Resigns Post, Leaves School February Edition To Bo on Schodulo, 'Exceptionally Good' Lieuen Adkins, editor of the Tex as Ranger, announced Monday that he was resigning as head of the University campus humor m aga zine. The post-graduate student said he hoped to continue submitting m aterial to the Ranger, but would not stay in school because of schol astic difficulties. "I regret that my leaving has to be anything as prosaic as grades. I'd rather have resigned in a fury or have been fired/' he

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... old the Texan. Adkins, who joined the sine four and one-half years ag* as an exchange editor, served aa r lr colat ton manager in IMI and was one of the four staff mem bers dhmifwrd by the executive committee of the Board of Texas Student Publications for viola tion of general policy and Inde cency In the November IMI to nne. Loyd Edmonds Jr., general man ager of TSP. said Monday that Ad kins had not turned in a formal resignation, but he announced that the normal procedure would be for the executive committee of TSP to fill the vacancy, subject to con firmation by the Board at its next regular meeting. Adkins noted that he was the eighth editor of the Ranger since he joined the staff in 1959. 'There seems to be an occupational dis ease among Ranger editors," he explained. The Ranger has been an oft-con I troversus! publication on the Un! versity campus. In one form or an other it has been published since im . la November, IMI, Adkins I wrote to U s weekly Daily Texan colonus (The Fifth (obim n). "The Ranger to dead." He ce*rladed that Me magazine has evolved gradually over the years wttfc aa lee steadily tncreaatag. while tim TSP handbook had re mained a constant. He said the policy should be changed, bat added Mat the Ranger, aa thou sands of st ode n u and exes had rente to knew It, was dead. Records show that Ranger sales have steadily decreased over the last two years and the magazine la currently operating under a defi cit. Adkins' resignation will not a f fect the February issue of the magazine since it has already gone to press and will be on sale soon. "I urge all students to buy the February Ranger -first as a last tribute to me. and secondly, be cam e I think it s an exceptionally good issue," Adkins concluded. 5,550 Register Opening Day Flrst-u. egiatration totaled 5.-550 when lires closed Monday, William F . Wallace J r., reg istra tion supervisor, announced. An es tim ated total enrollm ent of 22,500 students is expected for the spring sem ester. U niversity students standing in long lines outside of G regory Gym basked in the warm T exas sun while w aiting to com plete the re g istration ordeal. HOT SUN GREETS LINE The tem p eratu re reading clim bed to 74 degrees, 7 below a high of 81 set in 1947, and w eather forecasters predicted m ore of the fair w eather for Tues day reg istran ts. Transfer students and fresh man stayed inside during the spring-like weather, however. Staggered Masses in Confusion the lo n g ju m bled Im e o f stu den ts fa c in g a h ot a fte rn o o n o f re g ljtra t --Texan P h o to -Draddy ion. France Recognizes Chinas 'Two Policy TAIPEI, Formosa-■if'--France launched its "tw o Chinas" policy Munday recognized Red China, a fateful step denounced promptly by t h e Chinese Nationalists as "disastrous to t h e cause of the free world." CHIANG PROTESTS Apparently heeding the advice of Washington, P resident Chiang Kaishek's regim e stopjied short of breaking off relations with Paris. But a strong protest called recognition "an unfriendly a c t." to F rance extrem e! v News in Brief . . . com pi ltd from AP reports SPY SATELLITES SPOT LAUNCHINGS, United States spy inthe-sky satellites have detected numerous launchings of inter continental ballistic m issiles from both coasts of the United States it was announced Monday. The inform ation was contained In President Lyndon B. Johnson's report to Congress on space activities in 1963. SATURN TEST POSTPONED. The tost shot of the Saturn I super-rocket intended to orbit the world's heaviest satellite waa postponed to Wed Hoods J because someone forgot to re m ove a toot device from rn fuel Hue. A metal plate was left blocking a Bae, preventing liq aid oxygen from flowing into the first sta g e. SMITH THROWS IN BONNET. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith an nounced that Me would seek the Republican nomination for the presidency. Speaking before the Women s National P ress Club, Sen. Smith recited all the reasons for not running and then said she would. She plans to enter die New Hampshire prim ary March IO, running as a "moderate Republican." LBJ ANNOUNCES HOUSING PLAN. President Lyndon B. Johnson unveiled a new program for federal aid to bousing. The plan called for Mo developm ent of new subdivisions, even com plete new com m aatties, to fast-growing areas around h u ge c itie s. In a m m ot go ta Congress, the P resident spelled oat the ste p s needed to reach his goal of "a decent home for a ll A m ericana." MISSILES AOK. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said Monday that American m issiles could be counted on to reach their targets with more consistency than manned bombers. Mc Namara told Congress he has no hesitancy whatsoever about the dependability of the new solid-fueled Minuteman missiles. He said there to greater uncertainty about the dependability of the B52. Two Coeds Get Obscene Letters T w o University beauties re ceived obscene letters on returning Ic school. The letters were mailed to the women's Austin addresses and con tained almost identical art and lewd suggestions. Detective Lt. Burt (Herding of the Austin police said the case would be turned over to postal authorities Tuesday morning. -T exan Photo-D raddy Prize Winner Pirtle . senior journalist tops in national contest.