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Il Whales, Not Receivers, Command Randy Reeves' Attention First of a series to be run each Tuesday and Thursday in The Lincoln Journal telling where former Sunday Journal and Star high school and college Athletes and Coaches of the Year are now. By Randy York Prep Sports Editor A year and a half ago, it was just curiosity. Now, for Randy Reeves, the preservation of the whales, is a passion. interest is pretty well tested. Even though heading into the unknown.

whole-heartedly committed to the whole says Reeves, the former Omaha Benson and University of Nebraska football standout. Reeves, the Sunday Journal and 1966 High School Athlete of the Year, was director of Urban Activities at Princeton University this past year. The year before, he was Graduate Admissions Director for Woodrow Wilson School. when his interest in preserving whales was triggered. read a book (A Whale for the KiUing by Farley recalls Reeves.

been reading and visiting with conservationists and scientists and researching whales ever Apparently, Reeves is becoming an expert on the subject. had four marine mammal articles published, the most recent of which Porpoise- Tuna appeared in The Nation magazine May 24. Narwhal Study Two more Reeves articles are t6 be published in the fall. One will result from two months in the Canadian arctic this summer with a team of scientists studying narwhals. For two months this fall, Reeves will work with the Audubon Society on a systematic count of dolphins and porftoises off the New Jersey coast.

The 27-year-old Reeves intends to make marine mammal study his life work. investigating a possible post as technician for the Curator of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian Institution. Randy Reeves now and as a Husker. However, he prefers to say any future job have something to do with the American or Canadian ongoing study of the whales in the North Right now, the narwhal study commands the most attention. He leaves the last week in June for the Canadian arctic to study the small whale.

narwhal is one of the real oddities of the natural says Reeves. bodies are only 18 to 20 feet long. But the male has a tusk a spiraled, overgrown tooth out of the front of its head from six to eight feet According to Reeves, narwhals are believed to be the foundation for the unicorn of the sea myth European whalers told crazy stories about the tusks in the 1500s and Since narwhals are elusive and not commercially significant, they have been ignored to a large degree by the commercial whaling Reeves acknowledges. Tusks for Tourists only people who kill them are Eskimos who use primitive methods for their own consumption and those who kill them just to cut off the tusks to sell to adds Reeves. It is hoped this two-month study can shed more light on the estimated 10,000 narwhals living off the west coast of Greenland and other Canadian regions, anxious to do some actual scientific field Reeves indicates, talked, read and written whales for almost two years.

I need the field work to broaden my eventual goal is to become volved with the United States delegation to the International Whaling Commission, meeting this month in London. According to Reeves, the United been a front-runner in terms of encouraging strict conservation of whales. Japan and Russia are the only two nations that authorize and encourage the continued slaughter of large numbers of intensified studies during the past four years at Princeton have virtually alienated him from the once equally intense sports activities. play a whole lot of basketball. That's my main athletic he says.

even been able to keep track of Nebraska football other than the scores." More Formidable Foes The former Nebraska defensive back and academic all-American is convinced doing more important things. Assuredly, if he his goal of becoming involved with the American delegation to the International Whaling Commission, Russia and Japan seem much more formidable foes than Oklahoma and Missouri. Weather; CRACKERJACK National Weathtr Sorvlct Fortcasts tor Lincoln Aroa Tonight: Partly cloudy, mild, rain chance Wednesday: Partly cloudy, warmer Past 24 hours: High Low Next 24 hours: High Low Full Weather on Page 18 Cinniln Imirttal 2 Sections 26 Pages 108th Year No, 138 Lincoln. Tuesday, June 10, 1975 Subscription Prices on Page 2 City Serving ilh Fun If Dale Recker busy selling Bibles, you can interest him in playing bridge with marked cards. Story on Page 7 Natural Gas Prices Said Rigged by Reserve Figures From News Wires Washington The natural gas industry is accused of underestimating the natural gas reserves in a government report that describes the system of estimating reserves as "tantamount to collusive price The report recommended issuance of a federal complaint against the American Gas Association (AGA), an industry trade organization, and the nation's 11 major natural gas producers, charging them with violating fair trade practices.

Written by the Federal Trade bureau of competition, the report accused the trade and the 11 companies of maintaining a deficient natural gas reserve reporting program, which influences the price at which producers sell natural gas to interstate pipeline The report, which is only a staff recommendation and not approved by the commission, was turned over Monday to an subcommittee of the House Interstate and of Cornhusker Stale Needs Moisture Rain, Rain, Come Again To Help Nebraska Crops By Dominick Costello Farm Editor Ram fmalJy came to northeni Nebraska, but for some of the hay crop, it came too late. Most of the rest of the Cornhusker State to be in pretty good shape as far as surface soil moisture goes, but subsoil moisture is still short. The State-Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics weddy crop report shows of the state still lacks adequate subsoil moisture, so ctmtinued rains are necessary for good crops this year. Marshall Logan, Holt County agent, said there was a good rain near has been mighty he said, we gut just under two to over three inches in the ccHinty, with 2.5 inches here at biggest problem is with hay and pasture. We are expecting a reduction in hay crops and without it, our cattle people will have big problems getting through tlie winter.

