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None of the News Fit lRlIFORNIATech Volume LXXVIII, Number 5 Pasadena, California Friday, October 22, 1976 Eight Pages Millikan Gets Maps Red Cross A limited edition of rare historkal maps, covering the story of America's western fron tier, are being donated to Caltech's Millikan Library by the Bloodmobile Coming , Army Corps of Engineers. The maps were presented to Johanna Tallman Director of Institute Libraries, on Thursday October Monday, October 25, 1976 2i, by Col. Hugh Robinson, mobile from Pasadena area will be a holiday, Veterans Day, residents who may use a half district engineer, Los Angeles for many Pasadena area workers. hour of their holiday time to District Army Corps of En But not for the Red Cross staff donate their blood-a community gineers. and volunteers conducting a service and a means of insuring The map sets are being given bloodmobile at Scottish Rite that healthy blood from volun to a limited number of libraries Cathedral, 150 North Madison in teer donors will be available in and educational institutes. Mrs. Pasadena, from 1:30 to 6:00 local hospitals if they need it, or Tallman said that Caltech was pm. on that day. They hope for if a friend or family member selected as a recipient because of a good attendance at the blood- requires blood. its prestige and its interest in: The Red Cross is attempting engineering The maps will be to supply 100 per cent of the .housed in the Humanities and geological, and ethinic notes of blood needed by local hospitals, so that no blood need be Social Sciences Library in Mill Army engineer personnel as well purchased from paid donors who as the notations of other ex ikan Library and will be avail may conceal health problems in plorers, scientists, engineers, and able for exhibit or research use. order to receive the money. The 32-map set was produced scholars engaged in pushing the Blood from such paid donors has by the Army Corps of Engineers pioneer frontier westward. Span been proven to have a ten per for the nation's bicentennial. The ning the period from 1776 to cent higher risk of hepatitis than maps are on parchement·like ·1876 they feature the contribu blood from volunteers, according paper and contain topographical, tions of such historical individ to R. Allan Munnecke, Chairman uals as Lt. Robert E. lee, Capt. of the Red Cross Blood Program Zebulon M. Pike and Secretary for Pasadena Chapter, American of War Jefferson Davis. Red Cross. Brown Wins Joseph On one of the the maps, Los "The only we can be sure of getting good helathy blood from Angeles appears as the Puebla de volunteer donors when we need Los Angeles and San Diego as S. it is to volunteer to donate C. Wilson A ward Diego. This map drawn as a ourselves to keep the supplies result 'of John Fremont's second adequate," the chairman de PASADENA (Caltech News $10,000 award, funded by Xerox Defense Research and Engineer exploratory expedition to classify clared. "Otherwise we may find Bureau)-Dr. Harold Brown, a Corporation and administered by ing for the U.S. Defense Depart the nature of the Great Basin ourselves depending on blood key figure in nuclear disarma the Rochester Association for the ment (I961-65), guided the between the Rockies and the from commercial banks ... blood ment talks and (as you may United Nations (RAUN), with development of a detection sys Sierra Nevada also notes a donated by people wanting a few recall) president of Caltech, has the participation of the Univer tem that made the treaty feasi number of other areas that are dollars, some of them addicts who use the money for drugs been named the 1976 recipient sity . of Rochester. The award ble. From 1965 to 1969 he now a part of Southern Cali . of the Joseph C. Wilson Award which they inject with dirty honors the late Joseph C. Wilson, served as Secretary of the Air fornia's urban sprawl: S. Buena for achievement in international Force. Earlier he was director of needles, increasing the chances of long chairman of Xerox and of Ventura, S. Anna, and S. Luis affairs. the University of Rochester the Livermore Radiation Labora hepatitis virus in their blood Rey. Mostly however, the map For a number of years Dr. trustees, and a founder of tory of the University of Califor stream. We can avoid this by merely indicates the presence of Brown has been a member of the RAUN. nia. He has been president of giving our blood ... on Veterans U.S. delegation to the Strategic The award is being presented Caltech since 1969. scattered Indian tribes. Day!" Arms Limitation Talks with the today (Friday) in the Rochester, Soviet Union. He made a major N.Y., Chamber of Commerce