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Show Monday. January 7. 1980. THE HERALD. Provo, Utah—Page 5 Family Energy Bill Seen Rising $1,300 in Two Years WASHINGTON (UPI) — In just two years the energy bill for a family of four will go up by more than $1,300 because of the decontrol of domestic oil prices says a Washingtonbased consumer group By October 1981, when price controls are entirely phased out under President Carter's oi) decontrol plan, said the Knergy Action Education Foundation in a study released over the weekend, the total cost ot domesticoil will rise $72.9 billion — $331 for each American and $1,325 for a family of four. The group said Carter's oi] decontro! decision last April will create severe economic problems for both consumers andin- dustry, with domestic oil prices ris ing from about $10 .. barrel to an an ticipated $35 or $40 a barrel Ed Rothschild, the group's director, said major U.S. oil firms control 75 percent of the producing fields and mostof the pipelines. and “have been able to raise the price for oil that is already uncontrolled above prices charged by OPEC In this way, U.S. oil companies are aiding and abetting OPEC producers and encouraging them to raise prices even higher Rothschild said The group's study noted high prices for decontrolled oil produced by the major firms in the United States. It said Gut raised theprice at one domestic oilfield to more than $33 a barrel — $9 more than Saudi Arabia charges. and $5 more than Iran Rothschild said Energy De partment studies indicate decontro! brings little, if any, new production The best way to protect the escalating oil cosis “is simply to clamp controls on all domestically produced and refined oil "he said. Price control opponents contend controls discourage domestic Production and subsidize consump- tion Some in the oil industry think Price incentives can halt a decade‘op economy during a period of rapidly in domestic oil production Fewer Females Feared Infant Sex Selection Stirs Worry _ SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — Citing studies showing parents prefer sons, a social scientist says research aimed at giving couples the choice of a son or daughter raises the possibility women will become a dwindling minority. Parents can already determine the sex of a fetus after conception and abortitif it is of an unwanted sex. Roberta Steinbacher, head of urban studies at Cleveland State University, said research on a variety of ways to select the soy of 2 child before conception is moving rapidly. “Tt is clear the sex pre-selection research has far outdistanced serious discussion of its ethical, social, legal and demographic implications,” she said Sunday at an American Association for the Advancement of Science symposium at which women analyzed the ethicalissues of human reproduction technologies. “The discussion must begin with an o & Quakes Shake Two Areas MANILA,Philippines (UPI) — A fairly strong earthquake shook the southern main Philippine island of Luzon early today, but authorities said there were no reports of damages or casualties. The Manila Geophysical Observatory said the tremor struck at 12:50 a.m. (11:50 a.m. EST Sunday) and was felt in the port city of Legaspi, 210 miles southeast of Manila.It was recorded at an intensity of 4 on the Rossi-Forel scale of 9. CAMERINO,Italy (UPI) — A light earth tremor shook the coastal Marcheregion of northern Italy today but officials said it caused no damage. Officials said the tremor measured between 3 and 7 the 12-point Mercalli scale of earthquakeintensity. They said the tremor was most strongly felt in the area of Macerata nearthe Adriatic coast. Assassinationin Sicily PALERMO, Sicily (UPI) Italy’s urban guerril las carried outtheir first assassination of the new year, gunning down the president of Sicily’s regional council, the most importantofficialkilled since former Premier Aldo Moro wasslain last ear. Santi Mattarella, 44, a Christian Democrat and protege of Moro, was shot to death Sundayafternoon while returning homefrom church with his wife, son and daughter. Within hours of the killing, three urban guerrilla gangs claimed responsibility for the shooting — the Red Brigades fang: which killed Moro,the ultraleftist Front Line gang believed closely linkedto the Red Brigades, and the ultra-rightist Revolutionary Fascist Squad group. Peace Meeting Convenes BELFAST,Northern Ireland (UPI) — Leaders of three of Northern Ireland's four mainpolitical parties met today in a last hope conference convened by Britain to seek an endof10 years of bloodshed. With British troops andpolice searchingall cars, the leaders met in the heavily guarded former Parliamentbuilding under chairmanship of Humphrey Atkins, Britain’s government minister responsible for the province. The aim of the conference was to seek agreement on a new regional governmentin which the Protestant majority and Roman Catholic minority would share power. ° society."” Among the sophisticated preconception sex selection techniques being studied are