Banner Graphic, Volume 9, Number 286, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 August 1979 — Page 2

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The Putnam County Banner Graphic, July 9,1979

Shrimp industry threatened

Gulf winds push oil northward

By GREG THOMPSON Associated Press Writer CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) A 40-mile-long tongue of runaway Mexican crude oil drifted ominously offshore of Padre Island as pollution from the world’s largest oil spill resumed its northward advance, troubling shrimpers already frightened by a meager harvest. Gulf breezes that powered the huge spill * from a blown-out Mexican oil well toward the white resort beaches of the Texas Gulf Coast picked up Wednesday. And forecasters said 10-knot winds would continue today. “We knew the winds would kick up again, we just didn’t kriow when,” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spokesman Carl Posey said Wednesday night. Though tar balls from the spill have already reached Texas beaches, the oil slick itself had halted its steady advance Tuesday when southeasterly winds diminished, setting up what Coast Guard officials called a “standoff” at best. The progress of the giant slick, paralleling the island, 75 miles out into the Gulf, worried shrimpers who gathered in Brownsville to voice their apprehensions.

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“We are not doomsdayist, but realistically, we are concerned.” said Ralph Rayburn, executive director of the Texas Shrimp Association. “The shrimp industry has never been exposed to this type of threat. ” Julius Collins, president of the association, said that shrimp harvests this year are

Cheer...or else! BALTIMORE (AP) The more than 100 summer Job Corps workers who enthusiastically greeted President Carter along an Baltimore street did so under threat of suspension, a city official said Wednesday. But the official added that the threat resulted from a misunderstanding by supervisors of the Baltimore Summer Corps, a federally financed program. The corps members, all wearing official T-shirts, were holding up the biggest “Welcome President Carter” sign when Carter toured the city’s east side Tuesday. “They were told they would be suspended if they didn’t show up for work,” said Chris Hartman, a spokesman for the mayor. “They had their choice, but if they didn’t show up at their work place or to greet Carter, they would be suspended. “Somebody in the Manpower offices thought it would be nice to let them off to see the president,” Hartman said. “But if they weren’t going to see the president, they weren’t going to get the day off.” In the translation, however, the supervisors told the employees that cheering for the president was a must and that refusal to do so would mean an automatic suspension. “They all volunteered,” said Alice Ebb, one of the supervisors. “It’s good for them since they all take courses in criminal justice. It’s good for them to observe, particularly the special (Secret Service) agents.”

running at about half the pace of last year’s catch. He blamed a combination of environmental factors, including a cold winter and heavy spring and summer rains. A Coast Guard reconnaissance flight detected “a tongue of sheen” 15 miles offshore and stretching 40 miles along Padre

Firefighters aided by break in weather

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Battleweary firefighters in six Western states have gotten their first break from searing weather that has turned forests into giant stands of kindling, but a new fire in Idaho has burned two homes and forced 50 families to flee. Temperatures dropped and humidity rose Wednesday, allowing 6,000 firefighters half of the nation’s federal firefighting force to gain some ground on more than a dozen fires raging out of control in the West. “We had a real good day today,” John Gumert, information officer at the Boise Interagency Fire Center, said Wednesday. “We didn’t lose any ground on any major fire.” The National Weather Service, however, is predicting more fair skies over the fire areas today. And Bob Bjornsen, Forest Service director for the fire center, said the outlook “is very grim” for the next 10 days. A new fire that broke out just after noon Wednesday in northern Idaho burned at least two homes near Bonners Ferry, a

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Island from Brownsville to 20 miles north of the Port Mansfield cut, Posey said. He said the tongue ranged in width from about 20 miles to less than 10 miles, and contained several “pancakes and two ribbons of mousse,” signifying heavier oil concentrations. Tar balls carried by the surf continued to dot the high-water

Carter to demand food price answers at meeting Monday

By MARTIN TOLCHIN c. 1979 N.Y. Times WASHINGTON - President Carter has summoned a group of 15 food retailers and trade group officials to the White House next Monday afternoon to explain to him why the nation’s consumers have failed to reap the benefits of reduced farm prices, administration officials said Wednesday. The president, who was described by his aides as “greatly concerned” by the continued high food prices in the face of reduced farm prices,

town of 1,900, and forced the evacuation of 50 families. By nightfall, flames were within 2 miles of city limits, but a state official said the fire wasn’t expected to reach the city because the heavy timber doesn’t stretch that far. There were no immediate reports of injury from the fire, which was estimated to cover 600 acres. Fire bosses at the federal command and supply center in Boise reported 13 major blazes covering about 136,000 acres in Idaho, Montana, California, Wyoming, Oregon and Nevada. Hardest hit is Idaho, where nine fires covered more than 125,000 acres in what Gov. John Evans called “probably the worst fire conditions in (the state’s) history.” Evans, who flew over the fires Wednesday, said so much smoke fills mountain areas it is hard to spot new blazes. The fire center said four fires, covering 3,340 acres, were controlled Wednesday and six others, covering 6,000 acres, were contained.

line along Padre Island beaches. Posey said the heaviest concentrations were on beaches near the Port Mansfield cut. But he said it was still nothing like the blackened beaches in Mexico. Scientists studied currents in efforts to predict where the oil might wash ashore, but there were no indications that such predictions would be available before several days.

