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Vol. 67 No. 3 College Station, Texas Thursday, September 2, 1971
THURSDAY — Partly cloudy
to cloudy, afternoon rainshow-
ers — Thundershowers locally
3/4 to 1 inch rain, wind south
erly 10 to 15 m.p.h. High 89
low 72.
FRIDAY — Partly cloudy to
cloudy widely scattered rain-
showers. Wind southerly 10 to
15 m.p.h High 91, low 74.
840-2226
NASA looks
toward more
moon landings
HOUSTON (A*)—A space agen
cy scientist said today serious
consideration is being given to
extending lunar exploration be
yond the two remaining planned
Apollo moon landing missions.
Dr. Paul Cast, head of the
planetary and earth sciences
group at the Manned Spacecraft
Center, said at least three dif
ferent methods of extending the
exploration are being considered
but he noted that “most of these
are best described as only a
gleam in the eye at this time.”
He said some study is being
given to reactivating the can
celed Apollo 18 and Apollo 19
moon landing flights.
Also being discussed are
manned orbital flights of the
moon which would study the lu
nar surface with instruments, he
said.
Cast said such a mission would
be flown in a polar orbit. This
type of orbit is not possible for
landing missions using the cur
rent hardware.
Thirdly, he said, “Some in the
scientific community are pushing
for extensive unmanned explora
tion of the moon, such as with
an orbiter or a rover with sam
ple return capability.”
Cast made the comments dur
ing a news conference and other
scientists at the conference also
mentioned that extended lunar
exploration was being discussed.
Dr. Leon Silver of the U. S.
Geological Survey, said that al
though unmanned exploration
has been discussed most geolo
gists Would still prefer manned
operations.
Red China can’t join U.N.,
ambassador tells Legion
HOUSTON <A>) _ Ambassador
James C. H. Shen of the Nation
alist Republic of China said Wed
nesday the United Nations char
ter itself disqualifies Red China
from membership.
Shen told the American Le
gion’s 53rd national convention
that rejection of the basic prin
ciples drawn 26 years ago could
lead to the downfall of the inter
national body.
“What happened to the League
of Nations before World War II
may happen to the United Na
tions before a World War III,”
he said.
The Legionnaires applauded
when Shen said the Republic of
China is in the U.N. by right
and applauded again when he
said, “The very idea that a found
ing member of the United Na
tions could be expelled is pre
posterous.”
Convention delegates listened
quietely Tuesday when Secretary
of State William P. Rogers out
lined President Nixon’s plans to
normalize relations with Red
China and when he said the
United States will do its utmost
to retain a U.N. seat for the Re
public of China.
Their warm response to Shen’s
address left little doubt the Le
gionnaires will reaffirm their
traditional opposition to Red
China’s admission to the U.N. as
they consider reports on foreign
policy and national security at
Thursday’s concluding session.
In introducing Shen, national
commander Alfred P. Cliamie of
Los Angeles said, “The ambassa
dor comes to us at a very un
timely moment in history.”
Shen said the U.N. charter
states that membership is open
“to all peace-loving states which
accept the obligations contained
in the present charter and, in the
judgment of the organization, are
able and willing to carry out
these obligations.” -
“This disqualifies the Maoist
regime right from the start,” he
said.
“The Peiping regime, it should
be remembered, was branded by
the United Nations as an aggres
sor for its intervention in the Ko
rean War in 1950 and was also
found guilty of committing geno
cide in Tibet in 1963. Both stand
on the United Nations records
themselves and have never been
rescinded.
“Is the United Nations going
to set aside its previous resolu
tions in this respect?”
He said the reason for Red
China’s potential membership,
however, “lies in the fact that
appeasement is in the air.”
“If the Peiping regime should
be admitted, the question will not
merely be one of whether the
Republic of China is going to
stay but one of whether the Unit
ed Nations deserves to survive
once it has compromised on some
of the basic principles and pur
poses on which and for which it
was founded 26 years ago.”
Shen said Taiwan is fully pre
pared to continue its role as a
partner of the United States “if
you would let us.”
“I said ‘if you would let us’
because it seems there are now
voices in this country which work
to change our basic relationship
with your country,” he said.
“I pray that these voices will
be ignored, for should they be
heeded, it would cause serious
harm to our mutual long-range
interests.”
Shen said the Chinese Com
munists have launched a “smiling
offensive” while calling for the
withdrawal of all U.S. forces
from all points west of Hawaii.
“In such a case you would
abandon the western defense pe
rimeter which has been such a
vital part of the American strat
egy for years,” he said.
Shen said the Republic of Chi
na earned its U.N. membership
by immense sacrifices in World
War II and members can be ex
pelled only after persistent vio
lation of the principles of the
U.N. charter.
