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Show Page 14—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday, January 10, 1980 Grain Market Soars Untazed By Embargo By RON KOEHLER buffer the market effects of a grain United Press Internations! sale embargo against the Soviet Union Frenzied trading at the four big in retaliation for the Russians’ invasion Midwest grain exchanges sent grain of Afghanistan and soybean futures plummeting to the The resumption of trading attracted limit, despite a two-day federal.suspen- throngsof reporters around the trading sion of bartering intended to prevent pits at the Kansas City exchange. At 9 such chaos. a.m., a half hour before the opening “The government sure brought order bell, vehicles bearing the emblems of to the market." grumbled a broker on virtually every radio andtelevision stathe Chicago Board of Trade, where tion in the area materialized in every corn, wheat and soybean futures fell to available space around the building. the allowable limit within one minute As a half dozen reporters, including a of the commencement of Wednesday's television news crew, entered an trading. elevator, a secretary asked: ‘You felCash grain dealers took price protec- las here to watch ‘em jumpout the wintion in anticipation of another day of sharply lower prices today on the When the bellrang, dozens of brokers CBOT — the world’s largest grain ba| into action. futures market. Prices also plunged at “T'll sell anything at the limit down,” the MidAmerica Commodity Ex- screamed a half dozen brokers, dancing ane . a on Kansas about the pit and waving their arms City linneapolis exchanges. above their heads. Other equally The two-day trade — eT traders yelled ‘‘Sold! Sold! buy!” ordered by the Carter a ition to t Grain traders show varied emotions on crewded Chicago marketfloor. CrewsBattling Pacific Cold Snap By United Press International Einergency crews worked to reopen roads and restore powerto tensof thousands of homes in the icy Pacific Northwest today and residents of Southern California mopped up from pear rains be triggered flash on mudslides. Weather-related traffic deaths during the past two days climbed to 10, including five peoplekilled in a wind and rainstorm that smashed through the Hawaiian Islands tate Tuesday. In snow-covered marsh lands near Hermiston, Ore., a search by more people Wednesdayfailed to find a missing 4-year-old boy. Mayor Connie iMcCready declared a limited state of emergencyin Portland. Ore. Hundredsof residents tookshelter in public buildings because of widespread power failures caused by an ice storm. A woman walking in downtown Portland was killed by a falling tree branch laden with ice, and a trucker waskilled when his tractor-trailer collided with another truck near Umatilla, Ore. Another collision between two big trucks closed U.S. Highway 20 at Santiam Pass, a main east-west central Uregon route over the Cascade Mountains. Oregon State Police said 5,000 gallons of gasoline spilled on the highway. Interstate 80N, the only freeway route east from Portland, was covered by up to 5%feetof snow and wasclosed from Troutdale to Hood River. Travelers. including Oregon Secretary of State NormaPaulus, stayed in every available hotel and motel room in Hood River. Near MultnomahFalls. 25 miles east of Portland. Union Pacific railroad crews found tworesidents of trackside homes too feeble to reach an Amtrak train that evacuated other residents of the area Tuesday. The Multnomah County sheriff's office dispatched a snowplow and rescued the residents. who werereported in good condition The Coast Guard said it found 500 pleasure boats under the collapsed roofs of marinas along the Columbia River in the Portland and Vancouver, Wash., areas. Atleast 25 boats sank. Portland General Electric crews worked through the night to restore service to about 80,000 customers in Portland and the suburbs east of the city. Seattle City Light reported the highestloadofelectrical demandinits history Monday and Tuesday Schools and colleges throughout Oregon and Washington wereclosed — Seattle schools for the third straight day as the city dug out from its heaviest snowfall — more than 7 inches — in six years. Witness Goes on Run When Feds Blow Cover WASHINGTON (UPI) — ‘Hello, this is James Murphy,” began the hushed voice on the other end of the telephoneline. ‘I'm scared to death.” Murphy, a former telephone company employee in Durham, N.C., was on the run. This time, he was calling from a police station in Cheyenne, Wye. He had been ipping from city to city since shortly. after ihe FBI and Georgia authorities blew his confidentiality as the federal informant who tipped investigators to a gunrunning scheme. Murphy was stunned when his name turned up without warning on a local prosecutor’s list of witnesses that was shown to the two menhe had implicated. Fearful of reprisal, he sought federal protection. When he was turned down,he fled. Later, the Justice Department said that since Murphy did nottestify, he could not be included in its witness protection program. For 3% months he skipped his way across the country, persuading strangers to put him upfor the night, occasionally telephoning a reporter to ex- press his fears. Heran out of money, and apparentlylost his job as a regional service manager for the General Telephone Co. Finally, on Dec. 15, Murphy buckled under the emotionalstrain and entered a psychiatric unit at a North Carolina hospital. * Federal officials say there is no evidence to show Murphy’s fears are justified. The two Georgia men who he implicated appearto havelittle motive for revenge since they were convicted by local authorities without Murphy's testimony. Butone congressional source who looked into the matter said Murphy may well have reason to be afraid. He cited a reported ‘‘Dixie Mafia’ death threat last September against a Moultree, Ga., judge who weeksearlier had presidedat the trial of the men who Murphy implicated. The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility, which investigated the episode, found that the FBI gave Murphy's name to Moultree police. It concluded there was no impropriety because hae was given only a limited pledge of conidentiality. Lance Seeks Delay ATLANTA (UPI) — Attorneys for former Federal Budget Director Bert Lance will attempt to prove that Justice Department news leaks during grand jury proceedings last spring prejudiced the panel's decision to indict Lance and three others on bank fraud charges. U.S. District Judge Charles MoyeJr. ordered prosecution and defense attorneys to file briefs Friday morning regarding possible bias in the grand jury proceedings. Moye Wednesday ordered jury selection for the trial of Lance and three others to begin next Monday as scheduled. Buthe said a defense motion to dismiss the 33count indictment would be made “‘before I swear Sutaters % a jury.” Lance, Dalton, Ga. businessman Thvmas Mitchell, Calhoun. Ga. pharmacist Jack Mullins and former bank president Richard Carr were indicted in May 1979 for allegedly conspiring to violate federal banking laws. The Sth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Lance had a right to a hearing on his claim that news leaks by the Justice Department prevented him from receiving a fair hearing before the grand jury. Moyeindicated he expects jury selection to take two days, saying the trial would proceed Wednesday if the ques- tion ofleaks is settled by then. ACCeSsSOriesS SOF and up ~ 260 WN. Univ, Ave, Prove 73-8139 Open 10-6 Mon.-Sat. University Mall, Orem 224-1222 Open 10-9 Mon.-Fri, 10-6Saturday |