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Show 6A The Salt Lake Tribune, August 8, Citizen Smith 1982 By Dave Gerard Service Stations Try Cash Ploy U.S. to Sell More Weapons Overseas By Richard Halloran New York Times Writer The retail gasoline LOS ANGELES (UPI) business is going through a shakeout period in which oil companies are finding out how motorists schemes, oil react to various discount-for-cas- h industry analyst Dan Lundberg said Saturday. "The bottom line for motorists is, Lundberg said in an interview, that some major oil companies want to reduce credit card sales of gasline, period. With the rising costs of processing credit card sales accounting for 4 to 6 cents a gallon at the pump, some of the big oil companies are experiementing with programs ranging from offering discounts to stations to encourage cash sales to the total elimination of credit card sales, as in the case of Arco. Discounts Offered In several test markets, such as Phoenix, Norfolk, Va., and Indianapolis, Exxon, Mobil and Amoco are urging delaers to give discounts for cash purchases at the pump on the eheory that lost credit card profits will be made up by greater volume. Dealers who did not want to offer cash discounts have found themselves forced into the program to keep up with dealers who do. But there is anothe side of the coin. Some dealers say that former credit customers have taken their business elesehere, Lundberg said, feeling as if their brand loyalty has penalized them. As the new legions of dealers with cash-onlpumps seeking high volume at lower prices set loose numbers of credit card customers, the conventional dealers offering credit services and no cash discounts may pick up business on tires, batteries, accessories and parts even if they lose gasoline business in the shakeout. y Plan are encouraging a marketing strategy in order to cut Bare-Bone- s Several major companies bare-bone- s operating costs. One of those is the cost of processing credit card transactions and the oil industry appears to have embraced the idea that cash customes should not subsidize credit customers by paying the same price for gasoline. ' One way for the oil companies to encourage their dealers to make cash sales is to charge the stations a Hat percentage fee on all credit card sales, such as 4 percent, but offset that by offering wholesale discounts up to 2.8 cents a gallon. i The most extreme plan is Arcos elimination of Credit cards, with the dealers passing on the avings. WASHINGTON United begun - city when they get it all torn down! Kindness Mistake Nun Assaulted Near Convent By Keith Leighty Associated Press Writer CHICAGO A Roman Catholic nun, described by a parishoner as a woman who would do anything to help anyone, was stabbed and choked by a man who offered to pull weeds in exchange for a meal, police said. Sister Mary Constance Polek was hospitalized in good condition Saturday with 18 stab wounds in the face, according to Amanda Pelletier, a spokeswoman for St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital. During the assault, the attacker had threatened to cut her eyes out, said Sgt. John Cioe. Sister Polek was stabbed with her own penknife and choked with a bicycle chain after making sandwiches for the man, police said. was held Joseph Barnes, a on $500,000 bond Saturday after he was charged with attempted murder, attempted rape, armed robbery and home invasion, said assistant states attorney James G. Piper. Cioe said Barnes was arrested a short time after the attack Friday, which shocked the priests, nuns and parishioners of St. Mary of the Angels Parish. She would do anything to help anyone, said Ann Rodifer, whose daughter, Cathy, had been in the class. All were equal in her eyes. nuns first-grad- e their own political survival dominated the agenda as the governors gathered at a lakeside resort for an election-yea- r meeting. Overshadowing the substantive issues was the political reality of gubernatorial elections this year in 36 of the 50 states. In those 36 states, 20 of the incumbent governors are Democrats and 16 are Republicans. Throughout the nation, the Democrats hold a 3 edge in governors. In a statement issued on the eve of the governors association annual meeting, Snelling quashed the 27-2- States, to The having increase military aid and arms Governors Still Against Federalism The ReJAFTON, Okla. (AP) publican chairman of the National Governors Association declared Saturday that months of negotiations between state executives and the White House have failed to resolve disagreements over President Reagans New Federalism plan. ! With the announcement by Gov. Richard Snelling of Vermont, the White House is left without the support of any organization of state and local officials for its plan to transfer $38.8 billion in federal programs to the states. New Federalism, taxes, and Pentagon Policy White Houses hopes that it could get the governors to back the Reagan federalism proposal. The governors cannot support a plan that fails to provide for the medically needy, discourages adequate state welfare assistance or ignores differences in state burdens, said