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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1957
Price Five Cents
Wind-Swept Flames Cause $150,000
Damage To Downtown Bryan Store
—Battalion Staff Photo by Raoul Roth
Bryan Clothiers Gutted by Fire
W. S. D. Clothiers, 108 N. Main St,, was ra- Cause of the fire has not yet been deter-
vaged by a wind-swept fire last night, mined,
causing an estimated $150,000 damage.
Wainerdi Gives Plan
For Nuclear Plant
Dr. Richard E. Wainerdi, head of
A&M’s nuclear program, today out
lined to College Station Kiwanians
a plan for future nuclear programs,
which could go into effect within
two or three years and would put
A&M ahead of any other college
nuclear program in the nation.
The only thing lacking is money,
Waiherdi told the gi’oup at their
luncheon.
The new nuclear plant would
probably be located west of the
follege near the Brazos River,
Wainerdi said. He showed the club
slides of diagrams and sketches of
the proposed plant.
It would include the most modern
advancements in nuclear equipment
and possibly the largest accelerator
in the world. He said the Atomic
Energy Commission agreed th^t
A&M was an excellent locality for
such an elaborate reactor. The
reason is because A&M is not
located near a heavily populated
area, but is within the center
region of several principal cities.
Wainerdi explained that such a
reactor would be used for research
and student training. He said they
were trying to get a master’s and
Ph. D. degree in nuclear physics
for A&M. '
Besides using the reactor for
energy purposes, it will be used
by many departments such as phy
sics, chemistry, agriculture, bi
ology, engineering, industrial train
ing and medicine. One of the
principal uses in medicine is the
treatment of cancer by bombard-
Sen. Hubert Humphrey
ments of radioactive rays, which
would be included in the program,
Wainerdi said, especially in seeking
new and better ways of curing
cancer.
Another important use for the
reactor would be in analyzing un
knowns. Wainerdi said that within
five years he believed they could
have a system developed by which
an analysis could be completed
every five minutes up to 50 indenti-
fications at an approximate cost of
$7 per identification. This is
tremendously fast with an amaz
ingly low cost, he explained.
Also on the Kiwanis program
was Wayne Stai'k, Memorial Stu
dent Center director, with a talk
on what the Student Conference
On National Affairs offered college
Station citizens.
Cause Not Known;
Shop Total Loss
By GAYLE McNUTT
Wind-swept flames raged out of control for an hour and
a half last night, gutting the W.S.D. Clothiers store in down
town Bryan, causing an estimated $150,000 damage.
The clothing store was a complete loss, firemen said.
All inside walls and the roof of the two-story structure were
destroyed by the fire. Only the outside walls were left stand
ing, and for a time, firemen feared the east wall would col
lapse. It cracked in several places but did remain standing.
The fire was believed to have broken out in a storeroom
at the back of the building on the ground floor. Cause of
the blaze is not known.
Sam Noto, Bryan fire chief, said the alarm was turned
in about 9 p.m. By 10:30, firemen
from Bryan, College Station and City Council
To Discuss
Streets Friday
A special meeting of the
College Station City Council
has been called by Mayor Ern
est Langford for Friday night
to discuss ways of financing
street improvement in the city.
The council was abjourned at its
last meeting on Nov. 25, subject
to call of the mayor. After hearing
repoi'ts and recommendations from
two firms on city street improve
ment costs and ways of paying for
them, the council decided to take
time out and think over repoi’ts to
get a better idea of which plan
would be best before taking action.
At the Friday meeting, the coun
cil plans to put their heads to
gether and compare notes on in
dividual decisions. Street improve
ment action may be forthcoming
if the council reaches a definite
conclusion at this meeting.
Befoi’e any of the proposed plans
could go into effect however, the
measure would have to be approv
ed in a citywide election.
Bryan Air Force Base had the
blaze under control.
Firemen battled the flames, fan
ned by 40 mile per hour gusts of
wind from a fresh norther, for
more than three hours before they
were extinguished. No one was
injured.
Using gas masks, the Bryan
Fire Department entered the build
ing immediately after arriving on
the scene, and attempted to salv
age some of the store merchandise.
However, flames forced them out
of the structure, causing the loss
of several salvage covers, gas
masks and other equipment.
“The fire seemed to race upward
through the building, breaking
through the ceiling and threaten
ing nearby stores,” an unidenti
fied fireman said.
Flames on the west side of the
building were brought under con
trol first and later the blazing
eastern front of the store.
Firemen fought the blaze from
adjoining roof tops and from the
front and back of the store. Wind
hindei’ed the men handling hoses,
making it difficult to direct a con
stant stream of water in one place.
Smoke filled the adjoining build
ings, but the thick, brick walls and
speedy work of firemen were credi
ted with saving them from the
flames. Slight water damage was
also repoi’ted by both adjoining
stores, Caldwell’s Jewelry and The
Fabric Shop.
