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Show Page 2—THE HERALD,Provo, Utah, Thursday, April 12, 1979 Gasoline Supplies Seen Short for This Month By ROZ LISTON published in North Hol- higher United Press Inter- lywood In a move that could Calif national specializes in oil market Meanstill severer gasAmerican motorists analysis and stastical oline shortages, Saudi face more service sta data on gasoline Arabia the nation’s April gasoline alloca tions closings and longer waiting lines this month because available gaso- tions are only 91.8 per. cent of sales during the same month last year line spetes are 12.7 per- cent below largest foreign of crude oil supplier saidit will lower its daily ¢ produc tion from ct whichis less than the 93.9 barrels once Iranianout put teaches 4 million bar loc a rels a day according to theletter said Under the April alloca the newspaper An Nahar tions 8 52 trillion gallons in Beirut projected April demand. an authoritative petroleum newsletter said Monday The Energy Departmenthas estimated that of gasoline will be But Radio Tehran Mon: the disruption of Iranian available at the pump day reported its oil oil production has or 12.7 percent short of production topped 4 mil created a shortfall of only motorists’ projected de: lion barrels a dayfor the 9 percent in the nation’s mand for the month of first time since the oil supplies. 976 trillion gallons ac revolution last December The gasoline shortage cording to Lundberg that turned off the oil could be worsened bythe Adding to the crunch at taps and toppled the shah Easter holiday weekend the pump, Easter falls in Before the revolution which may put an even April this year rather Iran produced about 65 greater strain on the than Marchas it did last million barrels a day and limited supplies at the year. the United States im. pump, according to the Areas that receive ported roughly 900 000 Lundberg Letter. avy Easter holiday barrels of crude daily With a recentdeclinein traffic — beaches rivers, from the Persian nation the nation’s crude im- mountains or roughly 10 percent will be hit ports now reflecting the harder becausetheir gas- of total U.S. petroleum direct impact of the 69- oline allocations are imports. Iran was the naday Iranian oil shutdown based on a month last tion’s No. 2 supplier ofoil U.S. oil companies have year that did not have after Saudi Arabia imposed stiffer alloca- Easter in it,” Lundberg tions on April gasoline said. LONDO? UPI) — The deliveries than on March In Los Angeles the romantic South Seas supplies. Automobile Club of feature largely in a In March gasoline Southern California London exhibition this dealers were short one warned motorists plann- summer marking the out of every 11 gallons, ing Easter weekend trips 200th anniversary of the but the oil companies’ that they will find more death of Capt. Cook, the tighter April deliveries Sunday closings. steeper famed Pacific explorer translate into a potential prices for gasoline, and “Captain Cook in the Shortage of one out of shorterstation hours than South Seas’ at the every eight gallons at the they did two weeks ago. Museum of Mankind, will ump, Lundberg said. A survey conducted by concentraté on the erefore, closed sta- the club revealed nearly cultures of Tahiti Hawaii tions, gasoline outages twice as many service and New Zealand as Cook and lines will likely be stations will be closed on found them, before worse this month,” the Easter Sunday and prices Western influences inletter predicted. will be between 2 cents truded. The exhibition Theprivate newsletter, and 3 cents a gallon Tuns until mid-October Penn State Coeds in Slim Down Contest UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa (UPI) — The atmosphere has become remarkably close-mouthed with 65 women of McElwain Hall these days The tight-lipped students are trying to ouislim each otherin a fierce struggle to lose the most pounds — a turns to thoughts of a smaller silhouette The Big Racepits the 10 McElwain Hall houses against each other. After an initial weigh-in which tallied the total bulk of each building. the students started watching the pounds drop marked change from the collegiate days of gorging Don't you think it doesn’t work,’ competitions Chalk up the ‘Big Race’ to Joanna Carson. a Penn Boyd. a senior journalism major from Rochester Y. “Have you ever crept down a hall toward your room while holding a chocolate bar only to have a friend suddenly jab a 22-caliber carrot stick in your back and scream, Drop it. Two Ton’? The mode of competion is not restricted to sheer State junior biology major from Philadelphia. who readily admits she has a habit “of coming up with weird ideas Ms. Carson said she con tion simply f ived of the team starva: all diet together, we'll have more motivation to lose weight Although not particularly a heavyweight Dieting is the Great American God,” said Dawn Williams, a sophomore speech communication major from Pleasant Hills Pa. “Everyone wants tolose weight simply to look her best ain House holds weekly weigh-ins and group Win at Bridge Fine Lead DumpsDeclarer [ i] normal preempt. North's double was NORTH oKQ96 for takeout so South's four-spade call was eminently correct oe @KJ108 WEST o544 As anyone can see, West could have made five hearts with eight trumps #KQ1054 EAS ° | | VAKQUSSGI w! o64 es dummy’s aces of diamonds and spades and one spade ruff. East probaby should havebid that five hearts, but he hoped to beat for spades and was not at ° all sanguine about prospects at five o) hearts SOUTH #51087 ¥ 863 | West made the surprise lead of the deuce of hearts. He hoped to get his €Q97 #A%6 | | partner in to give him a club ruff. Unfortunately for that well laid plan, it | went sour because dummy was able to Vulnerable: Neither Dealer: West | West North East South 4” Pass Dbl. Pass Pass Pass 4@ trumpthat heart lead South went right after trumps, but East grabeed the first one with his ace and shot back a club for West to ruff It didn't require any genius on West's part to playa diamond. East's ace becamethe third defensive trick Opening lead: ¥2 | and another club ruff left South's con- —————— tract in the ashcan. Not much solace for East and West By Oswald Jacoby and Alan Sontag Prices Effective April 12, 13, and 14, or while supplies last. 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