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( ™ BATTALION Number 35: Volume 58 Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1958 es^* Price Five Cents 12 Fish Apply for Office; Nov. 18 Last Day to File Only 12 freshmen filed for offices yesterday in the first day of filings for the Class of ’62 elections to be held Dec. 4. Filings will close Nov. 18 for the ballot in which the Class of ’62 will elect four class officers, four Student Senate representatives and five Election Commission members. All filings must be.made in the Office of Student Activities. Requirement for filing for class officers, which include president, vice president, secretary-treasurer and social secre- tary, is a 1.0 grade point ratio at mid-semester. Requirement for filing for Election Commission is a 1.0 grade point ratio. To file for a seat on the Student Senate the freshman must have posted a 1.5 at mid semester. Safety Plan Needs Support of Public College Station’s “average” traffic program must be im- proved and it is up to civic groups like the Kiwanis Club to undertake the leadership in it, Bill Adams of the College Sta- tion Kiwanis Club told club mem- bers yesterday. Adams presented results of an annual inventory of traffic safety activities analysis for 1957 pre- pared for the city by the Na- tional Safety Council. The inven- tory rated College Station at about the 50 per. cent level in traffic safety among 351 cities of between 5,000 and 10,000 pop- ulation which made the report. The report was the first ever turned over to the NSC by Col- lege Station for analysis and was prepared by Assistant Police Chief Melvin H. Luedke. Luedke, and Mayor Ernest Langford were guests of the club at their noon luncheon meeting. Results of the inventory show- ed that from all phases of the city traffic program, only the school traffic safety education program was outstanding. Col- lege Station received a valuation of 82 per cent in this category, chiefly because of the driver training program taught at Con- solidated High School. Adams introduced Jack Chaney, a member of the club and in- structor for the driving courses at CHS, and praised him for his work in the program. Lowest percentage received by the city in the report was a 0 percentage received in organiza- tion for traffic safety improve- ment. “Safety organization” is defin- ed by NSC as consisting of three elements: (1) coordination among officials charged with traffic responsibilities; (2) citizen ap- proval and support for the of- ficial traffic management pro- gram; and (3) cooperative action between citizens and officials. Public support was given as a vital factor in such a program. Prisoners Freed By Cuba Rebels Ex-Captives Were On Two Airplanes Consolidated Sets TB Tests Permission slips for tuberculin tests will be sent to all parents of children enrolled in the A&M Consolidated Schools, this week, W. T. Riedel, Superintendent of Schools, said yesterday. The slips should be signed by the parents and returned if par- ents want their child to have the tuberculin test. When all slips have been signed and returned to the teachers the tests will get un- derway. The Mantoux test, which is the most accurate of all skin tests for TB will be used, Mrs. Namma Mc- Caleb, school health nurse, said. If the child has a positive re- action to the test, it does not mean that he has tuberculosis, but only that some germs have entered the body at some time or other, she explained. “He should be given a chest X-ray to determine whether any harm has been done,” said Mrs. McCaleb. The tests are being sponsored by the Brazos County TB Associa- tion and the Health Unit. First College to Have * * * 6 * 8 Sizer’ Bait Gets ‘Fancy9 Picture Engraver Monday The Battalion became the first college newspaper in the world and one of five daily news- papers in Texas to be equipped with a Fail-child Scan-a-sizer, a picture engraving machine which is capable of giving a plastic cut size needed. The four other “Sizers” in Tex- as are located at Wichita Falls, Belaire, Austin and Lufkin, with the latter also installed only this week. The Battalion has a one- year lease on the machine HAVANA UP)—The rebel high command announced Tuesday night it has released 25 passengers and 6 crewmen from two Cubana air liners hijacked in the air Oct. 21 and Nov. 5. One, presumably the pilot who resisted the rebels’ seizure in flight Oct. 21, was reported seriously wounded. With him were two other crewmen. The 11 passengers abroad the plane had been freed previously. Earlier reports had said the pilot was shot when he tried to resist orders to land on a rebel air strip. The rebels said all 31 persons were turned over to Red Cross representatives in eastern Cuba and that they arrived safely in Santiago. The rebel announcement said the release was carried out despite a government breach of good faith during a cease-fire arranged for safe re- turn of the captives. The labels said bad faith occured when a Cuban navy plane flew low over the place agreed on for transfer of the captives. The rebel tactic in seizing three Cubana air liners recently has been to overpower the crew in the air. The third air liner crashed Nov. 1 in Nipe Bay, killing 17 persons in- cluding six American citizens. A 30-hour cease-fire was an- nounced Sunday by the rebel high command for the Santiago area for releasing plane occupants to Red Cross representatives. The cease-fire was to last until 6 p. m. Tuesday. Raul Castro, brother of rebel chief Fidel Castro, said in a broad- cast the insurgents expected an ex- planation from the government of the alleged cease-fire violation by the navy plane. He said no more transfers of prisoners would be made until such a statement was received. Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander . . . dance tonight for Town Hall Bambi Linn, Rod Alexander Town Hall Production Of Dancers Tonight The bright,inventive dance pat- terns of Bambi Linn and Rod Al- exander, probably television’s most popular dance team, will shine on the stage of Town Hall tonight at 8 in the G. Rollie White Coliseum. “Dance Jubilee”—“From Min- strel Days to Swingtime”— will review the American theatre scene of the past 60 years as it has been danced into history by such unfor- gettable personalities as Vernon and Irene Castle, Marilyn Miller and Jack Donahue, and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The program will feature a com- pany of 16 dancers, singers and musicians under the direction of the Coppicus and Schang Division of Columbia Artists. Miss Linn and Alexander will present many favorite works from the television spectaculars they have appeared in during the past five years. Included are some regional American danceworks, an approp- riate dash of New Orleans jazz, souvenirs of vaudeville’s heyday and some wonderful memories of the razzmatazz twenties. Miss Linn recently received high praise fof her performance in the General Motors 50th Anniversary Show and has just been signed for a leading role in ‘Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp,” a CBS col- or spectacular with an original score by Cole Porter to be pre- sented Feb. 21. Rod Alexander has just returned from the Coast where he staged the dancers for the television mu- sical version of “Junior Miss” as well as the Ethel Barrymore “Com- mand Appearance” on NBC. Season tickets for the entire Town Hall attractions are still available at Student Activities or at the box office today. Non-stu- dent reserved seat season tickets are $8, and general admission is $6, Joseph (T) Hearne, student entertainment manager, said. Student reserved seats are $6 for the season and $4 for general admission. Single attraction tick- ets are also available at $2.50 for reserved seats, $2 general admis- sion for non-students and $1 gen- eral admission for students. up to 13 by 16 inches in size. v • * ,; . • -y>■ j ,;s pip: vy-y:. uy. Outstanding feature of the new equipment is that it can make any '■ .1 size printing plate up to its max- imum limits from even the small- est picture. V . ... ' . \ \fVf V .'-i| V ■' , ; - . a ;. ‘ The Battalion’s outgoing Scan- a-Graver was limited to repro- . . \, :C- ducing a cut only to the size of the actual picture. \ V- .> ^ ; V_( In basic newspaper size, the machine can produce a cut eight columns wide. The old machine was capable of giving only a 3- column cut. * * * « • .v Brig-. Gen. Moorman . . . visits campus today General Inspects On Liaison Visit Brig. Gen. Frank W. Moorman, commanding general of the U. S. Army Electronic Proving Ground at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., made a liaison visit to the campus today for. the Chief Signal Officer, De- partment of the Army. General Moorman attended a military class, viewed Signal Corps sponsored experiments, visited a military dormitory and interview- ed senior signal cadets. Puring the latter part of the war he was assistant chief of staff, G-4, with the 18th Corps (air- borne) in Europe. Prior to being appointed com- manding general of the U. S. Elec- tronic Proving Grounds, General Moorman served as Secretary of the General Staff, Department of the Army, and as military attache to France. He kaa been awarded the Legion of Merit with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star and the Commendation Ribbon. Both types of engraving ma- chines produced by the Fairchild company are so expensive that few are ever sold. Rather, news- papers rent the engravers. Rental on the “Sizer” is about twice that of the “Graver.” In addition to the added en- graving size capabilities, the “Sizer” has both a 65- and 85- screen adjustment which allows cuts to print in finer detail de- pending on the grade of paper. Other features are speed, ver- satility and better contrast, plus eliminating need for re-photo- graphing pictures to fit to the More Help Needed In CS Chest Drive “We’re off to a good start— and we hope to wind up this campaigfi within a few days,” Dr. F. C. Bolton, co-chairman of the College Station Chest Fund drive, said yesterday. He said the zone captains re- port excellent progress on their first day of picking up funds. College Station citizens are asked to contribute one day’s pay toward the $13,727 goal. The campaign started Nov. 1 and will run until Nov. 15. Dr. Bolton urges citizens to re- spond to the drive fully by having t^eir funds ready when the cap- tains arrive to pick them up. KMttalion Slaff Photo by Larry McMuth Managing Editor Fred Meurer adjusts the new Scan-a-Sizer plastic en- graving machine which was installed in The Battalion office Monday. The machine will enable the A&M publication to engrave pictures up to Ajid Bigger! eight columns wide. The “Sizer” is the first of its kind ever to be used by any college newspaper in the world and is also one of five operating in Texas.
