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Th* Battalion ■> Collrgr Station (Brmxot County), Texas PAUL 4 Thuraday, October 2. 1958 Kasterwood Traffic Slated To Increase Air trufftf at Ea»terwo««d Field i» expected to increaiM* mere than 76 per cent in the next fix year*, the Civil Aeronautic* Admtniatra- tion'* Region 11 headquarters in Fort Worth predicted today Rasing their prarfirtion on past experience record* of air traffic growth in the Brvan-Col!ege Sta tion area and in the nation as a whole, the CAA aaid that last year 94,016 airplanes either landed and took off from the airport Marring a major national or in ternational upset, in 1964 it is expected there will be rtfcore than 166,466 such landings or take-offs at Kasterwood Field “With the expected air traffic growth in the next six years as is indicated for Bryan-College Sta tion, th* future economic growth of most important cities is destined to b*- tie«i inseparably with civil aviation,” sai d i. C Elliott, CAA Region II administrator Officers Picked For Cadet ( ourt Officer* of A 41 M’* Cadet Court were •elected last Wednesday night to head tvo court* which de tar mine the innocence or guilt of ary person aceasod of offenae* against the Corps. Cadet Col. Hobby Wilkin*. com manding officer of the 1st Regt, was appointed president of Court K Cadet Col. Jay Roland, 1st Wing commanding officer, was appointed Court B president. Other officers appointed included Cadet Lt. Col. Grady Harr, i.iaanding officer of the 2nd Matt., fnd Regt . vice president. Court A; Cadet Lt. Col. Raymond Harrow, commanding of ficer of the l»t Group, vice presi dent Court B, and Cadet Lt. Col. Stanley Helms, Corps Staff, Cadet Court I-aw Officer. Besides having a president and vice president, each court will con sist of nine other cadets selected by recommendation* from the | Corps Commander to the Comman dant. To become a member of the court a cadet must have the rank , of captain, or above, and have a i good Corps military record. VISIT COURTS for all yotr SHOE NEEDS FALL FASIONS lOfK/o Wool SPORT COATS Onlv $2.>.95 to $29.95 Matching C ontinental Style Slacks 100% Wool Only $9.95 Ihe Stare With A Friendly Atmosphere LEON B. WEISS Featariag A Complete Line of Mea's l lathing two doors from i amjh s thratrr Rains Leave Pastures Wet; Need Sunshine AUSTIN —A third consecu tive week of rains throughout Tes as put pastures in top condition but dry weather was needed for farmers to harvest mature crops, the U. S. Department of Agruul ture said Wednesday. Open weather is urgently needed for harvest and to plant jmall grains, its weekly report on con ditions through Monday stated. "Wheat seeding on the high plains approached the three-quar ter mark and much early sown acreage is up,” the USDA said. "Sorghum harvest moved slow ly as wet weather kept farmers out of fields All svailahle com bines will roll in high plains sor ghums as soon as the weather opens. The southern low rolling plains crop was about out" A little corn was picked late in the week in Northeast Texas. A large part of the corn in the north ern blacklands ami East Texas re mainod in the fields. Winter grasses and weeds con tinued on the upgrade with live stock in excellent condition. Cotton growers in the northern half of the state hoped for sunny weather so that pulling and strip ping could be resumed. Wet weather delayed maturity and caused further reduction in the grade of cotton. As fields dried in South Texas, fall and winter vegetables were SMU Hosts Forum On Communications Here He Go Again First there wa* sitting, then yo-yos. Now the hula hoop crare has hit the country’s youngest set. Jean Huf- stetler, 12, of Beaumont shown twirling a hoop around one leg as she blows bubble gum. claims the record here for continuously twirling a hoop for one hour and 25 minute*. Her father halted her at that mark, saying Jean could and probably would have gone on indefinitely. (LP> Wirepboto) planted. All crops need rultiva i lion in the lower valley, where ScienceFounriation limuir Iarspc weeds caused heavy losses of I — — - - 3 earlier plantings Haivest was un der way in the winter garden of eggplant, cucumber and squash u i ty Fellowships in mathematical, < abbage and carrots made good j physical, medical and biological Offers Fellowships n • , Approximately .