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Representative Says Officials
Mishandling Oil Fraud Probe
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WASHINGTON (UPI) _
Hep- John Conyers, D-Mich.,
says federal officials' han-
dling of evidence of oil price
frauds is a “cancer that goes
teyond maladministration.’'
Conyers’ comments came
toward the end of a joint
hearing Wednesday by his
House crime subcommittee
and the energy subcommittee
headed by Rep. John Dingell,
D-Mich.
The panels explored allega-
tions of "daisy chains,” by
which oil resellers are said to
have fraudulently raised the
price of oil in friendly deals
among themselves to make a
huge profit on the final resale
to a refiner.
One Department of Energy
lawyer. Joseph McNeff, said
he tried to get his superiors to
pursue prosecution of the
price frauds but instead he
was reassigned and got or-
ders from superiors to stay
out of criminal cases.
McNeff was a Houston
regional attorney for the
department, and later was
transferred to Dallas
Dingell said the Depart-
ments of Justice and Energy
showed so little interest in
prosecuting price fraud cases
‘heir inaction amounted to
“institutional cover-up.”
Conyers said. "We seem to
have a cancer that goes
heyond maladminislration.
We have got a very serious
matter of misfeasance that in
many instances constitutes a
criminal action in itself.”
McNeff said his superiors
"seemed uninterested in evi-
dence that the major oil
companies had committed
criminal acts.” He charged
the widespread frauds were
“under the direction of the
major companies."
McNeff said when he en-
countered problems getting
his superiors to pursue cases,
he learned auditors and
lawyers who pressed too hard
had been punished with
reassignments or denied
promotions.
"Many other former and
present employees strongly
believe that their in-
vestigations were
deliberately sabotaged," he
said.
James Bishop, the depart-
ment’s spokesman, told UPI
the agency has done a much
better job than its
predecessor, the Federal
Energy Administration, in
pursuing enforcement.
Bishop said the department
"has gotten people jail sent-
ences out there and we are
going to continue until there
are no more cases to prosecu-
te."
He said McNeff's allegation
of being punished for pushing
cases is "a personal view of
his. I really cannot comment
on that"
A staff memorandum said
the practices could amount to
the biggest criminal con-
spiracy in the nation’s
history, but for years "top
Federal Energy
Administration and
Department of Energy of.
ficials stood paralyzed on the
sidelines while the clock was
running out on the statute of
limitations."
Ihngell said the Justice and
Energy departments did little
until his staff started looking
into the situation.
"Whether this institutional
cover-up of these cases is due
to intentional malfeasance or
bureaucratic ineptitude is
one of the subjects of our
investigation." Dingell said
BRIGHTON, Colo. (UPI)
— A convoy of four in-
dependent truckers today
began a cross country
journey to take their protest
OWLS HEAD. Maine (UPI)
— A twin-engine commuter
>l*ne apparently lost in a
)easoup fog crashed in a
rocky coastal area of Ma'ne
iate Wednesday night, killing
17 persons. A 16-year-old
wdsmngton. was the only survivor.
Grady Blatcher, an in- ^he Plane, Downeast
dependent trucker from Airlines Flight 46, plum
was covered by fog at the
Ume of the crash, the Coast
Guard said.
"It was foggy and calm and
•bout 90 degrees," a spokes-
man said. ‘‘You couldn’t see
much — it was really (hick
fog."
The FAA said the pilot had
radioed shortly before
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- —.....—A*runes Might 46, plum- crash for permission to diveri
Windsor, Colo., and one of the meted into the woods about a the plane to Augusta, 30 mile,
organizers, had anticipated half-mile from the end of the west of the Knox County
about 15 trucks to begin the Kn°* County Airport in Owls Airport, because of the heavy
convoy. He attributed the low Heai*- ah°ut 300 feet from the fog along the coast,
turnout to the financial ocean. "Permission was granted
The craft was en route from by the FAA and they were in
Boston to Rockland, Maine, die process of working ir
with 16 passengers and two “
crewmen. It was the state's
worst air tragedy.
