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Amchitka protesters
prepare last appeal
WASHINGTON <A>) _ The
White House turned aside mount
ing protests against a planned
underground nuclear test off the
Alaskan coast Thursday as op
ponents prepared a last-ditch
appeal to the Supreme Court.
The explosion is scheduled for
Saturday at 6 p.m. EST on Am
chitka Island to test the fiven
megaton hydrogen bomb warhead
of the Spartan anti-ballistic mis
sile.
Asked about White House re
action to continuing protests and
petitions, press secretary Ronald
L. Ziegler said “a most careful
study was given to all aspects in
cluding potential environmental
risks.”
It was decided to proceed with
the test, he said, because of over
riding interests of national de
fense and security.
Seven environmental groups
opposing the explosion prepared
their appeal to the Supreme
Court, asking for an injunction
against the blast.
Sen. Democratic Leader Mike
Mansfield of Montana told re
porters he hopes the court stops
it.
Sens. George McGovern, D-
S.D., and Mark O. Hatfield, R-
Ore., also joined in protests.
Two members of Congress ac
companied Atomic Energy Com
mission Chairman James R.
Schlesinger on a flight to Alaska
Thursday to observe effects of
the explosion. They were Reps.
Craig Hosmer, R-Calif., and Or-
val Hansen, R-Idaho, both mem
bers of the Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy. Also in the par
ty were Mrs. Schlesinger and two
young Schlesinger children and
Mrs. Hosmer.
Schlesinger planned to be at
the Amchitka Island Command
post 37 miles from the site of
the blast, code named Cannikin.
The explosion is to take place
almost 6,000 feet underground.
Mansfield said the test poses
dangers of killing sea life, in
creasing radiation and creating
tidal waves, as well as harming
U.S. relations with Canada and
Japan. Governments of those
two countries have protested the
Freshmen election
set for Wednesday
THE TIME APPEARS TO have run out for the owner of this vehicle in Houston. But
^ sign on his briefcase in the window is the gospel truth for this man. This particular
toy was Sunday and a meter holiday. (AP Wirephoto)
Here is a list of the candidates
for freshman elections to be held
Wednesday.
Election booths will be by Sbisa,
the Corps guard room, the Me
morial Student Center, and the
Library. Needed to vote is an
activity card and fee slip.
Candidates for president are
Hi Student Senate
Optional athletic fee is defeated
A plan for an optional athletic
j* ^her than the mandatory
^students now pay was voted
J wn Thursday night at the Stu-
iat Senate meeting.
Tte plan called for a Service
«of $27 and an optional ath-
lc fee of $15. The current
»ethod is a Services Fee of $30
11(1 no optional fee.
Sociology, anthropology in demand
*5 elective subjects in universities
In colleges and universities all
the country, sociology and
‘ I1 Topology have become in de-
The proposal was made by
Mark Blakemore (Geosciences)
who said that he made the pro
posal not to be passed, but to
show the. students how expensive
an optional plan will be.
The proposal is the only one
that has been made to the Sen
ate concerning the possibility of
an optional athletic fee. Sam
®and much more as elective sub-
«s, according to Dr. R. L. Skra-
head of the Department of
‘oloey an d Anthropology.
u *' un til this semester, A&M
■ no ^ c °ncem itself with anthro-
“Sy per se,” the professor of
Tin y an< * ^thropology said.
11 “ raw, we have only taught
object from the viewpoint of
. SOcio l°gist; or in physical
Topology, from the viewpoint
'‘.the biologist.”
year the Sociology Depart-
last w
ta!f tner &ed and became the De-
ment of Sociology and An-
fjwogy. A&M received its
Vai ? Ua ^ e< f anthropologist, Dr.
e / “ Bryant, Jr. who is pres-
y rastructing 86 students in
sections of Anthropology 201,
'utroductory course j n p Ure
^Topology.
j|raba S ’ S ° Ur point,”
our
rack said.
ton 6 S ^ u ^ en h response to this
^e has been very good, and
names Tohill
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0RT WORTH, Tex. <A»)—
Christian University
footh I, "Bohill today as head
I? 6 coa ch to succeed Jim
Sck ? n \ w h° died of a heart at-
v. Ur ing the Texas Christian-
e at
32,
Waco Saturday,
had been assistant
e f eti Coac h in charge of the TCU
j a , Se an d was named interim
Nbed a ^ ter Pittman suc-
I have talked to a number of stu
dents who have indicated that
they would desire an anthropolo
gy major if we had such a pro
gram.”
In answer to the demand for
more anthropology, the depart
ment is asking that five new
courses be added to the univer
sity curriculum for the fall se
mester 1972.
These would include archeolo
gy, archeology of North America,
Peoples and Cultures of Africa,
Peoples and Cultures of the New
World, and North American In
dians.
“These courses will definitely
be added next fall,” Skrabanek
said. “We plan to employ new
anthropology faculty members,
and hope that within a couple of
years we will be able to offer a
major in the subject. Then as
soon as it is practical, we plan to
offer a graduate degree.”
