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Page 10 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1979 Sun Theatres 333 University 846 The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Week 846-980f Window saver withstands wind, water 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Thurs. 10 a.m -3 a **"». Pri.-Sat No one under 18 Ladies Discount With inis Coupor, BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS pitcher of soft drink or ONE COUPON/CUSTOMER valid w/coupon and purchase of large or giant pizza (Valid thru Oct. 10) 1803 Greenfield Plaza 846-1784 413 S. Texas Ave. 846-6164 l l l l l i By GRETCHEN GARRETT Battalion Reporter People on the Texas coast might be interested in a device improved by a Texas A&M University physi cist. It is an aluminum disc which pre vents windows from being broken during hurricanes or tornadoes. The device was invented about five years ago. Dr. William Basssichis, associate professor of physics, said that with the disc, windows that normally break in 80 mph winds could with stand winds up to 200 mph. “Part of the reason for inventing this device was to protect the win dows of high office buildings, since they must have protection applied from the inside,” Bassichis said. The device, he said, is about 10 inches in diameter. It weighs about three pounds and has an adjustable aluminum bar that is custom-fitted to the window frame. “It should only be installed when needed and is simple enough to put back up after it’s been mounted.” With the disc applied to the in side of the window, Bassichis said, it would have the strength to resist being pushed in or broken. To pre vent the glass from being blown outward, he said, “I put two-sided tape at six angles on the back of the same disc and press it against the window. The tape will hold roughly 1,500 pounds of force and can be removed with a few drops of al cohol.” The bar, Bassichis said, divides the window into four segments so the glass is able to take up to five times the pressure it could normally stand. “If only people would take advan tage of these devices while they are available, then they wouldn’t be in trouble when a hurricane strikes. The disc and bar have to be mounted properly on the window frame for them to work,” he said, “and right before a storm hits is not a time when a person is calm and can accurately mount the device.” The devices, Bassichis said, will cost about $30-$40 per window, much less than the cost of the glass. Since most of home interiors are damaged by water that comes in after windows break, he said, the device would save people labor and money. “Since Texas insurance laws don’t encourage homeowners and busi nesses to protect their buildings, everybody’s losing money.” Bassichis said he wrote to seven hospitals along the Coast offering the devices below the regular cost. “Only one responded, but it still didn’t want the device. People just don’t want to buy what they don’t need right away, then when disaster strikes, they’re sorry they didn’t.” Cc wash encourage testily ^ American “This a the dec “This is ' everyone Berg* an r (cultural office tha merely wi sumer- Texas A&M physicist demonstrates a metal disc and bar that increase the strength of win dows five-fold, protecting them from being 846-6714 & 846-1151 UNIVERSITY SQUARE SHOPPING CENTE BREAK NOW OPEN IN WOODSTONE CENTER ALBERTS HAIR DESIGN Operated by Albert Martinez (formerly of Newby's in San Antonio) and has been joined by Annette Branecky (also of Newby's in San Antonio.) j 9-6 Mon.-Friday Woodstone Center 9-1 Saturdays 696-3003 We use and recommend REDKEN DAILY 5:45 7:40 9:40 Ends Thurs. INCH AWAY CINEMA II DAILY 5:55 7:50 9:50 Ends Thurs £ ANIMAL HOUSE ¥ 7:25-9:40 £ WHEN A STRANGER * CALLS QT] t THE MUPPET MOVIE ¥ 7:20-9:35 ¥ ¥ * SKYWAY TWIN . DRIVE-IN "WesT THE DEER HUNTER ¥ ¥ -k ^ _ East ¥ naked stewardess ¥ plus ¥ ROOMMATES United Press International RAYMOND, Ohio — Geoffrey Wedding and two of his brothers still work on the family farm these days — but for West German bos ses. After 30 years, the 1,420 acres of Union County farm land near Raymond no longer is owned by the Wedding family. They sold it in 1977 to a West German family to settle an estate involving five brothers and their mother. “It was a good business deal all the way around because the West Germans were looking for land and someone to farm it,” Wedding said. “We wanted to sell and three of us were interested in continuing to farm. It worked out fine for