Knox County Deputy
“ a “nancuu Sheriff William Reinhardt
txnd and can t afford to make said the 17 bodies were found
the.trip, he said. "We should inside the front portion of the
r\l a no
——* uuuva io oegin ine
convoy. He attributed the low
turnout to the financial
squeeze of independent
trucking outfits.
We didn't have as many
as we originally thought
because a lot of independent
truckers are in a financial
Covered Great Plains
Twister Hit 100 Years Ago
^,C.ITY’.M0'(Ur'I) western Mi»ouri with only noon slrll„w ^
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UF'I)
— The National Weather
Service noted Wednesday the
centennial anniversary of a
series of vicious tornadoes
that wracked central and
estern Kansas, western
Missouri, southwestern Iowa
and southeastern Nebraska.
Damage was heavy, mostly
to farms, but the town of
Irving, Kan., was virtually
destroyed by two tornadoes
that struck an hour apart,
leaving 15 dead and more
than 50 injured.
The overall toll of the 11
tornadoes May 30,1879 was 42
dead and 185 injured, the
MSBjaM.
At times more than a mile
wide, the first Irving tornado
dissipated northwest of Falls
City, Neb., after it destroyed
a schoolhouse at the Catholic
Mission northwest of Seneca,
Kan.
That May had been devoid
of storms in Kansas and
western Missouri with only
patchy rainfall reported.
Then early that Friday
afternoon, black swirling
clouds formed and a tornado
touched down at 2 p.m. near
Clarinda, Iowa, and traveled
over open country with no
deaths or injuries sustained.
A half hour later near
Ellsworth, Kan., large hail
fell and another tornado
dropped from the clouds.
As it crossed the Saline
River, the NWS said, the
river bed was exposed as the
waters were sucked up into
the funnel. That started an
afternoon and evening of
terror and devastation, the
NWS sai'il, thaf ended about
10 p.m. as the last tornado
passed close to Albany, Mo.
The town of Irving no
longer exists. It now is under
several feet of water near the
upper reaches of Tuttle Creek
Reservoir.
Another tornado that after-
noon struck west of Salina,
killing four persons A man
look refuge in a haystack
which was lifted into the air.
While above ground, the man
came in contact with a
horse's inane, which he
grasped, but it was ripped
away. He landed with his hat
in one hand and the horse’s
hair in the other, the NWS
said.
Other Kansas twisters hit
near Minneapolis, Water-
ville, Wakefield and
Manhattan. The Kansas
storms accounted for 36 of the
42 deaths. The others oc-
curred in the lee’s Summit,
Mo., area.
The second largest and
longest tornado moved into
western Missouri, slashing
through lee’s Summit, where
six deaths and several of the
injuries occurred. The path of
ihot twister was paralleled by
the Ruskin Heights tornado of
May 20, 1957 that killed 44
persons and injured more
than 500.
The NWS report was com-
piled from old records and
information gathered by John
Dark Finley, a private in the
weather service of the U.S.
Signal Corps, who spent a
month traveling by horse and
buggy throughout the
devastated area
' devastated area
Suspects Sketches Complete
Cl. A HI.' MODI.' mu.
Your Individual
Horoscope
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FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 1,1979
What kind of day will
tomorrow be? To find out what
the stars say, read the
forecast given for your birth
Sign.
ARIES
(Mar. 21 to Apr. 19)
Sudden financial
developments could lead to a
rift with others. Emotions are
intense, excitable, and dif-
ficult to control.
TAURUS
(Apr. 20 to May 20)
Unexpected behavior on the
part of a mate or close ally
could leave you perplexed.
Avoid late night snacks which
upset physical well-being
GEMINI
(May 21 to June 20)
You’re on dangerous
grounds re a flirtation on the
Job. Homelife and en-
tertaining don’t seem to mix
favorably In the p.m.
CANCER a / a
(June 21 to July 22)
A love at first sight situation
may not turn out as you think.
Expect the unexpected. In-
tense feelings mar talks with
family members.
