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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, February 27, 1973
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A&M Grad Tells Of Viet Imprisonment
SAN ANTONIO OP)—Air Force
Capt. James Ray, a 1963 A&M
graduate, said! Monday he and
other prisoners of war in a North
Vietnamese camp heard of a man
on “heavenly body” in October
1969.
Ray said the American POWs
in the camp correctly deduced the
astronuat was a fellow country
man and he had landed on the
moon. It was six months to a
year later that their deductions
were substantiated by other re
ports in the camp.
Ray, 31, who gave few details
of his captivity when he answered
newsmen’s questions here, said
the captor in his camp was ap
parently searching for “a news
station” on a radio.
“We heard just briefly some
thing in a British accent to the
effect for the first time man
had come under the influence of
a heavenly body,” Ray recalled.
“And then the radio was quick
ly tuned out. So we began to
speculate on the possibiltiy we
had a man on the moon,” the
Conroe resident said.
“The reasons we concluded that
it was probably an American was
because if it had been a Russian
we probably would have heard a
lot more fanfare and detail.”
Ray, who was shot down over
North Vietnam May 8, 1966 dur
ing a bomb run, evaded a direct
response when asked if he made
an apology to North Vetnam at
tributed to him by Radio Hanoi.
“All I can say is that any as
sumptions that were made at
that time may not necessarily be
good assumptions and, again . . .
consider the source,” said Ray.
After Ray’s release his brother
was asked if such a statement
might have been an attempt by
Vet Med College To Offer
Workshops And Seminars
The College of Veterinary Med
icine will offer five special on-
campus workshops and seminars
for veterinarians this spring, an
nounced Dean A. A. Price.
The first session, “Workshop
for Equine Lameness Diagnosis
and Treatment,” is scheduled
March 31 and April 1. Dr. O. R.
Adams of Colorado State’s College
of Veterinary Medicine will be
the instructor, with enrollment
limited to 20, said Dr. Warren J.
Kilpatrick, seminar chairman.
On April 14, Dr. Charles Boyd
will instruct a workshop on “Bo
vine Reproductive Tract Surgery.”
Enrollment is limited to 15.
Dr. Kilpatrick reported two
courses will be available in May,
“Equine Necropsy” and “Clinical
Equine Neurology.” The final
seminar in June is entitled “Clin
ical Microbiology” and is open to
veterinarians and their techni
cians.
The college’s annual Seminar
for Veterinarians will be held
Aug. 4-7, Dr. Kilpatrick added.
Ray to confirm he still was alive.
“That wouldn’t be a bad assump
tion,” his brother said.
According to one published re
port, the statement attributed to
Ray carried an apology to the
North Vietnamese people and the
admission that he violated their
country’s territorial integrity.
In an opening statement at
Wilford Hall Air Force Medical
Center, Ray suggested to news
men to remember “that V.I. Len
in, the leader and architect of the
Communist Revolution, defined
truth as ‘that which furthers the
cause of the revolution.’ ”
He said he noticed an improve
ment in treatment in captivity
about 1969 and that it came about
the same time as the “huge letter
writing campaign from the United
States to North Vietnam.”
While in captivity, he said, “I
learned a great deal about dis
cipline, a great deal about under
standing human nature.”
In response to a question, he
said escape was always a “main”
consideration in military training,
but he would not comment further
about his own personal thoughts.
He gave an anecdote of pris
on life which he said circulated
among the Americans in order to
maintain a sense of humor.
He said in the “Hanoi March”
of July, 1966, American prisoners
of war “were marched into a sta
dium to isolate them from the
crowds.”
Air Force Col. James Hivner
of Austin, was quoted by Ray as
saying, as he gazed around at the
station: “It looks like here we
are . . .the Christians against the
lions.”
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Ray also said another Ameri
can who had just arrived in the
POW camp asked seriously: “Do
they do this often?”
On the subject of amnesty for
young men who evaded the draft
by leaving the United States, Ray
said his Christian background in
cludes “forgiveness” but he, him
self, would like to see the young
men “publicly acknowledge they
had erred” and serve “an appro
priate amount of time” in gov
ernment service.
An appropriate amount of time,
Ray said, would be at least as
much time as Lt. Cmdr. Everett
Alvarez, America’s longest held
POW, spent in prison.
Psychiatrist Cries
For Legalized 4 Pot’
AUSTIN, Tex. idP)—An Austin
psychiatrist told a House sub
committee on Criminal Jurispru
dence Monday night the state
should legalize and distribute ma
rijuana.
