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ONE G $LiITS FAMOUS BRAND: ODD PLAIDS---S, DRESS DOUBLE K DRES% SOLIDS-F KNIT SOLIDS-F) SPOR SLACKS--S1 TIES Values $7.50 t4 $3 to ' * The Gamecock on Thursday dur a week during the holidays and exai Change of add. mail items should Columbia, S.C., 2 and $2 for the s from the studenw to a subscription 318 and 319 in 1400 Green St. news, and 777-3: nat Columbia. S.C ALE FOR THE FOURTH 'OUP 5959TO 3140 i-latest styles Reg. $85.00 to $209.( JACKETS $4550to$ 1 o DLIDS Reg. $65.00 to $150.00 ; SLACKS $1400 to $3 NIT-WOOL BLENDS Reg. $20.00 to $45.00 S HIRTS $9800 $1 ANCYS Reg. $14.00 to $25.00 SHIRTS $1Q50 to$11 kNCYS Reg. $15.00 to $20.00 TSWE AR $4500to $84 JITS-JACKETS Reg. $65.00 to $120.00 CUFF FREE DRESS Slight charge for alterations Vlues To $ Downtown 1337 Main Street Dutch Square Mal EVERYTH MACRAN MECOCKOU-A is published twice weekly on Monday and All Kinds of'I ing the fall and spring semesters and onc e Pin~ts Hai summer, with the exception of university FW610 Harden 5 n periods. Phone 2544~ ess forms, subscription requests and other ________ be sent to The Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, 9208. Subscription rate is $3 per semester ummer. The Gamecock received $38,000 Z activity fund entitling full-time students Offices of The Gamecock are rooms 317, L Russell House on the university campus, KL Telephones are 777-8178 and 777-4249, 1320 Maint 188, advertising. Second class postage paid .-hour cleani 4-hour Laundr; Monday~ -S8 Air Museum Second Biggest 100 By Marshall Swanson The next time you find yours 10 languishing on campus durinc '0 hot weekend afternoon, why r 50 consider taking a day trip to 1 Florence Air and Missile Musei in Florence, S.C.? The museum, located on L 00 301 at the entrance to the F rence Municipal AirpDrt just E of the city limits, offers an ass( ment of fairly recent vintage N and Air Force aircraft plus a L 50 Army combat tank. The exhibit, which promo say is the only one of its k.in( the southeast and the second A 00 gest in the country, boasts s( [.5. 23 aircraft, including fixed*v and rotary. At least five missile various types are also on displa Most of the craft, which 00 mounted on steel and conc foundations; are Cold War r dating back not farther than Korean conflict era. In front of each plane is a que telling where the plane c from in addition to informa on the aircraft's manufacture, of construction, cost, wings and length. A brief descriptio how the aircraft was used is a able on some of the craft. Included in.the collection H-21-"Banana" Helicopter, in President Eisenhower's V 18 House Fleet from 1952 to 191 $4 Also on display is a Tita Inter Continental Balistic M (ICBM)--weighing 80 tons ar one time capable of hurtlin BLOOD DONORS Now paying donors $10 CASH or You may give for yourseli ING Open r others ING Eas To Ope rafts dicrafts tret 122 Gamecock Charge Accoun EN .00 street ,' Service .......y mITTOIl atomic payload some 6,300 miles "lf with 430,000 pounds of rocket a thrust in its basic stage and 100, ot 000 pounds of thrust in its upper he stage. Im For fixed wing aircraft enthu siast there is a F-86-H Sabre Jet .S. Fighter, the type which saw ex 1o- tensive action in the Korean con 3st rt- flict. The F-86-H reportedly com ivy piled what military authorities de .S. scribe as an "extremely effective" loss ratio of 13 to 1. ers Also on display ia a WB-47-B in medium bomber; the kind which lar- the museum brochure describes as me ing the type of plane which accident of ally dropped a nuclear device on Florence itself. No elaboration on are the incident is provided, however. ete At least five missiles are also lics displayed at the museum, includ the ing a "Matador," "Regulus," "Bo marc" and "Sparrow." pla- Some of the larger planes may ime be boarded and inspected although :ion there is a charge of from 25 to 50 late cents per person for each plane )an, boarded, in addition to a general i of admission charge of 25 cents for iail children under 12 and 50 cents for san adults. ised The museum has free parking hite and a snack bar providing refresh 6. ments and postcards. I I-- From Columbia the museum ssile can be reached in about two hours d at driving time by taking S.C. 378 an west to I 95, then north to Flo rence and U.S. 301. The museum is open during daylight hours. About two hours should be allowed for a thorough inspection of all the aircraft at the exhibit. All of the planes on display were flown to the museum and de militarized by special crews from ..Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter. The museum has received the South Carolina Travel Council A ward twice from the State Cham ber of Eommerce for being the outstanding tourist attraction in the Pee Dee area. - SALE 25% OFF INNER CITY 9LADRAQS 1 2016 GREEN STREET I a A T IEDNlTh