We have already seen some culling of cattle herds to fit the dry pasture and short hay The rain did little to replenish the subsoil moisture supply, Logan said, pointing out that center-pivot irrigation systems been running all spring to get the corn to Custer County Agent William Pedersen says rain there came in time to help most crops. got a real he said, three inches or more in most of the county over the weekend, and some areas had an inch a week or so ago. were getting to the point where people were thinking of cutting wheat for hay. Alfalfa seemed to be getting shorter instead of growing. Cool weather has also been a factor in retarding the growth of com, but we are looking good now, especially if we can get a good rain again in another week or Lyle Vawser, county agent at llaitington in Cedar County, said: Lord blessed us with an even inch.

the first measurable rain in a long while. In the lower part of the county they had 2.5 inches earlier, so things look better. alfalfa people had about two-thirds of a crop. We have enough pasture now, but we needed rain to germinate soybeans. Small grains are very short but are heading out close to the Pasture and range feed are short in of counties, with continue! rains needed in many areas to revive grassland.

Cattle are being taken off some pastures early growth been sufficient to feed them. A spokesman at the Dawson County extension office in Lexington says crops look good. bad three inches of rain over the she said, things look good. Alfalfa producers seem to be doing well but are wonied about insect A Cass County said a half-inch of rain fell at Weeping Water Monday in intermittent showers and that crops in the area look good. Gage County Agent Victor McClure of Beatrice said: have plenty of rain, too much in some areas.

We have greenbugs in milo, cutworms in gardens and fields, and the alfalfa weevil is still with We are getting a lot of calls on insect problems, but rain a problem. We have moisture down the first two feet, but we want it to stop raining 55 m.p.h. Speed Limit Failed To Cut 1-80 Traffic Deaths While the 55 p.h. speed limit has been acclaimed as a hfesaver on the highway system, it has had little effect on the number of deaths on 1-80 through Nebraska. In tact, the number of deaths on 1-80 has shown a slight increase since the enactment of the 55 m.p.h.

law, according to the Accident Records Bureau of the State Roads Dejpt. From March 1973 to ath 1974, when the speed Umlt wm 75 m.p.h., there were 16 fatal accidents on the interstate which took the lives of 19 persons. In the first year of the 55 m.p.h. limit, the number of fatal accidents increased to 18 with 21 persons kUled. The safety factor involved in the lower speed limit has been portrayed as a secondary benefit to the fuel savings.

Under the new speed limit bill recently adopted by the Nebraska Legisisture, the fine forC Kceeding the interstate hmit to m.p.h, was reduced to a maximum of $10. Gov. J. J. Exon said the amendment providing for the fine reduclion and a ban for assessing points for going up to 65 m.p.h.

on the interstate would be clwiienged in court. The $10 fine, as other fines, goes to the county school fund in the county wnere the violation occuired, according to Court Administrator James Dunlevey. However, the bill retains an $8 court fee on speeding viotoflons on the interstate over 65 m.p.h. on the interstate. That $8 fee is also accessed on all speeding Continued: Page 18, Col.

1 Foreign Commerce Committee. Kenneth Anderson, assistant director of the bureau of competition, told the subcommittee that the findings mean that natural gas prices probably were higher than they had to be because of the underestimating of reserves. saying that the consumer probably paid more than he would have very dii- ficult to make a hard of the precise amount of additional Anderson said. The Federal Power Commission regulates the price of natural gas and bases its decisions on rate increase partly on estimates of reserves. Generally, as reserves go down, it is easier to justify higher prices.

Among the evidence the bureau of competition said it had to support its complaint was a so-called reserve that is maintained by natural gas producers. The bureau said the gas association and the companies had never told the power commission about the ledgers, which contain a most conservative estimate of proven reserves. Data from ledgers obtained from three companies under subpoena, compared to gas association figures, resulted in a finding that AGA figures were less than the companies estimates in their proved reserve the bureau of competition said. The power commission estimated last Friday that natural (as supplies will be nearly 2091 leiow the expected firm demand over the next 12 months. The bureau of competition report was the result of a probe requested in September 1970 by Sen.

