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Benifiting the March of Dimes
Fri. April 3, 1987 8-12 p.m.
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10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday
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Page 6/The Battalion/Friday, April 3, 1987
State bills to force
disclosure of level
of alcohol in gas
By Ronda Tapp
Reporter
Two state legislators are support
ing a total of four bills that, if passed,
would require service stations to
publicly disclose the alcohol-blended
fuels they sell through signs posted
on gasoline pumps. The bills also
would eliminate tax credits for using
these fuels.
Rep. Jim Horn, R-Denton, and
Sen. J.E. “Buster” Brown, R-Lake
Jackson, are supporting two bills for
each measure.
Because many motorists don’t
know what they are putting in their
gasoline tanks, they may be purchas
ing alcohol-blended fuels that could
cause serious engine problems, says
Scott Fisher, director of member re
lations for the Texas Oil Marketers
Association.
The Texas Oil Marketers Associa
tion represents 700 companies that
supply petroleum products to more
than 10,000 service stations.
About 80 or 90 of the 700 compa
nies use alcohol-blended fuels,
Fisher says.
“There are approximately three
to five chemicals such as xylene, ben
zene, toluene and MTBE that have
been in gasoline a long time and no
one has ever had a problem with
them,” he says.
Problems are caused by over
blending (using more than 20 per
cent) ethanol and methanol, he says.
Adding alcohol to gasoline im
proves octane and helps stretch
scarce petroleum reserves, he says,
but alcohol increases vapor pressure,
which is corrosive and reacts with
lead, magnesium and some plastics
and rubbers, he says. Also, water
may cause the alcohol to separate
from the gasoline, which will rust the
inside of the fuel line and tank, and
will corrode conventional carburetor
and fuel pump metals.
Randy Haynes, service manager
for Fred Brown Mazda-BMW, says,
“The alcohol put in gasoline to raise
octane is harmful to fuel-injected
cars, which is most of the cars we
deal with.”
BMW, Haynes says, is spending
millions of dollars to repair the dam
ages caused by bad gas.
“Basically, we are just cleaning up
what bad gas gets dirty,” he says.
Like Mercedes-Benz, BMW places
the words “use premium unleaded
fuel only” on the car’s dash.
Haynes says the service center has
a test kit that determines how much
alcohol is in the fuel, a process allow
ing mechanics to decide immediately
whether the problem is bad gas or is
in the car itself.
Mark Pustejovsky, operations
manager for Broach Oil Co., says,
“It (passage of the bill) would proba
bly do us some good because none of
the major companies use alcohol in
their fuels.”
Fisher says fuel containing 10 per
cent ethanol is eligible for up to a 4-
cent exemption from the 15-cent
state motor fuels tax.
Lynton Allred, president of the
Texas Oil Marketers Association,
says, “At a time when the state is ex
periencing such serious budget
problems, eliminating this subsidy
might alleviate taxes in other areas.”
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Friday
LATTER-DAY STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Joe Major wil
speak on “The Gospel and Biogenetics” at noon at the IDS
Institute at 100 E. Dexter.
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: willmeetai
6 p.m. at Rudder Fountain for a scavenger hunt. Bringa
flashlight.
CHI ALPHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will meet at]
p.m. in 156 Blocker.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: will hold a peanut-butter
fellowship at 11:30 a.m. at Rudder Fountain and willraeei
for Bible study at 6:15 p.m. at A&rM Presbyterian Church.
CHESS CLUB: will hold a one-round USCF-rated tourna
ment at 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder.
ACM/IEEE-CS: will meet at 4 p.m. at the Flying Tomato.
PRE-LAW SOCIETY: sign up for the mock LSAT through
today on the first floor of the Memorial Student Center.
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Saturday
PHI ETA SIGMA: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 410 Rudder.
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: willmeetai
1 1 a.m. at Rudder Fountain to leave for a picnic at Haswell
Park.
SOCIOLOGY CLUB: will have a picnic at 1 p.m. at Hensel
Park.
LIBERAL ARTS SOCIETY: will have a picnic at 2 p.m in
Central Park.
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Sunday
TAMU INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE CLUB: wi
meet at 8 p.m. Check the monitor in the Memorial Student
Center for location.
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Monday
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING: Dr. I x)uis Everett wil
hold a review/help session on statistics and dynamics at
6:30 p.m. in 103 Zachry.
MANAGEMENT SOCIETY: will hold a reception forKinne'
Shoes at 7 p.m. in the Hilton Ballroom 2.
AGGIE BAR ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP: Applb
tions are available through April 13 in 103 Academic for
seniors planning to enter law school in the fall.
STUDY ABROAD: will hold an informational seminar on
study abroad programs at 2 p.m. in 251 Bizzell West. A[>
g lications for exchange programs to Mexico, Germany and
cotland are available through Thursday in 161 Bizzell
West.
Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion I
216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working I
prior to desired publication date.
