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THE BATTALION Page 5A MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1979 FORRENT_ y? Must b 37...1(2 (EN nted Require; n wage C.S. sswsa ««■ CED :hep iety of) NEW efficiencies month. One bedroom from month AH bills paid except Jdtv No pets. Villa West *1 south of «a Maria. Peterson, manager. 822 177tfn PERSONALS Would the guy who found Darla Johnston’s wallet, please call Courtyard Apts. 693- 2772. ..187t2 Battalion Classifieds Call 845-2611 IAVE LUNCH ON US ... FREE! ^ Apartment Placement is once again giving away free ich to everyone who leases thru us. Apartments • Duplexes • All Types Of Housing Call for appointment or come by A&M APT■ PLACEMENT SERVICE Mmkk, 693-3777 2339 S. Texas, C.S. J*a( “Next to the Dairy Queen” , zz, and ediate inly. 46-0 )0 shed duplex. Carpeted, air, frost free ttachedgarage. Married couples only. No children. 822-5195... 187t4 N FOOD is for da our )7 Dorns lion Partly furnished apartment, $100. 165132 after 7 p.m.... 187tfn SPECIAL NOTICE pregnancy testing unselling on all alternatives d birth control methods, omen’s Referral Center, 10 Old College Road. 846-8437 ^ OFFICIAL NOTICE Cooperative Education in the College of Lib eral Arts has a half-time position open at the Bridgehouse in Bryan. The salary is $3 per hour. For more information about this posi tion, please contact Henry D. Pope or Susan nah Clary at 845-7814... It5 ^BUSINES^O p P ORT UN ITY what’s up Monday YELL LEADERS, ALL UNIVERSITY NIGHT: Coach Wilson and the football team will be announced, followed by a yell practice at 7:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. THEATER ARTS TRYOUTS: Tryouts for the first play of the year. Happy Birthday, Wanda June,” will be held in the Forum from 8 to 9 p.m. GRADUATING SENIORS: Graduating seniors may order gradua tion announcements today through September 28 in Room 217, MSC from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday DISCO ASSOCIATION OF A&M: There will be a fall organizational meeting at 7 p.m. in Room 402, Rudder Tower. AGGIE CINEMA: “Fiddler on the Roof,” will be shown at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater. THEATER ARTS TRYOUTS: Tryouts for the first play of the year. Happy Birthday, Wanda June,” will be held in the Forum from 7 to 8 p. m. SILVER TAPS: Silver taps, to honor six Texas A&M University stu dents who have died since Aggie Muster in April, will be held at 10:30 p.m. on the mall in front of the Academic Building. Wednesday CAMPUS SCOUTS: The Campus Scouts is an organization for all persons who believe in the scouting ideals and want to keep in touch with other scouts. There will be a meeting at 9 p.m. in Room 308, Rudder Tower for all members and interested pros pects. There will be outings planned. For more information, call Vince at 845-5957. DEADLINE: Today is the last day to enroll for fall classes. HILLEL CLUB: There will be a Hillel picnic at the Hillel Founda tion Building on Jersey St. Neiv method to identify cancer Test animals can be spared with new testing techniques Bsumes...caii Build A Business In Your Spare Time lr) just two years, Jim Place con verted a $12.50 investment into a $40,000-per-year business of his it. No obligation. When: Sept. 11,8 p.m. Where: Brazos Center Lecture Hall, 3232 Briarcrest, Bryan. 693- Battlefield located by A&M scientists Results from a Texas A&M Uni versity cancer study of several pes ticides and other chemicals support the idea that cell cultures in petri dishes can be as effective in identify ing carcinogens as lab animals. Microbiologist Dr. John Quarles said the advantage of such an ap proach are speed (results in 10-21 days compared to months or years for animal tests) and the sparing of countless test animals for other re search. Quarles explained that of 13,000 cell cultures in a control group not exposed to suspected cancer- causing chemicals, not a single cul ture showed cell transformation re garded as a bellwether of cancerous activity. But of over 37,000 cultures ex posed variously to more than a dozen chemicals, all showed some transformation even at low levels. The results may have more signifi cance than medical researchers had previously thought. Findings from the 37,000 cultures also correlated well with results garnered from test animals exposed to the