Dr. Richard Alexander testified
in support of a bill by Rep. Ron
Waters, D-Houston, that would
decriminalize marijuana posses
sion for private use.
But Alexander went further
than decriminalization: “Person
ally, I would prefer that the state
legalize and distribute marijuana
—not because I am that turned on
by marijuana but because I am
concerned about the traffic in
marijuana.”
Rep. Frank Calhoun, D-Abilene,
asked the doctor if he would pre
scribe marijuana.
“I would consider it, yes,” Alex
ander replied, explaining that it
might be appropriate as an alter
native to alcohol or barbiturates
for persons who have become ad
dicted to those drugs.
Dr. Joel Fort, professor of
criminology at the University of
California, said the Texas law
making marijuana possesssion a
felony is the “most extreme in
America.” Violation of the Texas
law is punishable by a sentence
up to life imprisonment.
Only Russia, China and other
Communist nations have marijua
na laws as tough as Texas, he
said.
Keeping such laws is “both un-
American and communistic, rather
than living up to our ideals of
individual freedom and responsi
bility,” Fort said.
“I do not advocate the use of
any drug and do not myself use
alcohol, tobacco or other drugs,"
he said. But, like it or not, “Amer
ica is a drug culture," he said,
and “Marijuana ranks far down
the list behind tobacco, alcohol
and aspirin.”
Waters’ bill would decriminal
ize possession for private use of
any amount of marijuana by per
sons over 18 years of age. It would
make the sale of marijuana a
felony. It would make possession
for the purpose of sale to a per
son under 18 a felony if the pros
pective buyers was three years
younger than the seller. Punish
ment for either felony would be
up to three years and a $2,00(1
fine.
Waters’ bill would make it a
misdemeanor to possess more
than three ounces of marijuana
in a public place—maximum fine:
$100. Possession by anyone under
18 also would be a misdemeanor-
maximum fine: $200.
Fort, who testified before the
National Commission on Mari
juana and Drug Abuse, said that
commisson would report in three
weeks that 26 million to 30 mil
lion Americans have tried mari
juana, and 13 million to 15 million
are continuing users.
They are of all ages, classes,
religions and life styles, he said.
The subcommittee is holding
hearings on several bills that
would change Texas’ marijuana
law, including one by Rep. Tim
Von Dohlen, D-Goliad, which re
duces first offense possession to
a misdemeanor but increases the
penalty for sale.
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
Liberty County Hometown Club
will have its pictures taken in
front of the statue of Lawrence
Sullivan Ross at 5:30 p.m.
Meteorology Wives’ Club will
hear the history of A&M from
Nancy Ondrovik at 7:30 p.m. in
the home of Mary Bechtold, 2201
Russell.
A&M Dairy Science Club will
have a club picture taken in Room
112 of Heep Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Aggie Cinema will prepare for
the showing of “Chisum” at 7:30
p.m. in Room 3A of the Memorial
Student Center.
Society of Automotive Engi
neers will hear Tom LeMance at
7:30 p.m. in Room 203 of the
Zachry Engineering Center.
WEDNESDAY
Port Arthur Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
MSC.
Finance Association invites all
finance majors to a meeting at
7 p.m. Maps to its location are
available at the Finance office in
the old Engineering Building. For
additional information call 845-
2407.
Rio Grande Valley Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 2C of the MSC to collect a
dollar from each member for a
party.
Panhandle Hometown Club will
elect a sweetheart and plan a so
cial in Room 303 of the Physics
Building at 7:30 p.m.
Corpus Christi Area Home
town Culb will have its picture
taken in front of the bell in the
Academic Building at 7:30 p.m.
Associated General Contractors
will hear a speaker at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 203 of the Zachry Engi
neering Center.
Society for Advancement o(
Management (SAM) will have its
picture taken at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 202 of Francis Hall.
MSC Bridge Committee will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in the MSC.
Sports Car Club will see a film
at 7:30 p.m. in the Mimosa Room
of the old College Station City
Hall.
Physics Club invites the public
to hear Dr. Manfred Trimper in
Room 304 of the Physics Build
ing at 7:30 p.m.
A&M Food Science and Tech
nology Club will sponsor a sem
inar on “Organic Foods and Food
Fads” by Dr. Carl Cater in Room
226 of the Library at 4 p.m.
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