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Thursday. Octets 23, 1900The Daily Tar Heel3 Caffeine in food 1 1 W KJ w '7 T- C t i' as J Cy JEFF COWERS Staff VVriier Chapel Hill Transit has received two of the 16 buses ordered from General Motors Corp., and. Transportation Director Bob Godding said he hoped they would go into full service Monday. "We'll spend the remainder of this week in driver training and mechanical orientation," Godding told the Transportation Board at its meeting. Tuesday night. Delivery of the 16 buses was delayed, but the transportation department requested two buses to be sent in advance on an "emergency basis," Godding said. "We wanted to start driver training and introduce them to the public," he said. The department had contracted Fleet Carriers of Pontiac, Mich., to deliver the buses, but Fleet delayed the delivery because of a backlog in its orders. Godding said the delivery date for the remaining buses was still uncertain. "We won't have all 16 here until about the second week in November," he said. The new buses have improved steering, brakes and driver visibility, making them easier to drive than the older buses in operation now, Godding said. "They're much more comfortable for the driver," he said. The buses are equipped with a "kneeling" mechanism, which allows the right side of the bus to be lowered so steps are closer to the curb. Wheelchair lifts at the rear doors are also included. Godding said the fiberglass body made the buses more durable since they could absorb, miner bumps without being damaged. "They're designed so that you can repair any body damage quickly and cheaply," he said. The windows of the buses are "completely unbreakable" and the body paint can easily be cleaned of any graffiti, Godding said. Since the new buses are heavier than normally allowed, the Town Council must issue a permit for the buses to go into service. The council will consider the permit request at its meeting Monday. M it.'' BUYING For CASH L - -GOLD ANE3!rSBLVER" Rings, Wedding Bands, Necklaces Dental Gold Anything 10K, 14K, 18K Marked or Unmarked Gold Coins Silver Coins Sterling James Homo a Son 10-5:30 Weekdays 102 E. Weaver St. Carrboro 10-1 Sat., 987-6580 Prc::rc!sr.al Numismatists James Hsrnt A.N.A. CC2272 Cecil Sparrow FEEL SUPER PERSONS DM A OAROLBWA "7" V- y J O J U UmL - U W y i ii b u Ll f ' 1 s 1 i 1' Cy MARX AN CON A Staff Wriier Recent government research linking caffeine with malformed offspring of rats does not warrant warning labels on foods containing the drug, a doctor at the UNC School of Medicine said recently. While no concrete evidence has been found linking caffeine with problems in human offspring, further research will be conducted on the effects of the drug by Dr. Robert C. Cefalo, director of maternal fetal medicine at the UNC School of Medicine. "There is enough concern that studies should be conducted," Cefalo said. "We will be looking at it." According to the Food and Drug Administration's studies, the rats tested were given caffeine in very large doses. The report stated that a Ne Cy LEE DUNBAR Staff Writer Although Rep. Richardson Preyer, D-N.C, has called on the U.S. Postal Service to delay implementation of its nine-digit ZIP code, that has not stopped the Chapel Hill Post Office from beginning preparation. Preyer said he wanted the Postal Service to study the proposal more entensively. "To date there appears to have been little, if any, consideration by the Postal Service of the social impact of the plan, no real consideration of the cost to mailers and no coordination with existing, pre-sort business mail programs," Preyer said in a letter to Postmaster General William F. Bolgler. But the officer-in-charge of the Chapel Hill Post Office, Bob Cassell, is not discontinuing preparations for the use of the new ZIP code in February. "There has been no effect locally," Cassell said. "I don't know the impact at the national level, but we have received no nofification and are proceeding as we have been." One of the major contentions of the leaders of the "zap the zip" movement is the confusion it may cause. "A nine-digit ZIP will drive people crazy. It's preposterous and ridiculous," Ray Geiger, editor of the Farmers' Almanac, said at a House government operations subcommittee hearing. 1 LIKE A X MP code: person would have to consume 12 to 24 cups of coffee daily to experience the same effects as the rats Cefalo said he opposed the use of warning labels because recent research was not conclusive with respect to humans. Another factor supporting Cefalo's stand is the difference in which the two species' bodies use the caffeine. "The rats do not handle the caffeine as humans do," Cefalo said. Rats break down caffeine differently than humam. Cefalo, who also acts as chairman of the committee of obstetrics practice for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said that anything taken in excess was dangerous and caffeine was no exception Cefalo's staff advises pregnant women to use caffeine sparingly. "Many women don't consider 9 -digit con Michael S. Coughlin, assistant postmaster general in the Postal Service's mail processing department, said the new ZIP code would allow the post offices to process the mail easier, more quickly and more accurately. Another factor of the new ZIP code is the cost. Geiger said the firm, that published the Farmers' Almanac, Geiger Bros., would have to pay up to $30,000 to change ZIP codes. The four new numbers are intended to direct each piece of mail to the appropriate letter carrier by pinpointing the destination right to the street location. Cassell said the new ZIP could cut many costs. "The post office's major cost is employees' salaries. It is approximately 86 percent of our budget," he said. Another problem the ZIP code might cause is . discriminatory practices, said Lewis H. Goldfarb, assistant director of the Federal Trade Commission's Woofer 8 15 ' I . to For SO bin hours rjs're foiycrinn oar prices of every , item in the store! Here's your opportunity to cave ' lihe never j fit .. ; 1 No Dealers Please! Li w LI w . J Hay now .d save over 1 SCcff the list price cf this i:roct! tracking turntat!?. Include V. v dr.r adl! Lin mk I List2209 marcttc cartrlJ-2 with CI :ncn J stylus! After t!;G sale. Don't ts fooled, tloit teteo dealers4 T"! have a local trr ce (Jpfjf ii..i-nt to tck up your f.l-fi invcstricntt! At Wocfer CU Tucrtrr - a tervfee dpart r.ent t uswm' t.clieve that ccr KUe s'U'r the sa!? is Just as Impor tant as iTUt f the fh:,v nu l.sve a j lire to ttore r r cii. ftp t In our c-sr. I -yt'.!t '4UUiUI Lit 19 c i -ttc !or. ess? for 1 3 cf I !: .t i rice. c c ft:-: 2 1 C 4 i i Ih i t i it.5. s Dr. Robert C. Cefalo caffeine a drug," Cefalo said. Cefalo and his staff advise pregnant women to use these products in moderation and warn that excessive use could be harmful to both mother and child. UGionr division of credit practices. He said banks and credit firms use the five-digit ZIP codes to determine the geographical area where applicants live. If people could be identified as residents of a single block or apartment house, then they might also be used "as a proxy for the race of applicants. That could be a violation of the Equal Opportunity Act," he said. Cassell said that was not necessarily true. "In some areas business can be selective about who they mail to, but by the same token, on rural routes and across county lines they (businesses) are required to send mail to every box holder," he said. So for now, the battle continues. But Cassell said he believed the nine-digit ZIP code would be accepted. 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