European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1981 the stars and stripes Page 5 fuels zoom Exxon raises wholesale heating Oil prices 5 cents a gallon other firms loin upward spiral by United press International Exxon the nations largest Oil wednesday raised its wholesale prices for gasoline and Home heating Oil by a Nickel a gallon nationwide and Shell Oil the 8 lifted its prices by roughly 3 cents a Texaco confirmed it had boosted its wholesale gasoline prices with the exception of Lea free gasoline by 2 cents a gallon in the West and Rocky Mountain effective gasohol went up by cents a gallon in those areas and Home heating Oil by 2 cents a gallon in most parts of the fuel prices have risen sharply since presi Dent Reagan lifted Price controls on Domestic crude Oil 28 eight months ahead of the original 1 target Date for Complete which cited decontrol of Domestic crude Oil As a Factor in its second round of Price increases within six also boosted its wholesale prices for Ker diesel fuel and aviation Gas by 5 cents a Exxon last raised wholesale gasoline and heating Oil prices by Between 2 and 3 cents a gallon Shell increased its wholesale prices for motor gasoline and aviation Gas by be tween a Penny and 4 cents a de pending on for an average Rise of slightly More than 3 cents a Gas Bonanza in Canada with president Reagan lifting Price controls on Many residents of Western new York find Canadas cheaper Gaso line is Worth the a new York state gasoline retail groups president said the situation is killing the area dealers one of six Buffalo service stations that were recently closed top presents a forlorn business is booming much of it from the states at a station across the at fort up photos shells Home heating diesel aviation Turbine fuel and kerosene went up by 3 cents a gallon Shell attributed its latest and prior Price hikes primarily to higher costs for imported Oil and said decontrol has had Little or no Impact on this Price Mobil tuesday raised its gasoline and heating Oil prices by 5 cents a gallon nationwide and blamed part of the increase on Standard Oil which lifted its gasoline by 4 cents a gallon and heating Oil from 2 to 4 cents a gallon said higher foreign crude costs not decontrol Jed to its Shell said that if its own Domestic crude Oil Rose by a the company would pay about 75 cents in taxes to state and local governments and another 5 cents in Royalty payments to private Leav ing about 20 cents for operating costs and the increased Cost can Only be recovered through increased product Shell since Shell has raised its whole Sale gasoline prices by a Nickel a gallon East of the Rockies and 4 cents a gallon West of the shells wholesale prices for heating Oil have gone up Between and cents a gallon East of the Rockies since the first of the year and 3 cents a gallon West of the because of higher fuel prices cab approves 5 hike in National air fares Washington up the civil aeronautics Board wednesday gave the nations airlines permission to raise air fares by at least 5 percent effective immediately because of higher fuel prices prompted by Oil Price the cab said the increase would be at 5 percent for about 22 percent of the markets those where carriers arc now charging the maximum on the rest of the where fares now Are below the the increase could be said the both the air transport which represents major and Ameri can asked for the the petitions cited sudden surges in fuel the cab staff told the Board president reagans decision to decontrol Oil prices would Force airlines to pay More for the staff said fuel now costs about 97 cents per the 5 percent increase will be allowed until the end of the at which time the cab said it would review the entire fare Structure in Light of fuel prices and decide whether additional increases arc education Secretary vows less less Aid Washington a education Secretary Bell said schools and col Leges can expect less less paper work and less Money from the Federal gov Bell said he is Uncertain whether the fed eral government can afford to keep paying 8 percent to 9 percent of the nations school As it has for the past he vowed to continue to lighten the regulatory Burden on As he did monday when he tossed out the Carter administrations proposed bilingual education regulations that educators said would have added billion to school costs Over the next five Bell singled out the guaranteed student loan which will Cost More than billion this As a Likely target for budget any College Rich or can get a heavily subsidized 9 percent is it right for the Federal government to pay an interest subsidy on Loans made to children of millionaires Bell he would not Rule out cuts in the billion program to help educate Handi capped when Congress in 1976 ordered improvements in educating the it said the Federal government eventually should pick up 40 percent of the extra although the Federal share has never exceeded 12 Bell 1 dont anticipate that there be any More if any at Given the state of the Economy and the National of time squabble in Illinois spawns 2 rival senates up a heated partisan political conflict has left Illinois in the Odd predicament of having two state senates and two rival Senate Senate with High drama and in retaliation for a Republican coup tuesday staged their own counter coup 15 minutes before the Senate was to con by claiming control of the Senate republicans refused to turn Over the re effectively leaving the state with two at one Republican Senate presi Dent David frail and weak from a severe bout with was pushed away from the podium by James a 260pound former the Illinois supreme court Likely will end up deciding which party will get the powerful which controls the movement of legislation and committee majority democrats tuesday swiftly sidestepped the 15 election of Shapiro As president and voted democratic Philip Rock Back into Shapiro was elected when gop James Thompson issued a controversial ruling that allowed Only a simple rather than 30 democrats hold a 30 29 Edge in the Senate but were caught Lack ing Unity and members that democrats got Back at Thompson tues snubbing his state of the state the speech was delayed More than an hour and finally Given Only to As his speech Thompson said democrats have taken the Law in their own dropped stepped on he called their election of a Senate president a Gross and calculated he and Shapiro later asked the Illinois supreme which is considering a democratic Appeal to overturn Shapiro to bar Rock from acting As presi Dent and from interfering with Shapiro Shapiro said he was not offended by democrats but i was probably a Little in the stars and stripes 30 years ago today 1951 Jackie Robinson signed his second consecutive con tract with the Brooklyn dodgers and said he planned a Radical change from his 1950 playing when he stole Only 12 20 years ago today 1961 the and Poland have started informal talks on How to use some million on various peace projects in that communist to years ago today 1971 an International scram ble to buy up the Rich Roll Royce Auto Mobile interests got under Way As the repercussions of the giant aerospace company crash began rolling through the British