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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
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(could be hit by
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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.