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Show t PEOPLE 2A MARCH 14, 1977 DESERET NEWS, MONDAY, Margaret i l.mnse t ook A'hociatpd Press writer Federal and state officials are measuring the impact of the West Coast drought and Florida frost on the nations food hill But consumers already are paying the price for bad winter weather, and more discouraging news lies ahead. "There will undoubtedly be a shortage m canned fruit and vegetables and the retail side will be feeling it late this year and throughout 1978, said Robert Gibson, president of the California Canners and Growers Association and president of the National Canners Association Gibson was quoted by Supermarket News, a Thpr$ js pvcrv publication, as say?ng indication of extremely curtailed production this The U S Department of Agriculture index for vegetables was 30 percent higher in January than in December. The USDA said that prices paid to growers for fresh vegetables are likely to remain high through April and warned of "firm to moderately high prices for most processed vegetables during the first half of 1977. Frost in Florida cut the citrus crop, although it is still expected to be a record. Wet weather m the Rio Grande Valley in Texas interfered with carrot planting, sharply boosting the cost of that vegetable. Industry experts differ about the supply situation and the extent of price hikes, but they all agree that consumers face bigger bills. Don Hodgson, a produce expert for the Independent Grocers Alliance in California, said he expected adequate amounts of most products. But he said the frequent canned goods specials of last year would disappear. Hodgson said it was too early to tell exactly what would happen as a result of the drought. Its still kind of anybodys guess, he added. He noted, however, that lack of water for irrigation in California would cut sharply into the number of acres planted with tomatoes, meaning that whole peeled and Btewed tomatoes may still be in short supply in some areas. (California produces 85 percent of the nations tomatoes.) not heat the entire building. ' .The reason: A rule of thumb has established that solar collectors will usually heat floor space About twice the size of the collectors. ;'0n skyscrapers there just isnt enough roof. the federal go, .Now vernment has spent r.000 joof Sad out whot thumb would have told them: There isnt enough roof on the seventh tallest building in the world to heat it with solar energy. Applying the rule of thumb to the headquarters of Citicorp, the na- tions second largest bank, would have shown that the roof wouid supply about 4 percent of the 20,000-square-fo- ot building. But the government paid the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8186,000 to estimate just A treasure how much of the building solar energy could heat. The answer: about 5 percent. The project was CTVs Period.) aban- and it leaves a peculiar looking shadow on New Yorks skyline: a roofline at a 4degree angle 905 feet above Lexington Avenue. The bank originally did not plan a solar roof. But the city rejected a plan to doned , Treasury WASHINGTON WPH foreSecretary Michael Blumenthal casts the nations economy will make a 90 "very strong rebound" in the coming at a inflation with continuing days moderate pace Production ami employment should increase as part of a substantial recovery from economic damage caused by winter weather, he said Meet the Press. Sunday on NBC-TV- s "The rate of inflation will remain between 5 and 6 percent for the year as a whole, Blumenthal said Inflation is still a "cruel tax on persons with fixed incomes and the administration is working to bring the rate down The administration economic stimulus plan should revive the economy without adding to inflation, he said. his BLACK ANGUS presence there might very well be so disruptive drives a residents didnt want. ley 1 1 1966 sta- TERMS ARRANGED 13th Anniversary frH apparently In fact, Williams says, m 42 South State (roar) 2 Phone 363-546- BEEF SALE! Cutting Eble. Wrapping Freezing And Williams says he is also gettuig good mileage out of bicycles, mowers, a television set and a refrigerator all of which had been put out for trash collection. tion wagon some lady was going to have pulled to the junkyard." And he has car-- . home peted his three-roowith good carpet, which Bex CO. BEEF as to cause the whole exercise to collapse, he said. But Jamieson said it would be difficult to prevent Amin from attending the London conference television set, radios, carpets and numerous other items during the nearly nine years he has worked as a trash hauler for the city. Williams predicted Question I think hunt for garbage collector Ferell Williams says he feels as if he were going on a treasure hunt when he leaves every morning for his job as a sanitation worker in a wealthy Columbus suburb. ' Some people throw away bettor stuff than I can afford to buy, said Williams, who has collected cars, lawn ' mowers, bicycles, watches, rebound Big A team of WASHINGTON (UPI) scientists who examined the path of the Alaska pipeline found more than a half million artifacts, some dating back 10,500 years. Thp pipeline company publication "Alyesku Reports said flint scrapers, small microblades and projectile points comprised the bulk of the finds Tools, animal remains and dwelling ruins also were discovered. The findings indicate that early inhabitants of Alaska were nomads, depending for their livelihood on the movements of caribou herds and on fish runs, the publication said. Artifacts found in the Brooks