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CiTV Nov. 24, '78 0 The Arizona Republic A-2 by Dunapin Dunapin Oil sites Oil price talks pushed bach 5 days 3 networks face probe on control of TV programs Republic News Hires VOTER I LHJ of OPEC's Arab members which convened Tuesday. He gave no explanation for the postponement, but OPEC officials said earlier they were considering the change "for purely technical reasons." The delay will give the oil producers time to study whatever comes out of a meeting in Paris Dec. 15 of an international economic cooperation confer ence known as the North-South Dialogue. Officially, the three-day OAPEC meeting was called to discuss joint Arab ventures like OAPEC's tanker and investment companies.

i 1 prices were not discussed Tuesday, officials said. But the real issue -inside and outside the hotel meeting rooms was the size of the price increase OPEC will decide at the December meeting, with proposals Nnclear-power costs t0Q rep0rj says ranging from 8 to 25 per cent. Iraqi Oil Minister Tayeh Abdel Karim, the conference chairman, is msw-ing on a minimum price hike of 25 per cent. He said the increase is needed to enable the oil producers to keep up with inflation in the prices of goods imported from the West. Libyan Oil Minister Ezz Eddin Al Mabrouk says his country will ask for a price hike "equal to what the OPEC economic experts decided during their recent Vienna meeting.

The experts' study was based on economic considerations and not political ones." OPEC did not make public the results of the Vienna meeting, but oil industry sources believe the experts recommended a price hike of 10 to 15 per cent. The Qatar News Agency, reporting from Kuwait, said the OPEC experts "reportedly recommended a price increase of 20 per cent at their Vienna conference." Saudi Arabia, economically the oil caretl's most powerful member, reportedly will fight any increase greater than 8 per cent, while the United Arab Emirates has said it will oppose anything higher than 10 per cent. The ministers approved plans to set up a $12 million Arab petroleum institute and also were scheduled to discuss a joint dry dock project under construction in Bahrain. The OAPEC members are Algeria, Egypt, Kuwait. Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, Syria and the L'nited Arab Emirates.

Seven OAPEC stales also are members of OPEC. United Press International KUWAIT The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has postponed its price-fixing meeting in Qatar from Dec. 15 to Dec. 20, Sheik Mana Al Otaiba, oil minister or the United Arab Emirates, said Tuesday. Otaiba spoke outside a meeting of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, a smaller group comprised 600 gallons of gas spills horn truck A Vickers Oil Co.

tractor trailer tank split a seam Tuesday night and spilled an estimated 600 gallons of gasoline along West Van Buren near 30th Avenue. The gas did not ignite, but the spill resulted in commercial fire alarms 56 firemen were called to the scene and a few anxious moments. Anthony J. Stewart, 30, of 4262 N. 81st Scotts-dale, driver of the double tanker, described what happened: "I had just picked up a load from the tank farm at 52nd Avenue and was near 35th Avenue when I saw some rough places in the road and slowed to 10 miles per hour.

One of the trailer tires hit a big hole in the road and a seam in the tank split." The split occurred in the rear trailer Stewart pulled the rig onto a Salt River Project canal bank while a police officer, who happened to be following him, radioed for the fire department. "I figured like it would be best to let it drain in the irrigation ditch." said Stewart. "It seemed like the safest thing to do." Firemen managed to plug the ruptured seam while the remainder of the tank was pumped into another truck. WASHINGTON Say-i "serious" antitrust issues have been raised, the Justice Department asked the Federal Communications Commission Ttwsday to consider forc- ing the major networks to Sell some or all of the television stations they own and operate. department also urged the FCC to investigate the way the three big TV networks control (he programming of their affiliate stations.

