The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, May 8, 1979-Page 9
VANCE TERMS MEETING 'VERY GOOD'
SALT II treaty almost complete
WASHINGTON (Reuter)-Secretary and that an announcement woild me LAST THURSDAY, Vance gave needed to tie up summit arrangements,
of State Cyrus Vance said yesterday made later this week. Dobrynin U.S. proposals for resolving officials added.
that he and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly But the State Department said it ex- the remaining handful of issues, and the U.S. PLANNERS estimate it will take
Dobrynin had a "very goodLmeeting pected to have no further details on the Soviet envoy brought back the three to four weeks to prepare the
on the new Strategic Arms Limitation subject yet. Kremlin's reply yesterday. summit, the first such U.S.-Soviet
Treaty (SALT II).
The statement from Vance, who ***..*e , eeting since former President Gerald
chooses his words carefully, was taken Ford met Brezhnev-.at Vladivostok in
as a signal that Soviet replies to U.S. November 1974.
proposals were positive and suggested By protocol, it is the Soviet leader's
that an accord was now in hand. turn to visit the United States. But in
VANCE AND AMBASSADOR view of his frail health, the summit is
Dobrynin talked for 45 minutes yester- widely expected to be held in a neutral
day morning and the State Department West European country such as Swit-
said later: "'Secretary Vance described zerland, Austria or Sweden.
the meeting as very good." In light of the SALT negotiations,
Only a few matters were said to have Carter will soon be confronted with a
been still open in the attempt to sew up strategic missile decision likely to
the SALT II treaty before this mor- generate the same kind of pro-and-con
ning's session and it was the Soviet turn pressure as the B-1 bomber did, White
to reply to U.S. proposals made last House spokesman Jody Powell said
Thursday for overcoming the final ob- yesterday.
stacles. But Powell said the President would
Dobrynin, asked after the meeting if Do rymn make a thorough-and, he suggested,
the two sides had completed their talks, n ,time-consuming-study before selec-
replied with a smile: "Check with the ting a new way of deploying the new
Secretary." The Carter Administration planned to Conclusion of the treaty will open the MX missile.
BEFORE THE MEETING-th 24th brief Congressional leaders before way to a summit between President The MX, which stands for Missile
Vance-Dobrynin session on SALT II making any statement and State Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Experimental, represents the one new
since the start of the year-U.S. of- Department officials said the first Brezhnev at which the pact will be stratetic weapon the United States
ficials had said they expected it would definitive word probably would come signed. would be allowed to develop under the
be the last substantive negoiating round from that source. But a few more meetings may be proposed SALT II treaty.
Now Showing, Cmu raButerfield Theatres
California to institute IampI
WEANSDAY iS MONDAY NIGHT IS ADULTS FRI., SAT., SUN.
'"BARGAIN DAY'" "GUEST NIGHT" EVE. & HOLIDAYS $3.50
(( $1.5t/UNTIL 5:3O ADMITTED FOR THE ALL MATINEES $2.50
PRICE OF ONE CHILD TO 145$1.50
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It surprised some that California
would lose if allocation was based on
consumption figures. However, Depar-
tment of Energy figures show that
California vehicles average only about
95 per cent of the national average con-
sumption per vehicle.
One explanation offered was that
Californians own more cars per
household than the national average,
which would lower the gasoline con-
sumption per automobile.
The restrictions in California will be
imposed only in counties where local of-
ficials formally ask the governor to
delcare an emergency, Gray Davis,
chief of staff for Gov. Edmund Brown,
Jr., said yesterday at a hearing con-
vened to let county officials and others
discuss the fuel shortage.
Before the hearing even ended, three
of California's four biggest coun-
ties-Los Angeles, San Diego, and San-
ta Clara-asked for such a declaration.
THE THREE COUNTIES account for
6.7 million of California's 16 million
motorists.
Any other counties adopting resolu-
tions requesting declarations by this af-
ternoon will also be included in Brown's
initial emergency proclamation, Davis
said.
Under the odd-even restrictions,
motorists with odd-numbered license
plates could buy gasoline only on odd-
numbered days, and motorists with
even-numbered plates could buy it only
on even-numbered days.
THE PLAN-similar to one imposed
in 1974 during the Arab oil embargo-is
an attempt to reduce the long lines at
service stations, triggered in part by
gasoline shortages and by panic
buying.
Other states, however, do have less
severe supply problems. An Exxon
station in Norwalk, Conn., is one of ma-
ny that has posted a $10 limit on pur-
chases. New Jersey drivers, faced with
closed signs at gas stations Sunday,
were willing to pay the 25-cent toll to get
on the Garden State Parkway, where
gas was being sold-with a $5 limit.
Industry officials list several factors
in the tightness of gasoline supply.
ONE OF THE most important is the
shortage of crude oil brought on by the
Iranian revolution. Although Iranian oil
production has started up again, it is
running at about two-thirds of previous
levels. And other oil-producing nations
which stepped up production to fill the
gap left by Iran have cut back in an at-
tempt to keep the world supply
situation tight and prices high.
Also affecting the supply situation is
a request by the Department of Energy
that oil companies emphasize produc-
tion of distillate (heating) oil for next
winter at the expense of gasoline
production.
Demand for all types of gasoline is up
about 4 per cent this year, despite at-
tempts to get Americans to conserve
the fuel. This rise in demand
aggravates the supply problem,
because oil companies have cut back
shipments of gasoline by an average of
about 10 per cent from last year's
levels.
ENERGY.
Wlle can't
afford to
waste it.