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Historian Says Coronado Trip Was Different WICHITA FALLS, Tex. (A 5 )— Coronado didn’t go that-a-way af ter all. At least, that’s the discovery a Wichita Falls historian made. . . a discovery that should bring dis agreements froirn many Southwes tern historians. The historian, J. W. Williams, author of several books about the Southwest and a Wichita Falls High School teacher, says he has found new evidence that shows that Coronado didn’t camp in Palo Duro Canyon, as many believe, but rather ended his Texas tour a. few miles below Sterling City on the North Concho River. Most popular theory now among historians is that Coronado left his Army in Palo Duro Canyon. Ac cording to Williams, Coronado ne ver saw the canyon. Yet, guides in Palo Duro point out where Cor onado entered the canyon, as well as other Coronado sites. Williams’ discovery should also come as a surprise to residents along the Concho. . .they never knew they ever had such a famous visitor. Williams says he used simple evidence to pinpoint the end of Coronado’s travels in Texas—pe can trees, grapes and mulberry trees, something he believes other historians may have overlooked. Using the notes made by a Span iard who was with Coronado, Wil liams had these facts to work with: Coronado stopped 444 miles deep in Texas from his starting point near Alburquerque, N. M., he camped at a place where he found both green and ripe grapes, pecan trees and nearby groves of mul berry trees, he camped at a ravine one league wide, and he stayed two weeks—from June 17 and July 1. Williams traveled over West Texas, interviewed oldtimers, wrote letters and made phone calls until he found the spot that met all of the requirements. His most important clue, he says, was the one place in Texas where grapes are both green and ripe during the period June 17-July 1. And, he says he found it all on the Concho, the only place in Tex as that matches the clues left by the Spaniard \vho wrote of Coro nado’s travels. He says Palo Duro is ruled out for several reasons. “The main thing is the grapes just aren’t ripe at the right time in Palo Duro,” says Williams. “I don’t mean to disagree mali ciously with other historians,” Wil liams says but he expects many complaints from his recent report in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly. In Austin Friday Brubeck, Top Jazz Hamilton Concert The Dave Brubeck Quartet and the Chico Hamilton Quintet will headline the “Jazz For Moderns” concert to be held at 1 p.m. Sun day in Municipal Auditorium in Austin. In addition to these two well- known groups, the Maynard Fer guson Band, vocalist Chris Connor and the Lambert-Hendricks-Ross Singers will be featured in the show. Serving as emcee will be jazz author and critic for “Play boy” magazine, Leonard Feather. The group of entertainers are being brought to Austin for a single matinee performance by Jazz, Ltd., the Texas group which first brought pianist Dave Bru beck to Austin last March. The “Jazz For Moderns” stars are also in Texas to participate in the “Pass of the North” Jazz Fes tival being staged Friday through Sunday in El Paso. Brubeck’s quartet, featuring Paul Desmond on alto sax, has re cently returned from a State De partment-sponsored tour of India and the Far East. The group has recorded 11 long- play albums for Columbia Records. In the past year it won first place in both the “Playboy” and “Down- beat” magazines polls for the best Where Coronado Stopped J. W. Williams of Wichita Falls points to a spot on a Texas map below Sterling City on the North Concho, where, he says, Coronado camped in Texas. The discovery, based mainly on when the grapes ripen, is in disagreement with other Texas historians’ findings. (AP Photo) Poultry Science Club Turkey Sale Orders Open for Thanksgiving Recess The Poultry Science Club has their annual Smoked Turkey Sale now in progress and orders for the grade A smoked turkeys can now be taken for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The turkeys were purchased from the Norbest Turkey Growers in Marlin, Tex., and were smoked, put in bags and frozen in