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t United Press International Five days of violence broke up early this morning. through” higher costs in the Federal energy chief William associated with the truckers’ Simon lo Attend Hearing ICC procedures, the truckers violence by truck drivers. “It E. Simon, after a late night ses­ Meetings Continue form of rate increases. Simon said he would appear windshields were broken, but ‘ strike brought Simon and about The meetings continue today, I said they wanted a price freeze appears that truckers want a sion with representatives of in­ As for price rollbacks, Simon at a House Ways and Means there were no injuries. ’The 40, other federal and state of­ and Simon said the participants on all o ir produnts, a public confrontation, and they’re dependent truck drivers, in­ said: “I am against rolling back Committee hearing today, but number of Pennsylvania ficials to a closed-door meeting “will sit down with the nitty audit of oil companies, a joint going to get it,” he said. dicated today that government prices. Personally, I am op­ that another high-level FED of­ National Guardsmen’^on active in Washington Sunday where gritty.” He said Sunday’s congressional committee Study — Max Krugma_^n, a red tape could prevent an im­ posed to that because it’s ficial would meet with the duty was doubled to more than more than two dozen truckers meetings concerned mostly of their problems, removal of Carpentersville, 111.* truck mediate solution to their counterproductive to our in­ truckers. 2,000 to deal with the strike. aired their gripes. Simon said “technical matters” such as allocaion quotas from truck driver was shot in the shoulder problems. " termediae and long term goal Pennsylvania Gov. Milton J. Indiana State Police said at he has kept President Nixon in­ rollbacks, allocations and price stops and a crackdown on any when he stopped his semi­ At the same time, Simon said of bringing on long-term self- Shapp, who called the meeting, least six shots were fired from formed “of all the events of the “pass-throughs.” hoarding.of diesel fuel by major" trailer truck to check his tire he opposed one of the drivers’ day.’’ sufficiency in this country, saie, “All parties have been trucking companies. a car on the Northern Indiana Earlier, he was reported to which is pur only answer.” pressure on Interstate 94 near key demands, a rollback tOf “This is an mteragency thoughtful and candid. Definite In other developments in the toll road, several miles north of have told the truckers it would But he said later: “I didn’t New Buffalo, Mich. His un­ diesel fuel prices to May, 1973. problem that cut^acrpss the specific progess has been made shutdown: Valparaiso, and two shpts take congressional action to say that the prices were not known assailant got out of a levels. Interstate Commerce Commis­ in several areas.” He refused to They’ll Gel It car, asked “if he was working struck the cab of a.Jrack. TTie solve a major complaint- going, to be rolled back. I gave elaborate, and Simon indicated driver was not injui^. On the highways, there were sion, the Department of speeding up ICC rule-making -Attorney General William today” and when Krugman said pattered incidents of violence Transportation, the Federal an opinion..that I’ve stated the hard bargaining was put off B. Saxbe, in Mechanicsburg, ‘ In other news of the energy procedures, which make it dif­ quite often. I’nfi optimistic yes the man said “Well, you crisis: directed at drivers who con­ Energy Office,’’ Simon said until the late morning session Ohio, asked governors and won’t be for long’’ apd shot ficult for trucking firms to get reasonable men are going to get began. —The Beirut newspaper An tinued rolling their rigs. after the second of two sessions police departments to take any him, Krugman tol3^’ poliqe. quick approval to “pass- together on this issue.” Nahar Sunday quoted -“in­ In addition to the rollback and steps necessary to prevent Krugman was in fair coneition. formed Arab sources” in —Herbert Rider, a trucker Washington as saying the Arab Rom Harrison, Ohio, was shot oil embargo against the United in the shoulder at a Kentucky States would be lifted at the Turnpike interchange about 18 beginning of March. miles southwest of Louisville. —Vice President Gerald R. He also suffered face and neck Ford said Sunday he opposes cuts from flying glass. Rider gasoline rationing at this time, llanrl|p0tpr lEiipntng Bpralh said a second shot was fired at a “because I remember back in truck following his, but that the World War II when we had gas driver was not injured. rationign we had all kind of —Ohio Gov. John J. Gilligan crime, we had black marketing, o rd e re