'The proposals' were made in comments on a complaint by the Westing-house Broadcasting Co. that the major networks have increased their share of broadcast programming and revenues at the expense of affiliated stations. The Justice Department slid it "asrrees that the great economic power possessed by national television networks may have substantially eroded the ability of (affiliates! to exercise genuine independence in programming decisions." The department said Westinqhouse information indirates that the networks have "substantially increased their share of bti'-dca'tine revenues and significantly enlarged the proportion of broadcast rirnrammins that is network ondrmted." "Should 'the Westinc-housed allegations be bome ot't. thev would raise serin's issues both as a matter of communications rnlicv of antitrust policy." the department said. "Aecordinplv, the department sunrorts renuest that the commis "I'D UJC6 TO PE66TER TO VOTE IKl CUE CF THE SAMPLE PREClKlCTS THAT PECIPES Trie ELECTIONS-" Consuming nations VS.

predicts big jolt from oil-price boost L'nited Press International GENEVA A new oil price increase would be economically dangerous and a severe jolt to consuming countries, the United States said Tuesday. It would come at a time when inflation still threatens recovery ftom recession, a Ford administration official told the 32nd annual session of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Ambassador Clayton K. Veutter, U.S. delegate to the meeting of GATT's 83 member states, said Washington believes any increase is unjustified.

"Many of the countries represented here are once again faced with the possibility of a severe conomic jolt through an increase in the price of oil," Yeutter said. In Kuw ait, the newspaper AI Qabas quoted James E. Akins, foimer U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, as proposing an international conference to regulate the price of oil. In an interview with the Arabic-language daily, Akins said he was touring the Arab world to study the Middle East crisis and energy policy and would report back to Jimmy Carter.

"An increase of more than 10 per cent in the price of oil will make things very difficult for the industrialized countries, even through oil was probably sold too cheaply for a long time," the newspaper quoted Akins as saying. Akins proposed a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and oil-consuming nations to fix a constant oil price tor the next 10 years, to be adjusted for inflation in the dollar, the newspaper said. sion undertake a broad investigation into the network structure, power, and affiliate relationship with a view to identifying problems that are suscep-t i I to solution by rulemaking." The Justice Department said the issues Westing-house raised may be related to "the continuing network ownership of individual broadcast stations in pvi'ir markets." This ownership "may well contribute importantly to the networks' ability to preempt program acouisition and. conse-nuentlv. to distribute a disrornortionate share of prnsrammin? and to obtain a disproportionate share of broadcast revenues," it said.

"Therefore, we also support suggestion that the commission include in its inquiry the possibility that the networks should be re-cured to divest some or alt of their owned and operated stations." ABC and CRS filed petitions callin? on the FCC to refect Westinqhouse's renuest for an inouiry. ARC said "the decision to broadcast a network prperprp, instead of a recorded or lora' pro-cam, is made bv the station, not the network." It added that anv sue-eetion that ARC-TV "has eniovd, or is enjoying, excessive profits is wholly specious." petitioned for FCC action on behalf of a group of stations it owns ard operates. The FCC asked the Justice rwaHment and other in-tces'ed acencies and grouos to file comments. Oniy one out of four of new-home buyers moved from another state. In terms of distance the largest group, 38 per cent, moved between six and 25 miles.

expanded in Atlantic Washington Star WASHINGTON The Interior Department plans to offer the country's oil and gas companies the chance to begin drilling off most of the mid-Atlantic coast as close as 15 miles to such resort areas as the Assateague Island National Seashore and Fire Island, off Long Island. All the proposed lease areas are fatly close to the shoreline and to established recreation centers. They indue seabotton 25 miles off Virginia Beach; 27 miles off Ocean City, 38 miles off Reho-both Beach, 35 miles off Atlantic City, N.J.; 22 miles off most of the rest of the recreation-oriented Jersey coast; 22 miles out from New York City; and, aside from Fire Island, 20 to 30 miles off Long Island. The outer limit of area being proposed for leasing ranges from 100 to 200 miles out at sea. The new proposal the second for oil leases in the mid-Atlantic comprises more than twice the undersea acreage as the first sale in August 14.5 million acres compared to 6.5 million.

