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NNATI fommuniratioa! FINAL EDITION MONDAY, APRIL 25, 197 PKICE 15c kyride Jams, THE NCI Co Vll 11 i fionday Ycur Day 7 Suspended There is a 40 chance of rain today decreasing to a 30 chance tonight. The high today will be in the mid-50s, the low tonight In the low 40s. There is also a chance of rain Tuesday with the temperature 95 Feet In Air increasing to the upper 50s. Weather map, details, Page A- 11. A joint concert will be held at 8:30 p.m.

today in the Patricia Corbett Theater, University of Cincinnati. The Universi ty of Pittsburgh Choral Group and the UC Men's Glee Club are featured. Ry JIM ROHRER Lebanon Bureau Chief KINGS MILLS, Ohto-Twenty-seven persons occupying gondola cars on the Kings Island Skyride were stranded as high as 95 feet above the park In wind and heavy rains Sunday when the ride Smile We can count on Congress not to exceed the speed limit. No part of the Carter energy program will advance at more than 55 mph. Metro park's International Street to watch the rescue.

Security officers roped off the area about 25 yards on each side of the Skyride. According to Daniel Aylward, a spokesman for Kings Island, three gondola cars containing five persons "grouped together" at the very top of the ride, about 95 feet in the air for two hours tilted at what appeared to be a potentially dangerous angle. In all, there were 27 persons In 19 cars strung out above the park. Aylward said the problem was apparently a "mechanical failure" and officials were not certain what caused the cars to group together. FIRE UNITS from Mason and other areas responded, and by 6 p.m.

the five occupants of the three top cars were rescued by aerial ladder. The occupants were taken to the Kings Island first aid station, but none appeared to be Injured, Aylward said. Because of the Skyride malfunction, officials ordered the park closed at 6 p.m. Patrons were given ralnchecks to return any day this year. Park officials said the ride had not malfunctioned In the park's six-year history.

Future status of the ride was undetermined late Sunday. The ride resembles a ski-lift. It has 47 annrtnlfis. It takes three An ordinance to be proposed in Indian Hill would require all buildings to be within 500 feet of a fire hydrant. Page D-2.

March leads to April and April leads to march for a Green Township woman who has participated In March of Dimes walks since 1970. Page D-2. No injuries were reported but six persons were taken to Bethesda North Hospital for observation, a park spokesman said. Most of the 27 were rescued within a few hours of the malfunction, but two teenagers remained stranded at midnight Sunday. A crane from a Cincinnati rigging company was being used In attempts to reach the two, but became stuck In mud.

The park spokesman said a fire engine was attempting to pull out the crane early today. Fire department aerial ladders were used in most of the rescue efforts. TROUBLE BEGAN when the ride broke down about 4:38 p.m. The spokesman explained that the electrically-powered ride shuts off automatically as soon as It starts raining. Standard procedure then Is to activate auxiliary gasoline-driven engines to get people off the ride.

But as soon they were turned on, three of the gondolas Jammed at a support pole. During the rescue operation, thousands of patrons crowded the to 1 1 i i 'usJ r'V minutes, 20 seconds to complete a ride. Officials said 327 trips would be made during a normal day. New York City education authorities are planning new and stiffer standards for the attainment of a high school diploma. Page A-10.

Residents of the Groveport Madison School District vote Tuesday for the eighth time on a proposal to increase taxes for education. Page A-10. Two university professors say employment losses In Ohio are more a result of stagnant business growth than industry leaving the state. Page A-15. UN Experts Challenge Carter's Fuel Warning SP All sH 1 World Church-related group of I- Enqwrw (Wark Treitel) Pholo Firemen Pull Passenger From Kings Island Gondola shaky aerial ladder sole pathway to safety.