The Legionnaires earlier ap
proved a resolution asking Con
gress to appropriate sufficient
funds to permit the House Com
mittee on Internal Security and
the Senate internal subcommittee
to extend and expand their ac
tivities.
The resolution stated the com
mittees “have clearly proved
their worth to the nation and its
security by exposing, through
their investigations, the working
of the Communist conspiracy
within the United States.”
Ham radio club keeps busy
sending free messages home
Station W5AC, sponsored by
the MSC Amateur Radio Com
mittee, sent a record 418 free
ham radio-telegrams gathered at
Freshman Open House Aug. 27.
Licensed club operators worked
night and day during the week
end to get the messages out, Jan
Bertholf, committee chairman,
said. Most radio-grams were sent
to parents living in Texas, though
some went to islands in the Pa-
First-come, first-served will be
the policy for civilian students
wishing to change rooms or resi
dence halls to fill existing dorm
vacancies, according to Allan
Madeley, housing manager.
Students requesting a change
must report to the Housing Of
fice between 8 a.m. Monday and
5 p.m. Tuesday.
All moves must be completed
within a 24-hour period after the
new assignment is made, and any
additional room fees must be
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
cific, and still others to countries
in Central and South America.
Brian Derx, chief operator, or
ganized the W5AC team in shifts
to meet the numerous radio nets
and special times and frequen
cies.
The best way of handling mes
sages was to call amateurs in the
towns closest to the destination
of the message, Derx explained.
From there other amateurs would
paid before keys are issued. Stu
dents should bring fee slips to
verify the type of room fee which
has been paid.
If telephone contracts have
been signed previously, the stu
dent must inform the telephone
company of the change immedi
ately. A representative of Gen
eral Telephone Company will be
in the Memorial Student Center
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sept.
8 to process long distance
changes.
Students are urged to take this
opportunity to move, as future
moves will be permitted only un
der very unusual circumstances.
phone, deliver or mail the radio
gram to its final destination.
Station W5AC, licensed in
1913, is the oldest university
amateur radio club in America.
It not only provides message
traffic, but free phone patches so
students and faculty can talk to
their loved ones between radio
stations over the telephone.
The MSC Radio Station is lo
cated in the guest room on the
third floor of the Memorial Stu
dent Center. The committee en
courages Aggies to use the radio
gram facility in the Student Pro
grams Office in the MSC, Bert
holf said. Delivery is not guar
anteed, he continued, though an
estimated 95 per cent of all mes
sages sent reach their destina
tions.
Students and faculty needing
phone patches to South America
or out of state can find request
cards in the Student Programs
Office.
The MSC Amateur Radio Com
mittee is dedicated to furthering
the hobby of ham radio, and
teaches students the electronic
theory and morse code needed to
obtain a Novice License from the
Federal Communications Com
mission.
Room changes to be made
Monday and Tuesday only
SINCE THE SCHOOL YEAR OPENED Wednesday, 140 Since that’s what the unloaded bus weighs the children
youngsters disembark from three buses twice each day to walk across and the buses ride across the bridge, empty,
cross this bridge near Chetek, Wis. Highway officials The children get back on on the other side. (AP Wire-
lowered the bridges weight limit to six tons this summer, photo)
From Commandant
Liberalization
Colonel Thomas R. Parsons,
newly installed Corps of Cadets
Commandant, says he is “not do
ing anything drastic” about
changing the Corps.
Col. Parsons
However, he has already sug
gested a liberalized hair groom
ing policy and a new casual uni
form is in the making.
The new commandant is very
impressed with leadership in the
Corps. He credits the quality of
the Corps “products” to the stu
dent leadership in the Corps area.
“It’s a different Corps from
the one I knew,” Parsons, a mem
ber of the class of ’49, said.
“They can make the chain of
command work. It didn’t when I
was here.”
The new hair policy Parsons
suggested would allow longer
hair as long as it is neatly trim
med on the sides. It also would
allow sideburns, but no mous
taches.
“These regulations are more
like the services and give the
Corps a more liberal policy.”
A jumpsuit-type uniform is
scheduled to be authorized as
soon as a color and definite style
can be determined.
facing
“When I met with Dr. Williams
at Fort Riley this summer,” Par
sons explained, “he said the com
plaint he heard most often from
the Corps was that wearing the
same uniform that they wear to
class all day, to the library and
around campus after class was
inconvenient.”
“So we’re trying to devise a
better system,” he said.
Parsons is also trying to cut
down on the number of cadets
that drop the Corps due to har-
rassment.
“We don’t want them to run
away from the Corps because of
any physical indignities,” he ex
plained.
“We’re going to try to help
them rather than see how much
they can take,” the colonel ex
plained.
The general unpopularity of
the military services due to the
Vietnam War is the main reason
for the drop in the interest of
ROTC, in the opinion of the Com-
ROTC
mandant.
