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Show Dream Car Perlran Is a Better Idea By William Hershey Knight Ridder Newspapers COLUMBUS, Ohio Dr. Sherwood L. Fawcett thinks he has a better idea: a - car that four-passeng- rajejasKioajDLQce would average 100 miles to the gallon of diesel fuel and 268-n- oi seii for $b,uoo. Don't dismiss Fawcett as hemp-smoke- 20 OFF BOYS' PANTS GIRLS' DRESSES WINTER GLOVES SIZES 4 0-1- crystal-bal- r, gazer or talk-shogadfly. He may not be another Henry Ford, but hes hardly a rube when it comes to new products. He is president of the Battelle Memorial Institute, with headquarters in Columbus. The institute is a major reason Columbus ranks as the research center in the world, after Washington 88 BOXER SHORTS 6-1- 4 99 VtSA LAYAWAY AND STROLLER RENTAL most conventional , A couple of years ago, Fawcett asked a Battelle research team to determine if it would be possible to manufacture a car meeting the require The 'Pertran' short for "Pertran The "personal transportation See Page four-passeng- i 4 5 6 i i 7 8 9 10 thru this weekend! 20 off! Group of Woods DOT MISS I IIK 1981 reg 24.99 to 27.99 1990 to 2240 ANNUAL CHARITY BAZAAR Friday, October 23 Saturday, October 24 e r invite von to stop bv and browse among tin mam handicrafts and homemade gift items on displav ibis Fridav and Salnrdav. learn more about vonr local charities while shopping at We 6 X c THE PLACE TO BE H ftr c 3 X X H e; ut All clutch handbags 20 MasterCard off FASHION PLACE 0200 South Slate Visa re re to c, X Hi 1 i Independent 4 wheel suspension with load leveling best-know- n ojcishicrajsljQce listed $6,000. and cars), meet all U S. safety and environmental standards and have a lifetime of 100,000 miles. Such a car could be ready for the salesroom by 1986, Fawcett says. What makes this car potentially more than a flight of fancy is BatteUes track record for developing new products. The example is the xerography process that Battelle agreed to help develop in 1944. Xerography g The teams research has intensified during the past six months. Using computers to test their assumptions, the researchers concluded that such a car could be developed with present-datechnology, to sell for would weigh engineers about 1,100 pounds (compared w'ith 2,000 pounds for BOYS' WESTERN BOOTS SIZES price-ta- The car envisioned by and Batelles Fawcett REDUCED 13 ments and above. third-greate- Moscow. $ a l inventor Chester Carlson enlisted the institutes support after more than 20 companies had turned him down. By the 1960s, Battelle sold its patents on xerography to the Xerox Corp which has become sort of a business-wori- a iegena. 1 P-- |
