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Show THEp Page 4 Thursday, December 21, 1978 r Til UT THEBI NOW OPEN INTERNATIONAL Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries announced Sunday it will increase the price of crude oil by 14.5 percent during 1979. The hikes will come in four steps with a five percent raise commencing January 1. The decision shocked western observers and sent the U.S. dollar and the Dow Jones stock average on a downward slide, further darkening economic forecasts for 1979. The OPEC oil ministries defended their action, saying it is the result of the West's failure to dampen inflation. They even contended that the price hikes will help the world economy in the long run. The OPEC cartel produces more than 30 percent per-cent of the world's petroleum and accounts for 37 percent of the oil consumed in the United States. It is estimated that the increased cost of Arab crude oil will mean a three-cent boost in the price of a gallon of gasoline in 1979. Tokyo Reunification talks and an eventual union of Communist China and Taiwan were predicted by a Peking legislator in the wake of President Carter's announcement Friday that he will grant diplomatic recognition to the People's Republic of China. (See related story in "National" section.) The prediction of unificationn was attributed by a Japanese news agency to Chen Yi-sung, a member of the National People's Congress. Saying he was giving his personal views, Yi-sung estimated that 15 or 16 of the 21 nations that have diplomatic ties with Nationalist China will sever them, leaving it isolated and in need of reunification with Communist China. Tokyo Security guards saved Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira from a knife attack Monday when a young man seeking a better "quality of life" lunged at the Japanese leader. The prime minister escaped unharmed alter Sumio Hirose, 31, dashed at him with a knife and was intercepted by guards. Police said the assailant was carrying a written statement reading in part, "The government has not done anything about the people's quality of life for the 33 years since World War II and has concentrated concen-trated only on economic growth." Jerusalem Egyptian amendments to the compromise peace treaty, supported by the U.S., were rejected Friday by Israel's cabinet, which said Egypt was to blame for the stalemate in the Middle East peace negotiations. Th? cabinet also implied that partial responsibility for the breakdown rests with the United States, setting the stage for a confrontation with the Carter administration. The stance of the cabinet marks a striking change of course in the peace efforts and Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan has said there "definitely is a realistic possibility" that a treaty with Egypt may never be realized. The amendments which are unacceptable to Israel affirm an interdependency between the bilateral Egyptian-Israeli pact and the estalish-ment estalish-ment of autonomy for Palestinian Arabs on the West Bank of the Jordan River and the Gaza Strip. Tehran, Iran In an effort to end months of violence focused against the shah, the military-led government of Iran banned all demonstrations Friday after troops fired on a funeral procession in the city of Shiraz. At least 50 people were reported killed in riots during a 24-hour period. On Monday, troops again clashed with opponents op-ponents of the shah and several more deaths were reported during the day of mourning for those slain in Iran's 11 month's of upheaval. NATIONAL Washington Saying, "We are recognizing a simple reality," President Carter announced Friday the United States will grant diplomatic recognition to the People's Republic of China on January 1 and will cut relations with Nationalist China. Carter is scheduled to meet with communist com-munist Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-peng next month. : The agreement with Peking, which Carter said ;was reached Thursday, immediately was attacked at-tacked by conservatives, who called the move ! "cowardly, "tern Dry depressing, and "a staD in hhe back," to Taiwan. In a joint communique ;with the communist Chinese government, the president said the United States "acknowledges ; the Chinese position that there is but one China , n rl I imrM ip nn tr t1 f nm'l li it i i- hie c rrs- ft I Friday, Carter said, "I have paid special atten- i tion to ensuring that normalization ol relations : between the United States and the People's Republic of China will not jeopardize the well-being well-being of the people of Taiwan." Colorado Springs, Colorado A postman told police that the mail of 81 -year-old Gretchen McRae had not been picked up in more than a week. When officers searched the home they found that Miss McRae had died, probably due to exposure to the cold. But they also found the mummified body of her 83-year-old sister on a sofa covered with old newspapers . A coroner estimated the older sister had been dead for five years. Police had no comment on why Gretchen had left her sister's body on the sofa under "a ton" of newspapers. Cleveland Mayor Dennis Kucinich announced announ-ced Monday that he will lay off 2,000 of the city's 10,000 public workers January 2 in an attempt to prevent bankruptcy. Cleveland became the first major U.S. city to default since the Depression on Saturday morning when it failed to pay $15.5 million in notes due Friday to six local banks and its own treasury. The layoffs will affect police, fire and sanitation workers the hardest. The mayor's announcement an-nouncement met with bitter reaction from angry union leaders who threatened to strike. As if Cleveland's financial plight weren't enough for the embattled mayor, who barely survived a recent recall election, his brother was arrested Monday as a suspect in a bank robbery. Washington The National Center for Health Statistics reported Monday that the death rate in the United States fell to an all-time low last year, and the life expectancy for the general population reached 73.2 years, the highest ever. Washington An Energy Deparment study, which has been presented to President Carter, asserts that 23 percent of the nation's energy needs could be met by solar energy within twenty twen-ty years if the government is willing to spend $2.4 billion a year on solar programs. The study concludes that a portion of the total $113 billion price tag would be offset by a reduction reduc-tion in subsides that otherwise would be paid through tax breaks to those producing alternative alter-native energy sources such as oil, gas, coal and nuclear power. 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