The Battalion College Station (Brazos County)? Texas
PAGE 6 Thursday, December 19, 1957
Intermediate Range Jupiter Missile
Successfully Launched in Florida
' WASHINGTON, <^ 3 )—The Pen-
gaton said an intermediate range
ballistic missile (IRBM) the Jupi
ter, was test fired last night at
Cape Canaveral, Fla.
The Defense Department said the
launching was successfully carried
out at 7:08 p. m.
The department added:
‘‘This test of the Jupiter under
development by the, Army is one
of a series of IRBM flight tests
conducted at the Cape Canaveral
range.”
Later, the department said “The
missile did not complete its full
flight because of technical diffi
culties.” A spokesman would not
amplify.
Ag Chosen Prexy
Of Science Group
John Goi-don Thomas, ’59, en
tomology major from Wellington,
was elected president of the Col
legiate Academy of the Texas
Academy of Science at a recent
meeting in Dallas.
Thomas, a 2nd Regimental Staff
junior, was elected by more than
200 students representing 15 col
leges and universities in Texas.
“Production of the Royal Jelly,”
a paper by Thomas, was rated one
of the best in the biological divi
sion at the meeting.
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year. Charlie, Mrs. Charlie & the Boys.
SPECIALS FOR THUR. AFTERNOON, FRI. & SAT. — DEC. 19-20-21
CHARLIES
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Driving and Drinking
Make Bad Combination
Cars Condition
Very Important
For Trip Home
By JOE BUSER
If you. drive, don’t drink. If you
drink, don’t expect to get home if
you drive.
Twelve thousand people died last
year in accidents involving drink
ing drivers. Most of them were
not drunk, they were “just drink
ing.” And they “just died.”
About 55 per cent of the traffic
fatalities during the Christmas
holidays last year could be at
tributed to alcohol. This included
all degrees from a trace to “under
the influence.” And it’s Christmas
time right now.
Ags will be on their way home
today or tomorrow. And those who
think that a beer on the way won’t
hurt anything are betting on a long
shot. Two beers increase the odds,
in favor of the Grim Reaper.
Nobody plans to hang one on,
so that he’ll be ambulance bait.
But that “one for the road” is more
dangerous than a “dozen for the
trip”.
Alcohol dulls nerves, slows down
reaction time, and most significant
ly, gives a di’iver an illusion of
commanding the road. This could
prove to be a fatal illusion.
Will You Be There?
Smashed cars such as these make up vital statistics each
year, not to mention the battered and lifeless bodies of
people which are pulled from them. A little precaution
and a safety-conscious mind are nine-tenths of the preven
tion necessary to curb accidents like this.
Learn How Prayer Can Heal
in a Freei Lecture Entitled
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Practical Christianity Revealed and Demonstrated
by
CLIFFORD R. NYSEWANDER, C.S.R.
of
Indianapolis, Indiana
Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church
of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22 — 3 P. M.
High School Auditorium
Anderson, Texas
All are cordially invited
Christian Science Society, Anderson
Mr. Nysewamler will be interviewed over Station KMCO, Conroe,
(900 kc.) at 10:15 A. M. on Friday, December 20.
A mistake on a quiz counts off
a few points, and usually can be
made up. But a mistake in judg
ment on the highway counts off
arms or legs—or lives—and can’t
be made up. Drinking is not the
way to ci’am for the test of a life.
If a guy wants to drink, that’s
his business. But if he mixes gaso
line with alcohol, it becomes the
business of everyone on the road.
Maybe a good rule to remember
driving home is “Don’t give anyone
reason to meddle in your business.”
The holidays hold many pleasant
things in store for Aggies. Being
with families, hunting trips, dates
and many other activities, which
all wait—for those that make it
home. Not one wants to spend his
vacation in a hospital. No one
wants his family to add “you’all
come to the funeral” to the bottom
of their Christmas cards.
Now is the time to plan to be
home for Christmas. Don’t hurry
on the highway. And don’t gamble
when the odds are against it.
If some Ags want to get the
Christinas spirit from a flask,
that’s their affair. But the place
for bottled spirits consumption isn’t
behind the wheel.
For that trip home, why not
make the “one for the road” cof
fee? And for the mid-way stop,
coffee again. It’s not like alcohol—
there’s no death in coffee.
Hold it, Aggie, before you
pile into the old heap and take
off for home. Stop and think
just a minute about your car.
Besides checking the gas,
oil, water, and tires, have you
made any real preparation for the
trip home?
What about the lights ? Do both
headlights and the taillights burn?
Do the windshield wipers function
properly? Do the brakes grab, or
have too much slack?
If you’re in doubt about the ans
wer to any of these questions, you’d
better take about 30 minutes of
extra time and have these items
checked.
Worried about the cost? Don’t
be. Several Bryan and College Sta
tions garages and mechanics are
offering to check these items free,
except for necessary parts.
Or, if you want to save time,
why not have your car inspected
for the state safety sticker. Cost
is $1, with little extra time requir
ed.
Regardless of where you have
the inspection done, keep in mind
that mechanical failures account
for a large percentage of automo
bile accidents.
An inspection will take about 30
minutes and no money, but it may
save several week in a hospital and
hundreds of dollars in hospital and
automobile repair bills ... or may
be Silver Taps.
One Aggie Killed
So Far in 1957
Only one A&M student died dur
ing the year 1957, but that one
student was killed in an automibile
accident in which the other driver
was also killed.
William Sidney Rogers died al
most instantly on Oct. 29, after
the pickup truck which he was
driving collided with an automobile
It takes two to
fill the bill
TWO BY TWO
CLASS
For
Aggies and Aggie Wives
9:45 Sunday Morning
First Baptist Church
College Station
driven by a 44-year old man. The
head-on collision occurred orpf Pelf, .'a
Avenue in Bryan.
Oddly enough, the Corps fresh
man had resigned fi’om A&M only
houi’s before the accident and was
on his way to his homer in Trinidad,
Texas. Rogers said he was leaving
school to join the Navy and re-
poi-tedly had a train ticket to
Chicago among his effects and had
planned to audition there for the
Navy Band.
Investigating officers from the
Bryan P o 1 ic e Department at
tributed at least part of the blame
for the accident to thq new center
stripe markings dividing the re
cently widened highway. The cen
ter stripe was painted temporarily
until the rest of the highway was
widened.
The operator of the other vehicle
was a truck driver for Southerq
Pacific Transport Co. and had a
three year safe driving award in
his wallet when police officers
sought his identification.
Silver taps, the first of the
school year, was held for Rogers. .
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