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By BOBBY SWANSON
Battalion Reporter
David Hutzelman is the un-candidate. He is not running for the
Texas Railroad Commission; he is running against it. If elected, Hut-
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Hutzelman, Libertarian Party candidate for the Texas Railroad
Commission, said his name will be on the November ballot.
Hutzelman held a press conference Wednesday afternoon at Texas
A&M University to outhne his reasons for running “against” the com
mission and answer questions about his alternative party views.
Wednesday evening Hutzelman spoke in Harrington Education
Center about the failings of the Railroad Commission.
Hutzelman is running for the commission seat currently held by
democrat Jim Nugent.
Hutzelman said the Railroad Commission spends $19 million each
year to do work that could be done by other agencies more closely
related to a particular field.
Conservation of natural resources, environmental pollution stan
dards, and water quality are three areas Hutzelman said could be
andled more economically by other agencies.
Hutzelman, one of 32 Libertarian candidates to appear on the Texas
lot this November, said he is the only candidate with any serious
ew ideas about the commisssion and its anti-consumer programs.
“In the past, the commission has worked to limit the importation of
heap foreign crude oil. They did this so that Texas energy producers
uld stay in business. That was fine but what we never heard about
was the effects on Texas and U.S. energy consumers. They had to pay
cially high prices for Texas crude when foreign crude was available
for much cheaper prices,” Hutzelman said.
Hutzelman said his campaign to “sunset” the agency is not being
taken seriously because many people still beheve the Commission is
good for the consumer.
Abolition of the Railroad Commission would allow for the deregula-
ion of the trucking industry, which he said would increase competition
and lower rates. He said the same would be true for the busing
industry.
Removing production regulations from the oil industry would allow
or increased production and lower gas and oil prices, Hutzelman said.
“In the name of conservation, the Railroad Commission has used the
wer of law to limit the amount of oil production which private energy
roducers could produce in the state of Texas.
“This conservation program was so effective that it now serves as a
egulatory model for OPEC. Railroad Commision trained employees
went to Venezuela to tell them how they could go about controlling
production.
The 39-year-old telecommunications manager from Houston said
myths keep the Commission alive.
Hutzelman said, “If these myths were understood by the voters and
my critics, I would not have to defend the ‘seriousness’ of my cam
paign.
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Battalion Reporter
The American economy is sagging, and the reason appears to be a
lack of good old American ingenuity, says a Texas A&M University
management professor.
Dr. Jack Reynolds says a decline of innovation among American
businesses in the last several years has caused productivity to fall off,
enabling other industrial powers, such as Japan and West Germany, to
outsell the United States in the world marketplace.
In an effort to help Texas businessmen overcome these problems,
the Department of Business Administration and the Department of
Engineering have jointly proposed the creation of a Small Business
Innovation Center at Texas A&M.
The proposed center, which will provide counseling services to
small and medium sized businesses, will be funded by the National
Science Foundation.
“We have requested approximately $1 million from the National
Science Fund to fund our first eighteen months of operation,”
Reynolds said, “but we may not get as much as we asked for.”
Reynolds said there are basically two types of projects the center
would be involved with. The first would be to help a small company
that has an innovative product but lacks the capital or expertise to
successfully market it.
The second would be to help a company that has an innovative idea
but lacks the technical skill to make it a reality.
The services of the center will be free to small businesses, providing
that they contribute personnel and time to the project. Reynolds said
that each company would have to put in its “sweat equity” towards the
completion of the project.
“We plan to spend approximately $25,000 to $100,000 per project,”
Reynolds said. “This expenditure will cover market tests, building
prototypes, and paying University personnel who contribute time to
the project.”
The center plans to charge a royalty fee from each project that is
marketed, in order to break even financially.
“We want to become self-supporting eventually,” said Reynolds.
Reynolds said the center would deal mainly with small businesses.
“Large companies usually have their own research facilities, so they
won’t need us,” Reynolds said. “Besides, it’s not in our interest or one
of our goals to compete with private enterprise.”
The center would also provide data for University use in studying
the process of innovation and provide materials to bring into the
classroom.
“In a university setting such as this, we have a vast reservoir of
expertise from which to draw, ” he said. “Why not put it to work to help
the economy?”
Several other colleges in the country, such as the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, have programs similar to the proposed pro
ject.
“Most of their work deals only with innovations that come from the
school itself,” Reynolds said. “We want to try and bring the business
world and the academic community together.”