Range suggest that hunters crossed the north slope yearly. Ancient whalebone sled runners, along with copper, obsidian and white mink bones found hundreds of miles north of their origin, reveal a mobile lifestyle, it said. Canadian External Affairs Minister Don Jamieson says Ugandan dictator Idi Amins presence at the Commonwealth Conference in June could collapse the talks. I think the conference will go a lot more smoothly if Idi Amin is not there, Jamieson said in a broadcast interview Sunday (on Retired Army Lt. Gen. Charles D. Herron, one of the eldest living graduates of West Point, celebrated his 100th birthday Sunday at a retirement home in Honolulu. Herron graduated from U.S. Military Academy in 1899 and saw action the same year in the San Bias Philippine insurrection. He is also a veteran of the Spanish-America- n War, the Pancho Villa campaign and World War I Acree urged that the impact upon the federal border enforcement effort be carefully weighed before any legislation is enacted In opening the hearings. Chairman cautioned , Lester L. Wolff, witnesses against "an inconclusive debate on questions such as whether harmful than marijuana is more or less alcohol No drug use is or should be condoned or promoted by this commitis tee, Wolff said. The tssue here of reduction of penalty, not promotion use Pipeline path yields artifacts - Canadian attacks Amin General turns 100 inara w country "Without the threat of criminal prosecution, many who formerly feared involvement with marijuana may now become involved, U S Customs Commissioner Vernon D Acree said He testified before the House Special Committee on Narcotics as it opened three days of hearings on the issue of decriminalizing the possession of marijuana Other witnesses scheduled to appear during the hearings include law enforcement officials, medical specialists and officials from two states, Pope Paul VI suffered a relapse of influenza today and cancelled all his audiences for the day. Vatican sources said it was not yet certain the pontiff would hold his weekly general audience scheduled for Wednesday Convicted Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt says he has more than paid his dues for his role in the scandal and will not perform any acts of public contrition Hunt, in a lecture at Millersville State College Sunday night, said he has paid the crushing cost, tragedy, ridicule and disgrace by having served 32 months m prison for his crime the f Pope stricken anew Paid my dues, Hunt says Short on heat ZSi irh? mSa iw V have California and Oregon, which man- decriminalized casual use of - A top federal WASHINGTON (AP law enforcement official warned today that reaucuou of criminal penalties or possession of marijuana may promote more smuggling of the drug into this Combined wire services Margaret Trudeau is heme again. The wife of Prime ?Ilrister Pierre Eliiett Trudeau slipped quietly into Ottawa Saturday night after a widely publicized weekend with the Rolling Stones rock group m Toronto, followed by a trip to New York, where the Stories went after their Toronto concert Whether she joined her husband at a private dinner Saturday night for MLitiister British frin and Mrs. James Callaghan was a matter the prime ministers office refused to discuss over the weekend Her only companion on the Air Canada flight to the Canadian capital was a blonde woman, who was not identified Montgomery County, Tenn., Sheriff Paul Neblett has used numerous disguises in his undercover work for the past twelve years, gaining convictions in over 90 percent of the cases. Neblett even fooled his own father when he dropped by for a visit. Long on height heat for m I Mbf f year NEW YORK (UPI) -Experts have long known that solar collectors on a roof of a skyscraper will trm m K Don't ease pot la Customs chief says at our boat ora of th flnart quality grain and corn tad. Agad to partition for flna flavor. All U.S.D.A CHOiCIHINO U.S.D.A. Choice Our Ylold 1 A Yiald 1 Ckoica lest Side ksv HINDQUARTERS We cant keep all we find. allow condominium apartments in the Tobacco subsidy under review building. So someone came up with the idea to put solar collectors on the roof. A Washington firm WASHINGTON (UPI) The Agriculture Department is reviewing very carefully the governments $87 million annual subsidy to tobacco growers, but Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland says ending the program es- timated solar panels would save the top half of the building 50 percent its energy costs. of could drive thousands of tobacco growers off their farms. He said Sunday if tobacco is eventually banned as a dangerous substance obviously that means the end of the tobacco program." ww mwwvwww Ehai.osd organ SAlEl Use of energy full organ with foot t w o keyboards, vibrato, re- verb, violin, flute, trombone plus bench and delivery Similar to picture. A grows 4.8 pet. pedals, WASHINGTON (UPI) Energy use grew 4.8 decline in percent last year, reversing a two-yeU S. energy consumption, according to the Bureau of ar Mines. Fuel conservation efforts by industry kept total consumption from climbing even higher, the report said. According to figures released Sunday by the bureau, household and commercial sectors of the economy used 7.3 percent more energy last year than in 1975, reflecting the impact of cold weather. By comparison, industrial energy use rose only 3.3 percent Petroleum accounted for nearly half of all U S power needs, a slight expansion of the role it played the year before. 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