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Aiken Standard (Newspaper) - August 2, 1979, Aiken, South Carolina Foj $1 Gas is coming by Kathryn Smith Mem staff reporter if you see a Gas pump Selling fuel for 51 cents a gallon look again. One Dollar Gas is almost upon us and Many service stations will soon be pricing by the half gallon until their pumps Are converted to More practical systems. There is a Good possibility that pumps will be converted to the metric system. Gas would then be sold by the liter. This alternative has the support of both Shell and Texaco Oil companies. Liter pricing also has support locally from Edwin buddy Platt who owns several convenience stores with Gas pumps. A i think Well go to the new liter pricing a Platt said yesterday noting that converting to this method can be done quicker and cheaper than modifying pumps to Price by dollars. However Platt has also installed several four digit pumps at some of his stores. Converting to liter pricing will Cost about $20 a pump while installing a four digit pump could run to $300. In addition orders for four digit pumps cannot be filled quickly according to Bob Crosby of Amoco a Atlanta office. Crosby said Amoco is waiting to see How the nation will accept metric conversion adding that the company is leaning toward it. Each state sets its own weights and measure system. Consensus on the Gas pump Issue would be much less confusing Crosby said. A different approach is being taken by Gulf Oil. Mike Kumpf regional Public affairs director for the company said worn out pumps at Gulf stations Are being replaced by four digit ones. A a we re trying to avoid As much confusion As possible a Kumpf said. A Stop Gap method that will probably be widely used is half gallon pricing. Crosby said Amoco is instituting this on a a strictly temporary basis. Kumpf said stations in the Atlanta area have also used this system successfully. He said the pumps Are clearly marked to explain the pricing. Of Cwi Bow a Quot my Aillet a i i a �,��?�.�? ready a this is a Gas pump prepared for a four digit Price of gasoline. One Dollar a gallon Gas in Aiken county is expected soon. Staff photo by Elizabeth Harrington extra charges not yet in Aiken a Check your Oil a a a what a it going to Cost me a the Little extras that come with full service Gas stations a washed windshields and a Quick inspection under the Hood a might soon have a Price. A department of Energy regulation that went into effect yesterday forces service station owners to either perform the services free or set charges for them. The regulation is meant to keep the station from adding these charges to the Price of Gas. Service station managers and owners polled in Aiken yesterday seemed to be in favor of keeping the services free. Their comments Jeff Tomlinson Richland Avenue Texaco id do it free always have. That a just part of the Job. W b. Simmons Simmons Shell i always have done it free. Ill just do it like i always have. A lot of your lady Drivers depend on it. William Dunbar. Dunbar a Amoco i Haven to Given much thought to it. I might charge in the near future. Right now i . Harvey Johnson Kalmia Plaza Exxon customers come to you because of the service you give them. As of right now i do it charge. I have too Many older customers who depend on Couch Ivy l,8ftarjy vol. 112 no. 154 2 sections -16 Page Saiken South Carolina thursday August 2,1979 15 per Singley copy Telephone 648-2311haig wants More defense Washington a Gen. Alexander Haig the former supreme Allied commander in Europe today renewed his Call for the Senate to set the Salt ii treaty aside while it works to bolster the nations nuclear and conventional defences. Pleas from Haig and others for More defense spending As a Price for ratifying Salt ii appear to have picked up significant Senate support. Sen. Alan Cranston the Senate a no. 2 democratic Leader predicted wednesday the treaty will be ratified after a Compromise involving increased military spending and a commitment to seek far deeper reductions in nuclear weapons in the Salt Iii negotiations. Haig told the Senate foreign relations committee an unchecked drive by the soviet Union to increase its nuclear might has placed it on the verge of achieving strategic superiority. He made a virtually identical Appeal last week to the Senate armed services committee. A a firm unambiguous demonstration of renewed . Strength and ability to Lead is Long overdue a Haig said. A the global Power balance is viewed in Europe As shifting against it and we can ignore it no to be Cut Washington a about one fifth of the Amtrak passenger train network appears headed for elimination under a congressional plan that Falls far Short of president Carters original rail cutback proposal. In perhaps the last major fight Over Amtrak this year the Senate voted 89-11 wednesday to go along with a House passed formula that probably will result in the closing of 20 percent of the 22,700-mile system. Sen. Russell Long d-la., chairman of the Commerce surface transportation subcommittee said the plan will a eliminate those trains that represent an unreasonable waste of limited the a Southern Crescent a however will probably be y of heard. That Jack Gaver of Greentree stable is written up in the August september Issue of classic Magazine the article is about father son trainers Jack is the son of Well known Trainer John Gaver and Aiken is mentioned As the stables Winter training site. That a number of Aiken county residents were disgruntled when the braves reds game was Cut off television saturday afternoon to make room for the National sports festival imagine the network thinking that sports from some offbeat place like Colorado would be More interesting than seeing Jeff Burroughs do his thing. That the Laurens Street philosopher will not be among those heading for the Beach this summer the Asp grumbles a summer is the season when you ride bumper to bumper to get to the Beach where you then sit the same i Menkens efforts to conserve Energy she has sacrificed her hot Kitchen and she eats All her meals out. Clearwater Plant cutback lays off 80 us amp a workers hot time some people prefer to stay indoors near an air conditioner during the Middle of the Day but not Andreas Daiber 12. He was found playing Tennis with a Friend yesterday at hounds Lake country club. Staff photo by Elizabeth Harrington from staff and wire reports the first indications of a recession hit Aiken county this week As United merchants and manufacturers inc. Laid off 80 workers at its Clearwater finishing Plant. The