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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1962)
“k Page 4 College Station, Texas Thursday, August 2, 1962 THE BATH Fake Medical Device Foetid Useless Here Faculty and staff members of the Department of Electrical Engi neering have checked a machine and declared it useless it per forming its supposedly primary purpose — detecting cancer, cata racts, arthritis and hardening of the arteries from urine specimens. According to department head Dr. Glen D. Hallmark the machine was being used by a naturopath who has since been declared phony by state Attorney General Will Wilson. Wilson’s ruling on the naturo path, one of several in the state accused of malpractice, followed a IT. S. District Coui't ruling al lowing prosecution for practicing medicine without meeting qualifi cations of the Medical Practices Act. Wilson called the decision “a valuable tool with which the people of Texas can fight uneducated charlatans and quacks who prey on unfortunate people when they have troubles.” Other examples of malpractice include sending catnip, parsley and Strawberry leaf tea through the mail and offering a non-exist ent course in a California school on psychiatric treatment. ‘MIRACLE MACHINE’ PROVES FAKE Tom Harrover, ’64, views device FROM RESEARCH HERE Highway Signs May Be Improved Improvements in highway direc tion signs are the objective of a traffic engineering research pro ject currently underway in the Texas Transportation Institute at A&M. The project is sponsored by the Texas Highway Department in co operation with the Bureau of Pub lic Roads and being conducted by Donald E. Cleveland, assistant re search engineer. Basically, it is concerned with the effects of roadway illumination at intersections upon sign legibili ty and upon traffic response to high-type signing. With the further development of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, there is an increased need for signs of high est standard so that drivers can re- cogflize q,nd read signs at sufficient distances to make necessary trans itions smoothly and safely at high speeds. Many parts of the 41,000-mile system will have roadway lighting, particulai’ly at interchanges with important federal and state routes and with major urban streets. THE HOME FOR tow. tow ^ y., ' P -if. . . /r • V'. Vv ^ } . • ", ... ' ' . t 4 , 12 Bottles Plus Deposit a. i ivv.ip Mello Freeze GRADE “A MEDIUM DOZEN MELLORINE V 2 GAL. t : 1 . . QT. JAR SIRLOIN STEAK VEAL VEAL RIB CHOPS lb. 69*? Bone in or Pikes Peak Boneless Roast VEAL RUMP . . lb. 69*? Veal Crown Roast lb. 49^ Veal Shoulder Chops lb. 55_ IDEAL FOR BARBECUE VEAL BRISKET lb. 29c These prices good thru Sat., August 4. We reserve the right to limit. T-Serte Stecrlc LB. VEAL 79 RlEGLEIN HICKORY SMOKED Slab Bacon Whole or Half 39 FRENCHES MASHED INST. POTATOES MAXWELL HOUSE INST. COFFEE XESTA 5c OFF — LADLE • • • * * 39 or. BETTY CROCKER DELUXE . . 33c CAKE MIXES 3 pkgs. 1.00 , ^ 1.35 FRESH NECTARINES . lb. . . 25c ALL MEAT INST. TEA 43c JASMINE FRANKS . . 12 oz. pkg. 39c In the Texas A. and M. research field studies are being conducted on Texas highways, and controlled experiments are in progress at a specially constructed campus test site. The studies involve all com monly used overhead signing ma terials, including an internally il luminated sign. Test vehicles with both two- lamp and four-lamp headlight sys tems are driven down the test course under a variety of illumin ation conditions, including in addi tion to the different luminaire posi tions, the effect of high versus low beams and of the presence or absence of opposing lights on a vehicle moving toward the test auto. Results to date indicate that a driver operating his headlights on high beams gains little added ad vantage from luminaires located in front of the sign. However, for the m'ore common low-beam opera tion a substantial improvement in legibility is noted when the lumin aire 'is located in front of the sign. This fmprpvement in sight distance would give the driver several extra seconds to make decisions and to maneuver. ‘ Daniel Cites Use Of Safety Belts ■ Governor Thjice 1 Daniel said re cently that activities of numerous statewide or’ffanizatibns during re- centj nipnth?. bad brought about a majdr ’increase in public interest and public use of kaffety belts in automobiles. I '\ The governo^ welcomed five members of the Victoria Junior Chamber of Commerce, who called at his office to tell him of their campaign and to request his ap proval of their plans for a seat belt sales campaign in the Vic toria area. The Governor told the Victorians that Junior Chamber of Commerce groups “had been among the most active of the many civic organiza tions in Texas who have been urg ing their members, as well as the driving public, to use seat belts to protect themselves against in jury or death in traffic.” Governor Daniel said the Tex as Federation of Women’s Clubs had been among the leaders in the seat belt campaign in Texas dur ing the past year, cooperating with the General Federation in Wash ington. “They tell me their acident re ports indicate that 500 lives could “They tell me their accident re in 1961 alone if drivers and front- seat passengers, in particular, had been wearing seat belts. This would have reduced the 1961 Texas traf fic toll by nearly one-fowrth. Seat belts are much cheaper than hospi tal bills, car repair bills and human misery.” Reminder to Golfers Golfing enthusiast Charlene Butler takes to the to remind linksmen that the Texas ProfessionalC Association Tournament will be held on Corpus0 Oso Beach Course for the second consecutive starting Aug. 13. ft/P) Photo) Winner Named In JC Press Association Contest Here Winners have been announced in the annual Texas Junior College Pi'ess Association Newspaper Con test held at Texas A&M College. The contest is sponsored by the Association and the A&M Depart ment of Journalism. Individual winners, their college and contest categories are the fol lowing: Navarro Junior College, “The Growl”—Ann Elliott, first place, editorial writing; Jane McGraw, first, news stories; Glen Hippel, second, sports photography. Del Mar College, “The Foghorn” —Richard Rodriguez, second, edi torial writing; Nancy McCullough, second, news stories. Kilgore College, “The Flare”— Caleb Pirtle, third, second and third, respectively, in editorial writing, general columns and sports stories; Frank Armstrongs first, sports photography; Valerie McKinney, second, features. Tyler College, “Tht Wow” — Lometa Kudu news stories; George S first in sports stories w| ing. Cisco College, “The Iron”—Lucy Davis, fW toons and features; Da^ third, cartoons; Jerry 0 third, sports columns, San Angelo College,' Page” — Delores Ibarn cartoons; Linda Beckett general columns and a' Dickie Dixon, first, a? umns; Bill Lenton, seed stories; Rex Enochs,#: photography and seco® photography. Odessa College, “The ; —Tom Brown, first, P umns; Ernest Steamier, sports columns and thirl features; John bangle? advertising; Ed Wats news photography. THIS NEWSPAPER is a member of.. We think that's important to you, our readers;) Here's why; The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news agencyi !$ a non-profit cooperative. 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