Wednesday — Clear to partly cloudy. Winds easterly 8-12 mph. High 52°, low 38°. Tuesday, November 23, 1971 Thursday — Partly cloudy to cloudy with good chance of early morning precipitation and early afternoon chance of light inter mittent drizzle. Winds northerly 8-10 mph. High 56°, low 40°. 845-2226 Aggies get tentative invite to bowl game By JOHN CURYLO Battalion Sports Editor Coach Gene Stallings received word Monday morning that the Aggies will be invited to play in the Liberty Bowl Dec. 20 if they upset the Texas Longhorns Thurs day. Arkansas has been invited on the condition that they do not win the Southwest Conference championship, which would mean they would play in the Cotton Bowl New Year’s Day. For the Razorbacks to take the title will require that A&M beat or tie the nationally ranked Long horns in Kyle Field Thanksgiving Day. The news was told to Stallings by Bud Dudley, an official of the Memphis, Tenn. classic. The Uni k 1 Walton Hall runs Austin-C.S. marathon to symbolize spirit POKING SLIGHTLY LIKE A MAN FROM MARS, this Bonfire worker is wrapped in oat, gloves, parka, towel, and helmet—all to no avail. The coffee he is drinking was pro- iedby University Women, who kept the supplies up all day. (Photo by Hayden Whit- A&M students’ love for their school and flaming desire to win the Thanksgiving Day football game was evidenced Monday. After putting in two days’ work ith Nixon Meany says clash contrived IIAMI BEACH, Fla. UP) — torge Meany, denying that Rsident Nixon was treated dely at an AFL-CIO convention Bion last week, has accused the Bident of trying to contrive dash for propaganda purposes. The administration has charged (labor delegates were discour- « when Nixon spoke at the PL-CIO convention here Friday. But Meany, the AFL-CIO pres- »t, accused the White House “a little lack of courtesy” of its own. “I still think we have the constitutional right to laugh,” Meany said Monday of the 2,000 delegates’ behavior during the Nixon speech. Nixon himself provoked one in cident by unexpectedly bolting into the crowd to shake hands, Meany said, and “I committed the cardinal sin of saying, ‘Well, let’s go on with the second act.’ But that was my reaction,” Meany said. “I have the impression the udent warning is issued gainst campus vandalism Wl and University of Texas l Austin administrators issued joint warning Friday that stu- ’•ts will be suspended for acts 'fendalism on the campus of (rival school. The long-standing policy agree- »t between the UT regents and « board of directors was re- •phasized as students at both I'ersities prepare for the an- B l Thanksgiving Day football ! ssic here Thursday. A&M President Dr. Jack K. Williams and UT-Austin Presi dent Dr. Stephen H. Spurr em phasized any student ‘‘who goes to another campus with the in tent to paint or otherwise deface statues, buildings or other prop erty or commit any other act of vandalism” will be suspended for at least one semester. “Fortunately, in recent years such misconceived enthusiasm has been infrequent,” the two presi dents pointed out. omen’s rights are advanced y landmark Court decision $ President did not come here to make a speech. He came here to contrive a situation under which he could claim that he had been unfairly treated,” Meany told the convention to frequent applause, laughter and a standing ovation. The convention unanimously re elected Meany to another two- year term as chief of the feder ation of 117 unions with nearly 14 million members. Meany declined comment on the charges of Secretary of the Treas ury John B. Connally Monday that the treatment of Nixon reflected “arrogance, boorishness and dis courtesy” by Meany. Meany said Nixon was never booed and jeered, that he was ap plauded politely at least eight times, and only drew some laugh ter when he claimed his wage- price control progress was work ing well. Meany confirmed he refused Nixon’s request to speak the day before because it was too short notice, and that he ruled out live television coverage because cam eras would have displaced 80 or 90 delegates. Meany said the AFL-CIO fol lowed the minutely detailed schedule laid down by the White House until Nixon himself de parted from it after his speech and began shaking hands with delegates. “When I finished a very short expression of appreciation, I turned my head and he was gone. The escort committee was sitting here and he just went right by them,” Meany said. White House aides had com plained there was no escort com mittee. Nixon was supposed to return to an office behind the platform, but “he turned and went into this roped-off area,” Meany said. Presidential security agents them selves removed the rope, he added. “A White House photographer appeared and there was a fellow carrying a great big enormous glaring light. The President start ed to mill around over there. Now at that time, after two or three minutes of that, the delegates and guests from the far end of the hall all started to converge over here, and I took the mike and said, as I have many times, ‘will the delegates and guests kindly take their seats?’ ” Meany said. He said Nixon had ignored the AFL-CIO’s invitation for seven weeks, and then on 12 hours’ no tice wanted to address the con vention precisely at noon on the opening day, Meany said. “There was a little lack of courtesy there,” Meany said. He added that he told the White House this was impossible but that “I would be glad to have the President later in the afternoon or any time he wanted on Friday.” Meany said Nixon did not touch on one issue critical to labor, and “His speech was pure political propaganda.” on the bonfire to be burned Wed nesday evening, civilian students in T. O. Walton Hall ran a “Beat tu Marathon” from Austin to College Station. They carried a torch in the re lay marathon to be used in ignit ing the 7:30 p.m. Wednesday bonfire. The marathon runners followed State Hwy. 71 from the southeast city limit of Austin to Bastrop and turned east on Texas 21 through Caldwell to College Sta tion. The Walton Warriors cover ed 99.3 miles in 45-degree weath er including a raw north wind and drizzling rain. Dividing running chores were Ron Rodgers and Bennett Jones of Marshall; Mark Boerger, Wharton; Kent Roach and Hank Niblo, Dallas; Bobby Jones, Pasa dena; Also, Kirk Palmquist, Jon Green, Gary Galuyna, Randy Tracy, Bill Schwartz and Robert Denmard, Houston; Karl Mesloh, Beaumont; George Cooper, San Antonio; Fred Ziehe, Fort Worth; James Gomez, Brownsville; James Goode, Weimar; Doug Hansford, Washington, D. C., and Bill Our- en, Hampton, Va. versity of Tennessee has accepted an invitation to play in the game, which will he broadcast nationally by ABC-TV that Monday night. Stallings informed A&M Presi dent Jack K. Williams and Ath letic Council President O. D. But ler of the news before releasing it to the press Monday evening. “I talked it over with the play ers this morning,” Stallings said, “and they want to go. I think this is great for them, and the Liberty Bowl would be a good reward for a team that bounced back from five straight losses the way they did. “When I was called, the Liberty Bowl people tried to sell me on the idea of our going there,” he continued. “They sure didn’t have to convince me—I want to go as much as anybody.” Stallings said the Liberty Bowl officials feel that the game will get good exposure by being broad cast during prime time. ABC-TV currently shows professional games Monday nights, hut the last one is scheduled for Dec. 13, one week before the Liberty Bowl. Should Arkansas win the con ference by virtue of a tie or an Aggie win, Texas will be left without a post-season game. Since 1960, the Longhorns have been to the Cotton Bowl seven times, the Bluebonnet Bowl twice and the Orange Bowl once. In eight post-season appear ances, A&M has won five and lost three. Four of the trips came under Coach Homer Norton. In the 1940 Sugar Bowl, the Aggies beat Tulane 14-13. In the Cotton Bowl the next year, Fordham fell to the Aggies 13-12. Alabama downed A&M 29-21 in the 1942 Cotton Bowl, while LSU turned the trick 19-14 in the 1944 Orange Bowl. The first bowl game for the Aggies was on Jan. 2, 1922, when D. X. Bible’s squad beat Centre College 22-14 in the Dixie Clas sic, where the Twelfth Man tradi tion was begun. Harry Stiteler was the coach of the 1950 Aggies, who beat Georgia 40-20 for the Presiden tial Cup that year. In 1957, Bear Bryant’s A&M team fell to Ten nessee 3-0 in the Gator Bowl of Dec. 28, the only previous game with the Volunteers. Stallings’ 1 9 6 7 conference champs beat Bryant’s Crimson Tide in the 1968 Cotton Bowl, 20-16, the last year A&M beat Texas or had a winning season. Flag at Texas game to honor POW-MIAs in N. Vietnam A flag in honor of the POW- MIAs in Southeast Asia will fly over Kyle Field Thursday when the Aggies play the Texas Long horns. The flag, which was flown over the Capitol in Washington, D. C., was presented by Congressman Olin E. Teague to Mrs. Bobbie Meyer, whose husband Alton (A&M Class of ’60) is a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, and Mrs. Neil Ward, whose son Clint (A&M Class of ’67) is listed as missing in action. Mrs. Carla Clock and Mrs. Mary Thomas, members of Interested Individuals for POW-MIAs, joined Mrs. Meyer and Mrs. Ward in presenting the flag to Coach Gene Stallings for use at the Thanks giving Day game. Thousands honor JFK on anniversary of death ARLINGTON, Va. ) _ Thou sands of people climbed a grassy, windswept hillside Monday to pay tribute to John Fitzgerald Ken nedy on the eighth anniversary of his assassination. Leading the procession through acres of small white markers was Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who arrived at Arlington National Cemetery in the early morning hours, coatless, solemn and alone. Washington (/p> — in a Ntaark ruling the Supreme 0,1 U Monday unanimously arbitrary discrimination tost women by legislators ’(■ywhere in the nation. e startling decision, an- p Ce d by Chief Justice Warren ' Wger, was the first by the * court cloaking women with equal-protection clause of the jWitution, the basis for earlier Co 8 a e r said legislatures may women differently from only when the purpose is Enable. decision came in a rela- ey obscure case from Idaho in lc the father and mother of a l, - s °n had vied for the ^ to administer his estate of $1,00 0- Under state . ne father had been named administrator. Sid ^ aVe conc ^ u ded,” Buyger 1 that the arbitrary