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By Christi Daugherty
Staff Writer
In Wednesday’s Student Government election
5,500 people voted, and some races were finally
decided, while others moved into the runoff
stage.
Besides the governmental positions decided,
students approved a referendum to create an In
tramural Recreational Sports Fee. According to
the referendum, the fee is not to exceed $50 per
semester and will be used to fund the construc
tion and operation costs of a new intramural
sports facility. The referendum passed with 62.7
percent of the vote.
The following races will be decided in the run
off election Wednesday.
Class of 88
Treasurer
• Chris Yancy
• Catherine Adkins
Class of 89
President
• Denise Arledge
• Ken Holthouser
Class of 90
President
• Dan Gattis
• Kevin West
Vice President
• Rachel Powitzky
• Michael Campbell
Dorm Senators
Krueger/Mosher
• Lori Learned
• Jody Manier
Liberal Arts and General Studies Senators
Sophomore
• Laura Moore
• Scott Frampton
Secretary
Ward II
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• B.J. Reisfield
• Eric Blakemore
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• Pat O’Neal
Bud with i
• Sonya Schulte
• Guy K. Diedrich
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• Blake Pounds
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• Scott Mendell
• Kenneth Thomas
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• Terri Greig
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• Karen Vest
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• Britton A. Terrell
Bents: g(
• Laurie Lustfield
• CaveJ. McKeown III
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• Timothy D. Jones
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• Della Barbato
Agriculture Senators
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• Mark Schwausch
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• Andrea Beshara
Architecture Senators
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• Keith Wall
• Grady Bible
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• Michelle M. Montalvo
Senior
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• Cindy Coulbourne
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• Tara Zinsmeister
• Jay Garrett Leeson
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• Greg Smith
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Class of 89
• Lorie Luikens
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elections.
Student Senate Chairmen
Academic Affairs
• Tom Black
External Affairs
• Ronnie Gipson
Finance
• Doug Baumann
Student Services
• Melissa Moore
Residence Hall Association
President
• David McDowell
Vice President
• Michelle Fox
• John D. Hovenda
Treasurer
• V.M. Jay Mishra
Class of 90
Secretary
• Jeff Brennan
Social Secretary
• Michelle Renee Johnson
Treasurer
• David Gribble
Historian
• Jennifer Sauter
Dorm Senators
Aston/Dunn
• M. Lane Spears
Crocker/Davis-Gary/Moore/Moses
• Shawn Rebtoy
Haas/Hobby/Legett/McFadden/Neeley
• Stacey Allen
Keathley/Fowler/Hughes/Clements
• Graciela Herna
Corps of Cadets
• Chris McAndrew
• Glenn A. Rupert
Off Campus Senators
Ward I
• Mark Wilhite
• Craig Nasso
• Kevin Buchman
• Jay Hays
• Todd Jones
• Christel Munster
• Clay Whitaker
• Mike Cougar
Education Senators
Junior
• Tom O’Donohoe
Engineering Senators
Senior
• Steven Woo
• Keith Van Boskirk
Junior
• Michael A. McBride
Sophomore
• Kevin Hauser
• James Phipps
At Large
• Tim Barrett
• Michael Alexander
Geoscience and Science Senators
U ndergrad uate
• Kathy Simms
• Dan Hargrove
Liberal Arts and General Studies SenaW
Senior
• R. Duane Runyan
Junior
• Michael A. Kelley
At Large
• Kirsten Baker
• Rachel Powitzky
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Senate OKs bill requiring seat belts on school buses
AUSTIN (AP) — School buses
bought or leased after Jan. 1 must be
equipped with safety belts and seats
with padded backs higher than those
now required, according to a bill that
won senate approval Thursday.
Senators also ended a three-week
wait by accepting House amend
ments to a bill that would allow pri
vate companies to build and operate
prisons.
Senate approval of the so-called
privatization bill set up a possible
veto by Gov. Bill Clements.
“I’ve only heard that’s possible,”
said Senate sponsor Ray Farabee, D-
Wichita Falls. But he added that he
thinks the Senate would override
such a veto.
Clements said he had not decided
whether to veto the hill.
Asked if he might sign it, Clem
ents said, “I’d say there is that possi
bility, and there is that possibility
that I might not sign it.”
Sen. Gene Green’s seat-belt bill
was sent to the House on a 19-5 vote
after one senator complained safety
belts might actually be dangerous.
The bill would require seats with
padded backs 28 inches high, four
inches higher than those required by
the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration for buses built after
1977.
Although the bill would require
school buses to be equipped with
safety belts, it would leave it up to lo
cal school districts whether to re
quire students to use them.
Districts would have to demon
strate how the belts should be used.
Green, D-Houston, estin#
belts and higher seats woulf
over $300 to the cost of ab®
Legislative Budget Board esti^
the extra cost at $4,000, or apf
mately $7 million a year st#
starting next year.
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to have the additional equip#
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school bus driver, predW
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belts around than in (bus!
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