‘100 Science hac- ** tit III. IU vFVl progress in the same area Citrus harvest began in the low er Rio Grande Valley. Supplies of lettuce increased and harvest of carrots and torn* toes continued fairly aettve in the Panhandle. Wally Blanchard of sciences, engineering biochemistry and geophysics, will h4 offered on the National Science Foundation announced yesterday These fellowships are offered by the foundation to individuals who are planning additional scientific study and research with a view Phoenix, t 0 improving themaolve* as teach- Ariz., is recognised as one of the .n 0 f science, matbomati< s or en nation’s top bas$ fishermen, and j sneering his iuiikei-landing feats are legend ary. 4F Contract Thors is an old saying that one Can have whatever he desires if he wants it badly enough. Ronnie Chastain, civil engineer ing junior from McAllen, proved just that by losing 20 pounds in li days so he could get an Air Force contract. Chastain, who had been de clared ineligible for contract last The award* are available t^ citi-; year, learned on Monday, Sept. 1>, xens of the United States who have i that he could get a contract. On the following qualifications: Hold J on* condition that ih he had to (ill Roesler, s*mior Army half hack, is also a hurdler and high a baccalaureate degree or its equiv- bring his weight from 226 to 206 jumper on the track team. pounds by Friday, Sept. 26 With started on Jent; have demonstrated ability — * land special aptitude for science Tlic Carolina League All-Stars i teaching and advance training. haven’t been beaten In the mid have had not leas than three years ( j M y„ al ^ onp me(l | j ay an( j summer feature since Danville experience in teaching science *s a 1 rut down on all fats, starches and turned the trick by 2-0 in 1949 full-time staff member; and in-' AUKHrfl j.;*,.*, nlf rht he d d phys renewed zeal, Ronnie strict diet. F«F 12 A beauty queen and e ght au thorities from three fields of journalism will be featured at the sixth annual Southwest Journal ism Forum, Oct. 17, at Southern Methodist University. C hairman Clardy Mc( ullar said the eight speakers would appear on panels to discuss industrial edi ting. newspaper writing, and pub lic relations. The beauty queen. Miss Suzanne Adams. 19-year-old brunette elec ted ‘‘Miss Space” for the Air Fores Association's National Convention, will be the mcdel for the forum photography contest, he said. . Some 500 students are expected to attend the one-day workshop sponsored by the Pres* Club of Dallas and Southern Methodist University Panel members announced by McCullar include: A&M ‘Fixtures’ Absent This ^ear It seems that three inhabitants of the AAM campus have myster iously disappeared. Almost every returning Aggie knew them, but few have missed them They never payed a tuition fee or owned a chow card; yet, they I ved quite comfortably on the campus. They were allowed to return to school year after year, for three or more years, even though they never took quiz or attended very n any classes. W hen they did at tend a class, it was only to get •>’> minutes of good >ouivl sleep From a!l appearances, their only reasoas for being on the campus were to eat. sleep and play. The three characters are the co] ner-colored boxer, the small black and white terrier and the long-haired I aeh mongrel that roamed the ettmpus a.s an insepar able trio. t ivilian students named the box er "fat rat." and the teiner and th*- niong’iT wen 1 nown simpiv as his i uniiing males. It seems no one knows where they are or what they are doing It eoull be that they lust de eided to graduate themselves. Industrial Editing -John Nation, editor of the Atlantic Refining Company's Producer and Pipeline, also president of the Dallas In- dustrigl Editor Association ami elected 1958 editor of the year by the