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Show Oil Price By United Press International Saudi Arabian oil sheiks have again boosted the price of their crude oil and automakers report the most horrendous unseasonal slump in sales since the mid 1970s a slump that may rival car sales figures for two decades ago. The Saudi increase Wednesday lifted the price per barral of crude 12 to $28 but analysts said it will add less than a penny to the gallon cost of gasoline and heating oil. Saudi Arabia America's largest foreign oil supplier took its action Sp; less than a month before Arab oil producing nations meet in Algiers for a price-fixin- g meeting Some analysts are worried the Saudi increase foreshadows a chain reaction of price hikes by other Arab oil producers. The worst news came from Detroit Wednesday where carmakers said sales dropped nearly 42 percent in early May Total sales in late April were off 36 3 percent. Analysts said the early May figures were under the slump of Rate On Home Mortgage - FHA Cuts WASHINGTON (UPI) The government's new 11.5 percent rate for FHA and VA single family the largest drop in mortgages the rate on record went into effect today. Department of Housing and Development officials estimated the action, intended to help the depressed housing industry, will ing Wednesday on Veterans Administration and Federal Housing Administration loans. "Our new 11.5 percent rate will enable many more households to home qualify for an FHA-Vloan," he said. "On a $60,000 mortgage, for example, 3.5 million more." families to obtain mortgages. "Because of the 13 percent rate, many potential homeowners are still being priced out of the home ownership market," HUD Secretary Moon Landrieu said in announcing the new mortgage ceil rates for mobile homes and A The department also lowered its enable several million more property improvement loans from 18 percent to 16.5 percent, effective Monday. The ceiling for single family mortgages reached a peak of 14 percent in April. VA-FH- 1974-7and may be less than sales in the late 1950s In the first 10 days of May General Motors Corp showed a 5 decline of 36 6 YEAR, NO. 246 Ford percent; Motor Co was down 50 8 percent; Chrysler Corp. was off 56 9 percent, and American Motors Corp was down 12 4 percent al from 1979 figures. Even Volkswagen of - y America, maker of the Rabbit, suffered a 16 percent fuel-sting- decline. But the auto industry is hopeful consumers will take advantage of several cash rebate programs recently installed by Ford and the financially ailing Chrysler firm. Also in Washington Wednes- day, Rep. William Broadhead. filed a bill to provide a $500 tax credit for consumers who purchase fuel efficient cars during the remainder of 1980 And President Carter Wednesday met with auto executives to express "deep concern" for the industry slump. Carter who last March imposed strict credit controls on consumers to fight an 18.1 percent inflation rate said there are no "magic answers" to the Detroit dilemma. Carter said he has asked his economic advisers to come up with a plan to help the auto industry but the president does not favor imposing higher tariffs or import restrictions against Japanese imports. In other bad news; the lonely Maytag repairman will become even more lonely. The Maytag ;vjrs. 107TH Cot Soles Plummet PROVO, UTAH, THURSDAY, Corp Wednesday announced the impending layoffs of 150 produc- tion employees blaming the "recessionary economy, tight credit and a sharp decline in consumer confidence " In addition, the nation's second largest maker of diesel trucks Mack Truck Inc said Wednesday it would lay off 3 000 workers at plants in Pennsylvania Maryland and California because of declining sales brought on by tight credit and lagging construction There was some good news from Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker and from the Department of Housing and I'rban Development. In Florida speech Volcker said the administration has reached the point where it can "begin to look forward to dismantling" the tough credit controls imposed in March. And he said there was a "reasonable prospect" that the inflation rate would decline to about 10 percent by year's end. HUD said it will cut. effective d today, its single-famil- y mortgage rate from 13 the percent to 11.5 percent largest drop on record. HUD also cuts its rates for mobile homes and property improvement loans from 18 percent to 16.5 percent effective Monday. And in Congress, two tax committees approved resolutions against President Carter's gasoline fee, a levy that was to have begun today but has been blocked by a court ruling. FHA-insure- dime-a-gallo- n $5.00 MONTH-PRI- CE $2 PER BARREL ON ALL GRADES Drug Case Shifts To District Court tmlh MAY 15. 