European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 7, 19so the stars and stripes Poge 7 37 decline in Oil imports during August sets record Washington a american Oil imports dropped a record 37 percent last month from August 1979 Levels according to Energy Secretary Charles Duncan. Duncan says tie nation s imports last month averaged 5.2 million barrels a Day compared with an 8.3 million barrel aver Jse during the same period Lait year the Washington Star reported in saturday s editions. The american Petroleum Institute whose figures differ slightly from those compiled by the Energy department due so difference in the Way imports Are deter mined reported earlier that last july s imports of crude Oil and Petroleum product were 25.3 percent lower than those for july 1979 and it the lowest level since mid-1975. In an interview Friday Duncan attributed the continued decline in imports o the state of the Economy higher prices and conservation efforts the Star reported. And he predicted the decline would continue even after the recession ends As americans buy Ever More Energy efficient cars As utilities convert to fuels other than Oil and As businesses and homeowners improve the Energy efficiency of their factories and Homes the newspaper reported. The Star also quoted Duncan is saying that net Oil imports total imports minus a Small amount of exports were Down 19.3 percent from 1979 Levels for the first 241 Days of 1980 ending aug 29. Energy department figures disclosed by Duncan indicate that during that period imports averaged 6.3 billion barrels a Day about 35.4 percent of a total . Supply of 17.9 million barrct.1 a Day. Crushing ice sent the British bark ban Del Bane 300 it Down to the Bottom of the is on aug. 21, 1853. Now the outline of the ship has been caught by a outline of a sunken ship Jour which  towed by Canadian coast guard icebreaker. Us search Leuker or. Joseph Mill Nib be Licin that the bulges Tang third standing mists vey re run with furled via mid rigging. A scientific submersible