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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.”
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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.
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$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
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lished in the criminal trial may former Rep
necessarily be used in a lateral' as a Southe
rust trial on the same issues. )fpicking u
In January 1974, three Ilfc 1 lational GC
paving concerns, including Ceac next summ<
Paving Co. and F.F. 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.