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—Battalion Staff Photo Street Problem Ran Boswell, College Station city manager, points to one of the countless chugholes in city streets. The washout above is in the 1200 block of Milner. The city council is investigating plans for street and drainage improvement to eliminate the problem. Here Tue. Night Donkey races and a donkey basketball game are on tap Tuesday night at 7:30 in De- Ware Field House. Under the auspices of the Saddle & Sirloin Club and the A&M Consolidated FFA Chapter, the program will feature a race between three Consolidated High girls—Ann Cleland, Barbara Beas ley and Suzanne Sorenson. Second heat of the race will be between three North Gate business men—“Ole’ Army Lou,” Jim Becker of A&M Doughnut Shop, and Robert Piwonba of the Varsity Barber Shop. Last heat will be between Douglas Hythe, Dr. R. R. Schrode and J. T. Houaw, all of the Consolidated faculty. The basketball game matches the Saddle & Sirloin Club and the Consolidated ag boys. Tickets are now on sale by Con solidated FFA members, Saddle & Sirloin Club members, and at the Animal Husbandry Office in the Animal Industries Building. A ticket booth is also being operated in the Memorial Student Center. High Costs Not Due to Farmers, Kiwanians Told Don’t blame the farmers for the high cost of living, Robert D. Lewis, director of the Agri cultural Experiment Station, told College Station Kiwanis yesterday. Lewis pointed out in his talk that agriculture today has taken in many more fields than the fanners themselves. It is now the concern of almost everyone, no matter what their job, he said. Using charts for demonstration purposes, he showed thei’e are three divisions which directly deal with agriculture: (1) off-farm supplies, which the farmer must buy in order to carry on his operations, (2) farming, the oper ations done by the farmer, and (3) processing and distributing the product, handled by buyers, whole salers and retailers after produce leaves the farmer’s hands. Based on 1954 figures, which still hold true percentage-wise ac cording to Lewis, the total amount (spent on agriculture in the United States was 93 billion dollars. A breakdown of the figure showed that 16.4 billion went to the off- farm supply bracket, 69.9 billion to the processors and distributors, and only 29.6 billion going to the farmers. —Battalion Staff Photo What Is It? In Texas, the breakdown of the 4.5 billion dollars spent on agri culture was 1.3 billion for sup pliers, 2.5 billion for processor,s and distributors, leaving .7 billion for the farmer. Bob Duke, from Ft. Worth, and Charles Bell, from Donna, both sophomores, can’t seem to figure out just what the weird structure beside the post office in the Memorial Student Center is. The display is the work of student architects advertising their Guest Lecture Series speaker, Buckminster Fuller, who spoke last night in the MSC. NCW...CONTINCNTAL SUPER CONVAIRS FOR BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION \N/VV % > »'Vji ■ a ¥ % Pressurized, Air Conditioned, Radar Equipped, Fast, Luxury Travel to DALLAS - HOUSTON FT. WORTH*- LUBBOCK* Now you can enjoy faster, more comfortable air travel v pn Continental’s Super Convairs. They’re pressurized and air conditioned] for cool, comfortable high-altitude flying ... radar-equipped for smoother flying through cloudy weather.. ^ with big, air-foam, reclining armchair seats. 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Reading, writing and rea soning are not affected. “The President’s physical strength is normal, and he is al lowed to be up and about his home the White House.” The first two reports used medi cal, and gi’eatly similar, language to say what has stricken Eisen hower—an occlusion or blockage of a branch of a brain artery. This condition is what is com monly called a stroke, although that woi’d was not used in either medical report. Both repoi’ts were alike, too, in saying that Eisenhower’s disability is mild and transitory, but he must rest and cut down his physical ac tivity for several weeks ahead. There was an immediate decision against his going to Paris for a NATO meeting next month. In a separate statement, the White House made this specific point: “All attending physicians and consultants are agreed that the President has not had another heart attack and that the present symptoms have no relation to his previous heaz’t attack of Sept. 24, 1955.” . m • * • . .. For Another Year Weary workers stream out of the woods in the cutting area for the last time until another year as the sun sets on the final day of hauling the huge logs for the 1957 Aggie bon fire. Hauling ended yesterday. Final stacking, adding the “tea house” and soaking the logs with fuel filled today’s bonfire activities. —Battalion Staff Photo Student Oops Needed Approximately 20 students are still needed to serve as special po- uice for the Thanksgiving Day game. Interested students are asked to contact Fred Hickman, chief of campus security, in the basement of the YMCA. Full-grown walruses in the North Atlantic and the Pacific sometimes weigh more than a ton. Do Your Christmas Shopping Early At “TOYLAND” At The Student Co-Op Special Made GARRISON CAPS In All Sizes To Match Your Greens New Addition To The Store! Ladle’s Lingerie For Your Christmas Gifts Zipper Paratrooper Boots LEON R. WEISS Just Down From Campus Theater There’s Always Good Food At The A&M Smokehouse 4410 N. College Main 3 Biks. N. of North Gate Featuring Charcoal Broiled HAMBURGERS In 3 Delicious Flavors 1. Hickory Smoke Sauce & Onion 2. Chili Cheese & Onion 3. Tomatoes, Pickles, Onion & Mustard BARBECUE Beef Ham Chicken Sausage Always Plenty Room For Parties A FREE PRESS... and CENSORSHIP America is at peace. While we have men in uniform stationed over the world, we are not at war. In every way, we are woiking to preserve our peaceful relations with other peoples whose idealogies and aspirations dif fer from ours. I Figuring largely in that huge undertaking is America’s Free Press. Even during the peaceful years, it has become necessary that certain information regarding discoveries and inventions be protected. Security has become big business. i i “Keep this out of the newspaper,” are fight ing words to any newspaper editor who is a conscientious craftsman. 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