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Show INDEX WEATHER Amusements 2. Classified 35-47 Considerable cloudiness and Comics 32 nild through Saturday for the Editorial 33 Society Sports Stocks Provo to Ogden area; a chance of afternoon or evening showers, highs Saturday in the upper 60s, lows tonight lu the lower 40s 106TH YEAR, NO. 232 PROVO. FRIDAY UTAH APRIL 27. 1979 PRICE 25 CENTS PER MONTH GasRise Toward $1 Gallons Surveyed 4 Nuclear Reactors’ Owners Agree to At a Glance ternational riment A Temporary Halt energy he way Ry IRA R. ALLEN WASHINGTON (UPI The owners the vs and the ion is whe of four nuclear reactors suspected of having safety deficiencies agreed today to shut down temporarily unt ques tions posed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff are answered and conditions remedied Nuclear Reactor Regulation Chief Harold Denton told the NRC today the RanchoSeco plant in northern Califor nia will shut down Saturday as will one of the Oconeeunits in South Carolina. A second Oconee unit will close May 12 and the third South Carolina plant will stop operating ‘a week after that Denton said He said those plants, plus ones ir Arkansas, Florida and Ohio that were already shut for maintenance have agreed to stay closed until all safety questions have been resolved The staff's safety concerns about B and W ( Babcock and Wilcox) have been resolved Denton announced Among the concerns listed for the commission on Wednesday wae he recommended a shutdown were fu ther analyses of safety systems cectain equipment modifications deve lopment of emergency procedures and better operator training The utilities’ agreement came after intense negotiating with Denton ard his 5 to 7 Years Foreseen to ‘Bob’ Inflation CHICAGO(UPI) —It will takefive to seven years to bring the inflation rate down to an “acceptable” level F ‘ock t designed and Wilcox unt tially caused accident are Carolina and California plants are the only ones now operating — the others were closedfor repair or maintenance his is high drama,” the source said. “A lot of money and the future of to help in the long-term struggle to hold downinflation stores charging a “‘bargain’’ 99.9 cents a gallon this week and Sunday closings becamethe unwritten law of the land. UPI’s weekly Gas Watch survey, taken Thursday, showed three Chicago service stations pushed pumpprices through the $l-a-gallon mark, joining NewYorkers and Hawaiians. Stations everywhere announced Sun- come recipients Detroit: day closings to try to conservethe last of their April allocations. Robert Jacobs oftheIllinois Gasoline Dealers. The nation’s two iargest automakers earned record profits totaling more than $1.8 billion in the first quarter of 1979, reflecting hugein- Association Senate Panel Reviving Gas Rationing Plan 4 WASHINGTON (UPI committee is reviving the possit Senate gasoline rationing, and two senators think they hav way to get Congress et hook on the touchy conservation ssue of forcing gasoline stations to Washington. Department's this Sunday Experts indicated Sunday closings would hit 66 percent of the stations in Denver, 50 percent in Florida and The Agriculture chief economist ppI redicted Thursday that food prices will level off somewhat shortly. saying he expects an increase of less than 1 percent in April for the first timesince November New York. the two are holding meetings on Franco-Soviet relations. During the meetings the Soviet Union d'Estaing has offered to put a Frenchman into space (UPI Telephoto) to the Kremlin at Soviets Offer to Put Marchinflation proved steeper than ex pected and Carter made headwaywith his oil industry profits tax. The Dow ‘ones average shed 6 49 points to 860.97 Frenchman in Orbit Tokyo: The US. dollar rose sharply out the week at 219.15 yen compared SOVIET PRESIDENT Leonid Brezhnev welcomes French President Valery Giscard Vnukovo Airport, Moscow, where Stocks fell for the first lume in five sessions Thursday as against the Japaneseyen on the Tokyo foreign exchange market today closing MOSCOW (UPI) The Soviet Union offered today to put a Frenchmaninto space lose on weekends Sens. J. Bennett Johnston, D-La and Pete Domenici, R-N.M., described their plan at a Senate Energy Commit- to tee meeting Thursday. Their bill would medallions by direct mail, po next year reported President Leonid Brezhnev let states draw their own conservation position of a mandatory federal plan. day Jakarta Indonesia: Theprice of bird nests is going up. The Bird Nests Ex put forth theidea” in talks with visiting French President Valery Giscard DEstaing. and Giscard “responded plans to meet a target and avoid im The committee postponed that issue but then gave Carter's emergency energypolicies a big boost by approv That sent the rationing issue to the Senate. The House Commerce Commit tee has voted against the plan. but backersintend to ask the Housedirect ly to consider it anyway. Carter sent details of his energy profits tax proposal to Congress Thurs: prove it andprevent a “huge bonanza of oil profits from steadily increasing prices The president got important support immediately: Chairman Al Ullman D- Ore. of the House Ways and Means Committeetold reporters “The presi dent and the Ways and Means Commit tee are in full agreement ubout the and we Ww windfall profits