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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, September 1, 1960 BATTALION EDITORIALS CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Bugs in Apartments: lAot loo Cricket Not Good, But True Another holiday—and another 29 Texans killed on Texas streets and highways. That’s not a very good way to look at the Labor Day weekend, the last holiday period before school starts and citizens begin settling down to business at hand after sum mer vacation fun is over. But that is how Department of Public Safety statisticians see it. All this in spite of efforts by radio and television sta tions, backing the “Drive Lighted and Live” campaign; Jun ior Chamber of Commerce all over Texas giving away coffee in an effort to get people to slow down; and trucking firms over the state offering their assistance to stranded motorists free of charge. What causes this carnage on Texas highways? The number one killer, as everyone knows, is speed. It figured in most of the rural fatal accidents during all the holidays last year. Next on the fatal list is alcoholic beverages. Eight out of 14 rural accidents during the Fourth of July period were caused either directly or indirectly by this silent killer. Who are the victims? Not always the person in the wrong. Innocent people riding in the fatal cars are also hurt. Or just persons conscious of the laws and obeying them, sud denly struck by a careless driver’s car, maimed and killed. At a time when the highways are crowded, and with recent rains over the state making driving conditions hazard ous in some areas consider these techniques: Slow down. The difference between the time it takes to drive 200 miles at 60 miles per hour and the same distance at 70 miles per hour is 30 minutes. Stay alert. Defensive driving is a must. Treat every car you meet as if driven by a killer. Rest frequently to pre vent getting too tired, and as a result, careless. Brazos County is in the center of the most populated area of Texas. Why not make it the center of safety? “What does it take to make a good grade in this course? theme before me got passin’ grades . . Th’ three guys that used this Quiet Congressman Found Goat Nursing A Necessity THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu- ilent 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 [he supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College, Members of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, Undent Publications, chairman ; Dr. A. L. Bennett, School of Arts and Sciences ; K. J. Koenig, School of Engineering; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and £. D. McMurry School of Veterinary Medicine. director of ... 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Address: The Battalion Room 4, YMCA, BILL HICKLIN EDITOR Robbie Godwin Managing Editor Russell Brown Sports Writer By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 1—<Rep. Clark Fisher of West Texas, a quite fellow who sometimes writes books, did some calf wrestling and goat nursing dur ing the July recess of Congress. It was a case of necessity, he explains. On returning from the Democratic National Convention to his 2,000 acre ranch near Junc tion he found a shortage of help. “The calves had to be treated for worms, and pronto,” the 57- year-old lawyer-legislator relat ed. Pneumonia Precaution While busy with that job, rain came and a lot of new shorn goats had to be hurried into shelter as a precaution against pneumonia. More than one sheep raiser has lost his entire flock and suffered economic ruin when fleeceless animals have been drenched by summer rains. The incident with the calves re newed Fisher’s appreciation of re search by the Department of Ag riculture into ways of combating and eradicating screw worm in festation of livestock. Especially is he interested in research at the department’s laboratory in Kerr- ville. At the urging of Fisher and Rep. Albert Thomas of Hous ton, both members of the House Appropriations Committee, Con gress recently voted $200,000 for stepped-up research, primarily at Kerrville. Effective Control Scientists there are hoping to find ways of reducing the cost and increasing the efficiency of a control method already found to be effective—the production of blow flies made sterile through atomic radiation. Turned loose by the tens of thousands, they mate with nor mal flies but there is no propa gation. The screw worm, infest ing open wounds of livestock, is one stage in the life cycle of the insect. One angle of the re search is to make the sterile fly the more alluring in the compe tition for the love of the normal fly. A cooperative effort is planned with Mexico to stamp out infes tation which now costs livestock men an estimated 200 million dollars a year, Fisher said. Under a proposed plan, a buffer zone would be set up on each side of the border where a concentrated eradication drive would be con ducted. Urgent Demand In Processing B ATT ALTON CLASSTFTFD WANT AD RATES »« day 3* per v 2# per word wv ti additional day Minimum charge—40^ DEADLINES • p.m. day before publication Classified Display 80^ per column inch Inser VI FOR RENT Furnished one or two bedroom duplex’s. Extra nice, reasonable price. On Gate bus line, at 900 East 30th. TA ! or TA 2-3739. ] Furnished garage apartment, pus, clean and newly r VI 0-5861. nea ed. Air conditioned bedroom, private b private entrance, gentlemen preferred. 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