Harrisonburg Daily News Record (Newspaper) - April 2, 1974, Harrisonburg, Virginia Weather In Brief Chance Of Showers Two Sections 16 Pages Vol. 77, No. 154 Associated Press Features & Service April 2,1974 For 0Q News Ten Cents Motorists Endure Varying Gas Prices By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Most Americans are paying between 50 and 60 cents a gallon for gasoline but tiie prices pay vary widely even a single A 50-state Associated Press survey found tiie lowest price was 41.9 cents a gallon for regular gasoline at a cut-rate station in Kansas Tiie was 67.4 for premium in most people are paying over 60 cents for Regional differences in gasoline price are not State gasoline taxes vary as do tiie costs of shipping gasoline from one place to But wide differences within a single community have begun to puzzle motorists already suspicious about the causes of this winter's gasoline in you can go to a Texaco station and pay 54.9 cents a gallon for but at an Exxon station it's only 45.4. Court Upholds Low On Bank Reporting WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court Monday upheld a controversial federal law requiring to extensive records and report to the government on large cash transactions by their Golan Heights Battle Continues By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fighting raged on the Golan Heights front for the 21st straight day Monday and the Israeli radio said Syrian army units had kidnaped two United Nations apparently them for Israeli 1 It said the two were abducted from outposts between Israeli and Syrian forces late Friday and were in a Damascus hospital Monday The radio said the observers were led to Syrian lines barefoot before the was The observers are stationed between Syrian and Israeli forces on the 40-mile front to report violations of the The observers include American and Soviet The Israeli military command confirmed the radio report but did not At the United Nations in New a U.N. said the two were up by a Syrian patrol on the Israeli side of tlie truce line Sunday night and were talten to the Italian hospital in He said they were not The identified the two as Capt. J. A. Mortell of Ireland and Capt. J. J. Holly of the The 6 to 3 decision sustained the government's contention that the law's provisions were a constitutionally permissible means to counter increasingly sophisticated In another the court voted 7 to 2 to sustain the right of localities to write zoning laws banning communal living in family residential In upholding the Banic Secrecy the court said neither the law nor accompanying regulations of the Treasury Department violate the Fourth Amendment protection of the right of Under the department's must report the names of those involved and a summary of domestic cash transactions involving more than and international currency movements exceeding A federal court had upheld the portions of the law requiring extensive record by and the reporting of foreign but had said the domestic reporting regulations unreasonably invaded the right to The Supreme Court majority reversed that Justices William J. Brennan Thurgood Marshall and William 0. Douglas The zoning case questioned the constitutionality of an ordinance enacted by the village of Belle prohibiting occupancy of a home by more than two unrelated persons in an area zoned No size limit was placed on the number of family members who could occupy one The issue reached the Supreme Court after six students from the State University of New York at Stony Brook rented a house in the In Standard is selling regular at 52.9, but Marathon is at 57.3 and Gulf at 55.2. The major oil companies each have different wholesale prices for their The price is in by the costs involved in producing the The biggest cost factor is the cost of the crude oil from which the gasoline is If the company has a great deal of expensive foreign its gasoline will cost Each company lists a posted price for each of the hundreds of markets it has across the This price includes crude costs and transportation When the gasoline from a given company arrives at the stations it serves within a given the price is the same to each oil company spokesmen and Federal Energy Office officials Price differences between different brands within one therefore come from the different wholesale which can fluctuate from month to But other factors are Most of the stations in the country are leased from the major oil not owned by for has about 25,000 stations in the but owns only 1,000 of Individual owners came under price controls last Capitol Gathering AP Wirephoto Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan Is stUlln the United States discussing the possibilities of disengagement with U.S. In Washington he talks with Senator John of Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and senior Senator Harry F. Jr. SEC Investigator Cites Pressure NEW YORK - A Securities and Exchange who developed a multi-million dollar fraud case against financier Robert L. testified Monday he was under pressure to avoid anything that might prove Stanley dark-haired veteran of 13 years with the was a government witness at the outset of the seventh week in the criminal conspiracy Today's Index 2 15 6 4 5 Jeane 7 Lenten 5 Local 5 3 12 TV 10 2 trial of former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and one-time Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Sporkin basically covered the same ground as that covered last week by his one-time former SEC Chairman G. Bradford But Cook's testimony was tainted by his admission to the jury that he had perjured himself at least five times before his appearance at the Mitchell and Stans are accused of impeding the SEC inquiry in return for secret cash contribution to President