More pictures on Page D-l IBM stockholders raises the moral question: should a company sell a computer to a "fascist" government, perhaps extending its capability for tracking down its enemies? Page A-15. American experts will try today to cap a runaway oil well that has been spewing millions of gallons of crude oil into the North Sea. Page A-3. Ethiopia's leftist military rulers announce closing of the consulates of the United States and five other countries in war-torn Eritrea province. Page A-8.

tion and development policy. "In the absence of greatly Increased energy conservation," the CIA said, "projected world demand for oil will substantially exceed capacity by 1985." The UN summary said the oil experts' papers and discussions found that oil would remain the world's most important hydrocarbon source of energy "for many years to come." AMONG REASONS cited for the favorable outlook were: Resources remain to be discovered, since "most of the world, particularly In the developing countries, offshore and on the ocean floor, has never been systematically explored for oil and gas." The world's oil Industry will be able to get more and more of the oil and gas out of the ground thanks to Its "ceaseless technical advance." As prices for crude oil or gas Increase, small fields or hard-to-get deposits whose development is not economical now may become worthwhile. For example, more oil may be produced from so-called unconventional sources, such as oil-bearing shale and tar sands. i Forecast For 1 990 Gas Seen UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP)-Estlmates complied by experts at a United Nations (UN) conference disagree with President Carter's televised warning that "we are now running out of gas and oil." They hold that the world probably has enough of both for another hundred years.

A newly Issued summary report of last summer's conference says the dozens of specialists who attended generally agreed that oil and gas from conventional sources "would last at least until about the time period 2020-2030." About 70 geologists, engineers, economists and systems analysts gathered under the auspices of the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (II ASA). THE SUMMARY was the first report of the results of the conference, held In Laxenburg, Austria, last July 5-16. The full report Is to be Issued May 1. The summary said the consensus at the conference was that, as rising prices make it economical to tap new sources, "additional petroleum and gas resources would most probably be available, albeit at a substantially higher cost. the period of transition to the use of renewable energy sources, even If this transition period should last a hundred years or more." The UN experts also took a different view of the outlook for oil than did the U.S.

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) In a report made public before Mr. Carter's TV speech last Monday. THE SPEECH was the opening gun of the President's campaign for a long-range U.S. energy conserva Sports Reds fall behind. 5-0, in first inning and never can get out of the hole as they go down to their 10th loss in 14 games, losing to the Cubs, 7-1.

expand production as rapidly as some experts forecast, putting more upward pressure on prices. The study also assumes that the world's rush to nuclear power will slow down dramatically as more and more environmentalists question its worth. Another reason for higher oil prices in the U.S., the study said, Is that domestic coal production will not rise at the rate President Carter predicted in last week's message to the Congress. At best, the study estimated "sustainable output" of coal in the U.S. at 869 million tons in 1980, which is only 20 more than the study estimates coal output will be this year.

Mr. Carter called for a 66 Increase in coal output In the next seven years. A 20 Increase In the next three years will not be a high enough rate to meet that goal. Current price is $14 a barrel for foreign oil and an average of $8.90 a barrel for domestic. WORLD DEMAND for oil will begin to outstrip supply by 1985, the study says, which will force an even more dramatic price rise in the five years after 1985.

The study forecasts a price for foreign oil of $37.42 a barrel by 1990, and a domestic price of $37.50. The study said there are three reasons why U.S. oil will rise so rapidly in price, eventually surpassing the price of foreign oil. U.S. oil prices start from a lower base; the so-called "old" oil that is price-regulated will soon be exhausted, and domestic stocks still dwindle more quickly than stocks in foreign countries like Saudi Arabia.

THE STUDY assumes that Saudi Arabia (the country with the world's largest oil reserves) will not The Washington Post WASHINGTON -A private study done for 25 Industry and government clients predicts that world oil prices will rise Just as rapidly in the next 10 to 15 years as they have in the 3'i2 years since the Arab oil embargo. If the study is correct, and world and domestic oil prices reach $37.42 and $37.50 a barrel by 1990, that would mean a gasoline pump price of almost $2.50 a gallon. By next year oil will be about $1 a barrel more than this year, the study by Kansas City's Midwest Research Institute and California's Sherman H. Clark Associates predicts. By 1980, the study says, oil will be almost $3 more a barrel than this year.

The study forecasts that by 1985 the price for foreign oil will be $26.14 a barrel, and for domestic oil $24 a barrel. "Super Service" Mrs. B. Morley sold her piano a lew weeks ago with an Enquirer Gold Chest classified ad. Mrs.

