Chemical Mixture
Studied by T.E.E.S.
A chemical mixture is being’ sub
jected to research at the Texas En
gineering Experiment Station to
provide a protective film over
ponds and reservoirs to control
evaporation.
The work is being conducted for
the State Board of Water Engi
neers under a contract of the A&M
Research Foundation. Two re
searchers are conducting separate
studies for the Station.
The chemical mixture under stu
dy in research is hexa- and oeta-
decanol.
One of the researchers is Dr. W.
D. Harris, a chemical engineer, who
is determining methods of applica
tion for the chemical mixture and
evaluating results in terms of wa
ter saved. He is also concerned
with controlling wind action on the
film as it covers the ponds and
reservoirs.
In another phase of research, a
chemurgist, Dr. W. W. Meinke, is
conducting microbial studies in the
interest of protecting the chemical
film from deterioration by bacteria
present in the water.
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Johnson's Senate seat if it becomes
vacant.
The 3'T-year-old Wright, a World
War II combat pilot and one-time
president of the League of Texas
Municipalities while mayor of
Weatherford, doesn’t deny his in
terest in the Senate post.
For many months he has fol
lowed a pattern set by Johnson in
building up a state-wide following
in anticipation of the time when
a vacancy might occur.
An eloquent speaker, Wright
gave the keynote address at the
last Texas State Democratic con
vention in Austin.
Kilgore Mentioned
Also mentioned as a potential
candidate if the vacancy occurs is
Rep. Joe Kilgore, McAllen. Still
another Texan regularly urged to
seek the senatorship anytime a
vacancy occurs but who could be
expected to decline in the future
as he has in the past, is Rep. Bob
Poage of Waco. He always has
the strong backing of state farm
organizations.
Others mentioned include State
A tty. Gen. Will Wilson, Abilene
Attorney Jack Cox and Shivers.
If a Senate vacancy occurs,
Daniel would call a special election
to be held within GO to 90 days to
fill out Johnson’s term.
In the interim, he could appoint
anyone of his choice to serve until
the special election.
Under the new Texas election
statutes, the winner of the special
election must obtain a clear major
ity or face a run-off. This would
tend to eliminate the chances of
a Republican winning with less
than a majority—as happened in
the Panhandle district a few years
ago when Ben Guill of Pampa was
elected to the House and served a
few months.
Finally, in considering all the
angles, Daniel could return to the
Senate if he should choose to fol
low the course of many governors
—step down and let the lieutenant
governor, as the new incoming
chief state executive, name him to
the seat under the interim appoint
ment.
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weaving its way in and out of traf
fic no longer startles drivers on
busy Corpus Christi streets.
Driven by sprightly Mrs. Iva
Tribble, the electric car, powered
by batteries, has contributed to its
80-year-old owner’s independent
way of life despite her age and a
broken leg.
It’s a far cry from the horses
she used for transportation as a
young girl back in Van Buren, Ark.
The daughter of a successful
farmer and the third of nine chil
dren, Mrs. Tribble was as at home
on a horse as on the ground.
“My father saw to it that we all
had saddles as soon as we were
old enough to ride. We girls, of
course, had side saddles,” she com
mented.
Mrs. Tribble joined the growing
numbers of electric car owners
about five years ago after an auto
mobile accident.
At the age of 75 she was trying
to learn to drive a car so that she
could “get around on my own.”
During one driving session a com
panion frightened her, and the car
crashed into a tree, leaving Mrs.
Tribble with a broken leg.
That ended her desire to drive
an automobile — but not her de
termination to get about independ
ently.
“While I was in the hospital a
relative fhund the solution to my
problem—an electric car he had
seen a TV star driving,” Mrs. Trib
ble said.
A friend vacationing in Cali
fornia got the address of a Long
Beach man who manufactured the
small cars and after much corres
pondence, he made one for Mrs.
Tribble that was four inches long
er than normal.
“I wanted to be sure I could
prop my leg out in front,” Mrs.
Tribble explained.
The car, which looks like a golf
ing cart, travels at about 18 miles
an hour, although with the addi
tion of another battery its speed
increases. To operate it, Mrs. Trib
ble got a driver’s license.
“The batteries can be recharged
at night, and they stay charged
long enough for me to drive to the
store or to friends’ homes. I carry
a recharger with me to plug into
any electric outlet just in case the
battery runs down,” Mrs. Tribble
said.
The car is steered with a long
handle. She says it costs only $1
a month to operate.
“People who haven’t seen me in
it before sometimes stare and
laugh, but I don’t care. I go when
I please and come when I please,
and that’s what’s important,” she
said.
Temperatures in the Sahara Des
ert reach 133 degrees in summer.
Industrial Feed Research Labora
tory,” and Jim Ridlehuber, raicro-
scopist and chemist, Western Cot
ton Oil Co., Abilene, “Cottonseed
Meal Manufacturing.
All other sessions will be micro
scopy workshops, except for Wed
nesday afternoon when the group
will visit the State Chemist Re
search and Control Laboratory, and
the college’s new Data Processing
Center and attend a 7 p., m. meet
ing in which Brown will show color
slides on a trip to the Near East.
Watkins will award certificates
of course completion at 9:30 a. m.
the last day.
Course' instructors, in addition
to Brown, are L. Barefield, head
of the Department of Microscopy,
Arkansas State Plant Board, Little
Rock, Ark., and G. M. Barnhart,
microscopist and chief chemist,
Missouri State Department of Agri
culture, Jefferson City, Mo.
The short course is sponsored
by the School of Agriculture and
the Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station.
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Pianist-Humorist Marshall Izen
... to give program Tuesday at 8 p. m. in MSC
HUMORIST PRESENTATION
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psychologist, the Izens gave Mar
shall several puppets and a little
stage “as an outlet for an exces
sive imagination”, and thus the
combination pianist-puppeteer that
was to follow.
Izen made his concert debut in
Chicago at the age of 16 playing
the Beethoven First, and continued
his musical studies at Northwest
ern University.
In World War II Izen served
with the 104th Infantry Division,
and while in Europe he entertained
at the front lines. He is currently
featured on a weekly television
show, “Wonderama”, for which he
SHIRLEY IS SURELY
CONFUSING
MEMPHIS (A 5 )—All is confusion
in the Shirley O. Sisk residence
when the telephone caller asks to
speak with “Shirley.”
to “Shirley Sisk” is just as be
fuddling.
Sisk’s wife also is named Shir
ley. So is their 13-year-old daugh
ter.
does chalk illustrations of musical
personalities.
“Mr. Peabody and The Mermaid”,
a full-length feature starring Ann
Blyth as the mermaid, and a short
film titled “Exhibition Shooting”
comprise the “Afternoon of Free
Films” set for the Ballroom Sunday
at 2 p. m.
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