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sue w Cex "•ernaliomi constr^ day passtd ?us Christ, stin and dosing oft •g I >ters ap| new jai] dsandb icl <age i, millio, )un ty, anj, confide: 's and a i ederal ■n local^ Dallas ersial. Ill, fudge >e counij bstandarj bit of .'ial beet^ affairs, fi >ort for J, because d jail woii low it (j nty votes ere la !S of“ y commissj iters tops lich has ssioners j in effert. which d jail f*J 'ion projep >unty pat proposal! sal to bui ; which* 0-inmate| 52.1 perta h the st<> d, it can ’asaSSmi e in the ding. iirls • Free Free Ba r Girls-S2 ie & Ccte Fri.JS; -7:30 Food- leer- Campus Names Whooping cough soars Ag design wins fourth Texas A&M University grad uate Larry N. Smith of Ottumwa, Iowa, and Gerald J. Ripps of San Antonio shared a $250 fourth prize in the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation annual competion, it was announced yesterday. Smith and Ripps, who graduated last spring, won the award with a system design for hay baling and handling. The ag ricultural engineering majors’ design employed three machines for complete mechanical han dling of hay, a bale accumulator, unit grappler and transport trailer. The system produces an interlocked stack of conventional bales. Mather Airforce Base, Calif., by 2nd Lts. David W. Landry of San Antonio and Robert K. Pair of Pearland. Second Lt. Ralph E. Gholson of Fort Worth, who earlier re ceived his navigator wings there, added navigator-bombardier training at Mather. He is being assgned to Kadena Air Base, Japan along with 1st Lt. Nathan L. Witt of Seymour. Both will fly with Pacific Air Forces units. Witt recently completed flight training at MacDill Airforce Base, Fla., in the F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber. They prepared the contest project while undergraduate students in Dr. Wayne LePori’s class. The Lincoln Foundation 1977 contest gave $23,800 in awards to 67 students of engineering and technology and their 26 colleges. Awards were given in four areas, graduate and undergraduate structural and mechanical divi- Pair, now with a Strategic Air Command unit at Grand Forks Airforce Base, N.D., and Witt both graduated from Texas A&M in 1975. Gholson and Landry, remaining at Mather for ad vanced training, completed bachelor degree studies here last year. All four were commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program. A nationwide whooping cough outbreak has hit Texas. The out break has almost doubled the number of Texas cases reported, from a total of 36 in 1976 to 74 just through mid-October 1977. It has reached epidemic proportions in At lanta, Ga. The disease (also called pertussis) is rarely serious in adults and older children, but it causes pneumonia in about 10 percent of the cases in very young children. Severe cases also can cause brain damage. Unless they are immunized, small children do not have any protection from the disease, the Texas Medical Association said. Immunization does not provide absolute protection from whooping cough but it can greatly decrease chances of having a serious case or of getting the disease at all. Although this schedule can vary, children usually are given whooping cough shots in this sequence of ages: 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and once between 3 and 6 years of age. Above age 6, children usually are not given the vaccine. The whoop ing cough vaccine often is combined with diptheria and tetanus vaccine in a DPT shot. There may be several reasons for this Texas outbreak. Some doctors say adults spread more .than half the reported cases. Since the vaccine’s effectiveness wears off after approximately seven years, many adults and older chil dren catch the disease and then in fect young children at home. Be cause they have no natural protec tion babies often have the most seri ous cases. • Adults and older children often have had whooping cough or the immunizations already. They only feel like they have the flu when they get whooping cough again. Major symptoms of whooping cough often include hard coughing followed by a noisy gasping for air. Victims may cough out large amounts of mucus during these at tacks. Physicians can run a special test that often will confirm whoop ing cough cases. But it may be too late to protect small children by that time because the infectious state can last as long as eight weeks. It usually is shorter with a physician’s treat ment. THE BATTALION PadO 5 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1977 FONTANA’S INSTANT LUNCH “| 95 ALL YOU CAN EAT . . . Monday-Friday 11:30-2:00 Salad, spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread and pizza. East Gate Across from TAMU Aggie owned and operated Designs are judged by a jury of engineering educators on origi nality, ingenuity, project feasibil ity and degree of engineering competence. Flight training finished Wings and special Air Force flight training have been accom plished by four Texas A&M Uni versity graduates. Navigator wings were won at EXTENDED By popular demand, the free head and shoulders portrait sitting offer has been extended through November. If you didn’t receive your coupon over the summer, call for details. UNIVERSITY STUDIO 115 COLLEGE MAIN 846-8019 TIP TOP ^ RECORDS AND TAPES 1000 S. COULTER — BRYAN — 823-5745 Member Student Purchase Program &TDK Blank Tape Quantity Prices STEREO: SALES & SERVICE • MUSIC BOOKS . NEEDLES & ACCESSORIES COMPLETE SERVICE DEPARTMENT INSTALLATIONS Store Hours: 9:00-6:30 Mon.-Sat. TAMU TEXAS AVE. UNIV. 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