(July 23 to Aug. 22)
Mixing business with
pleasure may have some
unexpected repercussions.
Don’t surprise family
members with unexpected
dinner guests.
(Aug. 23 to Sept 22)
Romantic meetings have an
air of the unpredictable about
them. Don’t be inflexible in
your attitude about a financial
matter.
(Sept 23 to Oct 22)
Romantic matters could
make you somewhat nervous
now. The element of surprise
adds to your hypersensitivity.
Remain level-beaded.
SCORPIO M *<•
(Oct 23 to Nov. 21) "Mir
Somewhat Independent lif
your dealings with others now,
try to curb an urge to do the
unexpected. Don’t be so in-
scrutable with a friend.
SAGITTARIUS - AA
(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) ** AfT*'
Something at work could
upset your feelings or cause a
change in plans. A prying
friend may be acting from
ulterior motives.
CAPRICORN wfV
(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) <0 Idtlf
Make sure the other party’s
interested before making a
romantic move. Un-
conventional friends are liable
to do the unexpected.
AQUARIUS _
(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)^*SW
If sudden business arises,
make sure family members
are informed of any change in
plans. Negative advice from
others should be ignored
PBCES
(Feb. 19 to Mar. 20)
Not a day for unreasonable
romantic expectations. A
change in plans could leave
you with a letdown feeling.
Others hold conflicting
viewpoints.
CLARE MORE, Okla.
1DPIT- Twn mefrtuspcrted
of raping two 10-year-old
Talala girls May 5 may be
younger than investigators
originally believed, Roger
County authorities said.
Sheriff’s deputies said the
new descriptions are based
on information the girls gave
a female Oklahoma State
Bureau of Investigation agent
who reinterviewed the girls
recently.
Composite sketches drawn
from ihe new information
show the men as being in
'heir late 20s or early 30s,
investigators said.
The girls told police the
men, driving an old model,
green, four-wheel drive
pickup truck, stopped and
asked them directions as they
were walking along a Talala
street
The men then pulled the
girls into the truck and drove
to a field outside of town
where the girls were raped,
police said.
The girls were released and
ran to a nearby farmhouse
and notified authorities.
Investigators said they sus-
pect the men may work
around oil field operations
because the girls said their
clothes were greasy and
smelled of oil.
As now described, one man
ia 6 feel tall, weighs 200
pounds, has brownish-red
curly hair, a full beard,
blemishes on his face and
wears glasses.
The other is 5 feet, six in-
ches tall, with black medium-
length curly hair, built
huskily and has considerable
hair on his arms and chest.
The girls said the men also
had a black, medium-sized
dog in the back of (he pickup
when they were abducted.
Talala residents are of-
fering a 91,100 reward for
information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the
rapists, authorities said.
Sauna In Plans For New
City Hall, Says Builder
pick up a lot more trucks at
the junction of Interstate 76
and Interstate 80 near the
Colorado-Nebraska line.”
The trucks left at 6:30 a.m.
MDT from the Tomahawk
Truckstop on 1-76 in Brighton,
Colo., just outside Denver.
Blatcher said another
convoy would join the
original line of trucks at
Omaha, Neb., then other
convoys would join near the
Indiana-Ohio state line.
A spokesman for the
truckers said the convoy
would be the only in-
dependent long-haul trucks
rolling this week. Several
independent trucker groups
were calling for privately-
owned cross-country rigs to
strike at midnight Wed-
nesday.
Alan Goldsmith of Sioux
City, Iowa, a board member
of American Independent
Truckers, estimated the
strike could idle thousands of
his organization’s members.
Blatcher said the strike and
the convoy were called
because the increasing price
of diesel fuel was forcing
independent truckers out of
business. He had no estimate
on how many trucks would
join the convoy rolling toward
Washington.
'We have trucks coming in
from all over the United
States," he said. “A group
from Salt l,ake City will be
grouping with another group
at Omaha, Neb. We have
trucks coming in from
Oklahoma City, Houston,
plane.
