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Government proposes octane ratings
A proposed regulation ia
sued by the Coat of Living
Council may soon require the
posting of octane ratings on
all gasoline pumps.
To make the most of this
information
should the
regulation he implemented
on September 12
you
may want to learn more
about what octane is and
how it works.
According to the American
Petroleum Institute (A P I),
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octane is a measure of a
gasoline's ability to resist
knock.
Knock is a sharp,
metallic noise resulting from
uncontrolled combustion in
the car's engine. Knock loud
enough to be audible may hc
annoying, but it will rarely
cause engine damage.
In
tense, sustained knock, on
the other hand, ran harm
engine pistons.
As a basic rule of thumb,
94 is the octane rating of
regular gas and 100 is the
rating for premium.
Pre
mium is often required for
cars with large, high com
pression engines. These en
gines are more powerful than
smaller engines, hut they
also have a greater tendency
to knock
consequently,
they need gasoline of a
higher octane number.
There is no benefit Irom
using gasoline higher in or
lane number than needed to
prevent knock.
(For this
reason, regular gas is usually
recommended for small cars.)
Why pay the extra price for
higher octane gas when the
lower cost per gallon gas will
do the job and not damage
your car's engine?
In addition to your car s
engine size, there are other
factors that influence the
knocking characteristics of a
car:
• Tem perature
higher
octane gas may be needed in
hot weather to avoid knock;
• Altitude and humidity
higher octane gas usually is
needed in lower altitudes and
when humidity is low;
• Spark timing
when
the spark timing setting is
advanced, the engine needs
h ig h er octane to co n tro l
knock;
• Method of driving
sud
den acceleration may result
in a need for greater octane;
s ta rt and stop d riv in g in
creases combustion deposit
build up and thus increases
the need for higher octane.
The following are some
suggestions from A P I that
may help you determine the
octane requirements for your
car:
• Consider the manufac
turer's recommendations or
discuss the selection of gaso
line with your local car
dealer.
• If sustained knock is cn
countered, try gasoline of
higher octane quality until
you find the octane rating
that controls knock.
• If you encounter knock
after your new car has been
d riv e n several thousand
miles, select a higher octane
gasoline. According to A P I,
as a new car is driven, the
octane requirements increase
due to build up ol combust.on
deposits in your engine.
The A lb in a C o n trac to rs
Association has been active
during the past month in
obtaining contracts for its
members, as well as for
other minority contractors.
Eugene Jackson, Business
Manager for the organiza
tion, is currently negotiating
with Todd Construction Com
pany for sub contracts on the
federal building in Eugene;
with Hoffman Construction
Com pany for the fed eral
building in Portland; and
Tom Walsh Construction for
13 housing units in Albina.
Many contracts have been
recently acquired for ACA
members.
State Treasurer Jim Red
den said the $42,471.874.62
received from Washington,
D.C. will earn an extra
$12,000 a day for the next
three to ten days as a result
of his plan which provided
for personal delivery of the
check. The money, Oregon's
share of United States Forest
Service funds, has in the
past l»een mailed from Wash
ington. D.C. to the Trea
surer's office.
Redden said the combina
tion of high interest rates
and slow mails prompted him
to find a way to avoid
delayed deposit of the funds.
He first contacted the United
States Forest Service and
secured th e ir cooperation.
The Forest Service agreed to
personally deliver the check
from Washington. D.C. to
the Treasurer or his dele
gate.
Redden then contacted
Dale Mallicoat. Administra
live Assistant to Governor
McCall, whose office is in
Washington. An exchange of
correspondence between the
three established Mallicoat
as the Treasurer's delegate
to receive the check.
Red
den next contacted the U.S.
National Bank in Portland
and the bank arranged for
the immediate deposit of the
funds with a cooperating
bank in Washington. D.C.
John Calhoun, a Black for
mer Foreign Service Officer,
has been ap|K>inled to a top
post on the W hite House
staff.
Calhoun, 36, will serve as
assistant to Stanley S. Scott.
Special A s sista n t to the
President and the top rank
ing Black on the W hite
House staff.
Calhoun brings a wide
variety of experience to the
W hite House post, including
num erous assignm ents in
Public Affairs, Community
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M a llic o a t deposited the
check in Washington and the
funds w e re im m e d ia tely
wired to the Portland bank.
As soon as the funds were
received by wire the Trea
surer’s office invested them.
Redden said the increased
income as a result of the im
mediate delivery and invest
ment would be in the area
of th irty tw o to one hun
dred and twenty thousand
dollars. (The exact amount
will not bo known until Malli
coat’s letter, mailed at the
same time he received the
check in Washington, arrives
in Salem. If the transaction
had been handled in the
usual fashion, the check
would have been enclosed
and the money invested upon
its receipt.)