“TV and the press haven’t al
ways presented the services in
their true light, especially the
Army,” he said.
A&M began the year last year
with 2,711 cadets and finished
with 2,311. The first day enroll
ment of the Corps this year was
2,458.
“Hopefully, we have reached
the bottom of this trend,” Par
sons speculated, “and soon we
can start rolling the programs
back.”
The Aggie-ex doesn’t feel that
there is any noticeable friction
between the Corps and civilian
students. On the contrary, he is
quite happy with the way that
they get along.
“It all boils down to freedom
of choice,” he said. “Both groups
have made their decisions as to
which way to go, and they re
spect the others’ decision. It isn’t
like that on other campuses. I
hope it never changes.”
Court finds
Redistricting
challenge good
AUSTIN (A 5 ) _ The Texas Su
preme Court refused Wednesday
to interfere with an East Texas
representative’s lawsuit challeng
ing the authority of the Legisla
tive Redistricting Board to draw
new state Senate districts.
Without comment, the court
overruled a motion by Atty. Gen.
Crawford Martin.
Martin had asked the court to
instruct Dist. Judge Herman
Jones of Austin to set aside a
restraining order forbidding the
board to act.
Jones has scheduled a Thurs
day morning hearing in a suit
by Rep. Fred Head of Hender
son challenging the board’s legal
authority to act.
At Head’s request, Jones issued
a temporary restraining order
against the five-man board Aug.
23, the day before its first meet
ing. Head also wants a permanent
injunction prohibiting the board
to act.
Head claims the board con
sisting of the lieutenant gover
nor, House speaker, attorney
general, comptroller and land
commissioner has no right to re
district for the legislature be
cause, except for the speaker, all
are members of the executive
branch.
The Texas Constitution says
the board must redistrict any
house that the legislature does
not reapportion in its first regu
lar session following publication
of U. S. census data. Senators
failed to act on a redistricting
plan during the regular session.
Head also contends that even
if the board is constitutional, it
should not be acting this year
because census data for Texas
was unavailable until about a
month after the regular session
convened. That means, Head
says, that the first full regular
session following publication of
the census data is in 1973.
The Supreme Court also re
ceived that state’s brief Tuesday
in an appeal from Jones’ Aug. 10
decision that the House redistrict
ing bill passed by the legislature
is unconstitutional.
Jones ruled in a suit by Rep.
Tom Craddick, Midland Republi
can, that the bill unnecessarily
divided several counties between
two or more districts in violation
of the Texas Constitution.
Asst. Atty. Gen. Pat Bailey said
in the state’s brief that the U. S.
Supreme Court’s “one man, one
vote” requirement invalidated the
Texas Constitution’s rule against
dividing counties.
The legislature did a “remark
able job” of trying to follow both
the Texas Constitution and the
“one man, one vote” rule, Bailey
said.
Craddick and the Texas Re
publican party have until Sept.
27 to file their answering brief.
Thieu only legal entry in race
for South Vietnam presidency
SAIGON (A*)—The government
announced Wednesday night the
presidential election will be held
as scheduled Oct. 3 with President
Nguyen Van Thieu the only en
try, dashing U. S. hopes for at
least a two-man race.
The government announcement
and a blast by Gen. Duong Van
Minh, who dropped out of the
race, at U. S. Ambassador Ells
worth Bunker appeared to plunge
American influence and prestige
in South Vietnam further down
hill.
Anti-American street demon
strations erupted in Saigon and
there were fears of more. A
defeated national assemblyman
tried to burn himself to death
in protest against the Thieu
government, adding to the po
litical unrest.
Bunker had met seven times
with Thieu during the past two
weeks in efforts to find a solu
tion to the dilemma and to per
suade him that a one-man race
was not good for the image of
either South Vietnam or the
United States.
The government announcement
from the office of Acting Pre
mier Nguyen Luu Vien said the
Supreme Court Tuesday had
ruled that Vice President Nguyen
Cao Ky is in reality out of the
race and that there is only one
ticket, that of Thieu.
Ky asked that the Supreme
Court take him off the ballot.
He charged that Thieu was using
the court to run a dishonest elec
tion and declared that he would
not campaign.
Minh, who withdrew from the
presidential race on Aug. 20 after
also charging it was rigged, ac
cused Bunker of insolence, slan
der, and colonialism.
Minh’s attack was prompted
by comments by Bunker that
Minh practically wanted the
United States to run the election
in return for his guarantee to
stay in the race.
For a long time, Minh said, he
had requested only one thing:
“That the United States neutral
ize the colossal machine which
they themselves had built up and
for which they are still paying,
because this machine is being
used for rigging in the elections.
In the present realities, only the
Americans could do that.”
The anti-American demonstra
tions broke out during a funeral
procession for Pham Hanh, a 26-
year-old Buddhist student who
died while undergoing summer
military training.
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