seminar series. ■ Dr. Ungerleider also will speak ■t a 4 p.m. Health Education Ifeminar in the library conference «m, announced Health and 'hysical Education Department gj^lead Dr. Carl W. Landiss. 1 Both are admission free talks pen to the public. Assistant professor of the 'CLA Psychiatry Department ince 1962, Ungerleider serves in tried medical capacities with s Angeles, California and na- jional agencies. He received his .D. from Western Reserve Uni- ersity School of Medicine in his I’Jl hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. He was an honors graduate in psy chology at the University of Michigan in 1952. The member of numerous med ical and psychiatric societies di rects D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Re search and Education Services), serves on the advisory board of the National Drug and Sex For um and the American Social Health Association’s National Drug Abuse Task Force. Additionally, the 38-year-old professor is a member of the California Interagency Council on Drug Abuse research task force and the Los Angeles May ors Committee on Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Dr. Ungerleider received the 1968 Chris Award, first place of the Columbus National Educa tional Film Festival, for the health education film “Beyond LSD.” His numerous medical journal articles and books deal primarily with drugs, usage and reactions. ►1)8 -JKO 1 b< nil mi Silver Taps Held Monday For Midland Grad Student Silver Taps was held Monday night for Mark Titus McCasland, M graduate student of Mid- nd, who died of asphyxiation Thursday night in Pecos. McCasland’s 16-year-old broth er, Bruce, also died of the same cause. The two were visiting rela tives, and their bodies were found about 10 a. m. Friday in a small bedroom at the rear of an uncle’s residence. Funeral services were to be held at 2 p. m. Monday in the First Baptist Church of Midland. Burial i^s planned in Resthaven Memorial Park at Midland with The board, prepared in advance, displayed a list of numbers from one to 366, each followed by a blank space to receive a date drawn from the bowl. The lottery ended with a bene diction at 9:37 p.m., just a little over an hour and a half after it had begun. After Pirnie started the draw ing, he was succeeded by a re lay of young people previously named as unofficial advisers to the Selective Service System. A young Negro from the Dis trict of Columbia, David L. Fow ler, refused to take his turn. He said he had been notified by his delegation not to draw, for rea sons that would be explained later. Fourteen of the Youth Advi sory Committee signed a state ment expressing “deep concern” over handling of the drawing. Larry McKibben of Iowa, held up the proceedings to read the statement, which protested the “total exclusion of two individu als who did not wish to actually draw numbers.” The delegates from Michigan and Alaska were not among the advisory mem bers who drew. About 25 college age youths waited outside Selective Service headquarters to protest the lot tery. They handed out a state ment calling the lottery “a mas terful practical joke on the American people.” Now they said they will have to burn their birth certificates as well as their draft cards. To determine his place in line for the draft next year, each draft-age man in the nation has only to find his birthday among the scrambled list of dates, and to take note of the number next to it. Starting in January, each draft board will begin calling men for military service on the basis of that list. The first ones called will be the men with birthday matching the date next to number one. Next come those whose birthday matches number two, and so on. By the time most draft boards have worked their way half way through the list—into the middle or upper 100’s—they will proba bly have all the men they need for their 1970 quotas. Men with birth dates drawn early in the list can be almost sure of receiving a draft notice next year; men with middle- range numbers may have to wait all year to see if they are draft ed; men whose birthdays are drawn late in the list, next to numbers in the 200’s or 300’s, probably will not be drafted. Every man in the country who reaches the age of 19 but not 26 by Dec. 31, 1969, will have a place-in-line number determined by Monday night’s drawing. But only men classified 1-A “available for service”—will be subject to draft call in 1970. (Men granted deferment or ex emption by their local draft boards will not be called while their deferments or exemptions continue. But the place-in-line number they draw in Monday night’s lot tery will stay with them; and if they lose their deferments or exemptions and become 1-A, they will fall back into line with other draftable men in exactly the same place they would have oc cupied if they had not been de ferred or exempt. In other words, if a man now deferred stands third on Mon day night’s list, he would be come third on the list to be drafted in any future year should he become 1-A. Each year, while the lottery system continues, a new draw ing will be held, assigning place- in-line numbers to a brand new group of men—those who reach the age of 19 during that year. That group will be the draft’s prime target for the following year, while the men who have already faced the draft, in 1-A classification, for one year with out actually receiving their draft notice will move into a safer cat egory. They could, legally, still be drafted—but only if the draft uses up all of the new group of 19-year-olds first. And the White House says that is unlikely. The draft pool for 1970—those affected by Monday night’s drawing—is estimated at some 850,000 men classified 1-A or 1- A-O men (available for noncom batant duty). The Pentagon expects about (See Lottery, Page 2) Expansion Plan Progress Reported to MSC Council By David Middlebrooke Battalion Managing Editor The Memorial Student Center Council Monday night heard a report on planned MSC expan sion, approved supplemental budget requests for MSC Direc torate committees and discussed a new policy concerning speakers lists brought before it by MSC committees. MSC Executive Vice President for Programs Harry Snowdy told council members that the A&M Board of Directors approved last Thursday $200,000 for design of a proposed MSC addition and $200,000 for design of an adjoin ing auditorium-Continuing Edu cation complex that will rise 12 stories above the ground. Council President Joe M. (Mac) Spears III said that the actual construction will cost in excess of $10 million. J. Wayne Stark, council secre tary-treasurer and director of the MSC, said that plans include three auditoriums in the 12-story addition. “Last spring, Political Forum requested a budget of $8,000,” Charles Hoffman, forum chair man, told the council in a writ ten statement, “to carry on its programs for the 1969-70 school year. This request was approved by the MSC Council. “However, upon submission of this budget to the University Ex ecutive