1980 SAUDI ARABIA RAISES OIL PRICES A Springville City Councilman has been bound over to Fourth District Court in Provo on a charge of distribution of a controlled substance. 25 CENTS Gerald L. Ollerton, of 95 N. 1360 E., Springville waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Spanish Fork Circuit Court last week. (tippers - Cuban exKEY WEST, Fla. (UPI) iles and shrimp boat captains under charter today defied President Carter's order to halt the freedom sealif t that so far has brought nearly 44,000 refugees from Cuba to the United States and cost at least 11 lives. On one pleasure craft ignoring the presidential order, three people crammed below decks died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. Eight other people have died during the sealift that began April 21, seven from drowning. "It was the most horrible thing I've ever experienced." said Maricela Rodriguez, 23, who became sick from breathing the deadly fumes below-deck- s on The Sunshine while making the trip across the Florida Strait. By late morning today. 704 refugees had arrived in Key West aboard 20 boats despite Carter's Wednesday warning of vessel seizure and fines. Only three boats arrived without refugees. The Coast Guard reported sighting four more boats headed out from Key West for Cuba. The latest arrivals brought to 43,819 the refugee total. There were 2,196 refugees remaining in processing renters at Key West awaiting transportation to relocation centers at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle and Fort Chafee, Ark. He will appear before Fourth District Judge George E. Baliff Friday at 2 p.m. for arraignment. Order Defy-Carter'- their safety and President Carter ordered an end to the small boat refugee flotilla, proposing instead a formal airlift or sealift of U.S. - bound refugees. The diplomats and their families, 17 people in all, were ordered out because of a "virulent and continuing a State Department spokesman said, including campaign," planned demonstration Saturday before the Swiss Embassy where the U.S. Interest Section was located. They arrived in Miami early today. Other diplomats in the Interest Section remained behind. In a policy statement Wednesday, Carter challenged Cuban leader Fidel a - DE PUE, 111. (UPI) Hydrogen sulfide gas seeping through a sewer system Thursday killed one person, critically injured at least two others and forced the evacuation of about 500 peoeple, officials said. A spokesman for the state Environmental Protection Agency said said the gas seeped into an apartment occupied by an unidentified family of three, killing a woman and overcoming her husband and son, who were hospitalized in critical condition. EPA spokesman John Muraro said in Springfield that the source of the gas was not immediately determined, but he noted that there was a spill of sulfuric acid about the same time at a Mobil Chemical Co. plant nearby. Muraro said the firm was spreading fines. Carter ordered a halt to the freedom sealift Wednesday. He said it would be replaced by a more orderly exodus from Cuba by airlift or sealift. But by today there was no immediate reaction from the Fidel Castro government to the Carter proposal. The Coast Guard reported that as of 8 p.m. Wednesday, 78 vesses were sighted headed for Cuba and 285 seen en route to Key West. It had no information on any boats turning about in response to the presidential order. - White Ala. (UPI) supremacist J.B. Stoner, who once described Adolf Hitler as a racial moderate, was sentenced to 10 years in jail for the bombing of a black church 22 years ago. The controversial Marietta. Ga. attorney was released on $20,000 bond pending an appeal of his conviction Wednesday for the 1958 bombing of the Bethel Baptist Church. No one was in Life lime on the area where the spill occurred to neutralize the substance. Mobil was not available for comment. Sheriff's police advised residents of the Illinois River community of 2.000 to open their windows to ventilate their houses. The south side of the community was evacuated as a precaution and classes were canceled for the day at De Pue schools. Mayor Pirog said the EPA was testing to determine whether it was safe to rturn to town. "The cleanup seems well in hand," Muraro said. "One of our people is on the scene doing testing. He tested four houses and found hydrogen sulfide present in two of them, but not at dangerous levels." Neighbors Buck Stadium Plan BYU Neighbors living in the area of the Brigham Young University stadium object to the university's tentative plans to expand the facility. The citizens