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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1975
Electric cars a reality
Texas A&M student Sam Fisher atop electric vehicle.
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It’s now possible to drive your
own electric car to and from work
every day, researchers at A&M say.
A Texas Transportation Institute
(TTI) team offers an alternative to
present autombiles and, as a result,
members are proposing a $100,000
program to the Center for Energy
and Mineral Resources atTAMU. It
would study the sociological,
economic and safety aspects of elec
tric vehicles now under production
in the United States.
Dr, Don L. Ivey of TTI says
changing to alternate power sources
is critically important to achieve
petroleum self-sufficiency.
“It’s estimated that currently-
available electric vehicles are able
to replace 32 per cent of the autos
now in use in the U.S.,’ Ivey said.
“This would represent a reduction
of 12 per cent of the gasoline cur
rently required by the U.S.’’
Ivey said that one variety, the
Citicar, is now marketed locally.
Electrics have been around since
1916 when they were advertised
“for ladies and timid gentlemen.’’
“These vehicles may represent
the wave of the future in urban
transportation,” Ivey said. “They
can drive in city traffic all day at
speeds up to 40 mph and be ready to
go in the morning after charging
overnight.”
What about electric costs?
“Published data on these vehicles
indicates a cost of approximately
three cents per mile, including the
replacement of batteries occasion
ally,” he said.
A brief two-day monitoring of
electric power use by members of
TTI’s Highway Safety Research
Center showed the locally available
Insect parts
spoil baby food
WASHINGTON (AP) — Con
sumers Union Tuesday said it found
insect parts, rodent hairs and paint
chips in a large number of 39 com
mercial baby foods tested.
The organization said that insec
ts, insect parts and rodent hairs
were found in about 25 per cent of
the foods tested. This compared
with filth found in about 10 per cent
of the samples tested in 1972.
Consumers Union said it found
problems with baby foods made by
the three major manufacturers,
Gerber, Heinz and Beech-Nut.
Although the rodent and insect
contamination does not represent a
health hazard, Consumers Union
said, the FDA should take action to
eliminate it.
model gets 3.4 miles per kilowatt
hour.
“If you translate this in terms of
Bryan electric costs, it is about 25
cents per day or $7.50 per month,”
pointed out Ivey.
A gas-powered subcompact doing
the same amount of travel would
cost $18 per month at 50 cents per
gallon of gas. The electric car will
zoom from zero to 20 mph in six
seconds and brake from 35 mph in
about 45 feet.
924 continue
education
During July 924 persons partici
pated in 16 continuing education ac
tivities, boosting the fiscal year total
to 23,298.
James Bradley, director of the Of
fice of Continuing Education £t
TAMU, reported Tuesday that Ju
ly’s activities had accounted for
more than 18,000 hours. Over a half
million hours have been logged
since the fiscal year began Sept. 1,
1974, he added.
Since September, the Office of
Continuing Education has coordi
nated efforts on 431 activities.
During July, programs were held
by the TAMU Colleges of Agricul
ture, Architecture and Environ
mental Design, Business Administ
ration, Education, Liberal Arts and
Science.
Merchants
plan party
for students
Plans for a back-to-school party
were finalized at a meeting of the
North Gate Merchant’s Association
last night at the University National
Bank.
The party, sponsored by the mer
chants, is scheduled to begin at 8
p.m. Aug. 30 after the MSG open
house.
Several bands are scheduled to
play. Two blocks of College Main
from University Dr. to Church St.
and one block of Patricia St. are to
be blocked off for dancing.
Prizes totaling $550 will be given
away between songs. Registration
for the prizes will be held Aug. 25
through Aug. 29 at participating
North Gate stores. Registrants need
not be present to win.
Stores in the area will be open
from 8 p.m. until the party’s end.
‘DeadmarT refuses fate
of government files
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Anthony
Arvan is not the type to take his own
death lying down.
When Arvan, 65, learned that the
local Social Security office had clas
sified him deceased and qualified
his wife for widow’s benefits, he
started out to prove he was alive.
“I called the people up at the So
cial Security office and told them I
wasn’t dead,” he said.
A clerk looked up his name, found
a “D” for deceased after it and said
the record showed he was indeed
dead.
Arvan, a furniture salesman who
retired July 1, then put in an ap
pearance at Social Security to con
vince officials he was not dead.
“I became concerned, not about
whether I was alive, but how such a
mistake could happen, ” Arvan said.
It all started two weeks ago when
Arvan was notified how much he
would receive in Social Security be
nefits. Three days later, the notice
that he was dead came in the mail
for his wife.
“They told me it would take 15 or
20 days or maybe longer to get it all
straightened out,” he said. “I told
them it took them only three days to
kill me off so it should only take
three days to bring me back.”
Norman Thoreson, head of the
local Social Security office, told
Arvan the records would be
straightened out by the end of this
week.
He said Arvan s premature de
mise was apparently due to a clerical
error when his records were being
put into computer files.
“Somebody evidently hit the
wrong button,” Thoreson said.
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“Although the car is Spartan in
coach work and in interior gadgetry,
this very simplicity gives it the po
tential of being one of the most
maintenance-free vehicles pro
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He said more information would
probably be available from TTI re
search. He expects other funding
sources such as Urban Mass Transit
Administration, Department of
Transportation, and Energy Re
search and Development Administ
ration to be developed within the
next year.
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At noon were all hamburgers.
After 5, it’s seafood, chicken fried
steak and table service.
Everyone knows about 3C Corral burgers. After 5, the
Corral features seafood (shrimp, catfish and hush pup
pies) and a generous chicken fried steak (plus french
fries and salad).
Table service for family dining after 5. And drive-thru
service from 10-9 for take-home orders of seafood and
barbecue.
3-C Corral
29th Street to Barak Lane
Across from Bryan High School
693-2721
VICTORS OF COLLEGE STATION
ANNOUNCING TO THE JUNIOR CLASS
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BOOTS ORDERED IN OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER
WILL BE READY BY NOVEMBER OR THE FIRST PART OF DECEMBER
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(TAX
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The Military Wrap is here! This 25-
inch wrap-around skirt in pre
washed & pre-faded denim is what
YOUR wardrobe needs. Put it with
a tiny t-shirt or a bulky turtle-neck.
No matter what, it’s year-round
which means you getyour money’s
worth and these days that’s impor
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Sizes 3-13 $19.00
PLUS
Other fashions to choose from to
keep you looking your best
LOUPOT’S BOOKS & BRITCHES
North Gate Across from the Post Office