Snelling. Our proposals to the White House addressed these concerns and we are disappointed that they appear unlikely to be included in the plan, administrations said Snelling. revised sales abroad, is planning to expand them steadily through 1984 and beyond in an effort to gain political influence and access to foreign bases, according to senior officials. The officials say that more financing will be sought to extend greater assistance to more nations, to transfer more advanced weapons, to provide more efficient aid and to widen the kinds of assistance rendered. Security assistance is the key to Defense Department implementation of conventional regional strategies, says Defense Guidance, the Pentagons five-yea- Soviet Union. To assist the Democrats, the staff of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee is finishing a study on arms sales policy that, staff aides say, will suggest that the administration is violating the Arms Export Control Act. The administration has the sought to opposition by releasing reports contending that the Soviet Union has become the worlds leading arms salesman and that the United States lags well behind. Officials say the United States has been undeterred by the way armspurchasing nations have pre-em- pt employed advanced weapons in conflicts in the Falklands, Iran, Iraq and Lebanon. We are not going to be indiscriminate, says but we will continue to assist friendly nations. The administration, according to a new report from the General Accounting Office, a congressional investigative agency, has proposed big increases in credits for military sales in 1983 for South Korea, Thailand, one official, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Kenya, Liberia, Somalia, Sudan, Zaire, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Honduras. New credits have been assist American weapons will the General Dynamics 6 have become popular and Northrop is eager to sell its new Tigershark, which has been developed for export. Officials say that Jordan, Oman and other nations around the Persian Gulf are likely markets. F-1- F-5- G A recent study by the Congressional Research Service on the implications of United States sales contends that arms may encourage a country to carry out military operations which it may otherwise have forgone. It cites the Argentine attack on the Falklands as a possible case. But the study also says that arms sales to South Korea have deterred a North Korean attack. creamisiGaESOOS"" shoes eoetfon 115 offff ttftis weed Shown: navy nylonsuede leather uppers, action track sole and the zlppered secret pouch and flap that make them KangaROOS. Reg. 24.99 children's (also In greygrey), women s (also whltered), boys' small large 21.24. Reg. 25.99 men s (also In grey, 22.09 biue,wlne)6Vi-i- 2 Budget Shoes (308). ZCMI mm SmJL 182.00 76.00 WOOL SUIT BY J.G. HOOK. IN KHAKI, SCARLET OR NAVY, TRADITIONAL BLAZER; STRAIGHT SKIRT; 29.00 OUR VERSATILE PANTS BY COUNTERPARTS CAN BE DRESSED UP OR DOWN. POLYESTER, IN TAUPE, 6. GREY, NAVY, BROWN OR BLACK, IN INDIVIDUALIST. In 11-- OUR POLYESTER 182.00. 76.00. be sold. Fighter planes such as r plan for the armed forces and related agencies. In particular, the officials assert, selling arms to allied or friendly nations builds up the total military force that could be brought to bear against the Soviet Union or other adversaries. The United States, they emphasize, cannot do that alone. The officials say that the Defense Resources Board, the Pentagons top executive committee, is still discussing an amount for programs to be financed in the 1984 budget. They point to the $6.8 billion for this year and the $8.7 billion requested for 1983 and say they plan to continue the upward trend. Expected to Rise In addition, the officials say, government cash sales of arms are expected to rise from $8.7 billion this year and commercial weapons exports are estimated to rise from $1.8 billion this year and $2.1 billion in 1983. But Democrats in Congress, according to congressional aides aware of the administrations intentions, are preparing to make a political issue of the program. The critics assert that an increase in arms sales will intensify the arms race with the MM! proposed for Pakistan. In each case, officials say, the administration is seeking to increase political influence, to gain or hold access to bases, to a nation threatened with internal or external aggression, or to counter a nearby Soviet presence. staff Congressional aides say that the Democratic policy analysis being prepared will contend that such weapons give developing countries military options not open to them before and lessen the ability of the United States to control events. But administration officials brush that aside by arguing that the Soviet Union, France, Israel or other competitors will sell the weapons if the United States does not. The officials say that the Russians had 19,590 military advisers and technicians in developing countries and was training 11,230 foreign military people in the Soviet Union in 1981. More On the Way Indeed, officials suggest that even more 6. MATCHING IN INDIVIDUALIST. |