The funds will remain in
vested until the Executive
Department disburses them
to various Oregon counties.
Redden said he is checking
into o th e r fed eral funds
which are routinely mailed to
governmental units in the
state, as a part of his effort
to get the maximum amount
of use from funds available.
Earlier th(s year Redden
sponsored legislation which
will allow local governmental
units to pool idle funds for
investment through the Ore
gon Investment Council.
Calhoun gets
Phono: 2 2 8 -7 5 4 5
Ages Infancy thru 12 yrs.
Its i Swing Graveyard
Baldwin Sanitary Service
obtained drop boxes for Law
son Construction at the Pio
neer Post Office and Con
course K at the airport. They
subcontracted with Contracts
Incorporated for drop boxes
at the M arine Reserve base
and the University of Oregon
Medical School, and with
Hoffman Construction for the
federal building
They also
have contracts with Tom
Walsh Construction, James
Hickey for the Bed Carpet
Boom at the airport and the
Western Balboa
Urban Development has
contracts with the Vancouver
Barracks in Vancouver and
with Hoffman Construction
for the federal building.
W illie Harris has a paint
ing contract with W eyer
haeuser Tim ber Company in
Klamath falls.
The W .T. Hem m ing bon
struction Company is doing
painting for Piedmont Plaza
and has a contract with
Vancouver Barracks.
John Craig has a land
scaping contract with Van
couver Barracks, a sub con
tract with Contracts Incur
poraled for the Swan Island
Marine Reserve base; with
Bahanan Construction Com
pany lor the sewage disposal
plant at Woodland, Wash
Redden saves money
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insurance,
educational savings program s,
retirem ent, health insurance and group insurance
ington; and is doing land
scape work on Woodlawn
Park.
Coast Janitorial has con
tracts with the Port of Port
land; Hoffman Construction,
and Tom Walsh Construction.
T h e A lb in a C o n trac to rs
Association has been meeting
regularly with federal agen
cies to insure the enforce
ment of affirm ative action
regulations.
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Every day, some innocent
person bounces a check.
Senior
citizens
attend
classes
Older adults may benefit
from two programs at Port
land State University this
year.
First, persons over 65 years
of age may register for either
day or evening classes this fall
on a space available basis for
$5 per credit hour. However,
there may be additional costs
lor course materials.
Second, retired profession
als or executives may join the
Retired Professional Assoc
lates which is designed to
provide an educational oppor
tunity for persons who may
not have had time to take
classes w h i l e they were
working.
Members of that group
w ho don’t have to be over 65
may take courses on a space
available basis for $5 per
credit hour or share their
expertise in informal group
lectures, courses and field
trips. There is no charge for
those sessions.
Registration on the space
available basis is September
25th. Registration for regular
classes is September 21.
check you write (up to your
approved credit limit, of
course).
Best of all, A .C .T . costs
nothing to apply for, and
there is no charge at all
until you use it.
Just visit any branch of
U.S Bank and talk to our
Lady on the Red Carpet.
She'll make your banking
a very personal thing.
It can happen to the best
of us.
Just an innocent mistake
in your checkbook, and
suddenly, you're
overdrawn.
But U.S. Bank has a way
to make sure it doesn't
happen to you. It's called
A C .T ., Automatic Cash
Transfer.
Once you are approved
for it, we'll cover any
House post
Relations, studies in general
and international law.
He established a new com
munications and advertising
program for the Peace Corps
to relate to ethnics and mi
norities in 1971 while serving
as the Director of Minority
Communications for the agen
cy. He was named Special
Assistant for M inority Com
munications upon the forma
tion of A C T IO N , which
merged the Peace Corps,
V IS T A and five other Fed
eral agencies.
The new White House aide
was Director of Public Af
fairs for National Farmers
Union and its Program Green
Thumb during the year of
1970.
He served concur
rently as Director of Com
munity Relations for the
Denv er, Colorado based Farm
organization.
Calhoun was Chief of Com
munity Relations for the
M ilitary District of Wash
ington during 1969, and was
responsible for helping to
coordinate press coverage of
special ceremonies at the
W hite House, the State De
p a rtm e n t, and A rlin g to n
N a t io n a l C e m e te r y .
He
played a key role in ar
rang ing th e in te rn a tio n a l
press coverage of the funeral
activities for (he late Presi
dent Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He also edited the 1969 In
augural Parade Scenario.
The new W hite House aide
was the Press Liaison repre
sentative in Tokyo, Japan,
from mid 1967 through 1968
for the United Nations Com
mand.
