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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, September 2, 1971 CADET SLOUCH Civil right leader gives by Jim Earle 4* 1 ■ ■ 1 history ot black people “Here it is! The dream schedule; I’m off at 10 o’clock on Friday! Too bad I couldn’t work in but two courses this semester!” Woman, 74, dies after making 260 Atlantic crossing by jet AMSTERDAM <A>)_The trans atlantic travels of a Cleveland, Ohio, widow and her grandson ended Wednesday when she died within earshot of the big jets she had used almost daily this sum mer. Sarah Krasnoff, 74, died in an Amsterdam hotel. Doctor’s orders grounded her Tuesday after she suffered a heart attack. The hotel was nearby Amster dam’s Schipol International Air port, where she and grandson Howard Gelfand, 14, had landed in KLM Royal Dutch jetliners— only to take first-class accom modations on return flights to New York. Mrs. Krasnoff’s son-in-law, QL^onard Gelfand of Cleveland, arrived early Wednesday. He learned of her death on his ar rival at the hotel. Gelfand said he had spoken with his son Howard but was still unable to explain why the youth and his grandmother made their almost daily flights. “I don’t really know how all this flying got started,” he said. “Things are just very confusing. I last saw my son on July 8 and since then have only had post cards.” Gelfand said his first wife, Howard’s mother, had died in 1960 and that since then the boy had spent much of his time living with his grandmother. He said he lost track of them in July and had started legal action against Mrs. Krasnoff “as a way of lo cating my son.” Gelfand said “so far as I know” Mrs. Krasnoff was not a wealthy woman. But he added her brother died in 1966 and conceivably could have willed her a large inheritance. Hotel personnel described the flying widow as a “charming old lady.” Gelfand’s lawyer in Cleveland, Gerald B. Chattman, said Mrs. Krasnoff had eluded Gelfand about eight days after he got word she was in Cleveland and had booked plane space to New York. “She hid at the airport and dashed to the plane at the last minute before anyone could stop her,” Chattman said. The youth was reported sleep ing and in good condition Wed nesday at the Amsterdam motel. “We will have to sort things out from here,” Gelfand said. A KLM official estimated Mrs. Krasnoff, the widow of a dairy store owner, spent nearly $140,000 for transatlantic plane tickets during her summer travels. She and her grandson were credited by one source with making 160 crossings since spring, but Gel fand said they began the trips only last July. Round-trip fare for their cross ing and immediate return would be about $1,100, KLM estimated. That would make just under 130 roundtrips for $140,000. KLM confirmed the pair made the trip on innumerable occa sions. When flight personnel asked about the repeated trips, 'they received evasive answers, such as “Grandma likes flying,” or “My grandson would like to be a pilot.” Participants in the 14th an nual Police-Community Relations Institute here received a mini history of the Negro people Wednesday from one of Houston’s civil rights leaders. Larry Thomas, area director for the Houston Metropolitan Ministries, asked the 100 men and women attending the A&M institute to imagine themselves black as he traced Negro history in America from 1825 to the present. The black leader noted the turn ing point as World War I when blacks returned from the war demanding the freedoms and rights of the white society. The result was the Klu Klux Klan, he said, and “some 6,000 blacks were either lynched or burned.” Decorations are given to two men officers at A&M Air Force decorations were awarded Wednesday to two new -officers in the Aerospace Studies Department at Texas A&M Uni versity. Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal and Commendation Medal were Maj. Melton G. Holu- bec and Maj. Milton R. Halbert, respectively. Presentations were made by Col. Robert F. Crossland, profes sor of aerospace studies and rank ing Air Force officer at A&M. Major Holubec was cited for outstanding service as wing aca demic advisor in the Air Univer sity Academic Instructor and Al lied Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Ala. Curriculum improve ment and teacher training ad vances were credited to the 1954 Texas A&M graduate. Major Halbert, also an A&M graduate, was recognized for service as project officer for the Space and Missile Systems, Or ganization at Norton AFB, Calif. He worked in system effective ness and design studies for the deputy for reentry systems. ■i l.'j Hi i i <- Holubec, formerly of Rowena, and Halbert of George West were among seven new officers assign ed to Texas A&M this year. Ma jor Holubec senior division chief, Major Halbert an instructor in the senior division. New U.S. economic policy brings hardships to Canada NEW YORK OP)—While much of America watches the reaction of the Japanese yen and the Ger man mark to the new U. S. eco nomic plan, one of the greatest impacts is likely to be not over seas but right next door in Canada. Two-thirds of Canada’s exports go to the United States, a total of about $10.6 billion a year. About $2.5 billion of these will be affected by a 10 per cent im port surcharge, meaning inevi table damage to the Canadian economy. That economy hardly was in the position to take such a blow. It tgo had suffered through a frustrating downturn that it was shaking only gradually. Unem ployment in the first half of the year topped 6 per cent, and could go higher. During the past 15 months the Canadians say they had willingly absorbed what amounted to a self-imposed surcharge by per mitting their dollar to float from a pegged price of 92.5 cents to better than 97 cents. In the words of a Canadian government official, “We had, in effect, made a 7 per cent contri bution for more than a year.” No wonder then that Canada immediately sought but failed to obtain an exemption from the surcharge. And while that possi bility hasn’t been foreclosed, the prospects would appear poor. It is understandable that some Canadian businessmen reacted somewhat bitterly. They feel they already have made a contribution. And they feel their relationship is a special one because of the high degree of integration be tween the two economies. And there is a precedent for special consideration. Canadian- made motor vehicles, for example, are exempt from tariffs because of a special agreement, and they will continue to be. There could be additional bene fits to Canada later if other cur rencies are revalued, because this would improve their ability to export to nations other than the United States. Moreover, a surge in American business would have a spillover effect on Canadian companies, many of which are highly de pendent upon the well-being of their U. S. parents. And a surg ing U. S. economy would demand raw materials, surcharge or not. Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is the student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax- supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter- May, and once a week during summer school. prise edited and operated by students as a university and MEMBER community newspaper. A ssoc j a t e d Press, Texas Press Association LETTERS POLICY T* 16 Associated Collegiate Press Letters to the editor must be typed, double-spaced. 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F. S. White, College of Engineering; Dr. Asa B. Childers, Jr., Br "" rd - C °"* e * EDITOR HAYDEN WqiTSETT Managing Editor Doug Dilley Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising News Editor Sue Davis Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Sports Editor John Curylo Francisco. Assistant Sports Editor Bill Henry “The brothers and sisters de cided to cool it for awhile,” he recounted. Thomas pointed out blacks to day face many of the same prob lems they have faced for many years. He said today’s headlines about school integration are al most the same as the headlines in the mid-1950s when integra tion was first ruled by the U. S. Supreme Gourt. “Maybe you can give me some answers to dissatisfied questions Bulletin Board Tonight Cepheid Variable Science Fic tion Club will meet in Room 3B of the Memorial Student Center. The 7:30 meeting is open to all interested in science fiction. Rugby Club of A&M will hold a seminar and film showing at 8 in the Assembly room of the MSC. The public is invited at no charge. I receive daily,” he asked. Thomas attended group ses sions after his talk and headed a feedback session for the insti tute members. He is one of the three original organizers of Hope Development, Inc., which publishes Houston’s largest weekly black newspapers, and has spent the past eight years working with people in the 4th Ward. He quit the Harris County Community Action Agency, the local war on poverty program, because he felt the agency was not meeting the needs of the poor. Institute sessions continue through noon Thursday at the Memorial Student Center, with small group interaction sched uled for the remainder of the program. Policemen, city officials, social workers and community leaders are attending the workshop to improve the relationship between the community and police. 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