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PAGE TWO -Sapulpa I Oku i Herald Sundae August 5, 197$
Energy Crisis No Hoax,Sun Workers Told
By JOHN V YOUNG
America's enerRy problem is
no hoax, and it mas Ret worse
before it Rets better. Sun Oil Co.
employes were told the past
week
About 1.500 of Sun's 2.00O Tulsa
employes attended one of five
daily sessions designed to in-
form them about the energy
situation-one of the major
current concerns in the United
States
The employes were also Riven
opportunity to ask questions
typical of those asked by the
American public-such as
whether the gasoline shortaRe is
actually one contrived by mayor
oil companies to force in-
dependents out of business and
force prices upward
No Hoa*
-A hoax'1
We re here to tell you it is
not.' said Don Shields, crude oil
purchasinR manager
Oklahoma oil production has
been declininR since its peak in
1967 and the trend looks as if
it's here to stay " Shields said
Sun has been able to purchase
only enouRh crude to operate its
90.000 harrel-per-day capacity
Tulsa refinery at about 84.000
barrels the past few months, and
its 50.000 barrel Duncan refinery
at 44.000, he said Sun beRan
buy inn Texas crude in 1967-a
mere 750 barrels daily-to help
meet its needs and last month
that figure had risen to 23.000
barrels
By 1965. he estimated two-
thirds of the amount of crude
needed will have to be from
outside Oklahoma
Imports Rite
Correspondingly, the United
States has grown more depen-
dent on foreign crude-primarily
from the Middle Kasl-to the
extent that 40 per cent of the
nation's supply may have to be
imported by next year
Domestic production has been
hampered by governmental
restrictions. Shields said
A May increase in the crude
price from $3 85 to $4 30 per
barrel "was the stimulus needed
for new production." he said,
through stripper"' wells (very
small producers), secondary
recovery and new drilling Some
of the stripper wells would
produce only 3 or 4 barrels daily
but at the higher crude price
would be worth keeping in
production Otherwise they
would probably be shut down
and lost forever
However, the federal
government is trying to roll back
the crude price to its May 15
level of (3 85. and if that hap-
pens. the incentive for stepped-
up production will be lost.
Shields (untended
Controls Blamed
Dave Twomey. Sun western
manager for industrial products,
blamed the roots of the energy
problem on two federal actions
a 1954 Supreme Court decision in
which the Federal Power
Commission took control of the
wellhead price of natural gas.
and the 1967 tax reform act
which cut the depletion
allowance from 274 to 22 per
cent
The depletion cut "has led to
non-incentive." Twomey said
"Moneys which should have
been generated for capital in-
vestments the past five years
was not generated "
“If it's not a crisis, we've
reached a crunch" in energy .
Twomey said, and he predicted
the biggest problem was yet to
come-not in the area of
gasoline, but distillate fuels such
as diesel and heating oil.
Industrial Demands
'Industrial demands are
huge.' Twomey said "Last
w inter a few plants literally had
to shut down and I don't believe
the oil industry can meet fuel oil
demands this winter "
Gasoline and distillates are
made from the same end of the
spectrum of crude oil Sun last
winter, to meet the heating oil
shortage, dropped its production
of gasoline - at a loss in revenue
of about $3 million
Importance of the distillate
products is far-reaching,
Twomey noted, because when
industries have to shut down,
employment is affec ted
"The paychecks of this
country start in two places."
Twomey noted. Industry and
the farm ”
Grewrmq Uteagt
Harry Bruns. Sun manager of
retail pricing and allocation,
said the demand for products
had increased 7 per rent the past
couple of years instead of the
normal 3 to 4 per cent
Addition of nearly 12 million
automobiles, increased farm
production and increased leisure
activities are among the factors
contributing to the rise in
demand. Bruns said
During the gasoline shortage,
he said, the priority of allocation
has been (1) to the company 's
long-time customers and < 2) in
consideration of farm crop
production
Environmentalists
Fred Smith, regional manager
for production, directed part of
the blame at “well meaning but
misdirected environmentalists"
who he said were among the
causes of making oil reserves
more costly and risky to find
Citing offshore areas. Alaska
and deeper drilling as sources of
new production. Smith said the
costs in such places are very
high
Hr noted a gas well in Grady
county. Oklahoma, scheduled
for 21..100 feet will cost 12.7
million- but tl million of the
total will be in the final 1.000
feet.
■I
American Lifestyle
The American lifestyle was
noted as one reason for the huge
demand for energy.