He served concur
rcntlv as the Public Affairs
Representative for United
States Forces in Korea. In
the past, he earned a high
Korean Government award
and official commendation for
assistance rendered in facili
fating press coverage of the
seizure of the USS PU EB LO
and the attempted assassina
tion of President Chung llee
Park.
While in Japan. Calhoun
was an evening student at
Sophia University and com
pleted the requirements for a
Masters Degree in Asian
Studies.
the U.S. Arm y Recruiting
Service in the states of
Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont.
He also wrote a
weekly newspaper column
for 12 New England news
papers, including the Penob
scot Times. Eastern Gazette,
and the Houlton Pioneer
Times. Calhoun pursued the
study of law and radio and
television at the University
of Maine during 1964 67.
Calhoun was news editor
of Radio V U N C . a 24 hour
per day all-new s statio n
which broadcast in Chinese
M an d a rin , C antonese and
K o rean th ro ug ho u t Asia
under the U.S. State Depart
ment and Defense Depart
ment in 1964.
An Arm y veteran, Calhoun
was a newspaper editor, in
telligence analyst and news
correspondent during his mili
tary service.
His byline
stories appeared regularly in
the Stars and Stripes. Army-
Times. and other publications
in Germany.
Born in Fort Oglethrope.
Georgia. Calhoun spent his
early years and much of his
life in Elyria. Ohio, D etroit,
Michigan, and parts of Maine.
He left a job as a cook's
helper and dishwasher in the
kitchen at the Cleveland,
Ohio Ford Motor Plant and
joined the Arm y at the age
of 17.
He applied for and
was granted admission to the
prestigious Arm y Inform a
tion School in New Rochelle,
New York, where he picked
up a diploma in Journalism
in 1956. Through the United
States Armed Forces Insti
tute and the University of
Heidelberg. Calhoun worked
his way through the require
ments for a BA degree in
English in 1959. He earned a
LLB degree in law from
Blackstone School of Law in
Chicago in 1970.
He has
completed additional studies
in law and on C hina at
Catholic University, Wash
ington, D.C., and the Uni
versitv of Wisconsin.
He is a member of the pre
d om in ately Black C apito l
Press Club and serves as
Parliamentarian.
Calhoun resides in Wheaton,
Maryland, a suburb of Wash
ington, D.C.
Before going to Japan he
supervised advertising and
public relations activities for
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A V A IL A tlt
To help during this power crisis,
here are some ways you
can save electricity
in your
HOME
The region is short of power Your voluntary help now mav help head-off
enforced curtailment >arer Here s why Every kilowatt-hour of electricity you
use means either some water must be released from reservoirs behind a
dam. or some thermal fuel burned to generate that power If the area s
utilities can save the w at-r and the fuel until the big winter demand
occurs we will an be in much better shape to meet the need
A kilowatt-hour saved now can be very important later Nobody wants a
forced curtailment or blackout Jobs suffer People are inconvenienced
It is bad for us all Here are some things you can do to helo
H E A T IN G
Set heating thermostat 4 below its
normal setting New setting would
be about 68 i Make sure filters are
clean Keep curtains and shades
closed on cold days And conserve
heat by installing weatherstripomg.
storm windows and msuiation now
W A TER H E A T IN G
Make sure water heater thermostat
is set no higher than 140 Repair all
leaking faucets immediately Take
fewer showers and baths and spend
less time in the shower Do your
laundry only when you have a full
load of clothes Use the dishwasher
only after it is full Turn off the hot
water heater at the main panel when
you leave home for a week or more
L IG H T IN G
Use no more lights than necessary
Always turn out lights when you leave
a room And do not use porch lights
or post lamps needlessly
C O O K IN G /F O O D STO R A G E
Plan your meals to conserve the use
of the range especially oven use
Remove food from the refrigerator or
Wnfo tor • fre e b < x *'e t o< cfoas
freezer m ample time to allow thawing
before cooking Detrost your refrig
erator and freezer regularly
C O OLING
Set your air conditioner s thermostat
at 80J Be certain that filters are clean
Keep curtains and shades closed on
the sunny side of the house during
hot weather
M IS C E L L A N E O U S
Turn off TV sets, radio and music sys
tems when not in use Make sure that
any heating ducts or hot water pipes
in uninsulated parts of the house are
well insulated themselves Keep all
windows closed when the heating
system or air conditioner is operating
PGE toms ,09 other utilities in the Pacific
Northwest in urging customers Io save
energy now to help dilute the impact ot a
power crunch this winter We share the
groups concern that sooner or later, unless
new generating plants, transmission lines
and other electrical facilities are built as
needed
without imprudent delay tor
whatever reason
scarcity ol electricity
and enforced rationing may become a per
manenl tact ot lite in this region We re
working hard to avoid the, situation But
we need your help and understanding
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