The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 17, 1978, Image 8

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    Page 8 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1978
Some things are same
75 years of airplanes
Texans may pay more for gas
while fuel flows to Northeast
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United Press International
The airplane has come a long way
since Orville and Wilbur Wright
proved man could fly 75 years ago,
come Dec. 17, 1978.
Orville’s first flight in a powered
heavier-than-air craft on the beach
at Kitty Hawk, N.C., in 1903 lasted
12 seconds and covered 120 feet.
The progress in air technology
and transportation since, according
to Robert J. Serling, nationally
known aviation writer, can be
“summed up by this single compari
son: you can easily duplicate the
entire length of that historic flight
inside the cabin of a modern jetliner
and still have room to spare.”
Here are some other interesting
comparisons in “Wrights to Wide-
bodies — the first 75 years,” written
by Serling (and available by writing
to Public Relations, Air Transport
Association, 1709 New York Ave.,
Washington, D.C. 20006.):
The Wright brothers “Flyer” had
a top speed of 31 mph, had an ap-
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mile, was powered by one 16- horse
power engine, was 21 feet long,
nad a wingspan of 40 feet, weighed
605 pounds empty and carried one
passenger.
Today s jetliners fly at 500-600
mph, have a range of 1,000 to 6,000
miles, are powered by two or more
10,000-75,000 horsepower engines,
are 100 to 230 feet long, have a
wingspan of 95 to 195 feet, weigh
50,000 to 360,000 pounds empty
and carry 80 to 400 passengers.
The report noted that in 1926, the
year that marked the beginning of
scheduled air services in the United
States, domestic airlines carried
6,000 passengers. In 1978 the na
tion’s scheduled airlines will fly
more than 250 million passengers.
Personal services and operations
have changed, too.
Take flight attendants, for exam
ple. The United Airlines house pub
lication Friendly Times recently re
printed the following Farmer’s Al
manac article:
“On May 15, 1930, all Boeing Air
Transport (now United Airlines)
planes began carrying attendants.
The first flight service manual in-
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—Before each flight sweep the
cabin floor, dust off the seats, wipe
the window sills, etc.
—Make sure that all seats are se
curely fastened to the floor.
—Warn passengers against throw
ing cigars and cigarettes out of win
dows.
—Keep the clock and altimeter
wound up.
—Carry a railroad timetable in
case the plane is grounded.
— Keep an eye on passengers
when they go to the lavatory to be
sure they don’t mistakenly go out
the emergency exit.”
A UAL flight attendant, respond
ing in a subsequent issue, wondered
whether cabin duties “have really
changed that much” in nearly 50
years. She listed among current
tasks:
“Before each flight stack the serv
ice centers and upper lounge, count
your headsets, do your safety
checks, prepare your predeparture
service, get your demo (emergency
oxygen and lifejacket demonstra
tion) kits and kiddie toys ready.
“Warn passengers against smok
ing in the no smoking zones and the
lavatory.
“Keep the clock in the service
center wound.
“Carry a timetable and an OAG
(Official Airlines Guide) in case the
flight is late or cancels.
“Keep an eye on passengers to
make sure they don’t go in the per
sonnel lift, thinking it’s a lavatory.”
United Press International
AUSTIN — Federal energy legis
lation approved by Congress in the
closing hours of its session could
mean higher prices and shorter
supplies for Texas natural gas con
sumers, the chairman of the Texas
Railroad Commission said Monday.
Chairman Mack Wallace said fig
ures provided by a congressional
conference committee show con
sumers in the Northeast will save $6
billion on natural gas costs between
now and 1985 — while consumers in
Texas and other gas producing states
could pay up to $7 billion more for
fuel.
de-
“I think if you lower the
nominator, you can say the resi
dents of producing states will pay 10
percent more for their gas and get
10 percent less gas,” Wallace said.
“Residents of nonproducing states
will pay 5 percent less and get 28
percent more gas.’
Wallace characterized the energy
legislation as a sort of colonial^ ex
ploitation. “In my judgment, it s as
if they were mistreating a colony,
because they are punishing success
in the production of natural gas with
policies that have failed on the fed
eral level,” he said.
“The bill that they have just
passed follows an approach to
natural gas supply that has misera
bly failed this nation, and as a prac
tical matter, ignores the approaches
that have worked.”