Hearne, according - to Gilbert Balch, presi dent of the club. Balch said the turkeys will sell for $1 a pound locally and .ill.25 for distant orders. The turkeys range in size from six-12 pounds. Money from the turkey sales goes to support the various club activities, including sending the various judging teams to contests all over the nation. Among these contests is the National Senior Poultry Judging Contest held in Chicago. Also, the Junior team plans to compete in contests held at different points in the U. S., said Balch. Anyone interested in buying one of these turkeys should contact the Poultry Science Club, the De partment of Poultry Science or any member of the club. Lewter to Speak At Two Meetings Here Next Week Durward Lewter, operator of a packing house in Lubbock, will speak to staff members, graduate students and seniors in the Depart ment of Animal Husbandry at two separate meetings to be held Nov. 11 in the Animal Industries Build ing. Lewter will discuss commercial feedlot and packing house opera tions with graduate students and staff members in a meeting from 8-9 a.m. He will also speak to seniors on the subject of feeding show cattle in a meeting from 9-10 a.m. Lewter’s packing house handles 400 head of cattle per day, ac cording to Dr. 0. D. Butler, head of the Department of Animal Hus bandry. Lewter is a member of the Class of ’42 and was a long time county agent in Howard Coun ty, according to Butler. The general public is invited to hear the talks, Butler said. SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS: THE MEN BEHIND THE HEADLINES NAA’s On-Campus Interviews Nov. 11 EARLY every day you read of another ad vance in science . . . whether it’s a space vehicle streaking toward Venus or a sub marine gliding beneath the polar ice. These are the events that make head lines... but even as they are announced to the world, engineers and scientists are planning new and greater achievements — and research shows them the way. Scientific research always has had an important role at North American Aviation. Today, research projects are underway at more than 185 laboratories in the six North American divisions. They encompass the full scope of mod ern science. Is air stiffer than steel? Not all research has the headline appeal of a space ship or nuclear power. For example, research engineers at the Autonetics Division, which designs and manufactures space- age navigation systems, found new and different ways of building rotating bearings... and found that air is stiffer than steel for some purposes. Improved gyroscopes and magnetic recordings were important results of this research. A cigarette's place in research Even the ordinary cigarette has a role in scientific research. Scientists at the Aero-Space Laboratories, an organization within North American’s Missile Division, use a burning cig arette in a still room to illustrate the difference between laminar flow and turbulence in the boundary layer, the very thin air space that lies along the outer skin of an aircraft or missile. This research is part of a program to find ways to protect missiles, satellites and space ships from burning when they re-enter the earth’s atmosphere. Toward the conquest of Space The Rocketdyne Division has designed and built the bulk of today’s operating hardware in the high-thrust rocket field. Explorer I, America’s first satellite, was boosted into orbit by a Rocketdyne engine... and three-fourths of the power for Able IV-Atlas —man’s first attempt to reach toward another planet—comes from liquid-propellant engines designed and built t)y Rocketdyne. Researchers at Rocketdyne delve into the chemistry of propellants, the physics of engine compo nents and what happens within them, ignition of fuels, com bustion of fuels, and the transfer of heat. 2,000 mph manned weapon system The Los Angeles Division is the home of next-generation manned weapon system, the Mach 3 B-70 Valkyrie strategic bomber, and America’s first manned space vehicle, the X-15. Research engineers in this division investigate manu facturing techniques, conduct studies in aerodynamics, mate rials and processes, and thermodynamics. They