Morley says Gold Chest Is a "super service" and It sold her piano to the first person who called. Gold Chest can work a super sales service for you, too. Just call 421-6300 and give us your message. People Today Tourcrafters, the official host to visitors and natives, provides special tours and courtesies to ensure a visit to Cincinnati Is a pleasant one. Page B-l.

Entertainment Pop music critic Cliff Radel labels Jim Nabors a "comic baritone" in his Beverly Hills Supper Club opening. Page A-12. in Our Opinion Patrick J. Buchanan fears 'the consequences of NBC's contract with the Soviet Union. Page A-4.

U.S. Plans To 'Bury' Year's Reserve Of Oil Index Four Seclions 137TinKAK, No. 16 Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast domes have been chosen for their accessibility to both' refineries and transportation routes. MOST WOULD be loaded and unloaded by either barge or pipeline, and are on or near existing waterway and pipeline routes to the mammoth refinery complexes around Hous-. ton and Baton Rouge.

Salt-dome storage Is a growing phenomenon in the petrochemical field, particularly for natural gas, butane, propylene and other hydrocarbon fuels. In 1975 some 187 million barrels of liquefied natural gas were being stored in 24 salt domes In Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, much of it in caverns leached specifically for storage purposes. According to FEA officials, the cost of creating a salt-dome storage cavity Is far cheaper than utilizing any other form of storage with comparable safety features. In addition, rock salt is generally Impervious to liquid and gas, has a compression strength comparable to concrete, and moves' like plastic to seal Incipient fractures. Those four have a combined capacity of 92 million barrels.

Additional sites remain to be selected to meet the President's announced goal of one billion barrels of oil In the ground by 1980. The first caverns will be filled next April. THREE OF the four chosen sites are brine caverns-former mines where salt was extracted by drilling deep Into the dome, pumping fresh water down and evaporating the resulting brine. The other site is the Morton Salt mine here at Weeks Island, some 140 miles west northwest of New Orleans, where rock salt is mined by blasting huge rooms and tunnels through a salt dome more than two miles in diameter. Negotiations are still under way for the lease or purchase of the Morton mine, which has been operated by one owner or another for nearly 75 years.

Some 89 million barrels could be stored here on two levels, the deeper of which Is more than 700 feet underground. While salt domes have been found over the years from the Midwest to the floor of the and speeded up by the Carter administration, has actually been In preparation for more than a year, according to FEA officials. "We looked at many other ways to store oil," said John Donnelly, public information officer with the FEA. "We looked at things like moored tankers and huge oil-filled bladders anchored on the ocean floor. "BUT WE came to the conclusion that salt storage would be better, cheaper, more accessible and have far fewer environmental risks than any other method.

The French and Germans have been storing oil in abandoned salt mines for years." So far, according to FEA officials and attorneys involved In procurement, the government has selected four salt-dome sites with a combined existing capacity of 301 million barrels. Even the smallest would hold more oil than 38 supertankers. Another four "candidate underground limestone mines in Central Rock, and Ironton, Ohio-have been designated as suitable but not yet chosen. The Washington Post WEEKS ISLAND, before President Carter had readied his energy-conservation, message for the nation, the Federal Energy Administration (FEA) was quietly preparing to cache the equivalent of a year's supply of oil imports, most of it beneath the marshy wetlands of the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast. The oil, some one billion barrels in several grades of crude, will compose the "strategic petroleum reserve" designed to safeguard the nation against the probable economic trauma of any future Arab oil embargo.

IT ILL be stored in giant caverns hollowed out of salt domes-huge underground mushrooms of virtually pure rock salt that stipple the Gulf Coast basin. Ironically, while the strata beneath the Gulf Coast domes have yielded vast quantities of petroleum over the years, most of the oil to be stored Inside the salt domes will probably come from the Middle East. The salt-dome plan, though expanded Horse B-6 Jumble B-5 News A-16 People Today B-1-6 Races C-6 Society B-3 Sports C-l-6 TV-Radio B-6 A-ll Weikel D'l When I Was A Boy B-8 Word Game. B-5 Action Line. B-2 Bridge B-6 Business A-15 ClassifiedC-6-16, D-3-7 Columnists.

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