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Page 8 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1979 TEXAS BURGER HAS NOW — REOPENED — New flu drugs seem to work Specials Hamburger, Fries, Small drink reg. $1.54 NOW $1.10 Jumboburger, Fries, Small drink reg. $1.94 NOW $1.25 Texas burger (V4 pounder) Fries, Small drink reg. $2.04 NOW $1.50 Also featuring Homemade Onion Rings OFFER GOOD THRU SAT. FEB. 10 Southside Shopping Center (next to the Mop Shop) 1303 Jersey St. Open 9-8 I United Press International HOUSTON — Russian and American medical detectives Thurs day compared test results on two promising weapons against the internationally despised flu virus. The weapons are organic drugs called Amantadine and Riman tadine, which recent tests show can prevent flu among persons exposed to the virus or can speed recovery from the well-known aches, chills and fever. Only Amantadine is now publicly available in the United States and individual physicians must prescribe the drug for patients to use it, offi cials said. The federal government recently licensed it for general use against flu. “These results give us hope,” said Dr. Georgii Galegov, leader of a five-member Russian team attend ing the Baylor College of Medicine meeting sponsored by the U.S. Cen ter for Disease Control. “We want to plan a broad applica tion of these anti-virals in the near future in the fight with this infec tion,” Galegov said. Dr. George Galasso of the Na tional Institute of Health, a spokes man for the American team, em phasized the drugs — which consist of related hydrocarbon molecules shaped like bird cages — are neither new nor the final solution to the flu. “I think the ideal thing still is vac cines,” Galasso said. “It’s better to prevent disease than to treat it and it’s easier to give someone one shot of vaccine than to give them daily dos ages (to prevent infection). “But in addition to vaccine, we do need anti-virals for people who ha ven’t had the vaccine. The Aman tadine we think is good, but it isn’t 100 percent effective. It’s roughly 70 percent effective. Studies during the 1977-78 flu sea son showed Amantadine’s value against all types of flu. Some Texas A&M University stu dents participated in the flu study through a program at the Health Center. One of the problems with the drug has been side effects, which Dr. Robert B. Couch of Baylor said range from dizziness through headaches and inability to pay attention to work. “But I think some of the over-the- counter drugs have more side ef fects,” he said. L<9lBS Old Milwaukee DISCOUNT CENTER! 6 pk. bottles 9 A.M.-9 P.M. MON.-SAT. 10 A.M.-6 P.M. SUNDAY 1420 TEXAS AVE. $J19 Lone Star Longnecks A 4" 6 pack Coors Pepsi ^Sm Pepsi Light Diet Pepsi |||l 6/32 oz. bottles Lifi case ^ $1«5 $1 19 ^ U M + deposit Battalion ad rates are raised The Texas A&M University Stu dent Publications Board Thursday approved a 30-cent increase in The Battalion’s base advertising rate. The base ad rate will be increased to $2.30 per column inch beginning April 1. The rate increase is the first since February 1978, when the rate was raised to $2 per column inch from $1.80 per column inch. Donald C. Johnson, director of student publications, cited higher paper costs as one reason for the in crease. The board also reinstated Pat O’Malley as a co-editor of the Aggie- land for the spring semester. O’Mal ley had been removed by the board in the fall because his grade point ratio fell below that required for an editor. His probationary status in cluded a provision that he would be reinstated if his grades met the standards. O’Malley will serve with the Ag- gieland’s fall editor, MarilouTenhet. DIAMOND BROKERS # Diamond Importers & Wholesalers * 0 VALENTINES DAY Special Offers Expire February 14, 1979 LOOSE DIAMONDS .30 ct. Round AAAA 495 .32 ct. Round AAAA 528 .32 ct. Round AAAA 528 .33 ct. Round AAAA 545 .37 ct. Round AAAA 610 .40 ct. Round AAA 480 .41 ct. 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MIDNIGHT MOVIE: “The Boys In Company C,” starring Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens and James Canning, about five raw Marine recruits and the vicissitudes of the Vietnam War, will be shown in Rudder Theater. (R) Saturday BASEMENT COFFEEHOUSE: A variety of university talent will perform from 8 p.m. until midnight. BASKETBALL: The Texas Aggies will play Houston at 2:40 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The women’s team will play North Texas State University in the Mean Green Classic in Denton. SWIM TEAM: The men’s team will swim against Stanford and Ore gon at Palo Alto at 1 p.m. and the JV team will swim against Baylor here at 2 p.m. GYMNASTICS: The gymnastics team will go to San Marcos for the SWTSU Invitational at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. TENNIS: The tennis team will play in the Lamar Team Invitational in Beaumont all day. AGGIE CINEMA: “Gone With The Wind,” the classic film of Mar garet Mitchell’s best-selling novel featuring the legendary charac ters of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara, will be shown at 8 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. Sunday JOSEPH DONALDSON EXHIBIT: The drawings and paintings of Joseph Donaldsom will be exhibited in the Rudder Exhibit Hall today through Feb. 28. SWIM TEAM: The men’s team will swim against Texas Tech in Lubbock at 2 p.m. AGGIE CINEMA: “Brian’s Song,” the true touching story of a friendship between two men until one’s tragic death from cancer, starring James Caan and Billy Dee Williams, will be shown at 2 p.m. in Rudder Theater. Monday BETA ALPHA PSI: James Hamilton will speak on “What is the General Accounting Office?” at 