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Show b Pollutionfreetaxie maybe XT. 27, THURSDAY, awaiting you at street corner 1977 U4M ,' A rcvciuiionary laxi. designed with pollution control and passenger comfort in mind, has generated enthusiasm in most of the transportation world. But don't start waiting on the street corner for one vet. Autograph Party Engineers at the u!s. Urban Mass Transportation Administration have gone back to the drawing board to see whether the vehicle can be mass rodded. the National Geographic Society says. They hope to continue a project that began four years ago with an allocation from Congress for building an improved, efficient, quiet, taxi. Dr. Ernest Eberhard author of Is It Love? What is love? Does It come from nowhere and go away in the same mysterious fashion? Is it real? So g questions Ernest Eberhard in this stimulating new Deseret Book publication. With the background of his education and scores of years working directly with young people, this capable author treats this delicate and profound subject with great insight and perception. - TWO AMERICAN companies ASL Engineering, Inc., and Duthcer Indus-tire- s received $l million each from the Department of Transportation in 1975 to design the taxi, and in May of last year delivered their versions. Considering the transportation needs of 13 million elderly and handicapped people in the country, the department had specified that the taxi be easy to get in and out of and be able to accommodate a wheelchair along with two other passengers. We wanted the vehicle to carry more than one person, a department official said. We dont want people to have to crawl over each other to get Dr. Rosa Peterson author of Idaho This marvelous book Will move and delight all who love the beautiful state of Idaho. out." Specifications also required that the taxi emit less exhaust than present taxis and maneuver more easily in traffic. The resulting prototypes were tall, boxy vehicles, generally more spacious, comfortable, and safe than taxis on the streets today. Both models had steam engines and were between compact and subcompact car size. Some independent New York cabbies, who viewed the American designs-an- d models by Volvo, Volkswagen, and Alfa Romeo at a show at the New York Museum of Modem Art, were not impressed. They're not practical, said Salvatore Baron, president of the New York Independent Taxi Owners Council. Theyre too tall to get into garages and car washes. Besides, they're going to Come and meet these outstanding authors Friday, October 28th, 3:30 to 5:30 P.M. . REFRESHMENTS CACHE VALLEY SERVED BRASS QUINTET 2:30-3:1- 5 Cache Valley Mall Logan in Logan .... and says Celebrates THANKS TO OUR LOGAN For Western wear. BELL BOTTOM CORDUROYS tional Taxicab Association, which represents fleets, made a their position on taxi design. m in THE INDUSTRY, up to the time of the actual review of the vehicle. . . consistently accepted the theory that the best opportunities for vehicle design would simply occur as the result of modifications of existing production vehicles, says a recent report by the taxicab association. When the review committee examined the prototype vehicles. . . they realized there waz the possibility of developing a vehicle on the basis of function rather than form." The association went on to rank the models, finding the Volvo superior. Volvo officials, however, say the model was rally an engineering prototype and that they do not plan to mass produce it; Volkswagen is considering building a new taxi with Checker Motors Corporation that might be an offshoot of the VW Rabbit. The taxicab association is urging modifications in design so that a taxi at a price can be drivers can afford. It has suggested a retail price of $7,000 in 1977 terms. One change has already been made: The steam engines, which could have taken 10 years to adapt for production, have been replaced by gasoline engines. Because congressional support for mass-produc- ed th- - project may not continue indefinit ely. private industry holds the key to the new (axi. One of the irevkuslj reluctant automakers Ctiryscr -has expressed interest in product " since looking over the design. We find the new taxi design an interesting concept and a useful one. Herbert Wood of Chrysler arid. The $64,000 question is whether there's a sufficient market to make it profitable for Chrysler. WHY THE government interest in taxis? Taxis and similar vehicles provided 3.4 billion rides a year in this country, compared with 1.8 billion by urban rail systems and 5.1 billion by buses. The sprawling pattern of U.S. e cities makes service economically unfeasible in many areas, the transportation department says. Although major cities are losing taxi ridership, the suburban areas and even the rural areas are gaining, said Richard Gallagher of the taxicab fixed-srhul- fixed-rout- e, association. Soaring insurance and gasoline prices have put the cost of operating a cab at 41 cents a mile nationally. But taxis still mean some profit for the nearly 500,000 drives across the country. A part-tim- e cabbie with 15 jnrs experience in Washington says he lias come to depend on the income that weekend driving provides.. When the chips are down, I get out and roll, he said. Idaho authors to he guests at autograph signing party Ernest Eberhard Jr. and Dr. F.Roas Peterson wil be at Deseret Book in the Cache Valley Mall Friday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. to autograph their books. Live music by s brass quintet will be featured from 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. Both events are part of the malls Idaho Days celebration. - League and the Chamber of Commerce. He has been a bishop, high counselor and president of three missions. He was a member of the youth t'& committee of the Church Gorrelat-jCommittee and is now serving on the n Church Missionary Proselyting Committee. He has written two books i. addition to Is it .Love? and is the author of three LDS Church msnu-l- s. Peterson is head of the History Department at Utah State University, a bishop for the LDS Church and has been commissioned by the UB. government to write a book on the Teton Dam disaster. Born in Montpelier, Idaho, he grew up in Bear Lake Valley and retains an interest in a family ranch there. He received a doctorate from Washington State University. His published works include Prophet Without Honor, a biography of Glen H. Taylor, the Idaho senator who ran for vice president on the Progressive ticket in 1948; and "McCarthyism in the Mountains. SUPER BELLS are Clothing Outfitters I Resistof tuts I 13" IU,. $11.00 in all colons and shapes fOR the westeRn man BOOT CUTS ... Reg. $14.50 SHRINK TO FIT. 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