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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1954
The Joy of Giving
They say the best thing about Christmas
is the giving, and they’re probably right.
And by far the best thing about giving
is giving to small children. With their
laughing eyes and uncomplicated joy at re
ceiving, young children are the most fun to
give to.
Everybody doesn’t have children, or even
know any, to give Christmas presents to, but
there is a way everyone in College Station
can give a Christmas present to a child.
The Kiwanis club is working nights to
repair, paint, and fix-up old toys to give to
children who otherwise might not be visited
by Santa Claus.
The club already has many toys ready
for distribution, but they can use all they
get, and they want more.
Since the time is getting on toward the
big day, they prefer toys that won’t have
to have too much repair work, but they’ll take
anything you have. Taylor Reidel, junior
high principal at Consolidated, is in charge
of the collection.
Almost all houses, houses that once had
young children in them, have a few old toys
around.
By letting the Kiwanis club give them to
some one that wants them, the toys can once
again bring the same joy they brought to
you the first time they were given.
A Last Word
Just a last word before you leave for the
holidays—please drive carefully. Don’t take
any chances and look out for the other fel
low.
Drive as if your life depended on it—it
does.
S-D Traffic Deaths Cadet Slouch # . . by James Earle
Less Than Average
Atomic Defense Discussed
P A R 1 S— (A 5 ) —Foreign policy
chiefs of the United States, Brit
ain and France talked over yester
day the issue of who should give
the word to use atomic weapons
in event of an attack by the So
viet Union.
An authoritative Source who de
clined to be identified by name
predicted the Big Three would
come up with an atomic defense
plan that would be okayed by the
other NATO members. But this
informant did not disclose what
the plan was.
U. S. Secretary of State Dulles,
British Foreign Secretary Sir An
thony Eden, and French Premier
Pierre Mendes-France, who serves
as his own foreign minister,
tackled the atomic and other prob
lems in a three-hour meeting at
the French Foreign Ministry.
The thinking of the Big Three
will have a big bearing on the
decision of the entire North At
lantic Treaty Organization Council
when it takes up the atomic sub
ject today.
The United States, made its posi
tion clear here yesterday. An au
thoritative spokesman: said the
United States takes the stand that
no surefire system can be set up
in advance to determine how the
big decision on use of atomic weap
ons can be made. In the American
view, a surprise attack from Rus
sia might wipe out any machinery
set up by NATO to make such a
decision.
CHICAGO —(A 5 )— “Let’s make
every day a Safe Driving day.”
That suggestion was made yes
terday by the group which put the
big safety show—Safe Driving Day
—on the road Wednesday.
An Associated Press survey, in
cluding several delayed reports,
showed that ,49 traffic deaths oc
curred Wednesday.
The National Safety Council fig
ures that for each fatality there
are 35 cases of injury and 225 ac
cidents. That ratio indicates thei'e
were 11,025 accidents and injuries
to 1,715 persons on S-D Day.
An AP survey, made to provide
a yardstick, showed there were 64
traffic deaths on Dec. 1. Last
year traffic accidents averaged
about 27,000 a day.
There were 15 fewer traffic
deaths reported on S-D Day than
on Dec. 1. And the S-D Day toll
was far under the average of 97
deaths for the first 10 months of
this year.
Both the S-D Day and Dec. 1
surveys were made on a “spot”
basis, counting only the deaths oc
curred on those days. The fatality
average for the first 10 months
of this year included deaths that
occui'red a day or more after the
victim was injured.
President Eisenhower’s Action
Committee for Traffic Safety,
which sponsored S-D Day, hailed
it as a success. The committee
director, Rear Adm. H. B. Miller,
retired, stated:
The Passing Scene
by Osann
“S-D Day did precisely what it
was intended to do. It focused na
tion-wide public attention on the
need for safer driving and it prov
ed that, with just a little more care
and effort, the traffic toll can be
cut substantially.
“We wish, of course, that the ac
tual saving in lives on S-D Day
could have been greater but, if
this saving could have prevailed
throughout the entire, year of 1954,
more than 6,000 lives would have
been saved.”
Greek Students
Riot Against
U.S. Offices
SALONIKA, Greece~(7P)—
Shouting - students protesting
the United States’ failure to
support Greek demands for
Cyprus smashed up the U.S.
Information Agency offices here
yesterday. Police and firemen
halted the demonstration, in which
40 persons were reported injured
none of them Americans.
U. S. Consul General Murat Wil
liams said the USIA offices were
“very badly damaged in spite of
the efforts of the police.” The
students destroyed all the plate
glass windows, overturned some
bookshelves, and damaged some
film equipment. They tried to reach
the main consulate offices, were
held off by strong police reinforce
ments, but broke two windows in
the consulate’s visa office in an
other building.
Eyewitnesses said the police lost
control of the situation several
times during the clash, finally es
tablishing control after renewed
charges.
Police officials insisted the dam
age of the USIA offices was slight.
They declined to give the number
of students injured in the clash
but said six gendarmes and fire
men were hurt.
"What’s the matter. Chick? Don’t you know you’re with a
very experienced one-arm driver?’!
FOR THE VETS—P. L. (Pinky) Downs ji\, A&M’s official
greeter, looks at the cases of fruit donated by students and
College Station residents for the patients at he Temple
veterans hospital. Downs took the fruit to the hospital
yesterday.
A&M Personnel
Attend Convention
Three Basic Division Staff mem
bers are attending the second an
nual convention of the Southwest
Psychologist association in Okla
homa City, which ends tomorrow.
W. V. Varvel, professor of psy
chology in the education and psy
chology department; Albert J.
Kingston, director of guidance in
the Basic Division; and Clay E.
George, reading clinician and in
structor will attend the convention.
Varvel, Kingston and George
will take part in panel dicussions
and committee meeting, which will
constitute the major part of the
program.
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Engineer Plans
Petroleum Issue
The January issue of The Engi
neer will be dedicated to the pe
troleum industry, according to
James Henderson, editor.
All articles will be written by
students in the A&M petroleum de
partment. One article will fea
ture training facilities in the A&M
petroleum department.
Other articles will feature spe
cial research in the petroleum in
dustry, petroleum production meth
ods, pumping* problems, and the
origin of petroleum.
The Engineer will be widely cir
culated since most major petrol
eum companies have subscribed for
this issue, said Henderson.
The Engineer staff is planning
to feature other industries in la
ter issues of the magazine.
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BOB BORISKIE, HARRI BAKER Co-Editors
Jon Kinslow ... _*_ Managing Editor
Jerry Wizig 1 Spoi'ts Editor
Don Shepard, Bill Fullerton News Editors
Ralph Cole— 1 City Editor
Ronnie Greathouse Sports Writer
Jim Neighbors. Welton Jones, Paul Savage Reporters
Mrs. Jo Ann Cocanougher Women’s Editor
Miss Betsy Burchard ....A&M Consolidated Correspondent
Maurice Olian.. A&M Consolidated Sports Correspondent
Movies An non need
By Film Society
The schedule for the Film society
of the Memorial Student Center
for January is as follows.
January 7, “Mister 880”; Jan. 9,
“Pinky”; Jan. 11, “The Prince of
Foxes”; Jan. 14, “Rhapsody in
Blue”; and Jan. 21, “Of Mice and
Men.”
All of the films are at 7:30 p.m.,
except the Jan. 9 show “Pinky”
which is at 2 p.m.
The schedule for the spring se
mester will be announced later.
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