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Page 4 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1980 Solar Farms United Press International EL PASO — The market is the farmer who needs to power his irrigation pump, or charge his electric fence. The logical application is in the American Midwest, the plains of North Africa and the arid desert of northern Mexico. Libby-Owen-Ford Glass Co. realizes it’s not the most efficient way to make electricity, but it is the cheapest. And the French oil company Compagnie Francaise des Petroles has enough faith in it to join in the $18 million venture. What the two companies are doing is building a plant to be know as Photon Power Co. which will produce cadmiumsulfide photovoltaic cells -— cells they know will have very little appeal to residential America. “It would take a hell of a big roof to hold enough of our units for a good residential application,” said company spokesman Marty Wenzler. “But you take a farmer in central Texas who needs some irrigation pumps run ning, and he can use the product.” He said it would take three of the modules, designed to sell at around $300, to power one television set. Wenzler says the 62,000square foot plant under con struction at El Paso should be on line producing saleable products by March 1981. “It’s strictly a prototype plant, producing only one unit, ” he said. “If the concept is economically feasible in volume, we will put a plant in southern France to sell to North Africa, one in the southeastern U. S. and probably one in Mexico.” The heart of Photon is a process in which a 2-foot square piece of glass is sprayed first with tin oxide, then cadmium sulfide, then sectioned by a laser and coated in a vacuum with copper, chromium and lead. It’s boxed in wood, fitted with two electrical leads, and when exposed to sunlight it produces 10-16 watts of direct current. “The Department of Energy believes that good photovoltaics only use silicone instead of cadmium sul fide,” Wenzler said. “Ours takes four times the area as silicone to produce the same power, but we re a lot less expensive.” Although Photon believes its immediate market will be largely in Mexico, where 80,000 villages have no power generation whatsoever, he says there are also ready markets in the U.S. for the cell. “On this side of the river, for example, there are a lot of cattle fences with energizers. They need something to charge the battery that sends out a pulse, ” Wenzler said. “There are a lot of electrified fences in the southwest. ” He said the Department of Energy is putting a lot of emphasis on residential applications for photovoltaic, but for a lot of reasons the technology is not yet practical. “Remote areas have much more potential for us.” He said the amount of energy needed to produce the cell can be regained in less than a year of operation. Although the Photon plant cost $3.5 million to con struct, other expenses up the cost to $18 million. “We re hoping to produce and sell $5 million in pro ducts next year, and even more the following year. At that rate, we ll make back the $18 million before 1985.” Battalion Classifieds JOB OPPORTUNITIES HELP WANTED HELP WANTED WANTED SECRETARIES — CLERK TYPISTS Interested in working in a challenging and educational environment? Excellent opportunities exist with Texas A&M University. Full-time clerical positions at all levels are immediately available. September starting salary $3.35, $3.82, or $4.22 per hour depending upon qualifications. Excellent holidays and fringe benefits. Contact Employment Manager, Personnel Dept., Room 211, YMCA Bldg., Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843. EOE/AA 18811 SWENseN’S Now hiring for all positions for the Fall semester. Waiters, waitresses, fountaineers, cooks, and dishwashers. Pick up an application at Culpepper Plaza College Station isottn d' -al io b For employment information at Texas A&M University dial 845-4444 24 hours a day. Equal Employment Opportunity through Affirmative Action. Texas A&M University \ Wanted Fast Food Personnel FREE FOOD PAID VACATIONS ROOM FOR ADVANCEMENT. EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITIONS. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY STUDENTS NEEDED PART TIME Telephone solicitors. Excellent pay. Limited positions. $3 to $10/hr. Call 846-3033 or come by 3900 Old College #33. 