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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, July 25, 1973
College Station, Texas
Page 5
Smog Controls Blasted
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ing used to study the effects of
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The house is a l/20th scale
odel of a cement modular struc-
re manufactured by Construc-
on Modules, Inc., a division of
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with the movie.”
Dr. David J. Norton, assistant
professor of aerospace engineer
ing, is conducting the tests at the
wind tunnel in cooperation with
Dave Millikan, director of the
facility, and the wind tunnel staff.
“We are using a plastic scale
model of the structure,” Dr. Nor
ton explained, “to measure points
of stress on the building in winds
of hurricane and gale force.
“The structure is holding up
quite well on the wind-loading
experiments, but we haven’t start
ed rapid depressurization tests
which simulate tornado actions.”
The modular home, which
weighs 96 tons and is trucked to
the building site in four modules,
is precast at the company’s San
Antonio plant. The basic structure
consists of two cement pads and
two sections which are tied to
gether at the construction site.
Wind speeds of 80 and 130
m.p.h. are being used in the wind
tunnel tests. The depressuriza
tion tests will be undertaken in
a pressure tank, according to Dr.
Norton.
The project, funded through
September with $4,000, is being
administered by the Texas A&M
Research Foundation.
AUSTIN — Federal Environ
mental Protection Agency propos
als to cut auto pollution smog in
Texas ran into opposition in pub
lic hearings last week.
EPA proposes to put the smog
control plans into effect August
15 unless convinced it should alter
or delay them.
Here’s what the controls would
mean, with variations from area
to area:
*Specific traffic lanes for buses
and car pools on freeways.
*Installation of anti-pollution
devices on pre-1968 cars.
*Elimination of downtown park
ing in major cities like Houston
and San Antonio.
* Gasoline quotas.
*Reducing gasoline fumes in
some areas (like Austin-Waco)
by improved storage tanks and
tighter gasoline delivery trucks.
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A Texas Good Roads Associa
tion spokesman assailed the idea
of special traffic lanes as poten
tial contributors to all-time rec
ord traffic pile-ups.
A Texas Air Control Board
representative also challenged
constitutionality of EPA recom
mendations to require owners of
seven-year-old (and older) cars
to install anti-smog equipment.
The latter requirement, said
the Board spokesman, places an
undue process and equal guaran
tees of the fifth and 14th amend
ments.
Air Control Board spokesmen
have contended emission control
devices would cost owners of old
cars $300 million and would af
fect one per cent of the total
pollution problem.
Record Second
Summer Term
Enrollment
Second session summer enroll
ment at A&M totals 6,097, repre
senting an 8.3 per cent increase
over the previous record for this
period set last year.
Registrar Robert A. Lacey said
the figures include 136 students
participating in the Texas Mari
time Academy and “Summer
School at Sea” cruise to the Medi
terranean and 58 students en
rolled in marine related studies
at Galveston.
The figures represent tabula
tions as of the fourth class day,
the official reporting period for
state supported insttutions, Lacey
noted.
He pointed out second session
enrollment is traditionally lower
than that of the first session, but
the decrease is less than normal
this year. Enrollment during the
first session was 6,855, also a
record.
Landlords May
List Through
‘Y’ For Students
Bryan and College Station
property owners with available
living quarters to rent or lease
may list through the YMCA for
incoming A&M students.
Logan Weston said rooms in
private homes and furnished or
unfurnished houses, apartments
and trailers are in demand.
Owners are asked to stop in at
the “Y” office, 216 University
Center, to make listings.
A&M’s fall enrollment exceeds
on-campus housing capabilities.
A card file at the YMCA provides
a detailed description of rental
facilities, including price and lo
cation.
Weston, religious life coordi
nator and YMCA general secre
tary, said the file cards cannot
be filled out over the phone. The
listing requires the property own
er’s certification that the owner
will abide by the Fair Housing
Act as endorsed by the State of
Texas.
Sports Car
Club To Run
Gymkhana
The Texas A&M Sports Car
Club will run a gymkhana Satur
day on the Zachry Engineering
Center parking lot.
The Saturday gymkhana will
match drivers one at a time on a
Parking Lot 50 course. Event
master Don Tunison said the best
minimum elapsed time will win.
Technical inspection will start at
9 a.m. The first car will go on
the course at 10 a.m. An entry
fee of $2.00 per driver will be
charged.
“This type event can give use
ful driver training for emergency
maneuvers to avoid accidents in
regular street and road driving,”
noted Richard de Bruin, club pub
licity chairman.
Spectators will be admitted
free.
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