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More gasoline may be on the way at higher prices COMPILED FROM UPI REPORTS -- Odd And now residents of two more Still, overall supplies will re- It's likely to get even more expen- even gasoline rationing hasn't done states are joining the fray. main lower than normal in July. sive, but how much depends at least much to cut lines at pumps in the Pennsylvania and Delaware both The companies credit more oil im- in part on what the OPEC nations de- Northeast, more relief may come went on the odd-even system at mid- ports and dropping of special die- cide in Geneva. next month when four oil companies night. sel fuel allocations to farmers for In the second day of their meeting say they will increase their deliv- The shortage is also hopscotching the increased supply. yesterday, the cartel's oil minis- eries, but fuel costs seem sure to to Chicago where many stations are In another optimistic report, oil ters failed to reach agreement on a go up once the oil cartel agrees reported closed as June's alloca- industry experts in New York said new price. on a price increase. tion runs out. there's a sharp rise in how much Motorists in the Northeast said It may be a little greener next oil is being refined into gasoline. They'll be meeting again today to yesterday their odd-even gasoline month, however. The American Petroleum Institute debate the latest compromise which rationing has only given them the Standard Oil of Ohio, Standard said U.S. gasoline production last would put the average price of a opportunity to wait in long lines Oil of Indiana, Cities Service Com- week was at its highest level since barrel of crude oil at about $18. every other day. pany and Gulf Oil Company all an- February -- more than seven million Hard-line nations want a much Siphoning is common and the price nounced yesterday they will increase barrels a day. Gasoline inventor- stiffer increase -- Libya, for in- of locking gas caps has soared. Some gasoline deliveries in July. ies are also up. stance wants up to $27 a barrel. S two-car families with one odd and Whether the gas lines in the one even license plate One oil industry analyst are switch- said United States get longer or shorter, The base price is not $14.54 a ing plates and some pump jockeys June may go on the books as the however, the price of gasoline is barrel, but many nations are adding have been noted taking bribes. tightest month yet for gasoline. only going in one direction. high surcharges. 0 Seven-nation summit opens TOKYO (UPI) -- The seven-nation sum- round of bilateral talks Wednesday mit formally opened here this morn- to line up support for their posi- ing. tions. Guantanamo The four European countries plus In areas where there are disagree- the United States, Canada and Japan ments the U.S., Canada and Japan are trying to reach agreement on are generally lining up against oil conservation steps and present Britain, France, West Germany and a united face to the OPEC nations Italy. and their expected price increase. Meanwhile, a White House official But the conference opened amid a here announced that Carter is def- squabble between the United States initely going to skip his planned Gazette and France. vacation in Hawaii and will return President Jimmy Carter and French home Sunday after the economic sum- President Valery Giscard d'Estaing mit and a visit to South Korea. exchanged only a very curt handshake Air Force I will just make a re- Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as they arrived at the residence fueling stop on its way back to of Japanese Prime Minister Ohira. Washington. A spokesman said Carter wants to Carter is angry about an inter- Vol. 34 No. 123 Thursday, June 28, 1979 get back to work with his staff and view Giscard gave to Newsweek Maga- _ Congressional leaders on interna- i zine haughtily accusing Americans tional and domestic energy problems. Affirmativeaction programs approved of energy piggishness. Presidential aides concede pri- Carter was up early -- jogging vately they were worried Americans as he has done for the past four might resent the president relaxing Civil rights c ase decided mornings, his tee-shirt drenched on the beach while they are stuck with sweat. at home because WASHINGTON (AP/UPI) -- Benjamin black applicants of gasoline short- half the openings The seven leaders had a tough Hooks, executive director of the in a workers' training program. ages. National Association for the Advance- The decision overturns lower court hailed it rulings that the program constitutes Colored People, I tthe of "most important civil rights a racial quota violating the 1964 Snipers wo und truckers case of this decade." Civil Rights Act. COMPILED FROM UPI/AP REPORTS -- meat, produce and vegetables, es- "It" is yesterday's Supreme Court The loser of the legal battle was More