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Gasohol Debuts in Pasadena Area
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Gasohol, a mixture of 90 percent
unleaded gasoline and 10 percent ethyl
alcohol, recently made its debut in the
San Gabriel Valley after extensive
testing and use in the Midwest and
other parts of the country.
Bill Otto’s Texaco, 301 W. Duarte
Road in Monrovia, is the first and so
far only station to carry the hybrid fuel
in the area.
Otto, the owner and manager of the
station, is very happy with community
response to the fuel. “Everybody loves
it. The response is tremendous,” said
Otto.
He has replaced both unleaded and
supreme pumps with gasohol, as it is
made from unleaded fuel, yet has an
octane rating of 93 to 94 (Research
Method).
Otto, who is selling gasohol at $1.12 a
gallon, claims that any car now on the
road can use the “new” fuel with no
modifications. The fuel does have one
side effect, however, that necessities
the replacement of the fuel filter after
the first few tankfuls of gasohol.
“The alcohol acts as a cleaning
agent,” said Otto. “It removes all the
rust, water and impurities from the
gas tank which then get trapped in the
filter.”
Experiments by the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology on cars of
various ages indicated that gasohol
increased fuel economy by an average
of 5 to 12 percent. Acceleration was
also increased by up to 7 percent.
Knocking, pinging and dieseling were
eliminated in many cases. Carbon
monoxide emissions were cut 14 to 72
percent.
Purdue University School of Tech¬
nology experiments with gasohol came
to similar conclusions. They found
gasohol to be 13 percent more fuel
efficient than leaded regular and 7
percent better than unleaded premium.
They concluded “that if you can buy
gasohol for no more than 10 cents a
gallon more than what you have to pay
for the cheapest gas your car will take,
gasohol will save you money and your
car will run better.”
Purdue’s testing further indicated
that with gasohol the emission of un¬
burned hydrocarbons was 60 percent
lower than leaded regular and 5
percent lower than unleaded premium.
Gasohol was reported to give the
same reduction in carbon monoxide
emission from leaded regular as un¬
leaded premium. Both fuels reduced
CO emissions by more than 71 percent.
The gasohol currently being supplied
in the Southland is derived from corn
and is originally manufactured by
Archer Daniels Midland Company of
Iowa. Corn that is used for the prod¬
uction of corn syrup, caramel, dextrose
and other corn by-products normally
leaves a large amount of waste materi¬
al-starch.
This starch is what the gasohol is
derived from. Because of this, no corn
is lost for the production of food. Also,
gasohol can be obtained from many
other sources such as garbage and any
type of grain— including lawn clip¬
pings.
The use of gasohol is expected to be
able to reduce this country’s demand
for foreign oil by 240 million barrels
per year.
The idea of alcohol as a fuel is not a
new one. When automobiles were first
becoming a practical mode of transpor¬
tation, alcohol was generally con¬
sidered to be the best fuel due to its
clean burning properties, high efficien¬
cy and renewability.
Alcohol soon lost favor as petroleum
products proved less expensive to man¬
ufacture.
The recent skyward trend in gasoline
prices, however, has once again made
alcohol a viable alternative, according
to the Purdue report.
Alcohol is still considerably more
expensive than gasoline to manufac¬
ture. However, alcohol and gasoline
blended with alcohol are both exempt
from the usual 4 cent per gallon excise
tax. This exemption has made gasoline
mixed with a small percentage of
alcohol marketable.
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A NEW/OLD SOLUTION — Gasohol has been rediscovered. Otto's
Texaco Station in Monrovia is the first in the San Gabriel Valley to offer
gasohol to area residents. — Courier photo by Diene Davila
NOVEMBER 16. 1979
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE. PASADENA. CALIFORNIA
VOL. 48. NO. 13
INCAR Anti-Draft Rally 'Hang Loose,' INSTells Iranians
Protests Against KKK
By Gary Klein and
Bob Phillips
Staff Writers
The PCC chapter of the International
Committee Against Racism billed their
Nov. 8 rally as a protest against the
return of the military draft. Speakers
chose instead to speak out against the
Ku Klux Klan and the “bosses” who
help support it.
