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Page 2 THE BATTALION T iften un College Station, Texas Friday, February 11, 1972 -L-*Mr * CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle “Want to know how many minutes until the end of th’ year?” Crackdown beginning to stop Tet offensive SAIGON <A>) _ U.S. and South Vietnamese warplanes took to the air in large numbers Thursday in intense raids to counter in creased enemy attacks in the cen tral and northern provinces. Military spokesmen said U.S. Navy and Air Force jet fighter- bombers flew 85 strikes in South Vietnam, compared to a daily average of less than 10 in the past four months. Four of the raids were in the northern 1st military region and the rest in central Binh Dinh, Pleiku and Kontum provinces. Propeller-driven Skyraiders and subsonic jets of the South Viet namese air force flew another 85 strikes, many of them in the cen tral highlands and coastal low lands where an enemy offensive has been predicted. The targets were suspected enemy troop concentrations, bunkers and supply trails. Some strikes were in direct support of allied ground troops battling Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces around the outskirts of dis trict towns and military camps. U.S. reconnaissance jets also ranged over North Vietnam to pinpoint supply buildups in the event President Nixon orders an other bombing campaign against the North. Besides the smaller jets, U.S. B52 bombers rained explosives on an enemy base camp 26 miles southwest of Da Nang. The Stratofortresses flew six separate missions near South Vietnam’s second largest city after it was hit by a 25-round rocket barrage Wednesday morning. With the addition of a third aircraft carrier to the 7th Fleet task force in the Gulf of Tonkin, about 350 fighter-bombers are now operating in the Indochina theater. There is speculation that a fourth carrier, the Kitty Hawk, might return to Vietnam. Administration sources in Washington also reported about 40 B52 bombers are being deploy ed to Guam to reinforce more than 40 Stratofortresses stationed in Thailand. Some observers felt the aircraft moves demonstrated Nixon’s lack Praise for Sharp, Wigginton Editor: Last weekend, we had the op portunity of becoming associated with the present student govern ment of Texas A&M University, and we were extremely impressed with your student leadership. We have become acquainted with many Student Association Presidents, but never have we met anyone more outstanding than John Sharp. Because of his leadership and his programs for the students, it is no wonder that your Student Senate is now con sidered one of the best student governments in the state. If John and his excellent fellow executive officers are typical of present and future student leaders, A&M has a prosperous future. Freddie Williams Bob Craig We won’t say a thing, John.— Ed. ★ ★ ★ Editor: I have never written a letter to the editor, but I am prompted to do so now because of unfair criticism of Donnie Wigginton and his wearing of the Aggie ca det uniform, during the award presentation ceremonies at the U of T. Donnie Wigginton did not in any way intend to insult the uni form andl he had no intentions of degrading A&M. This shows im mature thinking on the part of those who took it that way. Ag gies should take is as a compli ment. How else could he better show the teasips that he was no longer one of them, but an Aggie ? To him, and most non-Aggies, the uniform is a symbol of A&M, al though the cadets are less than one-fourth of the A&M student body. To me it was a compliment. At the Aggie-UT basketball game in Austin last Thursday night Donnie Wigginton sat with the Aggie students behind the Ag gie bench and yelled his heart out with the Aggies. As for spirit, let me remind you that being an Aggie is more than just wearing a uniform, just as being an American is more than waving a flag. If you honor that uniform wearing it, as much as Donnie Wigginton will honor A&M in all of his actions, our future will be great. All I can add is that I’m glad Donnie Wigginton is on our side. After seeing all the rest he came and joined the best. Let’s not spoil it for him by being petty. That’s not being Aggie at all. Mike Mistovich See bear Good flicks are in town for this weekend By D. P. FONTANA There are two good escapist flicks playing in B-CS this week end which should be sure to be audience pleasers. J. W. Coop is playing downtown at the Palace, and Dirty Harry is playing at the campus. Anyone who wears kicker boots and ten-gallons worth of hats will find J W Coop to be an SK’s daydream. Anyone who doesn’t wear kicker boots and ten-gallons worth of hat may find this flick an inspiration to go out and buy them and start a whole new way of day-dreaming. of confidence in the Vietnamese ability to protect departing U.S. soldiers, although the administra tion has consistently claimed that Vietnamization is successful. The show of aerial strength also raises the possibility of mas sive retaliation against North Vietnam should Hanoi launch an all-out offensive. The enemy continued its numer ous attacks across Vietnam. So far military spokesmen have hes itated to call the attacks an of fensive, although they concede a high point of activity has been under way for the past three days. Saigon headquarters reported 41 enemy attacks during the 24- hour period ending at 6 a.m. Thursday, resulting in at least 60 government soldiers killed and 161 wounded. The enemy toll was put at 204 dead. Some of the fiercest fighting raged 20 to 35 miles south of Da Nang, where enemy troops at tacked militia outposts defending the district towns of Duy Xuyen, Que Son and Hiep Due. Spokesmen said 21 enemy and 13 South Vietnamese soldiers were killed and 27 