contribution in the achievement building with editor Norman of the Soviet-American ban on Cousins of the "Saturday Re atmospheric nuclear testing. view" speaking on "Is World He is also a member of the Peace Possible Without World Executive Committee of the Order?" Trilateral Commission, a group of Dr. Brown's efforts on behalf private citizens from North of nuclear control began in 1958 America, Europe, and Japan when he played a significant role whose efforts are directed toward as senior science adviser to the the solution of the problems Geneva "Conference of Experts," common to those regions and the the first Soviet·American effort advancement of their peaceful to thaw out the cold war. It led relations with the other parts of to the 1963 nuclear atmospheric the world. test-ban treaty. Dr. Brown will receive a Dr. Brown as director of Red Cross Needs Drivers If you have a little spare time week to drive to one of the and a good driving record (and a Veterans Administration hos license), the Pasadena Chapter, pitals. Men and women up to 70 American Red Cross needs your years of age, with good driving help. records, are eligible to drive the Pasadena Chapter needs more Rcd Cross cars on these and volunteer drivers, particularly shortcr local trips, taking handi those who can spare two to four capped persons to treatment Grad wives tell their tales at another of the continuing Y-Evening Discussions Photo-Chris Wheeler hours at a time, once or twice a Contirned on Page Eight Page Two THE CALIFORNIA TECH Friday, October 22, 1976 Letters to the Editors What Evil Lurks in the Houses •• Editorial Policy Along with the traditions and They have poeple who will get the tales and the fun, there is you out of your room and onto also a hidden evil in the House The first signature of an editorial indicates the author of that a volleyball court (or into a life. It is a very deep evil-deep editorial. The following signature, if any, indicates the approval of shower) when you have been the other editor. If both editors sign the editorial, that opinion and well-hidden-and everyone studying too long. And they have represents the opinion of the California Tech. A dissenting editor should be warned of it. Especial tales from "the days when men may wdte an editorial opposing the views presented in the main ly new students, who can escape were men and giants walked the editorial. it, should be warned. I was never earth" that can make you feel I In general, column writers have complete freedom as to the warned; and I hope that I am that you are walking on historic content of their columns. No column shall be eliminated from any not writing this too late. With ground. And the people who live Iissue of the Tech solely because of the opinions presented in that this evil, it is hard to tell when in them are usually (as people column. Column writers represent only their own opinions and not "too late" is.. go) honorable people. The Mail necessarily the opinions of the California Tech. This evil consists in taking the Houses are probably the main To all concerned: The Tech welcomes all letters, whether or not they agree with House life and traditions more reason that most of the people I am thoroughly convinced editorial opinion. Letters are edited (or left out) solely on the seriously than they are meant to who corne here do graduate from that someone in the mail room basis of space, decency, and the desire to represent opinions in be taken. It appears in many in Spalding is incompetent: proportion to the amount of mail received. As with columns, the here. Dorms like UCLA's would someone in that so-called "fuJI. opinions stated within letters are not necessarily those of the forms; in drawing a sharp border be unbearable. fledged substation of the U.S, California Tech. between Caltech and the outside In itself, the House life is world, or between one House good. To a freshman, once he Post Office." Recently I finally received two first-class pieces of and another; in restricting one's has conquered his homesickness, mail which had apparently sat in conversations to House life and it is better. If he is as I was, he the mail room for almost two' studies; or in feigning cynicism has never lived with so many weeks. My name and house mail Copy Policy and weariness in order to appear intelligent people before. And he code were quite clearly written: "grown-up". So many Techers has never been in the midst of so the address on one piece of mail' Effective Friday, October 15, 1976, absolutely no copy other suffer from it that to do so is to many interesting things and was typed.

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