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iwliertz estimates car costs average 30.1 cents a mile OPEN 10^7 THE BATTALION Page 3 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1977 mon-sat. t 1 tonight al t- 23 in aa “d off from ogs ■ United Press International BETROIT — The average owner jl a typical 1977-model car spent 7 Ireent more — or at least $3,007— to keep the car on the road tor one I ar, according to Hertz Corp s an al auto expense survey. The estimate by the nation-wide to rental agency is based on what lertz called the typical American Jr — a normally equipped, mid sized, two-door sedan driven 10,000 piles a year and kept for three nfirestilljs |Theiinn said 1977 costs averaged Js, because 3 1 ’ l cents a mile, compared with wording to a truck to Hoy at 845- Bay )00 gallons e was hurt din said a at Bolivar nip equip- seems that ich sister, has said could ers around ation, was siness and ling whole ith Carter ad ay seeking said retail Samuel T, kers Local time to be voluntary currently the Texas demands very prod- ed ves Pres- iss of the in Kansas economic in bring- ; because lie tween etween, listration fail rh agree- round of ■cember. is from a ces said, ohibition use they ied •xchange •ans and ich was <rer, was ■ Dec. 1 ■rving i» \ similar cents a mile — or $2,810 — per ar in 1976. Car expenses have n n nearly 50 percent since the Tab oil embargo in 1973 when ear Ists averaged $2,020 a vear. Hertz id. I Expenses in the Hertz estimate Iclude gasoline, oil, parts, service, [pairs, licenses, fees, insurance, Jlerest and depreciation — the* dif ference between purchase price and resale value. Parking and tolls were not included, but could add from 2 cents to 18 cents a mile in major cities. Hertz said. For the second year in a row, in surance premiums were the fastest rising expense of keeping a car on the road, showing a 12-month in crease of more than 25 percent to $560 annually. Hertz said. Since 1975, insurance premiums have climbed 64 percent. “For the average American driver, insurance now costs as much as gas and oil. Hertz Vice President J.E. Menendez said. The average new car price exceeded the $5,000 mark for the first time, totaling $5,211, he continued. Actual expenses may vary accord ing to car size, number of miles driven, and length of time the car is owned. Hertz said. Smaller and more fuel efficient subcompacts can cost up to $700 less and larger gas- guzzling cars can cost up to $340 more a year. Driving more than 10,000 miles a year will lower the per-mile costs, Hertz said, because it spreads out the expense over more miles. The same is true if a car is kept for longer than the average three years. “But, of course, in these cases overall annual dollar expenses rise, Menendez said. The fuel efficiency estimates were based on typically equipped cars, including air conditioning, automa tic transmission, power steering and power brakes. ‘Untruths’ aired British pound gains; J.S. dollar drops ite on four ■onoiiiic icted to ic sanc- roposed foils to penna nt rolled are the Africa’s he clos-' ce of United Press International LONDON — Britain freed the Hind Monday to seek its own level lid it immediately rose nearly 7 mts against the U.S. doller before wing slightly to a 3 percent up- ard revaluation. The move drag- d down the dollar on most Euro- lean money markets. By mid-afternoon the pound was ading at $1.8310 after reaching its ghest level in a y ear and a half. It id closed Friday at $1.7772. Currency dealings were hectic — jNotmany of us will get lunch hours , one dealer said, hut liiioimts actually traded were rela- I vely small. I Britain took the step to curb a lond of what dealers call “hot honey — money (lowing into the Hintry in search of high interest jtesand in anticipation of just such exchange rate change. The inflow s indirectly helping keep British lation high and swelling the honey supply. Experts were uncertain over the llects on international trade of the valuation — a tiny move com- |ared with the 45 percent devalua- on of the Israeli pound announced |hout the same time. But it was ex erted to slow inflation slightly. Exports from Britain will cost foreigners more with the pound floated to its new level but it was too early to determine the overall ef fect. Imports which Britain buys abroad will cost less. On the personal level, foreigners coming to Britain will find their pounds costing 3 percent more. But Britons will have slightly cheaper vacations overseas. With the pound rising, gold dropped in London from $161.3750 per ounce to $161,000, and in Zurich, from $161.3750. United Press International AMARILLO — The woman who provided an alibi for capital murder defendant T. Cullen Davis testified Monday contradictions in her story could have resulted from misun derstandings or an inaccurate grand jury transcript. After Karen Master, 28, testified she told the truth to both the grand jury in August 1976, and to the jury hearing charges Davis shot and killed his 12-year-old step-daughter, prosecutors pointed out crucial dis crepancies. Master, with whom Dav is was liv ing, testified she awakened briefly at 12:40 a.m. on Aug. 3, 1976, and saw Davis asleep in bed with her. She said she went hack to sleep until about 4 a.m., when a telephone call awakened them. But prosecutors read from grand jury testimony given nine day s after the murder in which Master said she took three sleeping pills about 9:30 p in. on Aug. 2, 1976 and said they “put me out. And the next thing she remembered was the telephone call. Master made no mention to grand jurors of seeing Davis in bed asleep at a time prosecutors theorize the assailant was escaping from the mansion where Andrea Wilborn was shot and killed. “The question, as I understood it, was what was the first thing I re membered hearing. Master said in explanation. “But the word hearing does not appear in the grand jury transcript does it? prosecutor Joe Shannon Jr. asked. “I’m saying I don’t know if the word hearing was in the question or not hut it is a possibility that it was. Master said. “Are you saying the court re porter did not take this down accu rately? Shannon asked. Master replied the word could have been omitted inadvertently from the transcript. She said that apart from what she told the grand jury she told two friends Davis had been home asleep at 12:40. “But you didn t tell the grand jury? Shannon asked. “The grand jury didn t ask me that, Master replied. 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Archeological sites to be probed Texas A&M University ar cheologists have been awarded $21,233 by Shell Oil Co. to con tinue support of a survey of sites in Milam County near Rockdale where the firm is recommending strip mining for lignite. The grant will be used to test for possible archeological sites. Action will be recommended on whether, and to what extent, work should he carried out to re cover possible artifacts and other resources from the sites that would be disturbed by mining. Union Carbide gives $8,000 Union Carbide Corp. has pres ented $8,000 to the field of engi neering at Texas A&M Univer sity. The unrestricted funds were delivered in two checks, $4,000 to the College of Engineering and $4,000 to the Chemical Engineer ing Department. Sound Guard Reg. $7.99 This Week Record Preservation r? 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