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TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1979 15 CENTS Jacobson: State's poiverless in gas crisis By MARK MAGYAR "And if the retailers do go on strike, which I hope they fishing" Sunday if the federal Department of Energy does not Mr Jacobson said "Gov Byrne asked the major oil com- State house Correspondent don't, all I can suggest is that we go to our respective pews and meet its demands panies last week to consider sending an additional five percent TRENTON — The lines of odd-numbered cars were shorter pray," he said "At the state level, with our allocations "The retailers are absolutely right that they can't maintain allocation to New Jersey, which they have the discretion to do, at Shore gas stations yesterday, but the supply situation practically exhausted, there's nothing more we can do. What's proper profit margins, when they're making the same profit but we haven't heard from them." through July 4 looked bleak with the state's 14 million gallon the point in ordering a station to stay open if he has no gas?" today selling a gallon of gasoline at 90 cents as they did 10 years Mr. Jacobson said he is trying to arrange a mid-week gas reserve virtually exhausted and the state's 5,100 retailers The New Jersey Service Stations Association, which repre- ago selling it at 30 cents," Mr. Jacobson said. meeting with representatives of Exxon, Mobil, Texaco and preparing to shut down and "go fishing " State Energy Com- sents 500 stations, announced yesterday that its dealers would Mr. Jacobson said the retailers should get the (our-cents-a- Chevron to determine how long the shortage will last missioner Joel R. Jacobson indicated that the state is power- shut down Thursday to protest narrow profit margins and gallon profit margin boost they have been campaigning for. and The commissioner said this gasoline shortage is more less to do much about it. federal allocation formulas that discriminate against the predicted that President Jimmy Carter would eventually give it serious than the 1974 shortage "because in 1974 we knew the "Our five percent 'set aside' gas reserve is largely used up Northeast. to them. shortage would end when OPEC stopped its boycott, but this for June, so we'll have nothing significant to tap to keep gas And the New Jersey Gasoline Retailers Association, which The retailers' four-cent boost, coupled with an expected stations open this Sunday like we did last Sunday," Mr represents the majority of the state's 5,100 gas station owners, crude oil price hike of at least fivecents-a-gallon by the Jacobson said. voted at its annual convention yesterday to shut down and "go Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) this week, wouiiHaty nine cents more to the cost of every gallon, Tough on attendants sending the cost oTOsleaded gas in New Jersey over the $1 per Things are rough for gas station attendants too. gallon mark I The worst Incident in the county over the weekend was "The retailers also hit the nail on the head about the reported by one nameless attendant who stuck his head in a car discrimination against New Jersey and the rest of the North- window to ask "regular or unleaded." He was almost bitten by I east," he said. "Soutt of Richmond, there are no gas lines and a large St. Bernard. Lucky he wasn't trying to look at the gas PUMPS- you can get all the gjs you want because the base period data gauge to make lure it was less than one-half full. PUMP! President Carter is using works to the advantage of the Southeast." A state's June 1979 allocation can be based either upon June time we have no guarantees." CLOSED 1978 sales or the average monthly sales between Oct. 1978 and "The odd-even rationing isn't as effective this time be- Feb. 1979, which is the peak season for Florida tourism, Mr cause the 5,000 gas stations we have in the state is 1,000 fewer CLOSED Jacobson noted. than we had in 1974, and those 5,000 stations are trying to serve The use of 1978 data, as opposed to median sales over a more customers," Mr Jacobson "Naturally, the lines are multi-year period from 1972 to 1978, also discriminates against longer than they were in 1974. New Jersey for conserving more gasoline than its neighbors "But gas lines at the Shore and in South Jersey were good last year, he said. today." he said "North Jersey is still in horrendous shape. .»•. " Carl Forino photos "We're in the same camp with the dealers on that issue," See Gasoline, page 17 Carter predicts energy woes will be eased TOKYO (API-Concluding pre-summit talks with Japanese they met, the president was asked if the United States and to a meeting with former Japanese Prime Minister Takeo - in the industrialized countries and, more tragically, in the leaders, President Jimmy Carter expressed confidence today Japan are forging a common position on energy for the econom- Fukuda. less-developed world." that the seven-nation economic conference here will produce a ic summit that begins thursday. Carter said he hopes there could be some sort of an He said oil price increases since December, not counting a consensus plan to deal with energy woes. "It will have to be a seven-nation plan," he replied. agreement from the economic smmit conference to help the fresh hike expected this week, would strip 110 billion each from He also called for stepped up international efforts to aid the His comment was in line with U.S. efforts to discourage refugees. He and Ohira have agreed to make in a major topic at the economies of the United States and Japan. stream of refugees from Indochina. speculation that Carter and Ohira might try to gang up against the summit. He also said the increases would add one percentage point As Carter wound up two days of meetings with Prime summit participants from Britain, France, West Germany, Blumenthal told his audience that failure to deal with to inflation in the United States and one and one-half per- Minister Masayoshi Ohira and his advisers, U.S. Treasury Italy and Canada. energy problems would mean "a serious loss of jobs worldwide See Carter, page 3 Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal underscored universal Asked If he thought the seven could agree on a joint energy worries in addressing the Keidanren, an influential approach to energy, Carter said, "I believe so." organization of Japanese businessmen. At the conclusion of their meeting, Ohira echoed his visitor, Because of oil price hikes and shortages, Blumenthal said, saying the United States and Japan are not developing a "all countries are agreed that intolerable strains are being common program but seek broad agreement among the seven. Bus line takeover nearer placed on the world economy and that something must be done After returning to Tokyo, Carter told reporters the United about it ' States is prepared to do more to aid refugees from Indochina Register Statehouse Bureau Sen Frank Dodd. D-Essex, said before, without Gambac- for a vote several times over Carter flew 50 miles south of Tokyo by helicopter to join and thought other countries should do the same. charged that Gov. Byrne's de- cini. this bill wouldn't have a the past few weeks, then taken Ohira at the seaside resort of Oiso this morning. - "We want now to increase what we are doing and get many TRENTON - The State cision to veto the bus subsidy snowball's chance in hell of down at the last minute when it was discovered that the bill As he strolled through the lush gardens of the villa where other nations to join with us," the president told reporters prior Senate voted 26-12 yesterday bill constitutes "blackmail of passing." to approve a bill which would the legislature' and deception Sen. Brian T. Kennedy. R- didn't have enough votes for set up a public transit corpo- of the citizenry. Monmouth, said he favored passage ration to take over failing bus "It is outrageous for iGov trying to make the subsidy Several "labor amend- Middletown gives initial OK to developments lines, beginning with heavily- Byrne and Mr Gambaccini I to program work" before creat- ments" added to the bill subsidized Transport of New try to deceive the people of ing a public transit corpo- Thursday brought the total three feet of water during a By WARREN RICHEY Charles VanOver, who wants pressed concern about the con- Jersey (TNJ).