Wednesday, June 2, 1976
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Seven Eastern oil firms
charged wihprice fixing
WASHINGTON (M - Seven independent oil companies were
indicted yesterday on federal charges of illegally fixing the price
of gasoline they sell in Middle Atlantic states.
The indictment, returned by a grand jury in U.S. District
Court in Baltimore, also named as defendants the Society of
Independent Gasoline Marketers of America and its executive
director, Robert Cavin, and officials of three of the oil companies.
THE INDICTMENT charged that the trade association, the
companies and the individuals conspired from 1967 to November
1974 to fix the price of gasoline sold at independent stations under
a variety of names.
The effect was to raise gas prices to "artificial and noncom-
petitive levels" in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Dela-
ware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, the indict-
ment said.
The companies indicted are Amerada-Hess Corp. of New
York, Ashland Oil Inc. of Ashland, Ky.; Continental Oil Co. of
Stamford, Conn. and its subsidiary, Kayo Oil Co. of Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Crown Central Petroleum Corp. of Baltimore; the Meadville
Corp. of, Ardmore, Pa., and the Petroleum Marketing Corp. of
McLean, Pa.
THE INDIVIDUALS indicted are Norman Goldberg, senior
vice president of Amerada-Hess; Charles Luellen, group vice
president of Ashland Oil; and W. H. Burnap, executive vice presi-
dent of Petroleum Marketing.
The indictment said stations owned or controlled by the seven
companies sold about 17 billion gallons of gasoline at $4 billion
during the seven years of the alleged conspiracy.
In the Middle Atlantic area, Hess sells gasoline under the
Iess brand, Ashland under the names of Red Head, Payless, Bi-Lo,
Hi-Fy and Rotary; Continental and Kayo under the Kayo brand,
Crown under the Crown brand, Meadville under the names Merit,
Save Way and Martin; and Petroleum Marketing under the Scot
brand.
THE DEFENDANTS conspired to use the trade association "as
a clearing house for gasoline pricing information in order to co-
ordinate price increases and to eliminate discounts and settle pric-
ing disputes," the indictment said.
The companies and individuals contacted each other by tele-
phone and talked during trade association meetings to discuss
price strategy and "to police the agreement" among themselves,
the grand jury charged.
EACH COMPANY and the association faces a maximum fine
of $5,000 if convicted. Each individual could be fined $50,000 and
sentenced to one year in prison.
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Rat swarms invade Sudan
KHARTOUM, Sudan (M-Mil-
lions of rats are swarming
through the fertile delta between
the Blue Nile and White Nile
rivers in Central Sudan, Africa's
largest country, officials report.
There is no precise estimate
of how many rats have invaded
the area, but from the number
killed "there are certainly many
millions," said Abdel Aziz of
the Ministry of Agriculture.
AUTHORITIES say the rats
pose no immediate threat to hu-
mans or to the country's overall
food supply.
"The rats now are finding
enegh to eat," said Aziz. "It
is only when they are hungry or
sick that they can bring disease
to humans. We shall think about
that when the time comes."
However, the rats are eating
crops intended to make Sudan
self-sufficient in wheat and edi-
ble oils, officials said.
THE GOVERNMENT is fight-
ing back with powerful poison
and has killed two million rats
in the Blue Nile province alone.
A two-week campaign in the
fertile Zezira delta between the
Blue and White Niles has cost
$1.5 million so far.
Aziz says the campaign is
moming to other farming areas
where cotton, Sudan's chief cash
crop, is grown.
"We hope to finish off all the
rats in this campaign," he said.
Sudan has a population of
about 18 million people spread
over a total area of 967,500
square miles-nearly four times
the size of Texas, which has
more than 11 million people.
AZIZ SAID the rats reached
invasion proportions because the
government two years ago re-
duced the cotton crop in an ef-
fort to plant more wheat and
nuts to feed its people and cut
off imports.
"When they found something
to eat,,the rats multiplied tre-
mendously, he said.
Aziz refused to give figures
on the damage so far. Farmers
in the G'zira area said the rats
ate oil the ground nuts planted,
four-fifths of the wheat and
three-fourths of the cotton. They
had no figures on the total
amount of crops planted.
'Authorities are using a mix-
ture of zinc phosphate and waf-
erin, an anticoagulant, to kill
the rats.
In January, a rat plague was
reported in the three-nation bor-
der area of Senegal, Mali and
Mauritania on the other side at
North Africa.
The rats infested 180,000 acres
along the Senegal River. More
than $1 million worth of crops
was reported destroyed.
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K)AR GNTER FOR THE PERFOPMNGARTS
Tickets ao on sole TODAY
SUNDAY, JUNE 13
2 Concerts 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 pm,
Reserved seats $8.00 entire day er $5.00 for each show. John
Prine will be featured in both shows. TICKETS AVAILABLE at
follwing outlets:
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Briarwood Hudsons
BY MAIL: Send stamped self-addressed envelope and certified
check or money order to: Mich. Union Box Office, 530 State St.
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This festival of music is a benefit by the above performers for
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held tor Guild Guitar -and Great Lakes Banjo courtesy of Herb,
David's Guitar Studio and Great Lakes Banjo Company.
SUMMER HOURS Mon.-Fri. 9:30-5:30, Sot. 12-S. Closed Sun.
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