Altoona Mirror (Newspaper) - June 20, 1979, Altoona, Pennsylvania 7 PHONE Pa Wednesday Evening June 20 Founded June a More States Adopt Odd-Even System THE BEST TIME TO BE at the gas station is when the tanker truck is That was he case for customers at Garage 4th iota by Dan Baker Ave Juniata Tuesday While rationing is going into effect in other states Pennsylvania has no plan for rationing yet By United Press International If your car's license plate ends in 2 or 0 you get a spot in the gas lines today in pans of New Jersey the New York area and Connecticut your license plate ends in 1 3 5 7 or 9 you will have to waif until Thursday when you will be joined by the rest of the drivers in New Jersey and motorists in Washington area who go on odd-even system o rationing ihen Starting Monday Texas drivers also will line up by the numbers and Rhode Island may soon find themselves under same system Massachusetts was considering imposing a purchase plan to keep drivers from lopping off their tanks Energy Office Director Joseph S Hitzpatrick said Tuesday plan probably will be implemented before weekend The odd even system which showed some success in California where gas shortage first appeared is gaining converts around the country as a way of reducing pump lines and spreading dwindling supplies New York Gov Hugh Carey Gov Ella Grasso of Connecticut and Texas Gov Clements announced their odd-even systems Tuesday And in both and New York he rationing is designed 10 discourage cheating the stales could fine violators both the motorist and ilie dealer with fines of up to Additionally cheaters in Connecticut could get up to a year in jail Although most ol New Jersey won't plan until Thursday system was in effect Tuesday on the Garden State Parkway and officials found the initial results encouraging We arc very pleased said Packway operations manager John Simons The lines were substantially reduced and I think the public understands though it is sometimes hard to convince The odd-even plans were coupled with some sort of measure either a minimum purchase limit or a requirement the tank be at least half empty to purchase fuel Thai was for gas dealers Don Turner at the Mustang Service Center in Dallas said Clement's decision to order an odd-even system for Dallas Worth and Houston wouldn't solve he problem They'll just buy every other day whether they need it or said Turner who added about hall his customer have bcon buying only a few gallons of gasoline lo top off tanks See GASOLINE Page No Crisis in Pennsylvania HARRISBURG pa aov Dick Thornburgh says because Pennsylvania haven't panicked nationwide gasoline age has not become a crisis in the slate Thornburgh said Tuesday he would not follow at his lime neighboring states such as New Jersey and New York in ordering special tion plans However he cautioned he could be forced lodo so in me future Li Gov William III chairman of the Governor's Energy Council said a crisis could occur without notice al any time There is no emergency nw in our view and Therefore we are not taking snid ai a news conference Truckers Plan National Shutdown United International Independent truckers were poised for an unavoidable nationwide shutdown at midnight tonight in a protest against the oil industry a trucking spokesman said today William Hill chairman ot pendent Truckers Group appearing on NBC Today television show in ton said it was too late lo call off shutdown set for p.m local lime tonight because there were too many truckers groups involved The walkout was expected to halt the movement of large quantities of food products where harvest is in full swing and of gasoline supplies Hill called Tor a protest We're not trying to hurt anybody Hill said But we're being hurt by oil industry which is holding back supply in order to raise prices Compromise Expected on Tax Increase By KAY STEPHENS Staff Writer Area School Board members may compromise on increasing the real lax rate by 2 mills because some board members want less and others want more Meeting for a budget workshop late Tuesday afternoon the board discussed possibilities ranging from no tax increase lo raising taxes by 4 mills There was no consensus reached at the workshop which was not an advertised public meeting The workshop was open to reporters except for a lime set aside which according to President William Kimmel was to be used to discuss Board member Richard Lockard told the board lhat he doesn't want to vote for a tax increase this year because of the additional mills levied last year He said that categories were and that the budget was overestimated by Mr Lockard noted lhat amount of money in some categories is more than has been spent in past and probably more than what tiie board will spend next year Dr Charles M Kill superintendent told Mr Lockard the administration does not deliberately build in but it has to make many guesses and sometimes makes bad guesses Dr Hill said the district may be able get away with litlle lax increase this yearT but then additional money will be needed lo balance the next fiscal year budget Because of the size budget Dr Hill we can be off a dollars and slill be precise The school district's budget is approximately million Mr Lockard said he didn't want lo overtax the school district residents and could not vote for levying an 3 See SCHOOL Hill said the industry was smarting under the burden ol diesel fuel price hikes ot about -10 cents per gallon since last September The shutdown Hill said is a protest against oil industry And it's high lime the government do something about the oil industry lhat is really causing a dous