tax move expeditiously to get it in place Carter wants the the extra profits ge out of d to capture ny the ph. with 217.75 at Thursday’s finish Washington: Americans will be able buy government-produced gold the Treasury said porters Board says local prices have jumped as highas $96 per 2.2 pounds for the nests. the main ingredient in oneof the more exotic soups in Chinese cuisine The official Tass news agency positively savings time; in fall it’s called return. ing to standard time The interest paid on this time honored transaction is misse ments for those wh their clocks. and somett ng akin to je manned experimental space ventures Americans. is tor limit on gas.” In northern California, the 24-hour Short-Stop chain attracted hoards of motorists who waited patiently to pay 99.9 cents a gallon for premium unleaded gasoline “We're converting our pumps to Watch survey began a month ago, up- before he departs various trade, cultural and scientific exchanges. morning appointments Thetimepatternis quite widespread across the nation but in Arizona Hawait and most of Indiana. residents will remain on standard time and. for the time being won't givethe rest of the nation the time of day Some claim these states are behind the times. One trick to remember in order to keep your timepieceticking with most Lines of six to 15 cars waited to fill up at the few San Francisco stations open for business Monday and Tuesday, but manymotorists found signs saying '’$5 such a joint project wouldnot be possi agreement Franco-Soviet relationship should be expanded. Theypledged atend oflast clocks are not advancedan licur at ped. time, you could be late for any Sunday Iowa. 35 percent in the Dakotas, and 25 percent in Michigan In Kansas City Getty Oil Co padlocked the pumpsat 17 Skelly stations to prevent their underground gasoline tanks from running dry. National Space Studies told the science magazine Air et Cosmos that year Saturdaynight from a non-socialist couatryinto space. Such a proposal has been under dis: cussion for months and the two western Pennsylvania, 45 percent in more than a dollar,” said Short-Stop President John Roscoesaid. ‘We're in the emergency gas business.”’ Price pressures at the pump escalated from coastto coastthis week. A spot check by UPI found gasoline spurted 5 cents a gallon this week in San Francisco, 4 cents in Oklahoma, 3.7 cents in western Massachusetts, 3 cents in Maine andpartsof Florida, 2.5 cents in Louisiana, 2 cents in New York and 1 cent in Colorado. A full-service Texaco station in downtown Honolulu had the stiffest price in the nation — $1.02 a gallon for premium unleaded — and two pump-ityourself Exxon outlets in Dallas oftered the best bargain of the week at 68.3 cents a gallon for regular leaded. But the Dallas stations, which have had rock bottom prices since the Gas Giscard was midway through his three-dayvisit to Moscow, which is ex pected to close with the signing of a 10- Tass said it markedthefirst time the Soviet Union has offered to send a man Fromtimeto time most Americans lag for everyone the first few days being mostly a borrowing society after the change get tired on thelength of day and bor Sunday at 2 am. is the appointed row an hour from father time only to time to set clocks ahead an hour It In spring it's called going to daylight countries have joined in several un- The agreement is expected to cover Stay in Step With Time; Change Clocks Sunday pay it back in fall predicted nearly all Chicago-area stations would shut down an industry is riding onthis. This is not creases over last year’s earnings complaints of rising production by any means just another decision despite costs day and challenged Congress to ap- more to encouragecapital investment By United Press International California's highway-happy motorists lined up 15 deep at 24-hour sumer prices during thefirst three The firm built two ThreeMileIs! nd months this year has triggered a record units three in South Carolina ar one high 9.9 percent cost-of-living increase for the nation’s 39 million Social each in northern California Ohio Security and Supplemental Security In‘lorida and Arkansas. The South I see a decline continuing in therate Miller said President Carter's wageprice guidelines have been successful in “moderating theincreases in wage: and prices from what they would have been But he urged that government do in con. Washington: Thesteep climbin con certified for ing a standby gasolinerationing plan 98. becomes acceptable.” rise sumer prices. Preside Carter inflation fighter Alfre Kahn Thursdaytold Congress thereis no alternative but to persevere with the president's program of wage-price guidelines Federal Reserve Board Chairman G William Miller says Miller, speaking at a meeting of the Chicago Economic Club, predicted more bad news for consumers in the coming months But by the end of the year, increases in the inflation rate should be slower. he said. and will continue to decelerate in the 1980s of inflation into 1980” he said, “But even if we continue toslow the rate by onehalf to 1 per cent a year it will con tinuefor five, six or sevenyears until it Sunday Closings Reported Economy Both sides have said the year to achieve a $14 billion trade ex- changebythe end of this year. Theoffer to send upthefirst French spaceman