19017 CASH FOR OLD GOLD Class rings, wedding rings, wornl out gold jewelry, coins, etc. The Diamond room Town & Country Shopping Center 3731 E. 29th St., Bryan 846-4708 FOR SALE FOR SALE $100 down. 5 acres, College Station area. Rolling, wooded, or open. COUNTRY LAND CO. 713/468-8501 HELP WANTED DOMESTIC SERVICES Reserve your job for this Fall. Call Domestic Services 693-1954. Clean homes with other students. Very flexible hours. $3.30/hour + mileage. Judy Smeins Libby Vastano Part & full time positions available for the following shifts: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 7 p.m.-2 p.m. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Starting pay $3.20/hr. Apply in person at Der Wienerschnitzel 501 S-Texas Ave. Between 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. daily. FULL AND PART TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE Apply in person after 3pm. College Station Dairy Queen 2323 Texas Ave. South 693-4299 ig MOBILE HOME 2/Bdrm. 1 1 / 2 Bath. For Sale or Lease. Contact Bryan King, 713-686- 4130. 18814 MOVING. Furniture for Sale. Cheap. Ideal for Students. 693-8054 after 6 p.m. I90tl RESTORED 1952 CHEVY FICK-UP. Excel lent condition. Cali after 5 P.M. 713-279- 2496. I90tl 18418 APPLY AND TRAIN for fall openings with the fastest arowing^eanghdeanlpg agency io B- ^C.S. Generous pay, flexible hours. '-Travel compensation. Home Care Services. 846-1905. js/ts WANTED: Six male graduate students to live on campus at Allen Academy, room and board furnished, small stipend (negotiable) to be paid. Will serve as night study hall supervisor and evening tutor/counselor to boarding students. Please contact Mr. Lewis at 779-5415. HOUSTON POST Dependable men, women, or cou ples for Houston Post routes. Early morning hours. $200-$600/month. Papers rolled by machine. Call 846-0396 or 846-291118418 FOR RENT : W !AS/J LW W,' W,' WJ W,' V,*/ 1701 SOUTHWEST ' ' PARKWAY siSingle offices as low as $125.00 perS |month. Bills paid. Spearman, Sears| |& Murphy. 696-8853. i75ti7| >CK 34 k: 34 KZ 34 XZ 34 XI 31XZ 3C BARBECUE #3 CULPEPPER PLAZA We need people with energy and personality. Limited positions open Full or Part Time MALE DELIVERY HELP NEEDED Must be available Monday-Friday 1- 5 and Saturday 9 til noon. Must be dependable. For interview appointment call Medical Sales and Rentals. 822- 2704. - 187tfn NEW FALL RATES Efficiency $175, month. One bed room starting from $195 month. All bills paid except electricity. No pets. Villa West Apartments, south of Vil la Maria. Jimbeth Hite, manager. 822-7772. HOUSE FOR RENT. 3/Bdrm. 2 Bathrooms. Very nice. Southwood Valley. $500 month. 696-2161 after 5:30. 188t4 2/BDRM HOUSE OFF EAST BYPASS. $175.00, 779-2985 after 5:30. igotl TEXAS RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL Be a part of the Festival this year as FOOD SERVIERS. Call 693- 8197 after 5 p.m. i87t4 L Apply between 10-11 and 2-4 zx*cz "zxKzrzzi'—zxaer-: xx- ■ ' ■—-mv- GRIMES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Navasota, Texas has immediate openings for full time Registered Staff X-Ray Technicians, Registered Staff Lab Technicians, Staff RN’s and LVN’s for floor and ICU positions with shift and ICU differentials. Excellent pay and good fringe benefits. For information contact Burna Erwin, Personnel 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 713-825-6585. isrts/ KEN MARTIN S FAMILY RESTAURANTS is accepting applications for Assistant Manager and Manager Trainees. Salary range $12,000 for Assistant, $20,000 plus for Manager. Apply in person only at Ken Martin’s Steak House 1803 S. Texas Avenue, 2-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Please ask to see Peggy Miller for interview. NEED RADIO AIR AND NEWS PERSONNEL. Would prefer some experience. 779-1510. isstfn SPECIAL NOTICE PROBLEM PREGNANCY? Free abortion counseling and referrals. Call (713) 779- 2258. 62tfn CHILD CARE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CHILD CARE Day Care for 3 & 4 year olds. Vz or full day care. 2 day program for 3 year olds. 3 day program for 4 years olds. Phone 846-6632. 18418 PART-TIME HELP WANTED. GRAPEVINE PERSONALITY. 696-3411. Exp. loving care. 4 blks. from TAMU. 696- 1301. I90t3 SERVICES Now taking applications for full and part time sales people. Retail in electronics background a plus. Apply in person RADIO SHACK 1125 Villa Maria, Bryan or Culpepper Plaza, C.S. EOE 18913 ORGAN AND PIANO LESSONS 3 blocks south of campus. 