the separation of male-and female-producing spermin the laboratory for artificial insemination. pills for men that might stop production of one type of sperm, and hospitable to one or the other type of sperm, Ms Steinbachersaid. Numerous studies during the past 30 years have shown that parents prefer sons, she said. In earlier times, this was motivated by aninterest in producing maleoffspring to support the familyby hunting or farming. But Ms. Steinbacher said a 1978 study found no evidence that son preferenceis declining, either in the United States or in developing countries. “Given these preferences, plus the widespread of sex pre-selecti i a . Mideast Summit Opening ASWAN, Egypt (UPI) — Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrived in Aswan, Egypt today for his fifth summit conference with Egyptian President Anwar Sadatsincethe two leaders signed a peace treaty in Washington last March. “There is no predetermined agenda for our talks butthere is reasonto believe ... we shall have an exchange of views about bilateral issues and about regional andinternational problems,” Begin said at a news conference before leaving Ben Gurion Airrt. “I do hope for fruitful talks with my friend President Sadat.” Specialists Called for Tito BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (UPI) — American heart surgeon Michael De Bakey anda Soviet colleague examined ailing President Josip Broz Tito, but the Yugoslav news agency downplayed the seriousnessof the 87-year-old leader’sillness De Bakey,a heart and blood vesselspecialist who pioneered heart transplant operations, and Soviet Dr. Marat Knjaziev were called to Tito’s mountain villa Sunday in northwest Yugoslavia for consultations by the president’s eight physicians. They met with the medical team and examined Tito Sunday. she Possible consequences of the birth of more males than females she said, might be a drop in birth rate, a surplus of males, increased crime and wars increased male homosexuality, polyandry and women as a rare commodity. “One extremely serious ard imminent implication of all existing and proposed methods of pre- selecting sex has already becomea reality and has begunto invade the consciousness of women aware of this technology: its effect on womenis not independent of the ability of men to controlit,"* Ms. Steinbachersaid. “Now, as a statistical majority. women havelit- tle or no control over the development of this technology andarevirtually powerless to preventit from being used against them. What will happen when women becomea dwindling minority?” Unless Impasse Resolved DENVER (UPI) — A strike by the 60,000memberOil, Chemical and Atomic Workers at midnight tonight appeared likely, primarily because of contractdifferences over health care benefits, a union spokesman said today. OCAWPresident Robert Goss was scheduled to make an announcementlater today on progress in negotiations of 415 contracts for petroleum industry workers. If his report is unfavorable, it could mean a strike by as early as midnight, union spokesman Jerry Archuleta said. “I stand behind the statement that Mr. Goss madeto a reporter Friday,” Archuleta said early today. “He was asked,‘As things stand now, whatis the A helicopter Sunday brought the convicted killer from the state prison near Starke where he has been coafined to death rowsincelast July. He was given tne death penalty at the end of a five-week trial for sneaking into a Tallahassee sorority house and murdering two Florida State University coeds likelihood of a strike?’ He said. ‘Absent any changes, thelikelihood ofa strike is very good."”’ Archuleta noted that no acceptable offers had been made by the nation’s majoroil firms during weekend negotiations. The unionhasaskedfor a substantial hourly wage increase, but the top priority has been health care benefits, including dental and prescription drug coverage. Archuleta said the major impasse was the industry's refusal to provide fully paid health insurance coverage. The union is renegotiating under a ‘‘reopener’’ clause added to the two-year contract adopted last year because of limits imposed by President Carter’s wage-price guidelines. Wife Claims Tortures, Pleads Innocent fo Killing of Husband LYNDON,Kan. (UPI) — A young woman who told police shekilled her husband on Christmas Day rather than submit to more sexualtorture today pleaded innocentto first-degree murder and was released on $10,000 bond. Deborah Davis Curnutt, 21 — charged with the shooting death of her husband of eight months, James J. Curnutt, 38, of rural Overbrook, Kan. — appeared briefly in court with her attorney, but remained silent throughout the 10 minute arraignment proceeding exceptfor the “not guilty’ plea. Associate District Judge Donald White set a May trial date for the slender blonde, who answers to pene nameDavis. He then released her on Mrs. Davis’ attorney refused to discuss the case, butsaid he would presentto thejury ‘‘just the facts of the case indicating that in her opinion she had no other choice.”” Ina statement depicting