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Come In Y'All
By Robert L Fisher Jr.
H you’re ever truckin’ down
the boulevard and a front door
comes booming in on your
radidio, telling you there’s a
Hjuani Taxi in the bushes with a
picture tacker, you better be
going doubles nickels when you
roll by, because if you’ve got the
peddle to the metal, that taxi’s
going to turn his bubble gum
machine on, and you’re going to
end up shelling out some green
stamps to feed the bears.
If you think the above
statement is a foreign language
or maybe some code, it’s not
It’s merely the language of the
people who are into the most
rapidly expanding mode of
personal communication, none
other than the Citizen’s Band.
(C. 8.)
The Citizen’s Band had its
start in the early 1950’5, when
the Federal Communication
Commission decided to allocate
23seperatechannels, notunlike
the channels on your T.V. set
from a portion of the radio
frequency spectrum to a form of
short-range communication (20
- 30 miles under average
conditions) suited for the uses
of the average person.
This idea was setup with the
basis that most communication
of this form would be done
between a base; that is, a radio
at a fixed location, and his
mobiles; that is, a radio on the
move, such as in a car. Small
businesses took up on this
idea, thus providing them with
inexpensive communications
from the office to their local
representatives in the field.
But this type of communi
cation did not last for long.
Many other people began
purchasing radios so they could
communicate from their home
to their car. Husbands and
wives found this very useful, as
the wife could radio to her
husband on the way home from
work to stop and pick up a loaf
of bre'ad and some milk, and the
husband could quickly find out
where the wife was when the car
broke down for her in the middle
of nowhere.
Another aspect which grew
out of this was that people who
had base stations found out
that they could use their new
toy to talk with other base
stations near them. Thus began
the time when the C.B. became
a telephone substitute. Wives
would get on the air to swap
recipies and gossip, while men
would talk about care, sports,
hunting, etc.
Although this was not the
original idea behind the C.B.
radio it caught on like wildfire.
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At the present time, congestion
on the air is so bad in some
larger cities, it is almost
impossible to talk to your friend
down the street
But even the telephone
substitute was not the primary
reason behind the terrific
upswing in C.B. radio sales.
The main driving force was the
gasoline shortage coupled with
the lower speed limits on the
highways. Thick drivers sud
denly found themselves slowed
down to the point where they
were losing money on the long
hauls. This necessitated the
truckers going above the legal
posted speed limit in order to
gain back precious time and
money.
But you just couldn’t go
along at 65 MPH or above and
hope you didn’t get caught
Thus the truck drivers came up
with the idea of installing C.B.
radios in their trucks. By
communicating on a common
channel they could notify each
other as to the locations of
radar traps so they could reduce
speed. From this common idea
came the fact that most trucks
are now equipped with C.B.
radios.
But then the rest of the
driving population decided,
“Well they can do it, why can’t
1?” This started the real C.B.
boom. It seemed that everybody
was putting a C.B. radio in their
car, van, pick-up, etc. But their
reason for installing a radio was
just not so that they could find
out the locations of speed
traps. They found they could
receive road conditions, weath
er reports, accident reports,
traffic tie-ups, almost every
item a driver wants to know
about the road ahead, by just
picking up the microphone and
asking. Even such unimportant
items as what time it is can be
found out by just asking a
fellow CB’er (as other Citizen’s
Band operators are known).
Well, if you are a person just
getting started in C.B. or one
that is thinking about its
possibilities, maybe the above
article has been some help to
you. If so, maybe you will
become the next addition to the
constantly expanding world of
C.B. radio.
(Oh, by the way, in case
you’re interested and couldn’t
understand a word of the first
paragraph, a literal translation
is in older
If you’re ever driving down
the highway and a CB’er driving
somewhere ahead of you is
received very loudly on your
C.B. radio, telling you there is a
State Police car off the side of
the road with a radar unit, you
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The XGI fraternity held its
tint keggar of the fall tenn last
Saturday night, October 23, at
the newly remoldeled Student
Center. Awards were presented
to winners of the Road Rally
held earlier that day.
