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V 5 Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Drive Safely ‘r who i to add c le for thj ’ draft ] just coid ar e SteJ •srnan trc i °ia Vo1 - 65 No. 54 >io State? *11 stron! interest* and Paij 5 Shaw i ? rry Brae 1 as qua Phipps, Che Battalion College Station, Texas Thursday, December 18, 1969 Telephone 845-2226 May N umber 87 As many as 87 lives may be DPS will place all available pa- liost as a result of traffic acci- trolmen on the highways during Lights Mm^cmsrMte Mark Service ng into lead wil 2 won ng into lead wil id Sqm iss A ar r tied fd Iron 1 Porce un I, third •up slot] the han d in fo i bowlin ients in Texas over the Christ inas and New Year holiday (periods, the director of the Texas (Department of Public Safety |(DPS) has estimated. Col. Wilson E. Speir said that [Si deaths are expected during Ihe Christmas period beginning it 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and See related item, page 2 [luting through midnight Dec. 28. He also estimated that 33 [traffic deaths will occur during the New Year holidays, from 6 |p.m. New Year’s Eve through nidnight Jan. 4, 1970. "We urge each individual driv- t Associlir to accept the challenge of bold donjproving that our estimates are s C. SchLhigh,” Speir said. “Many holi- third, rllay accidents can be prevented and bovilif Texans will drive safely and i kegliJrealize that no one is immune to nd on tl|i traffic crash.’ ? Class | the fw Speir also announced that the the holidays to enforce the laws and aid motorists. He said a special “operation motorcide” will be in effect over both holiday periods, during which periodic tabulations of traffic fa talities will be made and given the widest possible dissemination in order to focus public attention on the added dangers present in holiday driving. The Battalion staff encourages all students to drive carefully during the holidays and wishes all a merry Christmas. Last Bait This is the last issue of The Battalion for 1969. The Battalion Staff wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and safe conduct on the highways. Drive safely. Students from A&M will com bine a non-denominational service with Christmas carols tonight during the annual YMCA-spon- sored Christmas program. Lighting of a 35-foot high string of lights shaped like a Christmas tree will conclude the program. Deputy Corps Commander Bud dy Mason, a senior psychology major from Virginia, will give the call to worship at 7:30 p.m. on the east steps of the System Ad ministration Building. , The invocation will be given by Chris Shaw ,a junior civil en gineering major from Garland and chairman of religious pro grams, YMCA Cabinet. Alan Byrd, senior pre-med ma jor from Austin and representa tive to the Civilian Student Coun cil as Schumacher Hall president, will read the Christmas scripture. Frank Coulter will direct his A&M Consolidated High School Choir in four numbers. Ed Donnell of Jones Creek, senior psychology major, presi dent of the YMCA Cabinet and civilian student chaplain, will give the Christmas message. Donnell will speak on Isaiah, chapter 9, verse 6-A: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.” “O Come All Ye Faithful” will follow, sung by the people attend ing the program. A&M’s Singing Cadets will sing four carols, including “Coventry Carol,” “Carroll Brothers’ Carol,” “Jesu Bombino,” and “Hallelujah Chorus.” Otway Denny, junior political science major from La Porte, will introduce the Christmas lighting program. Robert Boone, Singing Cadets director, will lead the singing of “Silent Night” at the end of the service. The program is open to Texas A&M students, faculty, staff and the public. Race no Problem For Black Santa dings foj jorts il offici ‘A Better Mood in America, ’ Nixon Administration Does Officials Say Some Back-Patting iiBy Douglas B. Cornell r\|*n [Associated Press Writer 111 U | WASHINGTON G'Pi—The Nix- et a ne| on a ^ m > n > s tration, after taking a relay f 00 ^ at 1969, is doing a bit of a Indor 80 ** Patt' 0 ? Tor what it says La th| is a better mood in America at ’ gear’s end. of ToJ It also has decided self-con- n, Marvlgratulations are in order for at- won titempts at reforming the govern- ld recolment and for shifting homefront Jniversilpriorities, all under the banner >ur teanjof “The New Federalism.” as Afii This developed during a brief- nd Okl|j n g which the White House turned up a trio of top officials >rs leaplto talk t 0 SO me 20 reporters on domestic matters. The White lor, coiHouse stipulated ground rules fourth. 1 || arre( j nam i n g. the officials or jump l|q UO ting them directly. gh juml theme seemed to be the eaped f n Tayli administration has made piro- secondl University National Bank ot thro\| "On the side of Texas A&M.” rd in tl 50.2 an! 51.1. 