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PAGE 2 Thursday, July 30, 1959 The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earl* Sure Gon’na Be Hard To Adjust To Military Life Again!” Swimmers Enter Houston Jr. Meet Coach Art Adamson’s midget and junior divisions of the College Station Swimming Club participat ed in the Junior Olympics yester day and today. The meet is being held at the Dad’s Club in Houston. Those participating in the midget division include Martha Lawrence, Dianne Bell, Virginia Patterson, David Brusse, Stephen Henry, Preston Smith, Gerry Lowe, Scott CV SOFTBALL All students living in College View and now enrolled in summer school who are interested in intra mural softball please contact John R. Commons, B-9-B College View or call VI 6-8628. FAVORABLE QUALITIES NOTRE DAME, Ind. (A>)—What qualities do youngsters desire in their fathers? After a survey of high school students on this ques tion, Sister Mary Theresita re ported these results in Ave Maria, Catholic weekly: X. Understanding. 2. Common sense. 3. Active iitterest in family affairs. 4. Loyalty to all family members, without favoritism. 5. Gentlemanly conduct. 6. Leader ship—he talks things over with the family, but the final word is his. Terns, small sea birds resem bling a tiny seagull, have a uni que, but effective way of courting. The girl friends nestles quitely, and the male brings her food. Their Future Lies r ,/ In the Balance! Is balanced protection part of your life insurance program? Your family’s welfare may well depend on itl '' U. M. Alexander, Jr., ’-M 215 S. Main Phone XA 3-3616 STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANt Home Offio—Bloomington, lllinoi*/ Hervey, Dickie Hervey, Paul Fag an, Fran Corbusier, Kay Callahan, Billie Dozier and Kathy Myers. The junior division includes Bar bara Ewens, Suzanne Medlen, Shar on Covey, Trixie Doran, Kay Fish er, Cathy Cleland, Bruce Riggs, Peter Fagan, Cathy Castle, Jim Amyx, Tommy Kahan, Renn Law rence and Bill Tindall. Pam Hayes continued her super ior swimming record July 25 as she set a new mark at the Texas Open AAU Swimming and Diving Cham pionship Meet in Austin. Miss Hayes set a new mark in the senior girls’ 200 meter breast stroke with a time of 3:14.8. The previous record was set in 1957 at 3:53.3. She also finished fifth in the senior girls’ 200 meter medley relay. Other results of the meet were: Bill Ewens, second, intermediate boys’ 100 meter breaststroke; Les lie Brusse, second, intermediate boys’ 100 meter backstroke; Becky Kahan finished fifth, sixth, and seventh in three events; Joe Brusse took sixth in two events and sev enth in another; Hitchcock took a sixth and eighth; John CoVan took eighth in the senior boys’ 100 me ter backstroke and the men’s 1500 meter freestyle. Be well groomed for success That “like new” look we give your clothes is sure to make the right impressions whether you’re on the job or on the town. CAMPUS CLEANERS THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a community newspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. Members of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Student Publications, chairman ; J. W. Amyx, School of Engineering ; Harry Lee Kidd, School of Arts and Sciences; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture: and Dr. E. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M.. is published in College Sta tion, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Septem ber through May, and once a week during summer school. Entered as second - class matter at the Post Office In College Station, Texas, ander the Act of Con gress of March 8, 1870. 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DAVID STOKER EDITOR Joe Steen, Dean Hord, Ernesto Uribe, John Wayne Clark....Staff Writers Francis Nivers Photographer Russell Brown ..Sports Correspondent By VERN SANFORD Texas Press Association AUSTIN, Tex.