Helaxai 0 phase u tural 1 >f disrii] , il Private' t'dnesdav •hiu, eseai troleu dation, | g ul dv Conunj is within -v and m. a govenn he now-si > gas sales iji 1 utility soon. En ergy AdiP sing outolP he said, ' d the reasi sales lint pite |tr:- Ixhe cloudy skies seem brighter when viewed Jpthrough this dreary drainage tunnel off South nment irv g;is suiji y demands ors causing Tunnels have puddles, too College Avenue. Battalion photo by Bill Wilson eds to cut funds unless Texas drivers slow down Iranian e surplus Iranians)! ^ decision concerning tht unavail: ^orcement of the 55 mph speed jmit and possible forfeiture of fed- expectei ra | highway hinds must be made in months in Texas. any tuel k® /ould ha\ [The state will lose an estimated $8 iceournc (ilh° n <>f 1981 highway funds un- I. less 30 percent of motor vehicles are 1 supplyi hown to be in compliance by Sept, but Em 30. 1979, sa y s Charles J. Keese of A&M University. he Surface Transportation As- nce Act of 1978 requires that all les must cause more and more of drivers to slow down each year in 1983 at least 70 percent of Jiicles are within the 55 mph d limit,†Keese said. singer sd ition asasi id the ■of the ei« — about 5| d — was s been dii but the r'/ lPINBALL MACHINES The knife falls on federal approp riations to Texas unless 70 percent or less are exceeding the limit next fall. Federal sanction for non- compliance by Sept. 30 applies to 1981 highway funds. Federal funds subject to penalty amount to $155 million a year. “The percentage exceeding 55 must come down to 60 percent in 1980, or we lose another estimated $8 million. This goes on each year, doubling our loss in 1982 to $16 mil lion, which adds up to a possible loss between 1981 and 1985 of some $56 million of Texas’s share of its federal highway funds,†Keese said. Data supplied with the report show that in late 1977, only 25 per- iasi THE u DE SMART $2* m ITS- QS- BUY YOURSELF SILLY' DOCK SALE! 60-65% SAVINGS OFF ORIGINAL PUBLISHED PRICES □ HISTORY □ PSYCHOLOGY □ HEALTH □ SCIENCE □ MUSIC □ ART □ AMERICANA □ LITERATURE □ PHILOSOPHY □ BUSINESS □ LANGUAGES □ SOCIOLOGY □ LAW □ HOW-TO □ BIOGRAPHIES □ CRAFTS & HOBBIES □ SPORTS □ GARDENING □ COOKING □ RELIGION □ POLITICS □ MATHEMATICS □ REFERENCE □ THE OCCULT □ NATURE □ ECONOMICS □ AND LOTS MORE HARDBACKS $099 PAPERBACKS 99c TEXAS A&M BOOKSTORE Price decontrols may up gas price THE BATTALION Page 7 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1979 % V1MX Of ^ Thursday cent of Texas motorists obeyed the 55 mph limit. That was down from a 45 percent compliance level in 1975, the first year of the federally imposed limit. Compliance in creased markedly following the late-1973 oil embargo. “There is little hope that the speed curve can be reversed and highway speeds reduced as rapidly as the federal government specifies,†the Texas A&M engineer commented. “To do so will require both a massive enforcement effort requiring significant increases in enforcement personnel and equip ment, along with a major change of attitude by the motorists.†United Press International WASHINGTON — Price- decontrol plans may drive gasoline costs up more than 12 cents a gallon, the Energy Department says, but adds that without decontrol there might be shortages next year. There are two such plans proposed. Increases predicted in the de partment’s final environmental im pact statement on decontrol could drive pump prices to almost $1 per gallon. The analysis issued Tuesday said neither plan should harm the environment because the difierence in cost between leaded and un leaded gas should not change. The analysis said prices will go up no matter what the department does although decontrol would speed the increase. Without decontrol, it said, oil companies appear unlikely to in vest in new refineries to meet added demand for unleaded gas. Opponents of decontrol have ar gued the higher costs of unleaded gas under the government proposals would hurt the environment by causing people to switch to less ex pensive leaded fuel. Leaded fuel destroys the catalytic converters in such cars, increasing the harmful pollution they produce. But the department analysis suggested few would switch so long as unleaded fuel is not much more expensive than leaded gas. “Neither of these proposals would have significant adverse environmental impacts, even under the worst case assumptions,†said a department statement. “On the other hand...the failure to adopt either of them might result in shortages of unleaded gasoline after 1980, which could have serious envirommental consequences,’’ it said. One of the two plans being con sidered by the department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Council on Wage and Price Stability would remove all federal price controls from gasoline. The other would retain controls but produce a pricing “tilt.†This would cause higher gasoline prices and slowing inflation for other petro leum products by allowing refiners to adjust their prices to reflect the increasingly higher cost of refining gasoline. * 4c 4c 4c 4c | 4c 4c 4c 4c presents a Country Edition Admission $2 per person HAPPY HOUR ON MIXED DRINKS 7-12 1700 ft. from the Villa Maria Exchange on Farm Rd. 2818 * * it it it it it it it it it it it The word Is out. The place is Jf IH IE AIK CILAJfjf Veronica Jerry Elise Patrick Pam Val Lynnell Charissa 209 E. 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