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st one 111 WASHINGTON (AP)—The Senate Judiciary Committee approved
r a ]j jorthe second time Thursday the nomination of Richard G. Kleindienst
place a t|lbe attorney general, ending the longest Senate confirmation hearing
■istory.
Ve goti* By an 11-4 vote, a wider margin than expected, the committee
n coach:jtnt the nomination to the Senate floor “with recommendation that
Iruins nomination be confirmed.”
got eittel Attempts by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., to continue the
arley kAt-week hearings failed.
ure -" I Kleindienst, who asked that the hearings be reopened, testified on
our, laH f lrs t and last days about the out-of-court settlement of three
he harowtrust suits pending against International Telephone & Telegraph
Irp. while he was deputy attorney general.
The new round of hearings followed the first committee ballot of
mimous approval for Kleindienst to replace John N. Mitchell. The
ions reconvened after publication of a memo attributed to an ITT
foyist which linked the antitrust suits and a pledge of up to $400,000
[the Republican National Convention in August.
Kleindienst was called again to testify because of apparent
tradictions with what he said during earlier hearings. He told the
mittee Thursday nothing which has occurred during the previous
it weeks would have prevented him from asking that they be
lipened.
Earlier, the friendly, talkative acting attorney general blamed a
ly schedule for his lack of memory on contacts a White House aide
bore, Puryear receive
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Gary Cm I
■dinals flslMoore and Puryear Halls won
ceiver J;®p awards Thursday in a year-
ft choice png' competition among civilian
id the (Jtaidence halls at A&M.
^ear ago ■Academic and intramural
n without ward trophies for 1971-72 were
i free agsW^sented to Moore President
ags to [jSteve Shimotsu of San Benito
: wouldbAd Puryear President Mike
May 1. Bhrameit of Goliad at the Ci-
am, the flk&n Student Council awards
nal's’ No.p>nquet.
No. 4 ds*CSC President Gordon Pilmer
It, Louisli® San Angelo also called for-
ckbart wr^d junior David Ater of Hous-
Bob Brtw 11 ^ or outstanding council-
an plaque and Bill Shaw, CSC
)zzo ceeA rs * ; v ' ce president of Fort
Vikings A or ^) for the President’s
Snead,
unning
two dftf} • •
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eer in if
Award. Ater is Mclnnis Hall
president; Shaw, past president
of Legett Hall.
Eugene C. Oates, director of
civilian student activities, receiv
ed a council appreciation award.
In addition, 30 service awards
were presented to Civilain Stu
dent Council members.
About 75 persons including
TAMU President Jack Williams
and Dean of Students James P.
Hannigan attended the CSC
awards banquet. The council,
which seats 35 student leaders,
involves 19 of A&M’s 30 resi
dence halls not including Hen
derson Hall and Mitchell Hall
which is being razed.
says they had about the ITT affair while it was still pending last spring.
One meeting with presidential assistant Peter M. Flanigan about
ITT “was so insignificant and so immaterial it just doesn’t stick in my
mind,” Kleindienst said.
In answer to questions, Flanigan- wrote the committee he carried
to Kleindienst a last minute appeal from an ITT director which forecast
devastating results from any widespread divestiture of some of the
conglomerate’s holdings.
In his letter, Flanigan also said he told Kleindienst of the arrival
of a financial report favorable to ITT which Justice Department
officials say had a strong influence on the decision not to carry the
three antitrust suits to the Supreme Court.
The 48-year-old White House aide and friend of Kleindienst also
said Kleindienst was present when the report, prepared by investment
banker Richard J. Ramsden, was delivered to former Asst. Atty. Gen.
Richard W. McLaren, now a federal judge.
On March 3, the day after the eight weeks of hearings were
resumed, Kleindienst testified he could remember no conversations
with White House aides about ITT.
Asked on March 8 about the Ramsden report, Kleindienst
answered, “I had no conversations with Flanigan, though.”