7 p.m. in Room 701, Rudder Tower. All persons interested in pledging should attend. OFF-CAMPUS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: There will be an im portant general meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the MSG Council Room. BASKETBALL: The women’s team will play Sam Houston State University in Huntsville at 5:15 p.m. 1 ALTERATIONS 1 IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND ALTERATIONS. ‘DON’T GIVE UP — WE’LL \\ MAKE IT FIT!” V AT WELCH’S CLEANERS. WE NOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCEL LENT DRY CLEANERS BUT WE SPECIALIZE IN ALTERING HARD TO FIT EVENING DRESSES. TAPERED, SHIRTS, JEAN HEMS, WATCH POCKETS. ETC. (WE RE JUST A FEW BLOCKS NORTH OF FED MART.) WELCH’S CLEANERS 3eA^^29t^TVW^^COUNTRYSHOPPINGCENTER) Sun Theatres 333 University o4t The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Week Open 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Mon.-Sat. 12 Noon - 12 Midnight Sun No one under 18 Escorted Ladies Free BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS 846-9808 Car lights better an brighter United Press Internationil NEW YORK - The Aments tomobile industry may turn ally to the halogen gas head long used in Europe, as the a new development by the Si Corp., Danvers, Mass. This would result in gen brighter headlights with less consumption and perhaps a B> improvement in gasoline K, j The ei won cl e the Hoi What Sylvania, a division of B Last ; eral Telephone & Eleclro nu ' nt , c Corp., has accomplished is ioJj* ln,u &‘ 1 the first sealed beam halogen lights. American law requires the adjusted sealed beam hea|| original equipment « American-made cars. TheEi sty le halogen headlight is America only for foreign m since the inside of thelense, (lector and the outside ofthe capsule are open to moist®, and other contamination make the light beam de both in intensity and direclioB^e we The great advantage of thdcan t sco gen headlight is that the filament is sealed in a hard sale filled with halogen gas environment, the filament heated to a much higher 0| temperature, resulting inaul more powerful light thank ventional American sealed!] headlight gives. On high beam, this light* crease seeing distances for mo by more than 50 percent, act® to Sylvania. On low beam, the halogen lamp draws five fewer electricity than the convent sealed beam tungsten lamp, big enough saving so that, I cally, the size of the alternati "Neec jgh at ] to do W£ I “We ' AicM g iy). Bu to u iUST emons Sded t jntlem battery could he reducedsuffioB 0 ^ ' #-.11* ftn» OI-I fringe fiml tile i rds fo [Arkan feat in inrsda; fter th )ving- re goi ftime. Lemoi [gar ant to cut the engine’s fuel consul by two-tenths of a mile to the or four miles to a 20-gallon However, cutting the size automobile’s generator depends on many things besii lights — on how big the engine how many amperes of pod starter pulls and on howmanii trical accessories the car has. pean cars usually have generators and batteries bti they have smaller engines. Nevertheless, FordMotorCi 1.^ decided to adopt Sylvania! 1 s , sealed beam halogen headlip | ^ e ^ standard equipment on the n( | s i 1()N Lincoln Versailles andhasindi K it will adopt them on some Ford models in 1981. Richard de la Chappele, aS;! vice president based at Hills N. H., who had much to do wit veloping the new lamp, saidSjt had plenty of experience gen lamps for photography, a« d Ler e coa ler an ault ards s the I pond \ ixas in and other specialized light ap; tions. The task in mating Eurt halogen technology and Ame sealed beam technology was J one of adapting big-scale mass duction methods to the hybrid! “We solved that by sealia halogen filled bulb containia tungsten filament into the glass ^ ^ reflector, de la Chapellesaid™ glass front lens is bonded toll flector. The assembly is pn tested and aimed soitwillbe <; utton able by all the standard he. | W)U ] t | ) aiming devices used in Amer« mons ra g es -” flhor The lamps are being pro C0() j s ^ now at Salem, Mass. If the lb fij t , nc j s industry shifts to them on an'B“] ^ 0 j stantial scale, Sylvania wil pj ayer them in a much larger s | Mm j ( Seymour, Ind. EL le ran kansa xas gi er by itton s by In thi Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased V These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting F Each Daily Special Only $1.79 Plus Tax. “Open Daily” Dining: 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. — 4:00 P.M. to 7: MONDAY EVENING TUESDAY EVENING SPECIAL SPECIAL Salisbury Steak Mexican Fiesta with Dinner Mushroom Gravy Two Cheese and Whipped Potatoes Onion Enchiladas Your Choice of w/chili One Vegetable Mexican Rice Roll or Com Bread and Butter Patio Style Pinto Beans Coffee or Tea Tostadas Coffee or Tea One Corn Bread and Butter bplet bed me “In th resp fng, a sit on th not eve dais’ eal Sidne lacks’ WEDNESDAY EVENING SPECIAL Chicken Fried Steak w/cream Gravy Whipped Potatoes anti Choice of one other Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Bui ; xas '^ Coffee or Tea ong Arkai THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE Parmesan Cheese - Tossed Green Salad Choice of Salad Dressing - Hot Garlic Bread Tea or Coffee FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL BREADED FISH FILET w/TARTAR SAUCE Cole Slaw Hush Puppies Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee SATURDAY NOON and EVENING SPECIAL Chicken &. Dumplings Tossed Salad Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee SUNDAY SPECIAL NOON and EVE# ROAST TURKEY Served with Cranberry Sauce Cornbread Dressing Roll or Corn Bread - B# Coffee or Tea Giblet Gravy And your choice of any One vegetable