The Interior Department's proposed sale was announced Monday in a routine press release. It came as something of a surprise since the government previously has insisted that offshore drilling would be conducted much farther out at sea, at least 50 miles away. In effect, Monday action means the oil companies can pick out the areas they consider most promising. The department said the deadline for industry response is mid-January. The actual lease sales are scheduled for mid-1978, after public hearings and environmental studies.

Some of the proposed acreage was offered last summer, but none of it was so close to the shoreline. Even then, though, several localities attempted to stop the oil sales in court. An Interior Department spokesman Monday attributed the new proposal to "industry interest." The proposal involves an area that would start off Virginia Beach, run fairly close to shore up the Virginia coastline, jog along Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey and return closer to shore along Long Island. An Interior Department spokesman acknowledged that the proposed new area is "broader" than what the department had talked about previously. In the first actual offshore leases sold last Au-gust, oil companies bought about half of the 6' million acres offered by the government, for a record $1.1 billion.

The closest area offered then was 54 miles out in the Atlantic, off Reho-both Beach. Assateague Island was made a federally protected area in the mid-1960s. The pristine beach area lies along the southernmost Maryland coast. Fire Island is a favorite summer weekend spot for New Yorkers. United Press WASHINGTON Atomic reactors must shut down so often for maintenance or repairs that coal-generated electricity is up to 20 per cent cheaper than nuclear power in most parts of the nation, a public-interest group said Tuesday.

The private, nonprofit Council on Economic Priorities said atomic power plants can compete economically with coal only in the Northeast. In a report billed as the first comprehensive com- parison of reliability and cost between coal and nu- clear power, the council said atomic plants have proven so uneconomical that more attention should be given to energy alternatives previously downgraded as too expensive. A spokesman for the Atomic Industrial Forum, the nuclear-industry trade association, disagreed with the report's findings. He said a forum survey completed in September found on a national average that nuclear-generating costs were 18 per cent lower than those for coal plants. The 214 page report, titled "Power Plant Performance," said nuclear plants under 800 megawatts operated at only an average 64 per cent capacity from 1968 through 1975.

Plants over 1.000 Superintendent Harold Porter said the proposed facility, to be built on a 39-acre site near West Indian School and Bullard roads, will nlkviate crowding at the p'sent high school. The prtsai calls for the present school to become a senior high school for juniors and seniors after the new facility is completed. High school enrollment has grown from 700 to 1.400 in the past 10 years, Porter said. The westward expansion of Phoenix, the Palo Verde nuclear power plant project and Interstate 10 completion were cited as reasons the new school is needed. SILENT NIGHT Makes an easy tune on the GULBRAN-SEN organ.

See the largest selection of organs at DON OLDS 4541 N. 7th St. 264-2523 Typical new home costs 842,702, Total household income for the buyers was $20,000 to $25,000 for 26 per cent of the purchasers, while 25 per cent had incomes of $15,000 to $20,000 and 20 per cent were in the to $35,000 range. Agua Fria District OKs bonds for high school International megawatts, it said, averaged 51 per cent. By contrast, it said, coal fired plants operate at 60 to 70 per cent and, therefore, can produce electricity up to 20 per cent more economically.

Claims that nuclear power is cheaper than coal generated electricity are based on assumptions the plants will operate with 70 to 80 per cent reliability, the forum's report said. Jfrfrfct paper I nurrlmeoii hr puruiUbLU UJ U.S. oil firm Washington Post LONDON In a deal believed unparalleled in journalism annals, an American oil company has reached across the ocean to buy the Observer, one of Britain's most distinguished newspapers. The new owner is Atlantic Richfield. The purchase was made in a matter of days by the firm's president, Robert O.

Anderson, 59, of Roswell, N.M. Anderson's associates say he is buying the Sunday newspaper primarily to preserve its literate, liberal and independent character, and is not seeking a profitable asset for his company's growing domain. The Observer has been losing money for several years. way to remember. 1 4tojJte Hazardous to earth Aerosol can learning planned poll shows About 34 per cent of the houses had prices of to $40,000 and 27 per cent cost from $40,000 to $50,000.

