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Sunday? January 10, 1952 Section 3 1 Joe Remedy pumps oi poor JANET DIAMOND, head of a Massachusetts welfare rights organization called the Coalition Basic Human la equally enthusiastic, "We have terrible winters here, and what Joe is doing has made a very big difference," she said. "If fuel assistance were to stop, I really don't know what people would do." Citizens Energy operates out of a suite of offices in an aging apartment building in down The particular two-bedroom apartment used by the company and its staff of 16 was occupied by the late President John F. Kennedy when he was a young congressman and was his voting rlriiwm even after he entered the White Housu. Except for its nonprofit status, the firm tunc tlnna miifh lllra anv amjill Irutanenffonfe oil Com GOOD NEWS! The two elderly sisters who were savagely beaten ia their South Side home last week got an offer of security this weekend. Fred Pavich, presU dent of the Elect-Tro Alarm 823 S.

Fraaklia St fledged to install a complete home security system for Margaret Bet-oak, 72, and Emma Mattls, 77, who were, attacked their South Claremont Avenue home. "What happened to those two ladies made me sick and my wife cry," Pavich said. "No one should be fearful of going home." Chicago's top cop, Richard Brxeczek, says our report that large numbers of guns are being seized at pop concerts throughout the metropolitan area is wrong. The gun problem is minimal. Maybe 25 to 30 guns a year.

But there is a remote possibility that there are guns seized that I am not notified about I feel assured that off-duty police officers who work security at these vents report gun seizures." Watergate break-in expert G. Gordoa Uddy bnt always prepared. Daring as appearance at Channel last week, Liddy was escorted to a conference room to make a calL The door was locked. "Sorry, I cant help you get in," Liddy said. "I didn't bring my tools." Actor Bob Conrad and Liddy were in town to hype Sunday's NBC-TV movie, "Will: The G.

Gordon Liddy Story." "If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't portray Liddy," Conrad said. "Liddy was too difficult to deal with. He had one conception of how I should play pany, its officials concerning themselves primarily with lining up new contracts for crude oil and for refining facilities and ship puig- BASICALLY, Citizens Energy buys the erode from Venezuela, contracts to have it processed at a Caribbean refinery, sells off the gasoline and other byproducts at market pripes, and By Michael Coakley Chkaoo Tribunt Pant Stntoa BOSTON The rnmple-haired young Sprawled on a hand-me-down sofa in a frankiy Shabby office certainly didat look Kin an oil tycoon. -r-T Yet, at age 2b, fee Is the founder and president of an energy company which each year buys millions of gallons of crude oil from Venezuela and channels it into the thirsty American market The young man's deceased grandfather, one of the 20th Century's most successful entrap. reneurs, would surely be proud of the accomp- lishments, notwithstanding one aspect of the business that amounts to heresy in capitalist circles: The company headed by Joseph P.

Kennedy II purposely shows no profit. INSTEAD, ALL ef the money earned by the firm is used to supply low cost heating oil to the poor and elderly residents of Mas sachusetts, a type of aid that Is especially; useful in this. state where heating costs have i risen eso percent in the last eight years. The eldest son of Ethel and the late San. Robert F.

Kennedy first began to explore the possibility of forming a non-profit corporation to provide cheaper heating oil to low income families back in 1978. It was a period during which oil prices were soaring, and Kennedy quickly pushed himself through a self-taught course on the energy business. Within six months, he had formed his own company, start-" -log out with little more than a post office box. No doubt aided by bis family name and connections, he was able to persuade the -Venezuelan government to sell him crude olL By lata 1979, the first ocean going barge loaded with so-called "Kennedy oH" was slipping into Boston harbor. Since that time, Citizens Energy has sold nearly 19 million gallons of heating oil to the state of Massachusetts at prices SO to 40 per-' cent below prevailing market rates.

3.47 TEES FUEL Is added to the supply of heating oQ available to needy famlliea under a federal-state fuel assistance program. Kennedy's com pany has provided more than SO pereetx of the uses the profit to bring heating ou from the crude into Massachusetts. "But it's not as simple as it sounds," Ken slrl rliirino an interview in his Office. The mini) nnlnHlilv tha International oil mar set means that contracts are short-term and we IUIUT" unccruuu, ire omu. Kennedy has taken a number of steps to assure a steady supply 01 oil rirsi, no trratiatMl himself with the Venezuelans by pnao tec Tin Jnount By aoMsimt in monrf a nortkm of the money Joseph P.

