Doyle Retires, Starts 4th Career
When Gen. John P. Doyle re
tires from A&M Aug. 31, he will
be starting his fourth career.
The nationally recognized
transportation authority, who has
held the MacDonald Chair of
Transportation at TAMU for the
past decade, simply plans to shift
gears and change his base of op
erations.
Asked when he plans to take it
easy, the 68-year-old general said
he doesn’t intend to indulge in
that luxury “until I get old.”
He does, however, plan to slow
down long enough for a reception
scheduled in his honor from 3 to
5 p.m. Thursday at the Texas
Transportation Institute.
He will be off to San Antonio
next month to launch a new ca
reer as a transportation consult
ant. In one sense, he will be re
suming a career he started when
he retired from the Air Force in
1956 after 30 years of service.
General Doyle was recalled to
active duty in 1959 at the request
of the Senate Commerce Commit
tee and spent the next 18 months
directing a study of national
transportation policy. The study
resulted in the formation of the
Department of Transportation,
and General Doyle has been call
ed the department’s father.
Immediately prior to joining
A&M in 1963, he was with Wash
ington-based Transportation Con
sultants, Inc., and was on an ex
tended assignment in Africa.
A native of Washington, Doyle
was graduated from the United
States Military Academy and
imissioned a second lieutenant
in the Cavalry in 1926. The Cav
alry didn’t cover enough ground
to suit him, so in 1932 he trans
ferred to the Army Air Corps
where he was credited with a ma
jor role in the development of
the nation’s air power. During
World War II, he saw service in
the Pacific, North African and
European campaigns and com
manded the famed “Martin Ma
rauders.” He headed the Far East
Air Materiel Command and was
responsible for logistical support
of air forces of the United Na
tions during the Korean conflict.
Prior to his first retirement
from the Air Force, he served as
its director of transportation with
worldwide policy responsibility.
While serving in that post, he was
named honorary president of the
National Defense Transportation
Association.
Batt Record Review
A Disappointing Dylan
By TED BORISKIE
There is no greater influence
on today’s music than Bob Dy
lan.
A couple of years ago, that
might have rung true but today
it is open to question.
Nobody had fans as fanatical
as did Dylan. Some called them
selves Dylanologists and dedicat
ed their lives to the study of the
mysterious folk hero. In some col
leges, courses in the study of the
lyrics of his songs were offered.
He was truly a legend before he
saw his twenty-fifth birthday.
The Legend is now over thirty
and has yet to find something in
his old age to replace the youth
ful exuberance that first created
his following.
Following a near-fatal motorcy
cle accident in 1968 he re-emerged
with a succession of albums that
featured what was to be called
“the new Dylan.” This was a more
relaxed and, most importantly, a
happier Dylan. The man who sent
the protest song to the top of the
charts was now happily married
and could find nothing whatso
ever to complain about. He would
never again champion the cause
of a minority. He ceased being
the spokesman for the young.
His fans were appalled and or
ganized movements to “save Dy
lan from himself.” The efforts
were to no avail.
He managed to put out a couple
of nice albums based on his rich
ethnic musical knowledge but
started floundering with the re
lease of “Self Portrait,” a medi
ocre album at best. His last effort,
“New Morning,” was pleasing
enough to assure us that the
master had not completely lost his
touch, but it was followed by two
and a half years of waiting for
the follow-up. It never came.
Earlier, this year, the Legend
began making news again, ap
pearing on various albums, sign
ing for a role in Sam Peckinpah’s
“Pat Garret and Billy the Kid”
and, joy of joys, agreeing to do
the soundtrack for the movie.
The soundtrack album is as
much a disappointment as was
“Self Portrait.” It is not that we
are expecting too much. If it were
not Dylan on the record, it would
be mercilessly panned and not
given a second listen. Because of
his name the album will be given
undue attention.
To his credit, Dylan almost
succeeds with a couple of tracks,
notably “Knocking on Heaven’s
Door,” but one or two acceptable
tunes can’t justify the whole
thing.
Those who still have faith in
Dylan will wonder what he is try
ing to do, just as they wondered
the same thing upon the release
of “Self Portrait.” Indeed, one
not only wonders if he has lost it,
but also whether or not he ever
had it to begin with. Maybe that
string of incredible albums was
just luck. It would be interesting
to hear some of the Dylan imi
tators of the ’60s are doing now.
It just might be that the imitators
are better than the original.
Dylan is not totally without
fans, however, and his influence
still remains. McGuinness Flint, a
vastly underrated British group,
has released an album of Dylan
songs, the first such collection in
quite a while.
Consisting mainly of little-
known Dylan songs, some that
have never been released by any
one before, “Lo & Behold” is an
attempt by the group to break in
to the commercial market. (The
decision to do an album of Dylan
songs was apparently prompted
by the group’s two songwriters
leaving.)
While this is not dynamic
enough to give them their well-
deserved break it is a pleasant
enough album. All those unfamil
iar with the group should pick up
their first album, “McGuiness
Flint,” a real neglected master
piece.
Neither of these albums have
much to recommend them other
than Dylan’s name and these days
that may not be much at all.
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Pete Leabo
Barry Donnelly
cookin' and caterin'
country style
BAR-BO
Beef, pork, ribs and
sausage — not too smoky,
not to fat and not too fancy.
And all the fixin’s.
Tuesday nights after 5:00 the featured dish is
chicken ’n dumplin’s. You get a pot of juicy
chicken, plenty of plump, fluffy dumplin’s and
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Barbecue nearly made the Conlee boys famous
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DPS Predicts
42 Fatalities
AUSTIN — Colonel Wilson E.
Speir, director of the Texas De
partment of Public Safety, today
warned that 42 persons may lose
their lives in Texas traffic during
the long Labor Day weekend.
The holiday officially begins at
6 p.m. Friday, August 31 and runs
through midnight Monday, Se-
tember 3.
Speir said the DPS is making
preparations to cope with increas
ed holiday travel. “Every avail
able Department of Public Safe
ty patrolman will be on duty
during this three day weekend,
utilizing all resources we can put
our hands on - to prevent acci
dents,” he added.
The DPS director noted that
special attention will be paid to
hazardous traffic violations nor
mally associated with a high hol
iday death toll. Patrolmen will be
especially watchful for such of
fenses as speeding, driving while
drinking, improper passing and
driving on the wrong side of the
road.
In addition to stepped-up en
forcement activities, the DPS will
also work with local law enforce
ment agencies and the news media
of Texas to conduct an accident
prevention program called “Oper
ation Motorcide.”
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