Gasoline Shortage May Be Deliberate Move Against Heating Oil
Energy Secretary James R. Schlesinger warned of a potential deliberate gasoline shortage to divert crude to home heating oil for next winter. He said the administration may order refineries to shift output from gasoline to heating oil if supplies tighten, as Iranian oil disruptions leave heating oil at historic lows. The House commerce panel rejected standby authority for weekend gasoline closings, while Schlesinger testified on oil decontrol and potential windfall tax use.
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Energy
James R. Schlesinger
Schlesinger
House
Senate
Mittee
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Charles L. Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Alice Rivlin
Congressional Budget Office
Kennedy
Carter
Schlesiger
Commerce Energy and Power Subcommittee
Commerce Committee
John D. Dingell
Dmich
Energy and Power Subcommittee
Dingell
Congress
Arafat’s HQ Hit as Israeli Jets Bypass Beirut
Israeli warplanes buzzed Yasser Arafat’s Beirut headquarters in two strikes within six hours while gunboats and border artillery pummeled Palestinian targets in southern Lebanon. The attack came as Israel and Egypt prepared to implement their peace treaty with documents exchanged in the Sinai. Weizman urged the PLO to stop shooting and start talking during talks in Cairo with Has san Ali, amid mixed reactions to the Lebanon raids and ongoing clashes around Tyre Nabatiyeh and refugee camps.
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Associated Press
Israel
Yasser Arafat
Beirut
Lebanon
Egypt
Sinai Desert
Ezer Weizman
Cairo
Palestine Liberation Organization
Weizman
Kamal Hassan Ali
Sinai
Ali
Arafat
PLO
Mediterranean
Tyre
Nabatiyeh
Texaco Posts 81 Percent Earnings Jump in Q1
Texaco Inc reports net earnings of 307 million for the first quarter, up 81 percent from 169.7 million a year earlier. Gulf Oil follows with 241 million, Shell 224 million, Phillips 0 with 4 percent, Marathon 104.4 million reflecting a one time German tax credit.
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New York
Texaco Inc
Gulf Oil Co
Texaco
Shell Oil
Phillips Petroleum
Marathon Oil
Gulf
Red River Floods Rise Toward Historic Heights in Dakota
Rain and snow boost the Red River toward a crest near 49.5 feet at Grand Forks North Dakota as volunteers reinforce dikes and sandbags. In Mississippi the Pearl River recedes while towns brace for more crest levels and federal relief talks with Governor Finch.
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Red River
Grand Forks
N.D
Associated Press
Jay Graba
Mississippi
Pearl River
Columbia
Miss
Army Corps of Engineers
North Dakota
East Grand Forks
Minn
Jan Murray
Greenville
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
National Weather Service
Natchez
Chief Forecast Sticks With Rain Outlook
Chief Tommy Hawk repeats a rainy forecast with a 50 percent chance tonight and 80 percent tomorrow. periods of rain and possible thundershower Thursday, then mild showers Friday and Saturday.
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Tommy Hawk
Prisoner Brenda Glass Welcomes Newborn in Guarded Moment
Brenda Glass, an inmate serving 18 to 20 years for a 1975 armed robbery, beams at her infant Nathan while humming. The scene focuses on a moment of motherhood inside a federal prison, reflecting personal life amid incarceration.
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Brenda Glass
Nathan
Steelhaulers Demand Separate Vote On Contract
Pittsburgh AP report says Teamsters steel haulers seek their own vote on a contract supplement delaying shipments and idling about 6 000 mill workers while ICC talks focus on a fuel surcharge and an $18 tarping fee. Local 800 leader Robert Todd cites 32 supplements. others echo the demand.
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Teamsters
Washington
Robert Todd
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Todd
Teamsters Local
Iron and Steel
Local 800
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kids Sell Manure Becomes $750000 Gorda Town Buy
Four San Diego children forming Kidco turn manure and dead gophers into a growing business and plan to buy the 20 acre Gorda landmark to shelter taxes. They secured a film deal worth 150000 and may gain profits from a movie and TV series about their ventures.
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Ramona
Calif
San Diego
Kidco
Gorda
San Simeon
Richard Cessna
Cessna
Big Sur
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Dickie
Bette
Ne-Ne
Kidco Ltd. Ventures
Sacramento
State Board of Equalization Tax
Department of Food and Agriculture
Agriculture
Warner Bros
Cold shutdown set for Three Mile Island reactor
Officials finalize a date for the cold shutdown of Three Mile Island's reactor with the pumping of cooling water halted on May 2 to allow natural circulation. NRC officials say core temperatures will be monitored, with the process potentially taking two to four years before final decommissioning begins.
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Three Mile Island
Harrisburg
The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Victor Stella
NRC
Stella
Hearings Set Who Will Foot The Bill For Three Mile Island
The Three Mile Island rate case opens May 2 before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to determine who pays for costs from the March 28 reactor incident. Eight day long hearings are planned through May 30 with evening sessions in Harrisburg and Reading to take public input. Met Ed and Pennsylvania Electric face bill responsibility as NRC estimates a two to four year reactor outage. Met Ed, Penelec, and Central Jersey Power & Light are 50 25 25 percent owners and subsidiaries of General Public Utilities.
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Metropolitan Edison
NRC
Pennsylvania Utility Commission
Met Ed
Harrisburg
Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
PUC
Reading
W. Wilson Goode
Pennsylvania Electric
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Penelec
Central Jersey Power & Light
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Obituaries District Additions on Page 40
Breaths Obituaries list multiple local residents with ages and last known addresses including Frances Ackerd 82 Punxsutawney Joe B London 47 Punxsutawney Archie Reynolds 82 Youngstown Anthony Stella 67 Homer City Edna Tucker 80 Marion Center J Andrew Burnsworth 66 New Brighton. Many entries include city and state and street addresses.
Ager Maytag Marathon Sale Starts Tomorrow
Ager Maytag announces a marathon sale starting tomorrow with air conditioning units in stock. Commercial Services lists contact at 479 9936 for inspections and service information.
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Ager
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