A passenger list was not
immediately available.
when the plane crashed,’
said Michael Ciccarelli. a
spokesman at the FAA
regional center in Burlington,
Masa
It was the last Ume officials
had any contact with ilk-
plane.
Hundreds of spectators
from the popular Rockland
■ui.cuwueiy avauame. irom uie popular Rock lain
The survivor. John McCaf- tourist area at first impede<
frey, 16, of Searsmont, efforts to reach the eras!
Maine, was somehow able to
pull himself from the
mangled plane. He was found
about 100 yards away from
the downed aircraft which cut
its way through trees before
crashing to the ground.
A Penobscot Bay Medical
Center spokesman said
with ambulances and
equipment, but many
grabbed flashlights from
their cars and joined hi the
search.
"He hit a big spruce tree
and broke the top off it. The
plane was upside down,"
Everett Jones of Owls Head,
Ann nt ft__a a
v ciuer spoxesman said r-vereu Jones of Owls Head
McCaffrey was conscious and one of the first to reach tht
in stable condition after wreckage, said. He said tht
undergoing surgery early
today.
Federal Aviation
Administration investigators
arrived at the scene before
dawn. They began testing
runway lights at the airport
and making a preliminary
investigation.
Owls Head is located on a
peninsula jutting out into the
loud noise of the crash
sounded like an earthquake.
Timothy Jones, his son,
said he saw only one sur-
vivor, the young boy who was
thrown from the plane.
“The rest were in the plane
... they had to cut the fuselage
to get them out,” young Jones
said.
A line of black hearses
i*:iiin3uia juiung out into the * tme of black hearse
Atlantic Ocean about 30 miles waited beside a small road a
southeast of Augusta. *he remains were separated
Rescuers stumbled through bagged and taken to th
dense fog looking for sur- medical center, wher
vivors of the crash which relatives waited for ider
occured at 8:55 p.m. EDT. tification.
Visibility along the coast .Stat* Medical F.xamirv
as limited1 and the ground V*01? R**0 ocderodoificiii
.. --- io transport the dead pi)
was
First Of State
Wheat Crop In
DEVOL, Okla. (UPI) _
The first load of Oklahoma’s
1979 wheat crop was
produced in Cotton County
and delivered to a Burk-
bumett, Texas, elevator.
Elevator manager Jane
Green said the moisture
content of the wheat
w uk aeita pjj<
and copilot to Augusta for th
special thorough autopsie
required by federa
regulations.
LAFAYETTE, La. (UPI)
City officials claim the
mayor shouldn’t have enough
time to spend in a sauna bath,
but a builder contracted to
convert a department store
into a new city hall said the
plans still call for a sauna.
A television station first
revealed a $1,200 sauna was
planned as part of the
mayor’s suite in the new
building. Shortly after the
broadcast. Councilman Al
Simon said the sauna had
been deleted from the plans.
‘‘I think it’s superfluous,”
Simon said after meeting
with an aide for Mayor Kenny
Bowen. "The mayor
shouldn't have that amount of
time, anyway, to be able to go
in and lake a sauna bath.
"If the mayor, whoever he
is, wants io get any training,
he should be able to go out
and go to a club or
something."
But as of Wednesday after-
noon, builder Arnold Bernard
said the sauna still was part
of the plans.
“Oh no, it's still in there,"
said contractor Arnold
Bernard.
The new city building will
be located in a former
department store. The city
bought the building for $2.6
million and will spend
another $2.3 for renovation.
Plans for a sauna were
disclosed in a televised report
Tuesday, but Simon said he
believed the deletion was
made previously.
Dallas, Kansas City, Mo., and content of the wheat
St. Joseph, Mo. We’re hoping deliver«d Tuesday by W.M
for a grouping just east of Young of Devol, was ex-
T n/li nnnnnll. f__I CPnt innalll; lour al a
grouping just
Indianapolis, Ind„ at the
Indiana-Ohio state line at
Richmond, Ind."
“ whs Ca*
eeptionally low for the first
load of a season. She said the
early harvest yield was 40 to
45 bushels per acre.
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