Amberjack provided the
music for dancing, and what
they lacked in ability, they made
up for in noise and visual
effects.
The crowd was much larger
than expected, so many of
those attending were forced to
stand the entire evening. Those
who were fortunate enough to
have seats seemed to be having
a good time.
A spokesman for the
fraternity explained that the
Middletown Hunter's and An
gler's Club, where the keggars
were held last year, was not
available due to scheduling
problems. The fraternity
expects to have keggars at the
Club winter term.
Elton contlnuad tram Pago 4
Passanelli’s marvelously clever
bassline on “Boogie Pilgrim”
and the bass contribution of the
Brecker Brothers and David
Sanbom playing together on
“Mol” and “Shoulder Holster'’.
Lending a hand on keyboard
duty and arranging is James
Newton-Howard, and the added
touches of texture he supplies
to songs like “Sorry Seems to
be the Hardest Word” is a
masterstroke. However, de
spite the technical proficiency
of his band, it is 13ton John that
stars with his often dazzling
piano playing and vocal
performances. He has again
staked his claim as the
definitive master of pop form
and design.
Although Tm not quite ready
to forgive the man for his
self-imposed years of musical
blasphemy and sin, this album
indicates a big step forward.
The new album, being his
fifteenth American release, is
one out of maybe five or six of
his efforts that bears repeated
listenings-I hope Blue Mows
chronicles the beginning of a
Renaissance in Elton John’s
career.
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urge their various members to
purchase a copy.
However, the final responsi
bility and ultimate success of
the yearbook depends on all
seniors graduating in Decem
ber, March, June, or August
So, let yourself be a part of your
yearbook. Don’t be afraid of
having your picture taken. And
above all, buy one! For, only
with your interest and help will
the entire venture be worth
while.
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HACC-8:00 p.m.-Film-“The Golden Voyage of
Sinbad”-Aud., Room 106.
11:00 a.m.-Cross Country-Capitol Campus, Albright
College and Ursinus College-away.
1:00 p.m.-Soccer-Capitol Campus vs. Spring Garden
College-away.
GMAT test.
Halloween
7:00 p.m.-Mass-Student Center Lounge
Nov. 1
7:00 p.m.-Mass-Student Center Lounge.
7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.-Martial Arts-Rec./Ath. Bldg.
Information concerning preregistration for Winter Term
will be available in the Records Office.
HACC-Spring registration begins.
Nov. 2
6:00 p.m.-Aviation Club-Meteorology-E-209.
7:00 p.m.-12:00 midnight-RA Block Party-Student
Center.
BSU meeting-BCAC-(time to be announced).
12:00 noon-Maranatha Bible Study-W-135
6:30 p.m.-Student Court-W-202.
7:30 p.m.-SGA meeting-Rm. 211.
9:15 p.m.-Bowling-Middletown Lanes.
Nov. 4
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.-Returning Women-Brown Bag
Lunch-W-138.
Last day to receive cap and gown measurement cards
for Dec. 11 commencement.
After today a late order fee of $lO will be charged
Elections
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number of candidates to cover
all of the seven available senate
positions.
Tlie Business senate seat is
the most contested. There are
four candidates running for this
position. The other six senate
positions remain unchallenged
with four positions open as
write-ins and two other posi
tions uncontested with only one
candidate running for each.
Six of these senate posi
tions are for undeigraduate
curricula: Business, Elenmen
tary Education, Mathematical
Science, Humanities, Social
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Oct. 29
Oct. 30
Oct. 31
Nov. 3
Today
Science and Engineering. The
one graduate senator will
represent all graduate curricula.
The candidates are Ernest
Kerstetter, Elliot C. Reiff, Joe
McCarthy and Joseph A. Mahar
of whom all are running for the
Business senate position;
Maria Robinson, who is
uncontested, is running for the
Elementary Education senate
position; and Christine Van
Zandt, who is also uncontested,
is running for the graduate
senate position.
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