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□r ei? i the bus :O0 thoi i railroaii Hlot tested in three states THE BATTALION Page 5 WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1976 TTI computer designs pavement declining) companiei o deteri#) ingthed -e on (lie mset L’nt| "vice was [ quality 0(1 decreased el. 60s, it major a engersenjj rhe U.S.a ) this situ 'assengerS ting Amtr iblic wij xially ailing ’ice. TlieS to continuil k'el of mol :alistic,is; lat the; ningi s. During i ? Texas Trj 'ill bei atter. ish ilaii er reisli 'o Texas h are suninj ionally# ke ea ■eral ked a :s and Will ary 1973, ?d in a fi is bigger Hi t on they vas 21 i air near'ljl ;erling red id on Ml id wasc /as using<:j red wasti '3. ked in 1 by Pill i flats offfl i redfish* the NaSo i Port An ered to S D’s Palaol ion. at the AM il and similar t technii|i nicalandlj seining f [)nora erinarian,! jy the TeJ ;nt chapteij lary Met / received! cation by 8 ress Asso the mags T. Q. Sb itor ofb and headl w :cial Beef am A computer program, researched by a pair of Texas A&M University engineering professors, helps design and manage asphalt pavements for the Texas Transportation Institute. Drs. R. L. Lytton and W. F. McFarland of TTI did work on the program that considers such cost elements as initial construction, routine maintenance, periodic re habilitation, interest on investment, salvage value, and roadway user cost. “The program has been pilot tested in three states and found to be workable where suitable computer facilities and personnel are avail able,” said a Transportation Re search Board report. The newly released report is enti tled “Flexible Pavement Design and Management — Systems Approach Implementation” which describes an operational computer program that provides a basis for selecting pavement design for the lowest pre dicted total cost over a period of time. An example of its use is making “the choice between light pavement with several overlays and thick heavy pavements with virtually zero rehabilitation,” the report goes on. “Also, decisions can be updated. Several runs of the program at vari ous stages of the design, construc tion and service of a road will allow users to judge the effects of fluctuat- Maine challenges Texas chickens Lone Star egg producers are being challenged to prove that everything is bigger in Texas. The state of Maine has thrown the gauntlet squarely at the feet of Texas eggmen, as the Central Maine Egg Festival seeks to find the world’s largest chicken egg. To be eligible, eggs must have been produced by the species Gallus domesticus (a domestic chicken) on or after Aug. 1, 1975. Any individual or egg association in the world may enter a chicken egg to be judged at the Central Maine Egg Festival on July 31, said Dr. William O. Cawley, poultry specialist for the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. The winning entry will be gold plated and mounted on a base featur ing a plaque denoting all pertinent information. Eggs must be shipped uncooked, contents intact and prepaid at the entrant’s risk to the World’s Largest Egg, Room 334, Hitchner Hall, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04473. Entries must arrive on or be fore July 29. CS liquor hours extended (Continued from Page I.) expenditures if the hours were extended because of the number of extra policemen needed. Mauk added, “I don’t think additional drinking at these hours is consistent with the ideals in an academic community. In response to these arguments, Jerri Ward, a student government representa tive who is an ex-officio member of the council, said she disagreed that present services are adequate. She said most stu dents do not get out to socialize until about 9 or 10 p.m. Ward said she felt the additional revenue generated by the city from liquor taxes would offset any additional expenditures needed for more police duty. Ward added that she didn’t feel govern ment should tell people how much and when they can drink. A motion not to change the present laws was defeated with Councilmen Jim Dozier and Anne Hazen voting for, Councilmen Larry Ringer, Jim Gardner, and Gary Hal- Seminar planned Abstract art ter voting against and Councilman Lane Stephenson abstaining. Mayor Bravenec was not in attendance. A motion by Gardner to change the hours to 2 a.m. Saturday and Sunday died for lack of a second. The third motion to set the hours at 1 a.m. Saturday and Sunday passed with Gardner, Halter and Ringer voting for, Dozier and Hazen voting against and Stephenson abstaining. City Clerk Florence Neely said yester day that she has already received one ap plication for confirmation. After confirma tion by the city, an application must be submitted to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for approval. College Station City Manager North Bardell said yesterday that he has not yet met with Police Chief Marvin Byrd to de termine