20 yrs. experi ence. Degree. Pop and classical, impro visation theory. 405 Montclair, 696- 4478. 19015 HELP WANTED Transportation Enterprises is ac cepting applications for full-time and part-time employment. Starting salary - $3.50/hour. For more information call: 779-0812. TYPING. All kinds. Let us type your propos als, dissertations or theses on our WORD PROCESSOR. Fast service. Reasonable rates. B/CS 209 University East 846-5794 testfn Typing, symbols. Notary Public. 823-7723. 180tfn HELP WANTED Part time help for Fall semester. Apply at PIPER’S GULF at Texas and University. 18616 Typing!! Reports, dissertations, etc. ON THE DOUBLE. 331 University. 846-3755. 178tfo EXPERT TYPING. Call Ramona until midnight. 846-2127. 162t28 Class papers, theses, dissertations, and reports prepared and edited on computerized system. Barbara Boles. 846-1731. ' 157133 THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE The Houston Chronicle is presently taking applications for Fall morning newspaper routes. Applicants must be self-confidant, self-reliant, and self- motivated. The routes are 7 days a week and require dependable transportation. Qualified applicants can expect to earn $500-$700/month plus transportation allowance. Hours are approximately 3:30 a.m. to approximately 6:30 a.m. Call Julian McMurray 693-2323 846-0763 TEACHER NEEDED FOR PRESCHOOL. Mornings. Must have degree. Undergraduate needed for afternoons. 846-5571. 190t5 Typing. Experienced, fast, accurate. All kinds. 822-0544. Itfn ROOMMATE WANTED GARAGE SALE Female roommate wanted for 2-bdrm, 2-bath in Briarwood. Fall and Spring. $130/month. Call 846-5451. 186t5 PRIVATE ROOM AND BATH. Must be neat. $150. 713-934-2747. 822-6059. 190t2 LOST GARAGE SALE St. Michael s Academy 2505 S. College Friday and Saturday August 22 and 23 8 am. - 5:30pm. small furniture, glassware, clothes, books LOST: Small Diamond Ring. 8-16-80. Re ward. Contact: M. Gile, 817-767-2834. Call Collect. 190t8 Has 'nothing to live for’ Gunman takes hostagigu United Press International NEW ORLEANS — A former mental patient, toting a pistol and saying “I don’t have anything to live for,” Tuesday took a Social Security employee and possibly one other person hostage at a federal office in the Bywa ter section of the city. No injuries were reported, although police said sever al shots were fired. Dozens of people scrambled to safety from the office when the man left briefly — apparently to get his gun — after an initial scuffle. An FBI negotiator entered the office to talk with the suspect, identified as Emmett Gremillion, 35. Heavily armed police SWAT-team members, wearing flak jack ets, entered the building and cordoned off the area. “He is getting the grips of the last six years off his chest,” police spokesman Don Joly said. “Gremillion seemed very calm, very rational.” Witnesses said the disturbance began about 11 a.m. when Gremillion tried to drag his wife out of the office. She escaped, but he went to his car to get a gun and returned to the office, witnesses said. Patty Kelly, who was inside with her granddaughter when the melee began, said she hid beneath a desk. She said the gunman held her briefly by the arm and threatened to keep her hostage even after pJ rived. “I begged for my life,” she said. “I said, 1 please don’t hurt me. I haven’t done youanytluj said, I’m going to let you go because you’re bij you’re like my mother.’” She said the gunman told police he hadlostl and children and was unafraid. “He said I don’t mind dying.’ He said, jdoii| anything to live for, " Kelly said. The SWAT-team members lifted an air condi out of a rear window of the building and climbed J The Social Security employee being held hostJ identified as Charles Jones, a claims taker at ditl Joly said the man first demanded to sped:a governor, hut later agreed to talk with an FBI J Gremillion, who lived nearby, was identifiedij as a former mental patient who was on SocialSa and disability. Witnesses said several of till Security workers at the office knew Gremillion I Police Superintendent James Parsons rushedl scene to oversee the negotiations. FBI agentswel dispatched because of the possibility federal! might have jurisdiction. Compromise billon Alaskm environment passes Senate United Press International WASHINGTON — The Senate has set