chemically treated cell cul tures, noted Quarles. The study was carried out in cooperation with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the National Cancer Institute. “Although the correlation was not 100 percent because this method is still experimental,” he remarked, “the results showed that growth in agar (a medium for cell cultures) can be a useful aid in screening for trans formation to cancer-causing ac tivity.” Quarles also said that in such cell culture techniques, scientists shouldn’t discount low rates of cell transformation as insignificant. “In this study, two known car cinogens yielded rates of less than 1 percent,” he explained. Of three nitrous pesticides tested — nitrosocarbaryl, nitrosomethomyl and nitrosolandrin — all three were found to cause cell transformation that leads to cancer, but only one of the “parent” chemicals (those with out nitroso compounds) indicated some transforming activity on its own. That was landrin, said Quarles. Quarles expressed hopes that the more exacting and more controlled cell culture method might even help improve on current cancer testing techniques. A blue ribbon White House committee on environmental qual ity reported last week that more than 100,000 Americans die each year from on-the-job exposure to chemicals and that prolonged expo sure contributes heavily to the na tion’s cancer rate, sometimes as much as 38 percent. The panel also warned that no dose of a chemical that causes cancer — no matter how small — can be considered a safe level. grins beer garden has the coldest beer, best burgers, finest guitar pickers and prettiest women in town! 4410 college main 'ASH i Brya' on e IERSI ALLEN Oldsmobile Cadillac Honda SALES - SERVICE ^ here satisfaction is standard equipment” 2401 Texas Ave. .779-3516 ^^cccccco: jrrey ■076: irs iting DR Since 3-811 S3 d >ubl ate M Four cannonballs and dozens of smaller pieces of ammunition un earthed near Brownsville have con vinced Texas A&M University sci entists they have pinpointed artil lery positions from the Battle of Palo Alto, first skirmish of the Mexican- American War. If their calculations prove correct, Texas A&M researchers could save taxpayers thousands of dollars by enabling the National Parks Service to buy only the land it needs to es tablish the boundaries of the na tional historical site. No previous study has located the battlefield so accurately, said re search scientist Clell Bond of Texas A&M’s interdisciplinary Cultural Resources Laboratory. Bond believes the current cache of artifacts excavated from six inches of topsoil is probably the Mexican battle line, where field pieces from the 6,000-man Mexican army and 2,000-troop American force dueled in the hot sun on May 8, 1846, sig naling the opening of two years of formal hostilities. Bond said the field work near Los Fresnos northeast of Brownsville also uncovered part of what may be a cannon and a number of personal articles from the same time period, but it is not yet known if the buttons and bottles are directly related to the battle. He explained that the excavation has shown that the site of the battle lines are not where they were pre viously thought to be, and that a 20th century monument com memorating the engagement is ac tually closer to the site than most people had believed. The artifacts will be returned to the National Parks Service after analysis here. The Cultural Resources Labora tory at Texas A&M is a service avail able to university scientists and to the off-campus sector. Other researchers at the lab are working on a project to raise a 115- year-old Confederate ironclad from the harbor channel in Savannah, Ga. 9 OUT OF 10 PUPPIES PREFER THE BATTALION [aggie special! I i DOUBLE MEAT 11 DOUBLE CHEESE BURGER with FRIES & f ONION RINGS (Reg. $2.59) with this coupon $2^ ^ Offer Expires Sat., Sept. 8 SiiiiimimiiimiiiimimmiiiiiiCOUPONi |m i |m|imim|||||i||||m||ill| K | CALL IN YOUR ORDER — 846-7466 | University Drive at Welborn Overpass o Q_ 3 o o I I I I I Store Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sun. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. I J When Are Services You Need No Secret All? when over 30.000 people READ IT IN THE BATTALION Looking for a housekeeper? Baby sitter? Someone to repair your lawn mower? 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