When Bayh asked him about that Thursday, Kleindienst said
there was no discussion about the report’s conclusions so he had no
memory of being present upon its delivery.
Coming week turn in date
for dormitory refrigerators
Refrigerators rented to stu
dents earlier this year are due to
be returned next week according
to the following schedule.
Dorms 14, 15 and 16 should
return refrigerators Monday, May
1 to lounge A-l between 2:30 and
6:30 p.m. Dorms 17 and 18 should
return theirs to lounge A-3 at the
same day and time.
Also, dorms 1, 3, 5 and 7 should
return units to lounge C-2 Mon
day between the same hours as
above.
May 2, dorms 2, 4, 6 and 8 will
return refrigerators to lounge D,
while dorms 19, 20 and 21 should
take theirs to lounge B-l. The
hours will be 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
On May 3, dorms 9, 10, 11 and
12 should take refrigerators to
lounge D; dorms 13 and 22, to
lounge C-l. The hours are 2:30
through 6:30 p.m.
Joe Hughes, in charge of the
refrigerators, stressed they must
be cleaned and in good shape
(See Refrigerator, page 2)
Dr. Charles Shaw spoke of genetic control of children Thursday night in a Great
Issues presentation. See accompanying article. (Photo by Mike Rice)
By GI speaker
Genetic
sex control forecast
loengineenng
careers
the suspei ^ ew career opportunities in
;ated a n® | health industry are becoming
s Gilliam, ailable through an emerging
d five s® Id called bioengineering,
e last tte a&M has just received state
(thorization to offer the South-
nine sea# s t’ s fi rs t undergraduate bioen-
timore, Ife leering degree program begin-
in
offering
medicine
'bci.
I
t
ig next fall, noted Dr. Paul H.
fewell Jr., who heads the pro-
m in addition to serving as
iMU’s associate dean of engi-
iring.
t)r. Newell said the Bachelor
Science degree program will
epare students for careers as-
liated with the integration of
idem science and engineering
»the solution of medical prob-
ns and in development of new
alth-related technologies.
“This program will emphasize
e human values of engineer
ing,” Newell stressed. “It will
lepare students for the exciting
|d demanding careers so rele-
'ant to human needs.”
|He said medical device compa-
is throughout the nation are
[eking qualified personnel, with
need seen for as many as 50,-
0 persons in the near future,
mands exist in hospitals, medi
al schools, industry and govern
ment for individuals trained at
>0
id Up
i
all degree levels in biomedical
engineering, the professor added.
Dr. Newell pointed out health
and related activities are now
considered the nation’s second-
largest industry in terms of ex
penditures, exceeded only by au
tomotive industry.
“Our bioengineering graduates
will direct their creativity to the
solution of relevant real-world
problems,” Dr. Newell observed.
Faculty members of TAMU’s
Colleges of Engineering and Vet
erinary Medicine have been con
ducting biomedical engineering
research for several years with
Baylor College of Medicine in
Houston. Newell said one exam
ple of this joint research is a pro
gram for detecting cystic fibrosis
in infants by neutron activation
analysis.
Other bioengineering research
involves such projects as design
and construction of prototypes
for voice - operated wheelchairs
and artificial legs for persons
who have had amputations at the
hip. Still other programs center
around radiation effects and
therapy, internal bone fixation
devices, human factors and the
total concept of rehabilitation.
Courses included in the new
degree program are mathematics,
the physical, chemical and life
sciences and basic engineering,
in addition to the specialized bio
engineering courses.
While approval from the Co
ordinating Board, Texas College
and University System, was nec
essary to offer a formal degree
program, Dr. Newell said ap
proximately 30 undergraduates
are already studying bioengineer
ing at TAMU, with the more ad
vanced students scheduled to re
ceive degrees next spring.
In conjunction with the aca
demic and research programs,
TAMU professors and students
have formed the first chapter of
the National Association of Bio
engineering. Dr. Newell said the
organization provides a unified
approach to bioengineering by
including and promoting profes
sional unity among engineers
from related disciplines, such as
electronics, mechanics, materials,
environmental factors and the
life, medical and health sciences.
