University Daily Kansan, October 27, 1980
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On Campus
TODAY
The INSPIRATIONAL GOSPEL VOICES will rehearse at 6 in room 404 of Murphy Hall.
TONIGHT
"LESBIANISM AND WOMEN'S LIBERATION," a "women's Awareness Week discussion, will be at 7:30 in the Council Room of the Union.
Dyke Parker of the University of Minnesota will lecture on "STUDENT VIEW AND APPLICATION: AN UPDATE" at 7:00 in the Forum Room of the U.
There will be a FACULTY RECITAL featuring Richard Rebon on piano at 8 in Swartwhist Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
TOMORROW
Clyde Parker of the University of Minnesota will conduct two STUDENT AFFIRM WORKSHOPS in the Council for Outreach's workshops will begin at 8:30 a.m.
The department of music history and the department of English will co-operate a lecture on the "MUSIC OF ENGLAND" at 2:30 p.m. in room 404 of Murphy Hall.
THE CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC STUDIES and the office of research support and grants administration will co-sponsor a grants writing seminar at UNH.
The CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
RETREMENT DINNER will begin at
6 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Union
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST will have its weekly meeting from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in rooms 209, 232 and 233 in Haworth Hall.
At 7 p.m. the TAU SIGMA DANCE
in room 220 of Robinson Gymnasium.
THE KU SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY ASSOCIATION will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Oread Room of the Union.
"THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AND MEN," a Women's Awareness Week discussion, will be at 7:30 p.m. in the International Room of the Union.
The PANHELLENIC  RUSH
THE BARNELLENIC at 7:30 p.m. in the
Union Ballroom.
"PROFESSIONAL WOMEN—HOW THEY DO IT," a panel discussion conducted by 13 women who work in various professions, will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Ecumenical Ministries Building, 1204 Oread.
Bruce E. Fitzwater, member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship, First Church of the Christ, Scientist; lecture "The Critical CERTAINTY OF CHRISTIAN HEALING," at 7:30 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Union.
Gasohol sales in state decline
By ROSE SIMMONS Staff Reporter
Bv ROSE SIMMONS
Gasahol sales have entered a slump, according to Kansas energy officials, but people involved with the fuel disagree on the cause of the decline.
Officials say apprehension of dealers concerning a gas rationing plan may be avoided.
"Dealers are beginning to be afraid that a gas rationing plan is in the air because of the Iraq-Iranian war," researchers said. Energy research analyst, asked last week.
The rationing plan would allocate 10 percent less gas to a dealer.
Because gasohol is a mixture of one part 200-proof grain alcohol and nine parts water, selling gasohol would receive less gas than a dealer who did not sell gasohol.
ANOTHER REASON energy officials cited for dealers getting out of the gasahol business or selling less of the fuel, was the diminishing state gasahol tax credit. In June, the tax credit, begun in 1979, decreased from five cents to four cents, Noon said. By 1984, the gasahol tax credit will be discontinued and the 8-cent state tax per gallon will apply.
"The tax was designed to help get the gasahol industry going," he said. "By 864, the gasahol industry should be making its own domestic industry and not need subsidizing."
The federal four-cent tax credit on gasahol still will apply, however.
Despite the tax breaks, some local dealers have cut back or stopped selling gasohol. They attribute the cutbacks to declining customer demand.
Steve Donner, manager of Ivan's Annex, 2143 Iowa St., said his station quit selling gasohol in April because of low customer demand.
"I heard a lot of customers say that they were dissatisfied with the performance of their cars after using gasahol," he said.
Ivan Tercival, of Ivan's 19th Street 66, 1843 Massachusetts St., said that although he still sold gasolah, he never ate about 10 percent lower than last year.
Some carburetors are damaged by gasahol, he said, and that contributed to some customers' reluctance to use it.
THE ALCOHOL IN gasohol cuts loose the sludge on gas tanks and carburateurs and clogs fuel lines, said Bill Edmonds, of Bill's Mobil Service, 1206 W. 23rd St.
Ken Price, manager of Quality Automotive, 1228 E. 3rd St., said that the alcohol in gasasol eroded the rubber cases and the rubber parts of carburetors.
Tom Hochstetter, state energy
computer technician, said the
massage was a problem for older cars.
"Older cars should have a fuel filter change after gasolah is used for the first time," he said. "Newer cars shouldn't experience any problems that aren't comparable to use of unleaded or regular gas."
Although dealers say that customers have been responsible for the decline in gasahol sales, Howard Hinton, a manager for Midwest Solvent Co. in Atchison, said the gas glut and uninformed consumers were the problem. Midwest supplies about 20 percent of the gasol used in gasahol mixes in Kansas.
"If the public knew what gashal was made of," he said, "they would know that cars made for unleaded gas could easily switch to gashal."
"If the flow of oil was reduced dramatically, gasahol demand would go up as it did a few months ago," he said.
HINTON SAID DEALERS were
hinted to use a sodium
salicol oil supplement were so稍慢.
Gasohal sales hit a peak in Kansas in March with sales of 4.7 million gallons. Gasohal sales dropped to 2.86 million gallons, according to the Kansas Energy Office.
Hinton said his company was selling about 225,000 to 250,000 gallons of alcohol a month. This is down from a group of 480,000 gallons in March, he said.
Ray Daffney, vice president of Highway Oil Co. in Topeka, said the higher price tag on alcohol had caused some of the stations that bought gasahol from his company to cancel orders.
HIGHWAY OIL buys alcohol and mixes it with unleaded gas for sale to more than 227 stations in Kansas, Daffney said.
Some stations stopped buying gasahol, Daffney said, because they had to raise the price above unleaded to meet regulations on prices and this made gasahol harder to sell.
"Alcohol makers got greedy because there was more demand than supply and it created a shortage."
Hison said his company sold alcohol in a gallon at a lemonade cents below when it charged in March.
"If I were to lower prices to make alcohol competitive with gasoline, I would lose money," he said.
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Come To Rush Orientation
7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Oct 28 Kansas Union Ballroom
A General Meeting for all women interested in Spring Rush 1981:
- Get a preview of KU's 13 Sororities
- See and hear what it's like to be in a sorority
- Pick up your Rush Registration Packets
- Have your questions answered by active sorority members
Sponsored by the KU Panhellenic Association. 119B Kansas Union