Smith said the U.S., which
requires 16 million barrels of oil
daily, has one-seventeenth of the
world’s population and uses one-
third its energy
Insurgents Press Ever
Closer To Phnom Penh
PHNOM PENH (UPIi
Cambodian insurgent forces
pressing forward on the out-
skirts of Phnom Penh Saturday
may have captured Gen Chhuon
Chhoum. personal assistant to
President I»n Not, the military
command said
Cambodian troops, fighting
with the support of U.S. war-
planes and their own artillery,
battled the insurgents for 'die
second consecutive day along
Highway 1 three miles from the
southeastern limits of the
capital
In South Vietnam, the Viet
Co«g issued a formal warning
that any attempt by South
V ietnamese forces to assist the
Ijon Nol government by moving
into Cambodia could provoke a
renewal of fighting in South
Vietnam
The Cambodian military com-
mand said Chhoum disappeared
from his villa four miles from
Phnom Penh off Highway 1 as
the large force of insurgents
battled government troops in the
same area A command
spokesman said there was fear
for his safety and that he may
have been captured
Other military sources said,
however, that the general
narrowly escaped capture by
fleeing his home and now
possibly was attempting to make
contact with the government's
front line Chhoum normally
works in Phnom Penh with Ion
Nol. who resides in the capital
The defense of the capital
along the southeastern front was
hampered by thousands of
refugees streaming into the city
from suburban villages that
have been turned into battle-
grounds Cambodian officials
cancelled requests for American
bombing along the front line of
fighting because of the closeness
i>f government troops, rebels
a net refugees
Cambodian military officials
and police feared that many
rebel troops were infiltrating
Phnom Penh along with the
refugees
The insurgents advanced 15
miles in two days on the
southeastern front before Satur-
day. when Cambodian troops
began using artillery in an at-
tempt to make up for the loss of
U.S air strikes on the fighting
line itself Field reports said
there was also close fighting by
infantry troops, but there were
no details or casualty reports
Airborne reconnaissance pi-
lots reported a concentration of
rebel mortar and rocket fire
from the village of Veal Sbov.
34 miles from the capital’s city
limits Rebel infantrymen were
at least one-lialf mile in front of
their own artillery support
- » -e
Mood Free- Wheeling
Despite Possible Fall
PHNOM PENH (UPI1 - The
mood in Phnom Pent" is one of
free-wheeling gaiety despite the
crumbling of the capital's outer
defense perimeter and the
creeping possibility of the
capital's "fall" to surrounding
Communist troops
"Musique Monsieur Nixon" —
the Cambodian nickname for the
the thunder of American B52
bombers—has reached an
almost deafening volume in the
city as the United States makes
an all-out effort to save the
regime of Prime Minister Lon
Nol before the Aug 15 bombing
deadline
The Cambodians, however,
seem almost oblivious to the
roar of the air strikes and to the
unhappy military facts that
prompted them Phnom Penh
residents simply raise their
voices in an attempt to drown
out the bombs and only oc-
casionally will someone crack
the already stale joke, “a lot of
thunder this year—but not much
rain ”
Government radio stations
broadcast continuous announce-
ments of brilliant military-
victories on all fronts, but some
of the generals have packed off
their wives and children to
Paris.
Cambodian leaders have been
inviting U.S Embassy officers
to an increasing number of
luncheons these days with such
attractions as "hot dancing" for
entertainment.
At first, the Americans were a
little puzzled by the increased
amiability, but they soon found
out the reason—a rumor making
the rounds that the United States
plans to fly only 100 high-level
Cambodians to asylum if the
capital falls to Communist
troops. Everyone wants to make
sure he's got a seat reserved
These bloody fools." snorted
one Western military" attache
who spent an uncomfortable
afternoon at such an affair "In a
few weeks they 're going to be
paraded on spikes around the
city and they sit there leering at
hot dancing
The U.S Embassy plans to
land big Chinook transport
helicopters on the roofs of the
capital" s hotels and at secret
rendezvous points throughout
the city ui order to save its
nationals
Many diplomats without the
insurance of a last-minute U.S.
flight out intend to leave the city
as soon as "the point of no
return" seems to have been
reached
"I have been watching the
Cambodian bigwigs very close-
ly,” said one diplomat who has
orders not to play hero "They
have already sent their wives to
safety for one reason or another
but when they begin to evacuate
their mistresses I’ll know the
time to leave has come ”
AIM Parley
SAPULPA
MEDICAL CLINIC
is happy to announce the
association of
Dr. Phillip Leonard Isham, M.D.
as a member of their medical staff
635 South Main
Sapulpa, Oklahoma
Concluded
WHITE OAK (UPI)— The
American Indian Movement Na-
tional Unity Conference ended
Friday night and Indian leaders
said a group from the conference
would go to the Rosebud
Reservation in South Dakota for
a sundance ritual
Indian security guards were
gone from their usual place at
the entrance to the campgrounds
on a 360-acre farm five miles
southeast of Vinita. Lt. Jerry
Biggers of the highway patrol
said
The convention officially be-
gan Monday, although the AIM
members began gathering in
White Oak two weeks ago The
Indians had forecast a peaceful
convention, and carried through
with their promise
An average of 96 tornadoes hit
Texas each year, says the
National Weather Service
Cashier's
Class Set
Vo-Tech
A cashier-checker training
program will begin Aug 13 in a
Central Tech mobile unit,
Drumright
The 72-hour training program
features a mobile classroom-
laboratory with most modern
nationally known equipment
It features checkout stands,
produce computing scales,
automatic check-out cash
registers The laboratory area is
slocked with dummy packaged
groceries, meats, vegetables,
baked goods, dairy goods
The training program consists
of basic information given on 14
fundamental points of cashier-
checker operations: check
merchandise, read a scale and
weigh produce; bag mer-
chandise; detect pilferage,
make change; issue trading
stamps; handle merchandise
adjustments; handle food stamp
coupons; cash checks, compute
tax; figure split prices; balance
cash; honesty, accuracy,
courtesy, neat appearance: use
of various types of cash
registers
Benny Vanatta. director of
industrial and adult education,
said the course is supplemental
to programs in operation by-
local stores
The course is approved by the
Oklahoma Retail Grocers
Association, and tuition is $11
w hich includes books and study
materials Classes are 8 30 a m
until 3 p m. daily, and persons
interested may report to the
mobile unit at Central Tech Aug
9-10 for interviews and
enrollment
Probers Tired, Cranky
And Still Hunt Answers
Tfec nest important
insurance question:
“How many companies
do you represent?"