also work with physiologists, biotechnologists, biophysicists, and psy chologists to solve design problems concerning human capa bilities and limitations that arise from modern weapons and research systems. Building better Navy aircraft Analysis of aircraft carrier operation is a major research project at the Columbus Division. This division designed and built the Navy’s T2J Buckeye jet trainer and the Navy’s supersonic, all-weather A3J Vigilante. Research activities are diverse here—from how to illuminate an aircraft cockpit to developing unmanned vehicles and systems to perform within the earth’s atmosphere. Developing the peaceful atom The work at the Atomics International Division of North American is part of a large national research effort aimed at the peaceful atom. Success in the development of economical power from the atom depends on thorough knowledge in every phase of atomic power systems and their materials of construction. Atomics International research reactors are in service in Japan, Denmark, West Germany, West Berlin, and Italy. Opportunities for college graduates Today at North American there is outstanding opportunity for young engineers who want to share the unusual creative problems that face science. You can rapidly build a sound engineering career by working on the top-level projects now underway. Visit your placement office where you’ll find all the facts about a challenging and rewarding future with North American. NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION, INC. ~ n RVING THE NATION'S INTEREST FIRST-THROUGH THESE DIVISIONS w „ /V p'si — ...J/ .... ..V.. /A L»ii, A\ iw, ............. ^Alfa. COLUMBUS AUTONETICS MISSILE ROCKETDYNE Iw Anseles, Conogo Pork, Downey, California; Columbus, Ohio; Neosho, Missouri .OS ANGELES ATOMICS IUT8RNATIONAI. instrumental group. Brubeck took first place in the Metronome poll for best piano player. Chico Hamilton is the former drummer for the original Gerry Mulligan Quartet, which first in troduced the concept of using no piano, only a bassist, for harmonic foundations. Hamilton’s quintet, considered by most critics to be the most suc cessful at incorporating classical forms into jazz arrangements, em ploys such instruments as the cello and flute and records for Warner Bros. THE BATTALION Thursday, November 5, 1959 PAGE 3 AGGIES We Are Proud Of Our Tailor Made Pinks. Better Get Them Now Before We Are Sold Out. Jlaufiatk after every shave Splash on Old Spice After Shave Lotion. Feel your face wake up and live! So good for your skin... so good for your ego. Brisk as an ocean breeze. Old Spice makes you feel like a new man. Confident. Assured. Relaxed. You know you’re at your best when you top off your shave with Old Spice! ]00 ice AFTER SHAVE LOTION by SHULTON plus tax o/7 ’food buys -GROCERIES- Fluffo SHORTENING 3-lb. Can 69c No. 2% Cans—Hunts Whole Spiced Peaches 4 Cans 99c 300 Size Cans—Hunts Pear Halves 5 Cans 99c 300 Size Cans—Hunts Fruit Cocktail 5 Cans 99c 14-Oz. Bottles—Hunts CATSUP 3 Bottles 59c 300 Size Cans—Hunts Whole Peeled Tomatoes 2 Cans 29c Folgers COFFEE 1-lb. Can 69c 303 Cans—Libbys PUMPKINS 2 Cans 29c 303 Cans—Libbys Garden Green Peas 2 Cans 29c Libbys—Asparagus Style Whole Green Beans Can 39c CRISCO 3-lb. Can 79c No. 2 Cans—Wolf Brand CHILI Can 59c Nabisco Premium CRACKERS 1-lb. 25c 300 Size Cans Ranch Style Beans .... 2 Cans 25c BORDENS MILK 2—Vs Gallon Cartons 89c 1—1 Gallon Jug 85c Bordens, Sweet or Buttermilk BISCUITS 3 Cans 25c -FROZEN FOODS- Ocomo Complete Dinners Beef, Chicken or Turkey.. Each 53c Pictsweet Orange Juice .... 2—6-Oz. Cans Pictsweet Baby Limas Ford Hook Limas Pkg. -MARKET- PEN FED BABY BEEF CUTS Loin Steak 1-lb. Round Steak T-Bone Steak Meaty Short Ribs 1-lb. Deckers—Tall Korn Sliced Bacon Armours Star Sliced Bacon -PRODUCE- HOME GROWN VEGETABLES 49c 25c ... 1-lb. 75c :. 1-lb. 79c ... 1-lb. 79c ... 1-lb. 39c . 1-lb. 39c ... 1-lb. 45c Yellow or White Squash.. lb. 15c Green Beans 2 lbs. 35c Blackeye Peas 2 lbs. 35c Sweet Potatoes 3 lbs. 29c SPECIALS GOOD THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5-6-7 CHARLIE'S ,00[> NORTH GATE —WE DELIVER— MARKET COLLEGE STATION