The rally drew about 150 students
who were presented with INCAR publi¬
cations. an anti-draft petition, club
entry blanks and speeches by several
members of the dub. ... . . ..
“The bosses are pushing ’for war,”
said club president Laura Brown.
“Every time the Klan appears they’re
protected by the police.”
Ms. Brown was referring to the
shootings two weeks ago in Green¬
sboro, North Carolina where five dem¬
onstrators were shot and killed by Klan
members. The bosses are the “corpo¬
rate interests which financially fuel the
Klan,” according to Brown.
Club member Keenan Sheedy stated,
“we must smash the Klan and take the
facists head on.” He added that the
club was organizing a carpool to go to
Centerville (near Visalia) where the
KKK is planning a motorcade through
five ‘farniworkers’ towns.’ ”
Sheedy also went on to add, “The
Klan is getting massive amounts of
free publicity from the media.” Cov¬
erage of Klan events tends to “build
rabid feelings toward minorities, in the
minds of the American public.”
By this time, attendance was thin¬
ning, but those who stayed were told by
an unidentified club member that
“schools purposely don’t teach minor¬
ity students so they won’t be able to
pass high school equivalency tests.”
At an Oct. 25 meeting, the club’s co¬
leader. Jennie Cohen said, “The next
war will, be an imperialist war and
imperialism needs racism.” She also
said, “We’re not like Jane Fonda or
Jesse Jackson. We’re not celebrities,
just a self-supporting group which shall
use militancy only when militancy is
necessary.”
Formed earlier this year, INCAR’s
first constitution was rejected by the
Dean of Student Activities because the
group wanted their membership open
to persons not enrolled at PCC. How¬
ever, school policy allows only PCC
students to participate in campus or¬
ganizations. A new constitution has
since been revised and accepted by the
Dean’s office.
Dr. Howard Hertz, English instruc¬
tor, is the club's faculty adviser.
Verification of Iranian student visas
may not take place within the 30— day
period required by the U.S. Justice
Dept., according to the Foreign Stu¬
dents Office.
The 67 Iranian students at PCC have
been advised to “hang loose,” said
secretary Marilyn Porter, because Im¬
migration and Naturalization Services
is not prepared to handle the potential
flood of Iranians reporting to prove
their student status.
The INS’s Los Angeles office lacks
the manpower to handle a massive
processing job if all students reported
immediately, according to Ms. Porter.
However, INS will be sending teams
of immigration officers out to college
campuses to interview students and
verify their status.
' Iranian students will be asked to fill
out a special questionnaire when in¬
terviewed. Once status has been veri¬
fied, identification cards will be issued
to each student indicating that status
has been checked.
Meanwhile, reactions of PCC stu¬
dents and faculty1 are mixed, according
to an informal sampling taken this
week.
Many felt that deportation of Iranian
students who violate the law is a
reasonable plan.
“It sounds like a good idea,” said
student Ed Garcia. “They should have
taken action a long time ago. They just
sat around too long.”
Some students favoring deportation,
Members of the faculty were con¬
cerned with the fact that Ayatollah
Khomeini had endorsed the seizure of
the embassy in Tehran.
“No embassy should be violated by a
government,” stated Kennon
Miedema, social sciences department,
“I can understand a mob, but when a
government does it. it’s a tragedy."
Elton Davis and Linda Davis, social
sciences, both agreed that terrorism or
a third world war are not ways to solve
any problem.
Faculty members voiced both sup¬
port and opposition to the decision to
possibly deport Iranian students.
According to instructor Don Rich¬
ardson, engineering and technology de¬
partment, “Even if the Iranian stu¬
dents are not convicted, they should be
deported because they are students
only.
“They can use our facilities— that’s
fantastic— but they shouldn’t raise
havoc here.”
English instructor Karen Norris dis¬
agreed, however— “It’s not the fault of
the students, but it is the fault of the
government, so the Iranian students
should not be deported at all. Deporting
students is passing the buck; it is
Carter’s responsibility.”
