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national Battalion/Page November 4,19 Around town Toastmasters Club forms at A&M The Toastmasters Club, a dub in which public speaking skills are practiced and sharpened, has organized on the Texas A&M campus and held its first meeting Wednesday; Members of the club practice their speaking skills by presenting speeches and other public addresses to the mem bers of the club. The other members then critique the per formance. Faculty, staff and students of Texas A&M are eligible to become members, but local membership is limited to 40 members. A waiting list will be established after that quota is met. Dues are $30 a semester and cover materials used by the members, the club charter and administration costs. This amount will change in the spring semester. Toastmasters Clubs were started by Ralph C. Medley in Santa Ana, Calif, in October 1924. There are now 5000 clubs in 47 countries which make up Toastmasters International, a non-profit educational organization with its world head quarters in Santa Ana, Calif. For more information about Toastmasters contact Wes Volberding at 845-1320. Committee plans group airline fares The MSC Travel Committee has arranged for group fares on Rio Airlines to Houston and Dallas for the Thanksgiving holidays. The flights will fly into DFW airport in Dallas and Intercontinental airport in Houston. The cost for these roundtrip tickets will be $39 to Houston and $54 to Dallas. The planes leave Nov. 24 and will return Nov. 28. The deadline to sign-up for these trips is Nov. 9. For more information or to sign-up go by the Student Programs Office in Room 216 MSC. Peace Corps to recruit on campus Today is the last day that a Peace Corps recruiter will be on the Texas A&M campus to conduct interviews with seniors and graduate students interested in joining the Peace Corps. Persons who wish to sign up for an interview may do so in the Placement Center in Rudder Tower. A Peace Corps table will also be set up in the MSC to distribute literature concern ing the various programs of the Peace Corps. Grants for study abroad available The Centre Europeen D’echanges Universitaires will offer a number of small grants to qualified students who wish to study at the Universite de Paris or at the Universidad de Madrid. Students must enroll in either the Paris program or the Madrid program. An admissions committee will judge the qualifications and make the awards. The grants are paid in the currency of the country to students in good standing. Application to only one country is allowed in any one semester, but a student competent is both French and Span ish may apply for one semester in Madrid and the next in Paris or vice versa. For Paris, an applicant must have com pleted his sophomore year or higher. / To apply: send two 20 cent stamps and a letter giving the following personal information: (1) full name; (2) current address; (3) college name and location; (4) year and major; (5) number of years of French or Spanish; to: C.E.E.U. P.O. Box 95 New Paltz, NY 12561 A&M student receives IEEE grant Guylaine Pollock, a graduate student in computer science here, received a $3000 grant from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for her work with the Texas A&M chapter of IEEE. She is one of four students nationwide to receive the computer society scholarship. If you have an announcement or interesting item to submit for this column, come by The Battlion office in 216 Reed McDonald or call Tracey Taylor at 845-2611. 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FBI investigators said they were doubtful Masterson is con nected with the cyanide slayings, but they want to question him on a comment he made in relation to the deaths. He is believed to be on his way to Florida — 750 miles from Murray, Ky., where he re portedly will be visiting friends. Illinois investigators, who linked Masterson to multiple deaths, have refused to say what connection he might have to the case. State task force members flew to Kentucky after the bulletin was issued, but returned Tues day after determining Master- son was no longer in the area. Tests were conducted on sub stances taken from Masterson’s room, but authorities found no traces of cyanide or other poisons. “We were advised it was a con firmed cyanide poisoning,” Manoog said. “We have no other reports (of poisonings) at this time.” Suspect fames W. Lewis, a fugitive wanted on federal ex tortion charges, is still being sought by investigators. Lewis is accused of demanding $1 mil lion from Johnson &-Jok owners of the company makes Tylenol, to stop the ings. A Masterson’s father said he did not believe his son had anything to do with the Tylenol killings. “He’s not a kook. He couldn’t kill anyone,” he said. “He told me two weeks ago that he was going to take a vacation. He’s not running (from the law).” New Happy Hours 4 p.m.-Midnight FUN • FOOD • DRINKs Masterson has a history of mental illness and may be dan gerous, police said. He was de scribed as a white male with red hair and blue eyes, about 5 feet 10 inches and weighing 165 pounds. Michigan authorities said a 15-year-old boy was in stable condition after eating cyanide- laced grape candy purchased from a store near his home. Redford Township Police Chief Mike Manoog .said the boy, whose name was not re leased, became violently ill after eating “Now and Later” grape- flavored hard candy. by D Battal The Texas ledicine beg wilding, no eputation, ; lents. 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