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Wednesday, September2,W
Crystal fiber research gets boost
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — The MCC high-tech research consor
tium is moving ahead with a demonstration project
that uses lasers to store vast amounts of computer in
formation inside tiny crystal fibers.
The Austin-based research center has received an
advanced, compact laser that will be a key compo
nent of its high performance holographic storage de-
If the project goes as planned, MCC will demon
strate a commercially feasible method of storing and
retrieving computer information that is thousands of
times faster than the magnetic disk drives typically
used today.
The new laser was built to Microelectronics and
Computer Technology Corp. specifications by Amo
co Laser Co. of Naperville, Ill.
It is expected to enable researchers to store ii
mation in the form of holographic images inside tim
crystal fibers. MCC has been involved in researchd
holographic storage since 1986.
"Holostore" technology has been investigated^
others, but success has been elusive due inpartti
the immature status of enabling technologies, includ
ing lasers, spatial light modulators and detectorai
rays.
"We're moving out of the long-shot researd
mode," Stephen Redfield, director of MCC's optic
in computing programs, told the Austin American-
Statesman. "We're transitioning from research to de
velopment right now."
MCC has been awarded patents fortwokei
breakthroughs in the underlying technology and also
built an experimental prototype, which demonstrat
ed that its technology works. MCC now plans It
build an advanced prototype.
In-line skaters / out of line'
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLLEGE STATION - Author
ities have decided twin brothers
were out of line when they cruised
a mall on in-line skates — naked.
The 24-year-old men were arrest
ed at 1:25 a.m. Monday after they
rode the smooth pavement of the
spacious, empty — but well-lighted
— Post Oak Mall parking lot and
were spotted by a mall security
guard.
Lt. Wayne Onstott said Mark
and Michael Sammis were charged
with disorderly conduct by public
indecency, a Class C misdemeanor.
police a reason for their late-night
excursion.
When contacted Monday by the
Bryan-College Station Eagle,
Michael Sammis would say only
that the nude adventure was a first
for the men.
Authorities described the inci
dent as bizarre.
"Back in the early 1970s there
were streakers, but not on
Rollerblades or roller skates," On
stott said.
A Post Oak security guard, who
asked not to be identified, said the
Sammis' nocturnal visit to the nor
mally quiet mall was "most unusu
al."
They paid a $130 fine late Mon
day morning and were released
from the College Station city jail.
The brothers, who live across the
street from the mall, did not give
"It's downright boring most of
the time," he said. "We've never
had anything quite like this. Must
have been something in the August
Dallas' $30 bail results in suit
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
money the county has collected
the
over tne years.
DALLAS — Four men have
filed a class-action lawsuit accus
ing Dallas County of illegally
charging inmates a $30 fee when
they post bail to get out of jail.
The lawsuit filed Thursday
comes almost four months after
the Texas Supreme Court ruled
that the same kind of fee was ille
gal in El Paso County.
Dallas County Sheriff Jim
Bowles, whose office collected the
fee for the county, is also named
in the suit, which seeks past dam
ages amounting to four times the
If the case receives class action
status, "tens of thousands" of de
fendants in criminal cases who
paid the $30 paid fee since it be
gan nearly 10 years ago could be
brought into the suit, said the
plaintiffs' attorney Arch McColl.
Assistant District Attorney
Tom Keever said he was not sur
prised to hear about the lawsuit,
which he said he had not seen. He
said the county stopped collecting
the $30 fee shortly after the
Supreme Court's ruling.
Jury decides
on 1981 gas
explosion
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
•AMARILLO - After more
than a decade of litigation, a jun
Tuesday found Apache Corp.
negligent in what has been called
the biggest gas well blowout in
Texas history.
The 1981 well blowout oc
curred near Allison in Wheeler
County. A Potter County jury as
sessed $4.5 million in punitive
damages against Apache, with
$500,000 of that amount for attor
ney fees, the Amarillo Globe re
ported.
The eight plaintiffs were royal
ty owners in nearby land.The
group had sued, saying they in
curred large gas losses as a result
of the blowout. The Texas
road Commission said the gas
well blowout was the biggest in
Texas history. The commission
also said the well was probably
the largest gas well ever drilled in
the state.
Apache's chairman and chief
executive officer at the time said
no personal injury, explosion or
accidental fire occurred at the site
during the 16 months of around-
the-clock control work after the
blowout.
The punitive damages'are to he
divided among eight plaintiffs,
More than $300,000 in compen
satory damages was awarded to
plaintiffs, court officials said.
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