Arizona Daily Sun (Newspaper) - September 14, 1974, Flagstaff, Arizona Voter Registration Deadline Comes Monday Sec Story Below Vol 29 No 36 Price 15 FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA PH Saturday September 14 1974 Flagstaff Williams Grand Canyon Peaks Reservation Partly cloudy with showers likely in the vicinity this afternoon Winslow Scattered thundershowers Details on page 2 Tax Hike on Crude Raises Gas Prices VIENNA Austria AP Gasoline and On will cost almost a penny a In more as a result of the decision of ajor oil producing countries to raise rallies and taxes on crude Representatives of the Organization of Exporting Countries meeting re announced Friday that all member lies except Saudi Arabia were boosting rallies and taxes by 33 cents a barrel on I exports effective Oct 1 Tlie hike would raise the average for each government to a ministers said the hike come out of oil companies profits il oil company observers at the ice said any increase would be passed to consumers Most oil companies ive clauses in contracts with their making such increases Jamshid the Iranian legate and an unofficial spokesman for the conference admitted that oil producing governments have no way to block consumer price increases In announcing the increase the OPEC stressed that this adjustment should not be passed to consumers taking into consideration the excessive margin of profits still being made by the inter- national oil majors OPEC said it would leave the posted price of oil at levels set last January The posted price is the artificial figure on which OPEC members compute their taxes and royalties and leaving it un- changed was evidently intended to further pressure oil companies into absorbing the hike said OPEC decided to hike taxes and royalties to counter a 14 per cent inflation rate in imports from in- countries OPEC warned that as of January the in- rate in industrialized world will automatically be taken into account with a view to correcting any future tion in the purchasing power of the member countries oil revenues Saudi Arabia the world's biggest oil exporter did not participate in the OPEC decision because it is negotiating of the giant Aramco oil comany But the OPEC communique said Saudi Arabia had backed coupling any increase in taxes or royalties with reduced posted prices OPEC also said some unidentified members would roll back production levels to sustain prices The issue has led to a wide split between poorer members who want full production and members like Abu Dhabi which are prepared to tion reserves The members of OPEC are Saudi Arabia Kuwait Iraq the United Arab Emirates Qatar Libya Algeria Iran Nigeria Venezuela Ecuador Indonesia and Gabon Area Recount Order Grid Scores ty 41 GLOBE 6 PAGE 26 FLAGSTAFF 0 WILLIAMS 26 TUBA CITY 12 46 Seligman 12 Union 52 Ash Fork 12 30 Show Low 6 Round Valley Window Rock 7 25 Parker 0 Nogales 26 Bourgade 6 0 Carl Harden 0 21 Rincon U Kofa 15 Yuma 14 St Mary's 36 Phoenix Union 0 20 Tucson 12 Search Continues for 2 Escapees TUCSON Ariz AP Authorities con- d searching today for two dangerous total prisoners enroute from California Texas prison who escaped here by iking a window in a government bus d stealing a car Lee Burton and Richard Lee both 23 fled Friday while the s was stopped at a truck stop Most of guards were eating breakfast Federal i of Investigation agents said and t marshal in the front of the bus did not hear the window break ise of truck noise Expected Monday By Supervisors HIGH OPENED its 1974 quarterback Smith 12 and junior defense of Arizona's Class AA state halfback Mark Smith scored ball crown Friday with a rout of the three TDs and Lescoe two In the victory Them CatS Globe Tigers There were a lot of Cats In- by Philip Wright in the victory but mostly senior A A recount of the close Flagstaff Justice of the Peace race is expected to be called by the Coconino County Board of Super- visors when it meets Monday to canvass the results of Tuesday's primary election After a tabulation of 41 previously un- counted votes in Flagstaff precincts 15 and 16 Thursday incumbent Joseph C Garcia won the IP Democratic nomination by two votes over Flagstaff probation officer Ramon Otero County Manager Jack Smith said he expects the board will officially request the recount even though neither Garcia nor Otero have asked that it be held Smith said he will present an abstract of the election to the board containing the total votes and percentages each received in all of the political con- tents Also available for the inspection will be all the ballots and the official returns envelopes from each of the 39 county precincts The envelopes contain all spoiled ballots and the lists of persons voting The returns from the primary will not be official until the supervisors approve them Smith said The board of supervisors have scheduled the election canvas as the first item on its Monday agenda beginning at 9 in the county courthouse Five Men Jailed For Alleged Sale Of Narcotics TUCSON AP Authorities here have jailed five men including four from Ft Wayne Ind for investigation of the sale of narcotics to undercover agents They were arrested Friday at a motel after allegedly selling two agents LSD tablets and tranquilizers that affect humans for The drugs are estimated to be worth on the il- legal market Charged with possession of dangerous drugs for sale were Gary Threet 21 Mark Fox 20 Charles Ware 21 and Timothy Cramer 21 all of Ft Wayne and Frederic Klaburner 19 of Tucson Inflation to Continue Economic Signs Bad r WASHINGTON AP Continued high