The proposed Small Business Innovation Center plans to open the
semester after it receives funding from the National Science Founda
tion. Reynold said he is unsure when the foundation will act on the
proposal.
“We hope it will be soon. We’re very excited about the possibilities
of this project,” he said.
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Reg. 695.00 SALE
49995
2-MOTOR 3-HEAD METAL
TAPE CAPABLE STEREO
CASSETTE DECK WITH
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TUNING SYSTEM
Motors: Quartz-PLL direct drive
motor for capstan drive, DC high
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(WRMS) S/N Ratio: 69dB (Dolby
on) Frequency Response: 20-
20,000Hz (metal tape) 20-
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Motor: Quartz-PLL Stable Hang
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and 45 rpm Wow and Flutter:
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Ratio: 75dB (DIN B) Tone Arm:
Static-balanced S-shaped pipe arm
Usable Cartridge Weight: 4g
(min.) to 9g (max.) Dimensions:
16’/.6"(W) x 3W(H) x 14Y.6"(D)
Weight: !4 lb. 5 oz.
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PIONEER CT-F650
Reg. 295.00 SALE
19995
METAL TAPE CAPABLE
STEREO CASSETTE DECK
WITH DOLBYVPMS (TMJ
(PIONEER MUSIC SELECT
SYSTEM)
Motor: High torque DC servo
motor Wow & Flutter: 0.05%
(WRMS) S/N Ratio: 69dB (Dolby
on) Frequency Response —
(20dBJ: 20-18,000Hz (metal tape),
20-17,000Hz (chrome tape) Di
mensions: I6 9 /i6"(W) X 5 7 /a"(H) x
13 '/*"(D) Weight: 15 lb. 10 oz.
PIOIMECR* HPM-60
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Reg. 260.00 ea
4-WAY 4-SPEAKER SYSTEM
Enclosure: Bass-reflex type
Speakers: 10-inch carbon fiber
blended cone woofer, 4-inch cone
midrange, 1 %-inch cone tweeter.
High polymer film super-tweeter
Frequency Range: 35-
25,000Hz Sensitivity: 92.5dB/W
(1m) Nominal Input Power:
30W Amplifier Power Range:
30 to 120W (recommended) Di
mensions: 13 2 %/(W) x 24"(H) x
12Va”(D) Weight: 38 lb. 8 oz.
*Walnut grained vinyl cabinet with
particleboard rear panel.
149 9 -
ea.
FM/AM STEREO RECEIVER
(DIGITAL7QUARTZ-SERVO
LOCKED TUNING)
Continuous power output Is
45 watts* per channel, min.
at 8 ohms from 20 hertz to
20,000 hertz with no more
than 0.02% total harmonic
distortion. FM Usable Sen
sitivity: Mono; 10.3dBf (I.BjjlV)
FM Capture Ratio: I.OdB FM
Alternate Channel Selectivi
ty: 75dB FM S/N Ratio: 80dB
(mono, at 65dBf), 75dB (stereo, at
85dBf) FM Stereo Separation:
45dB (IkHz), 35dB (30-15,000Hz)
FM Spurious Response Ratio:
65dB AM Suppression Ratio:
55dB Dimensions: 18 7 / S "(W) x
SW'fH) x 14Yi 6"(D) Weight:251b.
9 oz.
‘Walnut grained vinyl top and side
panels are used in the construc
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PIONEER' SX-3700
Reg. 375.0 SALE
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CT-F500
PIONEER
STEREO CASSETTE DECK
WITH DOLBY*
Motor: Electronically-controlled
DC motor Wow & Flutter:
0.05% (WRMS) S/N Ratio: 64dB
(Dolby on) Frequency Re
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tape) Dimensions: M'^jW) x
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119
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AKAI
Track System... 4 Track, 2
Channel Stereo System
Frequency Response... 40
to 15,000 Hz ± 3 dB using Cr0 2
(SA) tape
Distortion... Less than 1.3%
using LN Tape (1,000 Hz "O"
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Slgnal-to-Nolse Ratio...
Better than 56 dB weighted us
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VERTICAL HEADBLOCK
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FULL RELEASE AUTO STOP
TAPE SELECTOR SWITCH
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139
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IN-DASH
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Special Chassis Size to fit
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Interchangeable dial plates
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black/brushed aluminum
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mounting system.
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Tape run indicator
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