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.
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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
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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.
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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.