amount of inflation in this He predicted an overwhelming ty of independent truckers would join the shutdown by end of week Hill said lop priorities of truckers One hundred percent allocations of fuel A reasonable surcharge to cover the increased cost of fuel A uniform weight system Opposition to the administration's call for deregulation the trucking in- dustry Hill said the 55 mpb speed limit is not a major issue His charges against oil industry Hill said resulted from his experience in the fuel I was involved in when they said they had a shortage of said Alter we went on a shutdown all of a sudden we got all fuel we wanted and the prices slopped rising Truckers meanwhile escalated their protest by blockading gasoline distribution centers in Minnesota sin and Hill however disapproved blockades We our people should just park their trucks at home lake an extended vacation They shouldn't be blocking anv truck slops or any highways Governors of several states prepared to counter the threats National Guard troops were activated in Minnesota to reopen its stricken fuel depots Produce began rotting Tuesday at farmers markets throughout the South where independents haul most ol the fresh food supply Pennsylvania dairymen dumped milk for lack of Sniping in more damage to working trucks in five stales Illinois Indiana Virginia Georgia nnd Utah but no injuries were reported Blockades highway slowdowns eling and other activities by the ents touched at least 22 states Most of the striking among the 100.000 pendents in the nation parked their rigs and stayed home Agriculture estimated losses caused by slowdown in the millions of dollars and warned of increasing ages of food and fuel if the strike persists SYRIA AND IRAQ two of Israel's most militant foes have agreed lo form a single and a joint army The preliminary agreement was reached by the presidents of two nations Tuesday in Baghdad Major Development Set Near Meadows by Jim City Man Hurt in Explosion A Juniata man was in critical condition this morning in burns unit of Mercy Hospital where he was flown Tuesday after being injured in a gasoline tank explosion at his home Ctoyd Barr 57 ol 1821 Ave Juniata suffered severe burns ol the face and upper body when the gasoline lank he was welding on his 1977 Coachman motor home exploded Fire spread quickly through the vehicle and it was engulfed when firemen arrived p.m The side ot a garage five feel away was scorched Mr Barr was laken lo the Altoona Hospital by AMED and transferred from Ihere to Pittsburgh at 7 p.m by Life Right No 1 ol a copter service Capt Edward Kisielnicki ol the loona Fire Department estimated damage lo coach a I to and damage lo garage at Fire Inspector Donald Snyder said Mr Barr had drained the tank placing gasoline in a drum and was preparing lo weld a leak He attached a heavy-duty vacuum cleaner to the intake of the tank to Wow out lurnes crawled underneath with a torch and began to weld His son Kenneth 12 was standing 10 feet away with his back to the vehicle washing a car when he was knocked lo the ground by an explosion He pulled his by the feet from beneath the coach and smothered tho flames on his clothing with a rug from the garage The son's hair was singed arid he See EXPLOSION Page By TOM GIBB Slaff Writer DUNCANSVILLE The ol the land commonly known as Meadows is about to give way to major commercial development A major retail lumber company n family steak house and a hot dog stand are planned for the land formerly used as a driving range adjacent to he Meadows ice cream stand along Route 220 north ol the Wye Switches Lowe's Inc a chain of 201 lumber and homo repair materials supermarkets is planning to open an outlet on a four-acre tract on pan of driving range set back Irom Rouie 220 We won't build this Dupree head ol North Wilkesboro chain's real estate division said Tuesday We want lo say next year either because we don't know if economy might postpone il At the end of what used to be the driving range frontage on 220 a Western Sizzlin Steak House is planned The partners in the deal area residents John Leap Edward McCloskey Roland and Wilfard Campbell originally planned to build on Route 22 in Duncansville but Ihen opted for land a frontage at the Meadows land Doris George ol Altoona is planning to open a hot dog stand in the former office ol driving range Her husband Daniel said this morning that the hot dog stand lo be known as Rig T Hot Wieners will be a year-round business opening in a building which is being leased tenants having an option to buy The hot dog stand he added will probably open in late July Mr George is former owner of Texas Hot Wieners at Avc and at Goods Lane and St He sold iwo places in 1972 We're just selling the land we've owned or aboul SO Joseph Meadows part owner of Meadows fc Sons Inc said Tuesday The golf ness just isn't as anymore But the sales will mean no change in status with the Meadows scrapple lions the company's ice cream stand or the Meadows Country Market according to Mr Meadows The company's standing operations there have lent the name Meadows intersection m the in- ol Route 220 and North Street The Lowe's nullet which will probably be known as Lowe's ol Altoona according to Mr Dupree will cover an acre ol the four-acre tract the company purchased there Another acre will be used lor Sec Page 3 lii Mirror fair with low in mid Ms lo low 60s partly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms and high in low 42 Highlights Judge refuses to overturn firm rale -17 Pern Cambria furloughs II ers seeking Tans making a farce out ol baseball's Classified Doctor With Yesterday's
