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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1971)
Ml ills has yet tried problems, to hat caused noli the war in Vieli >eful that My ie meaning of] :e not only to all nations, emendation is," this nation ti! olve itself in t then even still feel si Vrmy. This 'ong army, n of the world] we definitely i By JOHN CURYLO Rudder’s Rangers, formerly the A&M Ranger Company, got a taste of. Army life this weekend during a visit to the Recondo School at Ft. Hood. Twenty-eight cadets, accompa nied by four members of the Military Science Department staff, went through a short version of the three-week course in patrolling, reconnaissance, and if i mountaineering, taught by infan- itw try officers and non-commissioned officers. Capt. Charles Briscoe, Major Donald Henderson, Capt. Mario Macaluso, and SFC James Fugate went along on the trip. Capt. 10 received roughout the»] ial, said, “Thes American peopk g that has kept Avenue with | "irst division, the death of set ird A. Hanes spring compel n, the 1970-llt( nd second plate e fish won a Lan e runners-up in competition. (Chip) Conatyl med senior advii Ullrich of Sani 1 duties in the ‘rclassmen word a are junior In Dallas and so|l ly S. Kenned; d A. McClunp nd Leonardo ii i Antonio. ,LEN - CAD. PORATED - SERVICE atisfaction is equipment’’ 'exas Ave. 1HE BATTALION Tuesday, March 30, 1971 College Station, Texas Page 3 Rudder’s Rangers attend weekend recondo school Briscoe is the advisor of the unit. During their stay at the base camp of the Recondo School, the Aggies were treated like recruits and expected to perform to per fection. Upon arrival at the school, the cadets received a brief refresher course in use of the compass. They then encountered a night compass course, using skills learned in Military Science classes. Saturday was the big day, be ginning with breakfast at 6:00 a.m. The first instruction was in immediate action drills, used while on patrols. A demonstra tion was given, and then the cadets were divided into patrols, using the techniques employed when a patrol is attacked. The quick fire drill was next for the Aggies. BB guns were used to avoid injury, as they first practiced hitting a disc tossed into the air by another cadet. Protective equipment was issued, and the Rangers moved down quick reaction lanes, returning the fire of hidden aggressors. The highlight of the weekend was the mountaineering phase of the training. To insure safety, a knot-tying class was taught, and cadets learned to tie the knots they would later use in rapelling and belaying. These two activi ties were conducted after lunch on cliffs of 30, 50, and 120 feet. The Aggies learned how to lower one another down a cliff, using ropes and the knots they were taught (belaying) and how to lower themselves in a safe man ner (rapelling). In addition, free climbing was employed to return to the tops of the cliffs. Further confidence in knots was obtained in manipulating one, two, and three rope bridges stretched across a ravine. The Rangers were required to hook themselves to the bridges and move across the ravine, learning to put up with “windy” conditions. Further instruction in night patrolling and night vision was learned Saturday evening. The unit was again broken into recon naissance patrols, and these groups went through a booby trap course. Most of these were set up by Major Henderson. In this way, the cadets learned to carry out an operation under the hard ship of darkness. Unexpected training came when two of the patrols ambushed the two who started the course last. Here, everyone put into use a combination of what they learned in immediate action, quick fire, and night vision classes. Before leaving Sunday, certifi cates were presented to members of Rudder’s Rangers, making them honorary graduates of the Recondo School. Stock scandal gets investigative group ght ngtot building Lonptu the evening ® rning, the Cka de will move ild l’ ours P as t their usual lunch AUSTIN UP) — Texas House members voted overwhelmingly Monday to create machinery that could—but might not—result in an investigation of an alleged stock scandal involving state offi cials. In a long debate session that carried hungry lawmakers three PY i TO E PEOPLE You by the Qfe MPANY Company © M Jim Kidwell representative Js M. So,hoi INSTILL answers! break, the House: —Voted 143-0 to set up the House General Investigating Committee, which House Speak er Gus Mutscher said he would appoint before the Easter holi days. —Approved, 128-16, a resolution asking several state agencies and professional associations to inves tigate the collapse of the Sharps- town State Bank of Houston, the “enjoining of National Bankers Life Insurance Co.” and “related matters.” But they rejected four attempts at a more specific probe of the passage of two bank deposit in surance bills in 1969. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Com mission alleged in a suit filed in Dallas Jan. 18 that quick-profit stock deals were arranged for sev eral state officials to induce pas sage of the bills. According to the SEC petition, the bills were designed so that Sharpstown State Bank could avoid examination by the Fed eral Deposit Insurance Corp. Mutscher, Gov. Preston Smith, Rep. W. S. Heatly of Paducah, Rep. Tommy Shannon of Fort Worth and state Democratic Chairman Elmer Baum all told SEC investigators they borrowed large sums from Sharpstown in 1969 to speculate in National Bankers Life Insurance Co. stock. They denied any connection be tween the stock deals and the two banking bills, and none is a de fendant in the SEC suit. “Those of you who feel an in vestigation should be made, you have here the vehicle by which an investigation can be made,” said Rep. Dewitt Hale of Corpus Christ!, sponsor of the General Investigating Committee resolu tion. The other resolution, by Rep. Carl Parker of Port Arthur, in structs the attorney general, state banking commissioner, state securities commissioner, state in surance commissioner and the presidents of the State Bar of Texas, Texas Bankers Association, and Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants to make an investigation. The agencies and associations would file with the attorney gen eral and the House Investigating Committee “the complete record of all factual information with regard to closing of the Sharps town State Bank, the enjoining of National Bankers Life Insur ance Co. and all related mat ters as soon as practicable.” Mutscher has stated he thinks the investigating committee should conduct its work—what ever it chooses to investigate— after the legislature adjourns May 31. “The air must be cleared once and for all. The publicity sur rounding the current SEC activ ities must be fully explored. I want the members of the House and people of this state to know the facts. Facts—not rumors, not innuendos, not distortions. I want to emphasize that I do not want the results of these resolutions you pass to be a whitewash nor a witch hunt. The facts must be laid before the public,” Mutscher told the House before debate be gan. Several members said privately that lobbyists asked them to re ject any attempt at major changes in the Hale and Parker resolu tions. It became clear early that Mutscher had the votes to pass the two measures—which had his blessing — without significant amendments. Representatives tabled, 110-35, an amendment by Rep. Tom Bass of Houston to require Mutscher to appoint the investigating com mittee in 10 days. Then they tabled, 108-55, an amendment by Bass to the Hale resolution that would have re quired the investigating commit tee specifically to probe circum stances surrounding passage of the two banking bills. Rep. Tom Moore of Waco was defeated, 105-38, in an effort to compel the investigating commit tee to see whether state bribery laws were violated in connection with the two banking bills. “This is an allegation of noth ing less than bribery,” Moore said of the SEC suit.” ... It is incum bent upon us to lay the facts bare and put this dog to rest one way or another.” He pointed out that the inves tigating committee decides what to probe unless the House in structs it. “The committee may investi gate ... or they may not, and the public will be on our backs unless we pass this amendment, Moore said. “Is it your motive to investi gate or accuse ? asked Parker. “I don’t think that question is worthy of an answer, and you ought to be ashamed of your self,” Moore replied. Parker later told him that “if we incorporate those accusations in writing in your amendment, we will be giving credence to those accusations.” “That baby already has been born. This merely acknowledges it,” Moore replied. Reps. Bill Blythe of Houston and Bob Vale of San Antonio were defeated in attempts to sub stitute for the Parker resolutions proposals for full investigations of the passage of the two bank ing bills. The hottest exchange of the day came over an attempt by Rep. Maurice Angly, Austin Re publican, to get an investigation of state deposits in Sharpstown by state Treasurer Jesse James. “I think Mr. Jesse James is doing a wonderful job. He is the best treasurer we have ever had and one of the best in the na tion,” said Rep. Billy William son, Tyler. “Shouldn’t you be up here apol ogizing to the depositors of Sharpstown State Bank,” Wil liamson thundered at Angly, “when it was you who precipi tated the run on Sharpstown State Bank by prematurely an nouncing the withdrawal of state deposits from Sharpstown Bank. You, more than any other per son, are responsible for the col lapse of Sharpstown State Bank.” Angly, evidently flustered by the attack, declared that Wil liamson’s statement was contrary to findings of the SEC and the FDIC. FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED BUSIER - JONES AGENCY REAL ESTATE • INSURANCE F.H.A.—Veterans and Conventional Loans ^ARM & HOME SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Home Office: Nevada. 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