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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1983)
_page A Doonesbury a day hi, you mr know mb, m r SA W YOUK PtCTURB in the rrupem P I RECTORY, ANPI WA5W0NP5RJNG /R YOU UJERB POING ANYTHING ON NEW YEARISEVB.. The work of G.B. Trudeau is familiar to millions of comic- strip readers and media watchers around the world. Now, for the first time, he pre sents a Doonesbury collection in calendar form: THE DOONESBURY DESK DI ARY 1984. This volume fea tures 37 of Trudeau's Sunday strips. Weekly date pages are proportioned for maximum usefulness. In addition to these top- drawer Trudeau strips, the calendar makes note or impor tant dates — of several varieties. All major holidays are noted, as well as other special days ("All in the Fami ly" premieres. Carter admits "lust in heart") and days of particular interest to Doones bury fans (Duke sentenced to death by an Iranian tribunal, Joanie graduates from law school). With almost 300 entries, this calendar will turn 1984 into a joyride through the popular and political culture of the past 15 years — the rich kind of ride Trudeau has pro vided for over a decade. The Doonesbury Desk Di ary 1984, by G.B. Trudeau, $8.95. It's fair time folks! The 1983 State Fair of Texas, billed as the "Best of Shows," will offer the best of old and new to this year's fairgoers. The Fair will present a vari ety of never-before-seen-in- Dallas rides, acts, exhibits and entertainment. At the same time it returns the favorites which have delighted crowds in years past. Among new attractions is "The Great Rock and Roll Time Machine," a multi- media show which combines slides, film, animation and special effects with a sound track of 215 songs that encom pass the highlights of rock during the past 25 years. Three new (and big!) dis plays are among 300 exhibi tions. Included is a geodesic dome with a diameter of 42 feet and containing a com pletely furnished home, an F- 16 Fighting Falcon used by the U.S. Air Force and a truck driving school for 18- wheelers. To quicken the pulses of fairgoers, eight new rides have been added to the Mid way. Among the most specta cular are the Log Flume ride, which floats its passengers through a 780-foot trough and ends with a splash; the Loop ing Star Roller Coaster, which makes a complete 360-degree loop; the Gravitron, which sti mulates the sensation of weightlessness in outer space; and the 1001 Nacht, which g ves the feeling of a 90-foot 11. A host of entertainment events are free. New this year is live entertainment from Sesame Place, presented in the Centennial Building, while repeat attractions in clude a full-scale circus, an outdoor ice revue, a nightly parade and a fireworks snow. Appearing for the first time in the parade will be Walt Dis ney World's ten black per- cheron horses. Numerous musical groups will perform on stages throughout the fairgrounds and for street dances. Among the better-known performers will be David Friz zell, Vem Gosdin, Steve Wariner, Boxcar Willie, Fren- chie Burke, George Strait, Gary Morris, Red Stegall and Earl Thomas Conley. Groups performing will include Atlanta, Mason Dixon, The Shoppe, the Lost Cowbot Band and Renegade. Texas-Mexico Day will be celebrated Oct. 18 with con- Are you puzzled? ■I I N B s G H I E I F T E In this puzzle, you are to fit the letters in each column into the boxes directly above them. It is up to you to decide which letter goes into which box above it and figure on^the order of the letters. Letters may not be used more than once. When the diagram is fil led correctly, you will be able to read a quotation across the boxes. This puzzle was taken from The Dell Big Book of Cross words and Pencil Puzzles #2, edited by Rosalind Moore, a Dell paperback, $7.95. Did you know ...? In the summer of 1807, at the request of the governor of the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, Lt. Zebulon Pike led an expedition commission to explore the head-waters of the Arkansas and Red rivers, and to report on Spanish set tlement in New Mexico. In addition to Pike's party of 21, 51 Osage and Pawnee Indians who had been held captive by the Patawatomees made their way up the Arkan sas river in canoes. On Nov. 15, Pike spotted what appeared to be a small blue cloud; however, closer examination through his field glasses revealed a mountain. A week later Pike and two or three of his men set out to ex plore the mountain. Weather that often went below zero forced the crew to turn back about 30 miles from the peak. Pike decided it would be almost impossible to climb. After descending the Arkansas River through the rugged Royal Gorge, they took a southward route and ended up on the upper Rio Grande. They built a fort there, and soon were disco vered by the Spanish. Not wanting to stir up a confronta tion with the U.S., the Spa niards treated Pike and his men with extreme courtesy and entertained then lavishly. It is claimed that Pike fur nished the most informed account of New Mexico and Texas that the U.S. had re ceived to that time. Several years after Pike's death, the mountain he discovered was named Pike's Peak in his honor. The Texas Historical Com mission has placed an OFFI CIAL TEXAS HISTORICAL MARKER at one of the sites where Pike camped on his way back to the U.S., Cad- doan Mound State Historic Site, six miles southwest of Alto. tinuous entertainment all day on the Big Tex stage and an 8 p.m. show in the Cotton Bowl. Sixty-nine other cities, counties, areas, ethnic groups, organizations and educational institutions will be honored with special days during the run of the Fair. This year 7 s University of Texas vs. Oklahoma football classic will be played on Oct. 8 in the Cotton Bowl, and the State Fair of Texas champion ship rodeo will run Oct. 8-16. Several museums located on the fairgrounds will have special exhibits during the run of this year's annual event. Topics to be highlighted in clude Texas prairie lands and Picasso prirds^-^^^— Food is always a star attrac tion at the State Fair, with more than 200 restaurants and food booths offering their wares. Joining the Fair menus for the first time will be Louisiana-styled meat pies and the Round-Up Cafe (in the Coliseum). As usual, countless other items, rang ing from international cuisine to the Fair standards of com dogs and Belgian waffles, also will be available. The State Fair of Texas is still the biggest entertainment around, with an admission of $3 for adults and $1 for chil dren ages 5 to 11. Children under 5 years of age are admitted free, and senior citizens are admitted free each