atsiN'iation; Pat Zahrt, man ager of publications for Bianiff International Airways and editor of the B Liner; and Jean Thomp son, editor of Brickbats and Bou quets for the Employers Casualty Insurance Company. Newspaper* Jimniy Gillentine, publisher of the Hereford Brand, and Millard Cope, publisher of the Marshall News-Messenger and presalent of the Softhern News paper Publishers Association. Public Relation* Beth Brogdon, accouat executive of the Sam Bloom Advertising Agency; Paul Cam, president of the Paul Cain Organisation, Inc., and Dan Eddy, public relations director, The Sal vation Army. Bob Considine. famed Hearst re port*!, will be the plain speaker this year, address ng the awards luncheon in the Uniphrey I^ee Stu dent Canter at SMU, Theta Sigma Phi. honorary journalism society for women, will contrimte an extensive exhibit, representing the various fields of journalism available to student*, to the forum. For Profmaional \i**al t are SHE DR G. A. SMITH OptometriMt Specialising in Eye Examina tion and Contact Lenses BRY AN OPTICAL CLINIC 10:> N. Msm TA 2-1567 Evenings by Appointment tend to continue teaching Stipend* are individually de termined, the aim being to provide an award approximately equivalent to what the fellow's normal salary would be for the period of tenure. Maximum award* are based on a rate of $12,000 per annum Tenure options range from three to fif teen month* The New York Rangers will open their aNtumal Hockey league sea- | h : ,d not dared dr.nk anything f ical exercises for several hours. The night before he was to be weighed, Ronnie and his Squadron 16 friends retired to the coliseum and for endless hours he exercised, lifted weights, took steam showers and ran laps His friends rull«Ht him up in a wrestling mat to sweat off ponds. The next morning, Ronnie, dead tired and very thirsty because he son at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Anniversary Sale — Are SIX YLar* Old This .Month STORE - WIDE REDUCTIONS KNOX Furniture Co. • KASY TKRMS • 10% DOWN • 24 MOS. TO PAY Corner 26th and Brvaa TA 2-8481 hours, went to the hospital to be weighed. He stepped on the scales and he weighed—206 4 pounds. Ronnie is now the proud pos sessor of an Air Force contract. Lartilu Lnmmittrc <*m‘s .‘>52 (slants 1 he Ea< u!ty Sebc'l.ii ship Com mittee awarded M.Y2 opportunity scholarships for the school year, according to E. K Mct^uil bn. cxecutiM diieitor of the A A M Development f und. MctJjiilen also stated, that ap proximately l«Mt more .scholarships were aw aided this year than last I of,Us for these scholarships pri marily come from the Former Stu dents As-oeiati<m with the Moth er’s Clubs, cot potations, business concerns and irid vnluals assisting. Up to now, 4.'>8 student* have graduated with the help of this progiam, he said. Weatherman Tells Of New l.ongRanjo r p M1CH1TA, Kan. —Jerome Nanuss, l ,S. Weather Bureau’s chief of long range forecasting, Washington, DC., pivdieted today t radically new weather forecast ing system which he said in the futms w.ll p<onut accurals daily forecasts months in advance. ‘ We’ll be able to tell you wh-m and where it wilt rttin in Kansas next jear, and about how much,” he said while visiting the Wichita Weatber Bureau. The long range wgather pied>c- t ons, Nonnas, exphwned, will be o adc possible by thiee important advances in weather forecasting; l s* of electronic equipment in the dissemination and analysis of weather data, physic*! understand ing of the wiorld about us and new i information related to earth by I artificial earth satellites. < >bjo q if the program is to cx- i’end the time range *f the present ■'day and .‘today weather fore casts to cover longer periods of time. Ihilr To llr;i<l Llran-l |> Week D< n Dale, president of the Col- I lege Station Civic A-»nciatio», will head the annual College Station |( lean-1 p Week, October 6-8. I In* Week w H be a concentrated I effort mi the part of every Col lege Stati.m citi sen to dean house. Dale said. Fity trucks will make special trash collectings dunng the three- day period, hy said.