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qr i Wednesday April 27 1977 THE COLUMBIA RECORD 7-D i Solar House Cuts Heating Costs 68 degrees because of the nature of its hut-pump system However Bedinger said the fact he wu living In the solar house and using lights an electric range washing machine and other appliances while the control house wu empty would offset the difference in thermostat settings at night seems to be a common misconception that this house was designed to be heated completely by solar Bedinger said "This and most other solar houses provide about 80 per cut of the buting requirement with solar energy A supplemental system is used for the remaining 20 per cut because it's jut too expensive to use solar energy for all space The solar buting system in the experimental house cost abut 58000 At today's prices Bettinger said would take about 15 years to pay for it from savings on electric bills light as a secondary source of heat The bouse was designed with its mostly glass front facing the winter sun and the win- dows were fitted with insulated panels which were closed at night to prevent hut loss The sunlight coming through the glass would cause the temperature in the living room to rise to 74 to 76 degrees on some days when the temperature outside wu well below freezing Bedinger said "Temperatures during our tut period were colder than he said solar system and the supplemental electrical heating unit worked well The house stayed very comfortable all Bedinger said he lowered the thermostat from its normal 66 degrees to 55 at night in compliance with President Carter's conservation request during the natural gas shortage and because of his own preference The control house stayed at a constant KNOXVILLE Tun (AP)- Despite the winter's record chin the designer of an experimental solar bouse says the sun combined with the system kept electrical heating cuts at leu than 5 during one of the coldest months A1 Bedinger the designer of the house operated by the Biergy Research and Development Administration and the University of Tennessee said total power use in the house for a 30-day period beginning in mid-February was 475 kilowatthours which cost about 512 Only 171 kilowatthours were used for heating he added Bedinger who also lives in the experimental dwelling said a next-door unoccupied control or test house of the same size which was heated with a conventional heat pump used 2506 kilowatthours about 557 worth of electricity The modernistic solar bouse included roof-top solar collectors and utilised sun- 1 Confederate Gravestones Vandalized In Cemetary fUsfeiB WNOK To Be Sold T)m Phsnn The sale of WNOK radio and television Channel 19 was announced here Tuesday by Irwin Kahn president of Palmet-to Radio Corp and Curtis Lewis president of Lewis Broadcasting Corp Subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission the licenses of stations WNOK-AM-FM-TV in Columbia will be assigned from Palmetto to Lewis Broadcasting The purchase price wu approximately 54 million Lewis Broadcasting operates WJCL-TV and FM radio station both in Savannah Stirring The 1 Red the hundreds of civil war markers at the cemetery during the annual Confederate Memorial Day observance The ceremony took place around a large monument honoring "Our Confederate Cemetery sexton Edward Walters uid the vandals swept across the north and east section of the city-owned grounds overturning ATLANTA (AP) Vandals damaged an estimated 510000 worth of gravestones including those of Confederate veterans in a section of Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery Monday the night before the observation of 112th anniversary of the defat in the Civil War But Tuesday afternoon 125 of the faithful many dressed in Confederate gray passed by that would name chili as the Texas State Dish One legislator from the coast already has rather facetiously suggested that gumbo be the state dish (UPI A youngster in Austin Texas helps state Reps Ron Bird left of San Antonio and Gerald Hill of Austin Along with chief chili cook Robert Marsh center stir some MS gallons of chili The of is being prepared to pave the way for House debate on a bill NIA THEKEW2-UTER DOTT160FCOXE GIVES YOU 5 MORE THAN A HA1F-GAUON FORTKE SAME PRICE And if rhofsnor enough reason to buy the 2-Liler there's more If has a protective plastic coating And a convenient reseal-able cap that helpsyou enjoy the some great taste of Coke It all adds up to moreforyou In the new 2-Liter bottle of delicious refreshing Coca-Cola Letter Signed 'KKK' CHAPEL HILL NC (AP) A letter containing racist threats against black students wu being investigated here after several blacks were attacked with water balloon and rocks University of North Carolina officials uid Tuesday Two young mu received the letter about 10 days ago said I Byron Horton III president of die Black Student Movement The letter read be hearing and hurting from us and was signed of UNC" Horton uid "I don't think there is such an organization" uid Harold Wallace director of the UNC department of special programs and an advisor to the Black Student Movement But other students uid the existence or nonexistence of KKK of UNC is beside the point Blacks at the school are being harrassed more frequently they Hid Acid Truck Wreck Cleared LEXINGTON NC (UPI) A portion of Interstate 85 wu reopened to traffic at 1 am today 16 hours after a tanker truck loaded with acid overturned killing one person and seriously injuring another The highway wu dosed and traffic rerouted at 9:15 am Tuesday because methacrylic add which causa skin damage on contact and gives off mildly toxic fumes leaked from the tanker Another tanker track wu brought to the scene Thesday afternoon but the add could not be pumped from the damaged vehicle until a specialist from Tennessee wu brought it to supervise the operation the highway patrol said today The tanker truck hit the rear of a dump truck hauling gravel and overturned on the right shoulder of the highway near the Evan Road Crossing The driver of the tanker truck wu killed and a passenger in the sleeper cab wu injured The driver wu identified Wayne savalli 45 of Vincent town Pa and the passenger wu identified Joe Chant 42 of Delanko NJ Carter Threat Charges Dropped CHARLOTTE (AP) A federal warrant against a Georgia mu who allegedly threatened to "kill Jimmy Carter and assume the Presidency of the United was dropped Tuesday so he could be returned to a mental hospital US Atty Keith Snyder dropped the charge so Michael Monti Mann could be returned to Georgia Regional Hospital in 1 Decatur Ga where he escaped Saturday Local Officials Follow Belk Lead CHARLOTTE (AP) Tax officials in Mecklenburg and Alamance counties following the Internal Revenue Service's lead will investigate alleged tax law violations within the 400-branch Belk department store group this print it's a routine uid Robert -Alexander Mecklenburg County tax supervisor "If we find something we may go to a full-blown one It may take several weeks to get into iL" Lawmaker Says Duke Wanted GAFFNEY (UPI) State Rep Michael Daniel D- Cherokee uys he believes Cherokee County residents want Duke to construct a nuclear power plant in their area Daniel asked the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Tuesday to approve a license permitting construction to continue oo the Cherokee uclear Station Duke already hu a temporary construction license but needs another one for additional construction Daniel uid the project hu received generally favorable reapoose from members of the community who believe it can i be operated safely The plant site is about six miles southeast of Blacksburg Pound Of Cocaine Seized CHARLOTTE (UPI) A Dallas couple has been charged with powoaing more than a pound of cocaine with an estimated street value of 5144000 Steven and Deborah Houser were arrested Tuesday Douglas Municipal Airport and released from the Mecklenburg County Jail on 55000 bond each Attorney General Rufus Edmisten who announced the arrests in Raleigh said confiscation of the cocaine "represents one of the largest hard drug operations in recent months" 1 OvflC Four CWk'v roe 4 Can Om CbIhmAIm CasCaia SatilNiQ Cai las 77-C-948 I Wa A 9.