Vol. LXXXIX, No. 34-S Wednesday, June 27, 1979 Sixteen Pages Ann Arbor, A ichigan Ten Cents plus Supplement OPEC may decide on $20 for a barrel of oil GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will probably decide on an oil price of $20 a barrel in a com- promise between moderate and ex- treme members, conference sources said yesterday. OPEC is expected to announce its decision today, ending two days of meetings here. The price of OPEC crude oil now stands at $14.55 a barrel, although surcharges imposed by most of the cartel's members bring the average price to about $17. AN INCREASE to $20 a barrel would raise gasoline and heating oil prices in the United States by about five cents a gallon. In Tokyo, meanwhile, President Car- ter was reported ready to ask major in- dustrial countries to set individual tar- gets for limiting oil imports through 1980. The plan would aim at reducing global imports by about two million barrels a day, theeamount by which demand now exceeds supply, U.S. Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal said. Observers here said the one .con- ceivable block to a $20 price is Saudi Arabia, OPEC's largest and most moderate member, which has said repeatedly it would not accept a price over $18. In the meeting, the Saudis were seeking a price between $17 and $18, sources said. THE ATTITUDE of the Saudis, some analysts said, might force OPEC to set a two-tiered price, with Saudi Arabia charging a price for its oil below the prices charged by the rest of OPEC. But a source within one of the cartel's key delegations said he expected the Saudis to accept the $20 price. The source said he felt Iran and Libya, which have been asking for prices of $23 and $27 a barrel respec- tively, would also settle for the $20 See OPEC, Page 6. Daily Photo by LISA KLAUSN'tK Workers resurfacing South University Ave. stir up clouds of dust in pedestrians' faces. Many Ann Arbor streets are receiving similar facelifts at a cost of approximately $4 million. A2p Pourim millionons in topotholes By ADRIENNE LYONS Ann Arbor pedestrians are wading through dust clouds and drivers are confounded with detours as several city streets are receiving a $4 million facelift, according to Streets, Traffic, and Parking Supervisor Leigh Chizek. Chizek said several projects, in- cluding a $1.2 million overhaul of Maple Road, are currently underway. The Cunningham-Gooding Construction Co. was contracted for the Maple Road project, which will run through the summer, Chizek explained. CHIZEK ALSO SAID S. University Ave., Maynard, and Ann Streets will be repaired under the University project. According to Chizek, under terms of an agreement reached last spring by the University and the city, the Univer- sity will pay approximately half the cost of repairs on campus streets. "Over a period of years, we'll upgrade the whole campus area," Chizek said. Assistant University Planner Ken Korman said the University would pay close to $90,000 of the $200,000 worth of repairs on campus roads. Korman said in the agreement the University tried to emphasize repairs for bus routes. Kor- man added that bus rides would be smoother and buses may require less maintenance with better roads. Maynard St. is the only campus area road not on a bus route that is being fixed, according to Korman. "THE WORK ON Ann St. is more ex- tensive than the other two," Korman said. Ann St. will be concrete when the repairs, running from Glen St. to Washtenaw Place, are completed around Labor Day. Korman said the repairs on Maynard St. will run from E. Jefferson Ave. to E. William St., while S. University Ave. between S. State St. and Washtenaw Ave. will be fixed. These repairs consist of rotomilling, which includes tearing up the street, making base repairs, and resurfacing. Chizek said other repair projects in- ,clude: A '79 Patching Project - This $250,000 project will spread repairs See CITY, Page 6 Senate raises U' budget By JULIE ENGEBRECHT The first legislative steps of the state's appropriations procedure have been completed, and the Senate last week recommended the University receive $4,350,000 over the governor's proposed funding level. The House and joint appropriations committees still must review the state budget, before any allocations are finalized. APPROPRIATIONS bills initiated in, the Senate traditionally have been reduced after going through the House. A joint conference committee will work out any differences between the two chambers' bills. The Senate's bill appropriates $148.9 million to the University's Ann Arbor campus - an increase of 11.2 per cent over last year's funding level. The average increase in state higher education funding is 10.9 per cent from 1978-79 to 1979-80. The University requested an 18 per cent increase from the state in October. University officials were pleased with the increase, but cautious because the entire process has not been com- pleted. "WE'RE HOPEFUL that kind of fun- ding level can be sustained," said Richard Kennedy, vice-president for state relations. "I'd be less than honest if I told you the prospects for staying at that level were really very good." Kennedy said the - budget would probably be completed in Lansing by the middle of July, which would probably be in time for the July Regen- ts meetings to finalize tuition rates. "Should we actually receive the amount suggested by the Senate, it would make an important change in the budget,' said Vice-President for Academic Affairs Harold Shapiro. "It would be very important for the See SENATE.Page 6 Milliken Califan-o asked to intervene in hospital plans By JOHN GOYER maintains that the University has The regional heslth planning council agreed to substantial changes in the has asked Governor William Milliken hospital plans in negotiations with the and Heaslth, Education, and Welfare Michigan Department of Public Health Secretary Joseph Califano to intervene (MDPH), which will make the final in its behalf in the state review of plans decision on the project, according to fo as nehwUnivesyHopitar l n state and federal planning laws. for a new University Hospital. Regional planners of the Comprehen- In letters sent last Friday, regional sive Health Planning Council for health planning council President Della Southeastern Michigan (CHPC), which Goodwin asked Milliken and Califano to reviews hospital plans and makes force the University to resubmit the recommendations to the State Depar- hospital project to regional planners for tment of Public Health, claim the another review. THE REGIONAL planning council See INTERVENTION.,Page2