Wallace said natural gas produc
tion in Texas has reached the point
of having a “soft surplus, meaning
production was sufficient that cus
tomers might begin seeing lower
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we have it. That no longer is opera
tive. We don’t have the advantage of
paying a higher price any more. The
gas will move to the Northeast with
out any corresponding in supply.
He said the pricing structure con
tained in the energy bill means
prices on 70 percent of the natural
gas sold on the interstate market
will be limited to 55 cents per
thousand cubic feet, while the
prices on almost half the gas sold
within Texas can climb to as mudi
$3.50 per thousand cubic feet '
1985 if inflation continues at a rat f
6 percent annually.
The bill also allows the fed,,
government to allocate fuel Pr
duced in Texas to other states l
when combined with a federal
conversion law, it could resulting
banning of natural gas for use*
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Wallace said.
Rep. Bob Krueger, D-Texas.s,
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legislation, because it was tU
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TOKYO — The Mutsu,
avoided a collision with a 1 IHP
ultra-leftist protesters and arrived at a new port Tuesday.
The 8,214 ton Mutsu docked at Trsebo Heavy Industries Co. de
spite harassment by boats from militant anti-nuclear
groups were trying to block the passage of the 403 f
powered ship, which they consider unsafe.
More than 100 radicals and militant labor union members in 50
boats temporarily brought the controversial ship to a halt while Capt.
Fumio Osawa urged the boat operators to clear the way.
Three boats capsized in rough seas shortly after the Mutsu entered
the mouth of Sasebo port in Kyushu, but their crew members were
rescued by other anti-Mutsu boats, authorities reported.
More than 3,000 opponents, meanwhile, gathered on streets in
downtown Sasebo to engage in a snake dance rally against the Mat
su’s arrival as 4,000 riot police looked on. At least one student was
arrested.
Many of the radicals participating in the aoti-Mutsu rally had also
fought the opening of th<
earlier this year.
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CHICAGO — Homemade ice cream may be more trouble than it's
worth — it could be dangerous to your health.
Of 22 recent outbreaks of food poisoning across the United States,
292 cases were associated with homemade ice cream, the American
Medical Association Journal reported Monday. Some 73 of those
afflicted with food poisoning were hospitalized, a survey of public
health officials indicated.
The victims were afflicted with salmonellosis, said Dr. Robert A.
Gunn of The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. The source of the
germ, when it could be traced, most often was in the eggs used in the
ice cream mix. They often were dirty, cracked or ungraded eggs from
someone’s backyard hen coop that had not met inspection require
ments for commercial eggs, Gunn said.
Another common factor was that the eggs and other ingredients
had been mixed into a custard and frozen without cooking. Cooking
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DENVER — The silver Ringling
Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus
train slipped out of Denver before
dawn Monday, packing the invisible
baggage of fantasy along with the ti
gers and trapezes.
The circus, using aerial gymnas
tics, a squad of clowns and a line of
pretty ladies waving from atop
elephants, weaves a gypsy dream in
the eternal child that lives in all au
diences.
The spell is cast by the sparkle of
costumes and the parade of wild
animals. By the time the circus train
rolls out of the sleeping city, hearts
are firmly ensnared in the tangle of
high wires above the three rings.
For most, the dream of joining
the circus stays a private fantasy.
But for more than a dozen Denver
women, the chjldhood yearning
took form one afternoon in an audi
tion for showgirls.
Ringling employs 40 showgirls to
dance, smile and ride docile
pachyderms. A newspaper ad drew
13 local aspirants, some polished
dancers in black leotards. Others
brought only hope and winced as
they moved sneakered feet through
the tryout routine.
“Kick, jump, pivot, kick and
kick,” chanted head showgirl Sue
Sparkman, 24, as she demonstrated
the steps. Circus choreographer
Jerry Fries clapped the beat, view
ing each of the dancers with a kindly
but critical eye.
Later that night, wearing a
peacock blue and vivid green outfit,
Sparkman led the current dance
troupe around three rings, nodding
her feather-topped head to the au
dience and winking her glittertrim-
med eyes.
“It really is the greatest job in the
world. It’s good dancing experience
and you get to travel all over,” she
said before the auditions began.
Sparkman, a Florida native, has
been with the circus for a year and a
half.
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Fries’ steady clapping. Eight wlU’ on tin
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