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I\l, \PES” NG 7:55- jj How A&M penned up Arkansas—see pages 4 and 5 T ART \D” 6mT be Battalion Cloudy and mild Vol. 67 No. 37 College Station, Texas Tuesday, November 3, 1971 Wednesday — Partly cloudy to cloudy. Afternoon thundershow ers. Southerly winds 5-10 mph, becoming westerly 10-15 mph. High 79°, low 66°. Thursday — Clear to partly cloudy. Northerly winds 5-10 mph. High 76°, low 54°. 845-2226 Viet pull out (could be hit by foreign aid cut hH” in 1:25 P. M. FsE” IGHT" WASHINGTON (A 1 )—Secretary |of Defense Melvin R. Laird said Monday that the scuttling of the U.S. foreign aid program could adversely affect withdrawal of American forces from Vietnam. But, Laird told a White House news conference he plans to tell South Vietnamese officials this week that he does not expect the Senate’s rejection of the over seas assistance program will stand. "I am going to assure the Viet namese that . . . corrective ac tion will be taken,” Laird said. Members of the Senate For eign Relations Committee agreed after a meeting Monday that the foreign aid program should be revived, but controversy loomed over the duration of any stopgap measure to keep it alive and the shape of any long term foreign aid formula. Laird, after an hour-long meet ing with President Nixon, said the Senate’s Friday night vote against the program “could come lino worse time” because the administration is attempting to “move from confrontation to ne gotiation.” He mentioned spe cifically the Strategic Arms Limi tation Talks (SALT) and what he termed “exploratory or Phase I” talks on Mutual Balance Force Reduction. Laird acknowledged that the Vietnamese military assistance program is not in the foreign aid bill voted down by the Sen ate. But he said substantial funds for Vietnamese economic aid are affected. “The success of the American withdrawal action in Vietnam and the whole negotiating field will be affected by such an ac tion,” Laird said. The Vietnami- zation program, he continued, is aimed at “preparing the Vietna mese to take on the responsibility themselves, not only militarily but also economically.” The White House said adop tion of a resolution to continue foreign aid spending authority past Nov. 15 is imperative. And a Pentagon spokesman said military assistance “is abso lutely essential” in U.S. strategic planning. The Foreign Relations Commit tee spent some 90 minutes behind closed doors discussing the future and the impact of last Friday night’s Senate vote that killed the $2.9-billion foreign aid authoriza- Hundreds attend Pittman’s eulogy FORT WORTH <A>>—In a church overflowing with hundreds of sports figures, Texas Chris tian football coach Jim Pittman was eulogized Monday as a per son who risked his life “to be a man as God intended him to be.” "Risk involves the total per son,” said the Rev. Jack Moore of Dallas, noting that “This is what the man Jim Pittman was all about.” Pittman, 46, whose flaire for life overshadowed a history of heart trouble, suffered a cardiac arrest during the first quarter of ihe TCU-Baylor football game Saturday night and died minutes after in a Waco hospital. "It takes a conscious decision to be a man as God intended us be,” said the Rev. Mr. Moore, associate pastor of the First Pres byterian Church of Dallas. "Jim Pittman was a man who Nade such a decision.” Nearly 2,000 friends, family "'ambers, associates, players and fans jammed the university Christian church on the TCU campus to pay their respects to Pittman. Pittman’s silver haired widow and her two sons, Alec and Brad, were seated on the front. Pitt man’s coaching staff, including his chief aide, Billy Tohill, ap pointed to succeed him at TCU on an interim basis, was seated across the aisle. Pittman came from Tulane to TCU last December as the 23rd head coach of the Horned Frogs, challenged with reviving a foot ball program that had dwindled into despair. The Frogs' 34-27 triumph Sat urday night over Baylor brought their season record to 3-3-1 and left them a contender in the con ference race with a 2-1 mark. Speaking of his philosophy once, Pittman said of his teams that “They play with enthusiasm ... or they don’t come back to the sideline.” Jobs open at local speedway Joi* Student Y concessions The Student Y Association is toking applications from those "'bo would like to work at the """cessions at the Texas World Wway, Dec. 4-5. Campus Chest sweetheart contest faking entries Applications for Ctl est are due by P; 1 "' in the Student Programs of fice of Center. The contest is open to any girl e:tc ept that she must be sponsor- by an Aggie or going to school ei ' e - A $5 entry fee is necessary. The Miss Campus Chest Dance v ' 111 be held from 8-12 p.m. Sat- to'day in Duncan Dining Hall. It , c °st $2 per couple and $1.50 Sl "gle. All funds will go to Cam- 1 1Hl s Chest. Miss Campus Thursday at 5 t Program the Memorial Student The Y Association will receive 10 per cent of the profits of the concessions. They will keep 1.5 per cent to pay for the gas needed to transport workers to TWS. The remaining 8.5 will be distributed among workers in the grandstand and infield concession stands. Hawkers will receive a percentage of what they sell. TWS needs at least 300 work ers. Those who want to work must attend a meeting Nov. 10 at All Faiths Chapel at 7:30 p.m. A representative of TWS will ex plain health and other require ments. Applications may be picked up in Room 102 of the YMCA Build ing. Deadline is Nov. 10. More in formation may be obtained by calling the Y Association at 845- 1626. tion hill. No votes were taken at the committee session and no formal decisions made. Rep. George Mahon, D-Tex., chairman of the House Appro priations Committee, said he hopes Congress will agree on “a quickie, stopgap” resolution to continue foreign aid while a per manent program is fashioned. “This is not a settlement of the controversy over foreign aid,” he said, “It is just a stopgap.” He suggested a 30-day exten sion of aid spending authority, to meet current expenses and pay salaries while the issue is settled. The House had passed a $3.1-bil lion foreign aid program, but only by a 10-vote margin. Sen. J. W. Fulbright, D-Ark., said the critical issue to him would be the military side of for eign aid, particularly such items as the sharply increased allow ance for Cambodia, which would have received $341 million under the defeated Senate bill. He said the Foreign Relations Committee wants to discuss the whole situation with Secretary cj>f State William P. Rogers and AID administrator John A. Hannah, as soon as possible. Fulbright said he hoped they could appear before the panel within the next few days. Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott forecast adoption of a stop gap resolution, then an interim aid bill, with an overhauled and more permanent aid program put off until next year. Any interim bill almost cer tainly would be cut sharply below the currently proposed levels, and there undoubtedly would be Sen ate moves to cut the spending envisioned in a temporary reso lution. A KEY PLAY in A&M’s victory over Arkansas was this sion late in the game. (See pages 4 and 5 for more pictures punt by Mitch Robertson (82), in which the Aggie senior of the Aggies’ upset of the highly-ranked Hogs. (Photo by was roughed up by Razorback defenders. The penalty gave Joe Matthews) A&M a first down and helped them maintain crucial posses- Peace Corps, VISTA Action Agency recruiting here Peace Corps and VISTA re cruiters will have an information booth in the Memorial Student Center today and Wednesday to tell about the respective pro grams and counsel interested stu dents. The Peace Corps and VISTA (Volunteers in Service to Ameri ca) are companion programs un der the newly established Action Agency. “VISTA is looking for people to work in the United States in technically oriented jobs such as business, architecture, and liberal arts fields,” explained Peace Corps recruiter Bill Long, “and the Peace Corps wants peo ple in all fields to work in for eign countries.” The basic requirements for both programs are similar. To be accepted you must be a legal U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, and be medically sound. The applica tions are sent to Washington, D.C. for evaluation. “The appli cations are taken in terms of skills, and they try to match the particular skills of the applicant to the requests of a host country or domestic area,” said Long. The Peace Corps has 9000 vol unteers in 60 countries. “Agri cultural skills ai’e the number one thing we are looking for,” commented Peace Corps recruiter Mohamed Gulam, “then engineer ing and medical people.” Each volunteer has a limited choice of where he wants to be sent. “No one is sent to any troubled areas,” emphasized Gulam. VISTA operates in 49 states with a 409c rural, 609c urban distribution, said recruiter Peggy Adams. These volunteers work in underprivileged neighborhoods helping with housing, health, so cial services, and education among others. The term of commitment for the Peace Corps is two years. “The commitment is not a legal one, if the person is not happy he can be released from his as signment,” Long said. Each vol unteer receives a subsistence al lowance, which is plenty to live on, and a readjustment pay of $75 for each month of service. This readjustment pay is given when the volunteer returns to the U.S. and usually is around $2000. The VISTA commitment is for one year. Each person is given living expenses according to the cost of living in the assigned area, and a bonus of $50 a month for each month of service is paid the volunteer upon completion of the commitment. The new draft laws have stopped all deferments. A pro spective applicant will not be ac cepted if he is soon to be drafted. Married applicants are wel come. They are usually assigned as a team to work in an area. Middle-age and senior citizens are also welcome. There are many active in the programs. Political Forum to present Yarborough on Wednesday University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. GLIDING THROUGH THE NIGHT on a bicycle down Houston St. may be fun and mind relaxing, but it can also be dangerous. Students and faculty are to be reminded that their bicycles must carry reflectors and lights. (Photo by Joe Matthews) The author of more national legislation than any senator in the history of Texas, Ralph W. Yarborough, will speak Wednes day at A&M in the Political For um major program series. Yarborough will speak on “Po litical Problems in Our Demo cratic Society” in a noon hour presentation in the Memorial Stu dent Center Ballroom, announced Political Forum chairman Paul Turner. Visiting grad, wife, daughter die in wreck Michael D. Day, Texas A&M graduate of Temple, and his wife and infant daughter were killed Sunday night in a head-on car crash enroute to Temple after a week-long vacation in College Station. Day graduated in 1969. His wife Linda was the 1968-69 Aggie Band sweetheart and worked in the Memorial Student Center di rector’s office. Day, who marched in the Aggie Band, was a therapist in the Vet erans Administration Hospital in Temple. Services were to be held at 10 a.m. today in the Lakewood Funeral Home, Lake Jackson. A lone occupant of the car with which the Day’s vehicle collided also was killed. Admission is free to the Yar borough talk, Turner added, though Political Forum has ini tiated patron subscription sales. Persons interested in supporting Political Forum programs should contact Turner or a committee member through the Student Pro gram Office. Yarborough served in the U. S. Senate 13 years, until he was de feated by Lloyd Bentsen last year. His extensive work and leg islative programs led Yarborough to be known as “The People’s Sen ator.” The variety of legislation he authored, co-authored or support ed was to help people, benefit man and improve his existence. Yarborough’s record of legisla tive achievements embraces edu cation, health, conservation and public works, pollution control, agriculture, veterans, senior citi zens and tax reform. A&M-Rice tickets will be distributed on a block basis Student tickets for the A&M- Rice football game in Houston will be distributed on a block ba sis, rather than the usual class basis, according to A&M ticket manager Wally Groff. Distribution will begin Wed nesday with all classes eligible to pick up tickets on that day and for the rest of the week.