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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1977
Page
7
Hundreds of ships from around the world crowd Saudi Arabia’s two main ports with vehicles food cement and other imports. American helicopters German barges and thousands of Arab workers toil long hours to ease the backlog while one firm explores balloon cranes for heavy lifting. About 160 ships are involved.
Big George waits and half a million tons of goods backlog outside Red Sea port capital. Jidda and Dammam face lengthy unload delays as Saudi Arabia's oil boom and a massive five year development plan strain port capacity.
Virgil Partch notes a looming oil shortage inspires a flood of imports from grapefruit juice to power stations. Ports prove too small and roads insufficient, delaying shipments. Saudi contracts worth 2.1 billion for harbor expansion will take over a year. Lagos reports 381 ships waiting in October 1975, costing millions in delays. Some ships over 15 years old barred, Rotterdam advised as alternative, while a helicopter program handles the emergency.
Washington AP report says the Federal Energy Administration forecasts home heating costs will rise sharply by 1985 due to inflation and higher energy prices. Residential energy bills could climb about 89 percent overall, with natural gas potentially 37.5 percent higher if deregulation proceeds. The outlook notes slower energy demand growth and warns world oil demand could face limits by the mid to late 1980s.
A 20 year older than known Hebrew script on a chipped storage pot fragment from Sebet Sarta near Tel Aviv is hailed as a major discovery. Archaeologist Dr. Aaron Demsky notes the inscription resembles an acrostic and marks a shift from pictorial letters to the stylized alphabet used today. An archaeology student helped uncover the writing, which remains largely unintelligible but valuable as the earliest alphabet fragment yet discovered.
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