NAB also serves as a clearing
house for employment and job-
related information for both pro
fessionals in the field and pro
spective employers.
Leitz named handbook editor
>Tbe editor of the new TAMU
[tudent Handbook will be Bob
eitz of the A&M English De-
artment, Barb Sears, chairman
[f the Student Senate External
Affairs Committee, announced.
Leitz is a Ph.D. candidate in
English and an amateur photog-
topher with excellent qualifica-
ions, Sears announced. He will
pork part-time until school is
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
out, then full time until the com
pletion of the publication.
“Right now we need to hire
two to four students who will
work part - time throughout the
summer,” Sears said. “We need
people who know the school well
and know the right people.” Any
one interested in working can
contact Leitz through the Eng
lish Department, she noted.
The handbook is tentatively
scheduled for about 80 pages. “It
will be literary in style with sec
tions on community life, aca
demics, things to do, organiza
tions and others, with lots of pic
tures. There won’t be any adver
tising,” Sears said.
“The book will be primarily
for freshmen and transfer stu
dents who do not know much
about A&M. It will be a refer
ence guide to answer their ques
tions about the school,” Sears
explained.
The handbook is being financed
out of university reserve funds
this year, but the Student Senate
has marked money from the stu
dent services fund for future pub
lications, Sears said.
In the future, parents will be
able to have the exact child they
want, Dr. Charles Shaw said
Thursday night.
Shaw, speaking for the last
Great Issues presentation of the
year, is chief of the medical ge
netics section at the M.D. Ander
son Hospital and Tumor Institute
in Houston.
“I predict that people will be
able to have what they want by
mixing the x and y sperms,” he
said. “This has been partially
perfected with rabbits. It is not
perfected enough for humans. No
doubt, it will soon apply to man.”
Shaw said the first major step
in genetic engineering has been
taken because parents may now
know in advance what sex a child
is in the fetal stages.
“Parents can have the child
easily aborted if they don’t want
it,” Shaw said. “If they find out
what they have is not what they
want, they can get rid of it and
try again until they get what
they want.”
This means that future chil
dren have the possibility of being
the artificial product of genetic
change. This change will include
a deliberate interference with the
natural processes of reproduc-
Insurance
reviewed
Plans to make graduate stu
dents eligible for the group in
surance rates available to faculty
members were discussed Thurs
day at the Graduate Student
Council meeting.
A GSC survey has shown a
definite interest among students
for making these policies avail
able. A study of similar opera
tions at Texas Tech and the
Universtiy of Texas was made to
formulate plans for it. The mat
ter is currently under study by
the Faculty Committee for Fringe
Benefits.
Other business included a re
port on the changing tax exemp
tion status for holders of gradu
ate assistantships. The Internal
Revenue Service has a new ruling
coming out which may cut these
back by as much as 95 per cent,
Dr. George W. Kunze, dean of the
graduate college, said. Right now
tion.
“I don’t really like the term
‘genetic engineering’,” said Shaw,
“because it has an aloof, inhu
man ring. This goes for genetic
therapy and genetic manipulation
also. The best term is orthoge
netics because it implies im
provement.”
Being able to alter the amount
of production by gene manipula
tion would mean doctors could
take out the bad ones and re
place them with good ones, Shaw
said.
Shaw cited examples of indi
rect and direct means of this
through work done with additions
of DNA to bacteria. These be
come permanent parts of the bac
teria makeup and can be injected
back into man.
He said human genetic dis
eases currently can be cured in a
test tube by adding the proper
cure to the cell. The next step
will be to get this cured cell back
into man.
Shaw described the new man
of the future as a ‘clonal man’
because of the number of indi
viduals who will be derived from
one person by the same genes
asexually. These genes would be
injected into the female for nor
mal growth.
