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/ < 1 .1 ,_J. L J Oceanographic Team On AntarcticTrip Pat* 8 THE BATTALION Colbc* Station, Ttxaa Thursday, August 1, 1968 Threo Texas A AM oceanogrm pHy technicians have departed on the first leg of travel of Antarc tic cruiaee that will Involve uni versity personnel in a two- pronged attack on the south pole for the next seven months. Marine technicians John J. for nee in AAM oceanographic Dobrocky, 26, of Victoria, B. C., research conducted by Dr. Sayed Canada, and David B. McKay, Z. H-Sayed. 22, of Waterville, Wash., and chemical technician Luis R. Soto of La Plata, Argentina, will fly to Adelaide, Australia, to board the “Dtahin” in early August. The National Science Founda tion oceanographic research ship will ply waters between Austra lia, New Zealand and Antarctica. Dobrocky, McKay and Soto will collect primary productivity data, measurements and samples Zooplankton samples also will 1m collected for the Smithsonian Institution. The three technicians will be at sea 60 days, have 10 days leave in Australia and return to the Eltanin for futher south probes later during the southern hemisphere summer. During the Eltanin's second run, samples and measurements will be taken at the edge of the Antarctic ice shelf. I Dobrocky will return to the campus in December to accom pany George Weiss berg on a cruise of the ice-breaker “Gla cier” MU the Weddell Sea on the opposite aide of Antarctica. 1110 second phase of the Inter national Waddell Sea Expedition will try to pick up bottom-or iented current meters deposited on a cruise on which El- Sayed reported discovery of a 6,000 square mile area of marine life in ieo-\pcked frigid waters. McKay and Soto will remain on the Eltanin for their third cruise and be Joined for the fourth —the Eltanin's 88th in the series —by Weiss berg and Dobrocky in early 1969. Weiss berg is an oceanography graduate student from German town, Pa. McKay will operate special ap paratus on the cruises. The “au toanalyser" on which he received manufacturers training in New York City measures concentra tions of chemicals in a solution. Firemen’s Training School Has International Accent Texas A*M’s 29th annual Fire- men's Training School took on a national and international flavor this week for its session on in dustrial fire protection. Chief Henry D. Smith, who directs the school for AAM's En gineering Intension Service, said 80 states and 18 foreign coun tries and U. Ss territories are represented smoZg 882 students registered for the course. The school this your attracted participants from aa far away as Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Other countries repre sented include Germany, Yens- xoela, Canada and Mexico. Smith said student registration for the industrial course exceeded the 1987 figure by 70. Total par ticipation this year is 617. Stokely’a — Pineapple JUICE 1 Limit 46-0*. Cum ■ I prodvce SPECIALS [WINNERS EVERY DAY I Copyright 1967 8. J. Wogrwr.f.O. 8ox SQOd. Son Diee®. CoWomto It's Free! No Purchase Needed! LUTHER Ss BIRD il OO.OO — Bryan MRS. RICHARD SELSKY $100.00 - Bryan JOHN M. CARPENTER $25.00 — CS. JUDY ROftlNSON $25.00 - CA MRS. J. W. HELMS $25.00 — Bryan Htokeiy’s — Assorted FRUTT DRINKS 4 44-Ox. VafoM; TVKRAY V'-i putchase ou*qk W&oamp T t*iuK'5 Kfr T Y Y Pn ipw imm pun wm we beewew m.m Jifi JrL 6-1, BOUNTY (7tWWO I KOTE/. SMf- 60U*N i3& Ref* Pr4ce 4-0*. 9?V Quantity Riffht Renarved ^ rss Me BONNIE&N®!. X'Sojt, WL 2ce> CM>' 'Tii’iiB I r •/w*e Gladioia This Coupon Worth FREE WATERMELON With The Purehaao Of £1 A AA *r Mere Excluding $ltl.UU Tebucro end Bern. (Bryan Ptfffly Wiffly Only) Expiree Satarday Aagnst 8, 1988. TINS COUrONUMTN lOOfeeolPMNO^ V«THTHSP^«Qf L>7 mi mm i ..zrsjsa-jutj! . VI'H'H'I I'K IMS couwnuwtTM A ^ ARMOUR STAR TmieAui - U&D.A. ***''**- Sugmr Cuml - FuUyCook»d. a OF : & umes ^i|i|iyip]i^rjniMMnsjaiji ■ a i i 1 |nKjr^>> TMS COUMN UOXTM l A®f3lo3f tm aT^i mml lie •JH W 2' * ,:o ■f?!.*!- i M I'l'll'lil'K HOUF5-3 8AM-8PMPAHY ■h pmsaxo- THUfiSCKY- WO*Y-iWUi!tW' AueiW 1'(2-3»I068 KINGSIZE PEPSI COLA 6 Bottle Carton Plus Deposit J fo, I Shop ^ PIGGLY WIGGLY &jwwbp.