a page out of an Edgar Allen Poe horrortale, Ms. Davis said Curnuttbuilt an underground torture chamber. complete with hooks and iron shackles, and tortured and sexually assaulted her severaltimespriorto the shooting. The statement was submitted as evidence during her preliminary hearing Friday. Curnutt was slain as he slept in the couple's waterbed Christmas Day. “She told us she felt it was either him or her,” testified Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent David E. Johnson. Ms. Davis said she was forced into a dungeon near the dilapidated mobile home beginning Nov. 14, Cities Settle Schcol Issues 11-Week Walkout Ends Chicago Bailout Cited CLEVELAND (UPI) — Classes resumed in Ohio's largest public schooldistrict today, ending an 11-week walkout by teachers whoratified a new, two-year contract. The 5,000-member Cleveland Teachers Union and other administration staff members went back to worklast Friday to ready classrooms, butthedistrict’s 92,000 students did not have to report until today. Teachers walked out Oct.18. Today’s attendance figures werenotreleased immediately. Financial problems behindthe 11-week teachers’ strike are far from resolved. CHICAGO (UPI) — The nation’s third largest school system,fraught with financialproblems, has won an $875 million bailout plan from state,city, education and banking leaders and vote of confidence from the Chicago Teachers Union. Teachers voted overwhelmingly Sunday to report to classrooms today and to accept the financial rescue plan reached during the weekend at a marathon meeting called by Gov. James R. Thompson in Springfield. Classes were held on schedule for the school system’s nearly half million students with no apparent problems. Teachers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to end their strike, approving a contract providing for an immediate 10 percent pay increase and an additional 14 percent wage hike over the next two prove the purchase of $500.000 in city general obligation notes. which come due Juiy 31, 1980. Healey stressed the moneyfor that purchase will comefrom union general funds — notthe teachers’ pension fund. years, By United Press International Detroit Zoo officials are mourning the passing of Jo Mendi II, a veteran animal show performer believed to have beenoneofthe oldest chiinpanzees in captivity. The chimp, who was estimated to have been between $8 and 40 years old, was found deadin his cage Sunday by keepers making their regular rounds. “He'll be missed — he wasthe star of the show in their beds. Bundy put up a fuss about news photogrphers when hearrived in Orlando. “He said he would have to be dragged across the floor to be photographed.” said Richard noe spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. ‘We didn’t want a kicking and screaming session, so we agreed.” The 33-year-old law schooldropoutsaid he didn't want a “spectacle,” said Xing, who was present when Bundy made his protest. Two television photographers and another from a newspaper were askedto leave the booking room. All planned to use whatlittle film footage they obtained. At one time, Bundy wasplaced on the FBI's ten most wanted list, but his supporters scoff at the agency's attemptsto link him to as manyas 30 sexslayings across the country. The Army'sLittlest Soldier stationed at Fort Sam Houston in Texas, is 4-foot-7, She has a sharpshooter medalin grenades and another for marksmanship in ne ma, who joined the Army for the “benefits,” says, “My drill sergeant kepttelling me to get off my knees.” Dilma Pabon, perches atop a mailbox in her old Brooklyn neighborhood, where she visited her family while on leave. According to her mom, Dilma had to get a threeinch waiver to join the armed forces last Oct. 9 when she becamethe Army’s smallest soldier. The 18-year-old private, now sa Coins oy The union’s governing board also voted to ap- Officials Mourn Famed Chimp Bundy Jury Selection Begins ORLANDO, Fla. (UPI) — Theodore Bundy, already condemned to die in Florida's electric chair for the murder of twocollege coeds, went on trial tosy for the 1978 slaying of a 12-year-old school girl. Questioning of 250 prospective jurors beganin the case of Bundy, 33, accusedof luring Diane Kimberly Leach of Lake City, Fla. away from her junior high school between classesandleaving her dead in a deserted pig pen 35 miles away. Juryselection is expected to take mostof this week. ‘he trial was moved to Orlando on a changeof venue. higher sex ratio at birth seemsinevitable said 5) Oil Workers MayStrike World Brie . of the staggering implications tor womenin this for a long time.”” Deputy Zoo Director Joe Morgan said. ‘‘A lot of people cameouttothe zoo justto see Jo Mendi.”" The chimp was acquired by the Detroit Zoo in September1945 and was an active performerin the 7200's animal shows until 1953, said spokesman James Harrop. “Then weretired him and he was put on public view. He wasa well-knownpersonality and he’s going to be sadly missed by all of us,” he said. 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