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Volume LXIX, No. 130 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. July 5, 1979 U bL vehicle us By Shelly Kaufman As part Qamvcock Staff Writer reports fl USC implemented a vehicle usage reduction monitor plan about a month ago to lessen the mileage university and fuel usage of university vehicles, ac- "He (( cording to W.S. Turbeville, assistant vice that we president of facilities and planning. slowed d< "We have already cautioned that they gas, said (vehicle operators) be careful and make only supervise trips that are necessary," Turbeville said. THE I uovuknuk uitK KiLEY ordered a 15 primaril percent cutback on state vehicle usage because with milt of the gasoline shortage, according to a state The efl spokesman. summer Turbeville said his office has not received vehicle t official notification of the governor's request "It's n for a cutback, but, "We felt that we, too, are don't ha1 getting less fuel. We did it (cut back) to con- nnwnsui serve fuel and to better utilize our people on "As fa campus," he added. "On the university service able to g vehicles, we will certainly honor that 15 per- said, "bi cent request," he said. the gas s 1 ||f|fg Pft MEiiwT^m r 'Smfl Fugn miff-1 /^?i^/i/?lrg s\f 1P% **********a M/?MI vj act pwi traffic on Sumter Street rem New alcohol By Brian Duncan Editorial Pajja Editor nrtl n n a 1 1 1 n 1 _ 11 ? * ? - i ne o.v,. Miconoi rueis council, a new Doay aesignea to coordinate gasohol producing interests in the state, met for the first time June 27 in a strategy planning session. IN ITS initial meeting, the council decided a detailed study should be undertaken to develop options for public sector involvement and possible funding sources for large scale alcohol production in South Carolina. They also ? -.1 J i * ? uiotudscu uic ncru IU aiuu^ wiuui uu|A WUUIU Ural oc suited for producing alcohol in the state. Lamar E. Priester, interim Council Director, said members represent state and local development boards, the state legislature, staff members from the Governor's Office and the S.C. Office of Energy Resources. Priester, who is director of the governor's Division of H/T rinn rfntvi nvif mi rfrf ah f Liiiui 5jr ticcxuu^ uic LUUiivll, according to Roy Shive, chief of the Renewable Energy Division. "The council is a consensus body," Priester said. "Key people who are going to bring the necessary consensus on these issues to bear so that we can get things moving." The first of several events leading to the council's creation occurred when Gov. Dick Riley "contacted our e reduced Spei invol of the cutback plan, trip logs and gas r*a /liia ^Ka OCfK aaaU ma/vm4U 4^ L I v uuv ure. MUl Kf 1 CdV.ll I11UI1UJ1 IU licip vehicle usage, according to a / spokesman. XYTEX Coi Governor Riley) has recommended u:_ v try to cutback, but we've already iT ?vn >wn during the summer and use less Juaice^ ayii Lawrence Steedly, USC Motor Pool oftneGameci >r Judice, a n business from iCOPE of Riley's request to USC is Judice hopes I y that all departments be concerned artificial insei in thp n<u> nf nnivmitv vehicles "Only 15 pe Feet of the cutback will be minimal this To be an effe because of a decreased need for million per mi ransportation. lot nearly as busy on campus and we ve as bisz of a demand for automnhiles we freeze U e do in the fall," according to Steedly. There must I r as not getting gas, we haven't been (active) to be et what we got a year ago," Turbeville Rprflll-p ftf it we haven't really felt the effects (of neoole who ar hortage) yet." ^fhereis' month waitinj Lownes, a f aids in the pi have orocess( jpflllj | "This is a 1 r ! plicants' viU ' j counts in the i Judice saic ' ] | hour old or d then frozen a 1 |j DONORS V , show that an i t in state vehicle use, s5$i^tota YVT'TTY Ct luiro tunicaicu * nation, accor< 1 fuels council pi; office approximately 90 days ago and said that he would like to investigate the feasibility of gasohol in South Carolina," Shive said. THE DEPARTMENT of Enerfiv (DOE) was contacted to find out if any funds were available that could be used to conduct a gasohol demonstration. Shive said the DOE "jumped" at the idea, saying the state could receive up to $250,000. Although these funds have not yet been received, he said a demonstration involving Highway Patrol cars was begun. "Then all of a sudden, they started selling gasohol at the pumps before we got the ink dry on our demonstration project," Shive said. Shive said it was at this time Priester suggested the council "determine once and for all" how the state should approach producing alcohol fuels. Because many people have contacted his office to find out how they could become involved in alcohol production, Priester said, "We began to see a need to link-up these interests." He said inquiries have come from individual farmers, large corporations and persons interested in investing capital. THERE IS a need for coordinated production because many 9K1HU (Huuucera are nireuuy on uie proamnion line, rm donation center Ives USC employee By Ron Stokes N?w? Editor rporation of Augusta, Ga., has set up a "satellite" office in lope of recruiting local semen donors, according to Mary CX has Dlaced several ads seeking donors in recent issues >ck. jgistered nurse employed by USC's Bell Camp, runs the i her Columbia home. Along with associate Helen Lownes, to attract between 10 and 20 regular donors for purposes of menation. rcftnt nf thp mnlp nnnulntinn ran hp Hnnnrs " .TiiHipp oaiH ctive donor males must "have a sperm count of over 100 illiliter" upon initial inspection, she said. S of cryogenics, the freezing of tissue, then takes place, le semen with liquid nitrogen to a temperature of nearly _ 1 n _ 1 ? mi -* 1- * i i ciow r anrenneu. inen we cnecK me sperm couni again, be 65 million living sperm or more with good motility a donor," Judice said. "religious, cultural and moral" beliefs, there are few e donors, according to Judice. i large demand for black sperm; in fact, there is a six g list tor donations," she said. ormer USC employee, takes inquiries about donations and *ocedures. "We've had about 24 people come in and they xi samples for 10 people," she said. i egitimate business," Judice said. "We take all of the ap- ] il characteristics and provide them with total generic processing of the semen." i samples must either De Drought in while less than one onors may use the privacy of her bathroom. Samples are id transported to Augusta by Judice. j VILL receive no money for their initial visit. If the tests individual can be a donor, he will receive $20 a donation for nonths with a maximum of one donation a week. Donors ect $25 a donation for the next year and $30 a donation :cording to Judice. ressea a aesire to expand tneir facilities. In a few years ave a small office where we can work with doctors and fertility problems," she said. d the Columbia operation is funded entirely by XYTEX. e needed they said they would supply us with it." YTEX has already paid for a microscope, test tubes, a ter which measures the sperm count, materials to tranlen, liquid nitrogen, needles for blood tests and cleaning lline over S2.000. )rporation is the largest organization of its kind in the iingto Judice. ans strategy although the market they are competing for is limited, Pries ter said. "At least initially, I think we could require that this council be appraised of the production going on," Priester said, in an effort to keep alcohol production compatable with market demands. He told the council one of the major problems facing large scale alcohol production was in the area of "institutionalizing" the marketplace. "The technology is there and the need is there " he said it's not because you can't produce alcohol and it's not because there's not a need," Priester said. The reason gasohol has not yet caught on is because "nobody has ever given any attention to the in-between of 'how do you make a system work,' " he added. Priester said that is the basic DurDOse of the council. PUBLIC RESPONSE in gasohol use has been "phenomenal," Priester said, and the state's agricultural potential for growing alcohol producing crops "is why it makes sense for South Carolina." "There is no way alcohol fuels are going to supplant our use of fossil fuels." Priester said. But he told thp rvmnril that alcohol is important to long-term management, "from the stadpoint of trying to meet projected shortages in f.iolc " IUVXO,