The Michigan Daily-Saturday, August 4, 1979-Page 5 Gas lines An August consumption rise could spur their return NEW YORK (AP) - Gasoline sup- plies are improving, but a sudden in- crease in consumption could put Americans back on the gas lines this fall, analysts said yesterday. A sharp rise in demand could also imperil the oil industry's attempt to meet the government request that stocks of heating oil be built up in, preparation for the winter. "August is the crucial month for gasoline, because it's the big driving month, but we've also got to worry about heating oil," said Mel Pine, a spokesman for Mobil. "Gasoline is star- ting to calm down now, and the next problem is heating oil." "THE BEHAVIOR of the U.S. motorist in the coming weeks is a critical factor in the overall supply situation," said Robert Reine, an economist at Conoco Inc. The analysts do not expect a sudden Jobless rate up: Reasons uncertain jump in gasoline consumption, feeling that high prices and fears of shortages will keep demand down. But August is important, officials say, because it is traditionally the last month of the heavy-driving season. Should supplies remain adequate during August, coming months should pose little or no problem in gasoline supplies. But if the improved supplies cause Americans to suddenly resume their old driving patterns after several mon- ths of conservation, the fragile supply chain could crumble again, analysts say. PLEASANT FALL weatheracould also crimp supplies. Last year, the driving season didn't end on schedule because of unusually mild fall weather in many parts of the nation. That put a severe strain on gas supplies that con- tributed to this summer's shortage. "Last year, the weather stayed so good that people stayed on the road all the way through December, when the snows came," said Jim Tsikerdonis, an analyst for the American Petroleum Institute, a Washington-based industry group. "I don't know just how scared people are." Tsikerdonis said any problems may be alleviated by an increase in gasoline inventories in recent weeks to levels considerably greater than last year's. These inventories, representing a few days' supply, are used by oil companies as emergency supplies when demand out runs production.. THEY'RE STILL below 1977 levels" on inventories, Tsikerdonis said. "But having that extra cushion in there helps." Onthe other side of the coin, however, is the shift being made now by refiners into making heating oil-known as distillate-for the winter. The government has requested the oil industry to build up large supplies of heating oil to guard against a shortage this winter. "I don't think we're out of the woods, especially with the desire to build the distillate stocks higher by October," Tsikerdonis said. WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's unemployment rate crept up slightly in July to 5.7 per cent, but the rise was too small to indicate that a recession is taking its toll in the job market, gover- nment economists said yesterday. Total employment during July grew by a healthy 450,000 jobs, with adult women accounting for the gain, the Labor Department said. And, though unemployment among adult men rose, jobless rates for women, non-whites, and minority teen agers fell to their lowest levels since 1974. The July jobless rate compared with a June unemployment rate of 5.6 per cent, which was the lowest in nearly five years. The number of people without jobs rose during the past month by a mere 74,000 to 5,848,000, the Labor Department reported. ALTHOUGH THE pace at which new jobs are created has slowed in recent months, the unemplyment rate has remained unexpectedly stable, for the past year, fluctuating between 5.6 per cent and 5.9 per cent. President Carter's press secretary, Jody Powell, said the latest jobless figures showed no significant change and presented no reason for the president to alter his curent economic policies, which are aimed principally at reducing inflation. Powell also said Carter was "per- sonally gratified" by the drop in unem- ployment among non-whites. THE MOVIES AT BRIARWOOD 1-94 & S. STATE. @ 769-8780 (Adjacent to J C Penney) *DAILY EARLY BIRD MATINEES-Adults $1.50 DISCOUNT IS FOR SHOWS STARTING BEFORE 1:30 GOVERNMENT economists, who expect unemployment to rise sharply in Iran elects the next year in response to a recession, expressed surprise yesterday that the job market has shown so little assemnbly to deterioration thus far. The administration has forecast a Srecession for this year, with a recovery ia k e n eiv beginning in 1980. Arnold Packer, an assistant labor secretary and the department's chief constitution economist, said it is "peculiar" that an economic downturn since the spring TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - With scant has not shown up in unemployment privacy, Iranians cast their ballots figures. "We may see the turning point yesterday for a 73-member assembly to in a month or two, but we havent seen draw up a new constitution. Officials at some Tehran polling ENDS TONIGHTI places said they saw many people voting for candidates from the Islamic "MANHATTAN" Republic Party of revolutionary leader 6:20 8:10, 10:00 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. A number of the secular figures who I ! I might have been candidates withdrew from contention, claiming the voting 5h Avenue at Libe rtS 1700 procedures were not deomeratic.F OFFICIAL TRENDS will not be "People make love for so many made public until today, with final reas os-why shouldn't results announced Monday by the money be one of them?" government. -The gospel according to St. Jack The assembly is scheduled to convene in August and, within 30 days, discuss Ben and ratify a new charter. The con- Gazzara stitution will then be presented to the people for their approval and parliamentary elections will follow. The Parliament is expected to then elect a president for the nation.s Iran currently has a provisional government headed by Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan. The Islamic party advocates a char- FRST ter calling for a religious state. 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