European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes january 1978 begins save Energy program a Nett declaring that the Walc of limited Energy re sources has plated us on a collision course Wilh Minnesota officials begun pulling into effect whal they Hope will be a comprehensive program to assure More office Tel use of the strategy affects old buildings As Well As new individual homeowners As Well As other building Iraa spor Latiin and and includes the Fol Luwine an Energy building or flu that reduces by 25 Percun the amount of exposed window surface hat May lie in build Ings and that requires new buildings to use More insulation and Sli irm windows or Thermal windows the state also is consid ering establishing minimum Standard fur attic Sturm Weathers tripping and Furnace efficiency for an order that slave buildings reduce fuel consumption by 30 percent and that state vehicles reduce Mattoline consumption by id percent through measures that include motor pools and the setting of mini mum mileage requirements for new vehicles purchased by he stale development of n plan to convert major state institutions Frum Oil and Gas to Coal Healing a prohibition against new healed commercial i hit lights on new forced air Clcil Hus dryers and the use of decorative Gas the slate also has set mandatory higher efficiency standards for new air the states most serious Supply prob Lern is he curtailment of crude Oil exports by according to Fludy Purpich the Canadian cutbacks threaten the continued operation of refineries throughout the which provide about 25 percent of the states Energy he most of Minnesota new Energy regulations do nol immediately affect Large num Bers of so there has been no Public response significant enough to gauge Hie Overall acceptance of the conservation the proposal now before the legislature to require Homes to meet mini mum insulation standards at the time they Are sold is certain id cause some Contro Versy among elderly citizens and others in Homes that Are More than 20 years such Homes arc More expensive to Insu the proposal is expected to pass the leg according to a legislative assist ant familiar with the because elderly Are politically it May be in watered Down the Energy office exhibits inc photo graphs in Public buildings and provides in formation on How to idler insulate the state also has set up a loll free number for information on Energy a project to test the feasibility of heating downtown buildings Wilh hot water thai is now dumped into us Mississippi River an Walc by Utility companies is being set up Here and in neighbouring the systems will be modelled after District heating systems used in some swedish the state also is providing about a year in Grants to local communities and municipalities for projects to Lind solutions to Energy problems Peculiar to their one Grant went to the University of Minne Sota to study the possible use of Cattail plants As an Energy another involves the study of a possible conversion of peat to Minnesota has extensive peat another component of the Minnesota plan involves comparing Energy use Pat terns of cities in the state with those of for eign cities Wilh similar John director of the slate Energy said that new a town of people about 100 Miles West of l twin would be compared with town of Millhone said that profiles of each City would be made to see Why the swedish City uses Only about 60 percent of the amount of fuel consumed by new proposals still under consideration in clude empowering the slate Energy Agency v to prohibit the use of outdoor display Light ing from ii to 6 and  ing Utility rates to discourage Energy possibly utilizing a Structure that would impose higher rates for use during Peak the governor also has asked the ice Lola lure to encourage no motorized ton by allocating million to develop 3 thousands of Miles of hiking and bicycling formal Treasury finding Japan steel dumping confirmed Washington api the Treasury department made a final ruling monday Elhiu japanese companies have been Ille Gally Selling sum steel in tills country below the Cost of producing the Treasury department Cut by More than half the average tariffs it is considering charging firms that imported the which was used for buildings and the government action was inc first on a series of complaints filed Las fall by Amer ican steel producers who alleged Hal the japanese were dumping steel in this coun try at exceptionally Low the producers blamed the imports for declining steel orders and increased layoffs in the the ruling came on an anti dumping complaint filed by Gilmore steel the Gilmore complaint covered Carbon which accounts for about s percent of the steel used in this the Treasury department had tentatively decided 3 Hal the steel was being sold Here at prices about 32 percent below whal in costs to produce the at that the department ordered importers to Post Bonds of about i percent and indicated in might charge tariffs Hal the Treasury determined monday that the prices were to 18 5 per cent below production it said the dumping margins were Nippon steel Nippon Sumitomo Kawasaki percent and Kobe the International Trade commis Sion now has to Days to decide if Domestic Industry was injured by the Low japanese after the Treasury can invoke inc new tariffs the Bond for each Compa Model Mere of poses Haltin and fallout of the Malta the mafia mixer a Chrome plated Model of a Cement one of More than 400 custom vehicles on display at the 26ut annual Detroit uti photo by has been reduced to the new dumping the Treasury said it changed its figures because of Price information made Avail Able by the the Treasury acknowledged Hal it not have time enough to verify the Japa nose but said to had other figures to supplement their two Auto firms dispute forecast sales will dip Detroit up two of the big three Auto companies monday disputed the governments gloomy predictions that cars sales will dip in 1978 and Force the Layoff of general motors and Ford motor officials stood by their 1377 predictions that Domestic car sales and production will keep Pace or surpass last years near record figures and any Tempo ran production slowdowns will be absorbed without significant Chrysler who last september predicted an increase in both company and Industry sales in were silent on latest government predictions contained in the Commerce departments annual Industrial american motors which already has begun laying off also declined the government released in Washington last predicted gains in sales in All of the nations top id manufacturing industries except ii said car sales would be Down i and trucks and Chassis off 4 a spokesman for the most optimistic of the Auto firms in its yearned predict said the company is standing by and reaffirming its forecast that inc Auto Industry will set new sales we expect car and truck currently ahead of Carago will continue and our current production sched Ules Are consistent with a record Industry volume of million pm chair Man Thomas Murphy said in a spokesman Tor which look a More cautious View of 1978 car sales in its yearned said the 2 car maker has noted a modest sales increase so far this year and expects no curtail meals for Lumi to visit Iran Rome t api italian foreign minister Arnaldo Foriano will make an official visit to Iran