As far as the Shah’s presence in the
United States, Enrique Orozco, social
sciences department, believed it to be
“horrendous” that Carter let him into
the country in the first place. He also
thought Iranian students should demon¬
strate to “get it out of their system" as
long as they do it legally.
Their demonstrating is a “way of
enlightening us as to what’s going on,”
according to Dr. Orozco.
Student Sheryl Spain summed up the
attitude of many people on both sides of
the issue: “It’s a messed up situation."
Iranian Students Voice Their Opinions
About Deportation, Hostages and Shah
however, felt that Iranian grievances
Accreditation Subcommittee Announces ,‘2S
Plans To Seek Student Input in Quad
Students will soon have an opportuni¬
ty to comment on the strengths and
weaknesses of PCC’s buildings and
equipment.
Paul Roberts, student represent¬
ative on the Building and Equipment
subcommittee of the Accreditation
Committee, reported that his commit¬
tee will be seeking student opinions on
Thursday, Nov. 29 in the quad.
The Accreditation Committee is at¬
tempting to involve as many people as
possible in the college’s self-evaluation
portion of the accreditation process.
Faculty opinion has already been
solicited on buildings and equipment.
Roberts reports that the number of
responses to the faculty survey has
been disappointing. Only 10 percent
have replied to the qestionnaire. The
deadline for faoulty responses is today.
According to Dr. William E. Gold¬
man, Accreditation Liaison Officer,
PCC undergoes the formal accredita¬
tion every five years. Goldman de¬
scribes the process as a cooperative
venture and an example of professional
self-regulation for the purpose of im¬
proving and maintaining the school’s
standards.
Physical facilities in only one of the
nine categories in the self-study. Com¬
mittees are also gathering information
in the following areas: Objectives and
Functions, Instructional Program, In¬
structional Staff, Student Services,
Community Services, Learning Re¬
sources, Financial Resources and In¬
stitutional Governance and Adminis¬
tration.
Each committee will submit a report
to Dr. Goldman who will prepare the
final report for the Accreditating Com¬
mission.
According to the Handbook of Ac¬
creditation and Policy Manual, PCC
must “submit an interim report re¬
flecting institutional responses to the
recommendations of the previous visit¬
ing team and the rationale therefore, a
description of the major changes ef¬
fected since the last evaluation and a
summary of significant, anticipated
changes for which the institution is
planning.”
The accreditation process is ex¬
pected to be completed in November of
1980.
ways,” said Lloyd Der. “We had it
coming, but the Iranians are going
about it the wrong way by letting out
grievances against the Shah and United
States.
“They don’t deserve to be educated
by us if they treat Americans that
way.”
According to Goth Watney, “Ira¬
nians have a perfect right to explode
like they are. (But) If they are vio¬
lating the law, then they should be
thrown out or deported.”
Iranian students on campus do not
agree with the actions carried through
by the people and the government in
Iran, but their feelings and views of the
situation vary.
For obvious reasons, most of the
students interviewed preferred to re¬
main anonymous and agreed to reveal
only their first names.
“I think the situation is embarass-
ing,” said Ahman, a male student.
“The current Iranian government
does not reflect the feelings of the
majority. The government is limited,
old-fashioned and the educated people
no longer support its leader.”
“All that is happening is because
Khomeini has a personal thing against
the Shah. There’s no point in getting
him back. Khomeini isn’t thinking of
his counrty at all, he’s concentrating
all his efforts in getting the Shah
back,” continued Kambiz, another
young man.
Mohammed, a male student and
Bita, a female, shared the same opin¬
ion:
“The United States knew that some¬
thing was to happen if they gave the
Shah political asylum. The United
States has shown wrong policy against
Iran for a very long time; what is
happening now is only a consequence of
that.”
“Iran doesn’t like the United States
mingling in its business. They (Iran)
had no other choice but to do what they
did,” continued Bita.
“In terms of international law all
this is wrong,” interrupted Hamid, a
male Iranian.
“But the United States did not sup¬
port the international law when it
supported the Shah's criminal ac¬
tivities.”
The situation was explained more
graphically by Vazrick, Abdolreza and
Modjtaba, three male students.
