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.V. . .n't, . wmmu 10,1970 ;n ier Che Battalion iip in the year, ig center ite being from 185 d a dom fho gave Stallings senior by gs broke ;ht when d ordered year to ously to junior de- i an auto New Or- be pre- ents, Mr. ’ Youngs- isored by 5 held in n Hall on Hopkins, .t of the naster of no prin- n h r Matson ected by honors it of 65T, i will be t Houston tion Meet and :one 3 es more •oblems, ee road- e—-most nd with can be CO Cen- f, some- AMCOI ptcMfili Vol. 65 No. 68 College Station, Texas GUNS A-FLYING—Fish Drill Team members practice the dian Bob Hope will be the master of ceremonies, and Pres- Queen Ann March Tuesday afternoon in preparation for ident Nixon has been invited to speak. (Photo by David their appearance Feb. 28 at a military ball in Dallas. Come- Gawthorpe) A&M Scientists to Study March Eclipse of Sun Oceanographic and atmospheric nsponses to the March 7 total dipse of the sun will be investi gated by A&M scientists aboard he RV Alaminos on a cruise in he Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Guy A. Franceschini of the leteorology Department said a ariety of observations and meas- irements will be made to deter- »ine physical and biological hanges occurring at sea during he eclipse. The meteorology professor is he scientist in charge of the mique six-day cruise which will *it the A&M research vessel rithin the area that the total clipse will cover, at local solar loon on March 7. According to National Science foundation eclipse expedition lata, the A&M ship-based obser- 'ations will be the only ones con tacted at sea, Franceschini said. As the moon moves directly between the earth and the sun, its shadow will start near the equator in the Pacific Ocean and move at 1,500 mph over the lower part of Mexico, across th£ gulf, onto the continental U. S. south east of Tallahassee, offshore at Norfolk, Va., and end in the Northern Atlantic. It will be visible as a partial eclipse throughout virtually all the U. S., with 75 per cent of the sun’s surface obscured at College Station at about 11:57 a.m. Franceschini said the last total eclipse visible in the gulf, where A&M oceanographers conduct the majority of their research, was in September, 1923. The next one is 82 years away, in March, 2052. He indicated that the Alaminos will be on station about 300 miles north of the Yucatan Peninsula, along the path of totality, for three days. Studies will be made by the Alaminos’ 16-man scien tific complement the day before eclipse, during eclipse and the day after. Continuously recording equip ment will measure meteorological conditions, total incoming solar radiation and spectral distribution of insolation. A 98 per cent drop in solar insolation is expected during the eclipse, Franceschini said. Dr. Jerald W. Caruthers will check activity of the deep scatter ing layer, a plankton layer at a depth of about 200 meters that rises and falls in harmony with night and day. “We are curious to see if this biological system will respond to the ‘short night’ of the eclipse,” Franceschini said. Vertical migration of zooplank ton during the 200-second long eclipse will be studied by Dr. Thomas J. Bright, who will take samples from the surface to about 150 meters. Photosynthesis and primary productivity aspects will be investigated by Dr. Sayed Z. El-Sayed. Physical oceangraphic param eters will record temperatures in the depths and from the surface film. An infrared thermometer that senses radiation from the top tenth of a millimeter of the surface will record the latter. It will be manned by James E. Arnold. Motion picture and still cam eras aimed at a white roof behind the Alaminos’ weather station will be operated by Dr. Dusan Djuric in an attempt to photo graph the elusive shadow bands that accompany total eclipses, just before and immediately after totality. Documentary photographs of the progression of the eclipse will (See A&M Scientists, page 4) Wednesday, Feburary 11, 1970 Telephone 845-2226 In Message to Congress Nixon Asks New Power To Better Environment By Stan Benjamin Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON <^ > ) —In his fifth major environmental action since the start of the year, Presi dent Nixon asked Congress Tues day to give his administration new power, jurisdiction and mon ey to improve the quality of life in the United States. In a special message, Nixon proposed a $4 billion program for municipal waste treatment to im prove water quality, backed by stricter clean-up standards and enforcement powers. To fight air pollution, Nixon proposed authority for the De partment of Health, Education See related item, page 2 and Welfare to regulate the com position of vehicle fuels, and or dered a 5-year research program to develop a pollution-free auto mobile. At the same time, the Health, Education and Welfare Depart ment issued proposed new stand ards to control vehicle pollution emissions, applying to 1973 and 1975 models. These are years when major model changes are due. Nixon sought nationwide fed eral enforcement powers against both air and water pollution, to be armed with the threat of court-imposed fines of $10,000 a day against violators. The President took no direct action against solid wastes— trash—hut ordered research to re claim and re-use materials from discarded products, or at least to find ways of disposing of waste materials more easily. He singled out junk automo biles as one of the major solid waste problems and directed his new Environmental Quality Council to find ways of promot ing their prompt