everyone. The Weddings and the West Germans got together after “a fellow from Wapakneta (Ohio) contacted the West Germans, some of whom were in America at the time looking to buy land. Wedding said their farm had been listed in farm publications distrib uted throughout the country. “The (West Germans) came and it worked out that our land was what they were looking for,” Wedding said. blown out during a tornado. The simpl device is custom-fitted to each window an can save dollars and even lives, Bassichis said, SANTA shot 11 ! Mondays, Spence McMillan She co eligible fc Jn exch have her The former Wedding 5am ^tBbulh Germans manage farm land in Ohk WASH does not their pi ct ’ Over tl Monday t to a perse Memtx of the sta Bible fort among the 4,393 acres of fa: . . owned Ohio farm land in sura 3 The^u; ties reported so far to Ohio Sec iieo i iv V.I iai iu v/tuu utu i tary of State Anthony J. Celebiei ! 1 Jr. Foreign interests paid morel I ? school Pr $7.5 million for the farm land. Reports showed the WestCi mans paid $2,483,900 for the \ii ding farm, making it the set largest Ohio sale to foreigners volving farm land. The largestl was the sale of 2,284 acres i land in Licking County to a ll| German businessman. In addition to the Weddingt the West Germans purchased.W unite, acres of adjoining land for Wi 1 NEW OR and a 32.2-acre egg fara|attending tl $96,870. Association Wedding said the sale ^ |p re sident ( push up the price of farm land it SU pp 0 rt of area. He said the purchase w Lgy are u , long-term investment for the"i tender can Germans, who are not in realest t ora ] vo t. es , business, hut are interested pr» / Govs. La ily in egg farming.” Lessee, Bi He said the corn he and^pi erre j (j u brothers grow is sold to thef farm, and the manure produced the chickens is used as fertilize! the farm. Wedding said he and hisbroti provide from 80,000 to 90/ bushels of corn to the egg farm CAMPUS £ Richard Pryor is Back! * Mrs. Dorothy Dunn, who introduced the SEBR1NG METHOD to the Brazos Valley, utilizes her expertise in creating a new image for a Guys & Gals customer. 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Mengel t j “The fasc were indicted for conspiring to S- would hapj press and eliminate competiti®; (Baker, Rea the construction of a portion / if President federally funded highway in llliM ont mused. A federal jury convicted the®' Ford has violating federal antitrust laws ] enter the e: The following June, Illinois)e amenab civil suit against the three fii® 3 wwever, h seeking triple damages underi ictive spea federal Clayton Antitrust Actfor^ sharply crit same activities. tontradictir Relying on their previous cii® nent that nal convictions, Illinois asked t! irigade in trial court to bar the companies!!® he Republ relitigating issues common to h" House, cases. 1 Clement The state asked the judge lof Connally a: voke a legal doctrine called col 11 deagan, th< eral estoppel, which holds thef' state’s pr litigated by two parties in a proc«f ; whether t ing are binding on those parties 1 iom now, all future proceedings againste? ‘Any of other. Publican District Judge J. Waldo Ack Would carry man ruled, without trial, that 1 ' pr Carter, criminal and civil actions invol' 1 Would swe< identical Jaets. barter.” The paving companies appeal Dalton s: to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court oft? 1976 by ah peals which reversed the lo*' £r’s only : court, holding that Congress > s for a narroi tended to bar the use of collate' out that “it , estoppel in private antitrust acti® today.” ' following government suits. , Alexande Illinois appealed to the Supre® nor taking Court, arguing the appeals coa 1 said he fa decision will require “the unnetf .Baker for t sary relitigation of factual iss® Baker and whenever a private suitor relies f Nashville the judgment or decree in a p-]Private exj government action. ’ v ould defe In a friend-of-the-court brief : ratio nom: with the Supreme Court, 37 Alexandi contended the 7th Circuit decis* he Panam: “significantly hinders the ability 1 fointwith the states to recover treble dam# COP — ^ from antitrust violators . ^ar and t “The states which rely on itone for t] taxpayers to pay artificially W Be pendin prices to antitrust violators whom* hon Treaty tract with the state, must nowW ^en activ to their taxpayers a second time 1 Mty again: pay for duplicative, lengthy ^ j^ted by < complex antitrust litigation to ^ hst Ford’s cover illegal overcharges, T don’t states maintained.