European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday september 1,1977 free Carter trips in Carol nets Are termed oversight Washington a the Whitehouse said wednesday that through an oversight the Carter Campaign committee failed to pay for rides by candidate Jimmy Carter on corporate and state owned planes during a swing through the Caroli nes in april 1975. But Doug Huron a Campaign committee Winz Utility disagree on Boycott effect Miami a backers of a one Day consumer Boycott protesting higher elec tric and Telephone rates Here say a half million people or More participated. The utilities called the protest a Flop. I want people to say dammit i want a review of the whole system that allows these outrageous rates " said Winz news director Steve daily who initiated and organized tuesday s Boycott. I just got Furi Ous after hearing Southern Bell was t even satisfied with its latest increase daily said. We think it s a great Success said a spokesman for the All news station that urged Southern floridians not to use electricity or make Long distance Telephone Calls tuesday. The station mailed Boycott kits to anyone who requested them. The five Page kits contained information on How to com Plain about rate increases and who to con tact. The station says it made the estimate of 500,000 participants because 2,000 people mailed in requests for a Boycott  the Telephone switchboard at the station was flooded with Calls and several institutions announced they took part in the pro test. But the utilities insisted that business was As Good As if not better than usual. Tony Bruns a Florida Power & Light co. Spokesman said that at one Point in the Day More electricity actually was being used than expected. Southern Bell spokesman . Weber said his Utility was not affected. Fps recently received a $195.5 million rate hike increasing the average Home owner s Bill $4.39 a month based on 1,000 kilowatts usage. The average Bill now is $37.51. Official and now a White House attorney said the Money approximately $1,000 is being paid now that the matter has been brought to the administration s attention. The free air plane rides were disclosed wednesday by the Washington Bureau of the Cox newspaper Chain. Huron also said the disclosure had prompted Campaign officials to go Back Over their books to determine if any other similar rides on Small chartered planes had not been paid , Huron said that the Campaign had previously paid Bills totalling $151,332for Small charter planes. He said this demonstrated there was nothing intentional in the failure to pay for the trip through the Carolinas. It s not like we had a practice of not paying for those plane trips Huron said. Carter took five flights during a three Day swing through North and South Carolina in april 1975.not corporate funds two of the flights were paid for by . Bobby Allen on a plane owned by . Allen and son inc. Of Fayetteville . Huron said that Allen was being reimbursed for $271.25 for the plane trips since Allen had previously contributed $1,000 to the Carter Campaign the Legal limit for individuals under Federal Law. The other firm involved in the Carolina Campaign trip was the Diamond Supply co. Headed by Harvey Diamond of Char Lotte . Two trips Huron said a Check would be sent out for $568.73 to reimburse the firm for two chartered flights. Corporate Campaign contributions Are illegal. Huron said that the Carter Campaign committee apparently overlooked the Dia mond company when it mailed out thou Sands of letters to firms that had helped the Campaign asking to be billed for any expenditures by the companies. Harvey Diamond was not immediately available for comment. The fifth flight during Carter s trip to the Carolinas was paid for by the state of South Carolina and Huron estimated that the Cost of the flight would be about $200. Carter was accompanied on the flight on the state owned plane by it. Gov. W. Brantley Harvey of South Carolina. It was previously disclosed during the investigation of the finances of budget director Bert Lance that Carter was not billed for five other flights valued  1,793 on a plane owned by the National Bank of Georgia. No Don t do that despite the Calm request by Newyork s mayor Abraham Beame an Apple pie becomes airborne. Beam says he was t hit by the gooey missile thrown by a Man identified As Aaron Kay. But a smudge was observed in the mayor s right shoulder. Bella Abzug among mayoral candidates who were attending the forum in new York City is seated beside Beame. A photo a thrust at Beame gets to the Core of a protest new York a mayor Abraham d. Beame who says he does t like Apple pie just missed getting a face full during a forum for mayoral candidates. Apparently the first to spot a tall Ford May limit Large engine cars Dearborn Mich. Up the for motor co. Unveiled its 1978 Model lineup tuesday with a warning it will limit Avail ability of its larger engines and close As Sembly plants if americans Don t Star buying Small cars with fuel efficient in  we have to we will shut some of our plants rather than break the Law for executive vice president William o. Bourke said at a National news  we have to do is create a demand for Small  sales of at least 14.6 million cars and trucks during the upcoming Model year about 1 million below a record general motors projection Bourke said Ford now figures it can meet the govern ment s 18-Miles-per-gallon Fleet average by a slight  key to that Effort is two new products the Ford Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr compacts whose fuel Economy average with a four Cylinder engine and automatic transmission comes in at 26 mpg. But for expects most customers will opt for the larger six Cylinder  too Many want an even larger v-8, Ford May have to restrict output or cutback on production of its larger Ford Ltd Lincoln Continental and Mark v models to keep from slipping below the 18 mpg level. Ford tentatively priced the new two door Fairmont with a Standard 2.3-liter four Cylinder engine and manual trans Mission at $3,645 and the look alike Zephyr at $3,763.while they Are considered Large com pacts they la be facing Competition Fromm s new downsized intermediates whose Price tags will be about $300-$400 a car higher. Ford division expects to sell upwards of450,000 Fairmont and Lincoln Mercury to sell 150,000  they reach the goal the two cars would be the most successful new name plates in automotive history. The penalty for missing the fuel Economy goal which increases to 27.5 mpg in 1985 is $50 a mile for every vehicle Soldin Fiat Model year. That could Cost Ford about $150 million a figure that actually would double since fines Are not tax  of what comes we will not break the Law Bourke  first thing to do is build the right product but you can t predict what the customer reaction will  bearded Man coming Down the aisle pie in hand tuesday night Beame calmly said no Don t do  but the Man threw it anyway. Only a Small chunk or two appeared to hit the mayor who denied he was struck. No i did t get hit Beame said. I think a few others. Got  a smudge could be seen on the mayor s right Shoul . A caller to the associated press said Tekie thrower was Aaron Kay a candidate r mayor on the pot pie ticket. Before turning to politics Kay was associated. With pie kill International a group that specialized in throwing pies at people for pay one victim was Patrick Moynihan whom Kay hit with a custard pie last year while Moynihan was successfully running for the democratic nomination for . Senator from new York. The caller said Kay was protesting be cause he was not allowed to participate in the forum. Beame who is in a seven Way demo cratic primary race for mayor declined to press charges and police released the pie thrower