One of the reasons for the
great demand in the social
sciences at present is the fact
that people have become much
more “people - conscience than
they were five or ten years ago,
Skrabanek commented.
“We have moved from an age
of slide rule problems to one of
people problems,” he said. Ar
chitects don’t just build houses
any more; they study structures
and build them to fit the people
who inhabit them.
“The pendulum has swung
away from the accent on science
real consciences on people
cultures,” he said, “I think
such studies have a tremendous
future.”
Drugan (Sr-Sci) proposed that
a resolution be sent to the South
west Conference board asking for
a reduction of guest tickets, to
be in the prime seating areas,
from their current price of $6 to
a $3.
Such a change would have to
come from the Southwest Con
ference since SWC rules state
that the tickets must be priced
at $6.
Another change to be made
would give the ticket holder all
rights of property. Currently, a
student ticket can be used by a
student only. If Drugan’s pro
posal was acted on, a student
could give his ticket to anybody,
whether they attended A&M or
not.
All the proposal does, said
Drugan, is legalize that which
students have been doing illeg
ally all this time.
The proposal was tabled by the
Student Senate.
A proposal appropriating funds
to be used for joining the Texas
Intercollegiate Student Associa
tion was passed, after extensive
argument.
The controversy extended over
from the last meeting. Most of
the argument came from the
Board of Directors asking the
Student Senate not to use uni
versity funds for joining TISA.
The reason is that Ed Wendler,
head of TISA, is involved in ac
tions against the A&M system
because of the events at Prairie
View last year. The board feels
that the use of university funds
to pay TISA dues would be a
conflict of interest.
The final vote was 60 for, 22
against, and two abstentions.
Funds to join TISA may come
from the Association of Former
Students.
The Student Senate seated two
new members, both women, on the
senate. Carol Silverthorne from
Pre-veterinary Medicine and
Sandy Eichorn from Education
were both seated without the
argument that accompanied ap
pointments made at the last
meeting.
Red China wants to fill
high U.N. post vacancy
to £
and
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. <A>)
— Peking wants one of its citi
zens selected for the high U.N.
post formerly held by Ralph J.
Bunche, an official source re
ported Thursday.
Bunche, a winner of the No
bel Peace Prize, was for 14 years
undersecretary-general for spe
cial political affairs — the high
est administrative post ever at
tained by an American. He was
in effect chief troubleshooter for
the secretary-general. Bunche re
tired in June because of ill health,
and the post is vacant.
The source for the information
about P e k i n g’s goal said the
Communist government, as it has
in the past, used a third party to
communicate the information to
Secretary-General U Thant. That
was after the Oct. 25 vote in the
General Assembly expelling Tai
wan and giving China’s U.N. seat
to the People’s Republic.
Red China, as one of the Big
Five world powers, apparently
feels it should occupy a top U.N.
slot commensurate with its inter
national status.
That is scheduled to retire Dec.
31 after 10 years as U.N. chief,
and his successor will be free to
reshuffle chief aides.
When Thant was appointed he
named eight principal advisers,
representing the five major pow
ers and the key regional areas of
Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Since then other undersecretaries-
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
explosion.
The basic controversy is over
the AEC’s site for the test. Am
chitka Island is in the Aleutians
between Canada and Russia and
near an earthquake belt that runs
from Japan to the California
coast.
Lawyers for the environmental
groups contended there is evi
dence the AEC violated the Na-*
tional Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 by refusing to include ad
verse comment on the test in its
environmental impact statement.
They pointed to formerly se
cret documents that showed
President Nixon’s chief environ
mental adviser concluded almost
a year ago that the test could
trigger a large natural earth
quake and release radiation into
the sea.
The statement by Dr. Russell
E. Train, chairman of the Coun
cil on Environmental Quality,
was released Wednesday at the
order of the U.S. Court of Ap
peals for the District of Colum
bia.
Scientists to examine blast
for evidence of tidal wave
Dan Anderson, Michael Avant,
John S. Aronson, Gary Bradley,
Jerry Brown, Terry Brown, Jon
Bullock, Louie Gohmert, Gus
Guerrero, Travis Henderson, Ron
Hornback, Larry L. Hudson,
Greg Marchand, and Larry Ma-
tula.
Also, Steve McDaniel, Jim
Reynolds, Mickey Sims, Kenneth
Tarver, Mike Tiner and Terry
Wolfe.
Candidates for vice president
are Jess Bowman, Bruce Crager,
John C. Culpepper, Dan Hood,
Timothy Jordan, Lesa Lanier,
Ronnie Maddox, Tim McAughan
and Ken McLemore.
Also, Terry Rathert, Bill
Schwab, Garry Scoggins, David
Seyfarth and Michael Webb.
Candidates for secretary-treas
urer are Missy Leonard, Filipe
Salinas, Brenda Toomer and
Jose A. Vasquez, Jr.