Philip A. Hart, D-Mich. The report concluded in part that the system of reporting natural gas reserves is to manipulation to suit the A spokesman for the AGA said the organization could not comment on the allegations until the staff study was reviewed But the spokesman said the member companies had incentive to pennit or condone inaccurate Those named in the proposed complaint, in addition to tlie gas association, were Continental Oil Exxon Gulf Oil Mobil Oil Penzoil Shell Oil Standard Oil Co. of California, Standard Oil Co. (Indiana), Tenneco, Texaco and Union Oil Co.

of California. Sun Stop staff hoto by bob go ham This unidentified young tourist took time out for a quick change and a short nap in the sun alongside the 1-80 rest area near Greenwood. Ford Snaps CIA Investigation To Attorney General, Congress By Peter lisagor I'huago Daily News Washington To determine whether the Central Intelligence Agemy tCLAr was involved in alleged assassination plots against foreign leaders, Resident Ford has drawn on his sports background and snapped the ball to attorney general and investigating committees. The President himself will act on some 30 recommendations made in a report by the Rockefeller Commission on CIA Domestic due to be released late Tuesday But on the more controversial charges of conspiracy to commit murder. Ford says be will not sit in judgment on the actions of past president going back to Dwight D.

Eisenhower, on made by honorable people under unusual In a news conference night devoted mainly to the CIA Lssue, the President said he would not make pubUc the incomplete inquiry into political assassinations conducted by an eight-member commission headed by Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. The allegations, Ford said, involve sensitive and would not be in the public interest if the material relating to them were made public this time He left open the possibility that it might be disclosed at some later time. The decision is likely to kindle suspicions of a which Ford explicitly denied, and lead to criticism that he has the to the Democratic-cootrollrd Congress. Administration officials said that the President was especially concerned about damaging the reputations of those who sat in the While House when the alleged involvement in plots against Fidel Castro and the Dominican Haiael Trujillo, who was gunned down during the Kennedy ad- numstration, took place Ford confirmed this, in effect, when he was asked if concern for of Eisenhower and Kennedy played a part in his decision to withhold the material dealing with assassinations. 'He indicated he preferred to not engage in the role of a Monday morning quarterback, and cautioned the House and committees investigating the CIA to reserve judgment and to utmost in handling the sensitive material be intends to turn over to them.

Ford expressed his faith in Atty Gen. Edward Levi to out his sworn to investigate the charges fully and to prosecute if the facts so warrant Presidential counsel Roderick HilLs told newsmen that the White House feels that, with Rockefeller findings, plus those unearthed by the administration and the innate committee headed by Sen. Frank Oiurch. D-Idaho, a fairly complete story of the assassination plots would be assembled. Hills denied that the President was to drop the hot issue into the laps of the Democrats in Congress.

The President never adequately answered repeated questions about why he did not direct the Roi'kefeller Commission to complete its investigation into the alleged assassination plots He said the commission decided for Itself that it ought to complete Its investigation of the dealing vnth domestic on citizens, and leave the rest to the attorney general Church has stated his behef that the President was indeed passing the buck, and the Idaho Democrat, who nurtures Residential ambitions, has indicated that he intends to pursue vigorously the implication in alleged murder plans. Ford was both stern and firm Continued: Page 18, Col. 2 Phony Money Sent in Protest South Beloit, lU, (UPL The thing was, Regal-Beloit Corp and its employes bke the idea of their tax dollars being spent on studio of the sex lives of Polish or why kids fail off tricycles, and such. why they sent the federal governnieat that money $3 millton. All play money.

The moiwy went to lUinois U.S. Sens. Adlai Stevenson and Charles Percy in a symbolic protest of how the government played away the same amount of tax dollars paid by the corporation and its employes. In a letter to the senators, Regal-Beloit President Torrence Hill said the company and its employes paid about $2.82 nuliion in taxes and listed government expenditures totahng about the same amount. The biggest expenditure on the list was $2 million for a yacht for Marshal Tito.

Others listed were $375,000 tor a Pentagon study of the fnsbee, $121.000 to fmd out why pefiple use the word and $19,300 to the Health, Education and Welfare Dept, for a study of why children fall off tricycles. Also listed were $70,000 to study the smell of perspiration given off by Australian aborigines. Plus to itudy Poliih frogs in salaries for a board of tea tasters to tbe author ot the one woro poem "Lighght to the Queen ot England for not growing cotton on ner Mississippi plantation. to Ford Motor Co tor not planting wheat to investigate the German cockroach, to study the blood groups of Polish Ztotnika pigs. to compile the history of comic books $5,000 tor the analysis of viotin varnish.

BE SURE TO READ Minorities Shut Out Federal Contracts Minority-owned businesses are almost totally shut off from federal, state and local government contracts, according to a report of a federal commission. Page 3 One-Way Streets As Lincoln grows in population and automobile registrations, The Journal believes community-wide extension of the paired one-way street system would be a boon in moving traffic more safely at reduced public and private costs. Page 1 lySIDE YOU'LL ALSO FIM) Landeri Birthi Comics Daily Record Deaths Editorial Emergencies Entertainment Event Calendar 9 20 24 24 20 20 4 12 12 12 Financial Horosiupe Legal Notices Lincoln ATlarkets Metro-Area Movies National Nebraska 18,19 Radio 20 24 Ragionai. 8.11.12 20 Sports 15-17 4,7 14 Slocks 18.19 18.19 Telavtsion 20 6.8.14 Theater 12 12 Things To Do 12 Ads 21-25 8.11 12 tk 9.