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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, January 9, 1981

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes january 1981 no Witch Hunt or watergate rehash demos easing Haig probe Washington a Senate democrats Are now saying they dont want Alex Ander Haigs confirmation hearings to turn into a rehash of watergate or a our intention is to look into those expressions of viewpoint in Haigs past that would be relevant to his conduct As Secre tary of Claiborne said we dont want this to be a warm Dover we Are looking to the Pell said Haigs role in former president Richard Nixon watergate defense is a relevant Issue and the democrats will question him on Pells comments came after a two hour closed strategy meeting of democratic members of the Senate foreign relations which was to begin hearings on Haigs nomination other democrats told reporters that ranking Democrat on the would speak for All of in addition to material on Pell confirmed that committee democrats have asked for All Nixon tapes and documents covering Haigs role in the Nixon administration wiretapping of aides and re porters decisions on bombing Cambodia and Covert support of opponents of the late marxist chilean president Salvador Haig was Nixon chief of staff during the final months before watergate charges forced Nixon to he was a National Security Council aide at the time of the the Cambodia bombing and the Chile Pell said prospects for obtaining some of the tapes and documents have improved but certainly those who control Access to those documents can obstruct Nixon Herbert threatened court action tuesday against president Carters directive for Federal agencies to search out the material for the Senate but Miller took no court action and the search the National archives Steven said Carter was being notified in a report that the search for documents had been completed and the search for tapes should be completed but Garfinkel said he did not believe the material could be supplied in time for the committee to review it if Haigs Confirma Tion hearings Are to be completed before Ronald Reagan is inaugurated Pell said democrats Hope the hearings can be completed by but did not Rule out the possibility of proposing a delay until some of the material is Well Cross that Bridge when we to Pell the coastal Schooner Mary Day covered in is moored next to the where theres theres water work boat the combination of Early morning Sun and cold temperatures create sea smoke Over the peaceful har Bor of Home Oil prices will be hiked by the associated press refiners across the country say they Are raising wholesale prices of Home heating Oil As much As a Nickel a gallon and whole Sale prices of gasoline a Penny or cents a gallon following jumps in crude Oil the recent substantial increase in for eign crude Oil prices and the continuing Price decontrol on Domestic crude were main reasons for Shell Oil 2 cents a gallon increase in heating and diesel fuel prices East of the Rocky said Kitty a Shell spokeswoman in hous other companies confirming wholesale Price increases wednesday included Stan Dard Oil Gulf Oil Sun Scallop Petroleum con oco and Clark Oil refining most gasoline Price increases amounted to a Penny or cents a while heating Oil and diesel fuel Price increases generally were in the Range of 1 cent to 3 cents a a Milwaukee based refiner serving 13 Midwest said it raised heating Oil and diesel fuel prices 5 cents a the latest wholesale gasoline Price in creases May not be fully reflected at serv ice stations because demand has been weak following earlier boosts in but analysts said homeowners Are Likely to continue to see heating Oil prices the vast majority of heating Oil Deal ers Are going to pass these increases right on said Doug editor of the Trade newspaper Oil be cause of the cold demand is in he saudi Venezuela and several other members of the organization of Petroleum exporting countries recently raised crude Oil prices by to per 42 gallon open Oil ministers last month decided to let the cartels Oil prices Rise about 10 percent following a 150 per cent jump since the end of the lifting of Federal Price controls from Domestic Oil is adding about cents a gallon each month to refiners the Price controls started to expire last january and will be eliminated by in new York the cites depart ment of consumer affairs said the aver age retail Price of a gallon of heating Oil had risen to As of up from a gallon in by Mon the department dealers were quoting prices of to a chemical firm fined in blast a Amoco chemicals has been fined by a Federal Agency in connection with a fatal explosion and fire that destroyed its Plant near new Castle last the occupational safety and health administration on wednesday charged that Amoco had failed to follow safety proce dures and cited the company for three Viola according to Patricia head of the Federal Agency office the company was Given the maximum Fine of for allegedly failing to pro vide employees with a Safe emergency evacuation plan for escaping during a release of explosive propylene from the polypropylene she two other fines were imposed for the company alleged failure to train mechanics adequately for the maintenance Job that led to the explosion at the polypropylene Plant and to establish procedures to control the leak of combustible 80 car Sale total color it deep red Detroit a automakers have closed the books on 1980 their worst in 19 and Only financially Trou bled Chrysler is Chrysler reported wednesday it grabbed percent of the Market for Domestic models in the last 10 sales Days of Decem percent for the that was Chrysler Best monthly show ing since percent in september and its Best showing for a 10day period since percent for mid August of that in All sales were boosted by stiff Price cuts through rebates to a Good finish to a very Tough said Jerry Chrysler vice president for automotive for the entire Chrysler sales were off 28 percent and the five major Domestic manufacturers were Down 20 per imports topped their 1979 record by giving foreign cars a bigger piece of the Market than Ever about percent compared to about 22 percent in Chrysler december improvement was concentrated in its Small its intermediate and full size models fell 25 percent Dur ing the combined import and Domestic make sales were a 15 percent drop from 1979s the total made it the worst year for Overall Auto sales since in when imports had about 18 percent of the automakers accounted for cars the lowest total since in 1961 compared with in import sales were up from in As in japanese makes accounted for four of every five Imfield marshal in coma Cairo up Field marshal Mohammed who was chief of Mili tary operations during the 1973 Ara israe i was reported in a coma Here after suffering a brain decembers seasonally adjusted annual Selling the most closely watched Statis tic in the was million for Domestic Down from about million in and million for up from about in the final 10day reporting period the five companies sold a 25 percent plunge from in december percentage comparisons for the year and the month Are based on sales per Day be cause 1980 and december had one More Selling the companies showed these yearly comparisons Fpud motor Down 30 per cent to from Down percent to from general motors corp the nations largest Down 16 percent to from american motors Down percent to from and Volkswagen of up percent from Pennsylvania built rabbits to  
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