Candidates for social secretary
are Duane Harp, Jeannine Paletta
and Brock Stanley.
There are 39 candidates for the
Senate positions. They are Clay
ton Alexander, John Aronson,
Beverly Barnes, Mike Bell, Debi
Blackmon, Mike Cichowski, Mark
Cooke, J. W. Dyer, Steve Eber-
hard, Barham Fulmer, Randy Gil
lespie, Tom Gillman, Rick Gray,
Jane Logan, Curt Marsh, Bill Mc
Adams and Bob McCain.
Including William Michael,
Ricky Myers, John Nash, Larry
Oliver, Tony Pelletier, Loyd Pol-
en, Jill Saybout, Phillip Schraub,
Kay Seidel, Mike Shapiro, Quin
Skains and Greg Smith.
Also, Randy Stephens, Bob
Stewart, Mike Swinney, Jon Tay
lor, John Tyler, Chip Utterhack,
Bill Westbrook, George William
son, B. E. Woods and Joe Young.
PALMER, Alaska (A*)—Minutes
after the underground explosion
of a five-megaton bomb on Am
chitka Island, scientists here will
be checking to see if the blast has
triggered a tidal wave.
The scientists operate the Pal
mer Seismological Observatory of
the National Oceanic and Atmos
pheric Administration. The ob
servatory, nestled in the Mata-
nuska Valley about 40 miles north
of Anchorage, is able to pinpoint
earthquakes or tidal waves any
where on the globe.
Here’s the way the system will
work on Saturday when the bomb
—250 times stronger than the
one that leveled Hiroshima — is
scheduled to be detonated:
The scientists at Palmer will
be tied by multiple communica
tions systems to Amchitka and
to the Atomic Energy Commis
sion’s press center in Anchorage.
About one hour before the
blast—now set for 5 p.m. EST—
the scientists will issue a tsu
nami or tidal wave watch mes
sage. This message will be deliv
ered to disaster agencies, the
media and other earth-monitor
ing stations. Observatory officials
said such a watch message is
standard procedure before any
nuclear test.
When the bomb is exploded,
the scientists will check seismo-
graphic readings and tide guages
throughout Alaska and the Aleu
tian Islands to tell what sort of
earthquake the blast has gener
ated and whether the quake has
triggered a tidal wave.
If the explosion causes an
earthquake measuring 7.0 on the
Richter scale, Howell M. Butler,
director of the observatory said,
a tidal wave warning message
will be issued. He explained that
the magnitude of 7.0 is consider
ed potent enough to generate
such a wave.
On the Richter scale, anything
from the magnitude of 4.5 up
is considered potentially destruc
tive. The San Francisco earth
quake of 1906 measured 8.3.
After issuance of a warning,
the scientists will wait to see
when the first water waves—if
they occur—reach a tide gauge
at Adak Island. Butler said it
would take at least an hour from
the time of the explosion for the
waves to reach Adak.
Butler also said, however, it
was unlikely that such an event
would occur. He said no tidal
waves have been generated from
the Amchitka area since records
have been kept.
Excellent weather is forecast
for Saturday’s football game
Weather almost made to order
for football coaches and fans is
forecast for the weekend in Bryan
and College Station.
A&M and SMU play at 1:30
p.m. Saturday on Kyle Field,
under predicted clear to partly
cloudy skies, 74 degrees, north
west winds 10 to 15 mph and low
relative humidity of 35 to 40
per cent.
Jim Lightfoot of the A&M
Meteorology Department weather
station said a pair of weak Pa
cific fronts will bring about the
cool, mild fall weather for the
weekend.
The first of the fronts is ex
pected to pass here Wednesday
afternoon or evening. Lightfoot
said a slight chance of thunder
showers will accompany the front,
but the air behind it will be dry.
Temperatures Thursday and Fri
day should range from the low
50s in the mornings to the mid
or high 70s in the afternoon.
“Another weak surge should
arrive Friday night or early Sat
urday,” the practicing meteorol
ogist said. “The only thing it
should do is shift the wind back
to the north. No temperature drop
is expected from it.”
The Saturday low will be 58
and the afternoon high 76 de
grees. Rain is absent from the
weekend forecast.
general have been appointed. All
have equal status as advisers.
The contest to choose Thant’s
successor has not begun in ear
nest, although several U.N. am
bassadors have declared their
availability.
Discussions among the big
powers have been held up pend
ing the arrival of the delegation
from Peking, which is expected
here in a few days.
A reshuffle of the top positions
under a new secretary-general is
inevitable, since a number of as
sistant secretaries-general are
slated for retirement in March
1972. Included are American Da
vid B. Vaughan, chief of general
services, and Bruce Turner, the
organization’s New Zealand con
troller.
COLLEGE READING MATERIAL TAKES a downward
trend intellectually, but upward in popularity. David Fag-
gioli, University of Utah junior, reads one of hundreds of
old comics he has on sale. He has made over $2,000 so far
and pays his tuition with his earnings. (AP Wirephoto)