scrapping, so they would not clutter up the landscape. Nixon said the price of an au tomobile “should include not only the cost of producing it, but also the cost of disposing of it.” Nixon also proposed a move ment to carve out new park and recreation lands.” One approach would be to step up federal and state purchases of land for parks and recreation through full use of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The other half of his plan was to see whether some of the land already owned by the federal gov ernment—one-third of all the land in the nation—could be adapted or converted to park use, or sold to raise money to create new parks. Nixon asked Congress for full funding in fiscal 1971 of the $327 million now available in the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and said he would propose legis lation to assure a reliable income for the fund. Rudder Improving; Remains Serious HOUSTON—Hospital officials at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital said that A&M President Earl Rudder was con tinuing to improve but remained in serious condition this morning. Rudder, a retired Army general, suffered a stroke last week, then underwent operations to remove a blood clot from his brain and to stop a bleeding ulcer. The St. Luke’s official said that a stress ulcer can appear in just a few days’ time when a person is under severe physical stress. The official also said the bleeding was under control and that Rudder was continuing to convalesce satisfactorily. Civilians to Add Aides, Discuss Convention Five new freshman assistants to the Civilian Student Council will be introduced at Thursday’s meeting, Don Bouchard, CSC sec retary, said Tuesday. The CSC meets at 7:30 p.m. in room 3D of the Memorial Stu dent Center. The new assistants are Gordon Pilmer, engineering major from San Angelo; Sid Alexander, ac counting major from Wellborn; Phil Spurlin, geology major from Plano; Dennis Archer, industrial engineering major from Plano; and Debbi Drashpil, pre-veteri- nary major from Bryan. Bouchard added that the selec tion of delegates for the National Association of College and Uni versity Residence Halls conven tion March 11-14 in Lubbock would also be discussed at the meeting. “Discussion will center around how many delegates we will send to the convention and how they are to be selected,” Bouchard said. He added that the cost of sending delegates to the conven tion will also be discussed. Bouchard added that the Menu Committee would also give a progress report on the response of students to the hamburger line set up at evening meals in the annex of Sbisa Dining Hall. Other projects to be discussed are the establishing of a CSC Information Center in the old Intramural Information Center next to Sbisa Dining Hall, and the discussion of the Texas Residence Hall Association conference, at tended last weekend by CSC rep resentatives. Bouchard added that the MSC Travel Committee will present a program on its current recruiting drive and future activities. WEATHER Thursday — Cloudy, intermit tent rain afternoon and night. Southerly winds 10-15 m.p.h. Low 52 degrees, high 59 degrees. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. Sweetheart Selection Saturday Will Climax Sophomore W eekend By Janie Wallace Battalion Staff Writer Selection of a Sophomore Sweetheart from five finalists climaxes the activity-filled Soph omore Weekend, according to John Sharp, class president. The sweetheart will be chosen from these finalists: Green-eyed blonde Martha Duncan is a senior at W. B. Ray High School in Corpus Christi. Her escort is Robert N. Connell. Janice Kay Langley, freshman elementary education major at Texas Christian University, has brown eyes and dark brown hair. She is from Papillion, Neb., and her escort is John Andrew Ken- agy. A recent high school graduate, Rebecca Lee Launer has brown hair and brown eyes. She is from Houston and her escort is Kirby Brown. Brown-eyed Janet Katherine Richardson is a sophomore art major at San Angelo State Uni versity. From Midland, she has brown hair. Her escort is Gary Drake. A senior at New Braunfels High School, Susan Richter is a green-eyed brunette. William G. Marling is her escort. The Sweetheart will be pre sented at the semi-formal dance in Duncan Dining Hall. All fin alists will receive a class pin. The Sweetheart Selection Com mittee consists of Bruce Clay, class vice president; James R. Perry, social secretary; Glenn Garrison, Memorial Student Cen ter representative; Steve Young, secretary-treasurer; Joe Korne- gay, head of the selection com mittee; Tom Stone, Sophomore Council member and Sharp. A casual dance in DeWare Field House Friday night will feature Jim Jones and the Chaunteys from Fort Worth in stead of the scheduled Corner stone Blues. “The Cornerstone Blues dis banded last week and we had to find someone else,” Sharp said. “I’ve heard that the Chaunteys are a very good band.” Held on St. Valentine’s Day, the semi-formal dance’s theme is “St. Valentine’s Fantasy.” Known as the “Great Imitators”, the Countdown Five from Houston will be featured. Dress for cadets will be an nounced Thursday, Sharp said. “This is the biggest Sophomore Ball ever — as predicted by the ticket sellers at the MSC — and many tickets have been sold already,” Sharp said. Tickets for the weekend are $5 per couple and are good for both dances. Each is scheduled to be gin at 8 p.m. and continue until midnight. “Tickets can be purchased at the Student Program office in the MSC, from representatives in each dormitory or at the door of each dance,” Sharp said.