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■■■■■ THE BATTALION Wednesday, July 18, 1973 College Station, Texas Page 7 Ag Communications Wins Awards A&M’s Department of Agricul tural Communications won 16 awards in recent national compe tition with the American Asso ciation of Agricultural College Editors. The department’s print media section won four of the awards, three blue ribbons, indicating out standing entries, and one red, in dicating quality, in the four press classes. Blue ribbons were award ed on one week’s news releases to weekly newspapers, a single news feature quoting Dr. H. O. Kunkel, dean of agriculture, on the “why” of food prices, and press services to magazines, in cluding five feature articles with photos and other supporting ma terials. The red ribbon was on one week’s news releases to dailies. Five awards were won by the department’s electronic media Library To Offer Computer Service A new computerized search service will be offered by the A&M Library beginning Sept. 1. The computer search service will enable machine reading of indexes to the Educational Re sources Information Center (ERIC). The system was planned in co operation with the Data Process ing Center and College of Edu cation, Director of Libraries John B. Smith announced. Machine readable indexes to the ERIC education series and neces sary programs to operate a search system will be acquired through Texas Education Agency funds provided by the College of Edu cation. ALLEN Oldsmobile Cadillac SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment” 2401 Texas Ave. 823-8002 The ERIC data base is a highly respected and valuable source of information for faculty, research ers and students in the field of education. Access to the base is currently through two printed indexes, Research in Education and Current Index to Journals in Education. Access to the service will be through the library where the ERIC series is stored on micro fiche. A library staff member fa miliar with the data base and search system will be available to make interface between the ultimate user and system, to as sure efficiency. Cost of operating the system will be borne by the user. The cost for even the most complicated search is not expect ed to exceed $10 however. With the additional service, the library will have three major data bases. The other two are the Cen sus Data and Compustat Data on Corporations. Smith said plans are to make the service available to off-cam pus users such as local teachers and researchers at other univer sities. section. These included a blue ribbon for one of the “Smart Shopper” radio features, which is a series of special programs with musical introductions; and a red ribbon for the special pro duction of a filmed television fea ture. White ribbons were awarded for the regular production of a filmed television feature, a tele vision newsclip and a motion pic ture production. Two blue ribbons were awarded to the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station publications section in the classes of technical re search and popular miscellaneous publications. Winners were the Technical Monograph 8, “The Bats of the Genus Carollia,” and the General Soil Map of Texas, produced in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service. The other five ribbons were awarded to Extension Service publications. Four were red rib bons for a popular home econom ics publication, a periodic direct mail newsletter, the summer 1972 edition of the “Texas Agricultural Progress,” and a communications training publication, “In a Quan- dry over Newsletters?” The 1972 annual Extension re port received a white ribbon. The Department of Agricultur al Communications is composed of the editorial offices of the Ag ricultural Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station plus the reproduction and distri bution division. The department is responsible for the preparation and distribution of mass media Rainfall Nearing Annual Average Heavy June rains moved the Bryan and College Station area within seven inches of the annual average. Yearly rainfall here averages 39 inches. June added 7.8 inches to the total for the first six months of 1973. Several observers in an A&M meteorology research proj ect have totaled more than 32 inches for the period. It was the wettest June since 1968, according to records of Dr. Dennis Driscoll, Meteorology De partment professor directing the research. Remnants of a hurri cane helped June, 1968, total 15.6 inches. Less rain is pictured for the next 30 days. The 30-day National Weather Service outlook calls for near normal temperatures aver aging 84 degrees and slightly above normal rainfall of about three inches. The long-range June rainfall average is 3.2 inches. Past rec ords indicate 2.5 inches is normal between mid-July and mid- August. June rainfall amounts varied from 10.83 inches near Wellborn to 6.69 inches in the 400 block of Mitchell St. Nine other observ ers gauged more than eight inches last month. The June average for the Carters Creek catchment area was obtained from measurements by 34 persons who cooperate in the research. June temperatures ranged from 93 on the 17th to 64 on the 6th and 7th. The East Yegua Creek basin west of Caldwell averaged 5.55 inches in June. materials and information as well as publications relating to agri culture and agricultural research, home economics and family living, community reseource development and 4-H and youth programs. Dr. William E. Tedrick serves as editor and head of the depart ment, with Mary K. Mahoney as associate editor. Heading the var ious sections are Bill Braden, print media; Larry Quinn, elec tronic media; Mrs. Helen Scott, Experiment Station publications; Mrs. Dorothy Holland, Extension Service publications; Bob Cullen, art; Cornell Green, visuals; and Tommy Ryan, reproduction and distribution. NOTICE ; ^—> STUDENTS FACULTY STAFF and GENERAL PUBLIC MSC BARBER SHOP Is located temporarily on the first floor of the New MSC across from the Book Store. OPEN: Monday - Friday 7:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. Full time shineman available OAKRIDGE SMOKEHOUSE 807 Texas Ave. College Station Open Weekdays 6 a. m. - 10 p. m. Open Sat. & Sun. 7 a. m. - 10 p. m. BREAKFAST IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER WEDNESDAY His and Her Night Filet Mignon For Him - 12-Oz $3.25 For Her - 8-Oz $2.85 Including Salad and Baked Potato DAILY BUSINESSMAN STEAK FOR LUNCH $1.98 THURSDAY Cajun Night Shrimp Fried & Boiled Fried Potatoes Salad All You Can Eat $2.95 DAILY PLATE LUNCH $1.59 SATURDAY Take Your Wife Out Roast Prime Rib With Salad! Baked Potato For Two $5.95 THE BREAKFAST Two Eggs, Smoked Sausage or Two Strips of Bacon Homemade Bread 99c fru,,, i LAST, LAST CALL am 1 m 4h-0- 1/2 OFF & EVEN MORE | f THIS IS IT! WHEN iTHE DOORS CLOSE AT 6 P.M| THIS SATURDAY NIGHT - EVERYTHING ON SALE WILL BE SHIPPED OUT 'SO ALL WE CAN SAY, IS, MAKE] IT TOMORROW TO OUR SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE . . . THE EARLIER THE BETTER . . . . AND JUST SEE WHAT YOU CAN BUY AT HALF PRICE AND EVEN FOR A LOT LESS! LAST CALL, LAST, LAST CALL - FINIS! Sidewalk Sale Saturday ■ 10:00 a.m. — 6:00 p.m.