inflation and food prices are predicted by Cabinet members while a decline in in- output has signaled further stagnation in the nation's economy Treasury Secretary William E Simon joined other top administration economic experts in predicting that inflation will continue at high rates for the rest of the year Agriculture Secretary Earl L Butz told a news conference in Chicago that the not rosy on food prices And the Federal Reserve Board released figures showing a decline in its industrial production index of one-half of one per cent for July and August meaning there are fewer jobs available in the face of growing unemployment In other economic news in Vienna the world's 13 major oil exporting nations agreed to boost taxes and royalties on crude oil by about 33 cents a barrel experts reported that if a threatened coal strike becomes a reality this winter the impact would be an energy cut nearly three times worse than last winter's New York Stock exchange fell to a low Speaking in Phoenix Simon by the end of the year prices will still be rising by 9 per cent or more Similar predictions have been made by Alan Greenspan chairman of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers and Kenneth Rush a White House economic coordinator who is to become ambasador to France Consumer prices are currently 11.8 per cent above what they were a year ago Simon reaffirmed his support of ad- ministration policies of reduced spending and a tight money policy as means of com- bating inflation He also endorsed elimination of savings account interest ceilings encouraging consumers to save more and spend less At the same time Simon said the government should spur high corporation profits so companies can invest in new equipment to increase productivity Butz said that he does not expect grocery prices to soar next spring when the full impact of this year's droughts and reduced grain crop takes hold but he said prices will remain high Butz said there will be more beef next year and enough food to satisfy consumer needs The Federal Reserve Board attributed much of the August decline in industrial production to strikes in scattered in: mainly iron coal and copper The August decline came despite a slight increase in the auto industry Of- said that was offset by declines for other durable goods producers especially household appliances furniture and other household goods Also declining was the production of business equipment largely because of strikes in the electrical industry officials said General Election Voters Must Be on Books Monday Persons wishing to cast their ballots in the Nov 5 general election must be registered to vote before the final deadline 5 p.m Monday All new voter registrations as well as name and address changes must be received in the county office before the 5 p.m deadline for persons who either have never registered or who have not maintained a registration by voting in the last general election County Recorder Pat Fabritz said the courthouse will until 5 p.m today to register new voters White House Agrees to Halt Transfer of Nixon's Papers Cheering for Champs THE COCONINO PANTHER ne was one big show of enthusiasm at Friday nigh andI game hadn't really gotten started Coconino went on to a victory over the Globe Tigers in the season opener and gave these young ladles plenty of reason to cheer Those Hashes above the girls heads are the lips of their black pons by Philip Wright WASHINGTON API At the request of the Watergate special prosecutor the White House has agreed to halt at least temporarily the planned transfer of Richard M Nixon's tapes and records to Nixon's control an informed source said The agreement by Philip Buchen counsel to President Ford came Friday during a two-hour meeting at the White House with Henry Ruth deputy special prosecutor and Phillip Lacovara counsel to the special prosecutor The two prosecutors objected that the agreement between Nixon and the ment would hinder the continuing in- of the Watergate conspiracy the source related and they asked Buchen to negotiate another agreement with Nixon that would be less restrictive from the prosecutors viewpoint Buchen declined according to this count but instead agreed that control of the material would not shift to Nixon until further discussions with the prosecutors Under the terms of the agreement an- last Sunday at the same time that Ford pardoned his predecessor the tapes and documents would be transferred from their storage cache in the While House basement to a government building about 10 miles from Nixon's San tate Shortly before Buchen agreed to the delay Ford's spokesman indicated there would be no further explanation of Nixon's until Ford holds a news conference in the very near future However more details emerged about Nixon's last days in the White House Frank II an attorney for Haldeman confirmed that his client made two last-minute efforts to win pardons from Nixon before he resigned The first attempt on Aug 7 came in a personal call from Haldeman to his former boss However Nixon decided that Alexander Haig should take the call The next day just hours before Nixon went on nationwide television to announce Ills resignation James D St Clair on's Watergate lawyer invited Strickler to submit pardon Strickler and John J Wilson another Haldeman lawyer rushed two pardon proposals to the White House One would have pardoned everyone connected with Watergate the other would have included pardons for those who violated draft laws during the Vietnam war No pardons were granted St Clair declined comment on the dis- closures
