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Page 8 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1977
Controversy
dragging on
in Northgate
(Continued from Page 1)
would not like to see Northgate be
come a part of Bryan.”
Other merchants are dis
enchanted with the idea of annexa
tion or merger with Bryan to solve
any problems.
J.E. Loupot has been involved in
the Northgate area as a merchant
since 1940. He has watched the de
velopment of College Station and
the city’s acquisition of utilities and
city services.
“In the beginning we asked the
city (Bryan) for services but we were
disowned,” said Loupot. “We were
the poor children.”
Loupot has had sewage problems
in the past. “In the 1950’s, overloads
used to back up,” he said.
On one occasion Loupot broke his
sewage main open and let the sew
age run out in the street instead of
backing up into the store.
“We need a new system, this one
is inadequate,” said Loupot. “It will
cost us any way we go, but when we
needed them (Bryan) they didn’t
want us.”
Bernie Gessner, operator of Uni
versity Cleaners, says the sewer
situation is a minor problem and
another spinoff from the recent
utilities suit. Gessner is past presi
dent of the Northgate Merchants
Association.
College Station recently sued
Bryan for the right to buy electrical
power and other utilities from
sources other than the city of Bryan.
College Station won the suit and can
now buy power from other sources
when tbeir contract with Bryan ex
pires.
“Bryan is the old town, and they
resent being told what to do,” said
Gessner. “College Station has a lot
of different ideas. This whole situa
tion is strictly a matter of planning. ”
Gessner said that the sewer sys
tem will need to be replaced, but
that the job can be done without an
nexation of the Northgate area by
Bryan.
Lab to stress
water purity
Specialized training for Texas
Panhandle water utilities operators
is booked Oct. 3-7 at the Texas
A&M Research and Extension Cen
ter at Floydada.
A mini-lab stressing water purity
regulations, testing and chemical
analysis will be conducted by three
instructors of the Water and
Wastewater Training Division of the
Texas Engineering Extension Serv
ice (EES). They are Bob Langston,
Willard Davis and Joe Linger. Plant
operators from throughout the
Panhandle are to participate.
The program will deal with water
suitability tests required by the
Environmental Protection Agency
and Texas Water Quality Board.
Seniors may
seek Rhodes
scholarships
Texas A&M University seniors
may begin applying Monday for
Rhodes Scholarships to Oxford Uni
versity, said Dr. Paul Van Riper,
campus Rhodes representative and
political science professor.
Applications must be made by
Oct. 12. Interested students should
see Van Riper between 10 a.m. and
3 p.m. in room 120 of Bolton Hall,
or by appointments made in Bolton,
room 130.
The scholarship is open to both
men and women. Candidates must
be unmarried U. S. citizens be
tween the ages of 18 and 24. A grade
point ratio of 3.7 or better is de
sired, said Van Riper.
Scholarships, awarded for two
years, cover tuition and provide
some travel assistance and a
maintenance allowance equal to
about $3,500 annually.
Three Texas A&M students have
received Rhodes Scholarships, the
most recent being 1976 graduate
Paul Hasse, now at Oxford continu
ing studies in philosophy. Hasse was
the first Aggie to become a Rhodes
Scholar since Texas A&M attained
university status.
Red fire engines
aren’t colorfast
United Press International
DENVER — The red fire engine
is on its way out, said a fire truck
manufacturer. The new look at the
stationhouse is lime yellow — for
safety’s sake.
Richard Gergel, an executive for
engine manufacturer Ward La
France of Elmira Heights, N.Y.,
said the lime yellow fire truck has
gained popularity since its introduc
tion six years ago in St. Louis.
He told the International Associa
tion of Fire Chiefs’ convention
Monday that the standard, red fire
truck is not as safe as lime yellow
because “at night the eye is almost
blind to the color red.”
Gergel said 40 per cent of all new
orders received by his firm for fire
engines called for lime yellow
trucks. He said the numbers of re
quests for red engines has dropped
annually since the new color was in
troduced.
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