Weather Today
The mercury plunged to a low
of 27 degrees at 7:30 this morn
ing, and more cold weather is ex
pected today and tonight, the col
lege weather station reports.
Daugherty
Rejects Job
As Coach
Chicago, (/P)—Hugh Duffy
Daugherty today announced he
is passiing up a head football'
coaching job and athletic direc
torship at Texas A&M to re
main head football coach at
Michigan State University.
Third Annual SCONA
Convenes In Center
By JIM NEIGHBORS
Three years of dreams, sweat,
long working hours and tireless
efforts became operational today as
the Third Student Conference on
National Affairs began its first
session.
SCONA III opened at 2:30 this
afternoon in the Memorial Student
Center with a keynote address by
former secretary of the Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert. The retired
Atomic Energy commissioner spoke
on “The World Today.”
Dean of the college J. B. Page
welcomed the delegates prior to
Zuckert’s kickoff speech.
Highpoint of today’s activities is
the panel discussion at 8 p. m. with
Joseph E. Johnson, Dr. Charles L.
Dunham and Zuckert. Topic of the
hour: “What is the Role of Nuclear
Energy in Foreign Policy?”
Other fii’st day events include
the first meeting of round-table
groups for orientation, a smorgas
bord for SCONA participants and
a reception following the panel
meeting.
Schedule of events for the rest
of the week is as follows:
0 8:30 a. m., Thursday, Dec. 12,
the second round-table meetings
will be held.
• 1:30 p. m., Thursday, the
third round-table meetings are
scheduled.
• 4:15 p. m., Thursday, a guided
tour of the campus for delegates
is planned.
® 6 p. m., Thursday, a • Texas-
style barbecue on the MSC lawn.
• 8 p. m., Thursday, Gen. John
P. Daley, director of Special
Weapons for the Department of
Defense, will speak on the topic,
“Why Army Missiles in the Space
Age?” This address is open to the
public and is also a Great Issues
sponsored talk.
• 8:30 a. m., Friday, Dec. 13,
the fourth round-table meetings
will be held.
® 2 p. m. Friday, Sen. Hubert
Humphrey will speak on the topic,
“How Can the Situation in the
Middle East Affect the Rest of the
World?” A jointly sponsored
meeting open to the public, this
session will be one of the high-
points of the conference.
• 4:15 p. m., Friday, the Corps
of cadets will hold a special review
on the main parade ground.
• 8 p. m., Friday, Gen. Carlos P.
Romulo, Philippine Security Coun
cil representative and chairman of
delegation, will speak on “The
United States and World Affairs”
in G. Rollie White Coliseum. His
speech is open to the public..
• 8:30 a. m., Sat., Dec 14, the
fifth and final roundtable discus
sions will be held.
• 12:30 p. m., Saturday, John
Scott, special assistant to the
publisher of Time Magazine, sums
up the conference at the final
luncheon. The closing speech is
open to the public, however, tickets
to the luncheon are limited.
Top Aggie Talent
Dave Woodard, “dressed” for the bip: occasion, won first
place in the Aggie Talent Show last night with his combina
tion of magic tricks and a hot set of drums. lie will repre
sent A&M in the Intercollegiate Talent Show here next
March.
Magic, Dru m m ing
Wins Talent Show
By JOHNNY JOHNSON
Dave Woodard, ’60, combined
magic and mastery of the drums
to win top honoi’s in the Sixth
Annual Aggie Talent Show last
night in Guion Hall.
John Warner, ’58, pianist, and
James Hickey, ’58, vocalist and
guitarist, won second and third
places, respectively.
Woodard’s first place entitles
him to represent A&M in the Inter-
Collegiate Talent Show next
spring.
The nearly full house was entei’-
tained by 10 acts, with Toby
Hughes and Don Friedrich, WTAW
announcers, serving as masters of
ceremonies and providing exti’a
laughs.
Woodard, designated by a sign
as “Official Sputnik Spotter”, fit
into the general theme of the show
—rocket travel. The show started
with a countdown that ended with
a dud blastoff.
A special honorable mention
went to Mrs. Rene Olds, stage as
sistant and who received more ap
plause than any of the perform
ers. In the course of the program
an overzealous Aggie came out of
thei audience in a seemingly unplan
ned bit and chased Mrs. Olds across
the stage and then backstage.
A party-crasher, obnoxiously
dressed kept wandering across the
stage throughout the program
until he received an answer to his
whispered question. After receiv
ing the directions he wanted, the
character left.
Jerry Hatfield, ’60, last year’s
winner of ATS, gave a special re
turn engagement act on various
sounds.
Others on the program were
Richard Smith, vocalist accom
panied by the Collegiates; Ed
Moerbe, juggler; Lane Lynch, bari
tone accompanied by Anita
Mowery; J. D. Nunnelee, dancer;
Richard Hoff, pantominist; and El
Tropicana, made up of Armando
Quiros, Raul Villaronga, Cesar
Nunez, Andres Carillo, Mike Belile,
and Jack Nelson.
Gen. Carlos P. Romulo