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Show eee Page 12—THE HERALD. Provo, Utah Wednesday, January 9. 1980 Here's Questions and Answers on Grains Embargo WASHINGTON(UPI) — Hereare Some questions and answers about President Carter's action to cut off Sales of 17 million tons of grain and | million tons of soybeans to Russia Q-What can President Carter ac- complish? A-The action is expected to set back Soviet plans to improve the diets of the Russian people with more teat and livestock. They had a bad grain crop this year 24 percent smaller than last year, and had planned to import Tecord amounts of grain from the United States — mostlycorn to feed animals. Now the Russians must slaughter animals for lack of feed. At first amounts of grain they will have more meat to eat Couraging farmers toput their grain administration officials predict Russians will face the greatest meat on reserve will offset the impact of the embargo. Minimum price supports wereincreased slightly. shortages since World War II Q-Whydoesthis hurt farmers” A-The American farm economy is based on farm exports Exports are The administration also wants to offer more credit to sell exports to grown on oneof every three acres of farmland. Russia was the third other nations and to encourage use of some of that corn for gasohol production. But plants for gasohol will take a year or twoto build Farm groups are skeptical that the programsannounced so farwill largest customer this year second only to the European Common Market and Japan. Loss of a major market means a sudden surplus of grain whichpulls down prices. The administration hopes its ac- tion to buyoff contracts of private grain traders and take over massive worl Q-Whatwill it cost taxpayers? A-Officials estimate the cost to taxpayers of changes in the farm program at $2.5 billion to $3 billion Seattle Gets Heaviest Snowfall in Six Years high winds and rains accompanied by falling trees and branches hampered their efforts. Hawaiian Electric Co. said power probably would not be restored in several areas until sometimetoday. “The storm is expected to continue another day, and accordingly, Hawaii Repair crews were busy through the residents should be prepared for night attempting to restore power, but sporadic outages.’ HECOsaid. National Mercury Readings United Press | Denver Des Moines troit m7 10 12-02 4 10 Duluth Eureka Fairbanks Fresno —9 —4 Helena 5546 17 Honolulu 4-07 Indianapolis 59 50.04 Kansas City Hartford 7 16 Las Vegas Los Angeles WwW th Louisville earner Memphis Mar Milwaukee Extremes Minespols lew Orlea NEW YORK (UPI) — New York The highest temperature North Platte reported Tuesday te the Pittsburgh National Weather Ser. Portland, Me. : 7 Portiand, Ore. Vice, excluding Alaska Rapidcity and Hawaii, was 81 tea Bae degrees at Fort Myers, Reno fe Today's ue ae 29 Richmond : y Sacramento degrees below zero at 2 International Falls. Minn, St. Louis Salt Lake San Diego production as early asthis year or in The government will spend as muchas $2.25 billion to buyup grain traders’ contracts with the RusSians, but the government will recover some orall of that when it sells the grain marketplace back on future years. because of the grain reserves. the Q-Will other countries go along or try to do business with the Russians? Q-What is the long-term effect on farmers and the consumer? A-President Carter has promises A-It is too early to tell if taking from major grain exporters — Australia Canada and Argentina — rain off the market will have the intended effect of makingii seem as if the sales werenot lost People will be unable to buy the that theywill not makeup the shortfall. They and the European Com- munity will meet Saturday in Washington to look at coordinated rain, but everyone will knowit is there. Officials say they may have to encourage farmers to cut back States mayend up in Russia through third countries, but the United Economists say consumers will have some protection from high prices caused by future shortages efforts in the long term. Some grain from the United States will try to prevent that. The United States will continue to sell grain to eastern European nations They are not expected to sell the grain to the Russians because their own needs are so great Q-Why was futures trading stopped by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission? A-Officials wanted to give the administration a couple days to announceits program and give traders time to assess the consequences to prevent verysharp drops in futures prices. His Death Made No Sense at All senior, entered and spoke briefly with Steve Flynt, the teacher. He told Flynt his mother had undergone surgery andhissister would be outof class all week, staying hometo help. Then he headed toward his seat A couple of words — no more — were exchanged between Evan Hampton and Mike 3 Die in Hawaii Storm Mareniciae precipita. tion table for the 24-hour period ending at 4 am. Pacific time as prepared by the National Weather Service in San