Carter Attacks Big Oil

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Dear Abby 9B Obituaries___lOA Editorial ..........4A Sports.............3-5B Warns of potential ^ripoff^ Carter attacks big oil WASHINGTON (UPI) - President profit from these prices and to what His energy program in deep trou to the Midwest and West later this Carter warned today of the potential degree?” ble in Congress, Carter said “1 hope month, hopes to bring strong public for “the biggest ripoff in the He said his energy package the American peopie will join with pressure on a House-Senate con nation's fight to secure energy in “assures that the American people me” in fighting for his proposals. ference committee which must iron dependence, denouncing oii and gas will not be robbed” and provides “In April, when our national out a compromise on his tattered w i companies for wanting to adequate incentives for domestic oil energy policy was presented to energy program. “profiteer” and “grab” money from and gas exploration. Congress and the people, I said this The House voted down Carter’s .■il ;«•*#; the pockets of the American con “But the oil companies apparently was the moral equivalent of war. 1 proposed gasoline tax increase, but V sumer. want it all,” he said. “We are talking haven’t changed my mind. passed most of the remainder of his Reiterating his claim that the about enormous amounts of money.” “As in the case of war, there is proposals with considerable energy crisis is “the moral He accused industry of trying to potential war profiteering in the modification. The Senate Finance equivalent of war, “Carter told a take money out of the pockets of energy process ... this could result in Committee has voted down the gas nationally broadcast news con American "consumers and putting it the biggest ripoff in energy history.” tax, proposed domestic crude oil tax ference, “The question is — who will in their own pockets. Carter, who makes a two-day visit and a tax on industrial use of oil and gas. And despite White House urging At industrial park trial that federal price controls be kept on natural gas, the full Senate has also voted to phase out those controls. Carter said energy prices have Data said insufficient risen extensively in the past few years. “The oil companies apparently for air pollution claims want it all," he said, “and we are talking about enormous amounts of By GREG PEARSON missioner, did not weigh property the policy. I do believe you’re building a money. The struggle is intense and it’s going to go on for a long time, but Herald Reporter environmental effects of the lot on nothing.” the basic question is going to be Brian Kenny of the Air Compliance proposed J.C. Penney Co. catalog The normally jovial judge answered in the next few weeks in Division of the State Department of distribution center. The center would expressed some impatience the Congress.” Environmental Protection testified be the major occupant in the town's Wednesday, the sixth day of the trial. “We believe in the free enterprise this morning that traffic information planned industriat park. At one point, he talked to Pagano system,” he said. But he added that provided for the town of In Wednesday afternoon’s session about the length of his speeches when of the trial, Theron Schnure of the oil and gas “are not part of that Manchester’s proposed industrial raising objections. He also asked all '• ’W f ; 1 park is insufficient to determine the state Office of Policy and Manage attorneys for brevity in their briefs. system” because domestic energy is so heavily influenced by foreign effect the project will have on air ment talked about steps that the “I want them as simple, as direct production and imports. quaiity. state takes while reviewing a project and as short as possible,” he said. Kenny’s testimony, given this mor iike Penney’s. ning in the seventh day of the trial, Pagano asked Schnure about two differed from that given by Dr. reviews of the Penney project by the Town gets grant Thomas Sharpless. Agriculture Department. One said Students in Unit A at Nathan Hale School check out the war that the project might be inimical to Sharpless, a chemistry professor ning of the stop light recently installed in their cafeteria as a at the University of Hartford, the department’s policy, the second testified iast week that, based on in said that the project would not be in for housing program device to keep lunchroom noise to a minimum. Leo Diana, prin formation from the park’s pian, traf imical. cipal of the school, heard about a similar system being used at a fic generated by the park would in A non-inimicai finding is required Manchester's Housing Authority which could apply to this grant but school in Tolland and decided try it out. The students think the crease air pollution. from all state agencies reviewing has been awarded a $397,640 Public officials were not able to pinpoint the new system is great and only had the red light warning put on by Kenny said that other information such a project. Housing grant from the Department specific application. Schnure said that if an inimical fin the lunchroom aide a few times in the first week of operation. besides that provided in the project of Housing and Urban Development Pascal Mastrangelo, chairman of The green light means everything is “go” and yellow serves as a plan is needed to determine the ding is based on an inadequate (HUD) to buy one or more buildings the authority, told The Herald two effects on air quality. He used the reason, his department will contact to house 10 low-income families. weeks ago that he was told HUD was warning. (Herald photo by Pinto) biackboard to depict how pollutants the agency and ask for a clarifica Announcement of the grant was interested in buying houses to increase while others decrease with tion. This is what was done with the made Wednesday evening by U-S. provide housing for low-income increased traffic speed. Thus, traffic Agriculture Department. Rep. William Cotter’s Washington of families. flow and speed and road layouts are When Pagano asked again about fice in a call to The Herald. also essential parts of the air quality the differences in the Agriculture Housing Authority officials Details of the grant are still School lunches formula. Department reviews. Judge Hull reported no knowledge of the grant sketchy, but it apparently has Kenny had also testified last week. said, “The first statement was based this morning. The authority has designated that the housing include He was called at that time by Atty. on something that was not a state applied for a number of programs four-, three- and two-bedroom units. Anthony Pagano who represents the are fun-filling’ plaintiffs. This morning, Kenny was asked to testify by Defense Atty. By SUSAN VAUGHN lunches are his favorite. Bernard McGovern. Herald Reporter In another development this mor Court ponders Bakke case Only one boy did not like the stew, ning, Superior Court Judge T. Clark Having lunch in a school cafeteria but he said he does not eat his Hull, granted amendments requested WASHINGTON (UPD . - The conferences before an opinion took Cox rejected the term “quota” or mother's stew either. He gave the Supreme Court today shifted its last week was an enlightening, fun by Pagano in his complaint. The shape. even “target” to describe the stew to another boy who ate both dramatic “reverse discrimination” and “full-filling” experience. And it amendments include a claim that the Elach justice writes an opinion and University of California’s plan. He helpings with delight. case from heated courtroom was not even too noisy, thanks in part project was initiated by the Depart these drafts are circulated to each of said “ there is no racially blind to a unique new system for keeping Most of the students' comments arguments to the isolation of a ment of Commerce and that it will the nine. method” that will bring in more than a down lunch room racket at Nathan defied the “lunches are yukky syn walnut-paneled conference room and lead to unreasonable pollution. In nearly two hours of arguments trickle of students from minorities, Hale School: a full size stoplight, that drome” and they agreed that the The defense attorneys objected to the quiet chambers of the nine Wednesday, lawyers for both Bakke who for generations have been “shut turns red when the noise level rises. lunches were “pretty good” overall. justices. the change, but Judge Hull ruled the and the university claimed the facts out of the most satisfying aspects of The lunch itself, a tasty, nourishing They named some of their favorite Months may elapse before the changes would not place the defen in the case were crucial. Both relied American life.” beef stew, was as good as Mom’s, or lunches, with grinders topping the court answers the crucial question: dants at any disadvantage. on the same facts to win. Colvin told the court Bakke has not better. Even the kids agreed. A group list, then, of course, hamburgers Can state professional schools con Defense attorneys in the case are Questioning from the bench tends posed as a symbol or representative of fifth grade boys sitting with Prin and hot dogs, and macaroni and sider the race of applicants in an ef McGovern, an assistant attorney toward sharpness and Wednesday of any group, but sued only to get cheese.

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