About 7 per cent cost more than $70,000, while 9 per cent cost less than $30,000. Fluorocarbons, commonly known as "Freon," a trade name of principal manufacturer E. I. du Pont de Nemours are thought by many scientists to break down the ozone in the upper atmosphere, a layer that protects the earth from ultraviolet radiation. Such radiation can cause skin cancer, and some suspect it may also be harmful to the photosynthesis necessary for plant life.

Though fluorocarbons are much heavier than air, they nonetheless mix with it and, over a period of years, can be carried into the stratosphere and the ozone layer presumably by the so-called vertical storms around the equator. Public comments on the proposed warning labels will be accepted for the next 60 days. The FDA said the proposal would take effect 30 days after a final order is published in the Federal Register. mm- Associated Press WASHINGTON The government took its second step within 24 hours Tuesday to phase out fluorocarbon aerosols, this time by announcing plans for an interim requirement that spray antiper-spirant or perfume be labeled hazardous to the earth. In what surely ranks as the most unique health warning ever demanded of consumer products, that can of Right Guard and virtually all aerosol items in the cosmetic and personal-care market would have to carry this legend: "WARNING: Contains a chlorofluorocarbon that may harm the public health and environment by reducing ozone in the upper atmosphere." The rule, not yet final, was announced by the Food and Drug Adminis tration, which claims reg ulator jurisdiction over 80 per cent of the aerosol products that contain fluo-rocarbons, the pressurized gases that act as the spray propellants.

More than a billion cans of such items are sold every year. Monday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced it has begun proceedings to ban fluorocarbons in all other aerosols not controlled by FDA, principally household cleaners. Both agencies, meanwhile, are working with the Environmental Protection Agency on a ban, probably several months away, of all fluorocarbon aerosols. FDA Commissioner Alexander M. Schmidt said Tuesday that the interim warning requirement of the personal-care products "is to encourage self-restraint by consumers in purchasing aerosol products containing chlorofluoroearbons and to encourage them to seek alternative products.

Associated Press WASHINGTON The typical new home in the United States costs $42,702 and was purchased by a family with an income of $21,613, according to a new survey by the National Association of Homebuilders. The survey, published in the association's monthly report for November, covered 950 purchasers of new homes between July 1, 1975, and June 30, 1976. The median age for the head of the household purchasing the new home was 33, with 56 per cent between 25 and 34. The next largest group of buyers, 20 per cent, was between 35 and 44 years old. The survey said the average monthly payment for principal, interest, tax and insurance was $351.71 and utilities cost $73.16 per month.

Asked their reason for purchasing a new home, 38.6 per cent cited a desire to be a homeowner. Other reasons included job transfer, 17.8 per cent, and desire to change, 16.8 per cent. GM council OKs auto pact DETROIT (UPI) The general Motors council of the United Auto Workers union overwhelmingly approved th- new three-year agreement Tuesday that was reached with the No. 1 automaker last week after a 12-hour strike at selected plants. A Vice President Irving Bluestone said the agreement was approved by 493 council members with only seven dissenting votes.

Contract approval by Jocal union leaders is only the first step in ratifying the new contract. The union's 390,000 rank-and-file GM workers will vote tm ratification in two weeks. AVONDALE Voters of the Agua Fria Union High School District approved a $3,975,000 bond proposal Tuesday night to build a high school for 1,000 ninth and 10th graders. Unofficial totals showed 778 votes in favor of the proposal and 658 against, a difference of 120 votes. The election will be canvassed Dec.

6. The proposal also includes funds to remodel the boys' athletic and physical education rooms at Agua Fria High School. NEW JERSEY BOOK NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP)-A book about colonial New Jersey, "Prologue to Independence, New Jersey in the Coming of the American Revolution," by Dr. L.

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