sniping incidents and dire pecially from California, Florida decision permitting certain affirm- Brian Weber, a white lab technician predictions of grocery shortages and the Midwest. ative action programs in business. for Kaiser Aluminum in Gramercy, La., highlighted the independent truck A 5-2 majority of the high court who brought the reverse discrimina- strike yesterday. This could lead to higher super- ruled that employers may give minor- tion suit. Two non-striking truckers were market prices and some shortages by ity workers special treatment in An official of the United Steel- wounded by sniper fire yesterday, next week. hiring, training and promotion if workers Union, which appealed the one in Ark aisas and one in Illinois. Hundreds of food industry workers they want to. case to the Supreme Court, called Two strikers were arrested in a have already been laid off as a re- The decision means private indus- the decision a "total victory." series of Illinois sniping inci- sult of the strike. try may operate many employment pro- A major issue was whether such an dents, and Governor Jim Thompson Grocers in New York, New England grams that favor blacks without fear affirmative action program is con- called out the National Guard to and Chicago say meat, produce and of so-called "reverse discrimina- stitutional when the company has no patrol interstate highways. dairy products are growing scarce tion." history of racial bias it's trying North Carolina's governor has al- and will get a lot more expensive. The court upheld an affirmative to overcome. so called out the guard in the wake Vice President Walter Mondale, action plan voluntarily adopted by The court said it is in some cir- of scattered shootings and fire- filling in while President Jimmy a union and Kaiser Aluminum and cumstances, but it was vague in de- bombings. His action came after Carter is in Tokyo, said crops are Chemical Corporation reserving for fining them. seven drivers were arrested while rotting in the fields and urged the allegedly trying to block a truck truckers to return to work. leaving a fuel terminal in Char- There are a few signs the strike lotte. is weakening. Furthermore, convoys of truckers Truckers lifted blockades in Ari- invaded New York City at rush hour zona and Connecticut and agreed to yesterday morning and also slowed return to work in Kentucky. Dateline. highway travel in Pennsylvania, But the easing in some states was Texas and Maine. more than offset by increasing mili- Meanwhile, independent haulers tancy and attacks on non-striking TEL AVIV (AP) -- Israel and Syria each had different explanations for continue to disrupt the movement of truckers in other states. yesterday's aerial clash over Lebanon. An Isreali Embassy official in Washington accused Syria of trying provoke a confrontation with Israel, but a high-ranking official Damascus said Syria's air force had been ordered to resist Israeli ervention in Lebanon for some time. Israel claims its U.S.-made F-15 Eagles downed five of Syria's Soviet-made MiG-21s, but Syria said four of its planes were hit. Syria said it shot tow Israeli planes out of the air, but Israel claims all its planes returned safely. MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) -- Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza's national guard bombed eastern Managua again yesterday and Sandinista guerrillas fought back with rockets and automatic weapons from fox- holes and street barricades. Refugees fleeing the area said the guardsmen appear to be making little headway. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite a sharp drop in petroleum imports, the U.S. trade deficit grew to nearly $2.5 billion last month. In April, the deficit was $2.15 billion. This was the thirty-sixth straight month the country has run a trade deficit. WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new group named "Consumers Opposed to Inglation in the Necessities" -- COIN for short -- claims the inflation rate can be cut three percent in the next year and a half. The organization wants a ceiling on hospital costs, subsidies for consumer food bills, reimposition of oil price controls and lower mortgage rates. Furthermore, consumer advocate Ralph Nader is calling for a nation- This poster by Billy Kite, a fourth grader at W.T. Sampson Elementary al consumer boycott this fall to protest government economic policy. School, won him a second place prize in the recent resources conservation poster contest. P ti :L. Guantanamo3 Gazette Thursday, June 28, 1979 community Clubs & organizations THE REEF RAIDERS will meet at the THE CPO HARBOR LIGHTS LOUNGE an- CPO dining room on Thursday, July 5 nounces disco entertainment by at 7 p.m. All members and persons Graphic Expression Friday, June interested in becoming members are 29 and Saturday, June 30 from 9 bulletin board urged to attend.