FranHi Lo Pep Albany 31 0 ‘Albuquerque 36 27 Muna &% 6 8# Bakersfield Bismarck 2m Boise xv 32 03 Boston 8 Brownsville a 57 Buffalo % 6 Charlotte 4 % 0% Chicago 18 10 Cincinnati Clevel 4u B15 Dallas 0 2 over two fiscal years STAMPS,Ark. (UPI) — The story is classic in its stark and inexplicable horror. At 9 a.m. Monday. Evan Hampton, a 16-yearold ninth-grader, walked quietly to the rear of a science classroom at Stamps High School, a class in which he was not enrolled, and stood awkwardly for a momentor two. Noone noticed him particularly, although they remembered later it was not his class, or saw him do anything unusual. But then there wasn't much time. At 9:02 a.m., Mike Sanders. a 19-year-old The 7-inch snow accumulation was By United Press International The heaviest snowfall in six years — the heaviest since a 10-inch storm in more thanhalf a foot —left Seattlein a 1974. The NWS said another couple of inches couldfall on the city today state of near paralysis ard forecasters Road crews, equipped with only a said there was a chance of more snow handful of operable snowplows. spread today. The surprise winter storm that hit salt throughoutthe city in an effort to early Tuesday caught the normally reopen major arteries. rainy city on Puget Sound unprepared. “Seven inches of snow may not seem Schools closed throughout the area and like a lot in Chicago. but in Seattle it traffic cameto a nearstandstill. Police causes excitement and someinitial panic,’’ said Seattle resident Susan reported a drop in the crimerate. “It's a moderately big deal,”’ Chadwick. ‘The term ‘skid road’ didn’t National Weather Service spokesman originate here for nothing. We have a KarmaBrownsaid witha bit of under lot of steep hills and they're all skid Toads now.” statement. HONOLULU (UPI) — The deaths of three people Tuesday wereattributed to a severe winter storm that packed windsof up to 50 miles per hour and ripped into dozens of homes, causing an estimated $1 million damage on the islands of Oahu and Maui. as well as en- because of the slaughter. Butlater 4-207 79 73 3.68 2 19 % 0... 58 0. 65 59 1.45 31 4 8 2 Ba 215 7 8 » 0 2A 16 ~ 36 17. 32-9 1.39 —o-15 01 a J 02 6% .| 6 5 02 29 17 . 2 3 33 6 61 34 caliber, long-barrel, six-chamber revolver. Three shots were fired. “It went bam, bam — bam," Eric Morrison, who wasjustsitting down in an adjoining math fashion and handed it over, butt first. He then walked intothe principal's inneroffice, sat down and beganleafing through a magazine. Ripplesof incredulity rolled through Stamps’ 2,448 residents.Wild stories spread: A blackstudent had shot a white student: a white student had shot a black student Neither was so. class. HamptonandSanders both are white. Sanders and no one seemed surelater what they were But there appeared in Hampton's hand a .22- recalled later. “Like maybe somebody was getting a whipping.” Mike Sanders was struck twice in the upper left chest and once in the right temple. He was killed outright. Evan Hampton's expression did not change, it was said later. He tookout a pair of sunglasses. put them on and walked downthe hall toward the principal’s office. The revolver dangled in his hand. Partway there he met principal Gerald Wright, turned the revolver around military Trooper ‘Talkout’ Ends Six-Hour Shotgun Siege ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. (UPI) — Calmly and deliberately, the state trooper recited the words of the 23rd Psalm — ‘The Lord is my Shepherd’’ — and David Brady lowered the shotgun he allegedly uscd to kill his mother and wound two policemen. Brady then began a slow descent from a second-floor apartment and the six-hour ordeal was over. The 25 children and five adults forced to remain at a church day care center adjacent to the apartment during Brady's standoff with police finally wereallowed to leave. “Dear God, getthis out of my head,” Brady, 31, a factory worker. repeated as he and State Police Maj. RoyTitler walked to a waiting police car in this quiet Pennsylvania Dutch town located in the shadow of the incapacitated Three Mile Island nuclear plant. “He wanted to talk religion,” said Titler, who had spent 45 minutes in a tense exchange with the gunman Tuesday. ‘We just talked to him. No to kill.” 11.858% Titler said he did not know the 23rd Psalm, which Brady requested to hear. but received help from state police spokesman James Cox. who was standing nearby and acted as (Effective 1/10/80 through 1/16/80) _ This is the Nation's prompter. Mrs. Brady, who was shot in the stomach, was found dead on the bathroomfloor, Titler said. “He just snapped,” said Brady’s brother, William, a witness to the siege that began about 6 a.m. Tuesday highestinterest rate on short-term insured savings* Wewrote the bookonit. This free book is available at any PFS Office and: is designed to answer e-sestions like: What is a MoneyMarket. Certificate? Who are they for? How muchinterest do they pay? *Highe*t rate paid on short-term savings insured by FSLIC and FDIC. Six-month term, $10,000 