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™ BATTALIONNumber 35: Volume 58
Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1958
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Price Five Cents
12 Fish Apply for Office; Nov. 18 Last Day to File
Only 12 freshmen filed for offices yesterday in the first day of filings for the Class of ’62 elections to be held Dec. 4.
Filings will close Nov. 18 for the ballot in which the Class of ’62 will elect four class officers, four Student Senate representatives and five Election Commission members. All filings must be.made in the Office of Student Activities.
Requirement for filing for class officers, which include president, vice president, secretary-treasurer and social secretary, is a 1.0 grade point ratio at mid-semester.
Requirement for filing for Election Commission is a 1.0 grade point ratio. To file for a seat on the Student Senate the freshman must have posted a 1.5 at mid semester.
Safety Plan Needs Support of Public
College Station’s “average” traffic program must be improved and it is up to civic groups like the Kiwanis Club to undertake the leadership in it, Bill Adams of the College Station Kiwanis Club told club members yesterday.
Adams presented results of an annual inventory of traffic safety activities analysis for 1957 prepared for the city by the National Safety Council. The inventory rated College Station at about the 50 per. cent level in traffic safety among 351 cities of between 5,000 and 10,000 population which made the report.
The report was the first ever turned over to the NSC by College Station for analysis and was prepared by Assistant Police Chief Melvin H. Luedke. Luedke, and Mayor Ernest Langford were guests of the club at their noon luncheon meeting.
Results of the inventory showed that from all phases of the city traffic program, only the school traffic safety education program was outstanding. College Station received a valuation of 82 per cent in this category, chiefly because of the driver training program taught at Consolidated High School.
Adams introduced Jack Chaney, a member of the club and instructor for the driving courses at CHS, and praised him for his work in the program.
Lowest percentage received by the city in the report was a 0 percentage received in organization for traffic safety improvement.
“Safety organization” is defined by NSC as consisting of three elements: (1) coordination among officials charged with traffic responsibilities; (2) citizen approval and support for the official traffic management program; and (3) cooperative action between citizens and officials. Public support was given as a vital factor in such a program.
Prisoners Freed By Cuba Rebels
Ex-Captives Were On Two Airplanes
Consolidated Sets TB Tests
Permission slips for tuberculin tests will be sent to all parents of children enrolled in the A&M Consolidated Schools, this week, W. T. Riedel, Superintendent of Schools, said yesterday.
The slips should be signed by the parents and returned if parents want their child to have the tuberculin test. When all slips have been signed and returned to the teachers the tests will get underway.
The Mantoux test, which is the most accurate of all skin tests for TB will be used, Mrs. Namma Mc- Caleb, school health nurse, said.
If the child has a positive reaction to the test, it does not mean that he has tuberculosis, but only that some germs have entered the body at some time or other, she explained.
“He should be given a chest X-ray to determine whether any harm has been done,” said Mrs. McCaleb.
The tests are being sponsored by the Brazos County TB Association and the Health Unit.
First College to Have * * * 6 * 8Sizer’
Bait Gets ‘Fancy9 Picture Engraver
Monday The Battalion became the first college newspaper in the world and one of five daily newspapers in Texas to be equipped with a Fail-child Scan-a-sizer, a picture engraving machine which is capable of giving a plastic cut
size needed.The four other “Sizers” in Tex
as are located at Wichita Falls, Belaire, Austin and Lufkin, with the latter also installed only this week. The Battalion has a one- year lease on the machine
HAVANA UP)—The rebel high command announced Tuesday night it has released 25 passengers and 6 crewmen from two Cubana air liners hijacked in the air Oct. 21 and Nov. 5.
One, presumably the pilot who resisted the rebels’ seizure in flight Oct. 21, was reported seriously wounded. With him were two other crewmen. The 11 passengers abroad the plane had been freed previously.
Earlier reports had said the pilot was shot when he tried to resist orders to land on a rebel air strip.
The rebels said all 31 persons were turned over to Red Cross representatives in eastern Cuba and that they arrived safely in Santiago.
The rebel announcement said the release was carried out despite a government breach of good faith during a cease-fire arranged for safe return of the captives.
The labels said bad faith occured when a Cuban navy plane flew low over the place agreed on for transfer of the captives.
The rebel tactic in seizing three Cubana air liners recently has been to overpower the crew in the air.The third air liner crashed Nov. 1 in Nipe Bay, killing 17 persons including six American citizens.
A 30-hour cease-fire was announced Sunday by the rebel high command for the Santiago area for releasing plane occupants to Red Cross representatives. The cease-fire was to last until 6 p. m.Tuesday.