“The first step in this direc
tion to Huxley’s “Brave New
World” type of man was the fer
tilization of a human egg in a
test tube,” Shaw said. “At Cam
bridge, researchers have watched
this growth under a microscope
while it reached 32 cells. The
next advance will be to introduce
the growing embryo back into
the uterus of a woman.”
Shaw said another important
advance was the creation of ‘ge
netic twins’ in frogs by removing
the nucleus from the frog egg
and replacing it with an intesti
nal cell.
“How close are we to being
able to reproduce our Einsteins
and other highly productive
men?” Shaw asked. “No one
knows, but someone’s going to
try it, and soon.”
No one can predict the answers
to ridding man of inherited dis
eases. Shaw said the answer is
not abortion to eliminate bad
genes because other offspring
can carry the genes.
“What are the rights of the
unborn and future generations,”
asked Shaw. “Does a child have
the right to have his parents
choose non-existence for him or
for grad students
by GSC Thursday
it’s all up in the air, he noted.
Also brought up was a proposal
to add an option to the language
requirements for a Ph.D. The
suggested option leaves it up to
the individual college to decide if
its students need any language
courses or can assign them an
alternate. They may take four
courses in a supporting field out
side their major to fulfill this re
quirement. This option is now
being studied.
The 1971-72 GSC president, Ron
Thomas, presided at the meeting
which is the last official one for
this year’s council. At the next
meeting, May 4, the newly elected
members will take over.
Next year's president is Rich
ard Zepeda. The vice president
will be Ray Skowronski. Secre
tary and treasurer will be elected
at the next meeting.
The newly elected members are
Henry Marshall, Patrick Hall and
Robert Whitson from the College
of Agriculture. From the Col
lege of" Architecture is Denzel
Fisher, and from the College of
Business Administration, Ken
Walsh.
Elected from the College of
Education were Bennie Leeth and
Richard Cunningham. Paul Boat
wright, Mike Shay and Homayoun
Maler were selected from the
College of Engineering. From the
College of Geoscience is Ron
Nelson and Jay Cheatham was
elected from the College of Lib
eral Arts.
The College of Science elected
Johnny Johnson and Raiford Ball.
Susan Wilson was selected from
the College of Veterinary Medi
cine.
At the close of the meeting,
Dr. Kunze was presented with a
plaque by Thomas for his out
standing help and guidance to the
GSC this past year. ,
to live with disease? Should the
law give the parents this right?”
“There are benefits to this as
in cattle breeding. But the idea
of human clones is abhorrent.
The argument that will hold
things back for a while is that
a man has a right to be differ
ent, not a multiple man.
“It is most heartening to see
that the scientific community and
society is concerned about the
implications of clonal man to fu
ture generations and the conse
quence of it.”
“Is genetic engineering good
or bad?” Shaw asked. “It really
depends on your point of view.
It is a way of providing Huxley’s
world. Only man can control his
future.”
Senior loans
are available
at graduation
Graduating A&M seniors may
negotiate loans to carry them to
the first pay check.
Known as “senior going away
money,” the non-interest, one-
year loans are available through
the Student A i d Office in the
YMCA.
Student aid director Robert M.
Logan said the only qualifica
tion for loans from the fund es
tablished by Mrs. Jesse M. Pratt
of Houston is to be listed for
graduation and departing Bryan
and College Station.
Graduates expecting to remain
on campus for advanced degree
work are not eligible.
A loan can be arranged up to
$200. A $5 per $100 service
charge to pay for loan operations
is assessed, Logan noted. Inter
ested graduating seniors should
contact loan officer Al Bormann
in the student aid office.
The 12-year-old fund originat
ed through Mrs. Pratt giving a
hitch-hiking Aggie a lift. Just
graduated, he was enroute to
Houston and his first job. Their
conversation revealed to Mrs.
Pratt that he was uncertain how
he would make it to the first pay
check. Logan said the $22,000
graduating senior loan fund grew
out of Mrs. Pratt’s sympathy and
concern.
She is well known in Houston
for charitable work with several
civic organizations and other phi
lanthropic efforts.