if additional police will be on duty through the one-hour period. He said he does not expect to add any more policemen for the period at this time since the stu dents are on vacation. ing prices and interest rates, scarcity of materials, and revised mainte nance and rehabilitation policy.” Several long-range physical and economic factors not normally con sidered in pavement design are in cluded in the analysis. They include users’ costs due to traffic delay around repair work, investment costs to the highway agency, and sal vage values of materials. Predicted total costs, as deter mined by the computer program, are most sensitive to changes in the following variables: V Traffic delay costs when con gestion occurs. V Serviceability loss because of environmental factors such as swel ling clay, frost heave, and various forms of cracking. Soil support offered by the subgrade. V Material properties and unit costs of the surface and the base courses. V Degree of reliability the de signer requires of the performance of the pavement. “This report will be of particular interest to administrators who must make policy decisions concerning use of the systems approach to pavement design and management; to pavement designers who will be involved in its implementation; and to materials, soils, maintenance, and traffic engineers who provide the input information for its operation,” the report concluded. WHAT IS AMERICA’S MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY ? Estate planning seminars will be conducted by Texas A&M Univer sity’s Development Office in Hous ton and Dallas this summer and loc ally in the fall. Robert M. Rutledge III, Texas A&M’s assistant development direc tor, said the seminars will include detailed information about proper estate planning and management, as well as discussions of various aspects of Texas probate-law and federal- estate tax law. The Houston seminar is scheduled June 28 and the Dallas session July 9. Date for the Bryan-College Sta tion session has not been deter mined, but Rutledge said the local session will not be held until after the start of the fall semester to insure the University’s faculty and staff have the opportunity to attend. While primarily intended for former students, faculty, staff and friends of the University, the ses sions will be open to the general pub lic, Rutledge said. “During a time when we see infla tion materially distorting the value of our estates and increasing the amount of federal estate and state inheritance taxes payable upon our deaths, each of us needs to be acutely aware of the importance of proper estate planning, ’ Rutledge pointed out. “It is unlikely that a person will achieve his desires for the disposition of his estate without careful planning and management.’ He said the latest statistics re leased by the Internal Revenue Ser vice show a 31 per cent increase over a three-year period in the number of deaths that required filing of federal estate tax returns and a 38 per cent increase in the estate taxes levied. Such taxes totaled more than $4 bil lion in 1972. in MSC display Abstract paintings and sculpture by Joel Stephen Crain are on exhibi tion in the Gallery of the Texas A&M Memorial Student Center. The Crain works will be on view through May 29. The six canvas and six cast aluminum sculptures in the Craiii collection were px oduced as symbols of the self. The artist says he is con cerned with the process of individua tion as developed by the Swiss psy chologist Carl Jung. Individuation is an effort to achieve psychic matura tion by consciously accepting im pulses which come from the self. Such impulses may be found in dream symbolism. Crain’s paintings on display in clude a six-by-six foot acrylic canvas, “Earth Altar.’ His sculptures, also concerned with individuation, ex press the idea of the self in its infinite variety. Sculptures range from 12 to 16 inches in height. A 28-year-old artist formerly of Lynn, Mass., Crain teaches draw ings in Nacogdoches and is pursuing a master of fine arts degree at Stephen F. Austin University. He is a 1970 Lamar University graduate. Crain’s work has shown exten sively in Texas and Louisiana. He had shows at the Contemporary Museum of Art and the Houston As sistance League Competition. Cur rent work is shown at Lord’s Gallery in Houston and the University Frame Shop in Bryan. VfHMr’s A OoPahS [ J~. ! § EVE PROTECTION Is MOST IMPORTANT I § In INDUSTRY And OUR MOST IMPOR- 1 |TANT SERVICE Is FITTING LIGHT- 1 1 WEIGHT PLASTIC LENSES To Your EYE i | DOCTOR’S PRESCRIPTION! LAB ON | 1 PREMISES. The answer is Farming. | The Optical Shoppe f H.W.Fu Its, Optician Manor East Mall-Bryan >22-8267 la- Battalion Classified 845-2611 We’d like to take you for a ride Hey, Mr. suave and sophisticated . . try this on for size. It’s the Raleigh Sports. Think bikes are for kids? Think again! 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