prefer- j, 6 es t a blished in favor of males l ’ ’ ,• the Idaho code cannot , in the face of the 14th e ndment’s command that no j,, dony the equal protection ^laws* any person within Jiclvin Wulf, legal director of : American Civil Liberties I'° n w bich filed the brief for j. iteed, said “I am moderately ■ Se d that we won the case, but asure is very qualified be- We did nnf. win on. “Our purpose was to try to get the Supreme Court to declare that sexual discrimination is un constitutional, and they have ap parently declined to take that major step,” Wulf said. “Please note that the court is made up of seven males. Those male judges have a vested interest. If women had been on the court, we would have seen all sex discrimination declared unconstitutional.” Last month the House passed a proposed amendment to the Constitution designed to prohibit discrimination on account of sex. Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., the amendment’s chief sponsor in the Senate, said he is heartened by the ruling but doesn’t think it makes an amendment unneces sary. Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr., D- N.C., countered that the ruling proves an amendment is un needed. “U n d e r the 5th and 14th amendments, any law, federal or state, making any distinction be tween men and women is uncon stitutional unless based on rea sonable grounds,” he said. Burger announced the ruling shortly before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee approved on a 6-4 vote an Ervin substitute for the House-passed amendment. Note! did not win er grounds.” the versity National Bank tbe side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. This is the last issue of The Battalion this week. There will be no others. The regular schedule will re sume next week with the Tuesday issue. For a quarter-hour the Massa chusetts Democratic senator stood before his brother’s grave, shiv ering in the November chill, arms folded, head bowed. Then, mak ing the sign of the cross, he knelt and placed a single white carna tion on the stone. Then, stepping away, he walked to the grave of his brother, Rob ert, also victim of an assassin’s bullet. Here, Kennedy placed a small white rosebud. Another early visitor was the late president’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Hugh Auchincloss, accompa nied by her 24-year-old son, James. Together, they knelt in prayer on the steps which lead to the memorial before placing a handful of daisies at the base of the marble tomb. James said he thought his half- sister, Jacqueline Kennedy Onas- sis, was in New York and that she had no plans to visit the me morial this day. Traditionally, Mrs. Onassis remains in seclusion with her children on the anniver sary of her first husband’s death. Kennedy’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, left six long stemmed red roses in remember- ance of her friend and boss. Later in the morning, one of the Ken nedy sisters, Eunice Shriver, ar rived. After kneeling at John’s grave, and then at brother Rob ert’s, she straightened the floral offerings strewn by the wind. Then came the tourists, many of them in the blue tourmobiles that cruise the cemetery. Hun dreds carried cameras and chat ted as they snapped pictures of their friends in front of one grave or the other. Some laid bouquets of flowers at the grave. A few brought or nate wreaths. More than 31 million people— 10,000 a day—have visited the Kennedy grave since November 22, 1963. This Monday, cemetery officials said, the crowd was larg er than usual. Pakistan accuses Indians of launching ‘all-ouV war HAPPINESS IS A WARM LOG, at least if you were working on the Bonfire any time recently. A norther blew in (from the east) and chilled things off and then soaked them down in that fine old Bonfire tradition. (Photo by Hayden Whitsett) RAWALPINDI, Pakistan ) _ Pakistan radio accused India Monday of launching an “all-out offensive” in East Pakistan with out declaring war and said the Indian forces were denting Pak istani defenses. The radio account claimed 130 Indians were killed and perhaps 500 wounded in fighting around Jessore on the western border with Indian West Bengal. Pakis tan casualties were put at 7 killed and 40 wounded. The same broadcast reported President Agha Mohammed Yah- ya Khan visited troops near the West Pakistani border with In dia and Kashmir and vowed that Pakistan will “crush the aggres sor.” In New Delhi, the Indian gov ernment radio claimed East Pak istani guerrillas had wrested about 45 square miles from gov- ernment control in Khulna and Jessore after a 17-day battle. An Indian news agency quot ing guerrilla sources said Pakis tan lost five tanks in a battle Saturday near Mehespur, also in the Jessore district. This was the same area where Radio Pakistan reported the Indian offensive. An Indian Defense Ministry spokesman denied the Radio Pak istan allegations that India had lost 90 soldiers in a tank battle in that area. The city lies about 10 miles from the Indian border town of Boyra, where India ear lier reported shooting at Pakis tani fighter planes. The Pakistan radio account was the fiercest report of East Pakistan border fighting since skirmishes erupted in earnest nearly four months ago.