d 900 N a tio n a l we had a terrible fouled up Guardsmen activated and situation from beginning to end placed under direction of the —even when we were fighting a Highway Patrol. The world war. And it seems (p me guardsmen would be used for in the present atmosphere that ground patrol, convoy escort it would be even worse. You’d Governor To Seek and aerial surveillance, have the worst aspects of Gilligan said. rationing.” Court Ban On Trucker —Two tankers were burned in —The Federal Power Com­ Peebles, Ohio, causing $32,000 mission approved, 3 to 2, the in damage. Ohio officials said highest price, in its history for Traffic Disruption the highway patrol was natural gas sold in intestate providing escorts across the commere. The commission HARTFORD (UPI) - Gov. state to drivers requesting them up,” he said when asked authorized a joint project of Thomas J. Meskill said today protection. seven producers to sell the gas he will seek a superior court whether towing was what he -The Pennsylvania State had in mind. to Southern Natural Gas, a order prohibiting truckers Police reported 15 rock- The governor urged truckers pipeline serving Southern angered over fuel prices from throwineI . _ incidents on them e APenn- e iiii states?'atdb da L-USvcost Olof t)t)55 Ccents C niS Ppef e r disrupting state highways. to obey the law and “not con­ sylvania Turnpike Sunday. Most i,ooo cubic feet. The price is22 “The law of the jungle will cede to the few who are calling for violence and trouble.” of the rocks were throw from per cent morq^Jhan the previous prevail if everyone takes the o v e rp a s s e s . S e v e ra l record of 45 c^hts set last May. law into their own hands,” he said. The governor told newsmen he has asked the military Federal Budget Tops de^rtm ent and state police to prepare contingency plans for removing truckers’ blockades. “We want to assure safe S300 Billion Mark passage through Connecticut for everyone,” the governor WASHINGTON (UPI) - His since he entered the White will get no money at all in the said. plans for a balanced budget House in 1969. new budget. He said it will take Meskill, in addition to seeking shattered by the energy crisis, About one-third of the 1975 more than one year to get them a court restraining order that President Nixon today proposed budget dollar will be returned cleared by Congress and into would hold violators in con­ a record $304.4 billion budget to citizens in the form of Social operation. tempt of court, said he would that means the nation will Security and welfare benefits, This fiscal philosophy, plus ask the state Public Utilities spend almost $10 billion more food stamps, unemployment in­ the mild and conciliatory tone Commission to consider than it collects next year. surance and other government of Nixon’s message, was in M revoking their Connecticut per­ Backing his pledge of “no 'lU M li u.i.tin payments. stark contrast to the harsh W J i mits. recession,” Nixon’s blueprint words of a year ago when the The governor said he would for fiscal 1975 unveiled a .National Defense President chopped off q number ask the names of violators be strategy to fight unemployment Another quarter—$87.7 billion of venerable programs and turned over the the Interstate at all .costs—even it it means —is earmarked for national Visitors to the Manchester Sheltered Worlt^hop open house plays some of the switching devices workshop clients promised to impound money ap­ Commerce Commission for “busting the budget” and con­ defense. It is the largest Sunday were given a demonstration of the Vjtrious projects propriated by Congress if the assemble for Iona blenders. (Herald photo by Pinto) possible national suspension of tinued inflation and higher defense budget ever, but in conducted there. Mary Remiszewski, back tdcamera, dis­ lawmakers didn’t hew to rigid their permits or licenses. prices. terms of percentage of the Gross National Product it is the spending ceilings. Meskill would not go into It was the sixth straight 1 details on the contingency plan >mallest since the beginning of Congress broke the limits red ink budget for the Nixon the Korean War in 1950. but indicated it would involve presidency. If the proposed anyway, and the administration towing truckers blocking fuel National health insurance and now forecasts a deficit of $4.7 figures are correct, the federal welfare reform, two programs OpenHouseTermed ^Gratifying’ terminals. government will have spent $77 billion for the current fiscal Nixon stressed in his State of “We don’t plan on blowing billion more than. its revenue year. That will double to $9.4 “Extremely gratifying,” is, the Union message last week.

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