Raul Castro, brother of rebel chief Fidel Castro, said in a broadcast the insurgents expected an explanation from the government of the alleged cease-fire violation by the navy plane. He said no more transfers of prisoners would be made until such a statement was received.
Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander . . . dance tonight for Town Hall
Bambi Linn, Rod Alexander
Town Hall Production Of Dancers Tonight
The bright,inventive dance patterns of Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander, probably television’s mostpopular dance team, will shine onthe stage of Town Hall tonight at8 in the G. Rollie White Coliseum.
“Dance Jubilee”—“From Minstrel Days to Swingtime”— will review the American theatre scene of the past 60 years as it has been danced into history by such unforgettable personalities as Vernon and Irene Castle, Marilyn Miller and Jack Donahue, and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
The program will feature a company of 16 dancers, singers and musicians under the direction of the Coppicus and Schang Division of Columbia Artists.
Miss Linn and Alexander will present many favorite works from the television spectaculars they have appeared in during the past five years.
Included are some regional American danceworks, an appropriate dash of New Orleans jazz, souvenirs of vaudeville’s heyday and some wonderful memories of the razzmatazz twenties.
Miss Linn recently received high praise fof her performance in the General Motors 50th Anniversary Show and has just been signed for a leading role in ‘Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp,” a CBS color spectacular with an original score by Cole Porter to be presented Feb. 21.
Rod Alexander has just returned from the Coast where he staged the dancers for the television musical version of “Junior Miss” as well as the Ethel Barrymore “Command Appearance” on NBC.
Season tickets for the entire Town Hall attractions are still available at Student Activities or at the box office today. Non-student reserved seat season tickets are $8, and general admission is $6, Joseph (T) Hearne, student entertainment manager, said.
Student reserved seats are $6 for the season and $4 for general admission. Single attraction tickets are also available at $2.50 for reserved seats, $2 general admission for non-students and $1 general admission for students.
up to 13 by 16 inches in size. v • *,; .• -y>■ j
,;s pip: vy-y:. uy.Outstanding feature of the new
equipment is that it can make any'■ .1
size printing plate up to its maximum limits from even the smallest picture.
V. ... ' . \ \f Vf V .'-i| V ■'
, ; -. a ;. ‘
The Battalion’s outgoing Scan- a-Graver was limited to repro- . .
\, :C-
ducing a cut only to the size of the actual picture.
\ V- .> ^ ; V_(
In basic newspaper size, the machine can produce a cut eight columns wide. The old machine was capable of giving only a 3- column cut.
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Brig-. Gen. Moorman. . . visits campus today
General Inspects On Liaison Visit
Brig. Gen. Frank W. Moorman, commanding general of the U. S. Army Electronic Proving Ground at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., made a liaison visit to the campus today for. the Chief Signal Officer, Department of the Army.
General Moorman attended a military class, viewed Signal Corps sponsored experiments, visited a military dormitory and interviewed senior signal cadets.
Puring the latter part of the war he was assistant chief of staff, G-4, with the 18th Corps (airborne) in Europe.
Prior to being appointed commanding general of the U. S. Electronic Proving Grounds, General Moorman served as Secretary of the General Staff, Department of the Army, and as military attache to France.
He kaa been awarded the Legion of Merit with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star and the Commendation Ribbon.
Both types of engraving machines produced by the Fairchild company are so expensive that few are ever sold. Rather, newspapers rent the engravers. Rental on the “Sizer” is about twice that of the “Graver.”
In addition to the added engraving size capabilities, the “Sizer” has both a 65- and 85- screen adjustment which allows cuts to print in finer detail depending on the grade of paper.
Other features are speed, versatility and better contrast, plus eliminating need for re-photo- graphing pictures to fit to the
More Help Needed In CS Chest Drive
“We’re off to a good start— and we hope to wind up this campaigfi within a few days,” Dr. F. C. Bolton, co-chairman of the College Station Chest Fund drive, said yesterday.
He said the zone captains report excellent progress on their first day of picking up funds.
College Station citizens are asked to contribute one day’s pay toward the $13,727 goal.
The campaign started Nov. 1 and will run until Nov. 15.
Dr. Bolton urges citizens to respond to the drive fully by having t^eir funds ready when the captains arrive to pick them up.
KMttalion Slaff Photo by Larry McMuth
Managing Editor Fred Meurer adjusts the new Scan-a-Sizer plastic engraving machine which was installed in The Battalion office Monday. The machine will enable the A&M publication to engrave pictures up to
Ajid Bigger!eight columns wide. The “Sizer” is the first of its kind ever to be used by any college newspaper in the world and is also one of five operating in Texas.
