Thursday, January 10, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, January 10, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 0 >M Energy Briefs GENEVA, Switzerland (,) - The world's major oil countries, which have boosted prices 400 per cent in the last year, pledged yesterday to hold the line until April 1. But they said industrial nations would have to show they can control inflation and reduce the profits of oil companies if the prices are not to rise still more. The oil-producing nations meeting here said this was necessary because as inflation rises in industrial countries, the price of machinery and other products rises and the oil countries have to hand out more of their profits for the same amount of im- ported goods. Jamshid Amouzegar, the Iranian finance minister, made these points at a news conference after a three-day meet- ing of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The 14 nation group produces more than half the world's oil.. SALEM, Ore. (1P) - Oregon officials have come up with a sort of gasoline-by-number plan in an effort to assure all motor- ists of a fair chance to get fuel, despite shortages. The plans, which takes effect Monday on a voluntary basis, involves license plates and the calendar. It limits motorists with even numbered license plates to gasoline purchases on even-numbered calendar days during the week. Motorists with odd-numbered plates get to buy on odd-numbered days. Saturdays are an exception. To avoid disrupting the recreation industry, the plan provides that anyone can buy gas on Saturday. Sundays also are a sort of exception because most of the stations have been closed anyway as a conservation move. There are other special rules involving emergency vehicles, salesmen, out of state drivers and people with license plates that have letters instead of numbers. The plan was worked out by representatives of Gov. Tom McCall and the state's 2,700 service stations. WASHINGTON () -- The Justice Department's antitrust chief says he hasn't unearthed much evidence that oil companies conspired to create the fuel shortage, but isn't ruling out the possibility. Asst. Atty. Gen. Thomas Kauper said antitrust law- yers have so far been unable to come up with anything tangible to support the suspicion that the oil companies produced the crisis to drive up their prices and profits. Kauper said he probably won't disclose the findings of the department's collusion inquiry unless it produces a lawsuit. "But I think the assumption will be if we don't file suit, we didn't find any," he said in an inter- view. "While I can understand the public's suspicion, there just is not much hard evidence of collusion," he said. "I just don't see that there's that kind of evidence, but I'll be damned if I'm going to say it isn't there." WASHINGTON (M) - The Federal Trade Commission was urged yesterday to make big oil and utility companies prove their claims in energy crisis advertising seeking to improve their public image. Americans "are being hit by a multimillion dol- lar propaganda blitz by the energy industry designed to dampen rising public anger over fuel shortages and unconscionably high prices and to deflect government action," said Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal, (D-N.Y.). Rosenthal, Sens. Birch Bayh, (D-Ind.); Thomas McIntyre, (D-N.H.); Frank Moss, (D-Utah); and Reps. Les Aspin, (D-Wis.), and Andrew Young, (D-Ga.), joined in a petition filed with the FTC by Harvey Shulman of a public in- terest law group called the Media Access Project. Shulman told reporters this is the start of a "counteroffensive undertaken on the part of the American people to neutralize a daily propaganda campaign with which the public is fed up." EUGENE, Ore. (W) - Ted Birrer, director of the Western Conference of Petroleum Retailers in Portland, wasn't in his of- fice when a Eugene newspaper reporter telephoned. "He called and said he'd be about an hour late," Birrer's secretary said. "He's out trying to buy some gas." President sets oil meeting for Youngblood resigns from State Senate ,'February SAN CLEMENTE (Reuter) - nation President Nixon moved yester- Ann day to unite Western industrial- dent's ized nations in tackling the world ial Ar oil crisis by inviting six West a thr European nations, Japan and influen Canada to top-level Washington States talks Feb. 11. led th The President, acting amid as a w fears the world economy could Israel be severely damaged by the Arab The oil cutbacks and sharply in- San C creased oil prices, also sent per- had b sonal messages to the heads of Christ state of oil-producing countries pean suggesting a later joint confer- their ence of producer and consume: Washr -- - ___-_- Britai Simon hopeful of Italy, Mos avoidingraing ra.lo'li11g are b WASHINGTON (Reuter) princi Energy Czar William Simon said ington yesterday he remains hopeful, out by but not optimistic, that gasoline Acco rationing can be avoided this oil-pro spring. Presid Simon, who already has drawn Algeri up a standby gasoline rationing Aeia program in case the energy sit- Nigeri uation worsens, said the coun- Niger try would not be "over the Nix Ihump" of making a decision on Neexin rationing until the autumn. meetin SPEAKING ON CBS radio in can b an interview, he commented that can b working on the basic assumption at the that the Arab oil embargo will Theo continue, "I don't think I could by pr see the day before the fall that tionsm we would be per se over the tary o hump on making this decision." who h. He said he remained, "hope- ter of fuIl and that is hopeful, not opti- Arab-I mistic" that the government day or could avoid rationing this spring. die Ea 11 ns. ouncement of the Presi- initiative came as a spec- rab envoy put into top gear ee-month drive to try tD, ,nce opinion in the United s, whose pro-Israel policy he Arabs to use their oil weapon in their fight against and its supporters. Western White House in Clemente, where N i x o n een staying since ju:'t after mas, said the West Euro- countries invited to send foreign ministers to the rington conference were n, France, West Germany, the Netherlands and Nor- st of the eight countries elieved to have agreed in ple to attend the Wash- meeting after feelers put y the Nixon Administration. ording to the White House, oducer states to whom the dent has put his joiat con- ce proposal are Aba Dhabi, a, Ecuador,aGabon, Indon- Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, a, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and ,uela. on hopes the Washington ng can come up with a coin- policy and that this then e put to the producer states proposed joint zonference, oficials said. idea of joint ac:ion on (,i1 oducer and consumer na- was first raised by Secre- of State Henry Kissinger, imself has been at the cen- efforts to get i durable sraeli peace and is off e- n his third trip to the mid- st since the October war. LANSING (UPI) - State Sen. Charles N. Youngblood Jr., con- victed Oct. 17 of conspiring to bribe a state official, resigned from office yesterday rather than face a renewed attempt by Re- publicans to expel him. The Detroit Democrats agreed to resign under pressure from his fellow caucus members after Re- publicans rejected a proposed Democratic compromise to per- mit Youngblood to submi: to "voluntary suspension" as op- posed to outright expulsion. THE REPUBLICANS had said they would propose a new motion to expel Youngblood if he did not resign. Youngblood, 41, a senator for 12 years, was near tears as he announced his decision, saying he regretted that Republicans would not permit him to "meet you half way." After announcing his resigna- tion, Youngblood left the Senate floor and his colleagues resum- ed business as usual, proceeding to the next item on the Senate agenda, Youngolood had resisted earlier pleas for his resignation - in- cluding one from top officers of his own party, saying such an action would constitute admis- sion of guilt while his criminal case is still in the appeals pro- cess. BOWL IN A LEAGUE SIGN UP NOW UNION LANES OPEN: 11 a.m. Mon.-Sat., 1 p.m. Sun. F.1 IF Feeetleboc Ards of Americo I I it has designs on your car. F FRIDAY NIGHT, JAN. 11-9:00 PM. BURSLEY HALL ENTERPRISES presents THE MARX BROTHERS in HORSE FEATHERS and MONKEY BUSINESS Bursley West Cafeteria Admission $1.00 L If you own aVW bug (any year) you can get an outrageous paint job FREE and Beetleboards of America will pay you to drive as you ordinarily do. There's nearly nothing else for you to do, except write immediately for more information. Or Call Beetleboards of America, Inc. 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