attended Provo Planning Commission meeting Wednesday to voice their various objections. The lobbying by Despite the President, Illinois governor and the Chicago mayor, ERA backers say they still need two more votes to get the proposal past the Illinois House, so a vote was delayed until long-distan- The statement made clear the United States will not accept criminals and the mentally ill being forced out by Castro. "We will not permit our country to be used as a dumping ground for criminals who represent a danger to our society and we will begin exclusion proceedings against these people at once," Carter said, adding that about 400 have already been detained. "The United States will welcome Cubans seeking freedom, in accordance with our laws, and we will pursue every avenue to establish an orderly and regular flow." planning commissioners made no decision. Views ranged from the fact that the stadium cuts off the sun to the statement the expansion would be a "monstrosity." Story is on page 3. Vote Delayed, Payoffs Claimed ERA Castro to accept an orderly exit of refugees and reaffirmed the U.S. willingness to "negotiate an orderly process" with the communist government in Havana. jured in the explosion. Stoner, 56, said the verdict would not affect his plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Georgia's Herman Talmadge. "I was prosecuted for my political, social and racial beliefs as you he?rd in the trial " he told reporters as he was led to the Jefferson County jail by deputies. "I am still a white racist," he nap-syla- Thursday: mid-morni- next week. A TV station, meanwhile, an accusation that a used in $200,000 slush fund was being reported payoffs to get the amendment sed. See story on Page 2. pas- Anderson Said Upset Possibility A new poll shows John Anderson is a serious contender to upset President Carter and Ronald Reagan in he may clinch the Republican nomination in next Tuesday's Michigan primary. their race for the presidency. Meanwhile, Reagan's backers say I Pi Showers this evening followed by cloudiness and more showers Friday afternoon Is forecast for the Central Utah area, with overnight lows in the mid 40s and highs Friday 22. Off and On in the upper 60s. See additional Utah weather Information on Page 3 and national weather reports on Page 22. testimony of Stoner himself." boasted. sentence The conviction and the minimum was handed down by a jury of 11 whites and one black after just 1 hour and 20 minutes of deliberations. Stoner showed no emotion when the jury announced its decision. Prosecutor Burton Dunn conceded the government's case was weak and said Stoner was convicted "not on the strength of our evidence but on the - See political report on Page More Showers Telcpboto Refugee kids sort donated clothing. White Racist Gets 10 Years in Bombing BIRMINGHAM, drug enforcement administration. The complaint stated that Ollerton "knowingly and intentionally distributed for value propoxyphene - a Schedule IV controlled substance. Deputy County Attorney Mike Esplin identified this drug as Darvon-65- . Gas Claims Capt. William Brogdon of the Coast Guard cutter Dallas said his vessel rescued 265 refugees from five boats and towed in disabled boats with 51 others aboard. "You never have seen such a happy group of people. Most of them had to stay on deck, but the conditions were much better than on most of the boats they came from," Brogdon said. Brogdon also confirmed reports that Cuba was jamming radio frequencies carrying the Carter warning to skippers at the Cuban port of Mariel. He said that on VHF radio channel 16, used by the Coast Guard, "there was so much screaming and yelling it was difficult to understand anything." Federal authorities were ordered to impound all boats arriving with refugees and serve captains with subpoenas and notices of intent to impose Envoys - Flee Cuba Several WASHINGTON (UPI) U.S. diplomats and their dependents in Havana fled Cuba Wednesday night for The charge against Ollerton was filed by the Utah County attorney's office on April 30. The complaint was signed by John Sauer, an agent for the state - Stoner During acknowledged he was "proud to be a white racist" and advocated "sending them (blacks) back to Africa to solve the racial problems." Stoner, a practicing attorney since 1952, has been a perennial candidate in Georgia saying he was the "white -- and has helped dechoice people's" fend members of the Ku Klux Klan . Here's Where Agriculture Amusements Classified Comics Ads Commerce Education Lively Arts 32 To Find It National-Internation- 2, 22 Obituaries 34-3- 5 47-5- 5 38 18-2- 1 44 28 Opinions Ppllfflnn Society Sports Utah-Region- 41 W 'J |