Construction Class Begins Expansion
Of Pasadena Senior Citizens' Center
By Laura Carlos
Staff Writer
Students in PCC’s Addition and Re¬
modeling class will be collaborating on
an outside community project to ex¬
tend Pasadena’s Senior Citizens’ Cen¬
ter, located at 85 E. Holly Street.
“We are going to be adding on to the
existing Senior Center, and the class is
going to be participating in the
project,” said Don Richardson, engi¬
neering and technology instructor.
The group will be doing all the
necessary excavation, relocating of
sprinkling systems, electrical systems
and necessary plumbing. They will also
be involved in completing the exterior
and interior finish, including paint,
vinyl floors, masonry veneer and brick
veneer.
Moreover, the class will figure all
the necessary materials to complete
the job, and obtain prices from subcon¬
tractors on their own.
"In later years they will at least
have the background needed to com¬
plete a building,” Richardson said.
“Anyone can build it; they just have to
know the initial work and layout, which
this class does often.”
The project was initiated last March.
“We were the only ones available to
participate in this,” said Richardson.
“We were approached by the city of
Pasadena and asked to do a small
portion of it. I told them we were
interested in doing more than a small
portion.”
Students went out on location Tues¬
day to do sight work and layout.
“Laying is done with a transit which
gives you your elevation and measures
your distance. The existing building
will be used to set up the string lines
for the addition in order to obtain the
same measurements,” said student
Michael Couch.
“You learn an immense amount of
information every day. Don’s a general
contractor. He’s out there doing it
every morning. You can pick up a lot
coming out here, instead of just study¬
ing out of books,” said Couch.
The class will be working on the
project five hours every day for the
next year.
Pasadena’s Senior Center provides
special activities for the senior citizens
and youth groups.
“It’s some place for the seniors to go
and kill tjme during the day, but it’s
fun they have a lot stuff there,” said
Richardson.
Other class-paticipation projects
have included partially remodeling the
accounting offices on campus and con¬
structing a room in the receiving build¬
ing for office personnel.
— Courier photo by Rum C
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
“The government let him (the Shah)
in for medical treatment. They could
have given him the same treatment in
Mexico City.
“His trip to the United States was
very well planned by Mr. Kissinger.
His (the Shah’s) condition is not that
serious. He came to find refuge here in
the United States. He wants to get
closer to his previous supporters.
“When the revolution was going on
they (Iran) asked the United States not
to support the Shah but they (the U.S.)
did not listen.”
Why does Iran want the Shah back so
eagerly that it is willing to break all the .
rules in the diplomatic code and defy
America?
“It is not a matter of getting the
Shah back,” said Navid, a male stu¬
dent.
“If they wanted only that they could
have applied the same technique to
Mexico and got him back without any
trouble. They just want to give Ameri¬
ca a hard time. They want to remind
the United States that what is happen¬
ing is their own fault.
“Obviously this technique cannot
work. It is illogical, irrational, but it
puts America in a tight spot,” he
continued.
“We want the Shah back for jus¬
tice,” said Mohammed.
“It is not a question of one man’s
body, getting him back is getting even
with all the crimes he stands for. And
let me tell you this, if it is worth it for
the Americans to endanger the lives of
60 people for the Shah, it is worth it for
Iran also.”
What about the fact that America
would be compromising its status as a
fervent supporter of human rights if it
gave the Shah back?
“What human rights?” said
Mohammed. “Did America care about
human rights when the Shah was in
power? How could a country that be¬
lieves in human rights overlook the
slaying of thousands of people? The
Shah is a criminal such as any constitu¬
tion of any country would define a
criminal! Show me one constitution
that justifies what he has done and I
will not ever believe in any kind of
justice.”
What about the demonstrations
downtown and the threat of deportation
that ensued from them?
“There are more than 20,000 Iranian
students in Southern California alone.
Only around 200 demonstrated . . . such
a small number does not express the
feelings of all of us," said Ahmad.
“I do not believe there is any threat
of deportation that would concern us
here. We haven’t done anything
wrong.”
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