was apparently icing on the cak- for Giscard’s visit. But it could take years for such a project to materialize Earlier this month Hubert Curien president of France's Center for ble before 1985 In addition to the training time a French spaceman would require there pedprices by2 centsa gallon this week. In Chicago, three stations were are other non-Soviets already waiting in line cosmonauts fromsocialist charging $1.014 a gallon for premium unleaded but 11 had passed the $1 barrier before the Department of Energy states who are participating in the madeprice-gouging inspections during Soviet Intercusmos program (Continued on Page 3) Only One Issue Remains Unsettled in SALT Talks ember the saying pring forward. fall backwards WASHINGTON (UPI) — With only which meansthat spring clocks are set Officials said the complex arms oneissuestill unsettledin the strategic limitation treaty draft is nearly com- forward and infall backwards But if you forget which way to set clocks. you can always drive downtown ind check out the clocks on businesses in the city. But don't do it too soon because many operators of these time machines take their own good time making the adjustment arms negotiations, Secretary of State plete negotiating session of the year The SALT meeting in Vance’s State Department office was also attended agreed that would forbid the use by either side of coded information from test missiles Somesenators had feared those radio transmissions would be used to conceal Cyrus Vance and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin today held their 21st by Treasury Secretary W Michael Blumenthal whose presenceindicated Wait a couple of days Ot course i there might be movement on granting you have time to spare you could just the Soviet Union a most-favored-nation status as far as trade is concerned day immediate comment onthe presence of Blumenthal at talks concerned mainly wait and let time fly and your clock would be correct again on the last Sun in October) when Father Time calls time out and demands payment of the hi State Department officials had no with strategic and language has now been development of new techniques or th he ipons which wouldbe in violation of SALTtreaty The remaining difference the of ticials said involveslimitations on new types of missiles and how those dif- ferences are to be defined, and over naining loose ends on how any t arms ‘ould be detected KahnTellsCongressmen ‘Persevere’ Is Inflation Answer WASHINGTON (UPI We now have had 12 months of double-digit in flation. Sen Lloyd Bentsen chairman of Congress’ Joint: Economie Com mittee. told the witness, President Carter's inflation fighter Alfred Kahn Can you,” asked. the Texas Democrat “give the American people some solid reason to believe your program eventually is going to bring down the rate of inflation Kahn invoking his native wit replied “Twill not play the role of the economist of whom it was said he never Grow met statistic he didn't like id the comm ing serious. he STAN BROWN Provo City’s fire chief serves as a timely reminder that the area residents should join most Americans in changing clocks Sunday ahead an hour. He made his visual point by ‘attempting’ to change the hands of the large ciock located on the Knight Bullding at University Avenue and Center Street, Provo, Fireman Evan Hendersonalso is shown in the basket of the fire department platform truck Fireman Darrel Olson helped operatethe trucl sn the ground while Provo City O'Bryant directed traffic Police Patrolman Toby (Photo by Patrick Christian) month: We sull have ahead ne But Kahn said there still is reason” to expect inflation will begir off after a few months and will drop below the double-digit rate in the latter part of the year no Meanwhile. he said there ternative but to persevere presidents voluntary guidelines wage-price The exchange took place at hearing after the Labor Department released figures showing consumer prices rose 1 percent last month and 10.2 percent aver the past 12 months If the rate of price increases for the first three months of 1979 continued all inflation during the entire year would be 13 percent Kahn told the cur mittee inflation now wereit not would be modera for three trouble aree Food and bever prices have been rising ata rate which if continued tull year would amount to 176 per ent Kab said muchof this 1s due to y prices because cattlemen ire ouilding up depleted herds. He ex. pects the rate of increase in food es including meat, to slow “mar y in months ahead But energy prices are likely to con nue a rapid rise There is no way in the world we can avoid double-digit in- flation in oil Housing prices will soar Kahn said, as long as people expect it as they are willl in} prices because they assume those yrices soon will be muchhigher Take those three areas out of the calculation, Kahn said. and inflation uted on an annual rate has drop: ped from 13 percent in January to 92 percent in February to 75 percent in March “Patience His advice t ) Congress But some committee members were mpatient Sen George McGovern D- SD. introduced legislation to give the president unwantedstandby powers to impose mandatory Wwage-price con trols. Sen William Roth, R-Del said: “We are sitting on an economic time bomb ind the luse is getting shorter every day |