workers have been Laid off indefinitely and the Plant is a not too optimistic for the next two or three months a according to Plant manager Guy Thompson. A i feel we Are in a recession a Thompson said. He noted that he is seeing the same signs at the Plant As were witnessed during the 1974 recession. A. At that time the finishing Plant also Laid off about 80 workers. Thompson said an additional 60 workers who left the Plant earlier have not been replaced. The Plant at full capacity employs 1,050 people. Those Laid off included machinists and a few clerks he said. The Lay off underscores predictions from Barbara Feinn the states chief economist that South Carolinas dependence on the textile Industry will make it More vulnerable than other states to a recession. Consumers will be cutting out unnecessary expenses Feinn said. A the basics done to even include clothing any More. Its housing food transportation and medical costs a she explained. Another economist Andy Laurent who is director of the state division of research and statistical analysis agreed with Feinn that the recession has already begun. The economists say the state will take longer to recover from a recession but will make a stronger comeback in 1981. Feinn said the worst of the recession will come in the next 12 months. The textile Industry has been losing steam since january according to Frank Chapman senior vice president of South Carolina National Bank. However the Graniteville company a Gay operating at a profit this Quarter and paid a 40-cent dividend to shareholders according to assistant vice president Bill Johnson. On the More hopeful Side of the recession problem Large amounts of investment monies Are coming into the state Laurent said. This is diversifying the Economy and making it less dependent on textiles. Laurent warned that employment will level off or decline As the Economy slows and increases in Revenue the state gets from payroll and corporate taxes will fall off. Corporate and individual income taxes were leading performers in the states 13 percent increase in Revenue during 1978-79. Funds request sent to Columbia by in Smithwick staff reporter the request for Federal funds which almost Cost one county official his Job has been forwarded to Columbia. Carrol h. Warner Aiken county Council chairman said yesterday that forms requesting $2.5 million in housing and Urban development Grants have been sent. However Warner said he is not sure that Hud will accept a substitute paper bearing the signature of county attorney John Henry Williams. Williams had recently refused to sign one of the forms included in the Hud package because it designated Warner As chief executive officer of Aiken county. Williams came close to being dismissed As county attorney Over the Issue. He said he could be sent to the Penitentiary if he signed that particular document. An x had not been placed in the proper Box. Therefore according to Williams it was illegal for him to sign it. Instead of signing that document Williams instead submitted a single piece of paper certifying that Warner is chairman of the Aiken county Council not the chief executive officer. Still unsure of the legality of the substitute document Warner said the official form is a apparently Ade quate for every county in the United states except Aiken the Hud Grant is for the massive rehabilitation of new Hope a housing project in horse Creek Valley. If All the technical problems with the Grant Are not worked out by the end of August Aiken county could lose the funds. The Grant which was submitted by the Aiken county planning commission is being administered by Erie p. Thompson commission chances a slim for demos bid Washington apr democratic congressional leaders Are making one last bid to Rush a standby gasoline rationing Bill to president Carters desk but they claim their chances Are slim. It was More Likely that Congress would begin its monthlong recess at the close of business today without producing the rationing Bill Carter seeks. The Senate was expected today to formally reject the rationing Bill the House passed late wednesday and thus set off the search for a Compromise version. The House passed its Bill by a 263-159 vote but Laened it with so Many amendments Senate leaders immediately pronounced it unacceptable. Finding a Compromise that can be enacted before the recess a would be very difficult a concluded rep. John Dingell d-mich., the main House sponsor of the rationing Bill. However he said the attempt will be made. A it wont be easy a he said. House leaders had hoped to give the president at least this piece of his new Energy plan before beginning their recess. Many of the amendments tacked on in the House did not concern rationing. One would weaken the new Federal order requiring thermostats in nonresidential buildings to be set at an Energy saving 78 degrees. Others would set aside special reserves of tractor fuel for Farmers and heating Oil for Homes in cold weather regions. A it looks like we re going to have an impasse a said sen. Henry m. Jackson. D-wash., chairman of the Senate Energy today Aiken county today a classifieds 5b Community Calendar 2 a comics 4b dear Abby a ecology beat 8b editorials 4 a Erma Bombeck 5 a obituaries 2 a sports in television 4b to radio 8b weather 2 a Hill Firestone hitter see Page in director and by Pixie Baxter project coordinator. Thompson said yesterday that he did not attend the emotional tuesday night Council meeting because the problems were Between Williams and the Council not the planning commission. County officials yesterday were still promising that reorganization efforts had not been stopped by Williams speech at the special meeting says it needs More Money Columbia a Southern Bell Telephone co. Says it will ask the Public service commission for another rate increase within the next few Days. The Utility said wednesday that because of poor rate help and decreased earnings in recent years an increase in Revenue is needed. The amount of the increase to be sought was not announced. A continued inflation has reduced our earnings to a Point that will make it necessary that we ask for increased Telephone rates in South Carolina a said Charlie Jacobs District manager. A we Are working on the details needed for filing our request with the commission and we will be ready to submit it in the very near future a he added. Citing similar reasons Southern Bell in North Carolina asked that states Utility commission for a $45.3 million increase in Early july

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