Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 16

16A CORPL'SCIIRISTI CALLER Thun Sept 1 1877 Southern governors seeking more funds of its key features continued regulation of natural gas prices in a resolution that was adopted 10-2 on Tuesday The budget director said Carter had determined that conservation should come "first and foremost" as a means of convincing the public there is an energy shortage Roger Smith executive vice president of General Motors earlier had criticized the emphasis on conservation and the Carter bill's imposition of price controls on intrastate natural gas "We don't want to conserve ourselves into a recession" he said He said business has been slow to invest in enlarged capacity because of uncertainty about the energy policy tax reform increased employer contributions to Social Security and a proposal to raise the minimum wage The conference said in one resolution that it "strongly urges" Congress to "provide substantial additional funding for the federal aid highway system including retention by the states of fourth of any increase in the motor fuel tax And the governors said they want federal money for Jail and prison construction since lack of available prison space has disrupted our criminal justice system at every SAN ANTONIO Southern and border state governors spoke up for more federal funds Wednesday but as an afterthought said they also want a balanced national budget by 19K1 Resolutions favoring more federal highway aid and federal assistance for construction of prisons and jails brought the 43rd Southern Governors Conference to an end Before leaving the dwindling group of governors nine compared with 13 at the peak of the conference Tuesday also heard a promise by President Carter's budget director that the administration would be sympathetic to their needs "I hope you won't hesitate to let me know when you find the federal government is being non-respon-sive" said Georgian Bert Lance Lance also responded to criticism by a General Motors executive that the administration had created uncertainty among businessmen with many of its proposals to Congress "The intent that has been present all the time of the Carter administration is to bring some predictability and a degree of sureness" to the economy Lance said But he added "it takes time" to reach that point Lance was invited to the conference to defend Carter's energy program The governors protested one Bert Lance speaks as Gov Dolph Briscoe of Texas listens level Chimp to get belated reward for space feat Thf AMWjUUJHM V- aJF 1 1 i 'v- WASHINGTON Better things are in store for Ham an aging space chimp who now knocks about his narrow cage at the National Zoo without even a glimpse of the moon to which he helped blaze a pathway in 1961 Zoo keepers are planning larger quarters and more recognition for Ham who 16 years ago last Jan 31 whooshed 155 miles skyward aboard a Redstone rocket pressed levers when lights flashed and splashed in the Atlantic and on front pages over the world Ham's transfer to the zoo in 1963 made the Huntley -Brinkley report and the space agency was to say ot his space teat: verified the feasibility of manned space flight through operational tests of the Mercury life-support system" Hut then along came those manned spaceflights moon walks linkups in space a joint US-Soviet venture "Star Wars" and the Voyager planetary explorations Ham soon became a Washington has-been "People don't ask about him much' said a zoo spokeswoman ranking Ham No 5 in popularity behind such lesser-accomplished Chinese pandas Smokey Bear five white tigers and even the collection of plain monkeys When Ham turned 20 in July hardly anyone noticed But the zoo has a belated birthday promise for the 130-pounder from the Cameroons who served his adopted country in space and who is looking forward to the 35-4il-year life expectancy for chimps Construction of a new great apes house starting in Octoher 1978 will allow remodeling of the zoo building that houses Ham the gorillas and the orangutangs All or 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