Show Wednesday The Utah Statesman Page 2 MayjTfll OPEC freezes oil prices Instant Photo Service GENEVA Switzerland (AP)— OPEC extended its pricing structure today effectively freezing prices for the moment but permitting future price increases by leading producer Saudi Arabia of up to 4 a barrel the United Arab Emirates oil minister Mana Saeed Otaiba announced Otaiba said the oil cartel approved an extension of the accord reached by Bali Indonesia to set a price of between f 32 and $36 a barrel for average quality oil and to add premiums up to a ceiling of 4 1 a barrel for high quality oil The Saudcs have kept their price at 132 while most other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries charge about $36 for their oU Algeria and Nigeria charge $40 a barrel and Libya charges f 4 for high quality crude The cartel agreed on extending the current prsce range after the Saudi oil minister Sheik Passports-Applicatio- n iThC Copy-Fro- Slides Pictures m Nostalgia- v"- - Black & White Pictures From Miniatures to Posters - Poster Factory 55 N Main Emporium 752-959- 5 THEATRES 'ufcTWt Mm Oacart TcXvts 752 7762 Cache Valley KM I 1221 No 1 irim USU TicMt 2nj East 0ca V) DEE WALLACE PATRICK MACNEE I £’£'4 °d freeze by all other members oT sources said They said Yamani refused unless OPEC lowered its priceloraiiiM crib $41 to $39 a barrel Earlier Gabon's oil minister Edooaf Alexis M told npanenfc Saudis were ready to go to IMsbxHTk Saudis produce more than 40 pore of OPEC s output and are the bine tzm to the United States The United Stales imports sh j j million barrels of Saudi oil daily wkidi 184 percent of the US import itxil ad ?J percent of total US consumption A R Saudi increase would raise gasoline sd healing oil prices in America about a kd penny a gallon expens say Bouy-Boutz- a Gas leak cause of evacuation Imagine your worst fear a reality (77) L J i jr'-j Uvco imussv Ahmed Zalu Yamani derailed a — cord calling for a 2 price hike bv fcw irn UdJ SALT LAKE CITY (AP)— Over 10 buildings were evacuated in the Salt Lake suburb of West Valley City Tuesday as firefighters tried to find the source of a petroleum leak that sent potentially explosive fumes into homes and businesses Ed Shea district engineer for the Granger Hunter Sewer and Water District said partially treated sewage had to be dumped into the Jordan River bypassing a treatment plant because the petroleum would have killed bacteria used in the treatment process After five hours the plant went back on line when the amount of petroleum flowing into the plant was loo little to cause any harm Shea said 100 natural gas meters had been turned off by utility crews in an section of 35th South "and many people living nearby probably turned their ‘s o(T without telling us" He estimated 40 homes and 60 stores were involved It was uncertain how long residents would have to stay out of the area "The gas flow has diminished somewhat but it hasn't stopped" he said Tuesday afternoon Most of the residents derided to stay with friends and relatives Tuesday night No emergency relocation center had been set up Tuesday morning firefighters and police right-bloc- k ordered patrons out of stores and advned residents to turn ofT electrical apppiuscaai be leave their homes They suggested poured down basement drains to hdp sop ns gasoline fumes from building up thus decreasing the chance of an explosion Mountain Furl Supply Co crews dsn of natural gas to a fleeted homes and notes a l precaution Firefighters were afraid a pilot light could ignite the fumes The problem was first noticed about Isa when Alice Chacon reported smelling fxAr in her home She said the water in iktsb spurted like a fountain By noon buildings on 35th South kaux 32nd Wem and 40th Wes) had brow and special utility "sniffer” trucks ntt Axing through the area to look for explosive pockets of gas Manhole covers along the street wo removed and ventilator fans were set apu help remove the explosive vapors Tbt was blocked off causing traffic snaifcf motorists Shea said an old petroleum bulk plant at 40th West and 5th Sowhwf the source of the leak but he was uakX confirm it He said the concenti Jioui d ® gasoline were strongest near the plant dkojko-lio- n Government okays detoxification of FED WASHINGTON (AP)— The government announced Tuesday its initial approval of a new detoxification process whose developer says can essentially rid the nation of the health and environmental threats posed by common insulating chemicals called PCBs Edwin Clark acting assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency called it "a significant step forward" toward resolving "potentially one of the most serious public health issues we lace pie new process involving chemical gear kick can be moved about on a special ' tractor trailer truck was said to offer the on-- 1 detoxification of hundreds of millions of of PCBo— polychlorinated remain in power ttorage around the nation "“n-mad- e liquids used since the 1920s as part of the insulation to cool tranriormers Their manufacture was banned in 1977 it baems known tSry 1 asr cassse birth 11:2912:22 Om pvll'at cf Ct slin and KCLO Tft Origins! WrwCta Ks Curtf Frt Sot 12£2 c thavolta urban :owdoy liver and poatZJy cancer Until now Chut said sihoiw ®1 FCZt could only be deetroyei by Uirj traneported to elaborate incinerators or landfills — posing some risk of awwfm tai release into the environment Clark said however that as many as 765 ap-prov- ed L y J million pounds of PCBs remain transformers or are in storage awalif disposal He also said of PCBs in the Hudson River could solved by this method Norman E Jackson of Sunohiojk pany that developed the system wnaj through that in five to 10 yean Aep” could "essentially get rid of the ! PCB contamination Clark said however that as million pounds of PCBs rnntit w transformers or are in storage awsjsil disposal He also said of PCBs are estimated to exist tissues of 91 percent of the Americas chair- Jackson who is Sunohio’s the new system uses a chemical reF strip chlorine atoms from wsuhccj-whs is “ "The chlorine atom toxic and perhaps carcinogenic What is left after the process residue that can be used in laad— low-lev- g ““T"' low-lev- el "tF Oacal L Norman a Sunohio worked on development of residue was a common substsnce6J n past tests He said Sunohio had the residue so make sure it coaid |