440-yat| t will < meet he WcJ and wil 0 at Sa| Adv. gress in putting a new facade on government, although it isn’t getting all it wants out of Con gress and is having some trou bles with a financial crunch. There were other plusses and minuses. In the plus column one or an other of the three spokesmen put what they interpreted as: • A lowering of voices and a good deal less stridency in the national rhetoric—the whole war moratorium thing has run its course. • An attempt to make the government work better in such problem areas as taxes and the draft. • Steps to broaden the base for handling problems that in volve more than one department or agency by creating councils on urban affairs, environmental quality control and rural affairs, to go along with the National Security Council in the field of defense and foreign policy—plus another Advisory Council on Ex ecutive Organization. Additional questions have been raised, one official said, about the responsiveness of the govern ment to such recognizable prob lems as pbpulation. Some of them require congressional action and the administration, the spokes man said, still is waiting for the fruit to drop off the trees in some areas. One such area takes in meas ures to fulfill Nixon campaign promises to bring law and order to the land. On the minus side, one spokes man conceded the obvious—that Senate rejection of Judge Clem ent F. Haynsworth, Jr. for the Supreme Court was a straight away defeat. Another lamented that prob lems of welfare, education and unemployment still defy solution in times of unprecedented pros perity. He also said he would have to agree with a newsman that some of the administration’s stands on civil rights appeared to be heel dragging to black and oth er Americans—and represent a primary. failure. Asked how the intellectual community reacts to the Presi dent, he said it sort of dislikes Nixon whereas it loathed, feared, hated and despised Lyndon B. Johnson. One gratifying development for the administration has been what it considers a show of lim ited hut growing cooperation from Democratic leaders in Con gress, especially in the Senate. The names figuring in this in cluded Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, J. W. Fulbright, Chairman of the Foreign Rela tions Committee; and Albert Gore of Tennessee, who has had a key role in fashioning the tax reform bill. One spokesman said Mans- Bryan Building & Loan Association. Your Sav ing Center, since 1919. BB&L -Adv. field’s disposition to work with Nixon in a more or less under standing way in foreign policy is far out and beyond what it was toward the end of the Johnson admiinstration and the early days of the present one. Vet College Gets Gift from Ag-Ex Dr. and Mrs. Harry B. Reele of Galveston have presented Tex as A&M a gift of corporate stock for the College of Veterinary Medicine. The gift was formally present ed to President Earl Rudder by Dr. and Mrs. Reele’s son, Sirel A. Reele, a third-year veterinary medicine student. Dr. Reele received a veterinary medicine degree here in 1939. His son is scheduled to gradu ate in August. By Larry Heinzerling Associated Press Writer DAYTON, Ohio _ “Go ahead,” a mother said, prodding her hesitant daughter. “It’s Santa Claus. Tell him you’ve been a good girl and give him a big hug.” The occasion was typical of Christmas, except this Santa was black. Leonard Eggleston said race never has been a problem in his Santa role. “I was amazed,” he said. “They come sit on my lap. They kiss me and tell me what they want. It’s nice to see how things are changing compared to years back. I guess there has to he a first time for everything.” Eggleston, 63, a retired factory worker, was hired last year to play Santa at an Elder-Beerman store which serves a predom inantly black neighborhood. White children and their parents come to see him too. James Welsh, a manager at the store, estimates that more than 3,000 children have visited Eggleston so far this year. Welsh said Eggleston was hired after there were some inquiries about why there wasn’t a black Santa at the store. “It came out very well,” he said. A check of department stores in other major Ohio cities indi cated Eggleston may be the state’s only black Santa. “I enjoy it fine,” said Eggles ton. “At first I thought 1 wouldn’t like it, but it’s more enjoyment this year. I talk to the kids, see what they want, tell them to write me letters, ask them how good they’ve been.” His wife enjoys being married to Santa. “Everywhere we go,” she said, “we’re greeted with a ho ho ho.” Darkoch Voted Fish President In Run-Offs Four Freshman Class officers were elected Wednesday in a run-off election. Bill Darkoch was elected pi-esi- dent; Mike Holley, vice president; Mike Milliner, secretary-treasur er; and Larry Moore, social secre tary. Darkoch won over Wajbic Nichols 356 to 252. Holley had 264 votes to John Adcock’s 177 and Mike Major’s 146. Milliner had 333 to Rod Dickenson’s 242, and Moore had 383 to Duke Jones’ 181. FIRST BANK & TRUST—Home of the Super C D - 5% interest compounded daily. ids. Staff, Students: All Enjoyed the Christmas Party - ‘M* ’S' 3'*46-2;«f )N A&M architects hosted elementary school children to a Christmas party Wed nesday but it was hard to tell who was having more fun—the kids or the architecture students and staff watching the kids. Approximately 1,000 elementary age children from the Bryan-College Station area were treated to the party, which included talks with Santa Claus, play on giant toys, an exhibit of smaller toys and a wall of paper to write on. All toys were made by the Aggie students. One small boy put his thanks on the wall: “Santa is an Aggie.” The displays were inside the main floor and outside the building. It didn’t take the mob of small fry long to give everything a well-worn look. Graduates students Mrs. Fredda King and Jay Belford, both urban planning majors, coordinated the program for the College of Architecture. One architect looked on in disbelief as a toy he spent eight hours building was scat tered about a display table in less than a minute. “I don’t believe it,” he whispered with a smile. Refreshments were served to the children and the college held its faculty, staff and student family party among the remains. Area school kids wait in line . . . . . . to see Santa at Architecture Christmas party. (Photos by Jim Berry) Aggies’ Shout: ‘One More Day and Well be Outf