has scheduled an hour-long meeting with the group, beginning at 3 p.m. “It’s something we’ve been looking at for a couple of weeks,” Jody Powell, the president’s press secretary, said of the matter. Administration officials said they expected the president to stress cooperation and conciliation, but added that continued industry recalictrance could result in presidential censure. “It’s a competitive business, and we’re relying on public accountability,” an administration official said. Although farm prices rose sharply during the first three months of this year, they declined in April, May and June at an annual rate of 17.3 percent, according to Alfrd E. Kahn, the president’s chief inflation adviser and chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability. Nevertheless, retail food prices were 10 percent higher than in June 1978, he said. Council officials said that those prices covered all farm products, including meat, dairy and produce. The Agriculture Department has reported that profit margins rose at an annual rate of 22 percent in the first six months of this year. “Consumers have so far not enjoyed the full benefits of those lower prices at the grocery counter,” Kahn said Tuesday, “because margins (markups by processors, wholesalers and retailers) have continued to increase.” He urged these middlemen to take a hard look at their profit margins. “It is time for the American consumers to begin to realize the full benefit of decreased prices at the farm level,” he added. In a related development, the administration on Wednesday warned Americans that their food bills would go up further as a result of the decision to sell an additional 10 million metric tons of wheat to the Soviet Union during the next 14 months. The Council on Wage and Price Stability predicted that consumer food prices would increase .2 percent solely because of the Soviet grain deal. A metric ton is equal to 37 bushels of wheat.

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A Group Of inner-city youngsters play in a fire hydrant this week as the temperature and humidity reached unbearable highs.

Sweltering New York City worse than Death Valley

By ALANRICHMAN c. 1979 N.Y. Times NEW YORK place worse than New York City in the summer is Death Valley in the summer, you’re wrong. New York City is worse. “I was discharged from the old Brooklyn Navy Yard and spent about three weeks in New York,” said Richard Rayner, chief ranger at Death Valley National Monument. ‘‘l even took a New York subway, though not in the middle of a heat wave. I’m probably better off where I am.” “The other day I was talking to a young lady from a New York TV station and she said it was 90 degrees with 87 percent humidity,” he recalled. “I know what that is. It’s difficult to breathe. I hope all you New Yorkers survive it.” Last Monday, Chief Ranger Rayner was reporting the kind of weather that could ruin Death Valley’s bad name. There were high clouds, light rainfall and a double rainbow over the Funeral Mountains. When he and his dog went out to jog at 6 a.m., the temperature was 97 and the humidity a staggering, for Death Valley, 35 percent. He could have been in Central Park, except he felt safer. “The perspiration was rolling off me,” he said. The permanent residents of Death Valley, some 200 of whom are human, have adapted well to the climate. The underside of the tail of the antelope ground squirrel is white, and when he runs from shelter into the direct sun, he flips his tail up and over his head. Most New Yorkers do not wear hats in the sun. Even in New York City, animals do better than people. On a typical summer afternoon, the cool air coming from your window airconditioner has the texture of motorcycle exhaust. At the Bronx Zoo’s Aquatic Bird House, the tufted puffins are living in a permanent state of 63 degrees. These little North Atlwtic sea birds have little cliffs and a little waterfall. But are they really happy? “Oh, yeah,” said Roseanne Geoghegan, secretary to the curator. “All you have to do is look in there and see all those little puffins flapping their wings in the water like they’re at the beach. Wouldn’t you be happy if you were swimming all day?” You probably think everybody in New York City is cooler than you, that the rich flip on their central air-conditioning the way they used to pop open champagne, that the powerful have ways to corrupt their thermostats. This is only

Indiana counties will get aid

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The U.S. Energy Department has designated 17 Indiana counties eligible for federal aid because of effects of coal mining on the local economy, the State Planning Services Agency says. The grants, planning agency spokesman Tom Ayres said,

New Yorkers, like most of the eastern half of the country, will swelter into the weekend, according to the weatherman.

part of the truth. Actually, everybody is more comfortable than you, even people without money. Alfredo Samuel is not wealthy. He lives with his wife and daughter in a fourth-floor apartment. “I have a fan,” he says. Each morning he rides the subway to work, just like an ordinary person. “Sometimes in the morning it is veryhot,” he says. Samuel is not given to exaggerations. He works at Gallagher’s Steak House on West 52d Street, where he is in charge of the storeroom for aging steaks. The temperature is between 35 and 40 degrees in Samuel’s office. “Sometimes I stay in there so long my eyes get clammy,” he said. “I do like it in the summertime, although sometimes if I stay in there for two hours, it is kind of cold.” Nina Billera is not wealthy. She is 20 years old, lives in Brooklyn and works as a guide at the outdoor observation deck above the 107th floor of No. 2 World Trade Center. Sometimes, when the sun is shining and tourists are blocking the crosswinds coming from off the water, Miss Billera does not feel like a person working a quarter-mile off the ground. On humid days, passing clouds stop for a rest on top of the tower, blocking the view, and the Port Authority closes the observation deck to visitors. There, in the coolness of the clouds, Miss Billera walks alone. “It’s kind of a strange feeling, being alone in the clouds,” she said. “I don’t know how to describe it. Sometimes you can even see over the clouds. It’s like I’m close to everything”. But not everybody you envy is better off than you. Karen Johnson is director of corporate communications for the Carvel Corp.,an ice-cream company that has its headquarters in Yonkers, N.Y. She denies the existence of a relationship between the temperature of the product and the temperature of the personnel. “It all depends on whether you eat the ice cream or smear it over your body,” she said. Rudy Garcia is director of public affairs for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. As chief spokesman for the sewer system, Garcia refutes the myth that the sewers are a refreshing place to work. “First of all, we’re not down there that much,” he said. “Most of the work is done outside, excavation work. It probably is 10 degrees cooler in the sewers, but you have to wear all that rubber gear. Probably if you wore a bathing suit it would be cooler, but I doubt any of the workers would like to do that. ”

can help pay for road, water and sewer projects needed because of increases in mine employment. The grants, he said Wednesday, would come from the Farmers’ Home Administration, and the amount that could be received has not been

determined yet. The counties which qualify for the money include Clay, Daviess, Dußois, Fountain, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer. Sullivan, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo and Warrick.