Committee, the budget was cut to only $3,200,” he con tinued. “Political Forum is find ing it impossible to present a quality program without extra funds.” After brief consideration of Hoffman’s request for an addi tional $3,050, the council ap proved it and will forward it to the university committee. Tom Fitzhugh, Great Issues chairman, asked the council to follow through on its approval of his committee’s additional funds request, made at the last coun cil meeting, by sending a letter to the executive committee ex pressing favorable opinions con cerning approval of the requests. The group agreed to do so. Dennis Flannigan, MSC vice president, outlined to the coun- cilmen procedures that a com mittee under his direction had worked up for speakers lists sub mitted to the council for approv al before being sent to the Uni versity Executive Committee. Present occupation, education, background information, speak er’s relation to his topic (his opinions), and brief mention of well-known people who recom mend the speaker were all items the committee thought should be on the list, Flannigan said. In addition, he continued, a cover sheet listing the maximum fee the committee in question in tends to pay a speaker, any further information the commit tee may wish to present, and an explanation of the program as a whole is to be included. In answer to the question of lack of time to look over pro posed speakers lists before coun cil meetings raised at the last council meeting by Dr. George F. Carter, geology professor, Flannigan said that committees (See Expansion, Page 2) Newnie W. Ellie Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements. McCasland, 22, was studying for a master’s degree in com puter science after graduating from A&M. A Midland High School graduate, he entered A&M in 1965. He resided at 416D North Main St. in College Station. His brother was a junior stu dent in Midland High School. The father is an independent geologist in Midland. Survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Barney C. McCas land; four brothers and a sister. SPEEDING SILHOUTETTE Racing against time and other competitors, this motorcycle enthusiast is airborne as he makes his way during cross-country competition near Denver, Colo. (AP Wirephoto) TOWN HALL SELLOUT Johnny Rivers is shown during his after-Bonfire perfor mance last Wednesday night to a sellout crowd of over 8,200 people. (Photo by Mike Wright) New Preregistration Policy Some Ags May, Some May Not By Pam Troboy Battalion Staff Writer Students on scholastic proba tion who did not meet their re quirements at mid-semester and freshmen who did not have at least two Cs, may not be allowed to pre-register, R. A. Lacey, registrar, said. Pre-registration for the spring semester began Monday and will continue through Dec. 12. He stressed that these restric tions will not be uniformly en forced and that each college will decide who can pre-register. Lists of persons not meeting these requirements have been given to department heads by the deans of the colleges, he said. “Any student must have a C average coming into the semes ter and at least two Cs in solid subjects to pre-register,” said Dr. R. L. Potts, associate dean of agriculture. “There may be exceptions to this rule,” he added, “and fresh men will be sent to their aca demic advisers before a decision is reached.” The Colleges of Architecture, Geosciences and Science have no restrictions, according to their associate deans. “The College of Liberal Arts will adhere to the general restric tions,” said Assistant Dean Dr. Charles E. McCandless, “but each department may or may not en force them. It is up to each department head. “A list of those who will not be able to pre-register will be sent to the housing office so these students will still be able to reserve a room for next semes ter,” he added. “These people will be able to register during the delayed registration period.” Dr. Frank W. R. Hubert, dean of the College of Education, said his college would follow the same procedure as the College of Lib eral Arts. The first step in pre-registra tion is for a student to pick up a card packet in his major de partment and meet with his aca demic adviser. Fee data cards are available in various dorm lounges for dorm students and in the basement of Leggett Hall for both civilian and Corps day stu dents, Lacey said. Coeds may obtain their cards at the Housing Office. Students then should take their fee data card and registration card packet to room 001 in the basement of the YMCA to com plete pre-registration, he noted. On or about Dec. 15 fee state ments will be mailed to the local addresses of students who have pre-registered, and fees must be paid by Jan. 9, Lacey said. After payment of fees, a class schedule will be mailed to the local address, he added. Students may also register dur ing the delayed registration per iod, Jan. 26-30, or the late regis tration period, Feb. 2-6, Lacey said. Rezoning Request Deferred by Panel By Jay F. Goode Battalion Staff Writer The College Station Planning and Zoning Commission Monday deferred a request to rezone property at State Highway 6 and the East By-pass. In the 20-minute meeting, ac tion was put off for two months to allow the commission time to investigate the use of adjacent property. The owner, V. H. Litchford, asked that the strip be rezoned from residential to commercial for the purpose of building a “drive-in grocery or a filling sta tion.” The 790x110 foot strip is on the south tip of land recent ly annexed by the city. Newly annexed property is automatical ly zoned residential. “It seems facetious to zone that narrow strip without seeing what other property owners are going to do,” Commissioner R. R. Rhodes said. Chairman Codie Wells asked to hear from the other property owners who had been notified of the public hearing, but none were present. “We should decide whether this will be the start of a whole strip of rezoning,” Commissioner Jim Gardner said. In other business, Wells an nounced the replacement of Com missioner Joseph R. Bauer by Dr. J. D. Lindsay. Bauer stepped down because his work was con flicting with the commission meetings, Wells said. Lindsay was appointed by the City Coun cil on November 24. Wells appointed Lindsay to the subdivision committee and ap pointed Commissioner Carl Lan diss vice-chairman of the com mission. Wells asked City Planner Lee Roy George to prepare a report of the commission’s work which will be submitted to the city council. The report will be a part of an annual report to the citi zens of College Station, Wells said. Wells asked that a “rough draft” be submitted by January 5. Gardner suggested that the commission get someone from the Texas Highway Department to come and present their plans for highway construction in Brazos county. It has been re- (See Rezoning, page 5) University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. Bryan Building & Loan Association. Your Sav ing Center, since 1919. BB&L —Adv.