If your insurance man
answers. “Just one,"
slow down. We re inde-
pendent agents and
represent several reliable
companies. Stands
to reason we
can give you
better service
B w—i—t
SINGERS FILE SUIT
IDS ANGELES i UPI) - John
Phillips and Michele, his former
wife, both singers with the
Mamas and Papas" rock
group, filed a $21 million
damage suit Friday against the
American Broadcasting Co. and
several subsidiaries.
The suit charges fraud and
breach of contract. Phillips told
reporters the companies had
cheated them out of vast sums
by pressing new records and
reissuing unsold ones without
(lay ing royalties.
The suit named ABC, Dunhill
Records Ltd., Truesdale Music
Publishers and Wingate Music
Publishers plus 150 "John Does"
allegedly involved in fraud,
which also included in-
fringement of copyright.
A spokesman for Dunhill said
the charges were “without
foundation."
WASHINGTON < UPD - After
hearing 37 witnesses give
testimony spanning more than
6,000 pages over 35 days, the
Senate Watergate Committee is
tired, cranky and still without
definitive answers to the key
questioas confronting it from the
start
For the four Democrats and
three Republicans on the panel,
the most crucial unknowns
concern President Nixon's role
- what did he know about the
scandal, when did he find out
and what did he do about it.
How much ultimately is
learned about the President and
his top aides will depend heavily
on the outcome of the legal battle
over the secret While House
tapes Further court action is
expected next week, with special
Watergate prosecutor Archibald
Cox and the Senate committee
seeking judicial orders for Nixon
to comply with subpoenas de-
manding disclosure of the tapes
Next week also will mark the
end of the first phase of the
Senate hearings, with Chairman
Sam J. Ervin Jr., D-N.C., ad
jourmng them until after I,abor
Day and concluding the inquiry
into the bugging of Democratic
national headquarters and the
ensuing cover-up.
Still to come are investigations
into other activities put under
the umbrella heading of
Watergate the "dirty tricks"
allegedly done m the President's
behalf to sabotage 1972
Democratic campaigns; the
methods used in raising nearly
$50 million for Nixon's own
campaign, the most costly in
history ; the Ellsberg burglary
and. perhaps, other illegal acts
conducted in the name of
national security
Since the hearings began May
17. exactly 11 months after the
June 17,1972, Watergate arrests,
the Ervin committee has
focused on four basic areas
-What was the Presidents
response and how active an
interest did he take in the
investigation during the months,
before and after his reelection,
when the press earned constant
reports that his associates and
political aides were implicated
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in a cover-up
— Who actually authorized the
break-in" John N Mitchell. John
W Dean III, and Jeb Stuart
Magruder. Mitchell's deputy at
the Nixon campaign committee,
have acknowledged attending
meetings where the bugging
plans were discussed, but each
has sworn to a different version
of what happened in those
sessions
— How did the cover-up
evolve’’ And how many high
officials in the government and
at the Committee to Re-elect the
President (CRPi took a hand in
hiding the facts’ Dean, ousted as
White House counsel April 30.
said Nixon himself was a cover-
up conspirator Mitchell, the
former attorney general, said he
concealed the facts from Nixon,
but would have answered if
Nixon had asked H R
Haldeman and John D Ehrbrh-
man, the President's closest
White House aides until they loo
resigned April 30. said Nixon
was in the dark and was eager to
see the truth come out while
insisting they themselves were
innocent of wrongdoing
—Was the $220,000 in ( ash
given to the original seven
Watergate defendants really
intended solely to cover their
legal fees and meet their
families living expenses or
wwe the. payments actually
made to buy their cooperation''
James W McCord Jr., the exCLA
employe who became securiti
chief for ("HP and was arrested
in the Watergate, testified ths!
he and ithers were paid "hush
money." But Herbert W
Kalmbach, who as Nixon's
personal lawyer raised most c4
the money , said F.hrbohmar,
assured him the payments wen-
fur ' humanitarian" purposes
Liquor (earning
JACKSON. Miss . UPI l - The
first Southeastern School of
Alcohol Studies was held at
Mi 11 saps College in Jackson in
Augu This was the first tune
southeastern states had joined to
study alcoholism
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