European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Gov. Brown Calls red tape on Oil insane san Francisco up Californi Agov. Edmund o. Brownjr. Monday blasted red tape in Federal Oil regulations which be said is drowning the West coast in a glut of alaskan Oil while California has to buy gasoline from Texas. He urged Congress to get rid of the re tape and misguided policies that make it cheaper for Oil companies to bring Oil fro the Mideast and gasoline from Texas than to use California s own Oil reserves which he said Are the largest of any state except  was the first witness at a hearing by a House subcommittee looking into the West coast glut of alaskan Oil. The administration has recommended that some alaskan Oil be sent to Japan in Exchange for Middle East and asian  Law forbids Export of alaskan Oil. The alaskan Oil is High in Fulfur and can not be processed in California refineries without expensive refitting. Bizarre Rales Brown told the subcommittee that Federil regulations Are the strangest most Opu rated bizarre and insane messed were designed by experts to rip off lie american  governor said that until pipelines ire built to ship the alaskan crude East he solution might be to permit exchanges that Are appropriate and  he also denounced the Federal Energy department s recently announced policy against use of Oil in electrical  called it some theoretical idea that May make sense on the other Side of  he said 60 percent of califor Nia s electricity is from  witnesses at the opening session of the two Day hearing also questioned the proposed Exchange of alaskan crude with Japan. Los of Job rep. Don Clausen r-calif., said there is not so much an Oil glut As a temporary transportation  he said exporting Oil to Japan could result of loss of . Jobs and that the american consumer May have to pay the  rep. John o. Murphy .y., also opposed the Swap with Japan. Noting that Japan buys its Oil on the open Market fro the Mideast and Indonesia he said we Don t need a  he said it might also make Japan dependent on alaskan Oil and if the United states Ever had to Cut off the Supply for our own needs we would endanger an  rep. Stewart b. Mckinney d-conn.,said, Export of alaskan Oil to Japan is in Stark contrast to the congressional Intel Tot the alaskan pipeline authorization  he said changes could be made that would make it possible to ship More alas Kan Oil through the Panama canal to Gulf and East coast ports. Urge tankers have to Transfer alaskan Oil to smaller ships to get it through the Ca Nal and this is one of the economic blocks causing the West coast glut. Wednesday August 23, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 Dod urges hiking Cash bounties for seizing deserters carries out Promise As promised sen. Herman Talmadge a has tent a Check for More than $j7,000 to the Secretary of the Senate As reimbursement for excess funds collected by hit office. At be same time Talmadge announced plan to run for re . A photo 30% of couples sterile Washington a the Pentagon proposed on monday boosting Cash Boun ties up to three times the present payments to civilian police for catching military deserters. This is a key part of what the Pentagon called a More intensive program for the apprehension of military absentees and deserters by the armed services. The announcement said the Fri will no longer Hunt deserters unless they Are involved in More serious crimes. Defense officials said the Fri is getting out of the de Serter catching business because of cuts units budget. The new joint service program is not the study shows surgery popular birth control Washington a chiefly because of a dramatic increase in the use of sur Gery As a contraceptive nearly one third of America s married couples with wives of child bearing age said they were sterile in 1976, a government report shows. The report also shows that use of the Oral contraceptive Pill decreased in 1976 for the first time since the surveys by the National Center for health statistics have been taken. Use of the Pill which increased rapidly during the 1960s and Early 1970s, la Down a bit but u is still the most popular method said or. Kathleen Ford author of the report. But sterilization is taking Over be cause it is so  a couple is classified As sterile if either partner is physically unable to produce a  report shows that in 1976, about 30.2 percent of couples with wives aged 15 to 44said they were physically unable to have children. This increase of 6 percentage Singer Crystal Gayle wins labor Secretary s thanks Nashville Tenn. A labor Secretary Ray Marshall has written to Singer Crystal Gayle thanking her for voluntarily recording radio and television safety Mes sages for miners. The messages Call attention to Federal health and safety training available to miners. Gayte s father was a Miner. Points from 1973 is due primarily to a dra Matic increase in surgical sterilization among White couples the report  show that about 29.1 percent of White couples in 1976 were sterile As a re sult of surgery compared to 23.1 percent in 1973. The percentage of Black couple who were sterile As a result of surgery was 21.7 percent in 1976, compared to 20.8 per cent in 1973. Of All couples with a wife of child Bear ing age 28.3 percent were sterile As a re sult of surgery and 1.9 percent were sterile for non surgical reasons such As congenital defects or disease according to the re port. In 1973, 22.9 percent of All couples were sterile As a result of surgery and less than 1 percent for non surgical  in the report show that 19.3 per cent of All couples had surgery for contraceptive reasons. In 9.6 percent of those couples the woman had the surgery Andin 9.7 percent of those couples it was the  report shows that 22.3 percent of All Fertile couples in 1976 used the Oral contraceptive Pill compared to 25.1 percent in 1973."it is the first time that the Center has found a decrease in use of the Pill said Ford a statistician in the Center s division of vital statistics. She noted there was very Little use of the Pill before the 1960s. An age breakdown of sterility snows that in 1976, about 45.7 percent of couples with a wife aged 30 to 44 said they were  compares to 11.6 percent of couples with a wife 15 to 29. Garden is Fine if you dig cyanide .-.,. A. Up mrs. Carp Rafn Eddy 28. Lived in an apartment for 3h Jean and always wanted a  she and her husband have one in the Back of their two Story Row Home but it useless. Because nestled among the lettuce car we Green Beans and tomatoes is a Batch