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IMPORTED 3 & 10 SPEED BIKES Tourist & Racing: Styles Motobecane Raleigh Atala Peugeot Bianchi CENTRAL CYCLE & SUPPLY Sales • Service • Accessories 3505 E. 29th St. — 822-2228 — Closed Monday Take East University to 29th St. (Tarrow Street) Page 6 College Station, Texas Wednesday, July 11, 1973 THE BATTA11U Circus Vet Recalls Days At A&M SAN ANTONIO—Teaching an old dog new tricks is one thing, but curing a bad case of dis temper is something else, espe cially if the animal is one of hundreds in the Ringling Broth ers Circus. Dr. A. Y. “Doc” Henderson, chief veterinarian for the Great est Show on Earth, feels the best treatment for circus animal ail ments is prevention. NOW BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE. YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH THESE CARE FULLY PREPARED AND TASTE TEMPTING FOODS. EACH DAILY SPECIAL ONLY $1.19 PLUS TAX. MONDAY EVENING SPECIAL BROILED BACON WRAPPED MOCK FILET STEAK GERMAN STYLE POTATOES Choice of one vegetable Rolls & Butter Tea or Coffee TUESDAY EVENING SPECIAL FRESH CORN FED CATFISH FILET w/TARTAR SAUCE Cole Slaw Grandma’s Cornbread Choice of one vegetable Rolls & Butter Tea or Coffee WEDNESDAY EVENING SPECIAL CHICKEN FRIED BEEF STEAK w/CREAM GRAVY Choice of two ^vegetables Rolls & Butter Tea or Coffee THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL ITALIAN CANDLELIGHT DINNER — ITALIAN SPAGHETTI SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE Parmesan Cheese - Tossed Green Salad Choice of Salad Dressing- - Hot- Garlic Bread Tea or Coffee You cannot believe you get, “The Whole Thing,” for $1.19 FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL MEXICAN FIESTA DINNER TWO CHEESE AND ONION ENCHILADAS w/CHILI Spanish Rice Patio Style Beans Rolls & Butter Tea or Coffee SATURDAY SPECIAL NOON AND EVENING OLD FASHIONED YANKEE POT ROAST Potato Pancake Choice of one vegetable Rolls & Butter Tea or Coffee SUNDAY SPECIAL NOON AND EVENING ROAST TURKEY DINNER Served with Cranberry Sauce & Crabapple Cornbread Dressing Rolls - Butter - Coffee or Tea Giblet Gravy And your choice of any One vegetable. ‘QUALITY FIRST’ The Kerrville, Texas native, who has been curing the ills of Ringling Brothers stock for 33 years, says he’d rather immunize an animal to avoid treating it, especially if the animal is a 300- pound African lion. “Doc” Henderson learned his stock in trade at A&M, gradu ating from the vet school in 1937. He practiced in Shreveport for three years after graduation and joined the circus in 1940. “The King Ranch veterinarian. Dr. Kleberg knew the owners of the circus, the North family of New York, quite well,” he ex plained. “Dr. Kleberg was ap proached by one of the owners to help them find a vet for the circus, and I got the nod.” “Doc” said he joined the circus believing he would spend a few months at the circus’s Venice, Florida winter quarters. Thirty- three years later, he’s still tend ing to everything from lions and tigers to pachyderms. “I had no training whatsoever in circus animal practice when I joined the show,” he noted. “They only taught us about cows, horses, dogs and cats at A&M. There were some good European handlers with the show, though, that showed me the ropes.” The circus vet was active in the Corps of Cadets while attend ing A&M. He was a member of Troop D of the mounted cavalry unit, a unit which will be revived at A&M this fall. “I don’t hear much about A&M because I’m on the go so much,” Henderson said, “but I feel a part of the school. I guess it has changed quite a bit since I was there last in 1967.” The occasion for his visit to Aggieland was the graduation of his son, Donald, with a degree in architecture. He wrote a bestseller book in 1951 based on his experiences with the Ringling Brothers or ganization. Titled “Circus Doc tor,” the book is still in print in 12 languages. One of “Doc’s” problems is getting his charges fed. He said the company spends more than $300,000 yearly to feed stock in the Blue Show, currently winding Colgate 100 Mouthwash 12-Oz. Reg. 95^ 47c Another great beer Shasta from Pearl Alka-Seltzer 39c 12 Tablets Reg. 67^ Alka-Seltzer 12 TABLETS tA9U ! si All!' • y 6/12-Oz. 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The cats in the show get from “DOC’S” FAVORITE—Dr. A. Y. “Doc” Henderson, chief veterinarian fortheRin; ling Brothers Circus, greets his favorite customer, a two-year-old 200-pound Bengal tige Instrument To Be Refimi At Cyclotron Institute Hen Scientists at A&M will use an Atomic Energy Commission grant to refine an instrument produced in previous research at A&M’s Cyclotron Institute. Called a “Maggie” by its de velopers, the instrument is used to measure the weight of radio- atcive atoms. The device will be used in the extension project by Dr. Ronald D. MacFarlane, professor of chemistry, and Dr. David Torgerson, research scien tist at the Cyclotron Institute. The “Maggie,” which has re ceived international attention as being a new approach to the study of nuclei stability, measures the velocity of ions emitted in the cyclotron, and provides figures which can be used to calculate weight of the ion. The $61,100 grant from AEC complements the previous $65,000 grant used in developing the in strument. The second phase of the project will be used to de velop more uses for the instru ment, including measurement of DNA molecules and proteins. The “Maggie” (a bona fide technical name for the instru ment) works like this: A radio active atom is deposited on the surface of a slice of metal. When the radioactive atom decays, it emits radiation which indicates the birth of a recoil ion. The recoil ion is accelerated by the cyclotron in an electric field of fixed energy and the velocity of the ion is measured precs These measurements are iwt determine the weight of tht Drs. MacFarlane and Tor; son will be assisted in thew phase of the study by grai: students Alton Hassell 1 mund Skowronski, both seel advanced degrees in chemist; A&M. Briscoe Awards Grant To Development Council AUSTIN — Governor Dolph Briscoe last week awarded a $21,200 planning grant to the Brazos Valley Development Coun cil, Bryan, to carry on its crim inal justice planning program during fiscal 1974. The money will come from the Criminal Justice Council, which administers the state’s block grant from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration under the Omnibus Crime Control Act. It is conditional, however, on a new congressional appropria tion. The award is to continue ployment of a full-time crii s justice coordinator on thei of BVDC. It also will prc secretarial help and operatir,; penses for the planning effc Counties served by BVDC Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Robertson and fl ington. 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