Page tO.2=Friday, June 29, 1979-'-The Michigan Dbiiy. Oficials: Bad hose caused ire have occurred in southeastern proximity generates interest." News-Herald said the damage estimate By TIM YAGLE Michigan within the past two weeks. Wyandotte Assistant Fire Chief John was $500,000, the same estimate as the Washtenaw County officials investi- One was ignited in Ann Arbor on June DeSana said while investigators there Pittsfield Township fire cost estimate. gating Tuesday night's propane gas fire 16 at the Gallup-Silkworth storage yard haven't yet determined a cause for that The tanks were owned by S and S on Carpenter Rd. yesterday blamed the on State St. The other fire erupted in storage yard fire, he said the cause is of Products. explosion on "a spark igniting a leak downriver Wyandotte, Mich. eight days a "suspicious nature," but could not Pesta explained the investigation of between the tanker and the receiver later. elaborate. explosions involves talking to the driver (storage tank)," according to Pittsfield Washtenaw County Sheriff Thomas DeSana said "at least 36" out of 50 "in great depth," questioning wit- Township Police Lt. Frank Pesta. Minick said "(the Carpenter Rd. fire) tanks exploded. No one was reported in- nesses, and examining the physical soundssimilar to the Gallup-Silkworth jured, DeSana said, because, "they evidence. Investigators then incor- He said the origin of the spark "could fire. You can never really rule out ar- (the tanks) all went up so quick, in a porate the evidence and witnesses' be a number of things," including back son in these things. It's always on the matter of minutes they were gone." statements and "see if it realistically pressure building up in the hose used to back of our (investigators') minds. The According to DeSana, the Wyandotte could have happened." transfer the fuel, or a defect in the workmanship of the connecting hose. Officials do not suspect arson, Pesta said. Pesta said representatives from Washtenaw County police departments will convene a meeting, possibly in a few weeks, to discuss safer ways of transferring fuel and better connecting hose design. They will then make safety recommendations to area propane distributors. A propane gas fire and subsequent explosions caused an estimated $500,000 worth of damage to the Washtenaw Farmer's Oil and Petroleum Oil Co. on Carpenter Rd. between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti late Tuesday night. The fire forced nearly 300 residents, mostly from a nearby apartment complex, to spend the night in Red Cross emergen- cy shelters. Two other propane gas explosions WEAKENED BILL TO GIVE MORE TO OIL COMPANIES: House OKs windfall profits tax WASHINGTON (AP) - The House approval of a tougher "windfall approved a weakened "windfall profits" tax yesterday, agreeing with Republican and oil-state lawmakers that the best way to spur domestic oil production is to leave more money with the oil companies. However, the weaker tax, sponsored by oil-state Reps. W. Henson Moore (R- La.), and James Jones (D-Okla.), is still stronger than the one President Carter originally proposed and then challenged Congress to toughen. The House approved the Moore-Jones substitute by a 236-to-183 vote, with 90 Democrats - many from oil-producing states - joining with 146 Republicans. A total of 173 Democrats and 10 Republicans opposed the weakening amendment. THE VOTE was a stinging defeat for Democratic leaders, who had urged profits" tax, arguing that yesterday's steep increase in world oil prices already will pour billions of dollars more into oil company cdffers. The House then sent the amended bill to the Senate on a voice vote. The tax is expected to face more attempts to weaken it when it goes to the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Russell Long, a Democrat from the oil state of Louisiana. The Moore-Jones substitute would cut the tax's basic rate from the 70 per cent proposed by the House Ways and Means Committee to 60 per cent. Carter had proposed a 50 per cent levy. THE CHANGE cuts the amount to, be reclaimed from oil company profits resulting from oil-price decontrol by at least $5.9 billion over five years, accor- ding to congressional estimates. "'ALIEN' is a corker, a walloper, a rouser, a screecher, and a ton of fun...if all movies were as thrilling I would happily spend all of my time N in the movies." GenCShalit NBC-TV ri A f,- Moore and Jones said their proposal would boost domestic oil production by giving the oil companies a greater in- centive to search for new oil supplies. Rep. Al Ullman (D-Ore.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Commit- tee, opposed the Moore-Jones proposal, saying that with the OPEC price hike, the oil companies already would get enough money to encourage their sear- ch for oil. ULLMAN SAID that with the OPEC price hike and with no "windfall" tax, the oil companies would more than double their after-tax profits, from $15 billion a year to $32 billion. He said the Ways and Means Committee's bill would have left the oil companies $22 billion in net profits. Figures were not available on com- parable profit figures under the Moore- Jones substitute. Carter denounces OPlEC oil price hike (Continued from Page i) meant the various factions had failed in an effort to reach a new, unified base price. THE BASE PRICE-for a 42-gallong barrel of Arabian light crude-was raised to $18 from the current $14.55, a 24 per cent hike. Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani said Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar would stick with that benchmark price. Carter also said checks with oil com- panies indicate that gasoline supplies will increase sharply in areas where there have been long gasoline lines. He said supplies in these areas would be increased to 97 per cent of last year's levels. "IT WILL BE A much better supply than we've experienced In the last couple of weeks," the president said. Press Secretary Jody Powell later cautioned that supplies would still fall short of demand. "We're not predicting. everything will be all right," hesaid. HE SAID HE was cancelling a plan- ned vacation in Hawaii to return direc- tly to Washington next week to work on energy legislation. But Carter, stern and unsmilingas he spoke to reporters in the residence of U.S. Ambassador Mike Mansfield, said the OPEC price hike announced yester- day in Geneva was "an extraordinary amount." He said it means oil prices will have increased 60 per cent since December. MON.-TUE.-THUR.-FRI. 7:00-9:35 SAT.-SUN.-WED. 12:00-2.:25-4:40-7:00-9:45 2nd WEEK StorTxtnes Late Comers May Not Stayover ...' AN Shows Ar* NOT Continuous. D GILER SHUSETT R lf t*fTcem~wox"P "" A L i E.. 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