the stage for final approval of a key environmental bill to protect more than 100 million acres of Alaskan wilderness. Senate approval was a virtual certainty following two key votes taken Monday. First, the Senate easily cut off a filibuster by Sen. Mike Gravel, D-Alaska, on a 63-25 vote, limiting debate and guaranteeing swift final action on the bill. A few hours later, the Senate handily passed a com promise amendment by Sen. PaulTsongas, D-Mass., to preserve 104.2 million acres of Alaska’s wilderness under various federal protection programs. The Tsongas amendment, approved 72-16, would preserve more land than the original bill drafted by the Senate Energy Committee, but falls short of the 127.8 million acres included under a tougher House-passed After Senate action, the bill goes to the Hoik decision whether it is tough enough. Under normal procedure, the bill would beset House-Senate conference committee, whidn likely produce a bill closer to that desired by it vironmentalists and the administration. Buttbal' raise anew the threat of a Gravel filibuster on thea ence report, and given the lateness of the se another filibuster could he fatal. LOf against aboard appear Alici her dis “I re charge Ual- I r It wi missile charge: The mous v respon recomi Under Hou of New sexual In tv evidem of hom in the Harr group - trade a: cleanin She i to stud “It is been a Civil L “She Rumor: The: crew m Willian “It’s McGre Ho bui Under the Tsongas compromise, of Alaska’s 375 mil lion acres, 350 million acres would remain open for hunting, 300 million acres would be open for oil and gas leasing and 250 million acres would be open to mining. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, who voted against the compromise, said the bill takes too much land out of use for hunting and mining, but the compromise is better for Alaska than no bill at all- AUTO INSURANCE ’ FOR AGGIES: Call: George Webb Farmers Insurance Group I 3400 Si College 823-8051 Seven-year-old twins kept isolated in closet for 2 yeai *** For All ■ Chrysler Corp. Cars Rnriv Work — Paintinn Cars Body Work — Painting ■ HALSELL MOTOR ■ COMPANY INC. 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DALLi Gravel said no bill was preferable to the leg/: p'ent out: before the Senate and argued it would jeopards j ' Ze Jews 1 ka’s mineral resources, timber industry and theM symbolize way of life. | dex fingei The He But Stevens said he was certain the admincj project of would take an even tougher stand on Alaska’swilda tractor wl if no bill is passed during this session of Congres purpose - ; allowed t< es timated Lewis, ked State a New Yo °f Nazi at °f Europ Juried to j action, hi United Press International ; BATON ROUGE, La. — A husband and wife pleaded guilty It I told t hiding their 7-year-old twins in a filthy, isolated room for two yean Id' the Co reserved the right to appeal their pending sentences in federal court “teypron The plea change halted the scheduled start of trials Monday for L« “ e done t and Annie Lee Jolla. State District Judge Leo Higginbotham Jr f l .y* 5 - sentencing — which could range up to 10 years in prison and $1,W 1 But hi fines on each count — for Oct. 22. mouldn t "C have The malnourished and scantily clad children were discovered lock what hap in a room of their home in May 1979 by social welfare workersk have beei sheriffs deputies. The mi loc; Jolla, 53, and his wife, 46, had been scheduled to go on trialonchilt Commun abuse charges, hut — wiping tears from their eyes — changed thru: outside Is pleas. Attorney Ahnthony Marabella said no plea bargaining arrange in Ameru ments were made with prosecutors for the guilty pleas. mated 5 n Assistant District Attorney Mike McDonald, who was toprosec# ; ing tlj e jyj the case, told Higginbotham the twins, Lionell and Gaynell Jolla,hii The gi been locked in the room isolated from other children in the familyanii | stands 23 unknown to neighbors and relatives. by Israel They were the size of 2-year olds when found. “They were kept in this condition for a period of approximately!" 11 years,” McDonald said. Marabella said his clients, charged with intentionally mistreating the children, would reserve their right to appeal in federal court on search and seizure issues. “I’m not sure we’re going to appeal,” he said. Now Better Than Ever. 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