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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1974)
oa ,(lthee xtrX _ , _ . r s fe ;;icnic health precautions ,e ginningj ' tliool bus^ THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY. JULY 3, 1974 Page 7 "omen. ULTS KY ^ CLASS':,' Austin groups aid medical care \NDY PENNINGTON wo permanent clinics, five doc- , eight registered nurses and 85 led technicians from the Drug is Center in Austin will be on d to handle most of the medical blems that come up this kehd at the Willie Nelson Pic- Iccording to Dottie Mott from lldle Earth of Austin, the eoor- jitiug group for medical aid and sanitation, a helicopter from the Texas National Guard unit in Bryan would be available to airlift any cases that the clinics are unable to handle. According to Brig. Gen. O. D. Butler of the headquarters unit, 420th Engineering Brigade, no re quest has been made by anyone for the use of the two helicopters stationed at Easterwood Field. The two permanent clinics that will be taking care of the crowds will exceed the standards set up by the State Department of Health for a mass gathering of this type, said an official of that office. Although a supply of pharmaceuticals will be on hand, no hard drugs are to be kept in the clinics where they might pos sibly be stolen. The supply of phar maceuticals will be replenished by St. Joseph Hospital. Many drinking fountains will be available around the speedway and 50 portable toilets have been brought in to supplement the re stroom facilities at TWS. It is suggested that anyone plan ning to drink beer at the concert take along plenty of salt tablets. Beer depletes the salt content of the body thereby causing the water con tent of the body to drop and leaving the body vulnerable to dehydration and heat stroke. Festival goers would also do well to wear either a long sleeve shirt or a hat to prevent sunburn. “We won’t be a burden on the Bryan-College Station area and we really appreciate the concern shown by Judge Vance and Willie Nelson, ” said Mott. “Our only request is that people ask us for help when they need it.” GLiTC By JAMES RAWSON The franchise food phenomenon has come to Bryan and College Sta tion. Quick, cheap, mass-produced food is their forte. Some folks do not ***4™ OF JULY * a#! ^Vf *1 tf/ii ^ SS fB>*l 2“ (49 HOURS 9 A.M. -12 MIDNIGHT MONDAY - SATURDAY 9 A.M. - 10 P.M. SUNDAY UNIVERSITY DR AT COtLEGE AYE. SCHICK SAMPSON STYLING BRUSH AND COMB 800 WATT Mi Lilli |j MODEL X " 0 7404 STRUCTO WAGON D. BAR-B-Q GRILL , SPIT ROD WITH MOTOR RUBBER GARDEN HOSE 5/8” x 50 FT. 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This is one of the few places I know of where you can stuff yourself for three dollars or less. A “Big Mac” is a good buy and really pretty good when fresh, the much-touted “Quarter-Pounder” is a rip-off. McDonald’s uses a quarter pound of beef to be sure; the gov ernment has made sure of that. But beef, a bun, ketchup and pickles are all you get for your money. Avoid if you can the watery milkshakes and tasteless french fries. These are just like those found in any fast hamburger place. The fries are tolerable as an accompani ment to the burgers but have less flavor than potato chips. The fruit pies are not too bad but overpriced. The high price of meat has made many people despair of ever eating steak again. The “Bonanza Sirloin Pit” caters to people who want steak but do not want to pay much, but nowhere is the adage “you get what you pay for” more true than here. The steaks here are of barely passa ble quality. The flavor varies from very bad to barely good, but the texture is quite strange. Bonanza uses far too much tenderizer on the meat and as a result it comes out soft, stringy and watery. The quality can only best be described as mushy. The more expensive cuts of steak are somewhat better. The side dishes are the usual steak house type: salad, baked potatoes or french fries. The de sserts are poor quality and over priced. In fact, the best bet at Bonanza is a hamburger. These are charcoal grilled and quite good for the price. But the best choice of all is to scrape up a couple more dollars and go down to the Saber Inn, Ken Martin’s Steak House or the Coun try Kitchen for a much better meal. At long last there is a late-night place to eat near the campus, the “International House of Pancakes”. The main feature is, of course, breakfast and late-night foods. Al though they advertise 24-hour op eration, IHOP is on a 6 a.m. to 2. a.m. schedule. The pancakes are good, as one would expect, and there is a wide variety of types. There is a well-rounded assortment of other foods, from hamburgers to veal cordon bleu. Their chili is good and not too spicy for eating late. The other dishes are oddly bland, perhaps so that they will not upset a night owl’s stomach in the wee hours of the morning. I must warn you about the coffee - you are served a pitcherful for 40c unless you can say otherwise. I re commend the pancakes and waffles over the other foods. Prices are reasonable and IHOP hikes checks, unlike other night owl spots. There is one more spot to eat in the area: “Skaggs Albertson’s.” Skaggs has a small snack bar in the corner opposite the sound and cam era equipment. However, I can think of no reason for eating here unless one works at Skaggs or is de sperately hungry. The food is not very good and the interior of a dis count store does not make a pleasant dining room. GUSTO’S Choice (a hard one) for University Square: McDonald’s. Next time we travel down Old Col lege Road to eat. Good appetite. Post newspaper workshop set An experimental Newspaper in the Classroom Workshop, EDCI 685 and 485, will be sponsored by the Houston Post and the Texas A&M University Reading and Lan guage Arts Laboratory. The Workshop will emphasize the crea tive use of the newspaper in the classroom and give students the op portunity to meet with the “Hous ton Post” writers, editors, and staff members and to see how a met ropolitan newspaper is assembled daily for publication. The workshop will be July 15-17, 9:00-4:00, at the Houston Post, 4747 Southwest Freeway, Houston. One semester hour of credit may he earned by satisfactory completion of the course. The tuition is $25.00. Director of this course is Dr. Joseph Ilika, Director of the TAMU Read ing Laboratory.