—Tired of reading about the Texas Legislature? Well—my friends—you’re not alone. Seems like mogt everybody feels that way—including many members of the House and Senate. Okay, then, for a little diversion let’s look north and see what has been going on in our neighboring states. Oklahoma’s legislators also faced a financial crisis. How did they meet it? First they cut some needless expenses, eliminated waste and duplication. They they appropriated for 18 months in stead of 24. But they did not in crease any existing taxes. For tunately for them, financially at least, Oklahoma voted in liquor and they now have some brand new tax income—or will very, very soon. Oklahoma, it must be remem bered, has a state income tax and an across-the-board two per cent sales tax—two things Texas does n’t have. Putting the state in a better light, collection-wise, Oklahoma legislators swiped Uncle Sam’s idea and added a state withhold ing tax. This is to assure more collections from their income tax. Six months of continuous ses sion has just been ended in the Sooner state. Although their fi nancial problems are solved for the next eighteen months, after that a sizeable hike in taxes is ex pected. Texas legislators have met al most continuously since January 13. They may even have to go into a fourth special session. But if they do, they will earn the wrath of the old folks whose pensions stop in mid-August unless a size able tax bill is enacted. There is no doubt about it in Texas, the people are disgusted. And the legislators are disturbed. There is much talk that many of them will not be re-elected. Un doubtedly there are some who don’t ever want to return to the legis lative halls. Many of the senators and repre sentatives have tried hard to for mulate a tax program that would care for the needs of the state. Their efforts have been stymied. During the past six months there has been talk of a unicam eral legislature, like Nebraska’s. Also there has been talk of a spe cial election to let the public de cide on taxes—especially sales taxes. Some officials feel that the public, if it had its say today, would vote for a sales tax—and thus take the monkey off the backs of the legislators. But so far no one has had the courage to intro duce such a measure. Soundings by the press indicate that a sales tax might very well be acceptable to the people—that the people fully realize the di lemma—that they at least would go along with a reasonable sales tax, although they might be firm ly opposed to an' income tax. | > A job that would | probably cost you from $15 to $19 elsewhere j YOU PAY ONLY Here's what we do: | ' 1. Adjust brakes to give you maximum straight-line stopping power. 2. Add brake fluid if necessary. 3. Repack front wheel bearings. 4. Align front wheels. / for driver 5. Balance front wheels, j ^“mileage 6. Test and check suspension system. DRIVE WITH SAFETY Champion * IS''^ Whitewall *Size 6.70-15, Tubed Type, Plus Tax and Recappable Tire All tires installed FREE by our experts. College Ave. & 33rd. St. Phone TA 2-0139 TA 2-0130 Social Whirl Tonight The Aggie Wives’ Bridge Club meets tonight at 7:30 in the MSC. Faye krack will be hostess. The Spokane Falls, 70 feet high, is in the central business district of Spokane, Wash. WELL WORN WOOD GREEN BAY, Wis. (^—Anyone looking for well-aged wood can find it just off Nicolet Road near here. Recent excavations uncovered remnants of a spruce forest be neath several tons of clay soil. The forest was covered when the last glacier pushed across Wisconsin. That was 11,400 years ago. More than half of the 182,000 population of El Paso, Tex., speak Spanish. BE A MAGICIAN WRITE MEYER-BLOCH DIR.-CONJURORS’ CLUB 240 RIVINGTON ST. N. Y. C. 2 BETTER FOODS FOR LESS \emgantei£%> || These prices good Thurs., Fri., July 30 - 31 and Sat., August 1 in Bryan “ only. We reserve the right to limit. 4th Annual BOYS & GIRLS Appreciation SALE! PEACHES U. S. No. 1 Arkansas q Elberta Freestone ^ ■ ■ :r: . ... ajs* BUSHEL $2*9 SUGAR Pure Cane 5 LB. BAG 37c TOP SPRED o, “ ,lb 13 c J. W. COFFEE - 45 c H . f V Orange or Gaytime CT _ | - ^ 46-Oz. Can ZO C ICE CREAM 59 c SPARE RIBS - 29 c VEAL CROWN “ * 45= FRANKS ■“ lb 39= Boiled Ham s| ^ lb $1.19 CANDY SPECIALS! 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