government soldiers were wounded. Two enemy rockets crashed into the provincial capital of Quang Ngai, 75 miles south of Da Nang, killing two civilians and wounding one. In coastal Binh Dinh Province, Viet Cong troops slipped into three settlement camps for war refugees and burned down 75 per cent of the homes. A militiaman was wounded. Spokesmen report ed no fighting there, indicating the militia defenders and civilian inhabitants had fled. Infantrymen of South Viet nam’s 22nd Division were sub jected to four separate shellings by enemy gunners in Central Binh Dinh Province. One was fol lowed by a ground probe that cost the enemy seven dead, the South Vietnamese reported. Government casulaties were reported as three killed and eight wonded. Infantrymen who pur sued the attackers called in air strikes on the fleeing enemy. J W; which is produced, direct ed, stars, and was partially writ ten by Cliff Bobertson; also has a cameo performance by Gerald ine Page (if you don’t know who she is, you should ask somebody) as Coop’s mother and a fair per formance of a hippy-type chick by Cristina Ferrare. J W is a flick which revolves about the world of rodeo—big time, big money rodeo. However, the best part of the movie is definitely the photography! Prima! I have (never seen such fine graphic handling of the phenomenon of rodeo. This is where are my SK buddies will really freak-out (if you’ll excuse the expression). Un fortunately the star-director-pro ducer-writer was not content to settle for that and attempts to make a lot of social statements which don’t quite manage to come off. Unlike Charly, which Cliff Robertson also directed-produced- starred in, J W’s social statements are gauche, heavy, unlikely, and unamusingly obvious (note the warden, the traffic cop, the crowd distribution of the bus, the rich SK and his party, etc.—ad nausi- um. However, as escapist mate rial, good social statements are hardly necessary. The movie follows one J. W. Coop from his release from Hunts ville Prison through his trip home to see his mama and up the path of glory to the Rodeo National Finals in Oklahoma City. Some where along the way, this loner picks up with a hippy chick who “opens his mind and his heart” and splits. (The film of the bull goring the rider (J. W.) is an Marine group recruiting here in coming week Marine Corps representatives will be on the A&M campus next week to explain the service’s com missioning programs and provide testing facilities for interested students. Capt. W. E. Lucas heads the team which will operate an in formation booth in the Memorial Student Center Monday through Friday. The captain also will meet with members of the TAMU chapter of the Semper Fidelis Society at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Room 145 of the Physics building. Che Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax- supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and :ommunity newspaper. LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor must be typed, double-spaced, and no more than 300 words in length. They must be signed, although the writer’s name will be withheld by arrangement ivith the editor. Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim ndsey, chairman; H. F. Eilers, College of Liberal Arts; S. White, College of Engineering; Dr. Asa B. Childers, Jr., liege of Veterinary Medicine; Dr. W. E. Tedrick, College Agriculture; and Layne Kruse, student. Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M, is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association The Associated Collegiate Press Mail subscriptions are $3.60 per semester; $6 per school year; $6.60 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 6% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77843. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for reproduction of all news dispatchs credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. EDITOR HAYDEN WHITSETT Managing Editor Doug Dilley News Editor Sue Davis Sports Editor John Curylo Assistant Sports Editor Bill Henry actual film from the National Finals and not some stunt man. This bit of footage was writ ten into the story—and shows it enough to give the movie’s buzz line,” For him, second place is the same as last,” a rather tinny ring.) Anyway, the “language” is rough enough to give the movie a GP rating, and the flick de serves a Film G.P.R. = 2.7. At the Campus there is a dif ferent type of escape. Dirty Har ry stars Clint (sex star) East- wood, Harry Guardino, and Reni Santoni. Harry is another story about a San Francisco cop (re member Bullet?) If you liked Bullet, you’ll love Dirty Harry! I particularly liked this flick, but then again I’m prejudiced. I always like to see my hometown in technicolor. However, there were several details about the movie which were particularly gratting! There were a number of location shots in the section of SF known as North Beach (these earn the film its R rating). However, the topless-bottomless stage act of the blonde (her name is Lolita) on the red velvet bed (the floorshow is titled “The Bed room of Love”) does not happen at the Roaring 20’s Club, which is where the film shows it. Lolita appears in the all-together at the Gigi Club. The act at The Roar ing 20’s is “Bonnie and Clyde”— a him and her act who DO IT on stage. However, none of this de tracts from the central message of the flick — which is action (namely violence, violence, vio lence). Believe me, this movie has plenty of redeeming violence. It is the story of a super-cop who tracks down the homicidal maniac and blows-away several other peo ple along the way. Anyway, a good travelogue, Dirty Harry rates a Film G.P.R. = 3.2 (I told you I was prejudiced!) 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