Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, February 4, 1977 Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, February 4, 1977 Gas transfer begins ii (Continued from Page 1) - White House Press Secre- tary Jody Powell said admini- stration officials are looking for ways to assess natural gas in-' dustry reports on profits and re- serves to determine the extent of any national fuel shortage. Government energy agencies now rely on industry-supplied data toumeasure U.S. natural gas resources. ASKED IF CARTER doubted those industry figures, Powell. replied: "You have to question, not in a pojorative sense, a! whole range of assumptions and facts" when dealing with the energy shortage. Frank Ikard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, later said the industry figures are "as complete as possible and unbiased." In the past, checks by government agencies "have confirmed the accuracy" of industry estimates of petro- leum reserves, Ikard said. pf- The commission's Bureau -NaturalGasreported some pipelines again were on - the -brink of having to cut off gas, for top priority customers such as homes and essential services. BUT IT ADDED that "if con- servation efforts continue and the weather remains as fore- cast, pipelines are expected to meet essential priority one re- quirements for the next two days." That priority covers homes and hospitals and keeps water pipes from freezing. No speedy end to natural gas crisis I - A panel of governors told Congress the harsh winter is forcing millions of people to choose between buying food and buying fuel. The governors urged federal action to help the needy pay their soaring fuel bills. A Library of Congress study has estimated extra fuel costs this winter could cost an average of $139 per household. Governors of Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Kentucky and the lieutenant governor of Mass- achusetts said the poor, the un- employed and those of fixed in- comes are unable to cope with the extra expenses and that state funds to help them through the winter are nearly exhausted. i The natural gas shortages of this winter are likely to con- tinue to plague the nation in coming years, according to nat- ural gas producers and the in- coming head of the Federal En- ergy Administration. "WE ARE CERTAINLY going to have a pinch well into the 1980's" said David Foster, ex- ecutive vice president of the Natural Gas Supply Committee, an industry group. John O'Leary, President Car- ter's choice as administrator of the FEA, was even more pessi- mistic, saying natural gas short- ages may become chronic and increase in severity in the mid- 1980s unless strong fuel conser- vation measures are taken. The FPC's new regulations immediately allow interstate pipelines to purchase emergen- cy gas until Aug. 31 at higher prices than those normally per- mitted by nationwide price ceil- ings. A News Analysis HOUSTON (1') - The hardships caused by the natural gas crisis will take longer to heal than those brought about by the 1973- 74 gasoline shortage. The long waiting lines at gasoline pumps in late 1973 and early 1974 vanished after the end of the Arab embargo on shipments of crude oil to this country. THE NATURAL gas crisis, however, won't fade away so quickly. 'President Carter's emergency legislation may ease this winter's crunch, but it will not, as he acknowledges, correct a long- standing supply problem. In Washington, John O'Leary, the' incom- ing head of the Federal Energy Adminis- tration, said yesterday that natural gas shortages may become chronic by 1985 un- less strong fuel conservation measures are followed. - O'Leary, who said he was not speak- ing for the President or White House energy adviser James Scheslinger on the subject, said even if additional gas fields are devel- oped, the nation probably cannot produce enough natural gas to- meet the increasing demand. THE NATURAL gas producers say they have not spent money to bring in addi- tional supplies because the federal govern- ment has imposed regulations that force them to sell gas for less than it costs them to produce it. Faced by declining reserves and produc- tion, interstate pipelines for several years already have been operating under curtail- ment programs that have left sales far short of demand. Complicating the situation has been a trend by many producers to contract their gas to intrastate markets that offer higher prices and are free of federal interstate reg- ulations. CARTER'S immediate options also are restricted by his emergency legislation it- self. He can shift supplies from one interstate pipeline to anothe*but he cannot shift gas from the intrastate markets. The legislation only authorizes voluntary intrastate sales to the interstate lines. The interstate pipeliners cannot bolster their supplies simply by turning valves and, unlike the oil companies, their prospects for imports have been restricted to negligible amounts from Canada and Mexico. IT WAS announced yesterday that Mexico wo'ild start shipping 40 million cubic feet per day to the United States next week to help ease the shortage. Until now, however, Mexico's supplies to the United States have been insignificant. Once this winter's crunch has ended, de- mand d'uring the spring and summer will decline. But the pipeliners will be faced with replenishing supnlies drawn from itheir storage reserves during the cold weather emergency period. Storage withdrawals this season have dwarfed those of recent years and the es- sential job of replenishing could delay the reopening of some industrial plants now shut down. Daily Photo by ALAN BILINSKY GOVINDA'S EMPLOYES picket in protest of last week's mass firing. Govindas picketed, manager amioy''ed Bargain hunters find two-bit treasures at Kiwanis sale (Continued from Page 1) Roseh also purchased a sailor shirt and a vest for a mere Dit- A ( "You can see all these people grabbing things and it's really crowded but everyone is nice," said Rosen. "Hippies can even SEMINAR-WORKSHOP IN ZEN PRACTICE Despite the potpourri of of- ferings, the sale was missing SATURDAY, E.5one of the feature attractions FEB. 5-10 A.M.4 P.M. from years before. According to K U E NZ E L ROOM, MICHIGAN UNION the sale's- co-chairman, F. Hus- / ton "Tex" Colvin, "we've sold CONTRIBUTION: $10 cars in other years. Neverthe- Conducted by ZENSON SHAKYA, Ordained Priest of the Zen Center less," he added, "we're still do- of Rochester, New York. c ,eTONIGHT At Please bring 2 blankets to serve as cushions for Zazen (Zen medita- SECOND CHANCE tion) and wear loose fitting clothing. __j"MUGSY" FOR INFORMATION CALL: THE ANN ARBOR ZEN GROUP-665-0275 Further Info: 994-5350 516 E. LIBERTY e Y ,, s i,, -i ing something for people, andt it's fun." Kiwanis President Lee Blay- lock, who boasted a gray- brimmed hat with a name tag proclaiming "Honest Lee", said that University students were some of his favorite patrons. "PEOPLE SQUAWK and com- plain and bitch about college kids," he said, "but we accept checks here and have yet to get a bad check from the kids. I think this is indicative of most kids on campus. "The sale is a real chance to visit with the students," he said. "We find they're the greatest people in the world." The profits from the 51st an- nual sale will go to the commu- nity 'to help fund 129. various projects sponsored by the Ki- wanis. The projects include 4-H scholarships, Boy and Girl Scouts and programs -for crip- pled children. The chief, recipient of the funds is the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. The sale is staffed by the 161 local Kiwanis members, their families and friends. "We even have ladies who come here ev- ery year from Saline, Dexter and Manchester to help out," said Blaylock. The group also sponsors a one day sale in September geared toward returning college stu- dents. According to Colvin, the combined revenue. from both sales last year was $45,000. He estimated that the Kiwanis would make $35,000 this year with the present rummage sale. Merchandise for the sale, which started yesterday and runs through Saturday after- noon, was donated by people throughout Washtenaw County. (Continued from Page 1) many people would want to go back," Thompson stated. 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