Nixon's 1972 re-election The two defendants had quit the Cabinet to run the The indictment charges as part of the Stans caused Cook to eliminate a reference in the Vesco fraud complaint that might reveal the contribution and also sought to have withheld transcripts of testimony in the which might have the same The conspiracy phase of the indictment also charged that Mitchell sought through Cook's predecessor as SEC William to have testimony from two Vesco stenographers postponed by the Sporkin said he told Casey that the women had to do with the Casey said to couldn't we these He mentioned to me this was the week before He said to me he believed they could be embarrassing if their testimony came He you know how things leak out of the and these could leak said the testimony not be I said that would be you must rely on my judgment in this Someday you're going to be thankful for relying on my The two women were called as but both took the Fifth Amendment and contribution remained secret for the tune Soviet Petroleum To U.S. Jury Selected In Chopin Cose AP Wirephoto Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Chapin go to court in Washington WASHINGTON - A jury of seven men and five women was chosen Monday to try Dwight L. President Nixon's former appointments on four charges that he lied under oath to a grand Four alternates also were Four of the women and one of the men on the jury are The rest are The jurors were sequestered Monday night and will be for the rest of the Chapin's lawyers argued in motions that a predominantly black jury might be prejudiced against their The judge rejected their motion to move the case The jury was selected in less than four and the judge said the taking of testimony will begin Tuesday He disclosed that attorney several days ago filed a motion objecting to certain tricks documents being presented at the He said he would not rule on the point U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell said he expected the trial to be completed by the end of next is accused of making false statements about the political activities of Donald H. Segretti in the 1972 Florida The four counts against Chapin carry maximum penalties of five years in prison and He is the first staff member of Nixon's inner circle at the White House to go on Two former Cabinet John N. Mitchell and Maurice are currently being tried by a federal jury in New York in a campaign contributions The four counts against the 33-year-old Chapin allege that he lied when he - That he never discussed the distribution of campaign literature with - That he advised Segretti to talk to the - That he didn't recall giving Segretti any instructions with respect to any particular - That he never discussed what Segretti was to be paid or what he actually was paid for his Segretti was released from prison last week after serving 4'^ months of a six-month sentence for violating federal election Valley Deaths Miss M. Miriam 75, of Mrs. Harriet Virginia 67, of Details on Page 7 NEW YORK - The Russians were shipping quantities of their own petroleum products to the United States at the same time they were publicly encouraging the Arab oil boycott against this U.S. Customs records here show that since the first of the four tankers have docked in New York and New Jersey ports carrying Soviet petroleum including millions of gallons of In federal officials said they were not surprised to learn of the Russian One State Department official said the imports began long before the Arab boycott and there never was any indication the Soviet Union intended to join the Arab the State Department official don't think the Arabs ever asked the other OPEC of Petroleum Exporting members to join the In the case of some of the he same ships that took over our wheat brought back their A Federal Energy Office official in Washington said he too would have been surprised if the Russians had joined the think the Russians want to make a he The gasoline imports alone totaled more than 15.5 million enough to fuel 23,250 average cars for a A few shipments from the Soviet Union last year arrived in Russian flag although the ships were not manned by Russian a State Department official But most of the shipments of kerosene and heating oil came in American or Greek During February and when the Arab oil ministers were meeting to discuss lifting their embargo against the United Soviet radio broadcasts and the DOUBLE S&H GREEN STAMPS Every Tuesday Mick or Macks TOWN OF DAYTON No trasti pickup will pickup next April 9tti. Soviet press urged the ministers to continue their State Department officials in Washington were reported to believe at the time that the Russians were simply trying to reiterate their interest and influence in Middle East The Arab boycott was lifted March 18. Guerrillas Attack British Army Post Northern Ireland attacked a British army post Monday and wounded two soldiers after a weekend of violence that left six persons dead and three towns scarred by Britain's administrator for the war-torn told the House of Commons in London the Irish Republican Army may launching spring offensive to bomb themselves to the conference But he hinted that the British government will not consider negotiating with the which wants to oust British rule from the will talk to those who act politically because that is what this house is in business Northern Ireland Secretary Merlyn He added that terrorist organizations will deflect the government from political In the attack on the army post in arms mortar bombs and possibly rockets were an army officer was all over quite In troops and police joined forces in the biggest security operation in nearly two sealing off an entire Roman Catholic section and checking every DOUBLE S&H GREEN STAMPS Red Front Supermarkets
