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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1955)
t Page 4 THE BATTALION Tuesday, March 22, 1955 CS Employment Higher This Year Employment in the College Sta- tion-Bryan area is currently 400 workers above last year. More than 12,000 persons are currently employed in non-farm work in this area, according to a report from the Texas Employment commission. Inci’eases have occurred in cler ical and sales workers and inexpe rienced entry workers. Three Off-Campus Courses Set by Agriculture School Three off-campus short courses are planned by members of the School of Agriculture faculty dur ing April. R. E. Leighton of the dairy hus- bandry department will hold a Dairy short course at Center April 4-8. Dr. T. D. Watkins of the animal husbandry department is planning a Wool Marketing short course for Iowa Park April 4-6. John Riggs of the animal hus bandry department is planning a Beef Cattle course for Huntsville April 4-8. These courses are paid of the college’s adult instruction program, a part of its land-grant college ac tivities. (Advertisement) CiO £SQ«>T CL.&SS, &CUSAVJ BUV VOUGl COPPEE - KAAK'tVAC* \ EQUlPW\EKiT AT SOStEMSOKl-S! •COPPEE POTEk • uot platted Cups “SAUCSRS THE GANG’S COMIN’—The Bewly’s Chuck Wag-on Gang from Fort Worth will be here Thursday for the Tn the Pink’ variety show. The band, one of the most widely-known organizations of its kind, will provide hill-billy music and songs for the variety show, given in appreciation of P. L. (Pinky) Downs jr., long-time official greeter of the college. DON T PQRCiCrr TWE OKCre-ST. TUtS ‘ l£* AJsiO WtW A CtVPT , SEND ENTRV TO SORENSON'S WARP WARE, no ae Graduate Lecture “Recent Developments in Can cer Research” will be the graduate lecture given by Dr. A. Clark Griffin, head of the department of biochemistry, M. D. Anderson hos pital, University of Texas, Hous ton, at 8 p.m. tonight in the lec ture room of the Biological Sci ences building. The public is in vited to attend. Almost the entire world’s supply of Mexican jumping beans, is grown at Alomos in southern Sonora, Mexico, says the National Geo graphic Society. — LAST DAY — Second Color Hit — “MEET ME AT THE FAIIl” —with— Dan Dailey — Dianna Lynn CIRCLE LAST DAY WiLllAM HOLDEN GRACE KELLY FREDRIC MARCH MICKEY ROONEY- —Also— “SOMEBODY LOVES ME” Betty Hutton TODAY thru WEDNESDAY ‘Pinky’ Back From Hospital In Galveston. The man for whom the fast- moving variety show, “In the Pink,” is being presented Thursday at 8 p.m. in the G Rollie White coliseum is back home and receiving visitors. P. L. (Pinky) Downs jr., A&M’s official greeter, returned home Friday from a Galveston hospital where he had been ill since the Christmas holidays, his daughter, Grey, said yesterday. Tickets for the show are avail able in College Station at the Lips comb pharmacy, Madeley pharmacy, Black pharmacy, Loupot’s Trading post, Student Co-op, Shafer Book store, A&M grill, Burgess-Price Insurance agency, Holick Boot shop, Memorial Student Center and the A&M Consolidated schools. • In Bryan, tickets may be pur chased at Canady pharmacy, Elli son pharmacy, Conway and Co., Waldrop and Co., Bullock-Sims clothiers, W.S.D. clothiers, Hotard cafeteria, Orr Food center - , Kelly cafe, Major cafe, Stephen F. Aus tin high school, all elementary school's, Ridgecrest washateria and the American Laundry and Dry cleaners. Price of the tickets is $1 for adults and 50 cents for students and children. City Council DANA ANDREWS-PIPER LAURIE ^ UNlVERSAt-INT6RNAT?ONAt PICTUR€ MARCH 22 & 23 -w. I JAMES STEWART CaT 1 c- JUNE ALLVSON :'|'*GLENN MILLER STORT atigrtcHNicoLOft t \\ V-I fTIff TiLTr tfe« Usitetf Su:t; lu my (Continued from page 1) The report recommended that the city comply with the State Highway department’s proposal to widen the highway to 64 feet, us ing the same design as “that part in the City of Bryan which extends from the court house north to the intersection of highway 21.” It further recommended that all property bordering this improve ment except that part belonging to the state be assessed at $2 per front foot. This would amount to about one-half of the cost, the committee said. The council felt it would be a year or longer before the highway department would begin work on the project. Canceled Taxes The council also canfceled $802.15 in personal tuxes that have been delinquent since 1951. This cov- eis such taxes not paid between 1939-51. An additional $660.24 in real property taxes, however, was not canceled. In other action, the council rec ommended that City Attorney J. Wheeler Barger write an addition to the building permits issued by the city. The new restriction would require a person applying for a permit to certify that he was com- plying with all sub-division re strictions. The action was brought before the council by a group headed by Capt. M. D. Carlson. The group wanted the restriction because city permits were allowing acts contrary to deed restrictions.” The re-zoning of the lots west of the clinic at Jersey and old highway 6, owned by A. Stone Jones, Nvas referred to the zoning committee. The lots are jjow zon ed for apartments. f The meant word ‘spring. “Lent” originally SORENSON'S WARDWAR! ONE &LQCK. NOErru FOST OF PICE WORRIED Here’s the answer to your problem BRING YOUR CLOTHES TO THE CAMPUS CLEANERS • Fast Service • Expert Workmanship • Use Our Sub-Station For Convenience EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST - A GredfA/ew ComSmtfo/? 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