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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.
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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 ;
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FACULTY
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Is located temporarily on the
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across from the Book Store.
OPEN: Monday - Friday
7:30 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Full time shineman available
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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
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Two Eggs, Smoked Sausage
or Two Strips of Bacon
Homemade Bread
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IT TOMORROW TO OUR
SUMMER CLEARANCE
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THE EARLIER THE BETTER
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