Kennedy II in his office at Citizens Energy in Boston: Wheeling and dealing to bring low-cost heating oil to Massachusetts' poor and elderly. earned by his company on development pro Jects in poorer Latin American nations. So far, Citizens Energy has provided funds for alter fiataJiwla wMudi In Costa Rica and for the Installation of a $125,000 solar beating system 1 at a rfamairaa nospmu. BaMmttv. tTarmmtw aimed contracts for CTude among those who have had their differences with his famfly.

Massachusetts Gov. Edward King Is a con servative Democrat who Is considered an ar- dent political opponent of Kennedy's uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D. Yet the governor supports Citizen Energy wholeheartedly. "Joe Kennedy has been, Etag.

oil supplied throughout the state under that program. inclusion of this less costly fuel has allowed Massachusetts to avoid cutting back on fuel assistance, a situation that already has occurred in a number of states in light of the Keshan administration's budget reductions. The contribution of Citizens Energy has made Kennedy something of a local hero, even oQ with Nigeria and Ecuador, this time promts ing to finance development projects directly i Continued en ipage 2, See. Liddy Conrad him. I had another.

And the NBC censors were ox- dative deleted, and afraid I'd play him too sympathet kally." The movie, filmed last fall by Conrad's production firm In De Kalb and the Chicago area, was so expensive that Conrad received no salary. The telecasting of White Sox games on their new pay. TV SportsVision has been delayed from the beginning of April' to early May, INC has learned. Approximately one month's schedule of games will be lost because of problems in the manufacture and installation of home decoder boxes to scramble the Sox signal. The president of Italy is coming here.

The State Department confirmed in a call to Mayor Jane Byrne Friday that President Sandra Pertlnl will be in Chicago March 29 and 30. Plans still are being formulated. Byrne already is scheduled to host the Netherlands' Queea Beatrix and Prince Clans June 23 to 25th. r-' The Reagan men are coming here, too. The City Club of Chicago soon will announce a special Cabinet series that will bring virtually every member of the Reagan 20 SEMI-ANNUAL SALE OF WARDROBE BASICS ele -Hill Cabinet through Chicago in we coming monins.

Aireaay accepting their invitations are: Secretary of Defense-Caspar Weinberger; Education Secretary Terrell Belli and Samuel Pierce, secretary of housing and urban development 1. Almost five minutes is consumed daily by NBCs new show lineup by the time Bryant GumbeL Jane Pauley, Chris Wallace in Washington and wlllard Scott finish their bellos and first news bits. The heUos seem like a comedy routine. Gumbel won't forget his goodbyes after a goof last Monday, He forgot to include Wallace. The new team didn't make much difference in the ratings last week.

ABC's "Good Morning America" continued to beat "Today" though the latter did better to Chicago last week than it has in months. The Phil Donahue-" A.M. Chicago" ratings for the first four days of head-to-head competition have been dose. The results: Monday, Channel 2's Donahue took Arbitral and Channel 7's "A.M." won Nielsen. Tuesday, AM.

placed first in both, while Donahue took first in both Wednesday. Thursday's were the same as Monday. Fast takes Chicago Loop Alive will Include a run Feb. 14, sponsored by the Chicago-area Runners Association. sigonmey Weaver of "Allen" and "Eyewitness" has left the cast of Broadway's "Macbeth" to star in the film "The Year of Living Dangerously," shooting in the Philippines.

Ed Asner and his wife, Nancy, are trying for a reconciliation, so you can forget reports of his romance with a female cinematographer. Tough life: Billy Joel's new digs on New York's East 67th Street are a five-story house costing some $13 million but then it has a pool in the basement, too. Merv Griffin's new occupation is matchmaker: Ee paired Steve Ford and Marie Osmond during a recent taping and they've been seeing each other since. Chunky Christina Onassis has a two-week reservation at a German health spa, where she's determined to abed 17 pounds. Chicago's Vanessa Davis Band's "One More Kiss" s'ngla la the top pop single recommended in the current 'V-' Political postscripts Talk about a super Job-Robert Athey, top aide to W.

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