minimum deposit. Interest paid on certificates only when held to maturity. Congressmen Begin Visit in South Africa plies an estimated 30 percent of South Africa’s fuel requirements. During’ their stay the delegation plans to conduct an intensive probe and spot analysis of the three giant Sasol plants near Johannesburg to determine if the process could help the United States in its search for alternative energy sources, the embassy spokesmansaid. The congessmenwill visit the plants Thursday and a full report on the MoneYMarkKET Savings Certificate Yet momentslater. he said he wanted Delegation Includes Utahn JOHANNESBURG, South Africa riots. But the main purpose of their (UPI) — A 12-manUS. congressional stay, according to a U.S. Embassy delegation begantheir three-day South spokesman. is to investigate ener; African stopover today with a visit to alternatives, especially the highly the black township of Soweto — scene sophisticated oil-from-coal conversion of bloody raceriots in 1976. process developed and perfected by The group includes Rep. Dan Mar- South African scieniists. > ressmen arrived in Johanriott, a Utah Republican. Thedelegation. headed by House Ma- nesburg Tuesday night from Nigeri: jority leader Jim Wright. D-Texas and are to hold talks with the country’s spoke with several black leaders in energy experts on the successofthe oilSoweto during their tour about the from-coal Sasol process that now sup- PRUDENTIAL FEDERAL SAVINGS and forgiveness. He asked forgiveness. his mother, Ethel Mildred Brady, 63. next day “I do not understand it * said Tatom, a slender man whose gold-rimmed spectacles give him an almostscholarlylook. “He's sitting backthere in that cell, quiet, just a modelprisoner, and all he'll say is that the Sanders boy had been bullying him and his youngerbrother for about a year and a half and hejust got tired of it” Tatom said. Earn $599.49 in 26 weeks. * promises, just talk. I talked to him for a long timeandfinally talked him down. “We could have hurt him. It (talking him down) was better than shooting him. Wetalked about family. religion Threetimespreviously. officers had attempted to enter the apartment. Once. Brady allowed Titler and two other officers to check the condition of “It’s a good thing those stories weren't true,” Lafayette County Sheriff Wade Tatom said the Federal regulations prohibit the compoundingofinterest during the term of the account. feasibility of using the process in the United States will be delivered to Congress in February, the spokesman said. Only one of the Sasol plants is in roduction. When all three plants iesand operative. experts say South Africa would bevirtually free of using imported crude oil which they must > ‘ws Prudential Federal Savings Personalized Financial Service 363 North University, Provo, Utah 84601 - Phone 374-9340 309 East State Road, American Fork, Utah 84003 - Phone 756-7623 nowbuyon thespot marketat about$40 per barrel due to an Arab boycott launched in 1974. EnergyBriefs By United Press International Tehran, Iran: Oil Minister Ali Akbar Moinfar said Tuesday 30 countries negotiating 1980 contracts for Iranian crude have agreednotto resell the oil to the United Statesor five other countries embargoed by Iran. Healsosaid Iran will maintain its oil production at 3 million to 3.5 million barrels a day in 1980. Washington: The federal governmentis selling off about 130,000 barrels of California crudeoil daily — atprices as high as $41 a barrel — while the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve remainsunfilled NewYork: U.S. oil companies have reduced their January gasoline deliveries to the lowest level in almostfive years. ‘‘keeping the country on the ragged edge of shortage for another month.” the authoritative Lundberg Letter reported Tuesday. Denver: Consumerswill not pay higherprices for gasoline becauseof thefirst nationwidestrike in 11 years by oil refinery workers, unionofficials said Tuesday. Washington: Worldoil prices. despite predictions of a coming glut, show little sign of slipping although the spot marketin somerefined products has softened in recent weeks, government and industry observers said Tuesday. San Francisco: The drive to develop nuclear fusioninto a safe. inexhaustible energysource for the 2ist century is gaining momentum, but scientists said Tuesday enormousdifficulties still must be overcome. DancerJuliet Prowse MissesFirst Opening LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UPI) - Dancer Juliet Prowse, a performer who has never missed an opening night since shestarted in show business in the United States in 1959, was unableto openat the Desert Inn Hotel Tuesday because of a sprained foot. Miss Prowseinjured herfoot it: rehearsais Mon- day night and currently is undergoing therapy “She will open Thursday. It is a first for Juliet she has never missed anopeningnight since she appeared in ‘Can Can’ in 1959 in New York,” said a spokesmanfor the entertainer. 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